Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 63 : Aswad 10 of 15 “Unlasting Love” (Part 07)
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Odo returned to the point where he first moved to use the Puddle. The Pseudo-God form of the young man was released, then he returned to being a full human being. All the memories and sensations that all the senses received were still freshly ingrained in his body, as if they had indeed been passed directly by the physical body.
A gust of wind blew across the face, making the young man's pony hair briefly knocked out of the forehead and lifted up. The sound of the friction of the leaves resuscitated him from the daydream, the flow of water in the river made the young man immediately turn his head towards a General from the empire who was on standby on the rock with his weapon.
In the silence of the forest, the sounds of insects that were crowded accompanied and seemed to echo in his head. Fireflies fly into points of light source and decorate the place. Some of the morning glory flowers on the edge of the river look bud, dark purple color at a glance makes the young man feel comfortable and want to forget what he has been through before.
But when he realized Fai Fengying channeled Mana into the sword and prepared to attack, Odo immediately faced towards him and said, “I give up. Can you stop?” The words the young man spoke with a lethargic expression, his body slightly staggering and his lips drying.
Fai stopped just as he was about to jump. A sense of hesitation appeared in his mind when he saw the condition of Odo who looked completely unable to fight. Blood flowed incessantly from the two nostrils of the young man, his right eye turned red and also drained blood, his face was completely deathly pale like a corpse.
Standing in stagger, the young man's blood splashed onto the clothes and grass where he stood. Whether it was Fai Fengying or the Emperor and Yue Ying, they looked confused and in their minds wondered why the young man suddenly looked like that. Emperor Mao Naraka immediately walked up to him, ignoring Yue Ying who stood up to protect the Emperor.
“What is the manifestation effect? You okay, my future husband?”
Seeing the girl wrapped in thin cloth walking over with a completely anxious expression, Odo made sure that everyone in the place did not know what he had been through. A slight annoyance made the heart murky, but after that relief began to fill because it did not have to make the sad girl despair with her words.
“Leben ...” The young man's body collapsed forward, fell towards the Emperor and helped make the little girl fall onto the grass. Lying on the body of the Deity, with an almost floating consciousness he said, “If you want to take me to your country, accept the reality that is within you. Understand that fact, O pathetic Emperor.”
“Eh?”
Emperor Mao Naraka was silent. What the young man said before fainting was very confusing. The way he called him by his old name and what he said felt so sudden, However, what the young man said could not be ignored.
The Emperor's body trembled, along with the appearance of a warm feeling in his mind. Without himself understanding, the Emperor quickly embraced Odo's body with a kerat and tears began to flow down his cheeks. The longing clearly slipped in his mind. The young man in his arms shared a figure who from the beginning had indeed been waiting for him for hundreds of years.
Yue Ying and Fai Fengying who saw it were shocked and incredulous to see the Emperor until they shed tears. The two Generals were silent on the spot, not daring to call or approach to ask their curiosity.
In the early morning hours of dawn, the Emperor again found a clear reason to stay alive after losing the Unnamed figure in his life. It felt the same as when he was still with a figure he could call family, a sense of always being by his side and protecting each other.
But among all those warm emotions, a chill lingered within his chest. With a gust of wind, what the young man said in his arms was clearly reflected in the Emperor's mind. While trying to get up and push the young man's body to sit down, the blood flowing from his nose dripped down the Emperor's clothes and instantly seeped into his body.
The blood contained a complex barrage of information, causing the Emperor to see some fragments of Odo's memories as Perception Speculation lost control. In that memory, an image of information that Mahia had deliberately implanted immediately filled the Emperor's head.
The Unnamed figure was seen in a dark place, turned to face the Emperor and said, “Thank you for taking care of me all this time, Leben. …. What I'm saying is selfish, but please take care of me. Please, Adinda ...”
The image quickly disappeared from his head, making the Emperor slightly jolted and returned to reality. Cold sweat poured out, making the contents of the head of Emperor Mao Naraka feel so light and clear that it made him momentarily daydream. His body stopped trembling, then looked straight at the face of the young man he was holding both sides of his shoulder.
At that moment, the Emperor decided to stop being bound by the past and all the things left behind by the Unnamed figure. He decides to look to the future left by the only family figure for him.
