"To know yourself, you must accept your darkside. To deal with others, you must learn to rise above your own darkness."
— Letters of Carl Jung.
「Where am… I?」
I opened my blurry eyes with an uncomfortable numbness.
The first thing I saw was an unfamiliar ceiling, which I had never seen before. Its design was quite different from the user's modern-day setting.
I woke up from an unusual bed with an unfamiliar design.
「AH―」
I cried while unconsciously embracing my body.
『Fuck... It hurts so much…』
I looked at the bandages covered in my arms and legs.
The blood was dark brown and came from inside. It seems that the wound was deep.
「Who the hell did that to me?」
I found something strange that kept bugging me all the time when I was 』observing around me.
『Why are my hands tiny and arms so young?』
I gazed at my chest.
The clothes that I'm wearing have a peculiar design I have never seen before in fashion trends.
It looked a little more worn out than what I was wearing previously.
『Another thing was how this room was so larger than me?』
I looked around the oddly designed room which was only the size of an apartment, was this big actually.
I slowly stood up.
Even though it hurted a lot I kept standing properly and started walking.
I realized instantly that: it was not the room that became big but me being too small to fit in.
『Why I'm so tiny? I'm a tall person.』
I kept gazing around and found a desk where a window was upwards.
I pulled the chair from my desk and started to mound on it outside the window.
When I'd propped myself with balance in a position without falling I looked outside.
「What the f—」
I was shocked by the scenery I saw.
『 H-hows that possible? This isn't India or the world? How can a place like this even exist?』
I saw many people, houses, mountains, farms and beasts?!
Of course, I know I'm telling you normal things on earth… but heck it's not.
There were people who were unfamiliar with a blend of fashion I had never seen before… like in historical films, anime, games, dramas, news or fashion parades.
They had different hair colors like in anime characters.
If you talk about the house I saw nearby… It was a bit modern and with unique architectural designs which I never saw.
At least mountains remain but with different colours.
In farms I saw various fruits whose designs and colours are strange from the typical vegetables you find there on earth.
And beast…
I'm not talking about you like dogs, cats or parrots.
They were scary beasts with dangerous features and appearance which transcend cute little mammals.
Some of them could even spit fire from their mouths?!
I rubbed my eyes thoroughly again and again.
「Where is this place? How come I here..」
My jaws dropped.
「Is it Digimon or Pokémon world? This must be a dream while I having in ICU at hospital…」
Yes.
That's correct.
It's a dream where I'm in a fantasy world that I have never seen before, like in literature.
But the pain pulsing through my body proved me wrong…
Even though it's a dream, it is too real for my senses to comprehend.
『Isekai… Reincarnation…』
Those clichéd tropes kept spurting out from my head…
I was going to die… from a sniper's gunshot.
When I was about to transcend to hell or heaven, a giant black red terrifying humanoid dragon pulled me out of it.
『He asked me whether I wanted power to rise again… may be this was the power he granted me… and who was he actually? Why did he help me?』
These were the questions that kept arising in my mind.
『But what about my mother? If he could revive me then that would be more helpful. I wanted to see her again…』
I gripped my hands tight.
『Who am I? Then?』
I'm sure I wasn't the previous me… I was someone else!
「DARIS! YOU'RE AWAKE!」
I heard a shout from a child.
I looked down at the house entrance.
There was a beautiful girl running from an unfamiliar black white dress.
She looked like a 7 years old little girl but was a natural beauty which made many guys call her cute.cutie
I tried to recall her name.
「Silvia? Did you come to see me?」
I used a medium pitched voice to reply to her.
『So I'm Daris?』
Then a sharp pain aches throughout my whole body.
「AAH~」
I gasped while clutching my body.
「DARIS! YOU STAY THERE AND I'D BRING AUNTIE WITH ME TO CHECK UP!」
Silvia in a fast pace ran to my entrance.
『Auntie?』
Then suddenly from my ear there echoed
a familiar beast's voice.
[You're awake don't you… Accept this fate… This isn't your world… If you can't reach the pinnacle of this continent… then you can't get back to your original world and see your original mother… Remember…. Fight… I'll be with you forever!]
Then black red aura covered my surroundings and as it engulfed me.
「...Who are you?」
I asked with intense pain as I was completely immersed into a place I never knew.
He answered as I closed my eyes.
[Your Magic…]
***
I opened my eyes.
I saw a red moon top in the sky without any clouds.
I saw the aftermath of a war.
I was standing on top of heaped bodies beneath my feet. I see nothing but blood covered everywhere.
Everyone was dead except for them only.
Including beasts and humans alike.
I could see only destruction and chaos around the battlefield.
I looked at myself as I dressed in dark armour which had a big humanoid dragon form with red markings engraved around me.
My hands and legs had big sharp edged black claws and nails bulging out while soaked in pure blood…
『I can't believe this…This is too realistic… Have I done to all』
As black red soldier bowed to me and said,
[Lord… The war is over. This is your victory from all the foes in this continent who died by your hands. This world belonged to only and as your loyal servants we keep watching under your kingdom…]
I was shocked.
No way…
I had done this…
But how?
It's true that I crushed my enemies before but less than in less in number yet this is…
A familiar monstrous tone echoed.
[It is you… face it… fool. You don't know the extent of the full power we hold… I'm part of you… We're inseparable… we're binded your soul. As long as your soul lives… I'll aso live within you… I'm your Darkside… I'm you…]
I turned back.
I was frightened by what I saw.