Alia gives a hand with getting back to the church since I’m still quite exhausted after all the fighting. Luckily the walk back isn’t too bad, most of the zierel along this path are dead.
The ones from the courtyard died during Airi’s fight so they weren’t sothing to worry about either.
"I didn’t expect to be coming along with you, but I don’t think it is a bad thing," Alia says while holding up.
" too. I think it’ll be a good thing in the long run," I reply confidently.
"I did notice that you have zierel coursing through your blood though," Alia says, a serious tone taking over instantly.
"At the start of things I got my arm torn open by one of them. I honestly think I should’ve died with my family that day but then I woke up in that place, the academy we were just at," I explain calmly.
We continue to walk as the silence around us grows.
"It is a miracle you haven’t turned into one. You are also killing them without any sort of issues as well, so maybe there is hope for you," Alia responds with a casual tone coming back into her voice.
If she decided to kill all of a sudden... I probably couldn’t do a thing about it with the strength I have. I fought all day without taking any breaks and then a hybrid on top of it all.
Death would be waiting for .
"I want nothing more than to wipe out the zierel from the face of the planet. That’s been the goal since I found out about awakenings," I say with anger.
"We have a lot more in common than I thought," Alia replies.
We reach the front of the church as she replies to . It feels nice to see it again after being out all day.
But we make our way inside and close up the doors since nobody else should be coming in but Airi. The place is clean like always.
"It is quite spacious in here. I didn’t think anyone would be held up in here," Alia says while looking around.
I take a seat on one of the chairs since I don’t need to walk very far.
"Originally I didn’t either. I do think it is quite safe here, at least I haven’t had any problems for the last few months," I respond with a calm tone.
"I just stayed wherever it felt best," She says before finally taking a seat in front of .
Before I can speak she starts again.
"Do you have any scars along your arm from the day it got torn open?" Alia asks with curiosity.
I roll up the sleeve to show her my left arm. Black veins and a giant scar going up my whole arm is all she can see.
"I have another one but it is from my own doing," I answer.
"Honestly that is a pretty cool battle scar to have," She says genuinely.
Looking down at my arm I can see everything repeating in my mind all over again but I cover it up.
"Just a reminder of what happened in my opinion," I reply, a bit of sadness creeping out from my voice.
"I know it probably isn’t a great mory but I think they would be happy to know you made it," Alia says, trying to cheer up.
She isn’t wrong, they probably are thinking that from wherever they are now. I hope they are watching when I deal with everything here once and for all.
I haven’t really figured out how to do that yet so it might take so ti. Maybe Airi can point in the right direction or sothing close to it.
"I appreciate the effort," I reply with appreciation in my voice.
"You said you had another scar, a self inflicted one," She ntions.
She jumps to different topics quick, not that I mind the change right now.
I lift up my shirt for her to see the scar on my chest from the dagger I used to tear it open.
"How the hell did you do that?" Alia asks with a shocked tone.
"It is how I ended up awakening. I uh... Took my own heart out," I answer, a bit of nervousness showing in my voice.
"I’ve never heard of such a thing but I guess that’s quite a story for you to tell people," Alia says with a bit of disbelief in her voice.
I can’t say I’m surprised that she didn’t believe it since nobody in their right mind would do that. Ripping out your own heart is basically suicide.
Luckily I won the gamble this ti around which is why I’m still standing here today. Airi probably still thinks about that day since she ca into the room to see laying on the floor.
It all worked out in the end. I have aether’s sword now and I’m sure I’ll learn how to use the power eventually.
I just need to figure out how to access it... And how to find more of those mories. He did ntion that it was the way to get stronger.
I’m also curious to know how he died at the end of the day.
Soone that strong who is put in charge of watching over the sun that keeps the human realm safe, yeah. That alone is enough to keep interested in what happened with him.
Alia doesn’t say anything else as the doors open up from the other side of the room.
I look over towards the direction to see Airi is back already. Her usual smile is on her face like nothing really happened.
"I took care of everything! We are all good for now," Airi shouts with happiness in her voice.
She has a bit more energy than I rember her having before I left earlier. Maybe what she had to do went well?
"Welco back," I say with a smile.
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