Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 58: Aswad 5 of 15 “To Love” (Part 04)
“What are you talking about?” seliari was confused.
Returning to her feet, the woman looked down and said, “Maybe you will immediately understand if I call Auto Senses ..”
“That last defense magic? You?”
“Ya!” The woman smiled widely, then stopped stepping and stood in front of the charred body without legs, hands, and head. While putting on a sad face and seeing the body piece, he said, “The fate of this soul is indeed fateful, from the beginning it was collected and resurrected only to carry out a very heavy obligation. Though he should now rest in peace at the bottom of the world.”
The woman knelt down, then lifted the piece of body and held it in full tenderness. Light particles began to regroup around the woman, then fused with her wings and made her size even bigger. The Big Tree behind the woman responded, one of its roots started to move closer and stood tall nearby.
“Is this the sadness of a mother? Now I know why Adinda always wants to protect her and worry about her all the time,” said the woman grudgingly.
A sweet potato-like red fruit began to emerge from the large, towering roots nearby, falling to the ground and growing into a small-sized red Golem. The tens of lifeforms quickly knew their task when they were born into the world, quickly working and collecting the scattered body pieces on the grass.
In the woman's arms, legs, and head were slowly returned to their original form. The black aura completely disappeared, the death air disappeared and returned to being a part of the male body.
Seeing what the blonde woman did, Seliari ventured forward and asked again, “What .... You mean it?”
The woman lifted her face, looked at her heart with two teary eyes and limply said, “You still don't understand? The young man who was born to my sister and born of this ragaku .., he was from the beginning only used to fulfill Deity's passion.”
“Deity? You mean that figure full of death aura?”
The woman nodded, the mine clutched tightly onto Odo's soul piece. He shed tears, sat down limply and replied, “That's like Ying and Yang, every darkness must have shadows and shadows must have light.”
He attached the body piece to the cheek, with a longing to wipe it with tears. Returning to lower the piece to his lap, he looked at Seliari and said, “That is the shadow of the world, the darkness that envelops the light of this young man. All I could do was seal the memory and the figure deeply at the bottom of his soul consciousness, I could not eliminate it completely, because that was indeed part of this soul.”
“What ... means? What are you talking about?”
“You still don't understand?” The woman wiped away the tears, put on a faint smile and limply replied, “Before Odo Luke was born as a child into the world, I shut deep in that memory and element deep in his soul. Otherwise, the figure of the doom-bearer would have completely taken possession of his soul and in the end ..”.
The woman's words stopped for a moment. He lowered his face gloomily, gritted his teeth in annoyance and said, “He will only be an empty soul without will .... Maybe this young man just thinks of me as a mere magic array, but that's okay. As long as my son lives, it doesn't matter ..”
“What are you talking about? Please explain to me ...”
“Sorry ...”
The red Golems that numbered to the tens finished collecting the body parts of Odo to the smallest, then all of it was placed in front of the blonde woman. He stretched out his right hand towards the pieces of the body, as soon as a bright light emanated strongly and removed all the elements of darkness.
Aided by the small Golems, the woman began to unite the body parts one by one. First he took the right hand that was cut to the elbow, then attached it to the main body. Quickly, regeneration occurs and the body parts fuse very quickly. In other parts of the body something similar happens, only with attached regeneration will be active and pieces of the body fused the main part.
When all the parts of Odo's soul form have been reunited, the shape of the blonde woman's soul begins to crack, as if the collapse is indeed a ceramic decoration. He clasped tightly onto the young man with black hair, then in a soft voice said, “I beg you, Dragon God Princess .... Take care of my son, be a partner who won't betray him. He is only a victim of this world, the fall of this new world. He did nothing wrong .... What happened to you and your family is unfortunate, but know it! No one expects life to be hated! See who your real enemy is ...”
The woman's soul form shattered, turning into particles of light and drifting away towards the Great Tree. The trunk of the tree re-opened, then absorbed the particles and re-closed.
