Let's Make A Deal, My King

28: Estra

"Stop using your curse on my aethyraz, Errick." Cassius growled. He backed away and chuckled. This guy is really weird.

"Curse? You also have a curse?" I asked him.

"Yup! But that is a family secret, so I can't tell you yet." so there's a possibility that he'll tell me in the future.

"Are you curious about what happened to those angels?" He asked while his eyes danced with mischief and excitement. Like a child excitedly trying to tell a secret to his friend. I nod my head and waited for him to say it.

"Well, those angels died while trying to protect a golden parchment that contains a prophecy." he said.

"Prophecy? Do you know what it was about?" I asked.

"I don't know. They showed it to me briefly but it was written in a language that I've never seen before. Heck, I doubt it even belongs on earth." he said

"Where is it now?" I asked.

"It's in one of my vaults. I tried to open the parchment but there was a seal on it. One of the angels said that only their kind can undo the seal and read it." He said. It makes sense that they would do that since they don't trust easily unless you're one of them.

"They did mention whose prophecy it is though. It was about Amaya? Amira? I forgot the name but it has something to do with someone's daughter." He added and my eyes widened.

"Adaya's daughter. Did they mention her daughter's name?" I asked him, hoping that he knows.

"I'm afraid I don't. You see those angels made an oath not to tell anyone the child's name and her whereabouts in order to protect the mother and the daughter. And the fact that they were talking in some foreign language when they are speaking with each other, so of course I wouldn't know. They may have intentionally said the name of the mother but the child is not." he explained. I sighed, feeling dejected about all of this.

"But they did tell me another name they used for the girl as a trade for letting them stay in my castle." I suddenly gave all my attention to him.

"What's the name?" Cassius asked him.

"They called her 'Estra'." He said and I was surprised. Of course, they would still use angel language.

"Estra...in normal language, Dawn." I said to them.

"Normal language?" Errick asked confused.

"The language they spoke of is heaven's tongue. It's a language angels and only angels spoke of. Since birth, we already knew it as natural as opening our eyes. A person who is not an angel can never and must not learn it." I explained to them.

"Oh. No wonder I can't remember the words they spoke." He said and then realized something. "Then how come I can say and remember some of those words?" He asked.

"That's because of a condition. It's probably about letting you remember it if an angel asked about it and that would be me." I said and his mouth formed an 'o'.

"Great, this is getting farther and farther to the truth." I grumbled. Errick chuckled and stood up.

"Then if you'll excuse me, I'll go to one of the guest rooms to take a nap. I'm a little jet lag. Russia is pretty far you know." Errick said and was about to leave when Cassius stopped him.

"What are you even doing here? You do know the time difference in our countries, right? It's either there's an emergency or you're just bored. Or you had a fight with your aunt." Cassius said and I laughed at the last part. I bet that is the reason why he came here.

"Sorry Cassy but I came here because there's an emergency and that emergency can wait for tomorrow." He said and ran off before we could even stop him.

"Are you sure you two are friends? I can understand if Hans and he were best friends but you? That's really impossible." I said to Cassius.