“Hello, can I come inside?” An unknown voice was heard in from the door.
“Uh, how can we help you?” I asked.
The stranger carefully entered the room, there was no sound, no sign of hostility.
The man was a tall, gentle man.
He had a gentle nature with a big smile.
“Hello there, my name is Cane. Or, you can call me Professor Cane, I am an adventure who was sent here to do some work,” the man said.
Then he directed his attention to my wife.
“Is that so, huh. Professor Cane was it, if you don’t mind me asking then; ‘where do you teach or are you a principal.”
“Kind of both, but I teach children most of the time. The ‘Nexus Institution’ is an institution that takes in lost children, abandon children, or children who lost their parents in an earlier stage of life. We take them in and train them in ways to help our community.”
“Oh, wow! That good.” My wife said weakly.
“That is certainly good… but why are you here exactly?”
I asked this question with the intent a read his mind.
“The Guild which you work for, they sent me a request to get in attach with you. I don’t now why they sent me but it is likely because they wanted to speak with you right after this,” he said.
That don’t add up, if they wanted to speak with me they would have send a letter in the main or send one of their workers the house.
“Alright, I will make sure to contact them as soon as possible,” I said.
“Beep, beep, beep.” A continuous alarm like sound could be heard.
“Ah, sorry guys but I have to leave. Thank you for everything though!”
What a weird guy, I think we will meet again.
His presence wasn’t a normal one, he is most definitely working on something else.
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In the far away kingdom.
There is young boy being birth, the year was 984 in the holy ear of transcendency.
Max’s perspective:
“Blue and white?” As I took my first breath of air, these were the colors that enveloped the room.
The people I saw all were white and blacks clothing.
A man around thirty or so told one of them to take me, “Take him to the incubator, make sure that he fine. Check if anything is wrong with his health,” said the man.
“Yes, sir.”
Who is he?
I found myself asking myself, he is really strange.
The woman who lying in the bed seemed to have past out.
She had deep black and golden brown eyes which captivated he beauty.
She laid there helpless and exhausted, she almost looked hopeless.
Her breath, face and expression all looked sad, she was seeking empathy perhaps.
The man stood besides her, he whispered something I couldn’t hear clearly.
“Now that I have no use of you, I might as well leave you alone. Your genetics and mine will make a decent baby who could achieve my goals. I ask of you one thing, keep my existence a secret. I don’t trouble right now, at this moment I just want to work.”
The woman who was desperate at first immediately agreed.
“Ah, it is good when you listen. See, you aren’t being tortured when you listen.” He said as he smiled at her.
“I have agreed everything you need to go – by the next three months, you will be in the Karasuki homeland.”
The woman nodded in relief.
“At the very least, I would be free from this hell.” It was as if she didn’t care anymore.
As long as she was the first saved, the who had freedom, the one with full authority, she didn’t care – she would sacrifice anyone, which even include her child.
“I am surprised!” The man said.
“W-why!?”
“When you first got here, you were yelling but doing the right thing. You said, ‘No matter what happens, never forsake the people you care about’ but now, for your freedom you are willing to leave your child here in order to get your own freedom.”
The woman looked at with pure disgust.
It wasn’t even trying to hide the bad intention it’s mind was coming up.
“And who made it that way? Who made it their life mission to change that?”
“That’s right. I did. No matter how good a person claims to be, there will always be a shadow hiding behind those lights. Remember this, out child will be a great man. He will make the hellish world a great again.”
“I don’t really care. After all, I didn’t want to be parent, you forced me to be one.”
“Sorry, it was necessary. I made a baby with you without considering your feelings. I also forced you to carry it for nine agonizing months. Sorry!”
“….!”
“Sister, why didn’t I listen to you!” The woman whispered into the breeze.
“Anyways, I must prepare some paper works in order to prepare the child for the harsh education that he will be going through. I will put him in the fifth generation year, the ‘Pole Curriculum.'”
“The pole curriculum?” She asked.
“The pole curriculum is the ultimate level of education a person can go through and not succeed. In the human mind, it is deemed unreachable, it consist of them hardest level of education a person can learn.”
The woman looked at me with eyes which I couldn’t tell.
