Ria’s Soliloquy:
I wish to be happy.
In a world where people can find your history, and the past very easily.
I had wished for a reality where I could escape.
But in reality, the prison I had been captured in just kept strengthening itself.
No matter how much I explained my innocence, I was always labelled as the bad guy.
In this world and earth, the thing I have realised is this:
There is darkness in everyone’s eyes.
And those who have darkness in their hearts and eyes are drawn together.
I comfort each other, help each other and most importantly, they teach each other.
The one thing they ever do is be there for “We each other”.
Whenever things go wrong or unexpected, they always find a way to blame each other.
And when the time is right, the stronger of them eventually consume the weak.
This is how people survive in this world.
You have to be the stronger of the two.
You must sacrifice the hope of the future.
Your loved ones, the people who matter the most to you are all objects to you, that was how I lived.
Monsters are huge creatures with large teeth and a scary face, if they were, the concept of that wouldn’t exist.
People are the real monsters.
As a human being who has lived two lives.
I can certainly say that people will only for you when they see benefit in you.
Family and friends.
These are maybe.
These are people you can tell something to but still keep a lot vague.
It always hurts doesn’t it.
Seeing the people you love most suffer.
Sometimes it is the most painful experience but we also have to learn how to stand down when it matters.
I wouldn’t care if I died today.
But seeing my sister suffer will be the last thing I would wanna see.
She is my joy in this life!
Chapter 5.5: Man of steel.
Eigi’s Perspective.
We all continued to run, chasing a man whom we didn’t know….
“Who are you?” I asked.
“I guess he doesn’t speak.” Ria asked back.
He is fast, faster than both of us.
Who is this person?
The person jumped over a valley, it was maybe over seven thirty five feet deep.
Using the momentum he gained in the air while falling, he rotated his and landed smoothly.
It almost seemed like he’d back-flip.
I was slowly losing stamina, if I continue on like this, I am not going to have enough energy to do some tasks tomorrow.
I guess I have to use my trump card.
“Lets separate. You go on the left I will chase on the right.” Ria, suggested after concluding the pattern of the runner.
But then-
“Emergency… Three suspicious people have been found on the Island. Instructors have sent all around the area. We still need all students to stay put and still. Take care, and stay out of danger.”
As I saw the message, Ria had already followed the path he announced.
Well, what happens, happens.
I continued to run until the silhouette of someone caught my eye.
“Well, looks like you are the first to come! Lets have fun.” The person said.
Just then, the person we have been chasing also came to a halt.He had his face cover by a hoodie.
“Looks like I get to cover up my secret anyway.” he said, then followed it immediately by saying.
“I know man. I want to shut this man down too. He found me doing something I am supposed to do, but who cares. As long as I help you defeat him. We can both move on with our lives and forget that this ever happened.”
His voice sounded familiar, too familiar.
“Have I seen you before?” I asked.
“I did, why would i tell you. And no, we have never met before. I -um-ah… I am uh… yeah, yeah. I’m..” He sighed.
“I am from the Knight kingdom but I live in the Moon kingdom.”
Even though this was the information he gave me, I knew for a fact that that was not true.
He was a different person.
Someone I have seen, not once, not twice, maybe everyday.
The sound of the air came flashing before me.
The person who wore the cloak was likely the people whom the alarm was referring to.
Maybe, not just him.
There might be others.
He attended to strike from the front but I quickly evaded his attack by diving downwards.
Then followed a strong grip on his hand.
I reversed back my body and stroked him with my feet.
“Ouch !Aw!” The boy screamed.
The wind, there is another noise.
A punch flew towards my face.
The person in the cloak, likely one of the people the school is looking for.
I didn’t know what his intentions were, but, I am willing to bet that there was nothing good about it.
I again reversed my upper body in motion.
The punch was swung but there was no one to be hit by.
But the person raised his leg mid punch and swung it towards me.
Since I didn’t expect that I barely had any time to dodge.The strike sent me flying but I managed to stop by getting hold of a tree nearby.
“Ah! This is going to be tiring!”
I went on, head to head.
He threw several punches at me but I managed to evade.
“Good. Keep getting me entertained.”
It was maybe fifteen minutes since this fight started, but the two have been keeping me occupied, making no mistakes.
They know that I had limits and so do they, the only thing was that there were the two of them and one of me.
Of course, it goes without saying: ‘Two is better than one.”
But I have other means to still keep me in the game.
I blocked the man as he struck again.
I lightly back-flipped over him and landed it his back.
I then joined both my ring finger and index finger.
If I at least manage to block three of his mana path ways, that will be enough to let down the pressure.
Right now, the pressure is about 184 and the pressure I am giving them is about 149.
