Hayato slowly opened his eyes , his body still tired from all the strain and his hands still having numbness were moving again . hayato could feel that his head was resting on a soft surface .
"where am i ?" hayato slowly muttered to himself . though he had opened his eyes , he still couldn't see properly as his eyes were taking time to adjust almost as if he had opened his eyes for the first time in forever . he could feel that he was in a moving vehicle , a horse carriage most probably
"ah you're awake" a soft , charming feminine voice replied .
hayato finally came to his senses . he was resting on this woman's lap . he couldn't help but feel a strange sense of familiarity from her . she had thick , black hair a beautiful face .
"lan ?" hayato said out loudly as if he remembered her . hayato finally remembered who he is and who lan was .
"What are we doing here ? viol is in danger !" he shouted at her and before he could say anything further she quickly put her index finger on his mouth and started to bring her face closer to his .
"Wait , i will explain later" she slowly said in his ears . "Have we reached our destination?" lan spoke , looking at the driver's cabin . hayato got up from lan's lap and looked around only to realize that he was in a horse cart .
"Yeah , wait a minute" a man shouted . hayato looked behind and saw the driver's back . the driver stopped the vehicle and jumped out . lan opened the doors in the back and both hayato and lan got out . the driver , a chubby man with glasses came towards hayato and extended his hands
"Ah, you must be hayato ms lan's friend . you wizards really need to be careful when exploring dungeons . you are quite lucky that ms lan sensed the danger and ran with you before things got detrimental"
hayato was in a dilemma , he couldn't believe what this man was saying . "ah , yes" hayato assumed that lan had told this guy a lie to keep their identities secret .
"Anyways , the name's greg . i happened to pass by around the dungeon . now that you two are in qince village's entrance i suppose i can take my leave now"
"Yes greg , thanks for everything" lan waved at greg as he took the horse cart and went away . now both of them were at the entrance of qince village . the sky was slowly turning black marking the end of the evening .
"So , about time you explain lan" hayato asked .
"yes , i know " she replied .
both hayato and lan were extremely strong wizards from a nation called viol . viol was a powerful nation which was growing rapidly , however a war soon started in viol . most of hayato's memories are blurry and he can only remember one thing that he is a wizard from viol and during the war he was captured and woke up like this .
"So what happened to viol , hmm strange i cant remember anything . even my life seems blurred out and i only remember one thing"
"I see . i feel the same way . its almost as if all my memories were suddenly lost up until to the point where i was captured"
"I see , do you know what happened to the war"
"yes . it has been 400 years since the war"
"400 YEARS !" hayato exclaimed , gasping as he couldn't believe what lan was saying ,
"Just calm down and let me explain . durind the battle against the unknown i saw a guy with long hair battling with our comrades . i rushed at him and then all of a sudden he trapped me in some weird cubes and then when i woke up i was with you . i took you on my back and looked around to realize that we where in a dungeon , so i went out and saw a horse cart and begged driver to help us and told him a convenient lie and told him to drop us off at the nearest village . i had a short conversation with him and realized that 400 years have passed and viol has apparently been destroyed"
hayato listened calmly and remembered what he could remember
***
during the war against the unknown hayato was charging at a long white haired woman who was wearing white dress with red outline . one thing was clear , she was his enemy
"Light sword" hayato shouted as his sword quickly covered itself with a beam of light and just when he was about to launch it at her , she appeared behind him and with a single strike of finger she knocked down hayato .
"This mana , you are no ordinary mortal" the woman said .
"ugh , who are you !" hayato shouted .
"You will find it out when the time comes" as she said that she put her finger forward and many mysterious cubes covered hayato
***
"And when i woke up i was with you , i couldn't remember anything else but when i saw you i got faint memories of working with you"
"interesting"
"Lan , i want to find out what really happened . just who were the enemy viol was fighting against and what did they do to us and why did we woke up 400 years later"
"that i too want to know hayato , but for now we must rest its almost night time we can find some shelter in this qince village . what do you say"
"I agree"
"very well then lets enter qince village , shall we ?"