86 An Enthusiastic Walk (1/2)
Xiao Xiao's funeral went off without a hitch but what concerned everyone was Ryuu's reaction, since his mother's death he has become completely silent, his looked dead, more importantly he behaved like a puppet if someone made him stand he would be standing while staring into space until someone made him sit, then he would just keep on sitting while staring into space with the blank look and it worried his masters greatly.
Veena frowned as she heard the news, ”So he did not eat anything at all.”, she replied as she bit her finger, ”this is not good at all, even if cultivators can sustain without food and water for a very long time, I am more worried about his mentality, this is not good if we do not snap him out of his current mental state then it will greatly harm him.”
Maheswara suddenly stood up as he went towards the door as he spoke without turning back, ”Well I am off to have a rather enthusiastic walk with Ryuu.”
Nuwa couldn't help but ask Maheswara out loud, ”What do you mean by an 'Enthusiastic Walk'?”, a question that was reverberated through the mind of every person present in the room except for Maheswara.
Maheswara just send a small smile at them, ”Well it is a chat between men, do not concern with this things, do not worry he will be just fine.”, as he teleported to where Ryuu was.
Maheswara
Frowned as he saw Ryuu curled up in a fetal position laying on his bed his dead eyes staring into space, he did not even show the slightest bit of emotion or any form of awareness as Maheswara went and stood in front of him.
He made Ryuu sit up straight but when he still made no reaction Maheswara spoke with a small frown, ”Well kid you better grit your teeth.”
With that he slapped Ryuu hard couple of times, and for the first time in a while Ryuu paid notice to anything other than staring into space, he raised his hands as he gently rubbed his now swollen red cheeks, it looked as if he had stuffed his cheeks with big lemons, and for the first time since his mother's death he spoke, ”ouch mastah ith husts a loth”, Maheswara snorted it seems that his slap made it harder for Ryuu to speak.
Maheswara commanded him in a serious manner, ”You are coming with me.”, as he placed a hand on Ryuu's shoulder as he teleported along with Ryuu.
Ryuu blinked as his vision cleared, he looked in amazement as he found himself inside a garden, it was so peaceful so serene in the middle of the garden was a small lake and in between which was a gazebo, no it looked more like a shrine dedicated to someone, made out of complete white marble like stone and white roof, incense were seen burning, as what seemed to be a tomb of shorts inside the gazebo.
Maheswara looked went towards the shore of the lake while holding Ryuu's hands when suddenly a small boat appeared in front of them out of thin air, he climbed the boat followed by Ryuu, as soon as they stepped in the boat moved in its own volition as it reached the gazebo Maheswara landed first before he helped Ryuu to land, as they went inside the gazebo.
As they went inside the space around the gazebo suddenly wrapped and they found themselves inside a huge gigantic hall way,as they strolled through the walkway Ryuu noticed various items being displayed on the wall encased in jars, some weapons some everyday materials, they ranged from things used by a child to that of adult. Some of them had interesting labels like 'First Weapon', so on and so forth, they stood in front of a door, which Maheswara opened by pushing it, as they came it Ryuu notice that he was inside a shrine of some sorts, Ryuu breathed in the smell of incense which calmed his mind down a lot as he saw a person sitting on a a meditative position with his eyes full of compassion and love, on closer inspection the person looked a lot like Maheswara himself, as such a question came into his mind who is this person.
Maheswara then spoke softly, ”The statue belongs to my oldest child and my only son, Pangu.”
Ryuu was startled at that as he looked with disbelieving eyes at the statue, which so life like that it seemed it would start moving any second now.
Maheswara did not pay attention to Ryuu as he continued speaking, ”Eons ago when my child was alive, a great evil appeared, before its appearance there were a single plane of existence known as Pangaea, a great war ensued because of it countless strong cultivator fell during those time, so great was the war that the plane of existence fragmented into many smaller planes. The reason the great evil was defeated was because of my son used a 'Taboo Technique' to defeat it, my family and I watched helpless as my own son turned into ash in front of our very eyes we watched helplessly unable to do anything. But because of my son's sacrifice today gazillions of life forms exists, the guilt the helpless still gnaws at us everyday doesn't go past when I do not wonder was there something different that I could do to save him.”
Ryuu watched as a lone tear formed in his teacher's eyes which he wipe away quickly, ”You know Ryuu there is a saying, 'Teacher for a day, Father for a life', to us you are like our son Ryuu, all those years ago when you tried using that taboo technique I felt as if I was going to lose another child of mine.”
Ryuu lowered his head feeling a little guilt and shame for his behavior all those years ago.