Chapter-2 < Return of the lost one (1)>
Yoo Hakim slowly released a shaking breath as he opened his eyes slowly.
He found himself lying on the ground surrounded by grass. It didn't bother him but what did was the fact that above him wasn't the clear blue sky he had expected but rather the deep blue water. Apparently, Somehow, he was under the water, as the little space he was present in was devoid of water almost as if the water body was hiding and protecting something beneath it.
'This place-!'
Yoo Hakim became alert as he examined his surroundings. Beneath this water body was a huge structure which almost looked like a temple.
'It's pretty huge.' Yoo Hakim took a moment to admire the sculpture before collecting himself.
"Wait a second.... Just what is going on...?" Hakim was confused. Wasn't he supposed to be dead. Where was he?
After a few seconds he realised that he wasn't bleeding anymore nor did he have any wounds. His skin looked clean, almost as if he was never injured in the first place.
'That dagger…' Yoo hakim bent forward and picked by a black dagger from the ground. It had a beautiful rose shape imprinted on it.
"How on earth is this possible?"
'This doesn't make any sense at all.'
Yoo Hakim was sure that he died in his first life. After all he was reborn again in another world but how was he even back.
In his first life, He was born to a noble household. He wasn't given much attention for being born without any mana but he lived his life anyways. Surviving was tough in the high-class society if you didn't have any mana but you would be completely crushed by others if you were also a child born out of wedlock. Sadly, this was Hakim's reality.
Although he was despised and not welcomed in the household, His 'half-siblings' never showed him any hostility. On the contrary they were the only people he could trust.
"Yet, I choose to distance myself from them in the first life and ended up hurting them…."
"Geez, I was a complete asshole. "Yoo Hakim laughed at his foolish actions.
If only he wasn't such an easy target to manipulate back then, He wouldn't have hurt his siblings and ended up being a puppet for his power-hungry relatives.
He did a lot of things out of jealousy. He mistreated and abused the servants working in the household. Mistreated and overworked the poor. He even dragged his sibling down with him causing considerable damage to their reputation.
Abduction, Murder, Fraud, arson, blackmail, assault, extortion, destruction of private and public property, drug trafficking and the list continues on and on….
'Woah... If I hadn't been killed by assassins. I would have surely died due to drug or alcohol overuse.'
Yoo Hakim had truly been a terrible person.
But still there was no reason for one of the most prominent churches to send assassins after him to get rid of him.
'Lilithia Soleira' The goodness of love and poison. She is worshipped by countless people who follow the teachings of the Soleria church.
Hakim himself had been to the church countless times with his bastard uncle. But as he grew older, he stopped believing in the concept of god. It was absurd for him honestly. After all, He always doubted the church's teachings.
The day he turned an adult he experienced his second gender awakening. Apparently, his uncle was so disappointed in him for awakening as an omega that he started to isolate Hakim from the outer world. Soon he realised it was futile given the 'connections' he had were too valuable.
'Hence he further manipulated me for his own '
After suffering countless tragedies, Hakim was assassinated at the age of thirty.
The assassins chased me into the forest and attacked me with arrows. In the end he was stabbed with a dagger and thrown into a river.
"I regretted the last moments of my life so much…..."
But now isn't the time to think of the past. I'm not the same old Han Hakim that I used to be in the first life.
I'm Yoo Hakim.
Someone who has survived the great virus, Apocalypse and the downfall of the world in my previous lives.
"Ughh…. Do I have to swim all the way up to the surface?" Hakim frowned in dissatisfaction. He truly hated hardships.
As He started to make his way upwards it become evident that something about him was different. He had less stamina than before and could feel that his body being much weaker.
"Haaaa"
Hakim let out a deep breath as he resurfaced from the waters only to find another difficulty on the surface.
He was in some unknown forest he didn't know of. He still had he memories crystal clear from his first life. The assassins had thrown him off a cliff. There wasn't any forest nearby. So how the hell did he end up in a goddamn forest?!
"Young Master!"
"Can you hear us?"
Yoo Hakim didn't know who was shouting during the daytime. But they seemed to be searching for someone. He got out of the waters and made his way towards the voices.
He saw two middle aged men and a women dressed in knight suits searching for someone. As soon one of them met Hakim's eyes they started to rush towards him.
"Young Mater !?" The lady knight was the one who sprinted with full speed towards him. Yoo Hakim lost his balance as tried to back away unconsciously. He ended up hitting his head hardly on the ground before passing out.
'Great… Just Great.' He mentally cursed himself as his eye's lost focus