prologue

It was the day of a solar eclipse and the world was shrouded in darkness,much like the person kneeling on the now uneven pavement.

He was cradling the lifeless silhouette of a woman in his arms,like she were glass that could break into myriad of pieces if touched.

The heavy raindrops cascaded down his raven hair and fell on her cheek like big,rounded Pearls.

His shoulders were hunched,as he kneeled. If one could look into his eyes,they would have been terrified of what they saw.

"Aren't you a little too cruel, m'lady?"

His clear voice rang out through the empty space, ricocheting through the hillside,but there was no reply. The person who was asked the questions were no longer able to answer him, but he didn't care. He kept going.

"You test me,agápi.You're after my life,my soul after taking my heart alongside you! Now, you keep lying there looking like you've done no wrong and no worldly things can touch you?!"

He had a mad gleam in his eyes as he screamed,but his hands were holding her frail body as delicately as if she were a flower.

"You think everything is a jest! You,you cruel woman. You wicked witch.."

A shudder wrecked his body,and his voice broke as he looked up at the sky. His face was contorted from so many emotions, hatred,love,pining, devastation,it was a sight to behold.

"You're a wicked schemer, my lady. You made me into this damned fool! You forced me into committing a sin as atrocious as love,and look at you now,looking all peaceful,sleeping the eternal sleep while I can do nothing but accept my fate of being a ghost!"

"Must you make me suffer? Must you make me live a life I wouldn't wish upon my nemesis?" He barked out a laugh as he wrapped his arms around her,he thought.

You were right,Agápi. I should have heeded to your warning,I should have left when I could and gone far,far away from you.

"...The moment I set my eyes on you,I knew I was doomed."

That last word was nothing but a whisper,barely audible. There was nothing that was left of him but an empty shell of a body, the fate of the damned.

...The Almighty One has fallen, all for the sake of love. ...

"Ladies and gentlemen, the imperial court has released an repression act on Raytheon Callipse. The chosen one, most trusted by the King of the kingdom of God,has fallen!"

"How foolish must a man be to be bewitched by a wicked woman,and to kill the trusted warrior of Gods for such reasons? What a vengeful soul! "

"All for what? For the sake of love!

What a jest!"

"A fool is what he was,no matter how powerful or intellectually adept a person is, everyone is blind in the face of love. How foolish."

"What a scoundrel, to bite the hand that had fed him! I hope my son doesn't turn out that way! You wouldn't wish that on your enemy,my God."

"Still,he was such a gentleman. For him to suffer a fate such as this is..."

----Tale of the Damned

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