"What is this..? Where am i..?" Yashiro said as he woke up with his body covered in human skulls.
He looks around and saw that he was in a place that was very sinister and unusual. A pool of blood everywhere, fire burning endlessly, and souls screaming in agony.
"I can't remember anything.. what am i doing here?" He looked at the pool of blood near him and saw the reflection of his face that had a scar on his left eye.
"So you've finally woken up." a voice from a distance spoke to Yashiro.
"Aggh!" Yashiro groaned as his head started to ache so badly.
His memories after being summoned in Avalon had been taken away by the Gods along with his abilities.
"W-who are you?" Yashiro asked as he stood up.
A being appeared before him with a long white hair and a dragon like armor with long horns growing out of his head. Eyes that are as red as blood and a physique not so big but not too small. Yashiro immediately had an idea who the being in front of him was.
"Are you.. perhaps the Devil?"
The being laughed as he say, "A lot of people that come here calls me that but I'm not the Devil. In fact Devils do not exist. They only exists within the hearts of the living."
"I am the Demon King, Avraham not the devil and not the grim reaper." the being stated as he approached Yashiro.
"What made a Demon King different from a Devil? when the two of them are basically a form of evilness?" Yashiro backs off for a few steps.
"Like i told you, Devils do not exist, and we aren't evil. Yes we take the souls of the dead and we torture them in hell but that doesn't mean we're evil, right?" stated by Avraham as he smiled at Yashiro.
"If you say so... But can you tell me why I'm here?" Yashiro asked as he looks around the red environment.
Avraham had a serious expression. "Hm, you do not seemed to be fazed by the environment you are in and the countless screams of the tortured souls." Avraham said as he gaze at Yashiro's eyes.
Yashiro's expression became dark. "I've been through a lot back in my hometown.. so things like this doesn't really surprise me anymore... but the moment i woke up ,i was here. I remember sleeping after coming home from school with
Avraham looked interested. "I see now, your memories had been taken away from you." Said by Avraham as he summoned a throne made out of human skulls and sat down on it.
"What..? taken away? Impossible, what memory could have been taken away from me when just now i was sleeping at my house." Yashiro laughed it off awkwardly.
"Then, how do you think you got that scar on your left eye?" Avraham asked.
Yashiro's face went dark as he realized that there really is something missing inside his head that he can't seem to remember. He realized that he was not wearing the same clothes he had when sleeping and he also realized that his hair seemed to had become longer than what he remembers. During his confusion, his heart spoke to him.
"Kill. Kill. Kill" the voice in his heart said.
Yashiro fell to the ground and started to vomit as his chest began to ache.
"Aackk!"
Avraham looked at him with interest as he smirked.
"Things are about to get interesting." He said as he looked at Yashiro. Avraham's eyes had glowed red and his mouth had a smile that shows the evilness of what he is plotting.
Avraham approached Yashiro and placed his hand on his shoulder and asked, "Do you wish to hunt the Gods?"
Avraham activated a spell by touching Yashiro and it allowed him to speak with the consciousness inside his heart.
"Yes, I will exterminate every single one of them" the consciousness said.
Avraham laughed as he heard what Yashiro's heart had said,
"Very Well." after saying this, he transported Yashiro to a dimensional rift.
"You'll find what you're looking for." Avraham said as he dropped off Yashiro to the rift.
"W-wait!" Yashiro panicked as he was falling to a dark path.
"I'll be looking forward for your revenge, former Hero." Avraham said as he slowly fades away in the air.
Yashiro continued to fall until finally falling onto land.
"aackk!, crap, my back hurts!" as Yashiro slowly stands up after his fall.
"haa, that dude just dropped me. Where am i even at?"
Yashiro looked around and breathed in the fresh air and said, "It's been a while since I had smelled such fresh air. back in Tanza it was overpopulated and it reeks of vehicle oils. But what is this familiarity that I'm feeling?"
"Hmm, it seems like I'm in the middle of a forest, where is this?" Yashiro said as he wonders around the area. Then he sees a little girl playing around.
