Duke Lewis Canton's POV
A faraway kingdom, in the scrolls...
Death is a cold friend. Life is the worst enemy. And between life and death, I alone am the one destined to perish.
I laid there, as my blood pooled out. The stinging Spear pierced in sharply as I struggled to get it out. The scent of betrayal filled the air. My entrails twisted, and more blood came out of my mouth.
"My my, don't you just love the sound of it? A dying dragon with no one to cry in his name," I recognised the sneer.
"How. Could. You."
The soft lul of the windchime played the death's note. I could feel the cold approaching. The twisted silhouettes of the traitors surrounded me as I held on the brink of life.
Come to me, my love.
Her spirit mortalizied in front of my eyes.
Here, you won't reject me.
Was she really here? In my life, I had rejected her advances. My mistress. Vanya.
I want you to come to me. Before I send you somewhere...
Her voice was soft. And then. The laughing cackles of traitors.
"Die, Lewis. I have waited for your death for a long time now," her laughter filled the air. I tried to catch a glimpse of Vanya.
Alas... She slipped away like a distant dream. My eyes closed shut. The air around me was cold. All sensations were lost on me. Where the Spear had cut through, there was nothing. Only a void.
I see, you have arrived. Duke Canton...
"Vanya?"
I am afraid she will not speak to you. Your meeting time has come to a half.
"What is this place?"
Be at ease. You have crossed onto the Realm Of Spirits, O Young Prince.
Your life was spent in a course of betrayal.
But the Greater One has been watching it all.
"This couldn't be true."
O Young Prince. Is it not true that you were born of dragon blood only to die so pathetically.
"Tsk." Not this again. The voices.
If you wish so. My Prince, you are granted a second chance at life. We hope you'll make good use of it.
"A second chance? What good is a life that's destined for doom?"
Quite true, O Wise Prince. Which is why, this new life of yours would be different Frome the previous one.
You are blessed by The Greater One.
A blinding lights flooded in. The absolute darkness ceased to exist.
And that is how, my next life began.
To be continued...