Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 68: Aswad 15 of 15 “According to dream” (Part 02)

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The crystal lights in the garden shone brightly, on the fence as well as near the pillars of the Mansion. The light until exposed plants in flower gardens and herb gardens. On some corners of the courtyard, there were also people coming from outside the residence such as the guards and invited guests, as well as some of their subordinates.

Walking out of the Mansion and heading to the bench between the garden and the garden, the black-haired youth sat down and momentarily drew fresh air in the unscented place stinging the nobles. Looking up and staring at the stars at the end of spring, he felt more comfortable in the place than a place full of splendor.

The people who were in the garden and terrace looked at him in astonishment, seeming to wonder why the young man who was the core of the event was instead sitting outside like that. Not caring about them, Odo still tried to enjoy the night wind that blew until he remembered something.

“Ah, true also …. Don't I have to go to Canna's?”

The young man stopped looking up, thinking of a way to leave without causing any trouble. But before he could get up from his seat, one of the Shieal approached him. It has silvery hair, green eyes, pale skin as well as cat ears and tail. With the maid uniform like the other servants, she slightly lifted her dress and bowed respectfully to Odo.

“What's up, Sister Julia?” asked Odo while glancing lightly.

“Not that Mr Odo should be inside, why are you here?”

As Julia sat down next to Odo, the Nekomata stared in surprise from the side and waited for a reply from her master. Feeling that he had not talked to one of the women who cared for him since childhood, Odo wanted to widen the conversation and a little evasive, “Mbak Julia herself why here? Shouldn't Sister Julia be in the kitchen helping Miss Fiola?”

“The kitchen is done! After the party closed, we just clean the room and cutlery ⸻” Feeling not to talk about it he approached Odo, Julia immediately looked flat at her Master and felt the conversation had been diverted. With a little annoyance he asked, “Tuan Odo, I have heard from Fiola about it, you talk with King …. Are you okay?”

“Sure, why about that?” The young man just put on a calm expression, briefly looked away and took a small breath.

“Mr Odo .. has a demonic aura. Maybe after this many nobles are hostile to you, or even want to get rid of you.”

“Ah, about that?” Odo again looked up at the sky, staring at the cluster of stars between the black curtains that spread. While putting on a smile full of relief he also said, “Mbak Julia does not need to worry. I have my own thoughts for such a problem.”

“Really?” Julia doubted.

“Hmm ...” Odo turned to Julia, looking slightly relieved and replied, “That's why I didn't turn down this engagement. Although this is beyond estimation, but I don't think it's bad to also have a companion.”

“Bad t?” Julia was astonished to hear that, then curiously asked, “Not a happy thing? Is Mr Odo dissatisfied with the Princess?”

“Not satisfied, it's just that I haven't known him. Suddenly having to get engaged to someone I don't know feels a little restless.”

What Odo said did not come from the heart, but from the words spoken because they had to be spoken in that situation. Basically he felt not too concerned about the engagement, he did not feel something like anxiety or something like that.

“Hmm, means you want to know more deeply with ⸻” Before Julia finishes her sentence, she feels a foreign air approaching and immediately turns to the Mansion. Seeing Princess Arteria come out with the Prince, the Nekomata also understood his status and immediately resigned, “Sorry, Mr. Odo …. I just remembered there was something to be done. I go first.”

“Hmm ...”

Julia got up from the seat, briefly bowing as a sign of respect and immediately walked back to the Mansion. As he passed the Princess and the Prince before ascending to the terrace, the Nekomata gave a look of dislike and immediately walked past them without saluting.

Prince Ryan looked astonished when he got a cynical look from her, but Princess Arteria did not change her expression and still looked towards the black-haired youth sitting in the garden. With eyes that did not seem to reflect light, he looked straight and began to look astonished.

Odo turned his head towards them, gave a faint smile and began to observe. What Princess Arteria was familiar with looked different from earlier this afternoon, as did the Prince.

Arteria wore a blue sleeveless Royal Dress, but on her shoulders was a long robe up to her back and on her chest held together by a brooch bearing snowflakes. With heels that were not too high, he got off the terrace and immediately walked towards Odo.

Seeing his sister can't wait to approach the young man, the Prince's face looks not like it. Like the son of other noble families, Prince Ryan also wore a suit in the form of a red formal suit with the addition of a cravat tie and dark brown pants for his subordinates. Immediately following Arteria, he immediately stared intently at Odo.

Arriving at the place where the young man had black hair, Princess Arteria slightly raised her dress with both hands and briefly bowed her body as a sign of respect. Obtaining this, Odo did not wake up and only nodded lightly because he did not know the order of giving greetings among the nobility.

“Adinda already saluted, at least get up and reply!” the Prince said with a annoyed tone.