Immediately sat down and hugged Odo again, the Emperor in a soft voice whispered, “Alright …. If that's what you want, I'll protect this young man …. I will take good care of the hope that you give to the world and myself.”
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The sun rises from the edge of the horizon in the east direction, rising as time passes and its rays strike the land as a sign of a clear day. A strong gust of wind from the direction of the sea, bringing fresh air to them all creatures on the land.
At a height of several thousand feet in the sky of the forest the foot of the Border mountain range, a gigantic white eagle flew gallantly. Both of its wings were dark gray, flapping gallantly ten meters wide and flying at speeds reaching 60 kilometers/hour. On top of the giant eagle's body, the Emperor and the two Generals were riding on it. The figure of the eagle is a mystical creature, one of the Shikigami belonging to Yue Ying ⸻ One of the Four Way Generals with the second name Vermilion Bird of the South.
Minutes after Odo Luke lost consciousness in the woods, the Emperor decided to take the young man to his country. Without waiting for him to wake up first, return to the city to pick up the items left behind in the inn or even get his approval. When viewed from a third party, what they do is tantamount to kidnapping.
Initially Yue Ying and Fai Fengying felt disapproving of the decision. But considering the young man's original purpose and magic structure that could have been active if it was close to his shop building, the two Generals agreed with the Emperor's order.
Yue Ying and Fai Fengying sat on the neck of the White Eagle, while Emperor Mao Naraka sat on the center of the giant eagle's body with Odo lying on his lap. The Emperor's long hair fluttered chaotically in the strong wind, spread wide like the night sky in the morning. At first glance glancing back, the two Generals were uncomfortable to see their leader smiling loosely and occasionally grimacing as he stared at Odo Luke's face.
Looking back ahead, Fai Fengying slightly put on an echo face. Both of his eyebrows dropped and his forehead slightly furrowed. “According to Miss Yue Ying...that's how?” the tananya followed the hela breath.
“How is it?” Yue Ying who was sitting in front of Fai also looked forward.
The woman was no longer in disguise, her appearance was slightly different and the slave necklace was no longer attached to her neck. His blood-red hair was neatly tied up with a tear of his own clothes, so as not to stray wildly into the face of the man sitting behind him.
“Of course about Odo Luke. If what His Majesty said comes true, it means he is our future leader. That young man will be the next Emperor.”
Yue Ying momentarily fell silent, putting on a sullen expression full of annoyance. Highlight his eyes turned flat and replied, “That's up to Your Majesty, we can't protest his decision.”
Although Emperor Mao Naraka heard what they were talking about because the voices of the two Generals were carried by the wind towards him, he still ignored it and instead focused on Odo who was still closing his eyes. While occasionally smiling, he stroked the young man's face and chuckled.
“You have a very soft face, I never thought. Your eyebrows also turned out not too thick and your eyelashes curled upwards, similar to women ..”
“Can you stop doing it?” Odo immediately opened his eyes and stared flatly. “You act like a teenager who has just fallen in love. You know, it's kind of disgusting,” alluded to the young man.
The Emperor was slightly surprised when the young man suddenly opened his eyes, yet did not feel offended at his words. While smiling thinly he asked, “You woke up from earlier?”
“Hmm, more precisely ten seconds after my body collapsed. Turns out you're a random person as well huh, I didn't think you'd take me straight like this.”
The Emperor was a little confused by this. “If it has come back to consciousness from earlier, then why not wake up immediately and refuse?” that is what the Emperor had in mind. But when he saw the young man did not immediately get up from his lap despite having opened both eyes, he realized the reason behind it.
“You didn't wake up immediately because of the manifestation effect, my future husband?”
Odo's forehead twitched hearing the way the Emperor called out. Putting on a pouting face, he resentfully said, “Can you stop calling me that? My name is Odo Luke, don't assume I'm going to marry someone who can't follow procedures like you.”
“You previously also said that while in town.” The Emperor slightly bent his body forward, looked at the young man in his lap closely and asked, “What is the procedure you mean?”
“I am the son of a Marquess, you are an Emperor. Naturally if you want to meet or propose, do it with adab and come to my residence with official rules.”
“If I did that, would you accept my proposal?”
“Of course it won't.”
