Chapter 435: The sad life of a poor angel (1/2)
Chapter 435: The sad life of a poor angel (1/2)
While Lucien's wives have fun cooking, Helena and Genevieve return to the stone table after checking the angels. Then Eve comes down from the sky and tosses June on the ground.
"June!!" Genevieve quickly helps June to get up.
"Hmm? What is..." June's mind is very confused due to the high speed that Eve flew with her. The poor angel is also very hurt, and she takes a few seconds to recognize her friend.
"Genevieve???" June is even more confused when she recognizes her friend. She remembers Eve talking about her Master coming, and now she is sure that was true.
While the angels talk, Eve walks over to Lucien. "Your friend is going to get married, and he asked you to attend the ceremony."
"Ron?" Lucien asks, and as soon as Eve nods, he smiles. "Oh, I'm going to visit him before we go to Daisy's house."
"Also, Luise and Sabrina will be coming here soon." Eve winks at Elsie. Then she looks around. "What about the portal?"
"It's ready," Daisy responds as she points to an enchantment on the ground.
Eve nods and looks at Lucien. "We shouldn't waste any time then. The sooner I go, the sooner I get back with our sisters."
"Are you sure this is the best way?" He asks.
She smiles at him. "Yeah. I can find them quickly while you take care of everything here."
"I'll go with you." Daisy comments. "To make the portal back while you look for your sisters."
Eve nods and then hugs Amelia, Sophia, and Donna while Daisy says goodbye to Rose. As they are expected to return in a few days, the farewell is not very long.
They stand in front of the enchantment, and Daisy begins to activate the portal, creating a vertical surface with a watery texture.
Eve looks at Lucien with a loving expression and caresses his hand. "I know you will take good care of everyone, so I just want to say that I am proud of you for being so strong for us."
He smiles at her while also stroking her hand with his fingers. "Come back soon with our sisters so that we can all be together."
"Mm." She smiles and enters the portal after reluctantly releasing his hand. Daisy also smiles at Lucien before following Eve.
But then Pride materializes her body in front of him, and I look him in the eye. "Don't turn the little bitch of the angels before I get back, or you will lose the respect I have for you."
"DAMN!!" Wrath punches the stone table while Pride dematerializes her body, returning to Eve's soul. Lucien smiles provocatively at Wrath. He knows that she is jealous of him, and Envy loves that.
The portal closes after Daisy and Eve go through it. Meanwhile, Helena and Genevieve are very concerned about June's injuries.
Helena looks at Sophia with a pleading expression. "Please, help her... just a little; she is just a young girl."
Sophia looks at Lucien, clearly asking his opinion about that. He nods, and she approaches June before putting her hands on her body and using her healing skills.
Since June's wounds are normal injuries, Sophia's healing quickly proves to be effective. She closes the cuts on the angel's body, fixes broken bones, and heals internal bleeds.
However, she doesn't heal June completely, leaving her body still weak and painful, so she doesn't try to attack someone in Lucien's group or anything like that.
While Sophia heals June, Genevieve looks at Lucien with a disappointed and upset expression. It is evident that June was very tortured because her mind seems to be about to break.
"It was not him." Helena comments. "He only tortures horrible people who deserve to be tortured."
"So... that demon?" Genevieve is relieved that Lucien did not torture June, but she still is angry.
"Pride..." Helena nods. "She and Eve are going to do everything to protect their family. Can you blame them for what?"
"..." Genevieve can't do that. Her people hate demons because the Gods force them to be like that. Those wars only generate more enemies for them, and everything is the fault of the Gods.
As June begins to understand what is happening, Helena realizes that Lucien is gazing at her with a thoughtful expression. She knows that he has a lot of questions, mainly about Alexa, so she walks towards him.
She passes him and walks over to a large tree about a hundred meters from the stone table, which Rose had to rebuild after Wrath broke it.
He follows Helena, and they sit under that tree. Even sitting, the difference in height between them is very significant, and she ends up looking like a kid.
"Lucien..." She says hesitantly. "I know you already promised to give this alliance a chance, but... I'm concerned about..."
"What is your relationship with Alexa? Is she your..." He starts to speak.
"My granddaughter." Helena completes. "Alexa is my granddaughter."
Lucien really thought that. But now, he is even more curious about Helena's story. She can see that and begin to explain.
Her eyes sparkle as she remembers her past more than a thousand years ago. "I was born into a great family, the Caudinus House. My parents were famous warriors among our race and won many battles for the Gods. It can be said that we were one of the three most powerful families in our world."
"But..." She makes a sad expression. "We were never more than servants, or rather slaves. My parents died fighting demons in an impossible battle because a God was upset."
"That God was upset with my family because my parents died without winning that battle, so he destroyed my house and killed almost all members of my family... I was spared to be a better servant and clean up that shame."