The cloudiness slowly brightened again, the split ground covered again and the dried grass greened again. The giant roots sticking out began to return to the ground, leaving the Golems still standing around the body of the young man lying on top of the grass.
Silent in a state of chaos, Seliari stared in bewilderment at the naked young man lying on the grass. Looking at Odo's face, a moment of relief filled his mind and tears began to flow out. It was then that he realized, that what was really expecting the life of the young man, and not his death.
He immediately ran towards Odo, grabbed the young man tightly and began to cry. Seliari no longer thought about all her grudges or whatever had happened before, now there was only a sense of relief that filled her mind warmly.
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A drowning sensation enveloped him, making the young man feel like he had fallen into a deep trough. His body felt heavy, immovable and seemed to be submerged in mud. Despite trying to open his eyes and extend his hand upwards, everything that enveloped his body seemed to be blocking
Thrashed, forced trying to find something to reach and continue to fight all the dark mud that enveloped him. The young man continued to extend his hand upwards, opening his eyes forcefully and looking as bright as the light up there.
Around the young man was filled with debris that sank with him, in a pitch-black liquid that pulled him to an endless bottom. With all his strength, the young man tried to reach the nearby debris and make it a foothold to head towards the light
But when he almost arrived, he recalled that what would be waiting for him at the top was not something he expected. His hands and feet stopped. He stopped to fight all the darkness, dropped his body and closed his eyes again.
He understood that one day everything will be useless, time will erase everything and what is built strongly will certainly one day weather. Destroyed like a sand palace in the waves. But when he was about to stop extending his hand upwards and completely give up, someone from the direction of the light instantly pulled him out of the mud.
Odo awoke, completely opening his eyes and looking at the ceiling of the leaves of the Great Tree. At first glance looking to the side and understanding was lying on the lap of the Dragon Princess, the young man immediately understood what had happened, fully understood even without asking anyone.
The young man's mouth was slightly gaping, he immediately covered his face with his right arm and muttered, “I failed to vanish again, huh?”
“Gagal ... vanished?”
Seliari was stunned to hear that. Odo immediately got up from the lap of the dragon girl, then stood up and immediately stomped his heels on the grass. Light particles began to gather around the young man, then taped the black shirt and pants that were directly worn on his body.
A glimpse of silence was felt within the Soul Realm that had returned to full normal. The blowing wind was cool, the sound of the leaves was so lush and truly described a peace. However, none of that reflects Odo's current mood.
“What else is it?” Odo turned his head towards the silver-haired girl behind him, then firmly said, “You should have heard that from the real Mavis, ‘ right? Curse or something .... If I die, everything will return to the bottom of the world and it will take me thousands more years to come to the surface. If I die, the curse will be lifted from this world.”
Seliari immediately woke up, looked anxiously and said, “Ka-You want to use me to eliminate yourself?! Wh why? It was the same as handing this body to me! What about people in the real world? Your family!”
Turning to face the girl with a flat face, Odo gave a light smile and said, “One life is very cheap to make the world peaceful. Didn't you expect me to disappear?”
“I-It ...” Seliari fell silent in silence, unable to refute and began to bow down a face full of regret.
Odo understood what the dragon girl was feeling right now, the dilemma still lingering in Seliari's mind and making her unable to make a clear decision. Sighing deeply and looking straight up, the young man in black hair said, “If he has already used his power and appeared in soul form in this Realm, it means that my time is just around the corner.”
Odo looked back at the silver-haired girl and walked towards her. Standing before Seliari, Odo held both sides of his shoulders and said, “Mavis the real, angelic imitation figure is the basic foundation of Auto Senses, the holder of my core memories and made it a cage to lock up the figure that attacked you! If the figure rose again, the one who stopped him was no longer there. Please, Seliari .... If that happens, destroy me before it's too late.”
“A-What are you talking about?!” The dragon girl stepped away, trembling and staring in disbelief. He gritted his teeth, then with an angry expression said, “Don't think I'll help you! You are the incarnation of that Ancient Demon King! A disgusting creature that cursed me and made me kill my own family!”
