Kabanata 482: Chapter 482 - Trailing through memories

"Are you sure about this Master? You could come with me… I'm sure Lily would be very excited to meet you again…"

Standing in front of the very same ziggurat, the now quasi-holy site for the Guptans, Aiden was looking rather distraught, rather lugubrious, sorrowful. Looking at the calm, resolved expression of the black-haired woman, Number 3 in front of him, Aiden was trying his best to convince her to change her mind. Unfortunately, like him, she herself was rather stubborn, once her mind was set, and resolved on a direction, it was nigh impossible to divert it from the path. 

Shaking his head, she gave away a gentle, warmth-filled thin smile, she reached out for the boy, pulling him into her loving embrace. The two hugged in silence for several seconds before she whispered into his ears.