Painful

Something about him felt familiar but she couldn't figure out what it was. She was sure she had never seen him before.

"Are you just going to stand there and keep staring at me?" he said annoyed.

'Why was he angry? Wasn't he the one who came here without permission' she thought.

She didn't even know what to ask him because a lot of questions were going through her mind.

"Who are you?, how did you get in here? no....no..... that is not important. How did you know what I was thinking? No.... if you are not an oceanide, how did you know me? And if you are one why are you not underwater? Why are you here? she said in one breathe.

Hyde lifted a brow and watched the human in front of him with a bored look before replying

"Which one do you want me to answer first?" Hyde asked but Hilde just kept staring at him confused. He sighed before saying

"To your first question I am Hyde and you already know I use magic, that is how I entered and.

I was once a leader of the oceanides until I escaped from Yjulv. Then the last and most important question I came here to train you for your mission" Hyde said slowly making sure she understood him.

"What training" Hilde asked .

"Do you really not know about what you are about to do? It is very risky and dying isn't a possibility but a fact you have to face and deal with.

"Dying" Hilde echoed. 'How did this have to do with her life'.

"Nessa didn't tell you anything? You will have to risk your life for this" Hyde said plainly.

"Who is Nessa? " Hilde asked, more confused.

"The woman you met with is Nessa, Vanessa Dez" he looked at her before he continued

"She was selected by Ilde as the guardian, whenever the oceanides were lost or seperated she was the one assigned to gather us back" he said but Hilde wasn't listening anymore

"What about the training?" she said trying to change the subject .

"We start today, now" he said. No, how could she start now when she felt she could pass out any second

"I can't start now, I'm still trying to figure out if this is a dream or not and you said I should start training" she replied weakly.

"We don't have time Yjulv is soon gonna find out about your connection with the oceanides and by then not only you, but your family will also be at his mercy"

Oliver was done with his lectures that morning and was about to enter his room when he heard sounds of glasses shattering, it was coming from Nel room.

He walked towards the room quietly, counting his steps. He felt so nervous 'Was it a thief?' he thought as he slowly turned the door knob.

He entered inside and to his greatest surprise he saw Nel surrounded by roaming magical threads. It looked so realistic like in the fantasies movies he had watched. He wanted to scream but he couldn't, he just stood there rooted to the ground too immobilized to do anything as he watched this scene displayed in his presence.

Nel turned and saw the last person on earth he wanted to see that moment with jaws dropped looking at him. He had wanted to practice his skill a little before Oliver came back. Recently he felt his power fading away, this happened because Hyde never wanted him to use his power. He wasn't as strong as Hyde and any mistake he made could awaken the sleeping dragon.

He decided to cultivate today since Hyde was not here to monitor him only for him to be caught by his smart mouth, naive, ignorant and annoying roommate. He had no choice this time around, he couldn't kill Oliver because of his sister but he would mark him.

Oliver would live as long as he kept his mouth shut and didn't tell anyone his secret and followed him, but once he told anyone about his secret he would die due to the mark a very painful death.