UnderTéras

Chapter 14 And So It Begins

016/07/2001

Culte's POV

It was a beautiful yet cold morning, Eliezer and I decided to go for a morning walk together before heading to the base and we didn't feel like walking on empty stomachs so we bought bagful of croissants. The bag was pretty big, there were more than 20 croissants stuffed in there and Eliezer must've been very hungry because she was speeding through them, I only managed to eat 5 by the time she had already eaten all of them and right after that she gave me the most adorable of glances, I couldn't have gotten mildly upset at her for it even if I wanted to, I just smiled and petted her and then offered my hand for her to hold, she giggled and gracefully took my hand as we continued our walk, as always her gaze was on everything above us while mine was on everything before us, Eliezer looks above to alert me of any danger while I look ahead so I can take care of any threat coming towards us, it is the best way for me to protect us both Eliezer can alerts me and I do whatever needs to be done but Eliezer stopped in her tracks abrruptly, she seemed to be pondering about something

Eliezer: Once we deal with the Téras, kill the General and deal with the power vacuum his death will leave we'll leave the army, right?

She casually asked, I nodded

Culte: I doubt any strong threat will show up out of the woodwork so there wouldn't be much more to do after that and with nothing to do there'd be no point in staying in the army

I explained

Eliezer: What will we do after all of that?

She asked, I thought my answer over a few times

Culte: I have no idea but I do know 1 thing for sure, we'll be together, won't we?

I said giving her hand a light squeeze, she smiled at my answer

Eliezer: Of course! After all, it is only natural that we do, 1 and 2 always go together

She said and I smiled too, her bright smile was just that contagious

Eliezer: But... What about Chara? She has no one, no relatives to speak of, no one and she's just a child

She said her smile faltering a bit

Eliezer: So... What if we adopted her?

She asked clasping her hands together and averting her sight, I froze on the spot

Culte: Why would you want to adopt a demon's spawn?!

I spat out, I couldn't fathom how such an idea could cross her mind, she lowered her gaze and fidgeted with her fingers a bit, I thought for a second and tried to be a bit more open to the idea, she had grown attached to Chara and wanted to give her a family, just like Kallavan did for us

Eliezer: That reminds me, why exactly does everyone refer to her as a demon?

She asked, it at first sounded like quite the stupid question, she was a Cerel, one of the Relevant families but she knew almost nothing of other families, could it have to do with her family living in the wilderness as hunters and gatherers in the North of Australia they probably were left out of most family matters due to that or her parents shielded her from it

Culte: She's a Dreemurr, those with her family name have been branded as demons by all relevant families, I don't know why but there is probably some truth or reason for it, rarely ever do the families agree on anything

I explained, she nodded

Eliezer: But, think about it! Don't you want a family? A bigger family? No more fighting, no more death, no more war... It'd be the happiest of endings!