“I ... not Odrania!”
“Do not lie!” Seliari removed Odo's hands from his shoulders, stepped back and in a loud voice said, “If you are not that Ancient Demon King, why is his memory in your memory! Why did he call you Ayahanda?! Why do Devils crave your resurrection?!”
Odo was silent, frowning in annoyance. Seliari's words were truly one-way and seemed to have no desire to hear an explanation at all. Coming back closer and holding tightly to both sides of the girl's shoulders, Odo loudly said, “He's just my copy! Imitation! An imperfect copy of my soul!”
“Copy ..?” Seliari was silent in confusion.
“Just like the figure who attacked you, Odraine is one of the personalities created using my soul base.”
Seliari began to understand what Odo was talking about, his face slowly paled and seemed not to want to believe it. In the dragon girl's mind, what the young man meant felt the same as what the Mavis Soul had called before.
“Actually ... What are you? Why do creatures like that want you so much? Who are you exactly?”
Odo was silent in a puzzled expression. Even though he had a suitable sentence to answer all those questions, his voice could not come out of his mouth. Raising hands from the body of the silver-haired girl, the young man lowered his face and dodged again, “Sorry .... I don't remember it clearly .... Who I really am .... But, as far as I know, I used to kill some beings who called themselves gods and goddesses.”
Seliari recalled Mavis Soul's words about sealing the memories and the figure attacking her at the bottom of the soul. Gritting his teeth in annoyance and disgusted with all the secrets, the girl momentarily looked up and muttered, “From the beginning you were like that...”.
Seliari knew all of that must have happened in the previous world, the place where the Soul of the young man before her came from. The Dragon Princess knew, Odo should indeed have rested quietly at the bottom of the world and become the foundation of all existing worlds. But because of the will of some beings who crave it, his soul was again scattered into the world and in the end was born into the world as it is now.
Gaining a straight look from the silver-haired girl, Odo turned his gaze and fell silent for a thousand words. A strange taste appeared in his mind. The cold and indifferent nature that he usually displayed seemed to disappear, making the young man look so fragile in front of Seliari.
In the mind of the dragon girl began to grow a warm feeling. When remembering the memories that went through with Odo, it all felt like yesterday. It is so short and feels unimportant, but it is a valuable thing and changes it a lot. It was so new and filled itself up quickly, making the girl unable to hold back her happy smile and began to shed tears.
“Seliari, if you want me to disappear, I don't mind! But please promise me. Take care of this world! I don't want everything to be free! Your civilization! People's efforts! I don't want it all to just disappear and go back to the beginning for reasons as absurd as the world was created imperfect!”
The words touched the dragon girl's mind, leaving her stunned at a glance and understanding what the young man really hoped for. From the beginning Odo was like that, not changed at all since he first met him.
Staring at the young man with black hair, Seliari removed the Gauntlet-shaped crystallization on both hands. As the two shattered into pieces of blue crystal that fell onto the grass, he stretched his hands forward and touched the young man's cheeks gently. While smiling widely with tears streaming down, the girl said, “I think I declined the request .... Who wants to carry that troublesome obligation. We renew the deal, Odo. I will give you back all your emotions, but in exchange there is one thing I want to demand from you.”
“Tails ...?”
“Really, you again cursed me this time .... Instead, you must take responsibility for taking care of this curse. As long as this curse exists, you must not disappear first ..., yes?”
Seliari understood a little why the demons and immortal beings were so expecting the young man before him. From the past until now, everyone has always pursued a figure that they consider ideal. In the example, a hero will always be remembered and used as a role model for people as long as a civilization of a nation is still standing.
In a belief, the same thing powerfully fills many people. Although the ideal figure spreading the belief is gone, many people pursue the shadow and continue the idealism brought by the figure.
The shadow of the past, so powerful and so the foundation of the present and a clue to the future.