Chapter 573: I Walk In The Darkness So That Others May See The Light
“Eve. Where are you, my cute granddaughter?” Jas shouted.
The White Goose glared at the noisy old man who had co to the lakeside. It was currently swimming in the middle of the lake, with a sleeping girl on its back. Seven ducks slept beside the little girl, encircling her in a protective formation.
The Seven Ducks whom she had cared for since they were young were now full-fledged adults. These ducks would attack anyone who dared to hurt Eve, and bite their noggins if they were a boy.
Because of this, Eve’s playmates were only girls. Jas and Mordred didn’t have any complaints with this setup. Anna would shake her head from ti to ti because of how overprotective the n of their family were towards her daughter.
“Oi! Goose, bring my granddaughter here!” Jas ordered.
A second later, Jas heard an annoyed voice speak inside his head.
“Shut up, old man. The Mistress is sleeping. Tone down your words and stop shouting.”
“Then bring her here now. There’s an important guest that wants to see her.”
The White Goose frowned before wading towards the lakeside. It had enlarged itself earlier because Eve wanted to play in the lake while on its back. However, after playing for a while, the calmness of the lake made her sleepy, so she decided to take a nap on the White Goose’ back along with her ducklings.
The white Goose stepped on land, but still retained its size. If possible, it didn’t want to wake the sleeping girl on its back and simply glared at Jas as if it wanted to peck him to oblivion.
Jas looked at his adorable granddaughter with a fawning gaze. Seeing how peacefully she slept, he decided to just wake her up after they returned to the residence.
The old man and the White Goose walked sided by side as they headed towards the direction of Lont. A guest had arrived, and Jas hurriedly looked for Eve because her presence was needed.
It didn’t take long before the two arrived at the Ainsworth Residence. As if sensing that she had returned ho, Eve’s eyes fluttered. Half a minute later, she opened them and looked at her surroundings, while still half asleep.
“Grandpa?” Eve asked as she saw Jas walking beside the White Goose.
“Good Afternoon, Eve,” Jas said with a smile. “Soone ca to visit you.”
Eve’s drowsiness went away when she heard that soone ca to visit her. There was soone she misses very much, and she hoped to see him soon.
“Big Brother?”
“William? No. It’s soone else.”
“Who?”
Jas smiled and pointed at the entrance of the Ainsworth Residence. A beautiful lady dressed in ceremonial garb stood near the doorway. The mont she saw Eve, a gentle smile appeared on her face.
The guest of the Ainsworth Family walked towards the White Goose to have a better look at the girl that she had co to see for the first ti. She had not t Eve before, but she and William were good friends.
There were tis when the red-headed teenager would talk about his cute cousin in the countryside. That was how she knew Eve’s na. She just didn’t expect that she would be sent to William’s hotown, to take the little girl under her tutelage.
Eve looked at the beautiful lady and felt a strong connection to her. This connection was hard to describe, especially for a little girl. Because of that, Eve said the closest thing that she could to describe the feelings welling up inside her heart.
“Big Sister?”
“Yes. From now on, you can call Big Sister.”
Ariadne smiled and patted Eve’s head affectionately. Now she understood why William kept on bragging about his cute cousin.
Eve was probably the most adorable little girl that she had seen in her lifeti. Also, the powerful Divine Energy emanating from her body was proof that she was destined to be an Apostle of a God.
A few minutes later, Jas, Mordred, Anna, and Eve gathered in the garden where they all had afternoon tea and snacks.
Ariadne had waited for everyone to gather before she spoke of her reason for coming. Mordred and Anna exchanged a glance at each other in disbelief. Jas, on the other hand, frowned. He then placed his tea cup on the table before speaking out his mind.
“Are you going to take Eve away from us?” Jas asked. He spoke casually, and yet, his words seed to contain an underlying challenge.
It was as if he was telling Ariadne to “You won’t be taking my darling granddaughter away from under my watch”.
Ariadne smiled because she already expected this outco.
“Eve is still young,” Ariadne replied. “I can’t bear to take her away from her family. This was why I have decided to stay here in Lont while I teach her the duties of an Apostle.”
Mordred and Anna sighed in relief. Being chosen as an Apostle of a God was an honor, but it was also a heavy responsibility. Eve was still young, and they didn’t want their daughter to leave them at this stage.
Jas humd and nodded his head.
“Very well. I will allow you to teach Eve, but you have to make an oath that you will not secretly take her away, while we’re not looking,” Jas said. Although he knew that Ariadne was an Oracle of the God William followed, he still couldn’t trust her because of the fact that he kept on forgetting what she looked like!
‘What a troubleso ability,’ Jas thought. ‘No matter how hard I try, her face slips away from my mory.’
Eve ate the cookies on her plate with gusto. She looked at Ariadne from ti to ti, and the latter would smile back at her each ti the lady sensed her stare.
Unlike her family, Ariadne’s ability didn’t work on her. Even if Ariadne were to wear normal clothes and was tossed inside a crowd, Eve would be able to recognize her right away.
Ariadne had said that she ca here to teach her how to beco an Apostle.
Eve didn’t understand what an Apostle was. But, for so reason, she felt that being an Apostle wasn’t a bad thing.
Ariadne sighed in her heart. She was soone that could see glimpses in the future, but she couldn’t see the future of certain people. The Oracle of the God of Shepherds knew that her duty was not an easy one.
For so reason, she was feeling uneasy. She kept on dreaming about a man with black hair, and eyes. He sat on a black throne, surrounded by beautiful won and a little girl sitting on his lap.
Behind him, several powerful beasts stood as if waiting for his command to unleash havoc across the land. Above him, a Black Phoenix had its wings spread wide as if to usher a new Era.
Ariadne’s hand trembled as she rembered the scene in her dream. That man looked at her and smiled. Although she couldn’t rember what he looked like, she could still rember the words that he had told her.
“I walk in the darkness so that others may see the light.”
Yes. That man decided to walk in the darkness.
However, in doing so, he also covered the entire world in darkness.
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