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CHAPTER 8: The beginning after the end

Arthur Leywin POV

"... Alea..."

I looked at her wide eyed and cold sweat started to cover me. Suddenly memories of that day started to flood my mind, and the image in front of me changed. Two beautiful sky blue jewels were just empty holes, milky skin was now completely pale and stained in blood. Lower part of her legs were suddenly torn off and blood started gushing out of it. Her only remaining limb, her arm, reached out to me and her mouth opened

' Arthur, I don't want to die alone...'

[ STATIC VOID]

I started hyperventilating, in second I was down on my knees, begging for air and tears left my eyes. This is different from stalk... I mean watching over her with the relic or the copy of her that I saw in Relictombs, she was real, she stood before me

'...'

'...'

I was met with silence from Dawn and Regis, they knew that there is nothing they can say that could help me know

Thanks to the Relictombs I am already over my trauma, but that doesn't mean that the scar is completely healed or that the regret is already gone

After calming down a bit, I stood up, created aetheric platform that lifted me to her eye level and reached out for her face, placing my palm gently on the surface of her color reversed cheek. It was cold and hard due to the effects of static void, but my heart and body were filled with warmth. Bringing my head closer to her, I watched as our heads drew closer, nearly touching, but I ultimately decided to not finish what I intended. I want to do this when she is aware of what's going on, when both of us feel like it's the time

Maybe its just my wishful, childish thinking, but that's just how I honestly feel

I stood up and walked back to my chair. I picked it up and placed it where it stood before I separated myself and it from flow of time. I sat down in the same position before the activation of my spell and deactivated it

Everything around my has gone back to it usual color and started moving, the busy bar was loud once again

Everyone looked at our table. At this point in time the rumors about masked swordsman that weilds wind as if it's extension of his body, has already been spread. Jasmine has already gotten the nickname of swift danger. I thought how to improve her skills which helped her attain this title. And Alea was one of the only seven SS ranked adventurers so it was given that she would get attention. Given how gifted our current group is, and how beautiful these two are, especially Alea, it really is given that we would get this kind of attention

" Hello there, my name is Alea Triscan and I will be the leader of your team in the next dungeon raid" She said with her smile

' I swear that I saw an angel for a moment'

' You are far too gone princess '

' Master, you are hopeless '

' Papa, please don't say it out loud '

My companions commented, or rather scolded in my mind

' Shut up'

" You are right, my name is Jasmine Flamesworht..." Jasmine said in her usual tone and then gestured toward me with both if her hand

" Arthu... I mean Note, it's nice to meet you" I almost let my real name slip but was able to cover it up quickly. I stretched my right hand that had glove for a handshake. I was nervous, afraid, that she wouldn't want to shake it

She hesitated a bit but eventually our hands locked together. I felt her hand shaking a bit so I looked at her eyes and was met with something I couldn't belive that I was seeing. Her eyes were as showing many different emotions, hope, anxiety, happiness and regret. We kept looking at each other for a couple of seconds, without a care about the rest of the people around us. For me it felt like eternity, if time loop was real, I wouldn't mind if this was mine, I would actually be very happy