After arranging all the pieces into his mind, Azrael continued in a deep voice, "Listen Mark, if we will have to save Azrael, first we need to find his body. After he went unconscious, his body completely dissipated into thin air. So, I don't know exactly where his body is right now. So, for that, you need to take his position as the CEO of the Art & Craft Institution temporarily. During that time, I will find the source of the scandal as to fulfill his last wishes. I have high hopes that the answer lies in the source of the mysteries behind that scandal..."
"If it was his last wish, then I will fulfill his wish for sure. However, I don't know you. So, how can I trust you regarding this matter?" Mark sternly asked him. He didn't let his emotions expose on his face.
"You have no option except to trust me. But of course, everything comes with a price. Tell me, what do you want from me?" Azrael calmly asked him.
"I want my brother's pistol back. This is the only thing through which I will be able to reminisce my brother every time." Mark replied emotionally.
Hearing that, Azrael faintly smiled. He although expected such kind of reply from him.
"This pistol is yours from now. Take it." Azrael calmly held it out towards Mark.
Mark silently grabbed that pistol and put it into his pocket. He was happy from inside.
"Tell me, how can I help you?" Mark was too calm as if he was determined to do everything Azrael would tell him to do.
Seeing his desperation, Azrael became stress free.
"Tomorrow, you go to Mr. Azrael's institution and show this pistol to the receptionist. She will guide you then into Mr. Azrael's main office. From there, you can take over Mr. Azrael's position. But remember, make sure no one in your family finds out the truth at any cost. Already one member named Monica had died in Mr. Azrael's hands." Azrael calmly spoke.
Hearing that, Mark was stunned. But he didn't talk much. He just nodded and then disappeared from his spot into the darkness.
After waiting for 2-5 minutes, Azrael gradually stepped out from the alley. Through that act, he assured two main things. First of all, if Mark could attain his position in his company, the news of his disappearance would be easily hushed up. Then, he could easily act behind the shadows. Secondly, Mark was unemployed. So, with this act, Mark could be in a good position. It was a gift he gave Mark as a birthday gift before his birthday at the Valentines day. He painfully smiled from inside.
After that, he set out for the mountain range as he promised before leaving from there. Now his mission was to meet fairy Lin over there, as he didn't want to delay his awakening any further. So that, he could confront his enemy in the headquarter, from where everything was started over a year ago.
At the headquarters,
When Miss Sunflower arrived at the headquarters, by then, already the sun had set and evening had fallen. She knew where her excellency would stay at that time. So, gradually, she reached her excellency's room silently.
The gentleman's room was covered with woods and green leaves. In the middle of the room, he was sitting in a cross legged position which closed eyes, as if he was meditating in his room alone. An incense stick was placed on the ground next to him. The entire room was filled with the exquisite fragrance of incense.
At the entrance of the room, Miss Sunflower silently knelt down.
While sitting in that cross legged position, the gentleman politely asked, "Have you brought back the seed?"
Miss Sunflower remained silent. She couldn't dare to talk anything to him.
Receiving no answer, he remained silent for a while.
"What happened? Tell me completely..." The gentleman politely asked her.
This politeness made her actually tremble her from inside. She couldn't defy his order anymore. After that, she explained everything what she had experienced for the whole day. She only somehow could hide her plan into her mind.
"Hmm, you passed in one task but failed horribly in other one. So, as your punishment, from now your sunflower garden domain will be stripped from you. Now, go and take rest in your room..." His voice was too much polite. However, it felt like a thunder strike on her. She anticipated some kind of punishment. But she didn't expect such harsh punishment. Her soul completely broke from inside. However, she couldn't dare to go against him. She silently disappeared from there.
When she entered in her room, she fumed with anger and rage. What she most cared in her life, would be stripped so easily, she simply couldn't accept that. Her rage caused total destruction of her living room. With such anger, she left the headquarters.
On the other hand, the gentleman was observing everything from his room. A smile played across his face. At that very moment, a mysterious voice suddenly echoed across the room from the background.
"Time has come for the disclosure day... Make preparations as fast as possible... Also, summon the other half of yours into this cursed land... At the valentines day, we have to do the final ritual... Only then, our dreams will come true... Start gathering all the ingredients... There isn't much time left... Do whatever you want to do quickly..."
