"The question you should have started with, young one is the 'WHEN'. Tell , do you know just exactly, WHEN are we?"
From his tone, a wide grin could be imagined on his blurred, spectral face. He was clearly enjoying the mont, giving a great contrast to the personality that Aiden was allowed to glance into so far.
Though, to be honest, all the other mories that kept flashing through his eyes were also stored in the back of his mind, mostly managed by the System and would be slowly rged with his existing persona, further shaping it without his direct knowledge…
"What do you an by when? Aren't we still in mory? Why would ti matter here?" Thinking about the strange question for a mont, Aiden responded with a skeptical look. His body should still be in the sa golden room, what does this question even an? What should he care about the when? What matters are the details, and the information he could ascertain from the situation.
He needed knowledge, not just to free himself from the imaginary sword constantly hanging above his neck, but to also quell his rising thirst for the truth about his origins and supposedly acquired heritage.
So when he was thrown off the 'route' he already visualized and was asked such an unexpected and weird question, Aiden wasn't sure how to properly react at first. His mind was still filled with questions related to the leader, the lord, and the familiar traits they shared between themselves.
The lordly visage chuckled at the youth's confused stare and doubt-filled inquiries. Taking his ti to enjoy the mont, he eventually responded with the sa cheery montum.
"Yes, young one, you are right but also wrong at the sa ti." He started, pausing for a mont imdiately when he saw that the confusion once again resurfaced in the boy's golden eyes, reaching their peak. Waving with his right hand in front of him, he watched as the dark, space of void rapidly transford, showing a still image of the fated speech he made, addressing the last remnants of his people under the vermillion sky.
It was a mont just a bit after the scene faded and Aiden was ejected from the mory. The transford, monstrous army of Primals and he as their leader, were standing still, gazing towards the distance where the enemy's army was rapidly approaching.
Keeping his attention on the floating spirit of the boy whose eyes were plastered on the appearing image behind him, he spoke again. Just like at the start, his tone carried a gentle warmth, a strange kindness, and love that Aiden just couldn't understand.
"As you correctly guessed, your body is still back in the cave, your people call as the "Demon's Cave or Grotto" or sothing similar. Your soul, however, is in this limbo. This is a space, an 'in-between' if you prefer. Here, the concept of ti is nonexistent."
"What do you an by that?" Surprised by his words, Aiden shifted his attention and looked at the floating leader figure.
"Here, in this space, there's no past and there's no future. Here, there's only the now, the present."
Aiden couldn't understand the aning behind the spirit's words. How could ti not pass? They are conversing, moving, and even watching a still image! Just what did he an by that?!
Seeing how the confusion didn't ease up but instead continued to reach even higher and higher peaks in the boy's mind, the spirit chuckled and waved his hand in a dismissive manner.
"Don't bother trying to comprehend it, boy. Not yet at least, ultimately this doesn't matter. Just accept the fact. We are currently in a special place, a world for spirits. What matters however is that you ca with a reason. You wanted to understand more about the past, and what happened." He spoke, changing the subject, the cheery quip vanished from his voice, donning the sa majestic, royal traits that he had when doing his speech in the vision.
Without turning around, he precisely pointed at the cloud of darkness that at this point stretched all around the faraway horizon.
"What do you think, little one, what are they? What is this army that the mory and even the scenes you could find all over the hall an? And more importantly, if the two sides clashed in such a glorious battle, how co there is no knowledge about this historical mont in your current era, why does nobody even rember our existence? How could even the true na of our race vanish from the minds of even the oldest of the current world, and beco one of the banished, forbidden phrases?"
Although he was subjected to quite a few questions at the sa ti, Aiden didn't panic. Focusing on the image behind the lordly spirit, he gathered his thoughts, gathering all the clues he seen and picked up so far.
"Well, first I thought the images were only symbolic." He started, speaking with a thoughtful gaze, rembering the still depictions carved into the pillars. "But then, it was too visual… It felt… too real for so reason.
He continued, subconsciously reaching for his heart atop his chest.
"Then as the mories began to play out, I felt sothing I never felt before. My heart aches even just thinking back to it. It was as if… as if I was missing sothing, sothing dear to my heart…"
He had to stop as his voice faltered, his eyes beca blurry with all the emotions that seed to be desperate to break through the dam and erupt with a ranging storm as sorrowful drops of tears.
"You are right. You do miss sothing. Just tell Aiden, what do you think, who you are?" Instead of answering, the spirit continued asking questions, slowly guiding the boy to so unknown path.
"Who I am? I… I don't know. My earliest mory is from my early childhood. When I saw the light of the world, I was in the Forest, by the stream of so river with Granny and my sister, Lily by my side…" Aiden truthfully answered, not hiding anything from the spirit.
However, the answer seed to be not what the lordly spirit wanted to hear. Shaking his head, he waved his right hand again, causing the still image behind his change. From the vermillion sky and the soon-to-be bloodied clearing, the image changed into a dark and damp little cave. The cave was devoid of any light, but still, despite that a small blueish amorphous blob could be seen as it slowly wobbled, ripples traversing through its surface as it moved towards the closest wall.
Looking at it, suddenly a jolt of pain bolted through Aiden's spiritual body, causing incredible, trendous agony all over him. He crumbled, falling to an invisible platform. Though the jolting pain originated from his head, it wreaked havoc all over his body.
This was way over the limit of what he could withstand, this was not physical or even ntal damage. This… whatever this was it afflicted his soul directly. Rolling on the invisible platform, squirming and spasming uncontrollably, he cried, roared into the void.
Seeing this the lordly spirit remained unphased, he stood still as he watched the boy go over what he believed was necessary. The boy needed to shatter the chains placed on him, destroy the barrier that barred his mories. He needed to rember who he was, how he ca to be, and what his true purpose was. He needed to rember his past lives, the grand eting with the being standing above all, and the grand quest he was supposed to carry out.
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Back in the 'real' world, the small ball of light, residing in Aiden's Soul Space was staring at the darkness with a worried, concerned expression. She knew that when his locked mories will be finally released and he will rember once again, he may co to resent her for what she had done. Still, she hoped that he would be able to understand that what she did was necessary at the ti, he had no other way… Hopefully, he will understand that all she did was for his benefit only.
She hoped that he will understand how deeply rooted her affection and love for him ran. That despite the limitation and rules that she had to adhere to, she did everything she could to ensure the safety of the one dearest to her… No matter the distance of the worlds, ti, and space, she will always love him…
The little spirit sighed turning around and going back to the depth of darkness, making sure that the prison would not be broken, and the entity locked away would not escape. That was not sothing that she could allow. Not now, not ever. Not again.
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Eventually, gradually the pain subsided, the spasms stopped. Aiden could finally feel so relief, his spiritual body could relax.
Slowly he sat up, his eyes were glimring with bright golden light, he looked at the spirit looking at him with a calm stature.
"Do you know now?" The lordly spirit asked with matching cool in his tone, to which the boy simply nodded.
"Yes. I know, now. I rember."
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