At one of the three small cottages...
"Are you okay and calm now, there?", asked Thashie to Navetha whose sitting on a chair. And she says while making blood tarts and cake, "You almost kill the man and almost reveal your self out there."
"It wasn't my fault. He destroyed the plants that my master planted.", Navetha said and raise up from the chair, went to the bathroom to wash up as she untie her hair, "And it's all his faults. He attacked me when I'm just gathering herbs there. And now, he thought that those plants were poisonous." She whisper to herself, "How pathetic of him
"You stabbed him with the silver knife Navet.. and we knew that knife can kill their kind.", said Thashie worried about what her companion did, "It's part of the lost things."
"So what?!", shouted Navetha from the bathroom as she strip off her dress down, "It wasn't a lost things, it was just forgotten."
"It's the same!", Thashie sang.
"Great!, geez...", said Navetha and rolled her eyes, went to the bathtub that's made of wood and socked herself inside while complaining, "Why couldn't I win to you when it comes to reasoning?! It's annoying."
Thashie just giggled and shook her head, continue on making blood tarts and cake for them to eat.
They taking care of the place as it was a private sanctuary of their family relatives, and the place has nine childrens who they helped as these childrens were slaves or abandoned by their parents.
The cottage wasn't a big one unlike the main cottage, as their cottage has no upper room and just ground, but big enough to accommodate three double-beds, a small kitchen, a six sitter round table at the far end near the window and a fireplace at the other side. While the childrens were on the other cottages which both their side as the cottage where they were staying now was at the middle of the other two cottages so that they can rush if something would to happen to the childrens they need to looked after.
Thashie was baking at the kitchen and Navetha was having her time on the bath; thus, the door of their cottage open as someone entered and Thashie raised her head to see who was it, she saw who it was and she smiled as the young man wearing white suit entered the kitchen with a questioning look playing on his angelic face.
"Mind filling me up what happened out there?", questioned the young man named Eilwe with a serious voice and expression, "Why's the plants that the lady planted almost two years ago are all being destroyed?!"
Thashie could feel an ominous aura coming from Eilwe which neither good nor bad but something caught in between, and although they were the same, Eilwe was much superior than her and the other girl as they're just from the high and middle rank while Eilwe was from the highest rank.
"The aid of Prince Chervil was the one who did it as he thought it was a poisonous plants... And Navetha was being attacked by him as well... Then, she stabbed him with the silver knife and almost killed the aid.", Thashie answered in a trailed way trying to calm her nerves as the man infront of her was like its about to exploded, whist she still smile and ask back trying to avert their conversation while ignoring the murderous aura coming from Eilwe's body, "Did you know about those plants being poisonous or... Do you know about the camouflaged of those plants had?",
She doesn't want mention about Navetha almost reveal herself to the guess as she knew Eilwe would punish the girl for surely.
Eilwe narrowed his eyes when he heard it was the aid of the Prince who had destroyed the plants and that Navetha was attacked and even stabbed the aid with the silver knife, which was part of the lost things.
"Once the Lady said: Camouflage by the ones who isn't true to oneself or to others... the one whose true will see the beauty and the one whose obscure will see the similarity of their own... people must be true to their own self if not... none can see the beauty that was given to them...", said Eilwe trying to recall what was said to him months later the plants were being planted when they're together at the garden, he just decided that he would give Navetha an earful and punishment later when their guess are gone, after making sure what really happened. "Now, that I thought about it. I finally understand what was the meaning of those words to me that day."
"So, the plants has no poison... however, the plants that she planted has something like camouflage if one ain't true to oneself and to others?", asked Thashie in wondered. She was trying to understand the parable as a clue whist she doesn't have any clues, and thus, they heard the door as the doorbell rang again.
"Yes. Well... that's what I thought and understand myself.", said Eilwe while following her out of the kitchen.
While they were talking and looked at the door that was opened by what Thashie expected to come. She was done baking the blood tarts and cake, went to the table, put the hot baked cake and tarts while the man were following her as he recalled the memories.
"Looks like you two found something.", stated Dion who observed Thashie's expression with his cheerful self and walk to the table, spread the sheet out that he used to cured Fanies, whist his expression become serious. "I also discovered something myself tonight."
"What is that?", asked Thashie as she walked closer to see what is it.
Eilwe didn't recognized what Dion was trying to let them see, but he did recognized the sheet that was spread and he ask to confirm it while also walking closer to the table, "Isn't that the parchment cloth gaven to you by the Lady to heal any kinds of wounds and diseases with the crystal that has blood dropped on it?"
