Chapter 64

RMSBS – Episode 64 . Summer Vacation (5)

As Romantica used her wind magic, Desir used his own wind magic and created a headwind . Since it did not alter the magic itself, it was not considered to be an inversion magic . Soon the ball that was hovering in the air fell to the ground .

“It got me”

Romantica thought that she had lost, however Ajest ran past her towards the ball . It was a superhuman like speed that created a strong wind near them . With a clean sound, the ball bounced up, falling onto the other side of the court . Desir and Pram were not paying attention and saw the ball roll after it fell into the court . There was a complete silence .

“We won . ”

After some time, Romantica broke the silence and said .

“We won! Desir, you didn’t forget that the team that lost has to prepare dinner, right?”

Ajest’s movement speed was faster than what Desir predicted . It seemed that her athletic ability rivalled Pram’s at Knight-rank . Even though Ajest finished the last game, throughout the game Romantica was in charge . The ability to control mana that Romantica showed was very skilled . Her achievement was one step beyond Desir’s expectation .

“OK, I admit my defeat . ”

As a leader, Desir felt a sense of accomplishment . On the other hand, the fact that he had to prepare the dinner made him smile with bitterness . Romantica picked up the tube that she put aside before .

“I’m counting on you for the dinner~”

“ . . . well, a promise is a promise . ”

Desir rested his tired body under the parasol . Listening to the refreshing ocean sound, Desir and his crew spent a peaceful day . In the evening, Desir and Pram prepared the dinner . Pram was really good at cooking . He knew a lot of recipes and how to handle the cooking material . Desir worked alongside Pram to assist him while he was cooking . Even though Desir was not very good at cooking, after being harshly trained by Pram in the cataclysm shadow world he knew how to best support him . The food made by Desir and Pram’s cooperation received compliments from Romantica and Ajest, and it also made an impression on the villa’s chef .

After dessert, Desir came outside to get some fresh air . The breeze of the sea was cool . The fact that Romantica’s villa could look down at the beach was very fortunate .

Sunset time . The whole world was getting dyed by the golden light color .

“It’s amazing right?”

When did she come out? Wearing a dress adorned with frills, Romantica’s eyes were shining with golden light waves .

“It’s amazing . ”

“I get amazed anytime I see this . It really looks like melted gold flowing . ”

It was such a sight . The boundary between day and night . The unbelievable sight, before the sun hides, just barely peaking over the horizon .

“Desir, do you know why Deltaheim sea has that golden color, not a sky-blue color?”

“ . . . It’s because there is mana in the sea that reacts to sunlight . ”

“Only local people know that . You really do know everything . ”

Romantica was disappointed since she failed to teach Desir something he didn’t know .

“Hey, Desir . There is a better spot than here do you want to go there?”

Romantica took Desir and walked the along the line of the shore . After walking for some time, they arrived at an acropolis that was half fallen apart . The rock that made up the acropolis looked like it was melted halfway and solidified . They climbed the fallen acropolis .

As if she just thought of something, Romantica said .

“You might not know this story . ”

“Go ahead . ”

“A very long time ago, they said there was a volcanic eruption here . ”

Desir had never heard of this story .

“At that time this place had been a flourishing city, but the city perished after the volcanic eruption . The eruption was so big that the volcanic ash blanketed the nearby sea . ”

Romantica was making a “You didn’t know this” face .

“Yeah, this is the first time that I have heard about this story . ”

Even Desir who studied every country’s history to prepare for the shadow world could not remember this specific event .

The pair approached a section of the path that was missing . First Romantica jumped than Desir followed .

“But, according to experts, magma never flowed under this land . ”

At that instant, Desir stopped walking .

“Expert opinion concludes that volcanoes can’t form here . But there is clear evidence of a volcanic eruption occurring . This acropolis is indisputable proof of this . ”

They finally reached the top . The view was amazing . The sky was splitting and the gold color spread everywhere .

“How an eruption can occur in a land that has no magma underneath will be a forever be a mystery . But every storyteller embellishes their stories . ”

“To make sense of the unexplainable events they come up with mythology . ”

That’s how these mythological tales were created . To take an unexplainable event and try to twist it to conform to reality .

“Along with a great many myths, one of them is about the great devil who scratched the land and destroyed the city . This story gave a name to this sea . A sea that was once destroyed by the devil, Eastakar Sea . ”

Desir followed through .

“Eastakar . An ancient rune with the meaning of disaster . ”

Romantica opened her eyes wide .

“Wow, that’s amazing . You really don’t have anything that you don’t know?”

Desir shook his head .

“No, I just heard it from someone . ”

“What, you know someone from Prillecha kingdom other than me?”

“ . . . I don’t remember, it was such a long time ago . ”

Desir was sure he heard this story in his past-life, but he could not remember who he heard it from . After the golden light from the sea has faded away, shade started to appear . For some reason, he was bothered about who told him that story . There was only one thing that it could be . He painfully groped through his blood-filled memories .

“It had to be my hometown, Prillecha Kingdom . ”

Soon darkness came down . The slight voice near his ear was very painful . It sounded like it was barely concealing its sadness .

“Desir?”

“Near here there was my villa . Yes . Every evening there was a beautiful sea that was dyed with a golden color . ”

Desir felt his breath closing in . It felt like he was put into the endless deep sea .

“Are you ok? You don’t look good . ”

“I don’t want to die here . ”

He then realized . The sea dyed with the golden color, he had been here before . And it was far from a beautiful sight . With blood .

‘This was one of the shadow maze quests: Gigantic devil . ’

A place that was filled with humanity’s despair . Humanity had to continue struggling against this desperation . This place, Eastakar Sea is place that Romantica grew up and the place she died . If this is a coincidence, it is one hell of a cruel coincidence .

“Hey, Desir? Do you want to go to the hospital?”

When he saw green eyes that were filled with concern, he got ahold of himself . He couldn't make himself calm down .

‘The past is just the past . It hasn’t happened yet . ’

Desir breathed in and out deeply and tried to calm down .

“I’m fine . By the way Romantica . ”

However, when Desir looked at Romantica his lips dried out . The danger they will face .

‘I am not going to let anyone die . ’

When Desir was reborn, he made that promise . Humanity, Haverion academy, Desir’s party was included there .

“There is going to be a time when there is a danger you can’t handle . ”

After breathing deeply again, he continued speaking .

“It’s going to be a danger so great that you can’t even imagine it now . And when that time comes and I order you to run away, make sure to follow the order . No matter the situation . ”

“What do you mean so suddenly?”

“I want you to survive . ”

“Wow, such a coincidence? Same back at you . ”

Romantica was trying to take it as a joke, but she saw Desir’s eyes and realized that he was not joking . His eyes were filled with sadness and great loss . What kind of things do you have to experience to make that kind of a facial expression?

“Can you promise me?”

Shhaaa~

Romantica could not understand Desir, but his expression made her nod .

“Ok, I promise . ”