Lucien doesn't know if he is more angry or disgusted by the Gods. But he remains silent to continue listening to Helena's story.
After a pause, she continues. "Time passed, but not my pain. I just didn't break at that time because I had a great friend who was always by my side..."
"Agapius's uncle?" Lucien asks.
She nods. "Yes, Atticus Corvus. He spent most of his time trying to cheer me up and motivate me. One day, I was tired of lamenting and accepted his proposal on training with a famous general."
"That general was a great warrior and wanted Atticus as his disciple. But Atticus only accepted that on the condition that I, too, would be that general's disciple."
"The general Crassus..." Helena smiles when she speaks his name. "He was really a great man. He not only taught Atticus and me to be better warriors, but he also taught us about honor and dignity."
"He was not trying to force us to think like him, but to think about what was right or not by our own. He did not see the world as black and white; he did not believe that one race had to be the enemy of another. And he did not fully believe in the Gods." She explains.
Helena smiles before continuing. "Those were good years... Atticus and I learned a lot from General Crassus, and it was only after dozens of years that we found out that he had a son."
"But his son did not have a good relationship with him... Maxim Crassus was a skeptical young man. He felt that angels had to be totally loyal to the Gods and were against his father's revolutionary ideas."
She sighs. "General Crassus was not a rebel. He continued to serve the Gods obediently. He just made it clear that he did not like to judge others just because the Gods did not like other races. He said that people should be responsible for their own actions and fight their own wars."
"Anyway... General Crassus was already very old, and his body had already reached its limit; that is, he would live much longer, so he started trying to make up with his son."
"Maxim did not hate his father; he was just afraid that the Gods would find his father's ideas offensive and destroy their family just as they did with others, like mine," Helena speaks in a sad tone.
"The General Crassus was not doing well with his son, so..." Helena smiles. "Atticus was also an excellent man. He tried to approach Maxin to show him how his father was an incredible person."
"And as I was also very grateful to General Crassus, I also approached Maxim along with Atticus..." Helena again pauses while she seems to be enjoying those memories.
She smiles. "Maxim was also a good man, and we became great friends... But over time, our relationship started to get complicated..."
"I always knew that Atticus was in love with me..." Helena makes a sorry look. "I really wanted to be in love with him too, but... I was still depressed by the loss of my family, and I didn't want to love another person and risk something bad happening to them."
Lucien can see that Helena blames herself for that, so he gently taps her head. "You can't force someone to like or dislike you, just like you can't force yourself to love someone."
Helena slowly removes Lucien's hand from her head, but her lips seem to want to smile. "I was very hesitant and weak... You have been through bad things too, but you do not deny affection to those who love you."
He shakes his head. "But I ignored Sophia's feelings for a long time. And now, instead of mourning my mistake, I'm trying my best to make up for her."
"I wish I had that option..." She makes a sad expression. "Anyway, Maxim also fell in love with me..."
"As expected..." Lucien thinks out loud. Then he smiles at her. "I mean, you are so beautiful."
"Sigh* She rolls her eyes." I was very confused because I didn't know how to deal with their feelings. We were great friends, but our relationship got more and more complicated."
She smiles again. "However, Atticus and Maxim were like brothers. They saw their rivalry as something cool and kept trying to conquer my heart as their friendship grew..."
"Maxim's relationship with his father also started to improve... But one day, we were all summoned to a great war in another world by the Water Goddess."
Helena sighs. "The army created by our Houses was incredible, and under the leadership of General Crassus, we easily defeated our enemies."
Then her expression starts to vary between anger and sadness. "It was then that it happened... The Water Goddess was a cruel woman and ordered us to destroy a whole race of demi-humans in that world."
"Those demi-humans posed no threat to anyone. They had started to evolve and become stronger when demons started to help them. But after we had defeated those demons and the strong warriors of that race, they had nothing but a poor world destroyed by the war."
"Still... the Water Goddess wanted to see even the last of them die..." Helena shakes her head. "But General Crassus was unable to do that. He refused to follow a direct order from a God…"
"The Water Goddess got angry, needless to say. She didn't think for a second before attacking General Crassus with the intention of killing him."
Helena's eyes sparkle while Lucien can't tell what kind of emotions she is feeling right now. "It all happened very quickly, and when we realized it, General Crassus was still alive while Atticus's body was flying away after being hit by that cruel woman..."
"At that moment, I realized that I loved Atticus and couldn't lose him. My already injured heart looked like it was going to break completely..." A black tear runs out from Helena's right eye as she remembers the pain she felt that day.
And Lucien can't help but be sad to see the poor little angel suffering. Then he again taps her hair and rests her head on his chest.
"..." Without saying anything, Lucien just tries to make Helena feel better, and she is really grateful for that pleasant heat of his touch.