Sacrifice part 2
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krystalkatzficz The flames on the mountain had been larger and free of anything that might have created them, and he easily remembered sitting in front of one and allowing his hand to pass through it. The sensation had been strange, like being caught in an icy shower and the fine hairs on the backs of his hand and neck had risen in response. It had been painless though and slowly Nino reached out with his palm flat over the nearest of the flames. As before no pain came as he moved his hand through the flame and he almost smiled as the purple wrapped around his finger and then flared becoming a bright yellow.
“…My lord…How…”
“Silence” The lord of the mountain ordered the priestess who let out a whimper and pressed her face further into the wood while the chant of the lord grew louder. “You can do it little sacrifice…”
“Is this a life?” Nino asked watching the flame continue to dance around his finger a dull realisation that the rumour was true. That their lord was death personified. The lord of the mountain seemed almost pleased as he chuckled coming to stand behind him with his hands resting on his shoulders.
“…Yes…”
“Whose?”
“Does it matter? It is a life near the end of its time, take it and end their suffering…” The lord spoke calmly, as though he were trying to tame a frightened horse and Nino felt his heart thud against his ribs.
“How do I know if they are suffering?”
“All humans suffer in one way or another and in the end, all they are is candles” The lord’s voice was close to his ear, he knew it was as he could feel the cold breath coming out of him, but it sounded as though it was coming from inside his head and out. He was even sure that there was an echo and he watched with baited breath as the man reached out with his own hand to touch one of the flames.
“And you want me to kill them?”
“The people here were all too ready to kill you”
“That was different. I asked to be sacrifice…These people…”
“One is 60 years old, a month ago he lost his wife and his heart his broken. No family come to visit and he wastes away in his home” The lord’s voice became distant and almost monotone as he stared into the flames as though he was seeing more than what Nino could. Nino tried to focus on the one nearest to him but all it served to do was make his eyes itch from where he was studying the flame. They might not have been real flames, but they still gave off a glow and it was beyond Nino to stare at it for too long. “The other fell from a cart and broke his leg. Unable to afford the fees of a healer he treated it himself sadly his skill was not up to the task and infection has already ravaged his body. The third is a girl of only twenty. She is young in terms of the others, but her life has been no less of a struggle. Sickness is all she has known”
“And now you offer her peace?” Nino asked wishing he could be sure that the man was telling him the truth. When he put it like that it appeared as though death would be a blessing.
“I offer her nothing, only death…I do not kill and nor did you when you extinguished the flame upon my mountain…” The words cut into Nino’s heart and then healed him. He had been worried about that since realising what the ghost lights were. He had put out on of the lights on the hill and it had been so easy. To think that he had killed somebody as easily as that made his stomach churn.
“But you are death”
“Death does not kill, all lives come to an end I just take them…If I didn’t can you imagine the carnage that would ensue? Everything has its natural start and end, little sacrifice and in time you could learn to aid me in my task”
“Why me?”
“You can touch the flame, summon it to guide you and to extinguish it when the need arose…” The lord answered with a delicate shrug pulling the flame from the wick and holding it gently in the palm of his hand before passing it over to Nino who stared at it as it settled into his palm the cold pulsating flame tickling at his skin. The buzz of whispered from the crowd was growing louder than ever and Nino realised that they had no idea what was happening.
“How? How can I do that?”
“I do not know, it is a puzzle, which is why I came for you. Extinguish the flame” The lord told him with a little more force and slowly Nino closed his hand around the flame. Like on the mountain he felt the moment that the flame died. It left his palm and he let out a sigh closing his eyes saying a prayer for the soul he had taken. He opened his palm again and the lord of the mountain clapped him hard on the shoulder. “Well done, and the other two…”
“Yes, sir” Nino swallowed thickly turning to the remaining two candles and reaching out. His hand trembled at the touch of the flame and for a moment he was sure that he could see the image of a woman staring out of a window. Her face was contorted with pain and her breathing laboured. Nino swallowed closing his hand around the flame and a peaceful look appeared on the woman’s face before she fell forward, and the vision faded. “What…What was that?”
“The end of a life, the start of something new. Take care of the third flame and then prepare yourself, we will head to the mountain before nightfall”
“I, I don’t understand…I am going to be killed…”
“You have willingly given up your life to me, instead of as sacrifice you will be my consort”
TBC
A/N: I HOPE THIS IS OKAY
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Date: 2017-12-29 11:14 am (UTC)The last sentence! Yes Jun please make Nino your husband Lol
Thanks for sharing!
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Date: 2017-12-29 11:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-12-29 05:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-12-30 01:19 am (UTC)After so much fooling around at this tour, I was craving for this!!
Thank you!!!!
These candles remind me of Riida's dorama, Shinigami-kun! Their description is so peaceful here, I'm already falling for this world you created <3 !