134 Flames Of Hope (1/2)

[Near Red River]

Kai and Jai were looking at the horse before them and rubbing their eyes. To make sure they are awakened and not seeing any illusion

”Elder Asava! Are... Are you still alive?”asked Jai with mixed feelings of nervousness and excitement.

”Ofcourse, I am dead. My soul was about to re-enter the cycle of rebirth. When suddenly a hand came and dragged me. Later, he awakened my previous life memories while not deleting the recent life memories. Telling me that some of my loved ones need him now, ``said Asava with a gentle smile on his face.

Hearing that Kai remained dead last words.

”A gift, he was talking about Asava,”thought Kai.

He doesn't know what to say? the ruler of Death and Darkness. Sense of gift is completely on a different level. To think he will send a dead person to meet them.

But Kai was happy with the gift. Elder Asava has been the oldest and wisest of all the magic beasts, but when he meets for the first time. He was already very old and was not able to move because of his old sickened body and lied down inside a cave. Eventually he died when Kai was eleven years old.

Leaving everyone behind, that time was the first time Kai witnessed someone dear to him die and only to him but the entire community.

He was always there to guide him but after he died. There was no one to guide Kai to how to manage the beast community and balance in the forest.

But now, seeing Asava again is also in the state where he can move and not be sick. Kai felt joyful, even if he is more like a ghost now and was interested in what happened after he died.

Jai was also interested, after all Asava did say just now. That he entered the circle of rebirth before and again returned back to Samsara world. Meaning he died within the period of seven years and recently died again and returned back to Samsara world to be reborn again.

So, Jai asked with curiosity expressions and a sarcastic voice”Elder, how did you die so quickly in your next life?”

Hearing Jai's question and curious expression on Kai's face. Asava felt bitter and vomited out his tragic rebirth life.

”Well I don't have any memories of the time period between my death and rebirth”

”I was reborn as youngest prince of one of the nation of human race, known as Leweonada Empire and my name was Yeoman Amurri Nova, born under the constellation of sage of Wisdom. Everyone said that I was destined to become a great ruler and inherited the throne. After all, Emperor only has I and my elder sister in the line of succession. As my elder sister  Alexandria Emauri Nova is a woman, she didn't have the right to inherit the throne; according to the tradition of the empire. Seems my sister and I were really close to each other”Asava was really feeling when he remembered the face of her elder sister. As a member of imperial family he very well known about the destiny which away her, and continued with a low voice.

”But as the time went by I kept growing intelligent. By the age of three, I have completed reading all the books in the imperial palace and have intelligence equal to that of an adult but side by side my body kept on declining. It seems my body was not able to keep up with my mind. My imperial family went everywhere and looked for many great medics but nobody was able to heal me.

One day, a sage from Heavenly Fate Tower. Who specializes in reading the destiny of a person told  my father that. That my body is too weak to bear the power of destiny of the constellation of sage of Wisdom and breaking my body from the inside at the cost of increasing my mind strength as well as intelligence. Tragically I died few days ago on my seventh birthday and got grabbed by the ruler of Samsara world and recovered by memories of previous life and send here to meet you guys”

Hearing that Kai and Jai looked at each other. It looks like their elder has lived a very short term life and died too early, even after being born in a strong imperial family.

Then Kai asked a question because he wanted to know more and wanted to get some more answers. Because he was getting a hunch that this information is going to be very important in the future.

”Elder, What is this constellation and destiny about? What was the name of the world you were born in? Do you get to know anything about the way of cultivation?”

Hearing Kai's question, Asava looked at Kai”How can you? Still tell me to remember those memories. Even after hearing my story, should you not tell me to forget it and move on. Don't you feel any sympathy and pity, asking me such questions with a straight face”thought Asava with bitterness and progressed to answer.