Kian looked at The King "What... What am I doing here?"
"You died in your sleep... Tragic."
"WHAT?!"
"Shh"
Kian grabbed her "What do you me-"
She grabbed his hand and he felt the world become more dark for a second, then back to normal.
"First, never touch me without consent. Secondly, I told you, this place is meant to be a haven, a quiet haven."
She pointed towards a grave "Unless you'd like to meet them. I'd suggest you'd obey." She pat his shoulder and smiled as if nothing happened.
She took him to a shop. The items looked very weird as if they weren't from this world... Well this is an alternate reality no?
He touched one and it wrapped around him "AH!" He jumped up and threw it.
The owner sighed "Pray, do tell why is he here?"
"Just wanted to give him something special."
"This your son?"
She shook her head "no... I treat him like one though. He's so adorable no?"
"How'd you two meet?" The owner leaned on the counter looking at Kian who was looking around at the items.
"I saw him in a village..." The scene shifts to the prologue and Chp. 1 "He was getting bullied by some men. I was going to ignore...but something told me to help him... So I did, then I left."
"But... He decided to follow me, I kept trying to push him away, yet... He saved me from some wolves I could've easily killed. All because he wanted to be a hero"
"I then noticed what he was... He was the fate born... Royal of Kings... He also told me he didn't have any parents which was weird to me."
"He asked me to teach him magic after we got to safety. So I did, I also saw him mana pool at work. So I decided to send him to Arcadia which Echidna was going to attack at some point... She was already within the Kingdom stalking as she usually does her prey."
"So to stall her attack, I made my helpers attack Arcadia, but with the goal of just killing his friends and getting him away."
The infiltration scenes come forth
"I don't hate the world for not accomplishing things. I hate myself for letting myself become Corrupt. So... I let him have some fun... Make friends. Then I let the Infiltration start."
"I then told the King of Kings to send His right hand to Kian and gift him with a spell I'd stolen from Aether the God of Magic. Once his died and I faked my own death in front of him. He was gifted the spell and 5 more that I will show him and he himself will find out."
"I wanted him to reverse time, but I set it so that he could only do it once... Without consequence. This was to ensure that he doesn't use it continuously and also to make him choose wisely. Him or his friends."
"Then I left before Echidna came, but left her a message."
The scene showed Echidna passing by a floating letter. She grabbed it and read it.
Echidna... You may not know me, but If you do wish to destroy Arcadia without any problems. Warn a boy... His name is Kian. Tell him that you'll destroy his Village, but don't do it. Instead send monsters to attack him and his friends, but... Only kill him. If you do this I will allow an easy path and a new ally to you. The Queen.
"She accepted as you can see. So next was to get The King of Kings to talk to Kian. He didn't want to make much chatter with someone he saw as unworthy and weak. Yet he'll do what I say, like a little dog. Because he knows I can kill him in an instant."
"Not to mention I was the one who gifted him with his reality shifting spells and access to this realm. The Meeting was also my doing. I told Anami to group up all the Royals, but that didn't go as planned as Kiankilled the Messenger... And she also threatened the poor boy."
"I also had The all seeing secretly go to the real world and give invitations to each King to meet up at a random location. However Echidna knew what this location was, causing her to reach it the fastest."
"Then I told The All Seeing to inform The King of Kings that they meeting and that Kian would die. With him knowing I liked Kian Alive he instantly ran there to help."
"Once everyone was settled he took tried to leave, but it was meeting so he had to ensure everyone agreed. Then he sent everyone back to their locations."
"Oh! One more thing... I had The King of Kings tell Kian he could die infinitely. Also I had him show Kian around. So that Kian could Imagine the world and appear here. Although it wouldn't be an 100% win. Because he could've just not did it, but it turned out to be successful"
"Now... He's here again."
"Did he really die in his sleep?" The shop owner asked as Kian was approaching them with an item.
"Yep, but He'll be okay. You know I never had a kid of my own. The King of Kings was something to fill that void, but it wasn't enough. Kian is though."
"What's this?" Kian asked holding up a sphere.
The King of Divine/Estra smiled "It's a shaped crystal. Only found in certain caves. Most mages use it for high power magic. You want it?"
"I can have it!"
"Mhm... But hey, look at that. A sword."
"Woah!" He picked it up and it adjusted to his size. He watched it resize "It's Lighter now..."
Estra nodded "It will always adjust to the holder. Let it help you in any battle. You should return." She put her hand on his cheek From here on I won't help you Kian. Your true journey starts here.
Kian woke up and gasped for air. Kaede julted up next to him "Kian!" She patted his back "Breathe!"
The rest of the girls jumped to help him Once he calmed down and started to breathe normally he looked at his hand which still has the symbol, but it wasn't holding anything. Then he looked under his pillow, there it was, The sword.
He gripped it "Everyone... I want to go to Marterra."
The girls looked at him still bewildered. "What?" May tilted her head looked at his in case he hit it.
"Are you going crazy" Kaede asked
Khione felt his temples "Maybe he had a nightmare."
"No, Seriously I want to go. I need to do something there."
Kaede grabbed his shirt "Stop being so mysterious! Tell us! Darn it"
"Kaede, I'm sorry... All of you, but... I just can't tell you. You wouldn't under-"
Kaede slapped his so hard his nose bled then she stormed out of the room. The others chased after her.
"Kaede!"
Kian watched them go then looked down How could he tell them without scaring them or worrying them?
He got up and looked for them and when he did he saw Kaede all alone outside. He walked out.
He didn't say anything because the only thing he could say was sorry and he didn't think Kaede would wanna hear it.
He sat next to her
After some silence he decided to speak up.
"You remember when we met?"
"..."
"I can..."
"..."
Kian's face became more annoyed and he sighed "I remember I was getting beat up by those boys, but you beat them while I had my head down scared."
Kaede laughed a bit.
Kian saw this and decided to continue "Then I looked up and saw you above them... You looked like a... Um..."
"Poor person..."
"Yeah... Then I decided to take you to GranGran... She took you in and we all became something like a family."
Kaede continued from his stoping point "Then I decided to get faster and stronger, while you got smarter... GranGran... Oh GranGran."
She started to tear up. Kian hugged her "I miss her too..."
Kaede gripped his sleeves and when she felt a little calmer she decided to tell Kian something.
"She told me something Kian... That you are.. Ki... Well she didn't finish, she... Died before she could."
Kian's eyes widened, did GranGran know? Did she know this whole time?
"She told me to stay by your side because your going down a hard path."
"Kaede..." Kian took a deep breath"Listen okay... This is important."
She nodded "Okay I'm listening."
"I am... The Royal of Kings..."