Xiztreya is a place where cultivation exist. Powers, mystical creatures, and races. And there, the Ruwos Empire: the place where demons reside.
Zephyrine Klinton is a lady who abscond from Aysgarth City which is the third city of Ruwos Empire to cu...
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"Kuya!"
"Run away, Zephyrine!"I won't leave you alone.
"Zephyrine! There's no time! Run! Run and don't look back!"
"I won't leave you here alone Kuya!" He held me in both arms with his pleading eyes. I can't see his whole face. But I called him kuya, he's my brother.
"Listen to me. Once you escape here, run and never look back. I promise, I will find you once this is done."
With tears streaming down to my face, I nodded. I can't defy my brother. He's the only one I can trust for now.
And while running away, I heard him whispered to my ears through the use of his võimsus before everything that I can hear is clashing of swords.
"Live Zephyrine."
"Ate!" I was awakened by Lykke's voice. He is looking at me worriedly.
I immediately hold his hand and smiled at him.
"Umiiyak ka kanina Ate," I touched my cheek to find out that he is telling the truth. I wiped it using the back of my palm.
One thing for sure, I have a real brother. It's not just a simple dream but a memory. And that memory just pushed me more to abscond from a place I used to live.
"Tara na," Sabi ko at kinarga ang batang kasama ko sa likod ko. We are walking here in the deepest of the woods to the nowhere of Ruwos Empire.
We successfully escape from Aunt Agida but that doesn't mean that I can already feel complacent. We need to leave the Ruwos Empire itself.
"May bangka doon Ate oh!" Masiglang turo ng batang nasa likod ko ang bangkang nakita niya na nasa gilid ng pampang.
Sa wakas ay nakalabas na kami sa madilim na kakahuyan at malakas na hampas ng alon ang sumalubong sa aming dalawa.
Kusikislap at payapa ang hampas ng alon sa dagat na nasa harapan namin ngayon.
"Ang ganda, Ate," bulalas ni Lykke at agad na lumapit sa dagat. Ito din ang unang pagkakataon na masilayan ko ang dagat.
Agad kong sinuway si Lykke sa paglalaro sa dagat. Kailangan na naming makaalis dito. Nasayang ang ilang oras namin kanina dahil napagod kaming dalawa sa pagtakas mula kay tiya.
"Tara na,"
Gamit ang nakita namin na maliit na bangka, nag-umpisa na kaming lumayag sa kalawakan ng dagat. Hindi ko alam kung hanggang saan kami makakarating gamit ang bangkang ito.
Mabuti na lamang at may nakuha akong tinapay para may makain ni Lykke.
Hanggang ngayon ay naaawa pa din ako sa kanya. Sa murang gulang niya ay nawala na agad sa kanya ang pamilya niya. Siguro ay hanggang ngayon, nasasaktan pa din siya pero hindi niya lang ipinapakita.
I stopped paddling and went beside him slowly. I calmly comb his hair.
"It's alright to cry, Lykke." I said softly. This is the first time I can hear myself talking softly.
He look at me innocently. Tinapos muna niyang kainin ang tinapay bago ngumiti sa akin.
"Alam ko, Ate. Pero alam mo ba Ate kung ano lagi sabi sa akin ni ina?" Tumanaw siya sa kalawakan ng dagat bago huling dumapo ang tingin niya sa kalangitan.
"Huwag daw ako malungkot. Sabi niya noong namatay si ama, ayos lang na umiyak ako pero hindi dapat makulong si Lykke sa nangyari. Sabi ni ina, may mga nakatakdang oras po tayo kasi hindi daw po forever sabi ni ina ang buhay. Kaya gusto ni ina kay Lykke na happy lang at matuto daw si Lykke tanggapin ang mga nagyayari,"
Kahit medyo bulol siya ay naintindihan ko ang sinabi niya. I'm so proud of this kid. His mother raised him well.
"Kaya Ate, happy lang tayo ha? Malayo naman na tayo kay bruha," ngiti nito sa akin hanggang pati mata niya ay nakangiti na din. Walang muwang na napangiti na din ako.
"I can't promise but I will try," he just smiled again and nodded.
In the middle of nowhere where darkness is all we can see, there is a radiant sunshine I can see and it's Lykke.
Some says that if it's dark, it's evil. They say that when it's dark, it not good in sight. Darkness is a bad aura for some.
They say darkness is evil and it shouldn't be existed in the first place. But without the darkness, you will not appreciate the stars.
Like the scenery right now. Maybe that darkness is surrounding us but there is still something that makes it comfortable for the both of us. With the shining moon and the twinkling stars above us together with the serene ocean, we embraced the darkness.
After two hours of sailing silently in the middle of the ocean, me and Lykke saw an island. The little lad look at me with happiness in his eyes. I silently ruffled his hair.
"Ate ngayon ko lang alam na may isla dito," I nodded as a response while carefully inspecting if the island is a good sign for us or not.
In a minute, we reach an entrance going inside the unknown island.
It is an archway with two lamp and big flowering tree on each side.
"Ang ganda," astonish, Lykke said.
Why is it feel so calm by only looking at the entrance? What is this place? And who is rulling this place?
And before we could get through the archway, a voice stops us in entering.
"Race and power?"
Hesitantly, "Demon and a fire alkuiane," I answered.
"Demon and a lightning alkuiane," Lykke answered too by copying what i've said.
"Interesting visitors, I see. Before stepping inside this land, we have rules for you."
"First, no discrimination of races. Second, don't use your power to hurt or even kill someone inside this land. Third, you are allowed to be a visitor here for three days. But if you want to stay, you are welcome. Fourth, use the given uniform for you. Fifth and the last, you are here to learn, practice, enhance, and control your alkuiane."
We can be a visitor for three days? I guess I can still observe this island for that days. And if it turns out good, we'll stay.
"By the way," I almost said 'what?' to the voice but thankfully, I stopped myself.
"Caerdydd Village is made for no one and not a property of someone."
What the voice said consist a different meaning. I don't know what the voice mean and I don't care. We are here because we need a new place to stay not to investigate what the voice said.
But if this land do not own by someone, how? I mean we all know that every races has their own king and queens, to rule and guide their own races. Why is this--
"Don't think too much, lady. All your questions will be answered inside this land."