"Hey little girl, do you know how i can leave the forest? Yashiro asked the little girl.
"Oh, yes. Are you lost mister?" said by the little girl as she paused in playing.
"Yes, i can't remember the way out and also don't call me mister, it makes me look old, just call me big bro" He laughed awkwardly while scratching his head.
"Okie, big bro, If you go straight right there, you will eventually reach the end of the forest where the village of Opin is located." said by the little girl at she points to the direction.
"Village? Opin? There's no place like that even in the province that i live in"
Yashiro said to himself.
"Okay kid, thanks for the help" Yashiro started walking towards the direction the little girl pointed at and finally he reached the end of the forest.
"Woaah!" Yashiro was amazed by what he saw, a group of people living in harmony and residents helping each other like they're families. Structures and clothings that looked like it was from the medieval era.
"Hey you! Kid with a gloomy!" said by an old man.
"Huh? are you talking about me?" Yashiro replied.
"Who else has a gloomy face besides you? Are you a traveler or something?" the old man asked.
Yashiro approached the old man and answered his question. "Probably yes..?"
"What? you don't even know if you're a traveler or not? What a weird kid."
Yashiro laughs awkwardly and asked the old man, "Do you know where is this place? I think I'm kind off lost."
"Ah, we're in Opin village located in Hartz Kingdom"
"Hartz Kingdom..? mister, you're not joking, right?"
"Why would i joke around? see for yourself kid"
As Yashiro walked around the village, he saw the villagers chanting something and summoning things. Surprised by this, Yashiro said to himself, "Am i inside a game or something?! Is that magic?? so coool!" Yashiro's gloomy face was replaced by an excited and amazed expression.
He walked around more and found a carriage about to leave the village. He checked his pockets and to his surprise there were a couple of silver coins inside.
"Uhm, mister, how much for a fare? and where is this headed?" Yashiro asked the owner.
"it only cost 30 copper coins, kid. And we're headed towards the capital of Hartz" replied by the owner.
"Ah, i want to go" Yashiro hopped in the carriage as it finally started to run.
A couple of hours of travel, they had finally reached the Capital. Yashiro paid the owner 1 silver and let him kept the change.
"Wow, this really looked like inside a game!" Yashiro looked around in excitement as he tried out a lot of things ranging from food, entertainment and more.
As the day came to a pass, Yashiro who spent a lot of silvers in enjoying his time, had came to a series of regrets.
" Crap.. i spent too much.." Yashiro said as he grabbed the remaining money inside his pockets.
"Only 2 silvers and 56 copper coins now.. Am i doomed? The sun is also setting, i should find a place to sleep at for now." After going around searching for a rest place, he found a cheap inn that only costs 1 silver per night or equivalent to 100 Copper coins.
" 1 silver coin minus food which is 10 copper coins... that will leave me 1 silver coin and 46 copper coins.." Yashiro realized that he's in a very bad condition so he decided that tomorrow he will find a way to make money. He ate his dinner and slept for the night inside his room.
The next day, he woke up and went on his journey to make money.
"Excuse me, do you know a place where i can earn some extra coins?" Yashiro asked a random guy.
"I don't know kid, i just got here." replied by the random guy.
Yashiro continued to ask people around til he finally gets a proper answer.
"Excuse me miss, is there a place where i can earn some..." Yashiro's words suddenly came to a stop as he looked at the lady with blonde hair tied on the side of her head and her oceanic blue eyes.
"Hmm? What is it mister?" said by the lady.
"Uh..?" the lady expressed as she saw Yashiro's eyes slowly shedding tears.
"Ai... sha?" Yashiro said in a soft and trembling tone.
"Huh....?" Yashiro wiped the tears that started to fall down from his eyes. He wondered why he called the lady, Aisha, he didn't know who was Aisha but the confusion was left inside his head eating away his sanity.
Driven by this occurrence, Yashiro couldn't handle it and ran away out of instinct.
"Aghck.. What is this...feeling? What is this familiarity inside me...? This excruciating pain..It hurts." Yashiro said to himself as he grasped his chest in pain while running.
