The boy stood in suspense, no words to comment nor words to thought, only a hang jaw made a "ohhh..." trailed off from his mouth.
—Is this a dream...?
Right, as though he first preoccupied his mind from what's reality or delusion, the question remain with the youth having stood somewhere on a whitish vacant floor above a very high height of a palace alike to a museum with polish long concrete stairs just infront of him.
—I must be daydreaming or am I just going insane now? Heaven? Seriously? This must be a joke. I was alive and well a few moments ago...
With an anxious and gloomy frown, squiggly lips and a twitching fingers. He gulp down his saliva with uncertain thoughts— now with a little encouragement , he began walking to the evenly stairs towards the museum look-alike palace or so called heaven. At least it's not hell
—as he step foot on the polish floor, he took a few more steps till his brace with enough courage to walk a little more confident.
While walking, he took a small glanced from two sides and, seeing and passing by many monument or statues polish by grant white with the appearance of an angel blowing trumpet.
Meanwhile, from the far-away front gave an omnipotent environment of divine and holiness, fortified by a gigantic gold gate and occupied by two royal looking knights that guarded the palace.
He narrowed his eyes, noticing most of the details of the prefectureness of the Palace—from trival to importance—would it truly be worth calling by the name of look-alike museum after seeing it this close.
It's God's Palace, calling it look-alike was an absolute discrimination to the honor and beauty bestowed infront of him.
—I made a mistake, God please forgive me for my intolerance and disrespect towards your home for i—
"——Kid, what are you doing here!? This territory's estate is prohibited for passerby to enter."
"Ehh...?"
Hearing someone exclaimed outloud, that cut him mid sentence during his mind redemption. Was probably one of the two knights that guarded the heaven gates entry—
But—having heard 'prohibit' be forwarn made him stop to his tracks to look up with a frown, he titled his head to the one exclaimed.
"What do you mean... prohibit? This is heaven, right?"
"Heaven? Never heard of that, well anyways assuming you— an outsider of Chrysanthos Estate which the domain is prohibited any outsiders to enter—you are to come with us for punishment on breaking the law's estate per are Master's order..."
"Hold on! Hold on! Hold on! What are you saying? What do you mean you don't know heaven? Where literally standing on it."
He complain with open palm thrust forward, waving them aggressively.
"...Heaven? No such name as Heaven exist in this world as we stand in Chrysanthos Estate. Again, have you not heard myself clearly, if so then let me repeat myself."
Clearing his throat, the white knight under heavy armor repeat his speech.
"You are ordered to come with us for the boundaries you cross under the law's of the Chrysanthos Estate, thus you shall be punished—if you attempt to resist, keep in mind that resorting to physical is futile, I would have to take countermeasures myself. So it's best to just follow what I demand."
He finish his speech, his voice deep cold and reserve all the while his expression unreadable behind his helmet.
—Hearing his voice sends shivers through the youth's spine, all the while he kept his doubts to himself, understanding that religious beliefs doesn't exist here.
He sighs deeply, then he nodded feeling obligate to do so otherwise his just wasting his time over something trival if he refuse to comply.
—Seriously, and I thought I was in heaven.
"It certainly did get my hopes up though..."
...
After a few hours, seemed things didn't go underhanded much. They were only strolling throughout inside the estate's yard but— not inside the look-alike museum or so they called Chrysanthos Palace.
And by POV it's like winning a first class sit to Paradise.
—The Chrysanthos Palace is widely vacant, owning large grounds which assumed enough to cover a total of 2 small town by just the yard alone.
While the gigantic mansion, if it's that big it could probably fit an entire titanic on it. Who know a titan might be living in that mansion.
—Falling down on the greeny field, he sighs to himself, feeling exhausted ran down on him.
"—This crappy environment is tiring me to death..."
Looking to his side he sees the two heavily armored knights standing motionless, unfazed with a straight chin looking over one direction.
Honestly...
"I wonder how they aren't feeling a slight fatigue especially in this environment. It fricking kills!"
"Just by standing it's life draining, but guarding the entire mansion in heavy armor is straight up murder... but they seemed doing fine."
He lays down, frustrated on finding the fact those two beast standing inhumane to a crushing environment we're unfazed as if it's natural to stand all day without break.
—Then he lays down, slacking his arms as his pillow. He close his eyes, shutting them firm with breaths inhaling in and out, and as time pass his consciousness began to weaken until...
...He falls into darkness.
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Dante S. Aguilar
An ordinary igcse year high-schooler, a dropout who isolated himself in his bedroom, with his days are spend on unnecessary activities such as gaming day-till-night without heed to anything else for two years. The youth's parents that were hardworking since his birth—their money were all spended on expenses for his school, clothing and food, but he nonchalant quit school after he turn 13 with no reason to justify his isolation.
Not many times, he would leave his room to eat in the same table with his parents but with no eye contact in return. They were loving and carrying, always worried for Dante's health.
Giving him the time he needed to freely do as he please with himself, with the scars in his heart they waited patiently for to heal as he leave his room with the loving smile they both awaited in two years—but...
It never came...
Chapter 1 Ends.