A soft voice called out to him, trying to grab his attention in a swift manner.
Hello there? Are you the guy from yesterday?
Hearing her voice, he immediately diverted his attention towards her and to his surprise, the woman was unsurprisingly even more beautiful when she was conscious but none of that interested the young man as all he wanted from her was the answers that he was dying to hear.
Oh? You're finally awake huh? Well then, let's not waste each other's time anymore and get straight to answering my questions.
Moving closer to her and sitting by her side but not too close, he uttered those words with extreme seriousness. Reciprocating his seriousness, she also tried her best to sound as well as look as serious as possible.
Hmm —Followed by a long sigh— there's a little too much to explain so i hope you don't get lost along the way. First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Yasmine or you can just simply call me YHH, i am a celestial, even though i don't really want to claim it anymore but still for easier understanding i will share it with you. Since i am a celestial, it is quite obvious that i originate from the place high above the skies, the Celestia. The reason why i am here even though the celestials are not allowed to roam the world below is because the corrupt Erectivialia had already played his cards and we failed to realize it, when we or should i say I eventually realized it through certain incidents, i chose to do the obvious and reveal the corruption of the new Erectivialia but it was when the flame spoke to me. —Her gaze shifted towards the high skies above her head—
The young man, listening to every single word of her's in great detail without missing anything was driving deeper and deeper in the situation that included the young woman and also the safety of the entire world as well.
"Erectivialia" was it? The strange voice from yesterday did mention something like that but I didn't pry no further to it because i wanted to talk about it directly with you, well, also because i was very tired but let's keep it aside for now. So, elaborate the "flame" part to me a little bit more will ya? you're talking about the infamous eternal flame that is also called the "heart of the world" right? What is happening to it? And what does the eternal flame have to do with the current situation?
His endless list of questions stacked one after another and they almost seemed endless, had it not been for Yasmine who put an end to it.
Please, calm down with your questions. I will try my best to explain the situation that we have going on right now in as few words as possible. —She said while pointing towards him— you are the last remaining spark of the eternal flame that will hopefully help completely reignite the eternal flame to it's former glory.
That was all, it was all she said and right after saying it, she had a hopeful look on her face, a look that was not of someone who would speak one single lie in her words.
That's...that's all!? Wha.....what do you expect me to say about that? Me? Spark? What are you saying? Instead of answering my questions, you just pushed me deeper into even more questions still waiting to be answered.
A man almost at the end of his life could not care less about the world that he didn't particularly like but what happened yesterday had sparked a kind of curiousness that he had long forgotten but when he heard the real truth, just disappointment and confusion awaited him.
His expression became stiff as he started to stand up while uttering these words followed by a deep sigh.
Why did i even bother myself with someone's matter that didn't include me, specially someone unknown.
Wait please! Let me elaborate it further if my answer didn't satisfy you! Please don't jump into conclusion too quickly because the fate of this world now, is in your hands.
Zailos was fed up because the answer she gave was almost similar to that of the strange voice's from yesterday. He didn't bother himse with her matters no more and simply ignored her words. Packing up his belongings, he lifted his bag and started walki away from her.
Don't you have someone you wish to protect?! Someone so dear to you that you are willing to put your life on line for them?
She shouted, in a sense of desperation she shouted as hard as she could and said anything that came in her mind to hopefully stop his feet that was moving away from her.
Surprisingly, zailos stopped but somehow one could tell at the exact moment that he didn't stop because he agreed with her.
Someone i wish to protect eh? Me? —a sarcastic chuckle greeted his mouth— the only person in this world who i can title dear to me is myself and even that i am going to end up dead soon.... don't ya think you're asking too much from an dying orphan simply enjoying his final days aren't ya? The world? The eternal flame? This and that i couldn't care less about any of it and I decided not to care about them when i first started this "journey without any destination".
His words hit her hard, indicated by the silence that filled the distance between them but it seemed that his words hit him the hardest because the emotionless look that hoped for tears when he spoke those words were enough to throw anyone off. He turned his back on her once again but this time his feet didn't stop as he slowly walked back from the path that he used yesterday to enter the moonlight forest.
After exiting the moonlight forest, he went wherever his two feets took him, well, even before coming to the moonlight forest his journey didn't have any fix destination so, you could say he returned on his path again.
Yasmine was heartbroken, not from the rejection from zailos but because of she could feel just how much sadness zailos was carrying but he couldn't even show it in his face. Even after few minutes had passed after zailos's departure, she just stood there contemplating and regretting about what she had said but fortunately for the world of eryndral, she wasn't the type of person who would just sit around and do nothing if something or someone is in trouble and in this case the entire world was at stake so, personal feeling were the last thing that could stop her and render her unwilling.
Wake up from it Yasmine! Remember why this name was given to you! The name that will bring smile in people's faces, Yasmine Happiness Happening is your name and you gotta live up to it! —While clinching her fists she uttered these words — it has been just a few minutes since he left, he shouldn't be too far. Ahh i hope the range of my aethergazing can reach him.
She spoke the last words in a worried tone but far from a defeated tone so, she was still going to give it her all to persuade him.
Lightborn arc: blessings from the aagamoto
She swiftly chanted what sounded like a spell of some sort, possibly to activate her aethergazing magic and it was in fact exactly for that purpose because right after the chanting, a beautiful white halo started to form above her head which did in face made her look like an angel from the heavens, following her elevated look, she grew out a pair of white wings on her back that were once again incredibly beautiful, beautiful enough to match her beauty and the wings were made out of what seemed like pure light.