81 Is it Goodbye? (2/2)
Ayla just laughs back...
Aciya. ”I'll always be by your side, remember that!”
Alkeyder. ”So am I.”
Ayla. ”I know...
Goodbye!”
Aciya's tears did not stop falling, although she wanted to.. And Alkeyder doesn't seem to be himself either.
Heracles comes and puts each of his hands on their shoulders.
”You should be grateful, that fate has been kind to you after all.”
Later on, both Oumad and Joshou came at the same time. It wasn't planned but each has decided something very crucial.
They both wanted to stay more in the Island to get more training!
Alkeyder. ”Hmmmm....What an odd request from both of you.
Did you talk it together?”
Joshou. ”No. It was by mere accident!”
Oumad. ”Just like he said.”
It's worth mentionning that Oumad and Joshou aren't likely found on one another, although nothing personal but they had some disagreements before.
”What do you think Heracles?” Alkeyder asks.
Heracles. ”It is fine by me, if they're not interested in going back to their homes and lives then it's to our benifit.”
Alkeyder. ”Good point, why don't you want to go back?”
Joshou. ”I don't have much to come back to, my parents are dead and i've always been busy to make social interractions. But here, It was different. I don't wish to come back yet.
Aside from that, i still want to get stronger!
I feel like I have more inside of me.”
Alkeyder. ”...What about you Oumad?
Unlike him, you have many people to come back to. Don't you miss them?”
Oumad takes a moment before answering.
”I do! But, there won't be another chance like this for me to get the kind of knowledge I've been getting here. The place i want to reach is higher than what I am in right now...
Just a little bit more Master, and i'll return as the man i want myself to be.”
This answer also reasonated well with the masters, and so they agreed on their requests of staying additional time on the island!
The Last to come, and he planned it to be.
Was Herald!
He came in slowly, and looked very calm and composed.
The look on his eyes was certainly much different than the one he came up with, he never knew he still had that much room to improve in himself, always thought he reached a point where it's hard to beat his previous version. But he knows now that he'll be proven wrong each time he'll think that.
Alkeyder welcomes him.
”Mr Herald. Is it goodbye?”
Herald. ”I doubt, my guts tell me we'll be meeting again, we haven't been trained all these months for nothing at the end of the day i assume.”
Seems like Herald thinks far ahead from the others.
Alkeyder. ”Your guts...or your powers?”
Herald smiles. ”Well...That too!”
They both shake hand firmly, as two grown men would.
”It was a pleasure, master Alkeyder. I will forever appreciate these months.
Not only you, but also Master Heracles, going against you made me experience feelings i've never had before, i felt blood circuling in every part of my body.
I felt powerful! Am deeply grateful...
And ofcourse i won't forget our lovely babysitter, always listenning to us and healing our souls and bodies. By the way, i never had the chance to thank you for staying up with me all night that time...”
Aciya looked sadly surprised ”So you knew...”
Herald. ”Hhahaha...for a second.
But really...
I have one question left.
I feel like, we've met before.. All of you, and this place....It feels just like home!
At first i thought it was just a very weird feeling i didn't get, but as i advanced i became better at knowing what i exactly feel.”
Everybody stayed silent for some seconds.
Aciya wanted to reply but Alkeyder prevented her.
”It feels like home, because it is home for all of you.
We're all one in here, we have the same purpose, this enough can make it feel like home.”
Herald. ”...
I see!
Sorry for the weird question.”
Aciya hugs Herald very tightly, and kisses his forehead...
”Take good care of yourself, my son.”
before night could overcome day, Guiado comes to take back what he brought...