“This war….What is supposed to bring us?” “A wish granting omnipotent device called the Holy Grail. That is what we are fighting for….Eva” What’s this…? All I can see is Eva and some old man arguing over something.

“This is our only hope to save this country.” The old man is saying to Eva. “I understand father, I will remember what you said. I will save this country.” Wait, Eva said something about her father being blamed for what he did to the country. I remember it now but why am I getting connected with her memories?

Eva left the room, “Why are you sending our own daughter to the war?” A Caucasian woman in mid 30’s appears in front of the old man. “Are you really asking me that? Obviously, for the ultimate price to rule over the country just like I used to and that is why I will be participating in the war too.” The old man replied.

“What are you implying?” The woman asks the old man. “You are correct my dear, I will be killing our precious daughter. She is just there to fulfil MY wish!” The old man replies to the woman. “You never change do you darling do you but I don’t care she isn’t even our daughter.” The woman gives a wicked smile.

My eyes didn’t believe what I was seeing. Eva’s parents they were….Not her real parents.

I get up with a jerk and heavy breathing, “This place…” This place is the place where I was starving to death. I got back up on my feet. I check my body out. “I am not feeling that weak anymore.”

Was that all really a dream? “HERO!” I hear a loud scream. “HERO!” I turn around and see three people running towards me. All three of them take a deep breath. “Hero! Are you alright?” A girl with short black hair asks me.

“Who is Hero?” I ask the girl. “Huh? Stop joking Hero, it isn’t funny!” She replied to me. “I really don’t know who Hero is, my name is Akira.” I say to the girl in response.

“Hero….Are you alright?” The girl asks me in a very panicky tone and begins to shed tears. “Hey Hero! Don’t make Silvia cry will you?” A buff guy says to me. “I really don’t know who you are talking about!” I say to the buff guy.

“Hero, you are such a jerk!” The guy on the right with a black pony-tail attacks me. I easily catch the punch. “Huh?!” He starts struggling. “Leave my hand!” The boy says to me. “HERO! LEAVE HIM!” The girl shouts out to me. I leave the guy alone.

“You guys seem to know about me. So, I would like to know more.” I say to the three of them as they gave me a puzzled look. “I lost my memory and don’t remember anything. So, I was just wondering if you guys can help me figure out who I am.” I say to the three of them as they look at each other.

We started making our way to some village, “You see my name is Silvia Taranto, the big guy there is Harry Oswald and this guy who attacked you is a martial artist, his also your best friend James Northwale.” The girl says to me.

“We all have been friends since childhood.” Harry says to me. “Tsch! I can’t believe you forgot about our challenge.” James says to me. “What challenge?” I asked James. “Who will marry Silvia?” Harry replies to me as he grins. “Hey, he just woke up and doesn’t have his memories so stop treating him like he knows everything.” Silvia got on Harry’s nerves.

Pretty weird, so it was all a dream huh? The war, the fight, Eva, Fuyuki, Holy Grail…Everything it was a dream was it now….

“Hey! It’s our village!” Silvia says to us pointing at the door of a small village. “Let’s go!” She says to me and I nod.

“Hey everyone! It’s Hero, his back!” Harry begins to announce the village and everyone in the village looks quite happy to see me.

“Just so you all know Hero doesn’t have his memories so he doesn’t remember any of us.” James announces to the village.

I feel an impactful chop on my head. “Where have you been boy?!” Some old man asks me. I return to scream at him but when I look at him, I saw the old man from my dream earlier. “Who….Are you?” I ask him.

He gives me another impactful chop on my head, “YOUR GRANDFATHER YOU IDIOT!” And screams at me with all his might. I begin soothing my head.

“My grandfather…..” So this guy was my grandfather. “Anyways let’s enjoy your return Hero!” Silvia says to me and grabs me in the middle of the village. This whole day we celebrated my reunion. Everyone in the village…It seemed like I had a family and never had been in a war. Was this how I wanted to live? I questioned myself in the corner.

Just when I thought my concerns were over and I could smile again, “Evangeline Kidman, a young 16 year old high school student was brutally raped and murdered on the streets of Fuyuki. No one knows the cause or anything about what had happened to her but all we know ere there were signs of sexual assault and her body was ripped in half.” I looked at the television. It was her right there…But I thought this was a dream. Was it? Was it not? What’s going on here? Why her? Can it be a coincidence or is it because I was not there to protect her?”

I stood up and begin to run. If this all is true there is only one man that can answer my questions. Only one man who I saw in my dreams, only he can answer my questions here. I have to ask him about everything that is going on.

I ran out of the little restaurant we were eating at. “HERO!” Silvia called out for me but I wanted the answers. I wanted answers from my grandfather.

*Slam* I slammed the door to my house “HEY OLD GEEZER!” He was sitting right in front of me meditating. “What is it now?” He asked me. “Tell me do you know about the Holy Grail?” I asked him.

He looked surprised. “Where did you hear that name?” He asked me. “I was a servant in it.” I reply to him. “Don’t joke! A servant must be someone who is a great heroic spirit. As for you, you are not dead.” He said to me.

“I fought the lancer class and a berserker class hero and was killed by an assassin class hero.” The old man looked even more surprised after I said that.

“How can that be? It’s impossible, you have to be dead to even be a hero but you are….You are standing here right in front of me. Wait!” Grandpa takes his sword and rushes towards me. My hand easily stops the sword with just two fingers.

“How can this be?!” Grandpa says with a surprised tone. “How can what be?” I asked him. “So his powers are acting up on you too now huh?” Grandpa is saying strange things. “Who are you talking about?” I ask him.

“Sit down boy and let me tell you a story!”