Hirumi smiled as she heard that. She then holds Hikari's hand and says,
"And I will always be with you. till we reached the end of everything."
"It's our promise to be together forever, isn't it?"
Hikari then just smiled and nodded. He replied,
"Yeah."
Hirumi then smiles warmly at him, and they both then rest for the day and can't wait for the adventure that awaits them on the next day.
(The Morning)
Aikari woke up and stretched out. He then went to go take a water, but he was so shocked when he saw the sword that he used suddenly on his arm.
He did put it in its place if he's not wrong last night. But why is it here?
Aikari then took it up and put it on the wall as he walked away for a water.
As he reached the glass and was going to take some water from the machine, suddenly he saw that a sword was next to the machine, which left him in a weird state, and he then thought that he was just imagining the thing. So he just brushes it off and takes the water.
As he was drinking water, suddenly he heard a voice.
"What are you doing? I thought that you wanted to save our princess."
When Aikari heard that, it caused him to get startled by that and choke himself. He then looks towards that sword, and he asks.
"Is that your voice, Nefier?"
Suddenly the sword falls, and Aikari hears another voice.
"Take me, and let's walk out of here."
Aikari still wants to wait for Hirumi, and maybe he will sit for a while. So he then refused to go out and said,.
"Sorry, but I want to sit down for a while. Plus, what the heck are you?"
Suddenly something like an energy came out from the sword and wrapped around Aikari's hand.
Aikari could feel the warmth from it, and he then asked,
"What is this warmth? What are you trying to tell me? Nefier?"
Aikari then could hear a voice.
"I belong to the lost hero, and only the lost hero could hear my voices. To know that you were able to feel such a thing from me. It makes me want to be close to you. I never sensed someone like you before for over a decade. This world has been through all kinds of wars. But there's still no one that was able to use me or even sense me."
"Young boy, I have something that I want you to do."
When Aikari heard that, he then just listened to what Nefier was going to order him to do.
Aikari holds Nefier tightly, and as he does, he begins to feel something is changing around him.
His vision becomes blurry, and as he does and as he closes his eyes to see the things clearly back, he realizes that he is in another place now.
He saw that Nefier was placed on the throne with no one else.
"Come here, boy."
It was Nefier's voice. So Aikari then looked at it, and he went to Nefier to take it.
Aikari could feel his steps getting heavier as he got close to Nefier. But he didn't want it to end there, so he kept on walking and tried to reach Nefier.
It may risk him, but he still wants to know. What is Nefier trying to tell him? Because he was so sure that Nefier wanted to tell him something.
-Chapter 3-
- Encountering the dreamland-
Aikari touched Nefier, and suddenly his eyes were flashed by a really bright light.
When Aikari opened his eyes, he saw that he was in a very old town. It feels like he has fast-traveled to the past. But when he looked at his body, he was more like a spirit than a living being there.
No one was able to see him or hear him. He was also unable to touch anyone as he tried to call them.
Among all of those voices, suddenly he heard Nefier's voice.
"This town is where I belong. It is this world, but this was a long time ago."
Aikari then could feel that something was calling him, and he just walked towards the way he sensed that, and Nefier continued to talk as Aikari stopped by at the alchemist.
The alchemists are forging a weapon from a black and white dragon scale. Hikari wasn't sure which dragon scale it was, but he could see that both of them were glowing.
The weapon is made of the dragon's bone, skin, and horn.
"This white dragon that this man used to craft this sword is me. while the black dragon is my twin. Both of our souls have been carved into these swords. That explains why I am sore right now."
When Aikari heard that from Nefier, he was shocked but at the same time felt sorry for him. So he then asks Nefier if the alchemist is the person that killed both of them. Or is there another story about it?
Nefier then brought Aikari to another place, and then Aikari saw an old man and two of his dragons inside a cave that was filled with the glowing crystals around it.
All of the crystal inside the cave could reflect their image. But Aikari is unable to see himself in the reflection, and he thinks that must be because he is just in a form of soul there.
Aikari then watched the old man there as he saw the old man walking towards the dragon.
The dragon both looked at the old man and lowered their head so that the old man could see them.
The old man cried as he saw both of them, and he then held them close and said,.
"Sorry, Xerava, Andrius. But I'm unable to do anything. I don't have much time left in this world. So I have my final wish that I want both of you to grant."
