Arc 2 - Chapter 4: The curtain shifting

As the star disappear and Yhaovi run toward the end of the city, in front of his eye is the garden. Inside him is the good and bad memories at the same time but that isn't the matter, the sky is filled with light but everything is filled with color. Soon the sky, the city and the whole dimension vanish. Everything collapse in a rain of white glass, Yhaovi's eye filled with hope and he bid the last farewell to the colorless city.

"How long it has been ?"

"About 5 hours, so don't worry about that so much. So, is that the end ?"

"Yes, i know everything now, my past and my true potential, everything is clear and bright."

"Well, your next location will be the east. Please help them quick, i will prepare the teleportation spell."

"Alright."

Kuoni cast the spell, the white circle under his feet, the flower appear and the next moment they appear in the land of east, the first thing Kuoni and Yhaovi know is the sun. It is much hotter and humid than the west, Kuoni explain the east is under the realm belong to one of the tactician of the Emprerys. Her name is Liang Sier, not as powerful as Kuoni but she also proof to be a woman worth the fear of many person. Liang Shier stay in her tea house allow her to gathering news about the cure and the disaster, Liang Shier also own a private army known as the geisha. This private army is trained in the art of conversation, performance and assassination, gender is not a problem because as long as that person can perform everything with perfection.

"You can reach the teahouse if you head south, i have to return, there is a new trouble i need to take care of."

"Alright, if anything happen just let me know."

As Kuoni disappear again, Yhaovi know what is he capable of, his long lost power, not choosing one of the memories, he choose all memories even they good or bad even they cause him pain, he still accept it because that is who he is. As the light pour over him and darkness gently embrace him, he walk toward the future with both of the memories. Yhaovi know this will be the end of his journey to fix this world and then he will appoint Kuoni as the next author. Kuoni is perfect person to be an author, wisdom and will.

"Quil, about my true memories. Do you know anything about it ?"

"My author..."

"Don't tell lie, if there is something i want to know you have to let me know, this is an absolute command."

"There is a world called Magniy, suddenly one day that world disappear from the star map but Or didn't pay any attention so i am the only one notice this. After the war, Lavern try to inspect that world but it covered with mist and nothing can erase that mist."

While Quill talk about Yhaovi's past, something fall into the sky and appear in Yhaovi's view, look like a star fall to the world and the place it land is Yhaovi's manor. If anything happen, Yhaovi know Kuoni will call him and right after that Yhaovi know there is Kuoni's voice in his mind. The star falling down is a person have a lot of wound and he wearing white clothing, Kuoni treating his wound and he asked if Yhaovi can visit them after the the job in the east. 

"Let's go quil, i need to solve this and then i can find my inheritor."

Yhaovi reach the teahouse and the first thing he hear is the music inside the, the melody is strange but the tone is also catchy. The moment Yhaovi step inside, the sound of people talking, music, the smell of perfume and a wierd feeling of danger. A geisha saw Yhaovi and guide him to Liang Shier but something else is wrong, how did this girl know Yhaovi need to find Liang.

"Don't be afraid, young lord Kuoni already tell me about your arrival. Please follow me because the hallway and the secret passage."

After a really long hallway but the moment the door in front of Yhaovi open. The first thing he notice is the smell of perfume and the lingering scent of essence, but the most stand out thing is the flowers. The ground covered with flower and a girl sit on the chair next to the window, in her hand is a kendama. In the eyes of the girl only the kendama exist, she want to finish the game, this is her desire and this also her way to show determination but the moment Yhaovi stepped inside she knew it. She knew Yhaovi entered the room, she knew he approaching her.

"Greeting Saint Yhaovi, that is what we should called you now right ?"

"There is no need for that, the title is not a bad thing to use. So do you have any news about the victim or the the matters on the last meeting ?"

"After all the news i gathered, this is the last region you need to take care of. But nothing new about the gate of sins or the mist, but i think they are not the biggest concern now because this village almost meet their end."

"So when can I start to depart ?"

"We already prepare supply and a guider for your journey. If anything happen, the guider have the skill to give us the signal and Kuoni will come to help you."

"Alright."

"Yeun, can you go and tell him the doctor is here ?"

