Chapter 105 - Bleak Future 

Sophie simply shook her head, "Why would I be? I could have been like an orphan, but you took care of me, you help me get stronger, and you did not force me into doing anything that is not good for me." She then looked at Emily's distant nature and asked with tears built up in her eyes, "You are not planning to... leave me now, are you?"

Emily seeing her reaction could not help but show an empathetic expression as she held her into her embrace and said, "No, I will not."

Then they talked, and Emily revealed that Sophie's mom had an elemental illness, which resulted in her falling into a coma. Hazel is looking after the body in someplace she had. Emily had made a deal with Hazel to keep her safe.

Sophie was more worried about Emily and made her promise not to leave her. She even wanted to go with Emily to Fort Bot, she did not stop persisting until Emily agreed to take her.

Sophie considered Emily, her mom, and she was more important to her than a lady she had never met. After she was sure that Emily was not going to abandon her, she returned to her regular expression. Sophie wanted to stick around, but Emily told her that she will meet her quickly after talking with Aile.

Sophie suddenly realized that she might not find Emily's new look and identity as a barrier, but that might not be the same case for Aile. She looked at Aile and pleaded, "She hid her identity because of me, please do not be mad at her..." Then she tried to come up with a solution, and finally, she said, "For my birthday wish, can you please forgive her."

Aile wiped the one tear that trickled down her face and said in a calm tone, "I am not mad at her!"

"Really?"

Aile nodded.

Sophie flashed a beautiful smile and gave Aile a quick kiss on the cheek, and she moved away, allowing Aile to talk with Emily.

Once Emily was alone with Aile, she looked down and apologized, "I am sorry, I hid my face from you and did not tell you everything. I had made a vow to not reveal anything..."

Aile was not bothered by it, it did not affect him. Seeing her new face was a bit surprising but not something that he hated. In fact, it suited her more. When Aile saw her downcasted expression, he said, "Why are you sad, I understand why you did it, and I am glad that you are so kind-hearted and trustable." Aile then smirk and said, "Not to mention this new look suits you better."

Emily's face lighted up hearing Aile did not care about the issue that had become bigger and bigger to her over the years. She even gave a rare smile after hearing Aile's compliment.

Then she talked with Aile for a bit longer, and after a long hug and snuggling session. She explained to Aile that she will remain in her previous disguise as it will hide her identity from her enemies.

Aile asked about them, she assured him that she will tell him later. Aile had not told her all of his secrets. He was not expecting her to be an open book in front of him immediately. The fact that she showed him her identity, something that could put her life at risk was a step forward in the right direction. Soon Aile stole another kiss from her saying that that the last one did not count as she was disguised.

Emily left with a blush after, as she will need to talk with Sophie more about the reveal.

The next couple of days passed without a hitch, and everything was returning to normal except the fact that Fiona, Emily, Sophie, Iris and 2 of Fiona's assistants were leaving. This brought a bit of a downcasted, melancholic atmosphere. Although Sara, Leia and Sophie were always arguing, they still spend most of their time together. The fact that one of them was leaving made them annoyed and sad.

Aile had reserved a portion of each day for the people around him, especially those that would leave. But he still spent more time in completing the long process of taking over the body.

Knock

Knock

Knock

Knock

Diana entered Aile's training room again, and agitatedly said, "Aile come something is wrong with Sara and Hazel."

Aile and Diana both used their cultivation and dashed out towards where Sara and Hazel were. He saw that both Hazel and Sara were hugging, but they had collapsed on the floor. Aile looked at them, and his eyes of fate were triggered again. He saw dark-gloomy decaying energy around both Hazel and Sara, a sign of death.

The way his eyes of fate worked was that it would automatically start without his control. Usually, if something negative would happen close to him or if there was a great opportunity, it would be triggered. Over the years he had come to this conclusion. However, he was not sure if this was all that it could do or was there more abilities to it, as it did not come with instructions.

Aile looked at Diana and said, "We will move them apart."

Using their strength, they separated the mother and daughter pair and placed them on their beds. Slowly their pale faces restored and Aile's eyes changed back from the multi-coloured one to his matt-black eyes with a white circle at the centre around the iris.

Aile then used his energy and soul and checked both Sara and Hazel.

After the analysis, he was shocked, it was not good.

He told Diana that they will be fine, and she can go and continue her training. She nodded and left.

Aile became sad and looked at the floor, he thought about what he just saw. He was in deep thought when Hazel's eyes opened. With a ping of regret, she slowly got up and sat next to him.

She extended her hand and hugged him, Aile was used to this, and when they made contact, he smelt her alluring scent, he could not help but remember the nights he spent with her healing her soul. Involuntarily his sight was set to her lips, but he noticed her expression.

From it, he knew she knew of the problem. His face immediately tensed. Seeing his hurt expression, she got up and sat on his lap and just hugged him. Gently rubbing her face against his, she remained quiet, and Aile did not want to bring the topic up either.

Hazel finally said, "You know?"

Aile nodded.

She held him tighter, and there was the slow sound of sobbing from Hazel. She said, "I will leave, and you take care of her. She will be fine once I am no longer here."

Aile ran his fingers through her hair and said, "You know that is not the solution."

She continued to shed sorrowful tears, "Why is this all happening to me?"

Aile could not respond to her and just supported her. After a few seconds, he asked, "You knew about this?"

She moved her head a little as her cold cheeks brushed against his and said, "Yeah, I noticed something was wrong a few days ago."

Aile held her in his embrace and tried to comfort her. They both remained like that in each other's embrace gloomily, and she finally said, "What exactly did you notice? Is there a solution to it?"

Aile sighed and then told her that as her soul started to heal, it resonated with Sara's, and now the two are trying to reconnect. After all, Sara's soul was just part of hers. The closer she remains to Sara, the more likely it is for Sara to dissipate returning the portion of her missing soul. Their soul can only be merged with one vessel on its healed state.

Aile was also wondering if Hazel would blame him. He was the reason her soul healed and is now resonating with Sara's. He knew that logically he was not to blame. However, human nature is as such, it always finds something or someone to blame for its own misfortune. He shook his head and thought, 'Now is not the time to worry if he was going to get blamed, but the time to act as support for Hazel and Sara. He also needs to find a solution for them.'

After listening to Aile's explanation, she said, "What would happen if I die?" Hazel was not surprised by what Aile said she had come up with the same conclusion.

Aile held her in a closer hug. She rubbed herself at Aile's chest and repeated her question, "What would happen... if I die?"

"Well then your soul would enter her body, but because she is not strong enough, she would enter a coma, die, or the evil energy will corrupt her."

Her face became frightened.

"What if..."

Aile interjected and held her closer, "I will find a way."

He was distraught too right now, he just lied. If Hazel kills herself, that will resolve the situation, but he just could not bring himself to accept that. He knew that if he did not say something along this line, Hazel would sacrifice herself to save Sara.

Hazel had become very close to him over the years, and he could not let her die, nor could he let Sara die.

They were at each others company for a long time, then she said, "What do we do now?"