Dion nodded and looked at the sheet. "These parchment cloth isn't just used for healings. It is also used to unveiling one's true self.", he said pointing at the black pattern that was form of a bird, "When the kreatofagía bacterias transmitted to this parchment, it formed these which symbolize a crow."
They looked at each other, and looking down closer to the parchment cloth that Dion spread and when they do, they saw the pattern and looked up at Dion whose waiting for them to say something.
"Think like those plant he destroyed earlier, or something else?", asked Thashie with wonder on her voice and expression.
"No. Not the same.", Eilwe shook his head.
"What's up with those plants?", Dion asked while looking at the two as they're likely thinking about something.
Eilwe observed the pattern and look at Thashie whose now lost in her thoughts, whist he could only sigh. He knew how Thashie while functioning herself, and he hates explaining things to anyone, nonetheless, What could he do. As how much his trying to juggled his mind he couldn't remember the pattern, so he took a deep breath and decided he just explained what they discovered about the plants while waiting for Thashie to finished her analyzation. He maybe at the higher rank but he knows he doesn't have all the ability needed as any of their kind had different types of ability and capability.
He then took a sit in a chair infront of him and started to explain at the table, "We discovered just now that the plants that was planted by her before you three leave this place almost two years ago has a camouflage ability, and which she give me a hint beforehand, though, I don't really understand it back then...", he stopped and took a small plate that was already prepared on the table and took the knife as he started to cut the newly baked blood tarts while continuing the his explanation, "But now I did. If one was lying to one's own or to others, the plants will do the same. If you are true to yourself or to others, the plants will let you see the genuine beauty that its hold, and if you're not, the plants will let you see the similarities of one's self."
Dion listened carefully and was trying to comprehend the informations he just know, whist he knew that person are very capable of doing the impossible but this was a shocked to him as he wasn't informed and so does Eilwe and the other, while just giving a hint of the possibility that will to happen. He's just outside the door earlier, listening to the conversation of Thashie and Eilwe because he doesn't want to make it worse when he felt an ominous aura coming from inside of the cottage, he knew exactly who was it the owner of the terrifying power, thus he just decided to wait for a bit before he enter.
"What a trick to unveil someone's true self...", commented Dion thinking about the plants. He was there that day when the lady planted it. "It seems our enemies are trying to gain access by putting their pets as a bet inside the palace.", he said thinking how they can take out their enemy's pet.
Eilwe sigh looking at the man because he knows what Dion was thinking, and he doesn't want it to become a distraction and to cause an unfortunate accident which would and could make things worse, and adrift the plan.
"Don't think too much about the pet for now.", said Eilwe while he took the tart and put it on his plate and cut it in tiny pieces, "You better think about how will you explain this mess to the Prince and about his aid."
"Yes, I know... I'll tell him the truth but not all things he should know and needed to know as this time is not yet ripe.", said Dion looking at the man who nodded at him as he eat the blood tarts with elegance.
Navetha walked out of the bathroom, wearing an undergarment dress and went to the table and joint the others, she could heard their serious talks; thus she finished her relaxation faster and come out as soon as she could. She was on the bathroom when she felt the ominous aura coming from the kitchen and she was shocked because she was familiar with the aura that suddenly release.
She sat on the left side beside Dion while she took a glanced and observed the other men whose eating a tart of her favourite, who didn't bother himself to look at her. While looking at Eilwe for a brief moment, she then turn her attention to Thashie whose just standing there looking at the table without any movement, and whist she followed the gaze of her companion and notice the spread out parchment cloth infront; thus, when she saw the pattern inside it which made her suddenly jult on her chair, and with the sudden sound and movement, the two men's attention went instantly on her.
The two men looked at her confused as why she suddenly jult that cause her chair to make a sound while looking at the parchment infront of them with eyes wide open.
Eilwe understood that Navetha might know something or recognized the pattern that was shown on the sheet cloth and decided to confirm something. "Navet, do you recognize that pattern or know something about it?", he asked narrowing his eyes that has an intimidating gaze like saying if you ever lie I'll surely skin you alive.
Navetha gulped as she turn up her gaze at Eilwe whose waiting for her to answer, she could see how impatient the man was while looking at her with narrow and intimidating gaze which made her gulp again, and answer the questioned as she remembered the bird pattern which she saw a long time ago on one of her travels.
She says trailingly while trying to control her nervousness, she was also trying to recall the meaning behind it, "A blackbird or a crow in other meaning is use as a messenger and gatherer of informations by one group called themselves as the summoners of darkness. And... they are...."
