As I took my first step outside of the temple, I finally felt the sun again and the hot sand on my feet. I felt pleasure, not in a bad way, nor in a good way either.
"Alex, come with us for now," Terius waved at me, and I followed. Then my eyes began to be blurry, and then it was darkness.
Did I lose consciousness? I was in a dark place, but there were shining stars around me and a throne made of marble and gold.
Is this my reward for surviving the other world? Then a woman with blonde hair and purple eyes came out from the back of the throne.
"You must be Alexandros, or should I call you Alex now?" Her voice gave me shivers; it was frightening yet soothing and calm.
"Call me whatever you want." I looked around the area, and there was nothing but stars and empty space.
"Are you curious about this place? Come sit with me and have tea." She pointed at an empty space and a table with a tea set came out of no where.
"Sit," and I gladly did. She poured me a cup of tea, and I took a sip. The taste was familiar, really familiar. In fact, I think I drank this before.
"Do you like it? It's jasmine tea, your favorite."
I left my chair and went back farther from her. I remembered jasmine tea was my favorite in the other world! But how did she know? Is she what I think she is?
I clenched my fist and asked her a direct question, "Are you... A God?" If she is, I might be in danger. While I'm in this form, I can't even put up a decent fight.
"I am." With those words coming out of her mouth, without a second thought, I charged at her. "But I'm not the same as them." I halted.
"Not the same? What do you mean?"
"I suggest you sit down since this will be a long story", I don't fully Trust her but my curiosity needs to be satisfied and I took my sit and sat farther than her.
"Good enough, then let's start. Seven years after you supposedly died, the Gods vanished as well, leaving this place to become a godless world. But then I came into existence with all the knowledge and power. I'm sure you already know that there was once a single God, but he suddenly turned into fragments, right?"
"Fragments of God, so you're saying they don't exist anymore?"
"They don't. But for the past seven years, I cultivated the land and gave them my blessings, to which they gladly accepted and made me their goddess."
"So how does that relate to me?"
"Your revenge will not be fulfilled, and another thing is that all of the dragon race has disappeared."
I stood up from shock. Why? How? When? Again, things doesn't work out. It's not making any sense, It's as if there was a missing piece.
"Are there any hatchlings or even half-dragons left in this world?"
"Unfortunately, you're the last one."
"F*ck, f*ck, f*ck, how could this happen!" I smashed the floor with my bare hands until it bled.
Rage overcame me again until I felt a gentle touch on my hands. It was the goddess. I looked at my hands, and they were suddenly healed.
"I will let you return now. Rest, and we will talk again at another time," she said as she made the space vanish, including her. All I saw was darkness until I opened my eyes.
I saw Theresia, who was checking on me.
"Are you okay, Alex?"
I felt a bit dizzy, but it was something I could handle, so I replied, "Yeah, what happened while I was knocked out?"
Then the door to the room opened like it was slammed, "Alex, are you alright now?" It was a big man; it was Terius. He wasn't wearing his usual heavy armor, but I could tell that it was him.
"Yeah, just a bit weaker than usual," a bit weaker, but I'm below my weakest point at this moment. Not only did I regress to my weak and teenage self, but I also learned about the fate of my family and my entire race.
"I see. We'll let you rest and focus on your thoughts. Just come downstairs and eat with us later," Theresia stood up and left first.
"Alex, let it all out. You're only human; even gods cry," Terius said those words before he shut the door and left.
Damn, this is quite the horrible state I'm in. Dying, struggling for my life in the other world, then dying again, and being revived, only to learn about the extinction of my very race.
Is fate playing with me? Does the goddess even know my suffering? Why am I suffering? What did I do? All I did was protect the safety of mankind, and this is the result of my good gesture?
I felt like I could destroy the entire place with my anger, and yet I couldn't do it. I am just a nobody in this time and place.
Little droplets of tears came down from my eye, little by little. "F*ck, I look weak, don't I?" I looked outside the window and saw my own reflection.
A man who was once a proud dragon became this weak being My crying face began to to fade as I snap back to reality. If I'm challenged, I should at least fight, even in defeat.
"Alright then," I wiped the damn embarrassing tears off my face and stood up from my bed. I need to change.
With this regressed body, I need to train it. But no matter what happens, I am still Alexandros the sun dragon. But for now, I'm just Alex.
I opened my door and saw Nathan, who was about to knock. We were looking at each other. "Did you hear anything?" I asked. "I heard nothing, nothing at all."
After that was cleared up, I went downstairs and met up with Terius and his group. They were eating, so they called for me to join them.
I wonder, will they die as well if I stay with them?