Chapter 132: Chapter 132

"I guess you haven't heard, Have you?" Seeing the questioning expression on Eren's face, she had her confirmation. "The ice queen is with a child..." Sara said with a deep sigh as if that fact weighted mountains, while on the other hand, Eren's face beamed with pure happiness.

"That is great news!"

"Oh, not you too!!" Sara said with an exasperated sigh as she rolled her eyes at him while pulling her legs out of the water.

"What do you mean?" Eren tilted his head to the side while leaning on his arm, the bright smile never leaving his handsome face, he was beyond happy for his friends, not just because they had a child coming on the way, but because it explained Rima’s weakness and the instability of her core.

" You sound just like Nara...", Sara said while shaking her head, Nara's reaction was explosive, to say the least, her eyes were tearing up like fountains and her voice was caught up in her throat, Sara barely understood few words from all the crying and hugging and felicitations.

"Well, that is perfectly understandable, She, as well as you, is going to be an aunt, Henry is going to be a father and Rima, instead of dying as we have thought, is going to be a mother, what is there to not be happy about?"

“Dying?” Sara looked back at him with confused eyes, wondering what did he mean by that.

“When we were in the center, Rima and the others were trapped in a deadly situation and she had to burn her life force to save everyone, I think you have already saw what burning the life force can do to a demon, we thought we lost her, but she survived it, only that we noticed that she wasn’t as strong as she used to be, she is one of the strongest demons in the world, Sara, yet she was defeated by Emilia who was not weak either but not as strong as the ice queen, her core was also very unstable, and we thought it was cracked, a cracked core only meant that the demon was dying, slowly and painfully that is, she was hiding the whole thing from Henry, but now, it is all explained, the instability, it is due to her pregnancy, so I am indeed beyond happy for them, this is great!.” Eren stared at Sara who had her mouth on the shape of a subtle ‘O’, it was very pleasant to see, that cute side of her which he missed, and just generally her allowing her expressions to show.

And she did only to him.

"Would you get your head out of your fluffy pink cloud and focus?" Sara, who was surprised at first but eventually reminded with her own reasons, almost palmed herself at him, for the only person whom she expected to have some reasoning about the matter was acting like her sister, all jumpy and excited. "This is not about the upcoming child, Although I still have my own awareness when it comes to the ice queen, This is about the timing, There is a riot boiling, and I have a feeling it is going to be bigger than the last one, someone is feeding it, Now that Rima is pregnant, with the heir to Taghit and the frozen edge, her and Henry will have to get married as soon as possible otherwise the child would be born as a bastard and won't have any rights nor heritages, Just like me, While in the same time, if they married now, right away while the people are hiddenly raging, it will give them the perfect excuse to light up what can be a civil war."

"You have a point in there..."Eren said while frowning, "I don't think things can be solved peacefully if it comes to that, not this time, And the demons are having it with the humans’ repulsive behavior towards them, we need to work things fast before it escalates to either a civil war or a war between humans and demons, Any suggestions?"

"Well, We need to first know who our enemy really is" Sara said while taking out her notebook and showing him her latest drawing, “Does these look familiar to you?”

“Aren’t they to you?” Sara looked up at him, genuinely perplexed this time by his question, for he looked perplexed that she didn’t recognize the symbols even though it was the first time she ever saw them in her life.

“Are they supposed to be?”

“Yes, these are Godly writings, Sara, they we always present in your dreams, and also in the center, and this shape, it represents the deities and the creation energy!”

“I found this on the outskirts of the capital, written by the blood of a demon!” Sara’s voice dropped as she frowned, her head running miles, trying to connect the dots, the symbols were related to the Gods, and her brother, who was very affected by the holy tower had them marked all over his face, the person whom Eren saw the other day had a hint of similar marks on his body, and now, the same symbol was drawn using the blood of a demon, why?

“A demon?!”

“I don’t think a human is capable of killing a demon on their own, so it is either a large group who did it, or…”

“Or not a human, who ever did this, it is dangerous!” Eren’s thoughts went directly to Nov, and he had to muster all the self-control he had to not pull her into his arms and take her back with his to his castle where she would be safe.