Getting snapped like that, Odo just stared lightly and did not really care about the existing formalities. Regardless of Prince Ryan, the young man shifted his seat and said, “Please sit down, Princess ..”

Arteria looked puzzled, glancing at her brother. But when he found out Prince Ryan was upset, the blue-haired woman undoes her intention to ask. Tidying up her dress, she sat on the park bench. At first glance he trembled coldly when his butt touched the surface of the bench, feeling something a little wet when sitting.

But a moment later, a warm feeling began to be felt from the young man in black hair next to him. Princess Arteria turned her head in surprise, wondering in her mind how the young man could change the surrounding air temperature so quickly.

“What Mr Odo is also good at in the field of fire magic?” arteria asked, bringing her face closer.

“That's …. “ Odo looked into the eyes of the Princess for the umpteenth time, feeling that his eyes could indeed see many things in exchange for the normal vision captured for the Soul Contract. Come closer to the face, the young man asked, “You have good eyes, huh? What kind of me in the eyes of the Princess? You've called me a giant before, haven't you?”

“Eh?” Princess Arteria immediately moved away, began to blush in embarrassment and with a slight stutter replied, “A-Arteria can only see the soul form of living beings ..

“Giant? What kind of giant?”

“Giant fire whose color can be changeable.”

Odo momentarily fell silent, knowing why his soul form could change like that. Taking a deep breath and momentarily silent, he turned his gaze away from the Princess and looked forward. “The color change may be due to the beings within my Soul Realm and its size is most likely due to the connection with the Mist World,” the young man's mind with a slightly grim face mimic.

But when he felt the sharp gaze of Prince Ryan, Odo immediately looked at him and said, “Why do you stand still, Prince? Please sit next to Princess.”

Prince Ryan stood a few steps before Odo, staring at the young man who was sitting casually and ringing his tongue. “You what? Why can an eight-year-old like that be so smart and have a demon's air? Are you the incarnation of the devil? If it is like that, I warn you if you dare to harm Adinda!” he said, pointing at Odo in annoyance.

“You can specify it yourself and view it directly ...” Odo put on a light smile, put his index finger in front of his mouth and said again, “Whether I am the incarnation of the devil or not, you can determine it yourself. As an older brother, it was natural to be suspicious when his younger brother approached such a person. You're free for that, Prince.”

“Kakanda ...” Arteria did not want to get up and looked resentfully at Prince Ryan. With a grumbling tone he also conveyed, “Kakanda enter first! Arteria wants to talk to Mr. Odo for a second! Why the hell I don't like him, Mr. Odo is a good guy!”

“But! He was a person who could even live again after being killed! How could you possibly be happy with her, Adinda!”

Odo briefly frowned and lowered his finger upon hearing that, looking annoyed after hearing the reason Prince Ryan disliked him was because of that. Getting up from the seat, the black-haired youth looked straight at the Prince.

The height difference made Odo appear larger in the presence of Prince Ryan, making the redhead teen step back and start to fear.

“You know, Prince Ryan. Death is not something that is comfortable and everyone does not want it ..” Stepping forward and raising his hand to the Prince's right shoulder, Odo brought his mouth closer to his ear and confirmed, “Therefore, do not speak as if I am a madman who likes to be killed. I was also angry when I was beheaded and stabbed.”

Prince Ryan instantly removed Odo's hand from his shoulder, stepped back and stared intently. His face was more likely to look scared than angry, then with a slight tremble he snapped, “Although not a madman! You can't make Arteria happy! Such a person you can't understand him!”

“Huh!” Odo sniffed violently, gave a low look and in an annoyed tone asked, “So, can you understand your sister? Did you really understand your sister and know everything about her? You didn't even know that I met him, ‘ did you?”

Prince Ryan flinched, feeling pushed back by his own arguments. Thinking about this and beginning to reflect, the son of a concubine felt that he did not know everything about Arteria. Even after his sister made the Soul Contract, he felt even more unacquainted with it.

Odo sighed lightly, looked away and said, “Not that I want to argue or anything like that, just that this also makes me nervous.”

“Active?” ask Prince Ryan.

Odo stared at the flowers that were buds in the garden, narrowed his eyes slightly and replied, “I also suddenly heard the engagement decision, they did not care about my opinion. After all, I don't really know Princess Arteria ..”

For a moment the Prince fell silent, the wind blew lightly and hit their bodies. In a sense of indecision in the mind, the redhead teenager raised his face and said, “Do you promise to make Arteria happy?”

“Now, I don't know ...” Odo looked back at the Prince, then with a faint smile added, “But I will try to make him happy.”

The answer that came out of Odo this time also did not come from the heart, just the sentence that came out of the mouth because the situation was quite possible. Arteria who could see the soul form of a living creature for a moment saw the form of lies in the soul of the young man's black hair, but she did not say it and remained seated while bowing her face.

