*groan*

"Reon! Reon! Wake up, something weird is happening!"

Orianne was shaking Reon in the bed they slept in when the bracelet's energy became close to none.

"Orianne, stop doing that."

Reon sat in the bed, fully awake. He looked at the beautiful woman next to him. Golden hair, red eyes, and a perfectly shaped body.

Since their factions traits only appear when magic in use, she wasn't in her demon form. No long red tail, no scales, no sclera, no wings, and no horns. He liked both of her forms equally, but the demonic form had a special place in his heart. He loved her eyes the most.

He was also out of his angel form. The angels had less traits then the demons. The wings were the most prominent feature of the angels, mightier and more delicate than the demons. The more they had, the more power that individual possessed.

The lighting in the whole space they were in was blinding, and it took him a minute before registering the problem.

"The device is active?! What is happening?"

"I don't know, we were supposed to stay asleep. Did something happen to Orion?"

Reon calmed down and began to think about the many reasons why this would happen.

One in particular struck a cord within him.

'Did Orion find a magical source somewhere, and at some point, it started absorbing it?'

'No, that's not possible, the devices was made to absorb small amount of magic from Orion to keep us asleep. Which means it was intentional.'

Reon left the bed, and grabbed Orianne's hand.

"Come with me."

She nodded, and they both walked downstairs where the living room was. The place where they received Orion the first time.

They sat at the table, still holding hands.

"What do you think is happening? You haven't said a word for a while now."

"The device being activated means someone intentionally wanted it. Someone wanted us to be awake."

Only one person would desire something like this.

"Orion?! Why?"

Reon snapped his fingers, making a screen appear on top of the table. He was the one that created the bracelet, of course he knew how to control it.

"Is there any recent recordings?"

The screen showed many scenes from Orion's past.

"We need to watch all of this at some point. I want to know everything that happened in his life!"

Once she found out she could watch the life Orion was living from the bracelet's point of view, she was excited. That's a loving mother right there.

"Calm down. The most recent was... this one."

The scene of Orion hugging two small girls appeared.

"Who are they? Girlfriends?"

A light flashed in her eyes.

"Fairies. These two are fairies, look at their wings. I recognize them, but I don't know their names."

"What?"

Reon smiled at his wife.

"That's right, there's a few things I have to explain to you. I'll make it simple for now, I knew the Remnant that created the fairy faction. I saved the fairies a few times before... that... happened."

Orianne knew better than no one that Reon wasn't a liar. She questioned him, but never doubted him. There was a big secret concerning Orianne too, so she couldn't judge her husband for having that kind of secret.

"I heard they were struggling to stay alive and that someone was openly helping them. I also remember someone speaking of powerful lightning. So that was you?"

Reon turned his face away.

"Yes, it was me."

'My husband is so cool, he is a hero!'

She liked this about him. He selflessly help everyone around him.

In reality, there always was a reason for Reon to help others. The only exception was Orianne when they were young.

"Let's go back to watching."

They returned to watching the recording.

-

"Thank you! You have just gave me hope!"

Orion separated from the fairies, and walked away. When he turned around, the four girls appeared in the field of view of the bracelet.

-

Orianne immediately recognized Amelia.

"Wait, isn't that Amelia? Blond hair, pearly eyes, and that pretty face! There's no doubt! So she's the one Orion chose?"

"The Key chose her, or so I'd like to think. He is a lucky man."

They ignored Karteira, since they didn't knew who she was yet. They simply defined her as another beautiful woman with peculiar hair color before focusing again.

-

"I will reproduce what you said."

They had no idea what Orion was about to do. They silently watched as two massive spheres of light and dark element began to form in his hands.

-

"Our child is another monster. He isn't at our level yet, but he is on the right track."

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Orianne laughed at Reon's comment.

"Right? I don't think he is able to create a gaping hole in the sea like you did before."

"That was... I was in a hurry that time. You can't talk either. You're able to fight equally against multiple dragons."

-

"NOT AGAIN!"

"This is not the same. I know it."