Some were apology, and other was ignorance.
“No matter what happen in the future, Max survive.” The woman said as she walked to the other room.
“I have done it again huh. Cane, I have done it again. I have moved one more step closer to the ultimate goal. My child, my own flesh and blood. I will put him in the Nexus Institution to accomplish my goals.”
He looked at me and grinned.
“Bring the moment taker here,” and at his request, a man in white and black clothing brought with him a square box with many little bottoms.
He named Cane, held me up with both hands carefully.
“Click, click, click, click, click.” The man took five pictures of us.
“This will be an important piece of the media,” he said.
“Now, your hell begins.”
And with that, I was sent to an educational center which is similar to the word “Hell.”
Chapter 1.7:
Ria’s perspective:
I stared at the roof which exuded the color of white.
Of course, this was a hospital, I will had come to that conclusion minutes ago.
3rd May, of the holy era of transcendency 995.
That was the day, my spirit lift it’s formal host.
“Thanks to the nurse, I have come to some conclusions of which we can complete the debt and settle some where safer.”
“… Come to think of it, that woman seemed very young huh. Did you talk to her while I was asleep?”
“Yeah, her name was ah! Damn it – I forgot,” he said.
“But she did say that she was nineteen.”
A nurse around her nineteen’s huh, how is even possible.
Back on earth she wouldn’t get the opportunity to get near a patient, nor in this case “help give birth.”
Mom stared him, “You couldn’t even remember her name but you remember her age.” In a very low voice mom said something, “That’s very gross.”
“My – my, how low do you see as man. My mind just has a low memory recording system, I can’t remember most things I deemed unnecessary.”
“Right,” she said as she averted her eyes.
“But anyways. How much longer do I have stay here with the baby, I really miss home?”
“Don’t worry, we can leave in three days time.” Dad said.
“Hmm, does that mean we can go home on Thursday. It is Monday after all,” mom added.
A calendar was hanging in the left corner of the room.
The date was third(3rd) of May, 985 of the holy era.
Allen’s perspective:
“Uh, sir. Can I have a word with you?”
From the door, the nurse I had a conversation with appeared.
She seemed restless and uncertain.
Worry spread across her face, which displayed an unknown expression which I couldn’t tell whether the information I am about to receive is whether good or bad.
“Sure, but why do you seem so restless?”
“Ah, it’s kind of about that.” She said, then stared at Arisu, who was still holding Ria in her arms.
“Sorry Miss, it is really important!”
“I am sure it is. If it weren’t, the hospital may have just sent a mail in the mailbox or something.”
“Can we head to the registering station now?” She said in a panic.
“Beep, beep, beep.” The magic device which was on hip started to ring.
“Unit 20, where is the man being requested for?”
She unlocked it and spoke, “We are on our way.”
“Looks like the situation is very urgent, you may lead the way.” I said.
She quickly opened the door, and from there we both booted past the hall and into the office where the registering station was located.
“We have arrived,” she said.
A person sat on a chair, he was facing straight head while we were standing at his back, and because of that we couldn’t see his face.
“Thank you, Sora.” He said.
“You may now leave, Mr. Allen and I have a conversation which can’t be disturbed. I will be in thanks if you lock us here until we are done.”
“You got it,” She nodded as she left.
“Good luck, Sir.”
“Now, Mr. Allen, You may take a seat, you have some questions that needs answering.” He uttered the words and slowly rotate a glass he has intertwined between his index and middle fingers.
“Alright, but before we begin. I want make one thing clear, I may not have all the answers to the questions you are about the ask me.”
“Oh, I know that very well.”
“Fine then let’s begin.” I exclaimed.
“Tonight, someone paid a extreme amount.” He deliberately paused his voice, no, he intentional slowed down his tone in order in sound threating.
“Do you want to know who that amount was for?” He asked in that deliberate voice.
“If I was to guess then, I would say my wife, right?” I answered.
“Correct,”
“Then why I am here. If someone has the ability to pay my bills and do good while they can, then why am I here?”
“Because, the man made the hospital make money which has not been made ever since the hospital has been opened.” He spoke.
