The landscape of the outside is now different, gone are the sights of stars and galaxy, of nebulae and supernovas. Those scenery is now replaced with a slightly purple atmosphere, with a singular planet and two suns shining two distinct different color. It seems they've arrived at a planet in a binary solar system, a system with two suns at its center.
Both Aeden and the young man turned to their left, reacting to the sudden change of scenery. "Is this-- Is this it, our destination?" the young man asked still in awe with the sight before him. Aeden was simply silenced with her mouth slightly opened, amazed.
It's been a few minutes and they were quiet. the reasoning behind the two not opening their mouth was because of a totally different reasons, an almost total opposite. Aeden was in her Imagination, thinking how she'll go about the planet. Discovering a different species, learning their culture and finding unusual treasures were among her Imaginations. On the other hand, the young man has a much more realistic and short-term goal in his mind, "How--how do I land the ship? If I press the red button again, will the ship land automatically? or is there something missing here, a steering wheel perhaps?" he thought to himself, nervous with the circumstance at hand. "We've been in stuck in the air for at least three minutes now, if there's anybody below us they might get nervous that we might suddenly lands on them or worse they might think we're preparing an attack" He continues, still a wreck. The young man turns to his right, facing Aeden. Her expression was blank with her eyes dimmed down, obviously deep in thought. "What do I do now, I was going to ask Aeden for help but she is in this kind of that state. What do I do~~~" The young man cries out mentally, and maybe a little bit physically...?
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It was just a moment ago, I certain manservant for a certain noble house was on his way back from the market buying necessities when an unidentified metal object came into orbit. It was big and alien to him, in awed with the object he stopped walking and stared at it. However, this fascination doesn't last long when a thought that this unidentified object may came to bring destruction to his world. Horrified by thought, he dropped all the things he had bought and started running as fast as he could.
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A young, charismatic man is in his room, busying himself with documents and books on his table. His name is Xiao Xuan, the prince crown of the Xuan empire. He was writing down a new taxation bill when a knocking was heard, someone was at the door. Xiao Xuan twists his wrist slightly as if opening the door and like magic, the door opened. the older man who was leaning against the door as he was knocking fell down into the room.
"Ah Uncle Wei, you're back from the market. Did you bring me my favorite dish?" Xiao Xuan asked with a smile, greeting the old man. The old man replied with heavy exhausted breath "young master, look" he points to the sky where the metal object silently unmoving.
The young master slowly moved from his seat and helped the old man at his door to a seat and a cup of tea, all the while keeping his eyes on the object in the sky. Satisfied seeing Uncle Wei sits with a cup of green tea in his hand, the young master bids his good bye and began leaving the room towards the massive unknown in the sky.
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It was a dumbfounded moment, perhaps for both the occupant of the ship and the man outside. Xiao Xuan who's right now stands before the ship, saw two human-like beings inside the mysterious metal object. One on the left was staring blankly, while another was having wearing a heavy expression. "Eh-- Ehem" Xiao Xian clears his throat, ready to speak to the two figures inside the mysterious flying object. " A thousand greetings to the master of this metallic.... object, It is an honor for the great Xua-- " his word was cut off as soon as their eyes met, seeing their expression unchanged. "You can't hear me, can you?" he sighed under his breath.
"Very well"
Xiao Xuan put his hand together, reminiscence of Buddha's gesture of greeting then follows by unfathomably fast hand signs. "Let the entire world be in my grasp, [Eternal Dominion]!" Xiao Xuan shouts out in his mind, accompanying his hand signs.
A spell has been casted accompanied by a huge energy wave of some kind, not that anyone would know. Xiao Xuan who kept his eyes closed to focus, now open to meet the eyes of the young man with the heavy expression. Without saying a word, he simply put his right hand in front of him and snapped his finger. The ship which was in front of him was no more.
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It was a dumbfounded moment. There was a man outside of this very much flying ship, floating in the air. the man mumbling something but he can't be heard. the next moment, the man was moving his hands at incredible speed. As if a finale to the whole show, the man outside snapped his fingers.
In front of him now is a field, a plain field with flowers of many colors. "What-- what just happened?" the young man asked out loud to himself, puzzled. "We have been moved, more specifically the entire area around the ship have been moved" Aeden replied with a serious tone. The young man didn't expect an answer, but pleased nonetheless. "Oh Aeden, you're awake" he said with happy tone. "Do you know how to land the ship? because I have a sneaking suspicion we're still floating above ground" he continues.
"Of course I'm awake, I'm awake as soon as I felt that tremendous aura" Aeden replied while fiddling about the control panel in front of her. "That guy..." she rummages her brain looking for something before continuing "that guy might be as strong you are" she looked at the young man with serious eyes. He simply replied with a blank look.
"When you said "that guy", you mean him right?" He asked, pointing his finger at a man outside the ship, through the window. There wasn't a man there before, now there is. " If he has this much capability, he might be someone important on this planet. He might even be the ruler of this place, looks like this delivery might end very quickly" she said, no longer serious but back to her cheerful self. "let's go, lets greet that man and finish this delivery quickly." she said. ".... then we can go around having fun, hehehe" Aeden continues, playfully whispering to herself.
They ran to the exit, excited to meet the man outside. As they walk on the field towards the man, Aeden whisper slowly to young man beside him "Seeing as you've lost your memories, I'll the one who introduce us this time. I'll do a very good job" she grinned a wide smile. "Alright..." He answered, still slightly confused with this whole ordeal.
"Greeting to you, representative of the Xuan Empire. My name is Aeden, the third mate of this ship as well as the bodyguard for its entire occupant." she point her hand to the direction of the ship. "And this is the captain of the vessel, Reyzel" Aeden said cheerfully and innocently without a shred of malice or hatred. "We are a delivery agency, here to deliver an item." she finished up her word with a slight bow.
The man in turn replied charismatically "A thousand greetings to you Master Aeden and Master Leizel, it is an honor for the great Xuan Empire to have met you." he bows slightly. "My name is Xiao Xuan, the crown prince of this empire. What is it that the both of you have come to deliver?" Xiao Xuan asked the empire's two guest.
"..."
Aeden and Reyzel faced each other, hoping for the other would have an answer. "One moment, Master Xiao Xuan" Aeden said polite while quickly ran back inside the ship, leaving Xiao Xuan and Reyzel together.
"So, do you just go around calling everyone master?" Reyzel asked first. "of course not, you are our esteemed guest from beyond the stars. It is natural for me to address you as such." Xiao Xuan replied kindly. "No no, I meant with Aeden.... isn't more appropriate to call her Lady, or mistress instead?" Reyzel asked. "Her? Mistress? I must say Master Leizel, isn't insulting for a man to be called a mistress and lady to be called a master?" Xiao Xuan answered with another question, undoubtedly puzzled by Reyzel's question.