Now the morning had come.
His half-sister, Sora, stayed in Geraldus house. When she came running to him about the lively family she met, who happened to be the family he lived with, she said it reminded her of their mother’s home and how lively they both were when they were small as toddlers. Sora said she slept prosperously through the night.
At the bleak of dawn, Valverno knew the war of the future would be coming. Although there was a long distance from the capital city, King Uragiru would send a large army to the Western Region to eradicate Geraldus and those who follow him.
As the sun rose slightly higher past the east from mountains in view and made an early morning, Valverno flew from the watchtower and to Geraldus’s house. He entered it and heard sound silent. Usually, there would be a small sound or the twin boys or the twin girls running around, but no one seemed to be up.
He saw Sora, Geraldus, and Flavius sitting by the fireplace, whispering to each other. They looked at Valverno for a brief moment as he entered before rescuing back to their whispering conversation.
Valverno could listen to hear what they were saying, but decided not to. He could tell by their concerned faces it has to revolve around him, since he was the only half mortal being who fell into the Pool of Shadows. And the Pool of Shadows was the place where evil was originally created and anyone thought to have bathed in it would have been born or reborn a corrupted, evil form.
For Valverno, it seemed to have corrupted his appearance, but not his personality. He still had retained his old personality and didn’t show he became a second version of the Shadow King. Valverno was still going to depose the ancient being instead of joining him. But who is what to say what could happen? Valverno could be hiding an inner shadow somewhere in his body.
The future remained unknown for Valverno and what may become of his new form. Only time would tell what would happen. He was going to have to let the power of fate choose what is in store for him.
As the three people whispered continued, Valverno walked upstairs to see what has become of his old bedroom, the room he grew up in. He hasn’t seen it the past six months and wanted to know if it had changed.
As the Valverno opened the door and enter, he saw it was different. The room was far different: there was a real bed. There hung high emerald curtains made from fine silk around the bed. A head of a male elk with large, pointy antlers hung on the wall. The walls were colored to the grim with gold. Two pictures of a knight and a maiden hung on opposite ends. The window was now a stained glass window instead of being an open window.
Valverno’s childhood room had changed since he had moved away from the house. It was entirely different the way he left it. Everything in the house stayed the same, but this room was the only thing that has changed. All his life he spent alone in the room, staying away from the gazes of human eyes, had changed, and he thought it would have changed if he had moved out.
Valverno thought the room had been turned into a guestroom and thought it was where Sora had slept. He knew Marina would stay on the shoreline; Sirens do love the sight of the water and never turn down the opportunity to get to sleep in the water.
The hybrid smiled small. He was glad there was a bit of a big change to Geraldus’s house. Valverno didn’t do much in that one room but only to stare at the village’s people all day for almost two decades. Now he was out of the room, which felt like a prison cell.
People started to look up to him more instead of staring at an outsider. Valverno was glad to have moved out of the room he spent his whole life in and went to venture to the outside world, and it was all thanks to the Minotaur.
Valverno left the room and closed the door behind him. Ahead of him stood Flavius standing tall.
“Thinking of moving back in?” asked Flavius.
“No, I have my own house now,” answered Valverno.
“Why are you not there then?”
“Because it doesn’t have birds to send messages or any S.O.S. signals to send any warnings of King Uragiru’s betrayal. I built the house to start my personal life with Marina, once Lusìvar has been dealt with.”
“Then what’s your plan of action?” asked Flavius.
Valverno stroke his chin. Before he could make an answer, Valverno walked passed Flavius and strolled down the stairs.
“Didn’t you hear what I asked: what is your plan now?” asked Flavius, following after Valverno.
“I’m planning on going to the Northern Region, said Valverno. “I plan to unite the five clans we saved from Lusìvar’s wrath.”
“We?”
“I wasn’t the only one who saved those people from the Shadow King’s tyranny. You. Marina. The previous White Knight of Charity. Wasso, Gurro, and Monico. Flarefur Every person who traveled with me to the Northern Region. I can’t take all the credit of the events that happened up there; I had help from you and the other companions.”
“At least, there are some human portions to see from you.”
“I’m not a monster, if you are thinking about such a thought. And I couldn’t let an army of evil beings tear destroy the entire city during the wedding ceremony, and I never knew the king is allied with Lusìvar. There was no knowing King Uragiru didn’t put his soldiers on patrol anyway.”
“But Alaric still died the process. You could have prevented his death from happening.”
“How could I have prevented his death from happening? The ambush on the city happened quickly my dragon spilt personality took effect and started countering before the city could end up
