Irium

The snow covers what ice doesn"t. In other words, wherever there is land, there is snow. Wherever there is water, there is ice. It doesn"t look much different from a desert to be completely honest. I guess it is called cold desert for a reason.

Anyway, for now at least, I can walk. I don"t know how long I"ll be able to walk in a place like this, but for now, I can manage.

What I need to do in order to survive in a place like this is to find a hot place to rest. I do know how to make an igloo but I doubt I can make it by myself in time. I"ll probably quite literally freeze to death by the time I finish making it. So, before anything, I need to find an igloo that has already been made and hope the person living in it will let me stay.

Wait! The person living in it? How do I even know that the denizens of this place are human? They could be some different species. They could even natural predators of a human like me. Oh boy, what have I really walked into here? I wish Dues was willing to give me more information about this place but she wasn"t. And now it is resulting in me being anxious as h.e.l.l.

"Well, whatever!" I can"t really rely on that b.i.t.c.h for help. I"ll have to find everything out by myself.

And so, I walk. I walk. I walk. And I walk. I keep walking until I find anything that is not just plain snow and ice.

*****

"What exactly do you want from him?" Danny questions me with a pitiful look of worry for his friend.

"I think I have made it pretty clear. I want him to experience everything that I have experienced and then tell me what he thinks about what I did." I answer.

"Yeah, but why? Why him? And why at all?" He questions. It"s understandable that he"d be confused.

"Remember my prophecy? What EXACTLY it was?"

I mentioned clearly in my prophecy that Irium and Roswaisa are the reason the Angels and Demons die. While Irium and Danny did a play a role in helping Roswaisa become powerful enough to take out the entire Angel and Demon race, that isn"t what I meant by my prophecy.

"You … you mean to say that his role in your prophecy is still left." As I had expected, Danny catches on quick.

"Precisely." I can"t help but smile upon thinking on everything that is about to happen.

"But they are all already dead."

"Yes, they are ... from a material standpoint."

"What does that mean?" He is as confused as I was when I had realized these things for the first time.

"I can"t build a new Angel and new Demon race if people keep clinging on to the memories of the old one." I say, "People need to forget about the Angels and Demons that existed and start believing in the new ones that I am going to create."

That is the reason why I need him.

"The biggest problem comes from your Glice. People there know everything and so they are the ones who are clinging to those memories the most, as an exercise to deny me. Only Irium can change the minds of people like that. And that too he can only do if really believes in what I have done to be right."

"…"

"…"

We both stay silent for a half minute or so before Danny chuckles and asks, "You really think Irium is going to end up thinking what you want him to think?"

"Yes, that is bound to happen."

"So all that about not giving him a second chance to go to those places if he gives up once, it was all a ruse, huh?" He makes a mocking expression, "You are going to give him as many chances as it takes for him to complete all his "missions". And that all because after he completes them, he"ll be thinking like you?"

"Precisely."

"As if." He laughs as he says, "You underestimate human far too much."

"…" I have nothing to say to his mockery. Replying to such cheap talk is beneath me. When the results come, it will be clear as day which one of us was right about Irium.

"Ha! Your plan will fail, Dues, it will." His words sound like provocation, and I obviously am not going to fall for them.

"In any case, I believe I have something for you to do before you go back to your "domain"." I say. He probably a.s.sumes that I am trying to change the subject out of shame for not being able to respond as he continues to try to mock me. I, ignoring all that, continue, "You need to meet Roswaisa before you go."

"… … … huh!?"

It"s quite remarkable how his face can change from "stupidly mocking" to "stupidly astonished".

"She knows everything that is going on and she wants to meet you." I say, "So, do her a favor and meet her before you go."

"…" he is still too astonished to respond it seems.

"Dismissed." I say, asking me guard to take him to Roswaisa"s chamber.

*****

It has been roughly around 2 hours. My feet are getting cold. I am afraid of frostbites happening. And yet, nothing helpful has come in sight. I am starting to have doubts if I am walking the right way. And since I am in a cold desert where every way looks pretty much the same, this is the worst kind of thought that can come to mind.

"I … need to … find … a place … to rest." I say to myself. Even my throat is starting to dry up and saying things is getting harder. This is a real big mess that I have gotten into.

And yet, I can"t help but feel some hope returning to me every time I look up at the beautiful aurora of many colors. And so, I keep on walking just like I have been.

*****