While flowing through the layered runes of the spear, his eyes suddenly fell upon a piece of informations. Seeing that, Azrael himself became so excited that without thinking more, he absorbed that information.
It was a kind of concealment spell to hide any living or non-living beings' identities.
He opened his eyes. Without any further delay, he began to perform the spell. He made a hand-sign like a rabbit face. While doing that, he continued pronouncing the spell.
Thus, he performed the spell for a few minutes.
After that, slowly he became silent. He ended his ritual. However, he couldn't find any difference between before and after. It felt very strange to him. So he decided to examine whether this spell did work or not.
But as he stood up from his seat, suddenly, his body began to tremble terrifyingly. He fell upon the ground. Within a second, his golden hair tuned into pale white. His skin turned into translucent to such an extent that his veins was clearly visible. His lower part of the body became numb as if it was dead. His veins darkened and began to spread across his body like an infection. Constant pain and trembling made him felt very much anxious.
He immediately realised that he was cursed.
However, unfortunately, he had no way to cure that. His entire strength seemed to drain away. He was scared, anxious, and like a lifeless dead body.
At that moment, the guilt of not being able to find his father, not being able to discover the mountain, not being able to uncover the true truth of the mystery of the headquarters, and so much more made him even more frustrated and depressed.
But now he couldn't do anything. He was in his death-bed.
Gradually, he lost his consciousness...
Parallelly in that morning at headquarter,
A vast, luminous, and impossibly grand hall. Polished marble stretched from its end to end. Its surface was gleaming like a morning sun covered with white marble. Nineteen tall columns, veined with silver and brown, carved with numerous scenes of calamities and disasters, stood in perfect alignment, holding aloft a ceiling painted with scenes of war and chaos. Light poured in from towering arched windows, spilling gold across the marble and turning the entire hall into a living tapestry of brilliance and shadow. The air felt heavy with an unknown silence and majesticity.
Gradually, the towering door in the hall opened. A total of nineteen white-robbed figures slowly entered in the hall. The moment they arrived in the hall, the tall columns spinned once with a cracking sound. Gradually those columns transformed into nineteen grand white thrones. Each throne was carved with nineteen different symbol. At the top front of the room, there was a huge throne, representing an upper authority over rest of all thrones. That throne was carved with a three clover leaf symbol.
A tall, handsome, and fair-skinned young gentleman seated on the that throne. After him, rest of them gradually seated in their respective thrones.
"Any news regarding that seed?" That gentleman asked solemnly. His voice echoed across the hall.
"Yes, my excellency. I have news related to the seed. During that expedition, the seed had been merged with the blue devil spear. And I know where is the spear. One of my spy agents confirmed it." From another throne, carved with a brain symbol, Monica stood up and replied.
"Okay. And, what is the percentage of the danger in your opinion?" The gentleman asked.
"According to the information, the seed is now deactivated. And the user... hahaha... he himself is very dumb yet very close of mine. From those two factors, there's nothing to be worried about. As for that spear, he won't get any opportunities to use that spear." Monica smiled.
"He is Azrael, isn't he?" From another throne, carved with a sunflower symbol, a red-haired blue-eyed little girl stood up and said.
"You know too much, isn't it?" Monica taunted that little girl.
"Both shut up..." The gentleman interrupted their conversation. Then, he continued, "Monica, take Alexa with you. She might be useful to you."
"Thanks a lot, my excellency..." Monica bowed before him and left the hall.
As she stepped out of the hall, she noticed Alexa was already present there. Seeing her, Monica smiled. After that, she called out Nancy in the corridor. Within a second, from the shadows of the corridor, Nancy emerged in front of them.
"Let's go to impress our excellency..." Monica smilingly motivated them. After that, they left the corridor.
While leaving the headquarter, for a moment, they crossed the prison of the headquarter. At that moment, for a second, Monica shuddered with fear, while gazing at the inside of the prison.
After that, they left the headquarter.
On the other hand, at the throne hall, after they left, conversation started among them.
