Chapter 96: How She Found Him This Life
He had heard of elves this life, and his teachers used to tell him that the pact between the elves and the humans was broken. He thought they would urge him to repair the relationship, but it seemed like his teachers were following the teachings of the Great King. They taught him that elves want to rule over the land of the humans, encroaching on their lands that are filled with gems and gold.
Well, it was hard for him to accept it then, but after he learned of his past life, he knew who shared that exact belief. And that’s why he knew he has to do the exact opposite.
But he has to find an elf. He knew just the one to find – Theodus. He hoped he is still around.
He wandered around the plains of Sinarin and one day he happened upon the one he was searching for. Theodus recognized him with just a glance and called him by his name ’Maximillian Zoros’. That day, he let out a sigh of relief that he is not crazy and he truly is not the reincarnation of the Great King as he is revered as.
Theodus gave him the Aion Stone. He knew where she was and he decided to find Alexandra. His journey to the far end of Erui Dor was not permitted by his mother and so he sneaked out. He was raised to not handle the outsides but he had the experience from his past life.
He needed to find her.
As he got closer to Riza, his journey became much more arduous than it already was. It was as if something was preventing him from getting to her. It was then he saw Arioch for the first time too. He thought he saw someone with the same face as him but then he couldn’t find him again and he thought he might have seen him wrong.
But that day, he was attacked from behind while he was resting under a tree in a field. And he was thrown down a pit in his semi-conscious state. The person above him tried to shovel dirt into the hole trying to bury him alive. It took him some time to have enough consciousness to take a look at the one trying to kill him.
To see you are getting buried alive by yourself was more traumatic than facing death itself. But that boy who appeared to be the same age as him trying to murder him with such finesse, he realized who that was.
But he got distracted hearing some noises around. He still couldn’t move and was just staring at the bright sky above him. He could hear people moving very close to where he was, but no one was looking inside the pit and he couldn’t even speak.
He watched as the bright sky turned dark. Gradually the number of people passing through that field reduced. The sun went down and people finished their work and went home. He laid there, still unable to move. His head hurt like it was split open, his stomach grumbled and his lips were broken out of thirst.
It was then he heard the giggle of a girl. And in the final light of the sun, he saw a girl with shimmering golden hair peeking in.