Aeneas gulped.He was now looking at his brother's blue eyes.Whenever he saw them,he always felt a calm sea,standing,relaxed.They were never turbulent or wavy,just peaceful.Now,it seemed different.There was no sea,nor wave nor peace.There was only ice.Cold,cold ice,freezing his own heart.He knew,he knew that from now on,it would be really difficult.

''Maiden's blood?Maiden's BLOOD!?''Grim shouted at him furiously.''DID YOU REALLY DARE IT?''His always calm face was broken,at it's place was a sorrowful face,filled with wrath and rage.He made a big mistake.He made a really,really big mistake.But Grim's face slowly turned back.His flushed face was slowly returning back to it's initial calmness.But what he saw in that calm face was not normal.All he felt was ice cold.

''Brother,Tell me.Tell me.Don't look at me like that.''Grim was saying quietly towards him.He was not moving,nor making anything.But Aeneas felt a invisible pressure.Not from an stronger power,nor from a invisible enemy.It was coming from heart.Grim's heart,being presented by his face.

''She passed away.''This was all could i say.What could i say?What was he expecting from me to say?''Oh,really now.You are treating me like a fool.''Grim said,smirking with a disappointed voice.Silence.There was only silence between them.Grim looked at his brother,while Aeneas dropped his head down in guilt.

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Maiden's Blood.A pure force that can be obtained from a pure heart of a woman.To gather it,One must find a flawless,pure hearted woman with no sin or enmity.There shouldn't be any hate,sadness,jealousy,greed,lust.There only needs to be positive emotions.

After the target has been found.One must be placed on a stone altar,made from 32 magical runes which is more than 6 times complex than teleportation runes.After laying down the woman,one needs 4 silver daggers,ecnhanted with 8th tier holy power,which is used to stab her both legs and arms.

After stabbing daggers,8 priest must pray to light god Celeste to give blessings and take this 'Offering' of them to gift these prayers power.If the ritual is made cleanly,Celeste will send a consciousness of her and start devouring the heart of the woman.Longing for 3 days,72 hours.

The pain of being devoured is too painful.Way much,much painful then being torn apart.When Celeste's consciousness descends,it always sends off the priests.Not to prevent them from intervening.To prevent them from hearing the screams and howls of the 'Victim' and feeling guilty about it.

The famous Necromancer Of Southern Forest,King Hollow,once said that even in the dark magic's,There is only 3 ritual at the same level as Maiden Sacrifice.Even then,their time's are much shorter than this ritual.The only thing that makes this ritual 'holy' or 'righteous' is the origin of it,Celeste.

Of course,I know what it is too.How could i not know?Even though i don't read much book,i still love it.Especially when it comes history.The Maiden's Blood was first used to extinguish a life force of Demon Emperor 20000 years ago.As it's blessed by Celeste herself,It's uncomparable to any other holy artifact.But finding a really pure heart is too hard.So hard that this ritual was only used 4 times in the 10000 years.

''Monica,your mother,started.Aeneas,you also know we have no choice.We made sure to lessen her pain as much as we can.When you read this we would be already obtained Maiden's Blood,buried your mother and engraved her name on Holy Tablet.''

I can't.I can't help it.I can't help but blame myself.Not because i was ignorant,not because i was powerless,not because i was enjoying my time when she suffered and not because she just died without me knowing.I blame myself for trusting.Trusting a man like that,directly sacrificing his wife.

''Gr-''I cut off my brother's voice.''No need,I'm leaving''I turned my back,destroyed the letter in my hand and walked towards the door.I felt a hand at my shoulder.''Grim,why won't you listen?''He said,a bit sad.''Listen what?Your so called reasons or must to do things?''I just started to act unreasonable.

I know,I know what is right or wrong.I know what is rational and what is not.I definetly know,then why i can't act calmly.Why i can't stop myself from hating these two,and myself.All i want is to get away.From reality,from their reasons and from myself.I just tossed his hand and tried to get away once more.But this time,he just grabbed me from two arms and turned towards himself.

''GRİM!''He shouted towards my face.I felt like awakening,but it soon disappeared.All left in it's place was anger.Why!,WHY!''WHY WON'T YOU LET ME GO EVEN THIS TIME?YOU CAN GO ANYTIME YOU WANT,DISAPPEAR LIKE THERE IS NOTHING BEHIND,BUT I CAN'T?''I just couldn't control myself.Was this really us?''Grim,you need to calm down.I know what you feel,I know how you think,but please,just listen to me!''He said.

I don't want to listen nor I want to stay here anymore.I just looked at him,and he looked at me.What i saw was sorrow,What he saw was icy cold rejection.''He is my mother too''He said quietly.I couldn't hold it inside anymore,and punched him in the face with all my power.With a bang sound,a cracking noise was heard and some blood drops fallen to the ground.But it was not his nose,It was my hands that broke.

He looked at my right arm,bleeding and a bit twisted,and let me go.I didn't looked back or stopped.I opened the door,and said him the thing one of the most regretful things i said.''She is not your mother,not his wife''And closed the door behind me.After walking down from building and going to an side alley I sat down and lied my back towards the wall.

I stood,and started to cry.I couldn't hold in.I couldn't show it to him,nor the others.For a person I never saw,why did it felt like this.I never seen any love or encouragement from her.I never saw her face,nor her feelings.But all i knew was,she died in pain.Just knowing this made me feel guilty.Not only she felt pain of being devoured,she probably felt the pain of betrayal,or despair as well.

I cried by myself for an hour.There were some passerbys,who just ignored or tried to know what happened.But i didn't answered,nor motioned them.So most of them left with''Take care of yourself boy.''I stopped crying.I got out of alley and started to walk towards the academy.When i passed a store,i looked at my eyes.They were all red and there were some bags under them.

I started to walk faster and got in the academy.I ran,ran as fast as i can towards the dorms,got to my room and tidied all the things i have.I didn't leave a single thing behind.With the same speed,but this time aware of my surroundings,i got near to the enterance of academy.As i was going out,i heard a familiar voice

''Going out?''I didn't need to turn my head to know who it was.I heard the same voice everytime when i was back at house.Filled with disdain,smirk,underestimation,arrogance.But this time,it was filled with concern.I felt him throwing something at me,so turned back and catched it.

''Just don't go and die.Stella will do it for this time,but next time you need to take care of Conall.''He said,and returned towards the academy.After he disappeared from my sight did i checked what he threw.It was a bag,filled with small yellow bright coins.I held it tightly in my hands,and slightly bowed towards the direction he gone.Then sprinted.

''My goal was set.I will turn back here in 2 years,i will get stronger,i will get braver and will get more mature.For now,i don't have anything i can prove to them or strenght to dominate them.But one day,i will come back,not as the same child,as a mature man.''

This was the first thing i wrote in my diary,which later became a book called''Travel Across Continent''