Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 15: The Shieal (Part 01)
In a vast expanse of white, Odo lay with his eyes open, his face looked lazy and his gaze was like he wanted to say something rude. He got up and sat down cross-legged, observing his Soul Realm with a lazy look.
In addition to only a vast expanse of white floors and a very high blue sky, there is a green leafy tree that looks bigger than the last time he saw.
“Often once yes I come here?” think Odo.
“Of course, this is your Soul Realm,” the sound of Auto Senses echoing inside his head.
Ignoring that last defensive magic, Odo stood up and walked towards the tree that grew in the middle of the white expanse. Not only did it get bigger, at the bottom of the tree also began to grow grasses and weeds as large as six meters from the tree, and also grew some bright blue petals.
Standing on the outer edge of the grass, Odo looked up and saw the dense foliage of the tree, looking very green, lush and spoiling the eyes with its natural color.
“Truly fast growth yes this tree .... How many meters high is it?” said Odo.
“Now it is more than twenty meters,” sound Auto Senses in Odo head. Hearing that, the black-haired child narrowed his eyes slightly with a face that looked annoyed, the last defense magic felt like it was always reading his mind.
“By the way, why did I come here?” ask Odo.
“Once, maybe because you slept while meditating, myself. Yes, it is likely that your access to the Soul Realm has improved even more after gaining strength from the Seliari, or also because the structure that Reyah instilled has grown..”.
“Oh ...”
Odo walked closer to the tree, then turned and sat leaning against its trunk, interrupting its legs. In both eyeballs Odo, reflected a vast and empty white expanse, strongly reflecting his true identity. There was no wind blowing inside the place, even so the cool air from the lush tree brought a sense of calm to the black-haired child.
“Oh, yes .... Seliari ..., where is she? Not supposed to be in⸻”
Kratak up! Bruaks!
From above the branches and branches of the tree, suddenly fell the dragon girl who was just about to be talked about. Seeing the Dragon Princess fall in a very hard sprawled position, Odo simply put on a flat gaze, wondering inwardly what she was doing until she fell from above.
The girl was now wearing clothes that were very different from before, in the form of a white knee-length plain dress and looked like casual clothes judging from her thin cloth.
“What are you doing, Seliari?” ask Odo.
“Ah ..., caught, deh .... Though to surprise you ..” Seliari sat down on the grass, facing Odo and staring intently with her blue eyes. Although her innocent expression and face looked extremely childish, but clearly an authoritative and frightening aura emanated from her.
“Why look at me like that?” ask Odo.
“You always wear that, huh? Aren't you bored, O man named Odo?”
Such a question made Odo momentarily wonder with the mindset of that Dragon Princess. Slightly looking away for a moment and looking back at him again, He replied, “It is really a problem that I am wearing this? White shirt and long black pants it's an ideal set.”
“Not that I am concerned about it, it's just that I asked, aren't you bored?” Wake up and stand up straight. At first glance, flapping his left braid, then he slightly puffed his chest and turned with his right foot as a pedestal, intending to show off a white dress with a plain design that accentuated his pure beauty that he was wearing now. Seeing that Odo just put on a flat expression and just kept quiet, without changing the expression or giving a reaction.
“I think he's waiting for your comment about his clothes, loh.”
“Eh?” Odo was surprised, he did not know it before being told Auto Senses. Thinking immediately, the boy looked for words to meet the expectations of the Dragon Princess. Changing the sitting position cross-legged, Odo said, “Hmm, that outfit ... how do you blind her in this place, Seliari?” It was not a comment let alone a flattery, just an outburst of curiosity.
Seliari was silent to hear that, but her tail moved to and fro quickly, her cheeks bulging and the look of her eyes turning from Odo. It was very clear that the Dragon Princess was waiting for the comment from the black-haired child.
“Defined Basics ...!” the sound of Auto Senses echoed loudly inside Odo's head until it made him furrow his eyebrows and forehead. Taking a breath and looking at Seliari, the black-haired boy walked up to her and stood in front of the Dragon Princess.
“Your clothes are ... similar to the ones Rey uses, huh? Why did you change your appearance and imitate her?” ask Odo. Seliari was surprised the boy realized it. Turning naturally haughtily and folding both hands to the front of the chest, Seliari glanced at Odo. “Hmm, I don't imitate him! Do not equate my Mana manipulation with the Spirit of the Tree yes ...”
“Wah,wah ..., shy cat .... No, timid Dragon is right huh ....Shy Dragon,” thought Odo. Because their height could be said to be almost the same, when Odo looked ahead, his eyes immediately looked at Seliari's eyes. Not strong with that calm and sharp gaze, the Dragon Princess kept turning her face away and was reluctant to look at Odo directly.
“Manipulation Where, huh? Which means now the clothes are made of Mana?” ask Odo.
“Of course, this is made of pure Mana .... After all this is your Soul Realm, of course almost everything is made of Mana...”
That answer also meant that Seliali was using Mana Odo for the clothes he was wearing right now, and it also meant that in front of him there was now a naked girl if Mana was herself to pull back.
Grinning small and imagining indecent things, Odo turned around and walked towards the tree. Putting both palms onto the tree trunk and sticking his forehead, Odo asked trying to throw all the negative and brazen thoughts in the head.