"My excellency, was it right to entrust such crucial task to an incompetent person like her?" That red-haired young girl asked.
"Are you doubting on excellency's decision, Miss Sunflower?" From another throne, carved with a sword symbol, a silver-haired dark-skinned thoughtful middle-aged man stood up and mocked her.
"No no, Mr. Sword. I'm a bit confused here." Miss Sunflower replied.
"Miss Sunflower, I understand your concern. But trust me, I know Azrael far better than you. That's why, I sent Miss Brain for this work..." Saying that, the gentleman paused for a while. Then he continued with a serious tone, "Anyways, Mr. Sword and Mr. Hammer, prepare a new candidate for the Brain throne instead of Miss Brain..."
Hearing that, everyone present in the hall became stunned with astonishment.
From another throne, carved with a hammer symbol, a dark-skinned middle-aged muscular man with a hammer in his hand gradually stood up and bowed before the gentleman with a respect and agreement. Mr. Sword followed Mr. Hammer accordingly.
Although nobody could understand their excellency's that odd remark, no one could dare to question on that.
"Miss Sunflower, I'm giving you a very important task. Listen carefully. We all know that 'Night Devil Seed' lies hidden within that very spear. So, keep an eye on Miss Brain. Don't act at all under any circumstances. Only when Azrael will wield that spear, only then do caste that spell to change that spear. And then straight bring that spear directly to me. I want that seed at any cost. Understood?" After that, the gentleman said it to Miss Sunflower.
Without saying anything, she directly bowed down with agreement before the gentleman and disappeared from her throne instantly.
At that moment, all of a sudden, a guard entered the hall in an extreme fear and panic. However, by the time the guard reached at the foot of the gentleman's throne, he lost his consciousness.
Only a white paper was glued on that guard's head.
"If any of you lays a finger on Azrael, I swear that I will reveal to him everything you have hidden from him..." It was written on that paper.
Seeing that, a complete silence spread across the hall. In that moment, even a faint noise outside the windows echoed clearly throughout the hall.
After some times, the gentleman broke the silence by saying, "No need to worry about it. That woman has again gone mad. I myself will go and fix this issue. You all, go to your work."
With that, the meeting had ended.
After that, the gentleman first left the hall with serious footsteps. After him, rest all the present officials gradually left the hall.
Outside the Headquarters,
The day was seemingly quite in the city. It was completely pollution free zone. In addition, because of the mountain range and the greenery on that range, even though there was no greenness in the city, the residents had no disease and they were so happy in their lifestyle.
Miss Sunflower was never set her foot outside the headquarters. So, when she looked at the city, she felt a peacefulness throughout the city. Even looking at a foreigner like her, the city people greeted her. After some conversations, she realized that after coming advanced technologies, their lifestyle became more developed. High-rise buildings, more usage of drones, fluorescent lights on roads, advanced automated vehicles, advanced communication devices, vast development in healthcare and farming made their lifestyles more advanced and flourished.
After hearing all of that, she felt proud of herself. She observed the city deeply and noticed a very surprising thing. Even though the people was developed in many aspects, but they were culturally united with each other.
The Valentines Day which was at 14th February, was two days away. That's why, in many places of the city, many people were busy in decorating the houses, roads, hotels.
Thus, gradually observing the city and walking on, she arrived in front of Azrael's office.
Without wasting anymore, she instantly hid herself in the wall of the office.
Gradually, she transformed into a sunflower tree. It's branches slowly spread across the walls of the building.
After that, she observed everything what happened at the office.
However, she didn't act at all as per instructions.
When Azrael left the office, she materialized in the waiting hall. However, she couldn't find any traces of those girls there.
"My excellency was completely right. He knows Azrael better than anyone. Even Miss Brain was like an ant in front of him. Although she did a slight mistake here. She thought Azrael hid that spear outside his office. But she couldn't imagine that the spear already chose its master as him. Hahaha... Now this task is becoming tough for me. But I love it..." She said herself in her mind. A cunning smile ran over her face.
After that, without further ado, she stepped out of the office and followed Azrael...