I made them laughed, I made them smile, I made them happy. I was the clown when around them, family and friends alike. But I should stop now.
A hand rested on my back and then I felt it, my body succumbing into the gravity. I couldn't walk forward because nothing was to walk on in front.
"Sorry, Vel."
Sorry! That is all you have to say!
And it happened. My vision blurred out. I saw her smile, her hands together on her chest.
You... Betrayed me.
I trusted her, with my life, and she threw it like that? How could she? No, there is no time to waste! I am going to die anyway.
I could feel the intense pressure of the wind pressing against my back as I fell from the cliff. My breathing unstable, and.
"YOU TRAITOR!"
I shouldn't have trusted her in the first place. My once blurry vision darkened instantly. I couldn't see.
Why did she do that? Why did she betray me? Why? Thouhts circulated in my mind. But there is no use thinking about it, and I know it. I am already dead anyway. That bitch pushed me.
My emotion drifted on the sea of nothingness, and a realization hit me.
Wait! Thoughts!?
Then, a voice echoed in my mind.
『Devourer have been acquired.』
A female robot-like voice rang in my head. And deep within me, I felt a strange sensation. A warm feeling seemed to wrap itself around my heart, my essence itself, and I felt ecstasy.
What! W-who are you?
I asked, but there was no response, even after almost a minute of waiting. And then, a bright light engulfed me—my vision—and after I felt serene. How?
Where am I?!
I reached my hand out into the light, and it reaches to me, wrapping its light around my hand. And I felt it, the light pulling me.
「Let this world know your presence.」
Huh!
...
I opened my eyes, and a light greeted me. Swiftly, I used the palm of my hand to cover my eyes. Slowly, my blurry vision stabilized and I saw the beauty. Birds chirping, tree leaves rustling outside, they reached my ears; and the sunlight passing through the window's curtain.
"W-where am I?" I let out. This... Why do I feel so much... Lost?
I don't know, but I feel so lonely, yet so... Soothing.
"My Lord."
And it struck me like lightning. Memories rushed inside me, no, it's more like I am recovering them. Flashes after flashes, the memories of this body resurfacing. Reincarnation? Magic? Magical world? Ego? What are these?
And it stopped.
"I am... Lost."
"Am I Gar—No, not anymore. I am Veldren."