“Ever since the hospital opened, the most it has made is 700 gold coins in twenty-four hours. But that man, he paid over 1000 gold coins in a single night and he had no problem wasting that much money.”
“What was the man like?” I asked.
“He refused to review his face but he did say that his name was Viscount Rushed of the Northern kingdom.”
A man who don’t know me but paid a huge amount of bill which I didn’t know I owe.
Who is he, and what does he want.
“It hate to say it but I have no idea who that man is.”
“I know, his name has never been put in the official nobility status book. I had my team researched about him but nothing came back.”
I began to think, any sorts of things I had come across didn’t match this situation.
“Or, do you know anything about the ‘Nexus Institution?”
“What is that?”
He seemed to relax a little.
“Nothing, you may leave now.”
Since I didn’t want to stay there for long, I carried myself out.
“Listen, that man is dangerous. If he has targeted you, you need to leave and never come back to this country.” That was last word he spoke.
“No matter who comes in my way. They will won’t live if they target my family.”
I slowly stepped outside of he office and made my way back to the room where my family was.
“So, what did they want?” Arisu asked.
“Nothing of importance, they were just wondering about how out bills were paid by someone.”
“Huh!” She screamed loudly in surprise.
“Don’t worry, I think we both know who could have done it.” I said, smiling.
“Oh, right. I forgot they are still alive.”
Chapter: 2: Return of the king of dragons:
Around ten thousand years ago, there were nine disciples who followed a leader.
A leader, who was considered at that time ‘a god.’ A led that position for a long time, and until now, he still holds it.
His oldest disciple Ryou, he was the dragon.
He was the second strongest in the whole world, his authority didn’t just surpass the planet, it went beyond it.
To cut it simply, he had the ability to erase anything and everything his power, which was given to him by the man known as ‘god.’
But one day, a great misfortune happened, “I must return to the world which I came from. There is no need to look for me, because if you do, you will just find yourselves lost in everlasting loop.”
The letter he left behind barely had full information, it seemed that he did on purpose, because his disciples did indeed try to follow him but got no where.
“What can we do?”
“He said that in the letter, then it was extremely important. We must stay put and guard this place with the power his entrusted upon us.” This were the words Ryou spoke.
“No, absolutely not,” one of the nine transcendents said.
Of course, the god had always favoured Ryou to some extent.
But since they wanted to also have the chance to prove themselves to him, they disregarded the rules he had left behind.
They went on a mission to prove themselves but, all he did was spoil the plans that god had prepared.
“This is bad, what have they done!” Across from the heavens, the god watched us destruction came upon the planet.
The planet known as “Isal” was about to be destroyed.
The term known as darkness was rapidly slipping into the physical and spiritual worlds.
Then, one day.
The transcendent of time, called a meeting, her name was Lia.
She was one of the people who stayed with Ryou when he refused on opening the teleportation gate.
“We must prepare and plan to block the dangers slipping into our world.” She stated firmly, with expression unreadable.
“How can we, they are increasing in numbers every single day.”
“Why are you asking me? Weren’t you the ones who were trying to prove themselves?”
“True but, without knowledge of how they work, we will never figure out how they are suppose to be dealt with.”
“I think I can help. Yesterday, one of the their strongest soldiers came to rampage on the land of rice. But when I fought it, I discovered a weakness in them.” The dragon king face seemed to tense up.
“They have a heart, but in the natural since – it is not a heart. It was a magic stone covered with magical essence.”
“I see now,” The transcendent of land said.
“If what Ryou is saying is true then, we are to gather up all the high rank spirits and high class magicians to gather. We can’t just form a plan and tell them later.” The transcendent of water said.
After the meeting’s conclusion.
All the beings chosen by “god” had formed a plan.
A plan that contained a risk, or not is risk but something that would inevitably bring happiness back to the planet.
The transcendents had realized their mistake.
A for that, they were willing to sacrifice their lives.
But, that was the plan known to all.
No one knew the plans of the man who made all this events happened.
“Master, forgive me for not saving the world! Forgive me for not protecting the world, because of me many have died. If I die, please do not abandoned me.” Ryou cried out, he was deeply hurt.