“Seliari, why are you struggling to change such appearance?” asked Odo without looking at the Dragon Princess as her imagination was still wild. Stop turning and looking at Odo with a strange behavior, Seliari slightly tilted her head to the right in confusion.
“Entahlah .., I just want to do this .... But if you ask why, maybe because you once said that you like clothes that when exposed to light a little transparent like this..”.
“Eh?” Stop sticking her forehead to the tree and turn to look at Seliari with a confused look. “So you can really hear it from here?” ask Odo.
“Not heard, but saw, o man be⸻”
“Next, just call Odo.”
“Odo ..”
“With your sense of sight .... Since I am now in the form of magic power residing in this Soul Realm, of course I can also access such a thing from here..”.
“For 24 hours?”
“Ya ..”.
“If I take a shower too ..”
“I see.”
“If I go to the toilet?”
“I also saw it.”
Odo turned away naturally and screamed inwardly, “My privacy!!!”
Thinking back, what Seliari did was indeed very possible. Now that the incarnation of the Black Dragon was within the Odo Soul Realm, it was not strange that the Dragon Princess could do such things, because if he wanted he could also destroy Odo's Soul Realm easily.
“To think again ..., leaving him here continues to be in great danger, yes?” think Odo.
“Newly aware?” auto Senses Sound.
Inhaling a deep breath and calming down, Odo looked back at Seliari with a reluctant gaze until his forehead wrinkled. Gaining such a gaze, the Dragon Princess was a little confused and in her chest felt a strange thing. He drew closer to Odo, then touched his head with his small hands and tried to tidy up the black-haired boy's shrunken forehead.
“What are you doing?”
“Not .... It feels ugly to see you frowning like this .... Myself .. don't like that.”
Odo was silent, his forehead stopped being frowned upon. Seliari gave a small smile looking at that and raised her hand from her head. That smile really confused Odo, the way the Dragon Princess thought was even stranger than she thought. Gazing straight at the Dragon Princess, Odo put on a serious facial expression. Aware of this, Seliari stopped smiling and looked back at Odo.
“Seliari ...”
“Hmm, what's up, Odo?”
“Can I ask you something?”
“What is it?”
“Last time I came, you gave your power to me .., what's the reason?”
“Last time ...? Oh, when you've run out angry with that Spirit Tree, huh?”
“Ya ..”.
The Dragon God Eldest Princess fell silent for a moment and thought back to the reason she gave her power to Odo. He realized that the black-haired child before him would not necessarily continue to allow himself to settle in his Soul Realm for good.
Although willing, because at some point in time the child would definitely die given the short lifespan of the mortal, Seliari would eventually be forced out. Because basically if the child died, Seliari who was in his Soul Realm would also have a similar fate.
There was no reason to constantly help Odo, Seliari could have gathered the Mana from the Child's Soul Realm and re-formed the physical body, and immediately came out. However, the question of the Dragon Princess is what she came out into a world that is already very different from what she knows.
Out there was full of traces of his regrets and sins, his glory was gone, and he only had a bad reputation outside of the child's Soul Realm. There was not a single reason for him to come out of the Soul Realm where he was right now. Closing his eyes for a moment and thinking again. He realized that all of that was just an excuse, there was a definite answer that was the driver of him giving one of his strengths to the child.
When Seliari opened her eyes and looked at Odo with eyes that shone with trust, she replied, “Actually I just don't want to see you like that, angry and frustrated. At that time, I also felt anxiety that was almost the same as you. Living in a very different world, worrying about what to do, having no reason to live that could be used as a grip .... Therefore, at least I can give my strength to slightly relieve anxiety and anxiety .... All I know, that power can get rid of the sense of helplessness, which is why I gave Hariq Iliah to you ..”
Odo is very aware of what Seliari actually feels is not much different from what he feels when he does not know the facts about the world from Reyah. Given a second life without purpose, it is very disturbing because basically living things do need a purpose to give meaning in life.
That's why Odo was so frustrated when he asked Reyah, pressed her and looked for answers that could be accepted by the heart, looking for a worthy goal to risk his second life.
“So, yes .... I think it's true too .... I was indeed at that moment frustrated and agitated .... But as you can see, now I am full of spirit,” Odo said, smiling at him.
Turning back to that smile, Seliari said, “Yes, I clearly know that, Odo.” Slightly observing the face of the boy before her, the Princess suddenly clenched her body. Odo was surprised by it, but then he hugged him tightly.
“Thank you, Odo .... It feels ... warm ..., I haven't felt this for a long time .... It turns out that a long life is not too bad either .... I didn't think there was a human like you ..”
“So yes .... I'm also happy bi⸻”
Before he could finish his words, Odo suddenly disappeared from his embrace and vanished from the Soul Realm, He had walked out of the Soul Realm because something had happened to his body in the real world. A glimpse of anxiety and fear filled Seliari's mind, even though she knew that just like the way Odo left the place and had seen it several times, it still looked scary.
Imagining Odo leaving and never leaving the world alone again, Seliarli trembled with fear and began to sit on the grass limply. He was curled up, in anxiety and anxiety.
“This fear ..., this disturbing feeling .... Although the curse has disappeared .., why should there be such a thing again .... It's enough that I'm haunted by this fear of loss .... Please don't leave me alone like Dad and Mom ..”