Yhaovi follow the girl and Liang remain in the room and focus her mind back on the kendama. Yhaovi thought the hallway is long but the hallway is the short, the moment Yhaovi stepped out the smell of perfume and essence disappear. And Yhaovi appear outside the teahouse, there is a cart with houses and a man standing outside, some people in the east is a little bit diffirent. They are imbued with the essence from the world and change them to the side with more animal characteristic. This allow them to gain some advantages in combat or gaining advantages in the logic process, Liang has these characteristic allow her to move faster and she can sense anything close to her. And for the companion Yhaovi have, he has wolf ear.

"So I hope we can have a great journey without any obstacle."

"The future is a mysterious force, but i glad i have someone to travel along in this journey. So, what about your name ?"

"Don't worry about something like my name, as long as i can finish the task then my name isn't important."

"Nonsense, names is what define us as a creature. Having a name is not an option, it is a blessing but also a duty to our own existance, carry a name is your responsibility to your own existance. The name is the most important thing."

"I've thought it like that, alright then. A name a saint give me would be a grace."

"I'm not the one to decide that, you have to be the one who want to choose your own existance. I will not do that because we didn't have any connection yet. Your fate in your own hand."

The journey start and something new is shining in his heart, Yhaovi's words opens a new path for him. A path he used to have but he reject it, a path show him his way to act and now the moment he open his eyes he know, there are many choices for him. As for Yhaovi, he knows that is the truth, he know those created by the authors can choose their own destiny because authors has no control over their choices in their life. Everyone have choices at least in the worlds the authors control, there is no god or no superior created because they will be the pillar of pride and destroy everything the authors created.

"So what is your name ?"

"I decided now, my name is Kou."

"Simple but straight forward and nothing about it is unusual. The name you choose can reflect everything about you, your mind, your way of processing the problem. You choose to face it."

"Then what is the meaning of your name ?"

"Yhaovi, the name reflect the over-protected and the desire to be protected by the dream and the desire to look the world with the eye full of art. But that is the truth, i always run away because i afraid of pain."

But now Yhaovi know he changed, he no longer need to run away because he faced the past, the darkest memories he owned, he faced them. He have his guiding star inside his heart, he know the way and he will go toward the future, he know he has to face them even if they are painful. 

"But after what i heard, you stopped running from your problem. You stand face them with your courage, everyone know that, so why you think you still running away ?"

"Because I know, i can't denide who i am or i can run away from it. I embrace my true nature and i never choose to give it away, i embrace it, what wrong with running away. We choose to run because we afraid of the thing we fear, running away is not a wrong thing, i run away until this moment. But running away also mean denide the reality, i can denide other person's end."

The journey continue, Yhaovi know all his talking doesn't mean anything, he know he run but he also know he run away to gather his courage and strike back. He never run, he choose to payback anything he takes. The journey to the village is coming to an end, Yhaovi starts to cover his nose, the smell of rotten flesh is simply horrible. Half of the village is in the state of half dead. They act more like walking corpse with frightful appearance. Yhaovi use his pray but they only cure half of the village, Kou help the village evacuate to prevent the infection. Yhaovi knows this will make him exhausted but this is the job asked by the Emprerys Order, well if they pay you to do something you should do it.

"Teacher !"

"Finally you are here."

"I used my magic to arrive here, this smell..."

"Ugly Dead stage 4, nearly the last stage, don't close your eye because this is reality. This is the reason they call this ugly dead."

"But we can still cure them right ?"

"Yes but the method is not pleasant for you to see. The way Ugly Dead is used and the way it affect creature body, Ugly Dead not used to kill other. It is a disease used by the gate to make the victim become the puppet and the puppet become Dar'ark."

"I used to examine a Dar'ark but they don't bear any feature as a normal human."

"I know that my student but what do you think the purpose of the Ugly Dead ? They make the rumour that the Ugly Dead brought by the Fallen Author - Or but is that the truth ? Or just someone want to use Or as a puppet to start their plot ?"

"If that happen what is this secret organization purpose teacher ?"

"If my thought is correct, this organization want to destroy everything the Authors build. Do you know why we don't have other superior rather than the author ?"

"If my way of thought is correct then the author don't have control over our choices. They only can built worlds but our choices remain our, so if a superior appear our choices will be erased."

"You think the same way as i think so these so-called superior want to be our rulers and taking free will away from us."

The rest of the village are cured but they suffered during the process, the pain of removing the puppet core developed inside them. 

"Teacher about the boy at our mansion..."

"Yes, i will visit him soon but at least i have to take care of these people first. The boy with the shooting star. What is his name ?"

"He called himself Gold." 


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