I need to increase mine by power by at least 35.
The other person, jumped and threw him away.
Him by doing this concluded my suspicions.
He was someone I know.
But who?
I quickly gathered mana into my hands and-
Ah!
Shoot.
I’d completely forgotten that I was still wearing the smart watch.
Due to this, I couldn’t form mana into my hands.
Knowing this, I removed the watch.
Gathered mana into my ocular vision and took my stance.
“Let’s get this over with.” I said.
“I was waiting for you to ask.” The man said.
“Be careful, that ability is quite dangerous.” The boy announced.
It’s likely that the person I am fighting is someone from the upper grade or person from the student council.
“I know. The ability of the sage. One of the most natural ways to gather energy while using mana itself. Well, I am glad to have met one in my lifetime.”
The boy rushed this time, he came in with his leg and swung.
There was a follow up attack too.
On the other side, the man also dove in.
He swung with all his might using a reverse motion with hand.
Meaning his hand was reversed so as the punch.
I tilted my head to the left and evaded the boys attack.
I then threw myself mid air, using my momentum, I grabbed the man’s arm and rotated the both of us.
“I win.”
“Not just yet.”
The boy again came swinging left and right.
He tried grabbing my shirt but I increased our distance each time.
Dodge, dodge, and dodge.
The boy’s attack was getting waved at.
This time, I intended on ending this fight.
I reversed side ways and punched the boy as hard as I possibly can.
Then went on the man.
Immediately, I filled my index finger and ring finger with mana.
“Hm.”
I went on to strike but the man caught mine arm and threw me off to the nearest tree.
He raised his sword to end me, but stopped.
He looked afraid for some reason.
I also followed his gaze, there was a man.
He wore a dark cloak with blue suns and white stars on them.
His eyes were blue.
“Is that you. Rino?”
Then, I passed out.
Ria’s perspective
I couldn’t believe it.
After all these years, the man who I have been searching for was standing right next to me.
“Oh, look. It Ria. How is life treating you?” He asked.
The man!
The man known as Cain.
He stood next to me and Rio.
“Who is this man? He looks like a man who forgot how to live life and I completely gave up on the second try.”
“Maybe, who knows. Who cares?”
“You know, we shouldn’t be fighting with children but this should not wait any longer. One day, I will tell you the truth you have been dying to hear.”
“I don’t what you are talking about?”
To tell the truth, father is dead.
He wrote a letter just before his death.
Eva was the one that was it, since then, she has been broken deep inside.
Ever since we came into his school, she has been healing day by day.
I don’t want her to seek revenge, if anything, I am the one who should seek revenge.
Princess Chloe, Sara and Dora had been keeping her close to their circle.
“Rio, this is the man who killed my father. He is a man who I have to kill to seek justice.”
Whether Rio agreed with me or not wasn’t important.
Rather, this will test his loyalty.
“I have no room for killers in my heart so we might as well get this puck out of this world.”
As we said this, we both took off our wrist watches and awakened our pure eyes.
“Lets have some serious fun. And… don’t let me down, your father was quite the hassle to deal with, keep me entertained.”
Immediately he shot of a large scale fire ball.
But Rio, slashed through the fire ball and absorbed it.
He then released it into his sword.
I forgot, we can seal weapons into seal bags.
I then took out a kitana which I sealed using my black hole ability.
“Whisp.”
Immediately I teleported to the blind spot of him but blocked me with his sword.
Then “Ouch!-he screamed as Rio slashed his stomach.
“I guess I don’t have to hold back.”
“Magic devastation.”
“Huh!?”
Unseen attacks began flying at us back and we kept up with his pace.
“He is trying to tire us out.” Rio said.
“You are a smart one huh.”
He rushed at Rio but got punched hard.
Cain tried grabbing Rio but I used another of mine black hole ability.
As he tried, his hands went through Rio.
There was nothing, except nothingness.
The matter that formed Rio was transformed as spirit.
In simple terms, I turned Rio’s physical body into a spirit form.
I immediately undone the ability.
Using the teleport ability, I teleported towards Rio.He understood.
As I teleported to Rio’s side, he flipped me in the air.
Then kick.
I kicked Cain off of previous directions.
“Oh yeah. Lets do one more combo.”
I combined some of my mana with his.
“Great slash…” This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
A multitude of slashes rushed at Cain.
Each slash came at him with lightning speeds.
He fell towards a tree. then an alarm begun to rung.
“You both have grown stronger. But don’t take this fight seriously, I was just keeping you two for sometime. And now that I am done, your reality is about to come to a stop.”
As he said that, we heard running from both sides.
“So long, children.” Immediately he vanished.
