Chapter 57 : Beyond Veracity V

"Miss Athena, I've done as you requested and multiple guards have arrived there in your name." Elara said after entering her quarters once more.

"Good."

Noticing her doing something at the desk, the Mage sat down at the table. "If I may know, why is it that you're assisting him?"

Placing down whatever she was holding, the goddess looked at Elara in the eyes to respond "I've got a gut feeling and they are never wrong. There's the fact that I knew his mother and father once, but that'll remain private."

"The djinn, what is it in it for him exactly?"

"All of them wish to bring glory to their race, so I told him that he'll only be left to live. He didn't seem quite fond of it and spoke about taking Azarielle in defiance, twisting her mind until she's nothing more but a mere powerful servant to him."