Guy was troubled, he felt everything change. Firstly was his own subjects. The demons under him had changed, they had become more human-like.
And they had found a new figure of worship, a new object of their praise. They called him the Prince of darkness, a figure worshipped alongside me apparently.
Yet despite their praise of this new entity, he didn't stop them, not because he couldn't but because he knew they were real and he knew they existed because of him.
Being a spiritual life-form gave him natural awareness of the changes in his memories, not to mention 100 years of memories wiped out would cause a noticeable discrepancy.
He remembered having something akin to a student…
…Akin to a son.
And yet there was nothing, he couldn't remember his name, his face, nothing.
But Rain and Misery had also felt the discrepancies. And worst of all was Velzard, she was easily the most influenced and the biggest proof of this person's existence.
On the day that they felt their memories wiped, Velzard had felt pain from her very soul, experiencing symptoms of a soul shattering. The conclusion was that a soul corridor was shattered.
Velzard had gone slightly insane from the sudden memory loss, ever since that day she hasnt returned to the frozen continent. She was either spending time with her brother or searching for evidence on this figure.
Honestly whoever you are, I salute you for making Velzard make up with her brother but that still doesn't answer any of the questions.
It was clear as day that the one who erased their memories was this Pneuma.
Guy was currently going through all the evidence he has. It was miniscule but it was all he could collect at the moment. This Pneuma was tricky, he had made sure to stay as hidden as possible.
He was waiting for reports from Misery on any news when suddenly
CRASH
Something had flown though causing the air and into his study and crashed, destroying everything around him.
Guy turned around to the crash site with irritation, he found the a familiar energy from the smoke, something that he hasn't felt in years. When the smoke cleared, he saw Dino in his true form, "We need to talk Guy."
"Well aren't you looking dapper today, sorry Dino but I'm hel-"
"Guy, a new primordial angel has been born!"
Guy stopped in his tracks, 'A new primordial?' Guy tuned around and immediately invited him for a sit down.
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Dino had transformed back and sat down, explaining what was going on, "How interesting, but why did you come to me for?" Guy asked.
"I want to use your incredible analytical abilities to help find me."
Those words had pricked Guy's curiosity, " You mean you can't find them?!"
"No, something is causing interference with locating this angel."
Hearing Dino's statement, Guy was instantly intrigued by this. Although Guy knew Dino had no tracking capabilities but the birth of a primordial angel wouldn't be something unnoticeable.
While Guy was thinking, Dino had looked past him at the board that had alot of evidence, " You seem to have your own issues at the moment, is this something sort of investigation of yours?"
Dino stood up and walked up to the board, " Pneuma? Who is that?"
" Well, my oblivious friend, this is a new god that has appeared awhile ago and caused me a lot of personal strife. I know your lethargic as hell but Pneuma has been quite popular lately."
Dino had looked at one point on the board that had caught his eye, " Concealing fog? Nullifies appraisal and analytical abilities."
Guy caught his sudden interest in this detail and didn't hesitate to annoy Dino, "If you have something to say then say it."
Before anything else happened, Misery had returned with her report.
"You have anything for me?"
"Yes. About over a day ago, a small invasion happened in the eastern empire. Apparently the true dragon Velgrynd was attacked by a surbordinate of Pneuma and the emperor himself was attacked by Pneuma himself."
" Velgrynd was attacked by his surbordinates? Did they survive the encounter?" Guy was intrigued
"Yes, there were two of them. One was a regular making with an extremely powerful weapon and the other was a golden dragon that seems to have the powers of an elemental. The first could apparently hold their own against Velgrynd before the other intervened."
Guy was amused by this situation but Dino inquired further, "Have you found anything that tells us about what Pneuma wanted from the eastern empire?"
"No but what I can say is this, Pneuma attacked for half an hour and winning yet retreated without any reason."
With that Guy began putting up more info on his bored. Dino however had an idea now of how this primordial was suddenly created, " Guy, I'm just throwing ideas around but what if this Pneuma created this new primordial?"
" That's… and interesting conjecture, do you have proof?"
" No but the coincidences just keep on adding up."
" What coincidences?"
" It's just that the only way to create an ange- I will see you Guy." Dino immediately took off, 'What are you Pneuma? And who have you created?"
