Musashi and Rione managed to sneak back into the city. They resumed their normal classes. Until they went to meet during the break and Musashi was alone at the meeting place.
,,Where is she again. Is she late? Or did she forget? We can't be separated for so long. What if she gets caught by our enemies all of a sudden. I'm really worried..." Musashi said with a trembling voice.
Musashi heard a loud screech. It sounded like a girl screaming.
What's going on?" Musashi thought to himself.
Is it perhaps Rione? It can't be. She would never put herself in danger like that."
Musashi went to the gym. The shrieking grew louder.
Now he also heard two male voices. He opened the door and looked around the corner. He saw two men pushing a girl against the wall.
"Take off your clothes you bitch" said one of the men.
Musashi saw Rione.
It's Rione!" Musashi realized. He had to do something. He can't just abandon his girlfriend like that, he thought to himself.
They started to pull up her top and you could see her bra. She started crying and begged to be left alone.
Musashi got ready to intervene. However, he saw a boy. He had a hood on and looked threatening.
Is it their leader?" Musashi wondered.
Hey. You think you can rape this girl and get away with it?" said the hooded boy, looking at the ground.
The men looked at him.
What do you want, you bum?" one of the men shouted to the boy.
"You dare to call me a bum?" He sounded angry.
Of course. What do you want to do, you half-portion?"
The boy just laughed.
"Where did he go?" said the two men and Musashi at the same time.
Now you see what you get out of insulting me. Not to mention you tried to rape a poor girl," said an echoing voice.
The boy suddenly appeared behind one of the men and all at once his arm dissolved. It looked as if the arm was turning into shadows.
Now you feel... karma..." said the boy. The room suddenly became extremely dark. One saw nothing more. Musashi heard only a scream. This time not from the girl but from the men.
What is going on there?" Musashi asked himself.
The room lit up again when Musashi saw the men on the floor and the girl had disappeared. He looked around but saw no one. When he turned around, he was startled to see the boy behind him.
The boy leaned forward and said:
"And who are you?" He had Rione in his arms and it looked like he was about to kill Musashi.
My name is Musashi Akiyame. I am her friend" Musashi said before he could think about what he just said.
,,Your friend then? A half-assed one like you? You didn't even protect her!" the boy said provocatively.
Musashi clenched his fist. He was about to punch the boy in the face.
Don't even try," the boy said. He knew that Musashi would soon be unable to control his anger.
I am not your enemy. On the contrary. I find you and your pretty here very interesting. You radiate something special," he said. It sounded as if he wanted to provoke Musashi.
How dare you..." Musashi spoke angrily. the boy interrupted Musashi.
Nana, calm down, little one. I'm on a different level than you. You'd better let it go," said the boy, bored but serious.
The boy put Rione down and looked at her again.
We will meet again. I'm sure of it..." he said shabbily, smiling.
He simply disappeared. The only thing that remained of this boy was a dark cloud.
All that could be heard was a nasty laugh.
"You'll see that we'll meet again sooner than you think," was heard echoing.
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The next day, Musashi went back to school normally.
He remembered back to the previous evening. He brought Rione home.
She looked very cute in his eyes when she was sleeping.
She lived alone, fortunately. According to her, her parents were not so happy with the situation in this country. It had been too "chaotic" for them.
He put her to bed and covered her up. He thought about watching her so that these 2 men would not rape her in her sleep.
However, he decided to go another way. He formed strange signs on her door and window.
By making strange noises, Rione woke up. She looked carefully at Musashi. These signs... he placed seals so that no stranger can enter this house and especially her room. The only ones who have access are Musashi and Rione.
Finally, Musashi left her house, which was now well secured, with a smirk.
Who would have thought that I would have to save Rione" Musashi thought to himself.
Rione fell asleep again... but suddenly a terribly loud clang and rumble rang through the whole house. She woke up and slowly panicked when she heard footsteps.
Her heart raced wildly... cold sweat ran down her back.
Something opened the door...
"You are-"
Yes, I am," the boy who had saved her before interrupted her.
Finally that vegetable head is gone," he sighed and grabbed his forehead.
Vegetable head?" asked Rione.
"Yes, that guy there... what was his name? Musashi?"
Yes, his name is Musashi. And stop treating him so disrespectfully." Rione looked down and got angry.
"Oh, because he saved you? That good-for-nothing was standing back there staring at you like he was rooted to the spot. I'm sure he even considered joining you." The boy said provocatively.
Anger boiled in Rione as she said:
"Stop insinuating something like that!" She shouted as something cut the boy on the shoulder. The wound was quite deep... but what caused it?
W-what was that?" said the boy in panic.
His arm was bleeding like crazy. He couldn't heal it with a healing spell either.
W-was it me?! Oh god no.. No no no no... Please don't... I didn't mean to!" said Rione in panic.
