Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter-39. Melody of soul

[Xanthea]

Azum stopped at some distance from me. His gaze tried to decipher me while his face remained unreadable.

Then he shut his eyes, his fingers glided in the air as though he were playing an invisible piano. And then his hands moved as though he was conducting an orchestra.

He started humming a beautiful melody.

I stared at him, feeling utterly confused.

"Woah~" Zosha tiptoed beside me. "He's hearing..." she whispered.

I squatted beside her.

"What is he hearing?" I whispered back.

"The melody of your soul. It's the demonic ability of his wolf. He can hear people's souls as songs in his mind. But this ability doesn't activate for everyone. He says he can hear only the souls that exist at a higher rhythm..." "Right. And... what exactly does that mean?" I asked, even more confused now.

Zosha looked me dead in the eyes and shrugged.

"This melody..." He said in a velvety soothing voice. Azum gently placed his hands over his ears. "Moonlight sonata..." he tapped his cheeks gently with his fingers. "Moonlight sonata, intertwined with the delicate harmony of Fur Elise... similar, but unique. The legato, the chorus, the verses..."

He inhaled deeply. His brows drew in feverishly, in what looked like a sad but inspiring expression. As if his muse was before him in his mind, behind his closed eyes.

"L'ho già sentito prima. Ma non è la stessa cosa... no... ma è altrettanto bello..."

"What did he say?" I asked Zosha.

"Most of the time, I have no idea what he says, but it sounds good," Zosha said. "Well, can't argue with that."

I don't know what he said, but it sounded like a musical verse the way he sang it.

"He is very unpredictable. Even he doesn't know what language he'll start speaking in. It depends on his wolf's mood most of the time. Fun fact about him, he knows almost all the languages there are in all the realms." "Woah, he is a language genius and a healer. Awesome!"

"I know, right?!" Zosha said excitedly and Azum's eyes snapped open suddenly.

"You... you are..." his eyes traveled from my hair to my eyes, tracing my facial features.

I gulped, getting up on my feet, feeling the pressure of his scrutiny all over me.

Does he... know me?

I stared at him without blinking when he said...

"You are... a mortal?" He whispered as if he was talking about something taboo. "A mortal roaming freely in Helxton?"

body loosened up. Maybe I sensed

He looked at Zosha.

I hope you know this isn't the same as your daily rescues of twittering birds and tailless

know. But she is no normal mortal,

Azum walked past me.

normal mortal..." he said, glancing at me. "But

cut in. "At least, I

she's in a soul pact with a powerful demon. Otherwise, it's not normal for a mortal to have an aura that shouts, 'touch her if you have a death wish.' And forget about having death as a wish. I wouldn't even want death in my nightmare. I am too young to see a mortal tragedy befall on me. Sorry, Zosha. I can't heal her. Take her back to where you

marked because of the

the triplets' scent on

You heal the others I bring

rats!" Azum

difference does that

mortal in a soul pact with a demon who could easily kill me. Yeah. What

that had slipped from his hand earlier. He placed it

super cautious of her, even Kieth. You should have seen his face. He couldn't even breathe in her presence until I entered the elevator. I wouldn't have dared even breathe

Azum remarked, and

"Since when!?"

"Since now!"

that were embraced by the vines and leaves of the plants in the library. He was collecting sap and nectar from those plants.

am sure she is a sweet lady, but the one who has marked her scent doesn't seem so sweet to me," he said. "But if you still desire something sweet, your favorite candies are on the reception counter." "Azum!" she drawled, jumping on his back and hanging from his neck as he kept fetching out potion bottles from the flowers. "It's just a minor bruise on her lips," Zosha said with

full experience. You won't find the next

wish to mess with people beyond my ken. I might

you to

panicking? You're giving me a heart attack!" Zosha

took a deep breath and

attacks you gave me by bringing

"She needed help!"

heal them all. But I can't heal her," Azum said, walking to a bookshelf. "Those high rank demons are mad people, mad! Plus, she looks

snapped his

jumped and whacked his head

hands flew to

intimate their patient

should be asking for it," Azum said, and suddenly, the jittery aura that was around him calmed down into

help from me,"

stopped. "No. I didn't mean

what he

normal, but then a wave of electricity sparked out of Zosha's hair. The surrounding plants, even the moss beneath her feet, grew in size.

Zosha's voice reverberated dangerously as she hiccuped again and another feral wave of electricity charged out

to look Zosha straight

help. But you are still too young to understand how this world works. And I know what I said has hurt you. I'm sorry. Come here," he stretched out his arms towards her as though beckoning her in an embrace. "I know you are sad and upset. Trust me, it's ok to feel the way you do.

earlier when Kieth abandoned her as his healing partner, and that was why I wanted to help her. I thought I was helping her by asking her to

is by addressing them. And I was sure