The lady got worried about him as he continued to run away so she followed him.
"Hey! why are you running?!" the lady had said as she chases after Yashiro.
"W-why are you chasing me? Get away!" Yashiro replied as he continues to run away.
"Running away after speaking to a lady is very rude!!" the lady jumped high up in the air and landed on Yashiro stopping his run.
"Aaaahh" Yashiro screamed as the lady began falling down towards him.
Yashiro, after being jumped on by the lady, rolled on the ground as he groaned in pain.
"Why were you running?!" the lady asked.
Yashiro began to shed tears. "I don't know... I don't know.... I absolutely don't know what's happening to me.."
Hearing this, the lady became worried about Yashiro and felt sorry. The lady then asked if he wants to come to her place in order for her to treat his wounds. Yashiro, who was in pain eventually just agreed to her.
Inside the lady's house, she asked Yashiro, "Hey, Why were you crying?"
Yashiro replied, "I don't know... but seeing you reminded me of someone but i don't know who that someone is.."
"If there was a random person and somehow resembles another person that you knew, and was enough to make you shed tears, then that person must be very important to you, right?" the lady had said as she treats Yashiro's scratches.
"Important... huh.." Yashiro mumbled to himself as his face began to darken while concerned.
"My name is Hannah Reagan, how about you?" asked by the lady.
"I'm Yashiro....Yashiro Kanemi.." he answered Hannah.
"Huh? Yashiro Kanemi?... hmmm that name seems familiar.." Hannah said as she began to think deeply.
"Ah! you were named after a former hero aren't you?" Hannah said with a smile.
"Hero..? what do you mean? I am the son of my mother, Gresia Kanemi and my father, Fuji Kanemi."
"Huh..? i never heard of those people before, but they had the same surnames as the former hero.. wait stay right here, I'll find something outside for a bit."
As the lady went outside to grab something, Yashiro was left with questions inside his head, "Yashiro Kanemi? a hero?" He said to himself. "How ridiculous" He laughed. However, he remembered what Avraham had told him before. "Your memories had been taken from you"
Remembering this, Yashiro's eyes widened in curiosity wanting to see who this 'hero' is.
A few moments later, Hannah came back with a newspaper and showed it to Yashiro.
"Look, this is the news back then" Hannah said as she opens the page one by one.
There they saw a page that contained the information regarding the former hero.
"Name Yashiro Kanemi... former Bow hero from the kingdom of Gorgon... blonde hair and has a dark blue eyes...." As Hannah read through the text, Yashiro saw the picture of the bow hero and saw that it was indeed him.
"This... this is me?? No no, it must be a coincidence" Yashiro said as he denies this.
"For a coincidence, there are too much similarities. Your hair color, your style, your eyes, your face shape and even your physique.." Hannah said as she thinks deeply.
"I was a former hero..?" Yashiro said to himself.
"But there's no way this could be you because it says here it's been a hundred years since the disappearance of the bow hero." Hannah said while looking at the text.
"A hundred years...?" Yashiro said as he swallowed his saliva in confusion.
"Oh, there's also additional information here, Spouse is... Aisha... Kristeva. It says here that during their marriage the bow hero suddenly vanished without a trace leaving his bow behind on the altar of the church, and the spouse, which is Aisha Kristeva was found dead with sword wounds on her back.. this is kinda tragic." Hannah said as her face slowly went dark.
" Aisha..... Kristeva..? " Yashiro suddenly remembered the name he called Hannah. Realizing this, Yashiro went to a state of insanity and identify confusion.
" The bow... where is the bow now? " Yashiro asked Hannah as his breathing became heavy.
"Huh? uhh, i don't know much where is it now but probably on the church in Gorgon. It was held as a national treasure due to the bow hero's contribution in fighting the Demon lord, a hundred years ago."
"If i get that... I'll probably get the answers to all of these.." Yashiro looked serious as he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. "I want to find the truth!" Yashiro said as he went outside and looked above the heavens.
What will happen to Yashiro now? Will he ever gain his memory back? and what other things is waiting for him beneath darkness?