Hugo's hands trembled as the sound of the footsteps became louder after a few seconds. He looked at the person in his arms. He closed his eyes and focused on himself, trying to stop the time.
'Fuck!' he cursed out loudly. He was gladdened by the fact that his focus became successful.
A smile crept into his lips. He looked at his surrounding before finally returning his eyes to the person that he was holding. Hugo slowly placed the person down, back on the bed.
The wounds and the bruises that came from the man's body vanished. The foul odor that he was smelling earlier changed into a scent of fresh roses.
'Thalia truly is someone,' he thought. He stood up and went towards where Hendrix was currently staying at. In there he saw that the woman was already fine and was lying down back on the bed again.
"We need to teleport now. My powers will be purified again if we let the remaining person to take the pearl here." Hugo uttered.
Hendrix nodded. "Don't worry." He grinned.
"I will handle all of this. Just follow me, alright?"
Hendrix took the woman and the other person in the second room in his arms. Hugo quickly did the same with the person who was with them earlier. All of them placed their hands on Hugo's shoulder so that they would be included once he teleported.
Hendrix's eyes twinkled when he saw where they went to. It was a house that was multiple times bigger than Hugo's room!
"I want to stay in this place!" He exclaimed as he threw the people in his hands towards the couch on the side. There was a big black screen in the middle of the wall. There were a lot of unfamiliar things that he wanted to explore.
When Hugo heard that, he couldn't help but thought that it wasn't a good idea.
'Should I let him stay here and be a guard for these people?' he tilted his head to the side.
He could just say that the cat's owner already took Hendrix away to his family so that they wouldn't be confused why the cat suddenly vanished.
He just knew for sure that his sister will be saddened by this news.
"If you want, then we can do that," Hugo uttered making Hendrix surprised.
"Really?" With his widened eyes, Hendrix went closer to Hugo as if he had said something impossible.
"Yeah." Hugo shrugged his shoulders before continuing his answer. "Here's a catch though, you need to take care of them and make sure that they will be our allies just like what Thalia had said."
"I can do that easily." Hendrix's grin became wider.
Taking care, guarding people, and making sure that they wouldn't betray our alliance was what he was good at after all.
"Nice. Let's make the last person drink this pearl now," Hugo took the last pearl in the white cloth where he hid it.
He knelt on the ground and made the person drink it with ease. Just like earlier, the person's body emitted a very bright light and when it vanished, all the evident scars and wounds on his body vanished.
"Are they going to rest for a while?" Hendrix curiously asked as he saw that even after they consumed the white pearl, their state was still unconscious.
"Maybe. Their body must be regaining strength for all the weeks or months that they have stayed inside that cell." Hugo nodded.
"Go move them to their rooms. Just pick anything and pick yours as well. I will be taking care of the matters here." Hugo turned his body back to go directly to the kitchen.
In there he saw the food and groceries that he bought last time. "Elle must be the one to organize all of this," he uttered as a piece of paper caught his attention.
"If you saw this note, then I want to inform you that everything is well organized."
Hugo chuckled as he took the note, folding it in half before hiding it in his pants.
"I should say thanks to him later," he continues to laugh before tilting his head to the side.
Hugo looked at the time and saw that he still has a lot of time before their agreed meeting time. He took out his phone and messaged Abigail regarding if she wanted to go later so that she could meet Lilianne.
Abigail responded that she cannot do so as she was out of town with her family.
Hugo took a deep sigh. 'This was a good opportunity to introduce themselves to each other. It's a pity that she was out of town.'
Hugo took out some meat from the refrigerator. He will be cooking food in case if one of the people wakes up later on. At least, with this, he will be sure that they wouldn't get hungry.
Hendrix followed Hugo in the kitchen. "You won't ditch me later, right?" he made a face as he remembered that Hugo told him to guard the people.
Realizing it, Hugo does not know what to answer. He stared at Hendrix trying to think of what to answer and what to do.
"Can't you just do something or surround this place with a barrier so that they couldn't leave?" Hugo's forehead creased as he thought that it was the only way if Hendrix will be persistent to come with him.
"Oh, what a genius mind you have!" Hendrix smiled widely.
He closed his eyes, before opening up his palms. He said a few words in God's language. A white light appeared on his palms. It flew to the sky and vanished in their eyes.
"Done."
"I'm curious, Is that one of your powers too?" Hugo asked when he noticed that Hendrix had shown him a lot of powers already in just a short period of time.
Hendrix shook his head. "No. Every God has the power to cast protection and cast a blessing. It was taught to us when we ascended to our names."
"…"
Hugo nodded his head as an awkward laugh escaped from his lips. He looked to the side and told Hendrix that he will just be cooking so that they could eat lunch all together.
Hendrix, on the other hand, told Hugo that he will just be upstairs with the room that he had chosen."
Going up, Hendrix secretly looked back to where Hugo was before glancing over to the side. He saw a white dove on the window, looking at him. The white dove wasn't ordinary.
There was a golden crown-like stone on her head. Her feathers were much whiter than the other dove and her size was obviously much bigger/
When Hugo saw it, he immediately rushed his way toward the room. He opened up the window, letting the bird inside.
Hugo didn't wait for the bird to land on the bed. He instantly went to his knees, bowing down.
"Your highness."
"You may raise, Hendrix." A woman's voice sounded.
In there, the dove that entered the house suddenly turned into a woman. Thalia gracefully sat on the bed. Her blue dress that was flowing until the ground was highlighting her snow-like skin.
Thalia wasn't wearing any jewelry or a crown yet her beauty still radiates even further.
It was true when they said that beauty comes with simplicity.
Hendrix rose just like what was told to him. He didn't even dare to take a step forward. He just stayed in his place without moving.
"How is everything?" Thalia's voice was like a melodious sound that one would be willing to hear every day. It was with softness and delicacy that you would falter on your knees if ever.
"The people have been rescued. They are currently in the room next to this." Hendrix uttered. He was looking at the floor.
"I want to visit them."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Hendrix opened up the door, letting Thalia into the room. In there, they saw two wide beds. The 3 people were sleeping peacefully as if they didn't experience any hardship these past few days.
Thalia opened up her palms. In there a butterfly-like light suddenly appeared on it.
"I will give them the blessing of strength and wisdom. You need to train them into mighty knights that would not fear death at all." Thalia tilted her head to the side as the butterfly-like light flew in the air.
"They wouldn't wake up until tomorrow so you do not have to worry. Once they wake up, make them drink this." Thalia handed in a small bottle with a golden liquid inside.
"Isn't this…" Hendrix's eyes widened when he saw that the liquid was familiar to his eyes.
"No." Thalia shook her head. "This only contains a few droplets of the golden apple to prolong their life. Their body on the inside is severely damaged, so without this, they wouldn't be able to survive." Thalia paused for a while.
"The drugs that they consumed made them addicted to it that they wouldn't be able to last for a week without taking them again, so made sure that you will make them drink this."
"Yes, Your Highness."
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