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Velzard had been scouring the world in frustration. She was lost, broken and confused, she felt like something was stolen from her.
She had been inspecting any trace of what she lost, she didn't know what to look for, where to look or how to look.
She had no idea who this person was but she knew they existed, not just because of her memories being erased for the last 100 years but also because of a name that had been etched into her soul.
Winters. the name felt so familiar, so warm and yet there was no recollection of it, but she knows they exist.
She had tried to find out the pieces of her memory in place. Her first stop was to the great forest of Jura but unfortunately that was all.
Next she tracked down any remnants of the being that took away her memories, Pneuma.
So she traveled to the nation of Ulgracia to get some info from one of the spirits worshipping him, but no matter what she did, none of the spirits actually answered her no matter how much she threatened.
She felt absolutely hopeless at the moment.
"You know, you've been at this for too long. I'm actually feeling a little worried."
Velzard recognised that mock tone quite well, "What do you want Guy?"
"To give you some form of intel. I think I might have a lead on Pneuma."
Velzard instantly became interested, "Go on." Guy began to relay the information that Misery had found, "My sister was actually humiliated so badly, amusing but that doesn't tell us where to find his surbordinates."
"Actually we do, apparently this surbordinate is stationed in the sorcerous dynasty of Sarion."
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Velzard didn't hesitate to, she immediately began flying over with Guy tailing close behind. They arrived in the dynasty when a suddenly they found a beam of electricity pierce the sky, creating an obvious beacon.
They flew over immediately and found a masked man with white hair wielding a electrified scythe, the moment the man noticed our arrival he with sheathed his scythe into a bracelet.
"Hello, lord Guy, lady Velzard."
" You know us?" Guy inquired with a smile.
" Yes, lord Pneuma had already predicted your arrival after the invading the eastern empire. Misery's intelligence is not to be underestimated after all." Guy had now become even more interested, Pneuma had predicted everything that had happened.
" Let me ask, is Pneuma purposely avoiding us. Is that why you're here and he isn't?"
"No, well yes he is purposely avoiding you but at the moment he is currently resting."
"Interesting, you seem quite open with revealing information." Velzard posed a threatening statement.
"Because he is not your enemy. Your memory being erased was done to protect you from him."
Guy had a premonition that was now confirmed, " Second to last question, the person that Pneuma erased from history, was Pneuma himself wasn't it?" Velzard was surprised and looked to the mask, awaiting the answer.
The masked man stayed silent for a second and then sighed, "Yes… yes he is."
Velzard's mind reeled from this information, she didn't know where to go from here.
She wanted to reunite with the person who she had forgotten and take her anger out on the god who had erased them. Now that she knows that they are the same person, she doesn't know what to do.
Guy, acting oblivious to her meltdown, smiled and continued, " Last question, did your god recently create an angel?"
" Y-yes, how do you know about that?"
" Are you aware of the angels of origin?"
The mask had gotten a bad premonition, " Yes, the seven angels of origin that were created from the great holy spirit of light before the dawn of creation. What about them?"
"Well tell your god that he had created the 8th angel of origin." Guy had a fat grin as he could tell the man's mind breaking behind the mask.
"What…the…fuck. Well thank you for that information. Anything else you want to know?"
"Where is Pneuma?" Velzard asked quickly.
"I was expecting this, I'm not allowed to tell you where his domain is but I'm allowed to give a clue by saying where he isn't."
Both Velzard and Guy were confused by this but played along anyway.
"Milords domain is NOT in the cardinal world."
Now they understood the meaning of not where he is.
The two walked away. Guy was incredibly satisfied with this information but Velzard…
She was not in the right headspace, she was in so much pain. She had planned to find and reunite with this person saving him from Pneuma's control, but it turns out that it they had intentionally avoided her, intentionally severed themself from her. She was angry, she was vindictive and most important…
…She was alone.
Velzard had now lost all motivation to find this individual, not because she stopped caring but because some part of her knew that it would be terrible to try and find someone actively avoiding her.
Without saying a word, she had returned to the frost palace completely without purpose.
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Guy was genuinely worried about Velzard but a sudden unrelated thought came to mind, "If there's a new angel of origin, does that mean I'm gonna get a new sibling soon?"