'—The more you stay in the light, the stronger the shadows creeps in...'

Vayne was worried about what his senior had said to him, he doesn't even know what to do.

Right now, he is walking towards a house on the middle of a grassy field, surrounded with a tall sturdy Apple tree. Inside the house is a person wearing nothing but white clothes from to to bottom. Vayne had a purpose why he came to meet him.

"Vlad, I... I'm a bit troubled about something, and I want to know what you think." «Vayne»

"Sure, let me just change to scenery..." «Vlad»

Suddenly, everything around them began to distort and change into a new area. From a wide grassy field to a wide lake in the wilderness. Both of them sat at the end of the small wooden port. Vayne told him to what happened, even though he already knew it, and came he came to for some advises.

"Are worried about what he said... Vayne" «Vlad»

"Well yeah, who wouldn't be? How about you Vlad, what do you think about what he said? " «Vayne»

"Well for one he is right, you do need to be stronger. You the girls to protect, your new family." «Vlad»

"Won't it contradict about what he said?" «Vayne»

"You're being too narrowed-minded. Of course you just have to be strong to stop it from happening. Remember that you were once weak and helpless, you could use that as an advantage because you know how it felt to be weak and frail. You had to have strength to protect this peaceful time of yours." «Vlad»

"This peaceful time?" «Vayne»

"Yeah.. This peaceful time you are living in, for now it's just mere illusions and when it breaks, you had to decide which course you would take. Being strong isn't about being powerful, it's about taking everything head on." «Vlad»

Vayne couldn't grasp the meaning to what he was saying. He was even more confused than before, he knew that he was consoling him. White—or Vlad, knew that Vayne can't understand what he was saying, and he could just shook his head.

"Don't hurt yourself too far, when the times come, I would help you out..." «Vlad»

"... Just like I thought, your are strong." «Vayne»

"I am indeed strong, just like you said." «Vlad»

Hearing him admit that he was strong, had him depress in being a weak person. Then, he noticed that Vlad stood up and was about to walk away. What he heard next surprised him.

"I am indeed strong, but I am also very weak... —No, we humans are weak. In every world, humans are weaker than they look. We clings ourselves to the strongest, as well as feared them. No one really know what it meant to be strong, and all we do is imitate them. But, when you found out what to take to be strong, that is when you would be truly feel strong. And..." «Vlad»

"And?" «Vayne»

"No, it's nothing... Our time seems to have run out. It's time fore you to return." «Vlad»

Vlad bid him farewell, and before long he was gone. He pulled down his hand and his expression were sadder than Vayne, painful what Vayne felt. He said out loud what he about to say.

"And when the time comes, you'll won't be needing me anymore... Oh, I do wish I was born as your brother... Well better watch over you a bit longer." «Vlad»

Vlad's figure were starting to distort from down to his feet, slowly creeping upward. Vanishing back to his deepest part of his consciousness.

* + * + * + *

Today, they were taken to the Technical Course department. Everyone there were making, maintaining and upgrading the equipment for the players. Vayne saw in the distance that Julia is busy on her project that she was doing, he then found out why she didn't came back to sleep.

"My name is Hermine Ghustell. The Main Technician and the person who would be leading you in this course. You want to ask what do we do, well as you can see... we're the one who make and modified the equipment of the players. From Making new equipment, to maintaining it, to upgrading it. This job is very important and delicate, one flaw would result the safety of the user."

He welcome a technician, wearing the Power suit that they worn yesterday on they mock battle. Right now, it activated and guided them to the Test area.

Inside, the technician set up a dummy wearing the same power suit that he was wearing, he then distanced himself and fired a few rounds from the handgun.

The dummy received a few rounds from the technician, and few minutes pause he fire another round and this time it penetrated through the suit.

"What you are seeing is when the Power suit is powered and when it's not. They are the one that recieved the damaged that you should had taken. Those suit that you are worn are being power by feeding on your mana pool, and when you are about to be depleted it would be switched to your mana reserved that is placed on your suit. And Us, technicians, are responsible for maintaining everything that you use in tip top condition." «Technician Hermine»

After his explanation, he told them to dismissed immediately. He doesn't want any one damaging the equipment and he don't have any plan of having them make or maintain they equipment till they are given their own.

But before Vayne leave, Julia greeted her. This time Eliza and Erica is right next to him and they were bit suspicious of who she is. He don't have a good feeling of what might happen, but before he could make an excuse Julia already beat him through it.

"My name is Julia Khallen. You must be Eliza and Erica Colard, right?" «Julia»

—Ah, it's over... Vayne thought to himself, cursing himself for slow. He didn't notice how'd she knew their name.

After Julia took some time off from her project, they went to a nearest Cafe that could be found near the building. Vayne and Julia is sitting next to each other while Eliza and Erica, the twins, sat in front of them.

The situation right now, Vayne had a look as if all the blood has been drain out of him and the reason for that is because of Eliza. Whose staring intensively with a malicious intent like a criminal about to be judged. Erica and Julia didn't bothered the situation and just continue to sip the tea they ordered.

What happened is that, Julia told them what happened at the day when they first met, how she went to sleep half-naked, and how she slept next to Vayne as if it was nothing.

And right now, Vayne could only resigned to his fate and await for his sentence. He looked through the window with a distanced look on his face, enjoying the last remaining peaceful view he could remember for it might be the last day he would see the light.

*SIGH* "Eliza, you should stop... What's done is done. We can't do anything about it now." «Erica»

Erica said so to Eliza with a small unnoticeable smile in a calm and collective way. But, her expression didn't matched her intention, for her expression is more suffocating than Eliza. The more she smile at him the heavier the pressure would be.

"Vayne Aethersell Colard, we'll have a 'loooong good' talk about this later, alright?" «Erica»

She smiled, even though her eyes were closed and she was smiling sweaty. She is this very moment is beyond than scary, as if she was an Angry god incarnate. Her word alone is terrifying, and her expression right now is beyond those. And what happened next were censored.

—Today, might be that day he would welcome his third life. For he, Vayne Aethersell Colard, might not survived to see another day. His only wish is for his next life to be peaceful than this.

Hey guys, your wanting to ask me like "When will his memories return" or "When did he get his memories back" or even "What happened in the past"... Well for one, presently he already had KNOWLEDGE of his past life but not his past personality. Next, the chapter of the past would take a long chapter to take in, even when it's already brief. That is why I decided to post it in the near future. I won't tell whom will trigger that event but you are welcome to vote whom.

Another note, I admit that my grammar and use of words aren't great and all. That because like I said in my previous story (if you had read it), English is not our main language. So please correct me if I had some phrases wrong. I know that you lots would appreciate a good written story, even if it is not perfect.

Ps: Good news, my stomach ache is gone... But it's looked like I caught a cold or a flu... Plus the temperature from noon and even at night is still freaking hot....

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