Eigi, Lily, Ai, and Nanase came with teachers.
“Where is he?” The teacher asked.
“He is gone.”
“Anyway, are two okay?” The other asked.
“Yeah, I think I just broke my watch.” I said.
“That’s no big deal. You can just get another tomorrow though, you would have to skip a day of tasks.”
“I know. I can manage.”
“What about you?” I turn to Rio.
“Mine is perfectly fine.” I said as he showed me his watch.
From there, we went on to the others, made camps and waited until the next day.
So, that man is still alive.
What is most annoying is that he knows that father died.
Why?
I opened the letter which he left us again.
Just before he died a year ago, he wrote and gave us a letter which he has been keeping a secret from us.
Dear children.
I know my current circumstances have been putting you all in extreme anguish.
Nevertheless, I want to write to you this letter.
In three days time, my life will be cut to an end but I want you to know that I will always be with you.
And Ria, as soon as I die “remove” my eyes.
There will be a day when you will need it.
Not for yourself but for people whose lives will depend on you.
I am not telling you that you are obligated to save them.
But, to live means; to sever and to be severed.
You have to put the past behind you and look forward towards the future.
Then the letter ends.
Even though I have his eyes.
There hasn’t been a single situation where I needed to use his eyes.
I guess he was just talking nonsense.
I placed the letter back in my pocket and slept for the rest of the night which was from 3 am to 7 am.
In the morning, I immediately packed up my tent and made my way to the ship back on B1.
As I walked through the forest, I also met three particular people who was also making their way to the ship.
“Ria, huh. I saw you fight with the other boy. The boy with the black hair.” Tsubaki said.
“Thanks but Rio was doing all the heavy lifting. If I were alone, I wouldn’t last five minutes.” I said politely.
“No, no. Even if you didn’t do much. The fact is that you fought someone stronger than you. That takes guts, even if two people are fighting him.”
“Thanks.”
“And you? What happened after we left?” I asked, facing Lily.
“Nothing big really happened. We were shocked that the three of you just chased someone. Even if they were doing something inappropriate, you shouldn’t have chased them throughout the woods.”
“Uh… Um… Okay.”
I didn’t know what to say to that so I just said the first thing I walked into my mind.
Behind her, there was another boy around our age.
He looked focused and serious.
“Please milady. Do not waste your energy on childish things that these types of people take participation in.” He said.
“And who is he?” I asked.
“This is my guild, Jim Silforw. He is from the nation I am from and he works side by side with me.”
I took a more careful look at him and realised one thing.
He looked upset when she called him her childhood friend.
Was he in love with her?
Possibly.
After that we made small tasks until we finally got to the ship and got a new wrist watch, but before I went.
I attended the ship to meet Eva.
“Why are you here.” She questioned me.
“I had a difficult situation yesterday and when I tried to solve it I got my wrist destroyed so I came here to get a new one.”
“Ah. This is why I tell you. Keep your devices safe and sound. Do you hear me.” She shouted.
“Yes, sir.”
“Hahahahaha!” We both began to laugh at our jokes.
“Oh yeah. I met two two from the Karasuki clan yesterday too. Rio and Tsubaki.”
“Two people from the Karasuki clan?”
“Yeah.”
Just then, Tsubaki and Lily appeared.
“So, you are Lily huh?”
“Y-yeah!”
“She is so cute!”
“Thanks!” Eva replied back.
“Wait, you have been raising the kid all by yourself?” Tsubaki asked.
“I guess. But she is responsible, herself.”
“He is just denying his credit. When our parents died we were seven and six, but from then big brother his been keeping me safe, cooking, raising me, putting a house over our heads and honestly doing things a parent would do.”
“Sorry for your lost.” The boy who came with Lily said.
“No worries. I knew that I had to do that to protect her so it was all wealth it.”
“You are a good person.” Lily said.
“You remind me of a person I knew from the past. But now, you are separated by a large wall of mysteries which I think I will never get the answers to.”
The boy immediately came to her side, but she didn’t fall or do anything.
“That’s weird. You didn’t fall this time.” Jim exclaimed.
For some reason, Eva decided that this was time to play.
She jumped it my back and climbed on up of my head.
“What is she doing?”
“My self calming medication.” As she said that, she gently placed her right arm on her left arm and rested on my head.
“Don’t let me fall big bro.”
“Well, you two have a quite complex relationship. Are you worried that when he gets a girlfriend you can’t do this anymore.”
“I am not worried. Big bro has barely talked to a woman before. He will take some time before getting into a relationship.”
“Well then Eva. I am sorry but we must leave for now. We can continue this in the next two weeks.”
“Alright, take care.”
After that, we all left and continued on with the exams.