Chapter 426 - Leaving Home
Chapter 426: Leaving Home
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
A greenish figure walked among the crowd until it reached the front. Then the figure knelt down in front of Angor.
“Mister, I shall listen to your command with all my heart.”
She was a young Krakok girl in a green bubble skirt. Her gesture made her skirt spread a little on the floor like a newborn sapling ready to welcome the first spring.
Both Angor and Shadow knew that face. She was the first Krakok they encountered in Soul Genesis Garden—Papaya from Seedling Village.
Angor glanced at the grand priest. He believed this old man intentionally ordered the girl to present herself.
There was something in Papaya’s eyes. It seemed she wanted to say something else, yet she did nothing more than showing her absolute obedience to Angor.
With someone to set off the domino effect, another Krakok boy who had been looking at Papaya affectionately also knelt down, followed by his parents. One after one, all Krakoks now had their knees on the floor as they showed their respect to Angor.
The Krakok girl was puzzled by the voice that suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She then saw Angor looking right at her quietly.
“Mister—”
“Keep your voice down. I can hear you.”
Angor already noticed Papaya had some other idea hidden behind her calm expression. The girl didn’t say it in front of others just to be considerate, and Angor would approve her wise choice.
The girl obviously wanted to ask for help. Yet asking it out in the open would place Angor in a somewhat awkward situation. Now that they could talk in private, Angor didn’t have to worry about the opinions of the other Krakoks.
“Mister, I’m the only family my granny has. If I leave her and never come back, she will, she will—” Her eyes quickly brimmed with tears when thinking about her elderly grandmother.
“You want me to take your grandmother too?”
Papaya nodded.
“I don’t know how long this journey will take, and it probably won’t be easy. There will be unknown incidents and dangers. Are you sure you want this? Does she really want to leave? Can you decide for her?”
Papaya considered and nodded again. She and her grandmother needed each other, and she definitely would not leave her only family behind in loneliness.
“Okay, since you said so. I’ll go find her before leaving. Mind that if anything bad happens because of this, you’ll be the one to take responsibility.”
Angor then returned to the old priest again. “It’s time for us to leave.”
He waved a hand to move the small skyscraper into his bracelet. There was still crying voices coming from the building.
The old priest stared at the now empty space in front of him in both sadness and expectation.
“Thank you, young mister…” He knelt down and placed his head on the surface of the desk again. All the clerics followed his example, while the armored knights removed their helmets and went down on one knee.
“Get up. Their future is still unknown. Don’t thank me yet.” Angor then looked at Shadow, who had been enjoying their little drama. “Let’s go.”
Shadow nodded. The pair added with a beautiful puppet lady leaped over the kneeing Krakoks and disappeared.
The Krakoks waited for a long time. One of the clerics tried to assist their priest to stand up, only to accidentally knock the old man’s body over and revealing a pale face.
They finally realized that their beloved priest had already passed away. There were still tears that lingered on the old man’s cheeks, yet he was still smiling during his last moment.
…
Angor and Shadow heard someone chanting when they walked past the holy mountain.
At the peak of the mountain, a choir group was singing Hymns of Fairies again, with their eyes closed. The one taking the lead was the young Krakok lady who had been elected as the “key singer” during the ceremony.
The sun of a new day was shining its benevolence over everyone.
“O the first warrior, he who brought his sword upon the morning garden and found the first rose for the red queen…”
“O the second warrior, who hides in the lands of serpents and waits for the next dawn, away from evil humans…”
“O the third warrior, who spreads his wings and joined the song of Grand Priest. Together, they waited for the third beloved patron…”
“O the fourth warrior… He reveals the sky gate, accompanied by light and holy chants, is the fourth soul hidden in the black tome…”
However, the poem didn’t stop here. Using the same, angelic voice, Krakoks from Sky Choir began to cite a brand new, fifth paragraph of their story.
“O the last warrior… your brilliance reveals us a path in the forlorn fog. O souls lost in despair… pray follow the light to our daybreak…”