Ryan still can't like his sister's potential fiancee. Turning his eyes and turning around, he started walking away and said, “I will keep an eye on you, Odo Luke! Just be careful if you dare to make Adinda cry!” He left with a mixed mood. Trying to believe Odo's words because they can't do anything about the engagement, but at the same time still feel unsettled.

Seeing her brother climb onto the terrace and go back to the party room, Princess Arteria heaved a sigh of relief. He immediately looked at Odo and said, “Please forgive you, Mr. Odo …. He is actually a gentle person, only when it comes to me⸻”

“Not a problem,” said the young man's black hair quickly. Odo turned towards Arteria, looking straight into the Princess's eyes with flat eyes. “You are now Goddess Asmali, ‘kan?” tanyanya seriously.

Princess Arteria was shocked to hear this, she shook her head and replied, “Bu-Not! I'm still Arteria! Miss Goddess was indeed watching Arteria from within, but now Arteria was still awake and talking to Lord Odo. In the hall he briefly appeared ..., but now I am Arteria.”

Actually Odo asked just to test, not that he could distinguish the consciousness of who came to the surface and talk to him now. Seeing such gurgles, Odo felt that indeed the personality shift could be easily done by Princess Arteria. Just like when Odo throws control of his body at Seliari.

“Hmm, eng …. I get it.” Odo nodded lightly, looked away and briefly took a light breath. Returning to the bench and leaning back, he looked up and looked at the cluster of stars with relief.

A longing expression began to appear, then slowly Odo felt like expressing the contents of his mind and said, “You know, Princess. The light of the star cluster in the sky there comes from the past. At a distance of millions to billions of light-years, it just got to where we are and could be seen like that. Maybe now the light source has been extinguished without us knowing.”

Arteria also stared at the cluster of stars even though she could not see the cluster, feeling astonished and confused to hear Odo's words. Before she lost her normal vision, she did not look at the stars very often.

Then after he lost his mother, the night became something he did not like. It reminded him of his last day with the late Queen, also reminding him of the day he had to make a Soul Contract amid the sadness and loss of normal vision.

“What does Mr Odo like with stars ?” ask the Princess.

“Not really, I prefer moon.” Odo closed his eyes, exhaled heavily and said, “That reminds me of a lot of bad things. What I like about stars is that they light up the night, which is why I prefer the moon over the stars.”

“Righting the night?” Arteria turned to Odo in wonder, then slightly brought her face closer and said, “For Arteria, night and morning are the same. Even though it is illuminated by light or not, everything looks dark and only the light of life is a clue to the footsteps of Arteria.”

Odo narrowed his eyes and turned towards Arteria with a flat expression. Stop leaning, the young man put his hand on his chin and asked, “Do you not like your present vision?”

“Of course!” Arteria answered without hesitation. Puffing both of his cheeks and folding both hands forward, he resentfully said, “Who wants to be blind too! Although Arteria could see all sorts of soul forms, it was not equivalent to normal vision!”

Odo could not fully understand these words, because in his mind he felt that being able to see the soul was also a positive value and could be useful on several occasions. Gazing towards the garden, the young man in black hair again asked, “Isn't it amazing? Surely you can also see low-level spirits flying in this place, ‘kan? Their color is very beautiful like a rainbow, isn't it?”

Arteria stared at what Odo saw. It was true as what the young man had said, their soul form looked beautiful among the colors of the plant soul. Hovering and flocking, touching each other in the air as if dancing happily.

“What Mr Odo can also see the spirits?”

“That's ...” Odo put on a thin smile, looked back at Arteria and added, “Kos more like that, they looked faint like refractions of light.”

“Do You Have Inner Eyes?”

Hearing Arteria's question, Odo at first glance began to feel that his power to see spirits could also be classified into the category of Inner Eyes even with low levels. Looking straight into Arteria's eyes, he felt that the Princess's two eyes could also be classified into that.

“In retrospect, I think so. Are your eyes like that too? Inner Eye obtained after Soul Contract?” ask Odo curiously.

“Arteria sense this also feel like it, Grandpa Yhoan also said like that ...” The blue-haired woman touched the right eye bag, felt dislike for her vision now and said, “Inner Eyes mostly obtained by someone from birth, but not infrequently there are cases of their strength rising as adults or even from a certain event. As Arteria recalled, that was what Grandpa Yhoan said.”

“Yhoan …. Archbishop it seems to know a lot,” mind Odo

Seeing Arteria's sad expression, at a glance Odo's mind felt like helping the woman who looked so weak. He deactivated the strengthening magic on the right glove and released it. After putting it in his pants pocket, he began to stretch the fingers of his right hand while asking, “Do you want to exchange your ability with normal vision?”

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