[BL] Guardians of Fate
Chapter 63 - 18: Curses and Sacrifices [3]

Chapter 63: Chapter 18: Curses and Sacrifices [3]

[Life felt empty after that. Even the village seemed drastically different from before. Not that it mattered. They didn’t even go to the funeral. They were afraid of catching the ’curse’ or whatever.

I buried my family, all of them, but the pain refused to go away. Sometimes I would see a Linger flying past the cemetery during nighttime, but I didn’t know whose soul it was. Maybe it was my mother. Or my lover. Or even my father or brother. I didn’t know, but the sight eased my heart from time to time.

At that time, I was all alone. No one came to comfort me, not even the village women who used to gossip with my mother all the time. They were all afraid. Of me, I guess. Because it would make no sense for them to be afraid of the dead.

I was and still am not sure why I was the only one spared from that disease, but perhaps it is because I was destined for something greater. Something I had never considered before.]

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Maybe it was just a coincidence, but their prejudices prevented them from seeing reason, Luke thought absently as he turned to the next page. The father and son were welcomed at first, weren’t they?

If they really did carry a disease, why didn’t anyone else get sick sooner?

Maybe it eased their minds to have someone to blame. Something to justify their hatred.

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[After much consideration, I decided to become a priest. There is no age requirement for the initial training, so I was welcomed with open arms.

Being a priest allowed me to seek peace and help others. I also now had a sense of purpose. By dedicating myself to the gods, I could atone for my failure to protect my loved ones.

There was no prejudice or fear in the church. Nobody knew me. I felt safe there. It was the only home I had.

One of the good things about being a priest was that I had access to several archives.

When I began my research on the Otherworlders and everything related to them, I found something interesting.

My family and I had never delved into the subject of the Otherworlders when the villagers brought it up. We just thought that after High Summoner Xanthe sealed the border, they would never return to this realm. After all, it had been more than a century.

But Otherworlder Summoners and Guardians continued to exist. They were born randomly from generation to generation. Someone in the Emerald Kingdom who didn’t have any connection to the Otherworlders would unexpectedly give birth to one. Someone in the royal family, too. Even a poor farmer in the far east of the Sapphire Kingdom. It was like winning the lottery, but the reward was a lifetime of suffering.

There have been... several incidents over the years. Even back when the Otherworlders were still invading our lands. Whenever they were in a village or town, something bad would happen. Crops would wither, livestock would die, floods would come, the plague, unexplained deaths... If all of these were coincidences, they were pretty big. Personally, I do not think they were coincidences.

Why else would bad things only happen when they’re around? They’re the epitome of bad luck. I believe it now after reading several texts.

They must be eradicated.]

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Luke closed the journal and rubbed his face with his hand. He felt a migraine coming on.

Why?

Why did he have to live like this?

Why couldn’t he just live a peaceful life for a change?

Ever since they were children, he and Zach couldn’t understand why the other kids, even the adults, seemed to avoid them. Aside from the avoidance, the kids looked down on them and even bullied them.

At that time, they liked to show off their magic. In their school, they had classmates who were Guardians, and they were often praised by everyone. He and Zach wanted to be complimented as well, so they also showed off their powers.

But they didn’t get the reaction they wanted.

Instead of praise, they received fear and scorn. Not only were their Marks different, but their colors were blue instead of the typical orange. Everyone noticed it easily, including the teachers.

Luke remembered his parents telling him never to show his magic to others, but being a little kid, he hadn’t listened.

He sighed as he took out the commcrystal from his pocket. He stood up from the chair and started pacing slowly around the room, wondering if it would be a good idea to contact Zach at this time.

I can’t predict that guy at all sometimes, he thought. He might assure me that he won’t come here, but in reality, he’d already be on his way. It would not be the first time that he does something like that.

But I don’t want him to get too worried, either.

Luke took a deep breath to prepare himself before proceeding to activate the commcrystal.

However, before he could finish the process, something unexpected happened.

Suddenly, everything in him seemed to freeze. His heartbeat began to quicken and he instinctively clutched his chest, breathing heavily.

What the hell?

The sensation was so strange and alarming. Something inside him was pounding, and the drumming in his ears was relentless. It was as if his body was sending him a warning.

But what kind of warning?

He took a deep breath and tried to think of an answer. This sensation was rare, but not unfamiliar. He had felt something similar to this before, but when...?

Hold on.

Did something... happen to him?

To that man?

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Meanwhile, the tension on the battlefield was alarmingly high.

The empty city now resembled an apocalyptic war zone. Broken glass and debris littered the cracked pavement as everyone continued to clash. There was a palpable pressure in the air as destructive magic exploded here and there.

Mathias stood before the chaos, clutching his bleeding arm. The pain was unbearable, but he couldn’t stop now. Otherwise, his life would be in danger.

’We’re doomed,’ was the only thought in his head at that moment.

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