Harboring the urge to vomit, I sat upright and coughed up blood. A large amount of blood gushed out...I feel my body going cold by the minute. My vision became clouded as the green grassy ground became red...
"This looks bad!"
"What the hell happend?!"
I could hear shouting but I wasn't in the right state to notice who it was. My head is spinning, my body was so cold that I shivered as I continued to vomit up blood. I feel like passing out once more...an aching pain made my body shriveled as I clutched my chest.
"Tarus!"
"Crap! He's losing too much blood!"
"Does anyone have a healing crown fragment?!"
"I think only Tarus has one!"
"Crap, we can't take other's crown fragments..."
"L-leave me be...I can handle it on my own..."
"Y-you'll just get harmed with the state your in!"
I couldn't breathe...my consciousness is fleeting...I directed my remaining Thyl to the epoch...hopefully, this does something...the sword shined a white blinding light...
"W-wha!?"
Then suddenly it covered the surroundings and the blood on the floor flowed back to my mouth...the sword was reversing the damage dealt on me...I feel so light as a feather...I went back to reality with cold sweat dripping on my back...
"What the..."
"Tarus? What are you crouching there for? Weren't you collapsed a second ago?"
"W-what?! What's going on?"
"That's what we would like to ask you...well if your feeling better that's good."
"C'mon let's head to our tents and rest for the night."
I clutched the cold steel handle of the Epoch...did this thing just rewrite time itself? I thought it was just going to affect me...I need to conduct experiments but I don't have the time as of now...I'll just use this in times of need...the others headed to their respective tents and I went to my own...returning the Epoch to its crown fragment form, I laid down on the semi-soft bed and thinking about the recent events and meeting all these new people...I wonder how the others are on the other side...and also the currently missing Kasu...wait I feel like there's someone I held dear important to me...I just can't remember...who...was it a girl? A boy like me? No use thinking of it now...I better sleep since I'm fatigued...I'll just think of it another time...I dozed off into a deep slumber, getting rest physically and mentally was the best thing I could ask for now...The tweeting birds and the comfortable warmth of the sun awoke me as I opened my heavy eyelids...the morning was a nice one, clouds were soaring through the skies and the wind blew a silent cold breeze...
"Tarus! Let's have breakfast!"
"I'll be out in a minute!"
I changed into some rather comfortable loose clothes, just a normal brown light shirt, and some light dark pants...I also found some brown sandals that most likely belonged to the bandits, I slipped them on and went out.
"I'll just wash my face at the river!"
"Ok!"
Walking through the woods and finding the river through the gushing sound of the water flowing made it easy for me to spot. I headed east of our camp, just a few meters, and through the tall trees towering the sky, a comfortable breeze and the tweeting of the birds made the forest alive...finally at the river, I filled my hands with cold chilly water, I splashed it on my face and I repeated the process two more times...finally content I scooped up some water for me to drink, the cold delicious water made its way through my body, finally feeling refreshed I headed back to camp where I could smell grilled meat! Finally, after all the fish we consumed we'll be eating meat!
"I'm back!"
"Welcome back, find a spot to seat and grab your meat!"
"Thanks!"
The others were already feasting as if they were a pack of wolves...calm peaceful times like these are what I desire...I grabbed the last stick of meat that looked ready for consumption...I'm genuinely surprised that they managed to start a fire.
"This is delicious! You sure are good at cooking! I'm sure your future husband will be lucky!"
"A-ah, t-thanks..."
Her face turned beet red...I chomped on the juicy meat until there was nothing left...the others were packing their stuff and Sellainor and Sendra were nowhere to be found so I went looking for them. I went out in the plains and there I found two figures standing side by side atop a hill, one tall and the other shorter...I made my way to them but they seem to be talking about something...should I leave them and give them some privacy? I'm kind of curious...
"Tarus!"
Before I could make a decision Sendra called out to me.
"Did I disturb?"
"Not really, we're just reminiscing about the past..."
"Ah...alright, well we're going to head out soon so I was planning to call you guys back..."
"We'll be in a minute...I just want to spend some peacetimes with my sister gazing at this beautiful world...free from ashes..."
"Your right...what an amazing view..."
"Big sister is an expert in finding beautiful spots!"
"S-Sendra!"
"Big sister! No need to be embarrassed! It's one of your amazing traits!"
Sellainor turned red for a bit, I turned my gaze upon the rising sun, the fields of grass swayed in the wind...this reminds me of the time back home...I and Ares used to play outside until we were called back at dusk...were we playing with someone else? Surely it was just me and Ares...my head started to ache a bit and I went back to reality as Sendra shook me.
"Big brother Tarus, we should head back!"
"O-oh let's go then!"
"Mesmerized about the view eh?"
"I just remembered the peaceful days like this one...all the chaos and experience leading up to this made me space out..."
"We'll return to this home of yours...I'm sure that someday we'll live together in arms and be joyful until the rest of our days, free from suffering..."
"Your right..."