He allowed the family to grow in jealousy, he had not realized the close relationship he had with him affected the way his so called family saw him.
The six transcendents had grown in jealousy and had their minds corrupted.
Even till now, jealousy is still running in their hearts.
The deep wound will never heal.
The story of the dragon is a story that has many ways of being told.
But the ending was truly sad.
All the other transcendents died; Ryou, Mikary, Lia, Alfred, James, Philip, Oscar, Williams, and Sara.
These were transcendents.
The spirit of water, air, frames, land, ice, lighting, and the spirit of spiritual energy.
Many magicians also joined the war.
“The war has begun my lord,” the god who once trained the transcendents told a being who sat on throne.
“Ah, it seems that my plan worked.
I guess I was a little harsh on how I allowed things to go out.
But, I wouldn’t ignore the oncoming danger.” The being looked down the planet, “Isal.”
“It will be safe for a while. But, I must put the transcendects somewhere safe.” From there it was as if the the being had already made up his mind.
“I will reincarnate the transcendents once again after the deaths, then once more.”
“The dragon king must learn, he must the true meaning of life, of power and of love. If learns this, he will be a real god.”
Back on Isal, the transcendents and finished fighting the demons that rampaged the planet.
But there was a surprise which a waited them.
“What are you doing?” Ryou asked the other six transcendents.
The transcendents had gathered around all the spirits, Mikary, and Lia too.
The had in heir hands a special device.
“I didn’t expect you to be done! Anyways, it is not important.” He said as he walked to the magic circle formed by the transcendent of teleportation.
“If that gate is opened, Ryou this world will be protected forever.”
“What do you mean?”
The transcendent of light and darkness sighed deeply.
“So, not even you can figure it out huh! I guess it is fine, you find out, please know that we did that in order to protect this world.”
“Huh! What do you guys mean?” He asked.
“Ryou, I know this is unheard of but we had children with people in this world. We can’t just leave them to die, we all had come and agreed on one thing. We must sacrifice the others to protect ourselves,” the transcendent of plants said.
Philip took the device and walked with Mikary in hand, without a minute and spare he threw him in the teleportation circle.
“Bye, bye. For whether good or bad, this sacrifice was necessary! I am sorry for being cruel but I have tried to see things as it is but I can never compare. I have something you couldn’t make, I must protect it, no matter who or what comes. I will protect them.”
Ryou angered raged.
“You monsters!” He quickly unsheathe his sword, his might of a thousand storm he run through them.
“Withhold him,” one of them said out loud.
“Clash.” Just as he said that, Ryou moved at speeds which he couldn’t perceive.
Ryou was moving at the speed light.
With the power erasure, he managed to kill all the other transcendents including himself.
“You really chose this future for them, huh. I am surprised. Ryou really deserved better than this, I am not saying you did a bad thing. You are the one who decides a person’s faith, it you deemed that this was the only future which will bring the best future then, I respect your judgement.”
“Lord, what will happen to him?” The being of light asked God.
“He will reincarnate in a world known as earth, then once again, he will come back to Isal as boy named Ria.”
He nodded in respect.
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“What a weird dream!” As I woke, the dream still dim in mind.
“The dragon king and the transcendents. Looks like he really did suffer, then why do I feel so close to him.”
I don’t why but I will intend to forget it.
I am Ria Karasuki, my life as Riah Amakawa will always be with me.
But even with that, I will make up my mind and try to forget it.
“Riah Amakawa, is he died? Or is he Ria Karasuki just in another body?”
I knew the truth wouldn’t just come out but I hopelessly wished of it.
You can not die and come back alive, that is just impossible.
That world, I hate it!
I hate it!
I hate it!
I hate it!
I hate it!
From the depth of my soul, someone begun to scream,
Now I see.
Rial Amakawa, he was a child who saw his family separated.
His father died right in front of him and his mother forsake him.
“Your birth was a mistake! Riah all that I am saying is that, I am not your mother. I was forced to give birth to you!” She said with the same expression she had even me all my life.
After two tears, I saw my life die right of me.
The same man who took everything from me, he killed my father right in front of me.
“Right now, I can truly say, I hate those people!”