33 Risen#re

Lirian climbed back to his feet and looked at his mother, he had to admit that she looked absolutely beautiful, he wasn't a big fan of gold, but the colour suited her bronze skin perfectly the only thing that ruined her image was the tears that soaked her face.

She was still looking at him in shock because of his ability to resist her life hierarchy pressure, and the things he said about fate and Telamon working with Efrideet, it was a little hard for her to accept, but it helped her understand a great deal more.

"Your eyes," she said to Lirian in surprise, she missed seeing those eyes, every time she saw them in the past, it was like a reminder to her that there was a whole world out there, filled with marvels and mysteries she had yet to see.

Lirian smiled slightly at her, if there was one good thing that came out of this entire ordeal, he'd have to say that it was being able to see his mother again with his own two eyes.

"It's only temporary, I'll go blind again in a few hours at best, it's a long story to explain" Lirian said calmly.

Taliyah nodded but Lirian could tell with a glance that she was disappointed that he would continue to be blind, "Everything my m…" Taliyah hesitated and shook her head , "Telamon said about the future, it's true?" she asked Lirian and changed the way she addressed Telamon.

Taliyah still found it hard to fathom at times that her son was a former god, most of the time he just seemed a little overbearing and rude and he could be oddly childish at times, it was only in serious situations like this one that she was reminded of his origins.

Lirian smiled wryly, "It's complicated, there is no certainty to it, it could be that killing me would guarantee that the future he saw won't happen, but there is also the chance that in the future he saw there was a battle and I had a huge role in it," Lirian explained.

"I'm not dumb enough to look at the future, other than predicting some key events that could affect me, I never look into the future, it's too dangerous," Lirian said taking a glance at Telamon.

"Whatever the future holds, if the path is already set then we must walk it or succumb to it," Lirian said simply.

Telamon had listened intently to all Lirian said and he suddenly had an idea, not one that could save him, but one that he thought could get Lirian killed.

"Taliyah it's all his fault when you think about it," he muttered weakly, "I killed all your children because of him, if I hadn't seen him, none of your children would have ever died, it's all because of him!" Telamon said desperately.

"In the future I saw he purposely hid his face, he saw me in that future, he could have killed me, he said so himself but he didn't Taliyah,"

"If he killed me then I would have never been able to kill all your children, he left me alive so I could kill them, he left me alive so you would chose him," he cried as he desperately came up with a theory of his own, and he even marvelled at how convincing it sounded in his head.

It was then that he realised that he was probably right, it was no wonder that the fiend let him live, the theory he came up with was on the spot suddenly seemed like it was the truth, but when he looked at Taliyah again all he saw was absolute fury.

"That's enough out of you, how dare you blame the actions you took on my son!" she roared loudly as her killing intent soared, and in her anger she unleashed her power on Telamon.

When the energy vanished, a terrifying crack in space appeared violently sucking everything around it.

Taliyah grabbed onto Lirian as, she saw him getting pulled into the crack and quickly used her power to suppress the spatial rip her attack created.

When the crack finally disappeared, an area filled with destructive energies remained, and Telamon was gone completely dead and gone, not a shred of him remained.

Taliyah looked on with shaking eyes, she still found it hard to accept that the master she had loved for so long was the person responsible for all her pain and suffering, she was so angry when he started to blame his actions on Lirian that she forgot to ask him a very important question.

She wanted to know if he orchestrated her poisoning as well that made it impossible for her to have a child that was not deformed, but now she would never know.

Taliyah turned back to Lirian she could see him looked at her with a concerned gaze, she raised a hand gently and stroked his cheek, she remembered that not long ago she had slapped him there for speaking badly of Telamon.

As she thought of that she felt guilty and fresh tears began to leak down her face, "I'm so…" but the rest of her words were cut off when Lirian wrapped his arms around her in a hug.

"You don't need to apologise," Lirian said, "I understand you loved him and never thought he would try to harm you," Lirian said comforting her while looking down with heavy eyes, he understood that he wasn't the only one in pain from losing someone.

"Besides, I've had people gut me and rip out my insides before my eyes," Lirian continued, "A slap hardly counts as a punishment," Lirian said but his words only caused Taliyah to feel like she was about to fall over from shock, and that anxiety Lirian always made her feel came crashing back.

Taliyah wrapped Lirian tightly in a hug pressing his head between her bosom as her eyes drifted to the capsule with Edith's body.

"You used to be very close to her, did something happen between the two of you?" she asked Lirian gently.

A long silence ensued before Lirian nodded his head, but he didn't say anything else, but that alone was enough for Taliyah to understand everything.

She wouldn't claim to know even a fraction about Lirian's past, he didn't like to talk about it all that much, but she knew that he was always alone and he made it a habit to suppress his emotions, the fact that he allowed Edith in meant that she must have meant a lot to him, and her loss must have hurt him even more.

After a while Lirian broke away and retied the blindfold.

Taliyah took it as her time to stop releasing her pressure in the surroundings.

As soon as the pressure was lifted the nobles all climbed to their feet and dusted the dirt from their clothes as they looked around they saw the empress and Lirian standing together and in the spot where Telamon was, they could see the destructive energies that lingered.

What happened was clear to all Telamon Dao, one of the most respected and admired men in the empire had been executed for treason by the empress and his disciple.

They witnessed a lot more than they bargained for, by coming to this banquet, sure they witnessed a hero of the empire die, but they were glad to have personally witnessed the events.

Lirian took a step forward and turned to face the group of nobles, "Four years ago during the first meeting of the candidates in the Xelia academy, I warned every last one of you about the consequences of playing with me," Lirian said in a cold tone towards the nobles.

"Today I'm a powerless mortal, and you have all seen what the consequences are of playing with my life," Lirian said pointing at the dead zealots then to the spot where Telamon was killed.

"When I return from my trial in 86 years I will not be as powerless as I am today, so I will advise every last one of you to remember this day when I return, because this is just the start," Lirian's voice echoed loudly in everyone's ears and oddly enough they noted it.

They heard from the zealots how he took down a third grade mammoth, which should have been practically impossible, but the thing that made them note it even more was what Lady Xuanuan had said earlier about him having the favour of the heavens, if he was such a child than no matter what he was someone to always watch out for even if he was just a brat.

But just then something happened that took all of them by surprise, surging ripples of energy erupted in the middle of the garden creating a blinding light that threatened to pop their eyes if they continued looking.

When the light finally vanished they saw a person, and without a doubt it was a man, because they could see his stick hanging there in the open, it was a very note worthy object to everyone as their eyes drifted up the man's body.

But they soon noted another problem the man was butt naked and blood was pouring out from all over his body, the only things he had on him were the three rings that were placed on his fingers.

When they finally reached the mans face they all almost had a heart attack, they didn't know what the protocol was in such a situation, were they supposed to drape the man in clothes, or tend to his wounds or fall to their knees and bow.

The man before them had a thick mane of blonde hair that fell to his shoulders and a pair of green eyes that were extremely intelligent at a glance.

"Albus!" Taliyah shouted in alarm as she recognised the man and raced to his side to catch him, a look of panic filled her eyes as she saw the horrible condition of her husband and emperor of the Clovis Empire.