"Look at him."

-

"Did Orion do something bad before? That reaction was not so good."

"We'll look at it later. For now, understanding what happened to the device is our priority."

-

Reon watched as a familiar process began to talk place.

'Don't tell me? Did he manage to reproduce a diffusion? I never explained it to him, so how does he know about it. Now I understand why the necessity to have that massive amount of magic.'

The sphere vanished, leaving particles behind, an effect Reon was familiar with.

"Absorb."

'So it was to replenish the ring's magic storage. The weird ability that formed from being near the corruption might only work if the ring is powered. I understand now.'

Reon, who was used to work with complex devices and intricate designs could find the flaws of most things. Nothing escaped his analysis when it concerned his own creations.

"Don't come closer alright? Let me finish."

The ring absorbed the magic particles.

-

"Isn't that your ring?"

Orianne looked at her left hand, where a ring with a red jewel should have been on her fourth finger.

"..."

Reon thought about how to explain this to her.

"I saw Orion when you were sleeping. The device reacted to him finding my ring and only woke me up."

And there it was.

"THAT'S UNFAIR!"

She hit the table with her free hand.

'I knew it.'

"Calm down, you'll have your time alone with him when he will find your ring."

Orianne began to pout.

"That's so unfair."

"I know how you feel. But having time alone with him was also one of my wish. You'll understand later. Just listen for now."

Still pouting, she stared at him.

"When we sealed Elliot, it seems that our rings and two other objects flew in various directions. My ring flew straight to the fairies' territory to protect them. From what I know, our strongest desire to protect someone might have led the ring to someone who needed help."

"Orion found the fairies, and retrieved my ring that was protected by the Remnant I helped. The corruption was trying to take the ring. For what reason, I have no idea. We'll watch that later too."

Orianne stopped pouting at some point and began to think.

"Does that mean that the corruption is actively trying to find us?"

"It's a possibility. Maybe it was simply drawn to the power contained inside, or maybe it wanted it to power itself. There is no way to know for sure."

"Let's continue the recording. There's not much left."

-

"It worked, but there's still so much particles."

The blue haired woman said.

"I'm not done yet."

Orion's left arm began to move up.

"Don't tell me!"

Amelia cried out.

-

"I don't even need to watch the rest to understand."

Reon let go of Orianne's hand and left his seat.

"I get it too. He deliberately gave his magic to power the bracelet. He did that for us."

They were both happy. Reon remembered his son saying that he respected him, while Orianne thanked the world for giving him such a kind son.

"It's his way of asking us to look over him. He wants us to live even in this form."

Reon turned to look at the rest of the recording.

-

"Absorb!"

The bracelet draw every particles remaining in the air and absorbed them.

They saw the worried face of Orion looking down at the bracelet, when surprise and relief suddenly took over.

"It worked."

His arms dropped.

"Orion. You really are impossible."

A few seconds later, someone grabbed his arm to look at the bracelet. Amelia worried face appeared on the screen.

A beaming smile appeared on her face when she saw what Orion had noticed.

"I know. The moment I remembered dad say that the bracelet worked with a magic storage too, I had to try it."

-

"So it's your fault it seems."

Orianne giggled while pointing at him.

"..."

He said nothing, but he was happy that his son listened to his explanations. He felt closer to him.

-

"What did he do?"

One of the two green haired girls that Orion hugged at the start of the recording approached.

"He shared his magic with the bracelet. Inside it are the souls of his parents. Without magic, the bracelet shuts down it seems, forcing them to sleep."

Amelia explained the situation.

-

"He even told her about us."

Orianne was looking warmly at the girl named Amelia. She could already understand some of her traits just by watching her.

"Yes, the fact that he doesn't treat her as a tool for power is enough to understand how important she is to him."

"Stop bringing the Key at every moments. In the end, if you pull that thing out of her body, she remains a normal human girl."

"Is that what you really think?"

She looked at him with a weird look.

"Don't tell me you do-"

"I never said that. What I'm trying to say is, do you think a 'normal' human is able to contain every elements in their body?"