The situation became silent. Both wondered why this arm could neither be healed nor stop bleeding. The boy just wondered how? Was it really the girl? But since when should she have such abilities? All these questions run through the boy's head.
You have abilities?! Then why did I have to save you anyway, you bitch! Is this some kind of scam?! Does this Musashi know about it?!" The boy became more and more aggressive and panicked.
I really don't know! I don't know what it was..." said Rione questioningly.
Something formed over her shoulder while the boy wrapped a blanket around his arm. It takes a pointed shape... almost like a dagger.
The boy notices it and points it out to her.
Rione...over your shoulder...do you see that?" Asked the boy
Rione turns her head a little and sees a blade covered with cherry blossoms.
What is that? A dagger? It looks so beautiful" Rione remarked and she tried to figure out if it was really an awakened ability of hers.
She raised her arm and stretched it forward, focusing on a spot on the wall. When she raised one of her fingers, the blade flew into the wall with incredible speed and pierced it completely.
A blade that knows no bounds of materials.
"It's really... I can do that? This is so cool!" Rione said enthusiastically"
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A man dressed in a dark robe gently places both of his hands on a tablet on which something is written in another language. The moment his hands touch the tablet, these signs light up in a warm and radiant purple.
She has it. It's time"
In front of the man there was a moving image like in a movie. But it was from the point of view of a young woman who discovered something shocking about herself.
,,Ziry iksos se prince bona istan promised. Zȳhon egros jāhor nektogon se divine realm." the man spoke with a serious look into the darkness.
"So be it." spoke a vibrant and frightening voice from the darkness.
After that day, something was planned that would change the history of the known world of Valyria forever. It was found. Rione is the key.
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Musashi went home but his heart was racing. The throbbing pressure in his chest grew and grew until he could no longer ignore it.
Something... something is strange." musashi said with a trembling voice.
Finally he collapsed in the middle of the way home. He grabbed his top by his chest and pinched the soft fabric. The stinging did not stop until he lost consciousness.
Light...clouds...warmth...cold...Ge.... Smell?!" He mumbled when he woke up.
"Where am I?" He looked around and saw a sleeping, impossibly large creature next to him.
"Had it saved me? Kidnapped me? What's going on here?"
As his gaze wandered over the creature, he noticed numerous scars and a kind of beard around its snout. Two impossibly huge arm-like wings wrapped around the body of the stinking yet regal beast.
The eyes opened and so did the mind of Musashi.
You are awake. You humans need far too much support from your beloved gods." The beast did not speak, but words appeared in Musashi's mind.
Musashi's first thought was "Telepathy... what are you?"
Even you humans have already forgotten that? It was not your gods, but us! We waged your wars and punished your enemies with death! The creature spoke in an angry tone.
The creature opened its mouth and something lit up menacingly in the maw of this beast. But what came out was a kind of smoke that enveloped Musashi.
Musashi felt, saw, experienced and learned.
The wars of his ancestors.
He recognized a symbol and the banners of these men. He saw it as a child. His father wore this symbol on his armor. Above the heads of these men flew mighty creatures superior to man. They flew, burned, iced and destroyed the environment, leaving nothing but corpses and blood.
"Dragons." Was the realization of the young
"I thought you were just a myth," he thought in a questioning tone.
"You see us as a myth? You live in a world of magic and mysterious stories. Do you think it's all just a coincidence and not given by someone?"
Musashi now received the knowledge that the world had been lacking for a long time.
Dragons. Magic. Demons. Elves and so much more.
The world we know today has become primitive.
People slowly forgot about magic and most of them also lost their knowledge to use it. Only some can still use it. If their mana veins have not yet closed over evolution, humans could start them up again. The Power of Origin.
Dragons have given this world much wonder and magic. They were the ones who lent their power to humans. But who gave the dragons all this?
The heavenly realm. A plane of divinity, origin and magic. The source of yet unknown powers that even now have not reached anyone... at least according to what this world knows.
"Why me? Why are you showing me all this?" Musashi asked with a puzzled look.
"I served your grandfather a very long time ago. In a time when humans lived in harmony with dragons. Your grandfather is from the secondary realm. Do you know what this means, my boy?" The voice began to become softer and sounded much more gentle in the boy's head.
"I saw something in my old home. My grandfather had mentioned something like that at some point. Something like an old empire?"
"Your family comes from a very old clan from the Secondary Realm. Your grandfather... he was special... But you are not ready to know everything, my boy. The time has come for you to finally wake up."
"Wait-" Musashi was interrupted and woke up.
"I... what was that... where was that... I'm still on this road."
I need to talk to that creature again... dragons? Realms? I have so many questions...
Musashi went back home and spent the night awake. After this experience, he couldn't sleep in peace.