Supreme Magus - Chapter 386

Chapter 386






"Does it hurt?" Phloria said caressing the scaly side of his face . A silent tear streaked down her cheek .

"What?" It wasn't much a question . More like the way Lith blurted out his surprise . Phloria seemed to be immune to his killing intent .

"I'm so sorry . I had no idea you were going through something like this alone . Does it hurt when you transform?"

"Yes . " He replied overwhelmed by her kindness . The shadows surrounding Lith shattered, making him human again .

"I remember our conversation well . You told me that if I thought you could make me happy, we would have continued from that point . I love you, Lith from Lutia and I know you can make me happy . The only question is: am I able to make you happy?"

She kissed him gently, shattering all the walls he had erected until that moment to protect himself from the world . Despite all that she knew, despite all that she had seen, Phloria was still in front of him .

Not afraid of what he was, but of being pushed away . It was something that Lith had never imagined, not even in his wildest dreams . She was accepting him unconditionally .





"You make me happy . " He replied with a hoarse voice, struggling with the unknown emotions that were bringing a part of his dead heart to life .

Phloria hugged him tightly, feeling that the divide between them had disappeared . Lith was clinging to her like a boyfriend for the first time since they had got together . She gave him a deep kiss while undoing the ties on her shoulders that kept her nightgown on .

She took a few steps back, allowing Lith to stare at her body without letting go of his hands before pulling him slowly towards the bed .

***

Lith shook his head trying to push the memory away . He understood why Phloria broke up with him . They had gotten to a point of their lives where their goals diverged . Their feelings hadn't changed, yet they both needed their space .

"So are you really calling Kamila?" Solus rushed to change the topic . Lith's pain was her own . She had never meant to make sad memories resurface after so many years .

"Of course I am! I may be bitter, lonely, and grumpy but I'm not dead . If after our first date things go well, I may even spend the evening of my birthday with her . My family can have morning and afternoon, but I need some me time . "





Lith's seventeenth birthday was approaching . It had no significance to him, yet it could be used as leverage to get a few days of leave if he played his cards right with Kamila .

Lith prepared for himself a big dinner comprised of his favorite foods, leaving Solus to take care of only the vegetables . There was no way she could screw that up . As soon as he finished, he went back to his private quarters .

The room didn't resemble his academy apartment anymore, it was mixed with parts from his house back on Earth . The library contained his favorite books that Solus had managed to salvage from his memory and in front of his bed and on the ceiling, there was a huge TV screen .


It was actually just a flat-screen . Lith had no idea how a TV was made so neither could Solus replicate it . What she could do, was to project the movies he loved the most . He was on a tight schedule, but after months of isolation and the horrors she had just born witness to, Lith decided that Solus deserved a little R&R .

They watched the first movie of the "The Madrox" trilogy together, an old sci-fi blockbuster . It was Solus's favorite since it was the only movie available with a happy ending .

"Why do you remember the first one so well while the other two are but a blur?" She asked while watching the final bout between the main character dressed like a priest and the ruthless Agent Doe .





"Because most of the time sequels are hot garbage . " They were sitting close to each other, with Solus leaning against his side .

The next morning, Lith found her sound asleep in his bed right next to him .

'I really don't get it . All that fuss for the bath and then she has no problem snuggling against me or get cuddled to sleep . I guess women will always remain a mystery . ' He thought while exploiting her lack of consciousness to not embarrass her .

The rest of the trip to Kaduria was eventless . The further he got from populated areas, the more often he met small woods . Whenever Life Vision showed him a significant number of creatures, he would check the area for monsters .

Lith only met animals and very few magical beasts . They looked hungry, but most of all, scared . He bartered some food for information .

"Why is this zone deserted? There's water, trees, yet I couldn't find a single bird nest or burrow . Is there something dangerous here I should know about?"

"Indeed . " Replied a brown Byk gobbling up the raw meat offered to him . "Winter is coming, otherwise no one would be so desperate to go near Death's City to search for food . "

"Do you mean the dead city of Kaduria?" Lith pointed towards his destination that lay only a few kilometers away .

"Not a dead city . Death's city . " The Byk corrected him . "I suggest you go back . Nothing good ever comes out of those cursed walls . My mother always used to warn me to stay away from it . She said that hunger is much better than joining the shadow people . "

Lith tried to learn something more, but the Byk had never ventured near Kaduria . He only knew what his mother told him and her stories seemed made to scare children .

It took Lith a few minutes to reach the ruins . The problem was they were no ruins at all . Inside a translucent golden dome, resided one of the most beautiful cities he had ever seen . All the buildings were several stories high and made of white marble that reflected the sunlight illuminating even the innermost alleys .

The roofs were painted a pale blue, each one hosted a small spire holding a masterfully cut magic crystal on its top . Like most cities of the Griffon Kingdom, Kaduria was built in layers .

The most external one was outside the city walls . Lith could see farmers tending the lands that were devoid of snow despite the harsh climate . Small cottages were built in the proximities of the farmlands, from which he could see women and children taking care of the cattle .

Past the city walls, all the houses were made of stone . From the high ground, Lith could distinguish a residential area, a market district, noble houses, and in the center of the city, there was a small castle .

"This doesn't make any sense . " The vision flabbergasted Lith . "These people are funnily clothed but are alive as much as I am . Why does the Griffon Kingdom keep them sealed instead of trading with them? This city is a marvel of magic . "

Not even the series of arrays composing the golden dome could hide the mystical web enveloping Kaduria . The spires with their mana crystals acted as relay points for some sort of complex magical formation .

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