Orianne began to understand.

"You're beginning to remember?"

"Sadly, yes."

Reon began to remind his wife what happened in the past.

"Humans are unable to possess more than two elements in their bodies, their soul is too fragile and unable to support them."

"If a human was miraculously able to be born with three elements... they would lose control of their power immediately, destroying everything in the process, themselves comprised."

"This is why it is a 'miracle', even if it only leads to destruction and death. The ones who forced those experiments were sick, isn't that the reason why we killed them all?"

Anger showed in her eyes just remembering the past incidents.

"So tell me? What is Amelia?"

"..."

"She cannot be a normal human. She might believe it with all of her heart, she might even be truly human, but something messed with her soul to make her able to contain those five elements. Orianne, five elements. Do see the problem?"

"I get it! I'm sorry. You don't have to be so intent on proving me wrong."

Reon became stunned. And then it came to him.

"Ah! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be harsh on you. I was really worried about her, that's why I said all of this."

He sat back next to her to hug her.

They stayed like this for a minute, before Orianne gently pushed him away.

"Apology accepted. So, the Key is not able to be the only factor for Amelia to be able to use the five elements?"

Reon sat straight, before holding his wife's hand again.

"From that book, it was said that the Key was the power to unlock the Shackles. There was no explanations about the power it contained, or the power it gave."

"So we have no ideas?"

Reon shook his head.

"No idea."

Orianne shrugged and turned to the screen.

"So what about Orion? Is it because he is a hybrid of angel and demon that those forgotten elements managed to form in him?"

"Most likely, he might have a soul powerful enough to contain those two elements. We are known for having massive magic reservoirs inside of use, so it's not impossible for him to have inherited both of ours too."

"Reon, what have we gave birth to? Was it a mistake?"

He looked at her.

"What do you mean?"

Orianne began to let her emotions take over.

"I didn't want a child for him to live so much hardships!"

Reon began to stroke her cheeks.

"Look at him, does he look sad? Do you think he his living with rancor toward us?"

"No..."

"Is he someone that curses every day that he was born? I don't think so either. He has his own life, experiences, wishes and people to protect, like us. The way I see it, he might even be happy. Look at his face after powering the bracelet."

Orianne stared at the screen, seeing her son looking at the stars above him with a smile.

"What do you think he was thinking about?"

She couldn't help but ask. But Reon stayed silent.

Then, after a moment, she smiled.

"He's always thinking about us, isn't he? The whole journey he took was for him to avenge us to begin with."

"It was his own choice. He chose us instead of fear. He said something to me before he left when I talked to him."

She was focused on his every words.

"He said that even if we were in this form, until he decided so, we weren't dead yet."

Tears began to fall from her red eyes.

'That's my Orion.'

"I still don't fully understand why he think of us so highly."

For that matter, the first thing Orion knew of his parents was the recording of them fighting Elliot.

The respect he had for those that thought until the end to protect his very life was heavy. No one other than his parents received that much love from him. That's why they were so important to him.

"The next time you see him, don't forget to ask him that question, I'm sure he will be happy to answer you. He was slightly down not seeing you last time."

"I will do just that. I have a lot to learn about him."

Reon looked at the screen, and began to switch recordings.

"Alright, since we have all the time in the world, why don't we watch the most important moment of his life?"

"Yes!"

From the moment he was born, Dylan rescuing him and placing him in Auro.

The orphanage incident, Amelia's awakening, his departure toward Eogis, the ceremony and his first kill.

The dragons, the fairies, the Tree of Life, the underground fights, his absurd training session, and the creation of a new element.

They watched everything inside this space that had time warping in their favor. Once they watched all recordings, Reon tweaked some parameters inside the bracelet, managing to calibrate the flow of time inside to work the same as outside.

"I made it, we should be able to see what happens in real time."

He snapped his fingers, a larger screen than previously appearing on top of the table.

On the screen, Orion was his right arm raised, the ring glowing powerfully a purple light.