Dion who was observing while waiting for Navetha to continue her words as he could see and feel the nervousness on her face, voice and body that was trembling as she spoke and explained to them. He could only sigh and shook his head, he turn to Eilwe whose most likely wants to murder the girl with the way his looking at her, thus he smirked looking at the two.
He could still remember the first time he met them. It was when his mother decided to go home, back to her place where her families were because of an important matter, thus made his mother decided to leave his father and his father allowed his mother to bring him along, then when they arrived at his mother's place he discovered that he had an older sister, and months later that time he then encountered Thashie who he bumped by accident and after years he also met Navetha and Eilwe then some other acquaintances for what they needed and had to learn, and so did their given order.
And now, who would have thought that they were going to become this close with one another, an acquaintances and a friends just to fulfill and create a life they yearn for someone of the past to have which was being wasted and ruined by people of envy, greediness, obsessions, gluttony, ambition, pride and depriving of what's fated to.
'I wonder when will we be able to have what we're yearning for?', thought Dion while still lost in his past memories.
Thashie suddenly speak with a bit of sadness in her voice that cause Dion to comeback to his senses and turn to the girl who has a eyes swollen, and was about to cry, "They were humans. The ones they used are just humans not vampires nor did they turned one or from another beings. The ones who put them into the night bloodlines were just making them believed they are by using hypnosis and a little sparks of magic, thus to change the eye and temperature of one's body and so does their strength and ageing."
She's staring at the parchment that has the black pattern, as she just continue the sentence which Navetha trailed off.
"So... that's all?", said Eilwe on a neutral way. He's still staring at Navetha who turned her head to the side when Thashie spoked and continued her sentences, and he turn his gaze to the side and raise his one brows, "And do tell us, why are you crying?"
Thashie swallowed the lump on her throat and took a deep breath to calm her nerves as tears starting to fall down to her rosy cheeks, whist she forced her voice to come out and spoke, "There are others who have the same goal. Not just the Dark Summoners but there are many others, united as all... And their goals is to find what has been lost and forgotten... That's presently with us but none of many ever known and noticed... They're going to claim and use, to cause destruction... A big choice that will to make... Be a destroyer or being killed... The one who's with us that we so much cares... Will to choose..."
She covered her face with both hand and sobbed in silence but the faint sound just came out.
"I'm not playing with that dumb parable of yours, Thashie!", said Eilwe trying to control his anger and turned his head to Navetha while narrowing his eyes, "Say it or else... I'll going to punish you along with this idiotic girl!"
"Enough threatening her now, Eilwe. You know what is her abilities capability more than I do.", said Dion calmly. He took a fruit from the basket that was on the center and put it on his mouth. "She can only hear things or see what revealed on a sheet of parchment within her.", he said again while chewing the fruit.
As much as Dion wants to be entertained by them because of how amusing it is to see the two girls being punish, he knows that there's another matters more important than being entertain by them that's need their full attention right now.
He then says after weeping his mouth with the back of his hand, "And besides, I have my idea on the one she said that was lost and forgotten, use and destroy, that is with us but not everyone ever noticed."
"You mean to say...", Eilwe trailed and his eyes turn wide, his heart was beating faster like there's something squeezing it forcefully, so does Navetha who had tears in her eyes when she realized what's the meaning behind the parable.
"Why couldn't this change and stop?", whispered Navetha to herself as tears trailing down on her cheeks, "Doesn't she suffered enough..."
"Unfortunately, it can only be stop by her alone. And that's when she'll regains what she let go and lost in the process.", said Dion while on his heart was a conviction to make sure that the future was worth the sacrifices of the past. "Only us can help and protect, but only she can stop this and them. And it's up to that person's judgments to make a changes."
Eilwe and the other just kept silent, sitting and trying to think of a plan until they decided to have a little rest, and talk about it some other time because it almost three sharps in the morning when Dion took out his pocket watch and look at the time.
Meanwhile, two days ago at the eastern part of Questillia Kingdom, on the deepest part of the forest, six people are sitting surrounding the flame, while the other four were leaning on the trees as they are talking about their previous missions.
"It seems that we didn't acquire the exact amount of sacrifice needed for it to be successful once again.", said the one whose leaning on a tree holding a green ball of crystal as he sigh. 'That was the third times that we try it and still failed...', he thought and sigh again.
The other one whose beside the one who was holding a crystal ball said as they were leaning on the same tree, "We'll need a pureblood of the royal family, or at least, that's what we did not acquire yet."
"Soon enough we'll be able to.", said the other one whose a woman that was with the group of six people surrounding the flame while having a sinister smile on her lips. "Patients is the best quality to be successful, and besides my pawns was already placed in motion."