He fell onto the ground as I felt his body turning cold and his heartbeat fading away. Looking at me, he closed his eyes as if he will never open them again.
"Milady...I will...protect you..." he said with his eyes closed as he slowly had a relaxed expression on his face.
"LICT!!! Idiot open your eyes! Open your eyes dammit you brat!! Hey!" I was loosing it, how could it happen. Maybe I did something wrong, maybe I guessed it wrong, because, no matter how you look at it, it's crazy to think things like this could work.
"What are you doing, get away from him otherwise we'll kill you too" said that star spirit girl with her swords ready for another attack. "What a weakling! You're wasting my time!"
I believe in Lict, he was the one who told me to stab him, there must be something behind it. I must trust him. I'm strong, not because I know Lict's always standing behind me or because I think that they are weak but... because … I can feel you Lict...in the air, somehow I know you're there, show me, make me trust you even more.
Even if it's just a little, I want you to make me believe in you, Lict. That's all what I was thinking while standing there, I could no longer hear what that girl was saying, all I could hear was my thoughts and my heartbeat, as I closed my eyes, all I could see were his memories, all I could feel was his warmth, all I could believe was that he was not dead. Lict I believe in you because you said you'll protect me.
"Enough! I'm cutting you down first you b*tch!" said the girl as she ran towards me with her swords.
I took a deep breath, I was relaxed. As I opened my eyes, I roared "Lict! Protect me! This is an order from your master, the Lady Demigod herself!"
With just these words, I felt a bright light behind me, I turned to find Lict with his blue eyes shining like a beautiful blue sapphire and his skin shining golden like a bright star. He looked magnificent. I saw his feet were slowly covered by a pair of beautiful purplish blue knee length boots. All his wounds healed up so fast as if they had never even existed.
I was mesmerized. He looked so beautiful!
Then a thin, red string came out of his wound and curled around my little finger, just like what happened with that other duo, that high school girl and boy.
"Hump! Boots? really? Is that the best you can do? Which kind of demigod gifts boots to their star spirit as a fighting weapon? As expected from a girl" said the man. Was I the one who gave him that 'gift' or whatever? Man, now I was angry at myself.
"I'll finish you in no time, weakling!" said the girl. Then she ran towards Lict with one of her swords left behind. She planned on fighting with him with just one sword.
"Dodge it, Lict! She'll cut you into two!" I shouted.
"She's right" Said the girl as she swayed up her sword ready to slay him "I'll slice you up, weakling!"
"Don't get ahead of yourself b*tch! You're not even my level, be grateful I'm fighting you" I was shocked Lict used such words. Then as she landed her sword on the ground he dodged it and landed on her sword, breaking it completely into thousands of pieces.
She was shocked because she was still confused with what had happened. Her eyes were wide open. Then, after a few seconds when she realized what had happened, she threw a tantrum.
"No! No! My gift! Somebody put it back!!" She said. She was crying and shouting while collecting all the pieces of her broken sword. "Master! Help me I don't want to go back!!"
"Hey, drop the sword pieces, you'll hurt yourself!" I shouted but just then I noticed that the red thread connecting both of them was already fading. She faded away in thin air and then after that was a huge explosion. But I think it was just like a smoke bomb, as even though we were enveloped in smoke, I was not hurt.
"Let's get out of here Milady" Lict approached me and said. Just then I saw that the man who was that girl's partner was lying unconscious on the ground.
"Lict, let's take him too" Lict didn't look much excited to this proposal of mine but he still did it. He carried that man on his back and we started walking in the smoke. When I looked at Lict, his eyes glowed for like a second and we were back inside the market, from where we were dragged into this. Did Lict bring us back here? Well, he did say that star spirits control the blank space, so maybe that was it.
"Hmmmm... where am I?" That man had regained consciousness.
"You are with us, I thought you might need our help. You lost consciousness after the explosion" I explained.
"What explosion? and who are you? Do I know you?" I couldn't believe, was it amnesia? Is he an amnesia patient. Lict put him back on the ground and he walked away.
"They forget" Lict said with his back towards me.
"Huh?"
"The Demigods. They forget about everything if they lose in a battle. It's like a brain wash Milady"
"What is brain washed?"
"Everything related to them ever being a Demigod or having a star spirit. They even lose their sila(powers) and live a normal life after that." Then he turned towards me. "You lose a battle if you damage the gift given by your master, mine is my shoes."
"That means, if we ever lose then..."
"Yes, I will fade away like she did and you'll forget all about me and lose your powers forever."
I was in a dilemma. I had a choice of living like a normal girl if we lost but if I lose, I'll lose him. That...I don't want, I've already formed a type of bond with him. My mind was filled with confusion when I felt a shadow as someone blocked my way as I stood there with the sunset in front of me. It was Lict.
"Let's go, I'm sure you're hungry, Milady" Lict said with a bright smile.
It was decided. I'm...already used to living like this. Living like a disabled person but I'm not used to living without Lict. Even though it's been a little time since we met and I don't have much memories with him, it's just as if, I've known him for many years, it's kind of tingly, but…I like this feeling.
I was walking behind him while we were walking towards home.
If losing a battle means losing my memories and losing him, then I never... want to lose.
That day, I made a silent promise to myself, Lict, for you, I'll win, and become the best gatekeeper ever.
-To be continued