She could feel the intimidating aura surrounding her. But she wasn't scared for she knew that whatever was to come was her destiny. She soon reached the center of the cave. A huge hole on the roof of the cave was the only source of light in that pitch dark, suffocating emptiness. Right at that moment, her ember-like eyes glowed as she saw a human, a man, surrounded by an overwhelming ambience. In the dim light, all she could see was his hair, as if plated with pure gold and sparkles of the stars.
The tall figure with broad shoulders, wearing a rusty armor turned back slightly. "Who may be you?" said a deep but calming voice. "I-I am Ciel." There was a piercing silence in the cave for a moment. Ciel broke the ice and said,"Ar-are you the Hero? My grandma told me that this was the place of the Hero." "The Hero is long gone. He is no longer here. And what are you, who is so young and fragile, doing in a place like this?" said the voice. "What!! Even you're saying that now? B-but the Hero was you from the start, I can tell. Why would you say that? Everyone needs you out there.'' asked Ciel as her heart was pounding like crazy.
The Hero spoke nothing for a while. "Miss Ciel, it would be great if you leave. I am not going out there. So please see yourself out." Ciel couldn't believe what she just heard. Even though he knew that people were dying outside, he did nothing. How could he give up on the lives of humans which the God himself creates with utmost gentleness? "Th-the people outside. They a-are d-dying," her voice began to tremble. "How could you say something l-like that? The mortals out there, they're calling you," she said as tears rolled down her eyes.
"If humans forsake me then why can't I forsake them? Why should I help them when the tried to kill me? Just for their greed for the throne, they tried to demolish me. And then pretended to search for me. The first time in my whole life when I asked for help, all I got was cold glares as if they were seeing a monster!" he said with a slight tremble in his voice. "Anyway, I can't do anything about the demons. Maybe there's some other hero out there. You should go to them. It will give you a fruitful result," he said calming himself and disappeared in the dark.
" I DON'T KNOW YOUR PAST OR YOUR FUTURE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU LOOK OR WHAT YOUR NAME IS. ALL I KNOW IS THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY HERO WHO CAN SAVE THIS WORLD. AND I-I BELIEVE IN YOU. ALWAYS!" shouted Ciel on top of her lungs. The whole cave echoed with her voice. The Hero turned and said, " You don't know my name?" "No one knows actually. So for yourself go. Go tell them who you really are and get your throne back!!"
To be continued......