The Emperor was speechless with a flat expression hearing such a sickening thing. He pinched both of Odo's cheeks, then grumbled, “The end is the same, it sucks your mouth.”
Despite being treated as such, Odo still did not move his body and only verbally forbade. Noticing the oddity, the Emperor stopped pulling the young man's cheek and asked, “Are you still paralyzed?”
Odo was silent for a moment, not answering because he was a little anxious about what the Emperor would do when he confirmed it. Trying to move his right hand, the black-haired youth accessed the storage dimension on the glove and took out a thin purple glass sphere. It was physically similar to the glass ball he had installed in the shop to bring out the bathroom pool water, but certainly in a magic structure it was very different.
The emperor was curious about this. But before he asked, Odo immediately grasped the glass ball until it broke and the flow of magic in it spread through his hands to his body. Several pseudo-magic circuits were created on Odo's right hand, speeding up his recovery abilities.
“Emperor, what do you want to do after taking me?” ask Odo.
“Of course make you my husband. You are the hope he left behind for this world and me, I want to take care of you completely.”
The words at a glance made Odo's forehead constrict. Forcing the still limp body to wake up, the black-haired youth sat cross-legged to face the Emperor. He looked furious until the look of his eyes looked dark, then firmly said, “As I said before. If you want to take me to your country, accept the reality inside you and understand it. As long as you keep denying it, I won't accept you.”
“Revelation …? What reality?” asked the Emperor in a slightly anxious tone.
From the look of the girl's eyes, Odo knew that the Emperor had realized it from the beginning. “I won't tell you that. If I do that, you will surely wrath me and kill me right now,” the young man said, turning his eyes away.
“Which may I do⸻”
“You will do it!” cut Odo firmly. “You will definitely do it. You're that kind of woman, Leben.”
When his body had recovered to a certain degree, the young man in black hair immediately stood on top of the White Eagle's body. The strong gusts of wind that hit did not tear down the young man, his black sign did not flutter even though the wind was supposed to blow fiercely towards him, as if indeed the air that hit was absorbed into his body.
Looking down, the young man realized that time had passed by several hours and he was now flying over the forest in an area close to the Border Mountains. The green is so beautiful, the view of the mountains that stretch in the north is quite clear from where it is.
Exposed to the dawn sun, the young man looked back at the Emperor and said, “I remind you once again, understand the reality and accept this well. Before it's too late. Don't be afraid to know, be afraid if you just keep quiet despite knowing the truth.”
“What do you mean? The truth? What truth?” asked the Emperor with a slightly paled face.
Odo opened his left palm towards the Emperor, accessing one of the molecules that entered the Emperor's body with his blood. At that second, some barrage of information was active and made the fragile-looking girl see some images.
“Ask it well to yourself, now the answer is you get,” said the young man as he stepped back.
Seeing the young man standing up, Yue Ying and Fai Fengying in front were immediately on alert and prepared to capture Odo if he made any moves that could harm the Emperor. Noticing the magic aura emanating from the two of them, Odo turned his head forward and asked, “If you don't get your names wrong Fai and Yue, ‘kan? Don't you guys have a problem going like this? Your stuff's still in town, isn't it? You guys left a trail, loh.”
“You don't need to worry, all the items are not important and have absolutely nothing to do with our status,” said Yue Ying. The girl who had previously acted as a slave put on a cynical smile, then with a hostile tone said, “The traces we left in that city were only contact with the people in your store.”
“You know, the person you met at the store one of them is Arca ⸻ The Eldest Son of the Rein family.”
Fai gasped at hearing that. For him who understands the strategy, pretexts, principles, and essence of war, the words thrown by the young man can not be ignored. If indeed the one who knew Odo was brought by the imperial people was the son of the family with the strongest political influence in Felixia, then a reason for the war could easily be waged.
For an empire that was going through a civil war and under pressure from the kingdom of Moloia, getting new problems from Felixia was really a bad thing. Hiding his deep anxiety, Fai slightly put on a faint smile and asked, “Lantas why if that young man is the Eldest Son of the Rein family? You are also the son of Luke's family, and that doesn't matter to us.”
Odo put his hand to his chin, then while staring flatly said, “So you guys don't mind if you have to end up like a mouse stuck from three directions at once, huh?
