608: DISTRUSTING EACH OTHER

DISTRUSTING EACH OTHER

"What happened to them?" Hope hastily approached Lydia's body and knelt beside her. 2

The first thing that Hope did was to check whether Lydia was breathing or not. Then she sighed in relief when she felt Lydia's shallow warm breathe under her forefinger. 

"Don't worry, the three of them are alive, just lost consciousness." the priestess also knelt beside Hope, and stared at the sleeping Lydia with contemplated expression. 

Hope glanced at Abby and Leon then nodded.Actually, she didn't really care for the witch sibling, especially Abby.She thought the two of them had long gone with the next ship and had already half-way back to wherever they were heading initially. 

"What happened to her?" Hope grabbed Lydia's hand. They were exceptionally cold. 

"She fell off of a cliff," the priestess replied.

"Fell from a cliff?" Hope raised her eyebrows, "how could she be like this just by falling?" it didn't make sense for Hope. With the power that the witch had, she should've been able to prevent any major damage to herself. 

"She fought ten hunters at that time," The priestess explained, but when she saw Hope's expression, she continued her explanation. "Yes, the hunters are merely human, but they were also armed with knowledge about the weaknesses of all supernatural creatures."

And then Hope remembered how they expertly handled the white beast, and could stand the battle for such a long time.Moreover, they managed to cage the beast inside a silver cage, even though the aftermath of it was not a pleasant end for the hunters. 

Hope underestimated them, those hunters were actually more capable than Hope expected. 

"How do we wake her up?" Hope needed Lydia to be fully awake to help their situation right now. 

The priestess caressed Lydia's cheek and said softly. "She will wake up when she feels better, for now the energy from this place is enough to replenish her strength,this also applies to both of them." The priestess nodded to Abby and Leon. 

So, the point was, it's only a matter of time until they all wake up. 

Hope pulled her legs closed to her chest and hugged them while resting her chin on her knees. "You said, Kace will be here soon?" Hope glanced at the priestess. "How do you know that? How did he know this place?"

"Every creature has their own magic.A priestess's magic like mine is something that the devil woman didn't expect." The priestess also sat beside Hope. "Your mate will come the same way you found this place."

"You guide him here?" Hope concluded.

"They guided you here…" The priestess waved her hand to the translucent children that surrounded the two of them. As they morphed into thousands of fireflies again, illuminating that place with their yellow flickering light. "Oh, right. The devil woman, her name is Beelzebub, The Gluttony," she told her.

"Beelzebub?" Hope's eyes flashed with curiosity. 

"She is one of the seven deadly sins," the priestess paused for a while to see Hope's reaction before she continued. "I guess you already know who you are, am I right?"

"A guardian angel?" Hope answered her immediately. 

"Yes, there is a purpose of the resurrection of your race," the priestess said softly as she closed her eyes, apparently tired. 

"The war with the devil?" Kace had already told Hope about this casually back then.

The priestess opened her eyes and smiled. "I think you are well informed."

For the meantime, the war, which remained unknown when it would occur, did not interest Hope at all, there was one thing that was more important for her now. 

"How can I help Kace? The reason why I came here to see you was to seek help from you, but with your current condition…" Hope's voice trailed off, she couldn't finish her sentence. 

Yet, the priestess knew what exactly she wanted to know. "Actually, you didn't have to come here and see me for my help, because the cure is already with you."

"You said it before and I don't understand it at all," hope said honestly. 

"You are the cure that he needs, Hope. Be it the wounds on his back, or the deep scar in his tender soul." The priestess touched Hope's hair lightly. "You are all he needs. The perfect soul for him."

"You still don't answer my question about how to heal him," Hope added with an uncertainty in her tone. "If it's true that I can cure him."

"As a guardian angel, your blood is always what the other creatures want, because it carries more power than you can imagine.Though the devil can't touch it, it is still highly useful and valuable for them. And for his broken soul, haven't you already worked on it?" the priestess raised her eyebrows suggestively, her face looked more cheerful when she did it. 

The blood.

Should Hope let Kace drink her blood? Hope grimaced with that thought, but then she asked a different question. "What do you mean I already worked on it?"

"The dream, of course!" The priestess beamed at her. "You didn't think those dreams were ordinary dreams, did you?"

Actually… At some point, Hope did think that way, but before she voiced out her thought, the priestess said. "He is here."

"Who?" but, then Hope realized. "Kace?"

Somehow, Hope knew the answer as she stood immediately, so did the priestess. 

Hope rushed towards the door and in no time already half running through the same tunnel that she had passed before. 

"Actually, the fastest way you can do to heal his wound is to let him mark you," the priestess said in a teasing tone. 

Hope almost tripped on her own feet when she heard that, and replied timidly when she already got her balance. "Well, I want to… but, Kace said it would be dangerous for me… if we are not careful enough."

"Trespassing the barrier that The Gluttony casted is a dangerous thing, but here you are." The priestess chuckled. "Nothing is more dangerous than distrusting each other.Hiding your feelings, and the truth when you thought it's best to do that. And based on the extent of my understanding, the marking process is a sacred thing that requires a lot of trust from both parties."

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