The voice was incredibly deep and resonant, it felt as if thousands of drums were beating and hundreds of thunderbolts were striking all at once within the room.
Hearing the voice, the gentleman became serious. Serenity spread across his face. He gradually stood up from the ground, wore a white robe on his bare body, put on a crimson red ring on his left index finger, materialised a long golden scepter, grasped it, and instantly disappeared from his place.
Outside the headquarters, along in the path to the Mountain range,
Azrael aka Ash took a car to go to the mountain range with the help of Mark secretly. At that night, he slept in that car. In the next morning, he set out for the Mountain range.
He had already planned what he would explain to fairy Lin as she told him that she needed time for this matter. But he didn't want to delay it any further.
Gradually he began driving for the north to reach mountain range much faster. By then, the sun gradually started to rise at the border the city, on the mountain range. It felt wonderful to watch it from afar along on the rocky, gravelly road. While enjoying the view, he unknowingly crossed the headquarters and reached at the foot of the mountain range.
He couldn't realize it was been almost about two hours now. As a result, he felt hungry in his belly. He got out of the car. He began to try to find any food stall in that place.
After roaming for sometimes, he finally found a tea stall beside a waterfall at the foot of the mountain range.
"Brother, how much is the tea?" While entering the stall, he saw a young boy was sitting in the stall. So, he asked politely.
"Two Zen per tea." The boy politely replied.
After accordingly transactions, Azrael sat on a bench in the stall and began to drink tea gradually. After that, the drowsiness gradually wore off, and he felt refreshed.
"So, how is business going?" While drinking, he asked.
"What else can I say, brother? It's the same situation everywhere you look in north." A flash of disappointment appeared in his tone.
"Why? No developments in north! How strange! As far as we know, in north, most developments have happened..." Azrael was stunned.
"Is it really possible to understand everything just by observing from afar, brother! If you could live here for sometimes, I swear you can understand everything..."
"Then you people didn't protest against them?"
The young boy didn't say anything else. He became silent.
Azrael realized that perhaps he shouldn't involve himself in some matters what he couldn't solve. His hatred against the headquarters again increased in his heart.
He didn't say anything more.
After completed drinking the tea, he silently stepped out from the stall and began to drive towards the core area of the mountain range. He decided not to think over these matters before returning to the city anymore.
While driving, slowly greenery became visible. He began to go deeper. This time, he couldn't feel any resistance from the mountain range as if it was completely normal not like previous events. Gradually, he arrived in that spot where all those chaos happened previously when he came in the ruins. There, in one spot he also noticed the exit cave of the ruins, situated in the mountain forest. Seeing that, he alighted from the car.
On the other hand, the moment Azrael set foot on the mountain forest, spiritual perception triggered in Miss Sunflower's heart. Already she was fumed in rage. So, instantly, she decided to move one step ahead of her plan. She thought if she could take that seed this time, maybe she could regain her sunflower garden. At that time, she was outside of the headquarters. So, with that thought, she began to travel towards the mountain range.
At the mountain forest, Azrael began to investigate the area around the cave to find any kind of traits which could lead him to fairy Lin's secret hideout. While searching, suddenly he noticed a dilapidated and ruined entrance behind a pine tree in such deserted mountain forest. He was first stunned, but then gradually became curious about the entrance.
When he reached at the vicinity of the almost destroyed entrance, he carefully observed it with his keen eyes. He could clearly remember that while exploring the ruins previously, when he and the team of explorers accidentally stuck in the loop made by the evil seed, they clearly had appeared there, but nothing like that entrance was there. Even when his respected master, Dr. Agni was exploded in that area, still he couldn't notice something like that.
So, that strange entrance made him very curious and as well as fascinated about it's mysteries.
At that very moment, she was also travelling towards the mountain forest. Spiritual perception again triggered in her heart. She also realized Azrael was about to do something terrible. But surprisingly, she also couldn't perceive the existence of that strange entrance. Her accumulated rage from the entire night instantly scattered, and a strange feeling of fear and survival instinct awakened in her heart.
She immediately touched the ground beneath her feet, and murmured with a slow yet nervous tone,
"O all plants in the mountains, heed my orders... Prevent Azrael to do anything terrible..."
With that said, she started rushing towards the mountain forest. On the other hand, At the mountain forest, the fascination and curiousness of the entrance pulled Azrael beyond the door...