[OP: ]
Thinking back, there have been tis when I don't want to do anything.
I'm lazy all day. I don't have the motivation to even get up and do my work.
-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiish…
On so days, I am very productive. I do things that are piling up and finish up everything. Those tis when you get a bust of motivation and then you just go into the zone… procrastination has been sothing I've practiced and I personally believe I've mastered the art.
-Clank!
Just let the work pile up, and pick it up when you're on the absolute borderline. Do it when you can't push it any further.
The rush, the great rush, and the Zone that follows the rush is not the purest kind, but it works… I guess it's better than doing drugs.
'Alcohol has stopped working for for a long ti now so let's not even think about it.'
The rush.
And the Zone.
They are two distinct things.
You enter the Zone when you are too focused and sothing and your hands just keep working, when your mind just goes blank and you don't have to think about anything.
You just do things, your body moves on its own and your mind doesn't need conscious processing.
'Whenever I'm fighting energy beasts in the Zone, I guess my sword also moves on its own and I stop thinking about practically anything.'
A new world opens up where only I and my objective exist… with work, it's pretty much the sa. When there's soone you fear present to check the work, you get an even stronger Zone.
'The rush that follows the completion of the rush that you feel right before starting or when you're taking small breaks is even more addictive.'
It's never efficient. If you don't know how to do it right, how to burn your mind so much that you're completely drained at the end, then I wouldn't suggest anyone to do it.
There are very few who actually get to master the art of procrastination. I'm a rare case but there might not be many like .
'Personally, I believe that finishing your work is always the best thing to do. Never leave it blank, there are always consequences of being late or doing things as they shouldn't.'
Looking back, I've made many mistakes in my life whenever I tried doing things on the deadline and could not finish them when they were due, or could not deliver the kind of results that were expected of .
-BOOOOOOOOOOM!
'My life has been pretty difficult now that I think about it, huh?'
Being the eldest prince of an empire obviously puts a lot on my shoulders.
Having a father that is well known throughout the land as a magic swordsman who had mastered flas, having mothers who all stood at the pinnacle of their fields, the early days of my life were definitely not the smoothest.
'When I was younger, I dreamt of becoming soone my father would be proud of.'
I learned sword from the best knights of the empire. Carrying the na of Roxanna on my back to the battlefields was my dream and I did go to the battlefields with the flag of my beloved country, but then… I saw the truth.
-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiish...!
'The world of wars and destruction, the deaths that are spread in the wars, the devastation, the blood of my fellow humans, the blood of the soldiers and knights that I swore to protect… the helplessness you feel on the battlefield is sothing I was never ready for.'
The first ti I killed a fellow human being was not on the battlefield. I could not handle the scene on the battlefield for even a mont… I almost ran away from there.
I could not bear the sll of fresh wounds, the screams of pain. I could not see the helplessness of my own soldiers, I could not see the despair on the face of my knights.
'Awakening Aura at the age of thirteen was no big deal. Many younger than have also achieved it by now.'
-Clank! Clank! Clank!
But still, I was praised as a genius of Roxanna. I was placed on the sa level as so of the geniuses of my ti.
In the official gatherings, people would always ask what I was going to do in the future. Whether I would beco a knight or if I would go to the academy.
'Being good at pretty much everything was never a good thing. It was nothing less than a curse when I think about it.'
The high expectations and the nearly no response from the father that I looked up to make those early days of my life a hell… I hated it whenever I had to go into the official gatherings and et the double-faced nobles.
-Ooooooooooooong!
I never liked being the prince that people had expectations from. My own mother never wanted to do sothing I did not want.
She encouraged to do whatever I wanted. She always asked what I wanted to do and even the father that I looked up to never said a word about pursuing the path that he had taken.
'He wanted to find my own path, and he had made that absolutely clear.'
But being young and having siblings that are the real geniuses, there was a lot on my plate that I could not deal with in those days…
Frustrated and overwheld, I used to sneak out of the castle and go into the capital, spending my ti among the common people that we knights are obligated to protect with our lives.
-Boooooooooom...!
I spent ti among those common people, I found fun conversations about a world beyond the gates of the castle that I had been limited by, I listened to the stories of the great adventurers that risk their lives and go to fun places.
'There was blood in their stories as well, the stories of losing their friends and partners to beasts and traps in various magical places was never easy…'
But then again, it inspired .
It was sothing that sparked a new fla of rebellion and desire inside of , so, I sneaked out of the castle once again, and joined so adventures going hunting along with a knight that my mother sent.
'She knew what I was up to so the knight tagged along with .'
-Swiiiiiiiiiiiish!
I had a fake ID with that day, I was robbed because of the things I was carrying. The people I trusted showed how cruel the world could be. I was also beaten up, and the knight that ca with … simply watched .
Those were the orders he received from my mother. To simply observe until I ask for help myself. And he did it. He simply watched as I was beaten by the people I trusted.
'I learned a lot that day. I learned a great deal that day…'
Perhaps that encounter was what pushed , what inspired to actually pursue the path of the adventure.
It was one of the best decisions I had made in my life… It defined my life afterward.
-Swiiiiiiiiiish...
I started my new life as an adventurer. I learned, I earned, I saw, I experienced, and I obtained things that I know I would have never had if I was stuck on the battlefields or in that castle.
I've not spent much ti with my family for a long ti, and even as I am stepping into one of the worst places on the planet, I know the family I cherish more than anything else would not know of my whereabouts.
'The price of freedom…'
It was costly, but it was worth every silver I've spent.
All the things I've done until now, everything I've been through, brings to this point…
"Captain! We are done here as well!"
-Clank!
An adventurer party that has achieved rank, composed of outstanding individuals who know what they are doing, friends that I am eternally grateful for.
We journeyed together, went to the deepest parts of so dungeons, and crossed so labyrinths. We went into the deep forests, and depths of oceans, we went above, into the sky, in search of abandoned floating structures, and we even dared to challenge the forbidden areas.
-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish!
But we could not do it… even after discovering historical and forgotten sites, even after etching our nas into the history books, we could not cross over to the forbidden lands that all mortals fear.
'We weren't fools to do it thoughtlessly.'
We have been after this for over a year now– after scouting and finding entries into these forbidden areas, we finally found a place from where we could enter one of the biggest forbidden zones– the great forest of Kamut.
We prepared everything we would need, we had made every possible preparations, we did everything we needed to and now that it is ti, we stand in the eternal plains, facing the entrance into the great forest that few could enter, and even fewer could exit from.
"Let's go, everyone…"
-Kha-chuk!
It had been my dream to enter these forbidden areas and co out of them alive. The rush that I'd feel… I have been craving it for nearly ever.
'If it were up to , I would have gone into this 'forbidden' forest a long ti ago. But our vice-captain would never allow for that.'
It took forever to convince her but we were ready now.
We were now ready to enter those foreign lands.
We were standing right before the gate to those forbidden lands, and if things went as we had planned, we would also be the first party to co out of this great forest alive…
'The data we will bring will be the most valuable thing aside from all the resources that we could bring.'
We have been waiting for this for a long ti now, but now that we are standing before our goal…
"Why do I feel like soone is watching us?"
It was a strange feeling.
And, apparently, I wasn't the only one that was having this weird feeling…
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