The left dragon (Xerava) then replied,
"We will follow your order."
Right Dragon (Andrius) also follows.
"We will just obey what our master says. After all, you're our hero."
The old man then just smiled and nodded. He also held both of the dragons close, and he thanked them. He also begins to talk about the day he met them.
"That day, I heard there are two legendary dragons that lived deep inside the ground that are almost forgotten. I was there to find out why I was there and why people were afraid to enter that cave. I don't believe in legends before I try to prove myself. that the legend doesn't exist."
The old man smiled and looked at the dragons.
"But I was wrong. You two may not be gods. But you're something for me and the people who live in this era. I wonder if the people will still remember you two. Or maybe you two have been forgotten. But even if that happens, I want you two to know. that both of you will always be in my memories and heart."
The dragons then showed that they're happy for that, and they then asked the old man.
"Is what you wished us to do a way to make us live on forever?"
The old man nods. He also said that it will be okay if they don't want to agree on this because he was thinking that it will be okay if they just stay there. But if they age up, then maybe they will die one day.
The old man says that the way that he wants to do it also will be something related to their death, but this way they can both live on forever. It's not like this way he can make them immortal. But it's more like he will be able to make them live on as historical relics.
Both of the dragons didn't even hesitate to agree on that, and they both then said they agreed with it and wanted the old man to continue what he wanted to do.
The old man smiled, and he then took out two artifacts. Both of them are crystal-shaped artifacts, and the old man coughs blood as he tries to say something, which makes both of the dragons worry.
Both of them then told the old man to rest for a while and recover himself. But the old man refused and said that he wouldn't have much time for that, and he then said,
"Both of you have protected this world for a long time, and I want both of you to continue on watching this world. protecting it and making sure that everyone here will be protected until the very end of this world. I want to seal both of you inside this sword. So with that, you will fall into a hero's hand and continue to protect this world from the upcoming threat."
The dragons then lower their heads and say,.
"We will."
The old man then smiled, and suddenly both of the crystals began to absorb their power.
After a long wait, the dragons disappeared, and suddenly two swords appeared on the old man.
The old man walked towards the edge of the cave and held the swords in his arm tightly.
He sat down and cried.
"Sorry, I can't stay with you two for any longer. You two have been helping everyone. from their legends and now. Sorry I choose to do this to you two. But this is just the way I could figure it out. I don't want to tell anyone about this because I want to avoid a war from happening if any side tries to retrieve you two. So I will just rest up with both of you now. Thanks for being my companion until now."
The old man's eyes then slowly close down, and suddenly white and black trails begin to fill up the cave, and it looks like it's changing something.
Aikari began to look around, and suddenly he saw that Hikari was also there in the same soul form as him. But it seems like Hikari didn't see him there, but he is also looking at what happened to that old man, and there is also another figure next to him, but Hikari is unable to see it clearly. Who is that person?
The cave then changed into something else, and this time there's only a green trail on the ground, and Aikari could feel a warmth from it. He tries to look around for Hikari, but he is unable to spot him anywhere.
Nefier is also not there, and he then saw both Nefier and Elsword stabbed on the throne inside of that cave. Both of them just stabbed that, and it both looks really shiny.
Aikari could see a light that appeared in between the swords. So he then goes and tries to check out why the light is there.
Aikari then reached out for Nefier and tried to pull it out.
But as he reached Nefier, he then saw Hikari was next to him and was holding Elsword and trying to pull it too.
Before he knew it, suddenly the same light as the light that appeared in his duel with Hikari when their swords touched appeared, and then Aikari woke up because of that.
He then woke up in Hirumi's lap. He was so shocked as he saw himself in that situation. Hirumi is sleeping and didn't realize that he has woken up.
Aikari then pulls himself up from that position, and he brings Hirumi to the bed with him, and they both rest on the bed.
Maybe Hirumi was tired and found him fainted somewhere in the house when she walked out. So she put Aikari's head on her lap. that she will not wake him up, or she has done it before, but Aikari did not wake up from that.
Aikari just smiled as he looked at Hirumi's sleeping face, and he was then so glad that Hirumi was with him right now. He knows that with Hirumi with him, there is nothing that can break their spirit. Because they both believed in each other.
So Aikari then rests up and calls it a day.