Chapter 288 A proud father

Chapter 288 A proud father

In the car, Scarlet briefly dropped by the underworld and observed with her own eyes that Frost was still going strong. He was almost at the third crossing point.

So, she returned to the human world and went on to her meeting.

"Good morning governor." Tion greeted her for the first time that day. You'll discover the inception of this content at n0v@lbin★

"Good morning Tion, you have a smile on your face today. Do you have good news to share?"

"Yes governor, it's about my youngest son Eden, I was contacted by Principal Stash about putting him in the advanced painting class. He has been working very hard at it all through the holiday. Ten percent of my income goes towards buying painting supplies which are very rare governor. If you could please speak to someone about this I will be very grateful." He spoke like a proud father. Indeed painting by hand was a very rare skill in the interstellar. They used computers for everything, including painting. She had included hand painting in the curriculum of the children as a fun activity. It was wonderful to know that they were serious at it.

She remembered the shy little boy, Eden that she met for the first time when he needed a med bed because a space pirate stabbed him. She had also seen him a few times during story time in the library. He was not a very talkative boy, and he always kept to himself mostly in the library. It was good to know that he had something that he loved which he excelled at as well.

"Wow, that's amazing." She said. She almost made a joke about him raising a little Van Gogh but she kept it to herself. He would not understand anyway.

"Yes, painting by hand is a natural talent which is not very common. Even though his skills are still basic, he has much potential."

She saw the smile on Tion's face brighten even more as he explained. "If all goes well, in future people will pay thousands of star coins for one of his paintings. I have some pictures of his work, would you like to see?"

The proud father pulled out the pictures before she could even say yes or no.

She obliged him by looking at the pictures and complimenting them. She was no art connoisseur but the paintings did look nice to her eyes.

When Tion took his phone back, she asked him, "Did any of you see my brother Adler leave the castle in the morning?"

"I did governor." The guard that was driving the car said rather quickly.

It sounded to her like he was dying with anxiety to spill what he knew. She was asking because he had not picked her call this morning when she tried to invite him over for breakfast.

Alex also confirmed that he had left the castle.

She counted six souls whose lights were dimming quickly and they were clustered together as if they were in the same location.

Severus blinked and brought her to the edge of a cliff which was overlooking an ocean.

She presumed it to be an ocean because the water was deep blue, clear and beautiful.

She found herself standing on the sand, and she looked at Severus.

"There he said," His eyes were on the vast waters, and from far a small almost unnoticeable boat was floating on the water slowly, making its way back to the shore.

She used her vision to look closer, it was not like the boats from earth. This was more like an oval shaped orange and white capsule that could float on water. It had two engines on the side, and within, she could count six people, all of them dying.

"I am guessing those are souls we are here to pick up." She said.

"Do you want to wait from here or blink to the boat and be quick about it. If we wait for the boat to reach the shore, it's going to be twenty minutes."

She shook her head and looked around to see other humans running to the shore, they had probably been keeping an eye on the boat.

"I won't wait, I do not want to give any soul eaters clever ideas. You said that they live anywhere, even in the water."

"Wise choice." He told her and he blinked, sending them to the top of the small boat.

They stood right on the white cover of the pod whose top was transparent enough for her to see inside. Five men had died, but one was still alive but he had six breaths of life in him and the way he was looking up at her and Severus with a smile, it was like he knew why they were there.

She waited patiently and opened her soul gourd and then took their souls as soon as the last man took his last breath.

She pushed the boat to the shores with a small but powerful wind.

As she left, she could hear the mournful cries of those that found the bodies of the men.

"Do you pity the dead still?" Severus asked her.

"No," she answered.