Episode 4

"Theo! Theo! What happened? Wait a minute!" Vivian was running to catch him along with Nicholas. "Brother, you know our father, please don't get upset by his words. Besides with all of you around, what can harm me?" Nic tried to pursue Theodore with his words but still, he kept running towards his room with tears in his eyes. "I knew he'd pull such a taunt, he knows I don't believe in such a thing and yet tries to make me obey those bloody Oracles. Leave me alone! Hell, I shouldn't have stepped out…" Theodore cried out while slamming the door with a loud bang. Both were shut off on their face. "What's gotten in him? Why did he run brother Nic?" Vivian asked in a sad tone. "It's all because of that damn Oracle." Nic seemed somewhat furious and irritated.

In this world, Oracles were considered as the divine calling, they'd tell you the future, even sometimes name the legends beforehand. In past oracles helped Arboria a few times as well. But one can't just seek anything he/she wishes from the Oracles. They'd usually only sound when there's a God's will. It wasn't often as well. Last Oracle sounded some 10 years ago. This time warning about a grave danger. "It might sound rude but I hope you don't tell anyone, Vivi. We don't want our enemies to get such a crucial detail." Nic asked Vivian in a serious tone on which she gulped and nodded in agreement. "When we were young, some 10 years ago, there was an Oracle that was bestowed upon us saying 'In about 10-15 years, the world and in particular Arboria will face the greatest calamity, many lives will be sacrificed. Royalties will suffer even greater, only an artifact known to legends will save. All will suffer but one who yields the weapon will be saved. One must take action as one would decide the future. The future is uncertain, but you hold the power to decide it, Theodore!' Theodore was shocked by its words. He is weak, has low Mana, and yet Oracle named him, this fact made him feel guilty." "Guilty of what?" Vivian asked in curiosity to which Nicholas replied with a serious tone, "Our death!"

"Death? You are kidding me, right? That's not possible!" Vivian was shocked by hearing this. "Yes, our death. The Oracle said 'Royalties will suffer', that must mean we'd most likely die in the calamity. Father wants to entrust the kingdom to him, The Savior before that happens, but he feels that his existence is at the fault here. To change the destiny he's seeking answers in the ruins all across the Kingdom. We want to keep him safe and thus try to not let him go on his own. But he won't listen…." Nicholas's tone suddenly became a bit serious. "The first sacrifice Oracle took was our Mother. Since then our father is desperately trying to crown him yet, he won't do it. With no choice left and threat being eminent I was crowned. But father would try to shake him every now and then. Thus he now even hates the title. Only the Gods know what is to happen next." Vivian was listening with a serious expression and a drop-full of a tear in her eyes. "Your father knows it as well, thus he always comes by to check on us." "He never told me. Can't it be undone? The oracle? There must be a way right?" Vivian was now getting desperate. "Who knows?" Nicholas sighed while walking past her, "See if he listens, I must attend the guests. It'd be rude if I didn't. And do tell him, I liked his gift the most." With that saying, he left for the dining hall where all the guests were waiting in distress.