“On civil war, you don't need to count it. The war will be over by the end of this year and only Moloia our arch-enemy,” continued Yue Ying.
“Not it ...” Odo lowered his hand from his chin. Slightly tilting the head and installing a dark grin, he conveyed, “You guys are really stuck from three directions, loh. The kingdom of Moloia and the city of Miquator, then if you take me means plus Felixia.”
“Miquator? Why that neutral region ...” Fai Fengying was surprised to hear the land of the Witches suddenly enter the conversation.
“My mom is Mavis Luke. You should know that Mavis is a Light Witch known and recognized as a child by the Great Witch and the leader of the City of the Magic Academy, ‘kan? In other words, I am the grandson of that Great Witch. Approximately .... will they let me just be taken by you guys?”
What Odo said was merely a bluff, to buy some time and make Fai Fengying and Yue Ying rethink the Emperor's decision to take him. Feeling that what was conveyed was really precise, Fai gritted his teeth and an anxious expression was evident on his face.
“You think we'll believe those words?” yue Ying said in an annoyed tone.
“You know, I'm being kind to say it here. If I remain silent and only speak when I arrive at the empire, it is certain that it is too late.” Odo stopped grinning. Putting on a careless expression and slightly turned away, the young man instigated, “When you are attacked from various directions, roughly your people will evacuate to where, huh?”
Odo's provocation actually made Yue Ying board the apoplexy. “You're just bragging! Don't assume the world revolves only around you, boy!” snarled the red-haired woman.
Hearing that, Odo laughed lightly and looked back at the two Generals. In contrast to what Yue Ying was feeling, it was obvious that Fai was looking to believe the bluff Odo was giving. A fact that the empire was in a condition of not looking for trouble with other countries made Fai must believe. As a General who was often on the front lines of war, adding to the enemy was something he did not expect.
“Why did Mr Odo say that here? You could have just let us. If the empire is attacked from multiple directions before it can recover the conditions after the civil war, we will definitely lose.”
“I don't expect war,” replied Odo lightly. The young man briefly lifted both sides of his shoulders, then put on a grim expression and again said, “I hate war. I hate bloodshed. I hate meaningless murder. When you take someone's life, you should also realize how valuable that life is, ‘kan? Or do you throw that flavor away and keep killing without even considering it?”
Fai Fengying was silent. He understood that Odo Luke was not a man who put self-esteem before life, slightly different from the nature of the nobles of the kingdom of Felixia who tend to value honor much higher than the lives of its people or even its own life.
“While you say that, we have no choice but to put you down. Bringing you to our country is His Majesty's decision and it is absolute,” explained Fai.
Odo finished buying time with the conversation. A small part of the structure on his right hand could be used to use magic and his body recovered to a level where he could move all parts of the body normally. Looking back at the Emperor, the young man smiled faintly as a sign of farewell.
“Fill my previous words, Leben. If you have understood all that and still have those feelings, meet me again.”
After saying this, Odo immediately put up a swing and immediately jumped to the side. It came out from above the body of the White Eagle that shot out at high speed, instantly trailing behind and falling down.
Yue Ying and Fai Fengying frantically woke up, about to chase the young man who jumped down from a height of over five thousand feet.
“Not to be pursued,” said the Emperor.
It stopped them, making the two Generals a glimpse of astonishment. Yet at the same time, they felt relieved that the young man in black hair had actually left without bringing any trouble. Although the purpose of their journey was not achieved, but for the Emperor and the two Generals there was something to be had.
It was something precious to the Emperor. Awakening the girl that her way of life has been full of mistakes and only turned away from reality. For the two generals, they learned the fact that abroad they had a kind of Odo who despite being strong and having status still held firm to his own moral code.
Odo floated down with his face facing upwards, seeing the sight of the Giant Eagle getting smaller and the blue sky that stretched wide. The two young man's eyes opened wide, in an expression full of nothingness and recalled what Mahia had said.
Feeling fed up with all the problems, the young man rang his tongue and immediately closed his eyes. Both hands are stretched out, in the mind feel that death can indeed be a form of salvation for him. Returning to open his eyes, the young man muttered, “Until when did you force me to stay alive? Can't you find another soul to rely on? Why do you always crave the light of this dim past? Realize, world. The past exists only to build the present, not the future.”
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