Forever Destined to the Silver Shadow-Chapter 284: The mighty warrior man

Theo’s POV:

I wasn’t able to explain in words how delicious these berries were. I have never tasted anything sweeter than these berries. When my teeth munched them, they melted in my mouth, and its juice sweetened my tongue. I looked up at the Angel who had offered me the berries.

"Thank you so much, Angel," I said to her.

She kept on smiling at me and said, "You can call me Serena—"

So this Angel’s name is Serena! What a nice name! Just when I was admiring the Angel lady, a shiny golden thing appeared behind her. My smile faded my face, and my eyes widened in surprise as I saw a man get out of the shiny thing.

It took me a while to understand what that shiny thing was. It is a portal! Cynthia had taught me that the Faes use this thing to migrate from one place to another. Apparently, the Faes don’t have the power of teleportation like the Sirens do.

Angel Serena didn’t notice the mighty man who was standing behind her right away. The man gazed at me with his piercing blue eyes. From his gaze, it was evident that the man despised me. But why? What did I do to him?!

Yet, I appreciated the man’s appearance. His hair was the color of the tree trunk and was of shoulder length. His tall and might stature and his sturdy hands proved that he is actually a warrior. I wondered how many swords these sturdy hands could have swung. Even though he didn’t seem to like me, I liked this man. And I wanted to be like this warrior man when I grew up.

The warrior man turned his gaze to the Angel and said, "Lady Serena! Is everything alright?!"

Only after that did Angel Serena notice the warrior man. She immediately faced him and bowed to him. "My Lord, I am sorry I didn’t notice you. And thank you for gracing me with your presence—"

By the way, the Angel addressed the warrior man; I comprehended that this man is of higher authority. Could he be the King himself?! No, that is not possible! Kings always have a crown over their heads. This man was suited up in armor that had a symbol of the rising sun in it. So he must be a warrior!

But a warrior is given this much respect in this realm as if he were a King?! Perhaps this realm respects their warriors more! I have heard that warriors of this realm indulge in serious fights with the shadow creatures. They protect the realm of light by eradicating the darkness. So it is fair that they are treated with respect!

"My lady, it is absolutely fine! Please don’t stress yourself," the warrior man said and touched her womb. "You are doing a big favor for the Celestial realm by giving life to this divine child."

Then the warrior man glanced at me while he still had his hand on her womb. His expression got dark as soon his piercing eyes saw me. "We would have to protect this child from all the dark forces! She is going to be the protector of our realm—"

I flinched as I couldn’t keep up with his gaze. Why did he look at me when he said that line?! Or maybe he thinks that I am a dark force! I wanted to say out loud to that man that I am a creature of light. But my mind got diverted when I recalled the sentence he said. He mentioned that the life growing inside her is a ’she.’ So it is a female! That is great. Soon I will have one more female friend! How lucky am I to have two female friends?!

Serena smiled at the warrior man and said, "My Lord, please don’t worry about my child or me. We both are always protected by the Holy Aiden—"

The man took his hand away from her womb, and he crossed his arms over his armor. He breathed out and said, "I know that Holy Aiden will protect you both. But now I am more worried about your lover. He is now stuck in the borders of the Shadow realm. I am worried about his life! He is the father of this child—and I want him to be here when the Dawn is born—"

The pretty blue eyes of Serena got saddened after she heard that. My heart got wrenched too! Her lover is a life-or-death battle; still, this lady managed to keep up her spirit for this long. My respect for the lady increased even more than before!

"I am praying to the Lord every day that the father of my child must return safely! I hope that he will answer my prayers," the lady declared.

The man smiled and said, "He will return safely! I have faith in powers. Till then, I request you not to step out of your house." Then he glared at me again viciously and said, "Who knows what danger lurks in the bright daylight?"

Why do I feel that he is actually referring to me as danger?! I wanted to laugh at his suspicion! I am not a danger; I am the opposite of it. I don’t even have any powers developed in my body. I am just a five-year-old kid! Yet this man assumes that I am the danger?! This man might look mighty—but he is definitely dim-witted.

"Okay, my lord! I will not step out of my house," she bowed to him again.

"Fine! Now please go back to your house," the man instructed her.

"I will leave now, but," Serena then turned to Ivory and me. "These kids seem to be lost! I must help them in finding their way back to their homes—"

The warrior man raised his hand and said, "No! No! I will take care of the kids. You don’t have to worry about them. Now can you go back to your home and take a rest. It is not good for a mother to stress much—"

"Okay, my lord," she bowed and came to me. She smiled at Ivory and me. "See you later, kids! And from now on, don’t wander in the woods alone. Bring your mother or father here—"

How can I tell her that we both are not even from this land? And I am on a quest to find out about my father! Even before I could open my mouth and say something, the lady had already opened a shiny golden portal and walked into it. Soon the shiny thing disappeared from our eyesight, and she was gone.

Once the lady was gone, the warrior man’s face got dark like that of a starless night sky. He wasn’t even looking at Ivory. His gaze was focused only on me! I had a feeling that he wanted to unsheath the sword from his sheath and stab my chest with it. Why does he hate me this much? This is the first time I have ever seen this man! Suddenly, I started to feel insecure that the Angel lady had left. I wish that she was here!

Ivory moved near me and whispered, "I don’t like this man! He seems dangerous—" 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

So she feels the same as me! This man is dangerous! I took a deep breath and clenched my fist when the man got closer to me.

"What are you two filthy little Siren kids doing here?"

I didn’t even get offended by his comments. I was more surprised to hear that he knows what we are! How did he even find out about us? This man must have a special power to sense the abilities of the entities around him!

"We are...." I stammered and cleared my throat. "We are looking for our father! I mean my father—"

The man’s lips curved in a wicked smile. "You are looking for your father?"

I just nodded and tried to figure out the reason for his inhuman behavior. He spoke very sweet to that Angel lady. But why is he being cold to me?!

"You only want to know about your father?! Or do you also want to know about your bitch mother?!"

I didn’t understand what bitch meant. But Ivory next to me started burning up in rage. "How dare you insult his mother?" she yelled at the man.

What?! This man insulted my mother?! Perhaps the word bitch means something offensive. Whatever it was, I didn’t like that Ivory had confronted this warrior man! He already seems cold to me. Now he must have got even more instigated than before.

The warrior man smiled at Ivory despite the fact that she had just yelled at him. "You seem like a fierce girl," he said and patted her raven black hair. "I like you—"

What?! He likes her?! But she just now yelled at her! And here I did or said nothing to him; still, he hates me! This man is strange!

Little Ivory immediately pushed his hand away from her head and moved a step backward. "You are a horrible man! I don’t want to talk to you—"

Then Ivory held my hand and said, "Come on, friend! Let us get out of here!"