“Humans can’t differentiate demon blood from other blood, and the symbols were drawn in the outskirts of the capital, I don’t think it was meant to be found by humans, Eren, I think it was there to trap demons!”

“They went the enmity to be mutual, they want to make the demons act against the humans too, and they are doing that by trapping demons!” as if thinking with one mind, Eren and Sara finished each other’s thoughts before looking back at each other, each lost in his thoughts.

“But who are they? Who are our enemies?”

"I don't know who it is, but I know who it is not, Rima is not an enemy Sara, please don't let your prejudices and past experiences cloud your better judgement, I might be an ass, but that doesn't mean every demon is, especially not Rima."

"You sound found of her..." Sara raised her brow at him, wondering what was so special about the ice queen to have everyone loving her the way they did.

"Indeed, To be honest, I didn't like her at first when we teamed up together to fight the Gods, But she didn't just prove herself to be reliable, but also one of the kindest hearts out there, Have in mind she was the one who joined the demons and the humans to fight together, she was against using you and harming you, And Sara...", Eren stopped to look at her eyes lovingly, "She loves your brother with all of her heart, Trust me, It is not easy for us demons to love, Especially a human, Our instincts pushes us to feed on them, Not love them, And Rima, Well, unlike me, she is a pure blooded Demoness, her family line was kept pure for centuries, and she grew up surrounded by schemes and lies, If it was anyone else, She would have been either dead or a monster, But she is neither, she is a loving and caring woman with a heart of gold, and a good respected queen, and most importantly, she loves Henry and he loves her, And they deserve each other."

"Interesting..."

"What do you mean?" Sara asked herself the same thing, what did she mean by that? And why was there such a strange discomfort in her heart.

"Never mind..." Sara mumbled to herself, before taking a deep breath to clear her mind from the unnecessary thoughts.

"I don't think we can find out the culprit soon enough to unfold his motives and plan, we barely have anywhere to start."

"True..." Eren answered after a second, his eyes still trying to decipher the darkness that flashed in his fair lady’s eyes for a second before she hid it.

"But we have our knowledge, and it can be very useful."

"I am all ears."

"They are using the alliance with the demons to fuel the people's anger, the humans have always thought of the demons as monsters, creatures of the dark and evil..." Eren waited for Sara to continue with curiosity, this information was very obvious but he knew she had more to say.

"How about proving them wrong?" seeing the way she looked at him, Eren knew that she was asking for his help once more, and the thought filled him with joy, everything about her filled him with joy, nodding at her, he silently promised her that he would always be her ally, he would always be there to protect her.

“Well, I better get going.” Sara said while looking at the horizon, it was already morning which meant her sister was going to get up soon, and she was too tired to go on an interrogation with her “Can we resume the exercises tomorrow morning?”

“No” seeing the surprised, almost offended look on her face, Eren chuckled before elaborating “You are too exhausted, my fair lady, you almost lost your consciousness during this exercise, and since you can’t sleep, it is better if we don’t abuse your powers, but I will keep on teaching you all you need to know about your powers, plus, if we are going to proceed with your plan, then we would need the ice demons, sadly, the frozen edge is not the most stable place lately, with Rima growing weaker, there has been many who wanted to take her down and take her place, which would eventually lead to breaking the alliance with the humans, and with a hybrid baby coming in the way…” Eren didn’t finish his words but didn’t need to, for they both understood what it was like to be hybrid in their world.

“We can’t let that happen!” Sara whispered, she wasn’t the biggest fan of the ice queen but she understood her importance in the alliance, and if the alliance was really lost…

“We can’t, and we won’t!” Eren placed his palm on her shoulder, making her look at him in question, “The frozen edge would be dangerous, and you cannot fight or show your reality, but we can do it, together.”

“When?” Sara asked, watching as the smile spread across Eren’s face, making her heart twitch dangerously in her chest.