Chapter 25 - The Hero - Part 4

Saturday, 15th of May - Planet Eir:

Lying down on the green grass in this breezy green hill under a massive tree in this hot summer weather, Nazar had fallen asleep.

From this hill, a town full of humans could be seen. The town was surrounded by a massive wall.

Why did he come to this planet?

This is the same planet he came to many weeks ago when he got enveloped by the darkness and something happened to him.

Since that day, he comes here often to find out what happened to him, who was involved, what was the disturbance he felt, and who is responsible for this.

However, he has not found any clues.

But something else did happen.

A few more times, he blacked out and was enveloped by darkness. The next day he would find himself in his bed without clothes and stains on the bed. He would also find lipstick on his face and a bite mark on his neck.

He tried asking many angels, demons, gods and others about it but the words won’t come out.

As he was sleeping, the woman who named himself Rina Greenphord to Nazar was walking towards the massive tree in which Nazar was sleeping under.

She was a petite silver-haired woman with purple eyes and snow like skin.

Rina was wearing a long green dress which had short sleeves.

In her hand, she was holding a basket.

She was humming a song as she walked towards the tree.

After a few minutes, she reached the place and sat next to the sleeping Nazar.

Seeing him sleeping, she didn't wake him up.

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The Dream World:

This world is called the Dream World. A place where people go when they dream.

Once someone falls asleep, they come here. Their dreams become a reality in this place. They achieve hard dreams which are too difficult to achieve in real life. But at the end of the day, it's just a dream.

Their dreams fuel this world.

Every person gets their own little reality.

However, there is one rule in this world; people above certain power levels cannot enter this place.

The reason for that is simple: if a powerful person enters here, their control over the reality becomes stronger than the rest and could cause many troubles for this world. For example, if they are powerful enough, they could take everyone hostage in the Dream World.

Nazar is too powerful to come to this world. But more than that, he does not dream. Even if he was allowed in this world with his level of power, he cannot enter this place due to him not being able to ‘dream’ - unless he wants to.

So, why is he here?

For many years, he hasn't dreamt when he went to sleep. He didn't allow his body to dream. So, why is here now?

"Hi, hero♡!"

In the midst of darkness, Nazar stood still and heard a voice that he has never heard but he knows who it is.

Whose voice is it?

Does he know it?

Yes, he does. But he also doesn't.

"I missed you."

Two glowing eyes moved around him in the middle of the darkness.

It was so dark that he could not even see himself.

But he could see the glowing eyes.

What colour were those glowing eyes? Blue? Red? White? Green?

Nazar couldn't tell.

It's a simple colour but he doesn't know it.

Standing still, the glowing eyes moved around him with a cheerful laugh.

"Do you know how much I love you♡?"

He hears the voice of this person.

It belongs to a female. He knows that.

But.

He can't make out the voice properly.

He hears it but also doesn't hear it.

"I love you so much that I can give you what you want. I can free you from all of this."

Nazar tried to trace the sound but he couldn't.

"You have too much power and you are scared because everyone and everything will die and you will be left alone. You are scared of that loneliness. You are scared that you will be used as a toy again. Aww, it's such a sad life, isn't it?"

He felt two hands on his shoulders and this person's chest on the back of his body.

Immediately after, he felt chills run down his body.

"But I can take it all away, love♡."

He heard a whisper in his ear.

"I can take away all your worries and your troubles. Hehe♡"

“So, why are we here?”

“Here, huh?”

The sound became distant once more.

He thought she was hundreds of miles away.

“Isn’t this where you kept some of your omnipotent power? This dimension and other dimensions you created?”

Nazar’s eyes widened.

“I came here to get that power - and I got it."

Nazar felt uneasiness within himself.

"I want all of your power. Hehehe♡”

Then it vanished.

The person and the darkness.

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Rina was sitting down besides Nazar and was still humming a song.

"I wonder why he didn't come here last week," she muttered to herself.

She reached her hand into the basket as she continued to hum once more.

She picked up something out of it that resembled a sandwich and took a bite from it.

As she was eating, Nazar sat up frantically and was panting heavily.

(My emotions are being manipulated at this exact instance.) Nazar thought to himself. (I tried turning off my emotions but it didn't work. Whoever they are, they are trying to manipulate my emotions and mess around with it the way they want.)

Nazar looked at the grass beneath him.

(Do I want to go back to the way things were to be safe? To delete my emotions and never feel anything again?)

He shook his head.

(No. I don't want to go back to the state. This might take thousands of years to resolve and I don't want to be just a man without the ability to feel again.)

Rina watched in confusion as Nazar thought very hard.

“Hey, Nazar?”

(“Enjoy the rest of your day, hero. Hehehe♡”)

He heard a telepathic message from that person.

And in an instant, he calmed down. His emotions went back to normal.

“What’s wrong?”

He looked at Rina and forced a smile.

“It’s-it’s nothing.”

Hearing that, she smiled.

A wide smile that didn’t fit the current situation Nazar was in.

“Oh, that reminds me...”

She took something out of a basket.

It was a metal bowl.

“I brought some food.”

Nazar wanted to vanish into thin air but he stayed behind because he felt hungry all of a sudden.

(Sigh. I really hate being manipulated. But that food also looks good.)

He looked at the food which resembled beef stew with potatoes in it. Nazar could also smell a lot of garlic from it too.

He took it and she handed him a spoon too.

“This my new recipe and I want you to test it for me.”

Nazar just looked at her blankly.

“Eh, I never give up on free food. So...”

She laughed.

Nazar took a spoonful from the bowl.

“So?”

After taking another spoon, Nazar started to speak.

“It has a lot of garlic. It kind of ruins the taste of it. It’s also very sour. And then there is also a little sweet taste in it which is coming from…”

“Sweet tomatoes.”

Nazar looked at her in surprise.

"Sweet tomatoes? I didn't even know it existed."

"Haha, it does."

“Well... It's very sweet then.”

She nodded.

“It’s great. Just get rid of the garlic a little, get rid of the sweet tomatoes and use normal ones and try reducing the sourness of it too. Then it's perfect.”

Nazar took another spoonful from the bowl and then placed it next to him.

“You are a great cook but you make it either too sour or too sweet. Why?”

“I can never get that part correctly… Haha”

She laughed awkwardly as she scratched her cheek.

Nazar let out a sigh as he lay back down.

“You have been coming here for weeks now. Did you find what you were looking for?”

Nazar slowly shook his head.

(I come here often to try and find out. After a while, Rina started to come here and we would talk and she would have me taste her food. Kind of nice, not gonna lie.)

“Not yet. But hopefully soon.”

“I see...” She said slowly with a bitter expression.

She just sat down next to Nazar in silence as they watched the town beneath them.

“What’s the occasion?”

Hearing Nazar’s question, she looked at him.

"Hm?"

Nazar pointed with his chin and said, "I see some decorations in the town and preparations?"

“Oh, that. There is a festival.”

“A festival?”

“Yes. It is a festival that celebrates the creation of our world. We eat, we dance, we have fun and we give offerings to God.”

“Interesting.”

Nazar sat up.

“Do you want to go with me?”

Nazar thought about it.

“Hm… I have nothing else to do. Never do most of the time,” Nazar said slowly.

“Hm? Why is that?”

Nazar took a deep breath.

“You are aware of who I am, right?”

Rina nodded.

“You are a God.”

“Well, it means I have more power than anyone. Life gets boring when you can do anything… Almost anything. And now that my secret is out to my parents and my life as a student is done… Things are getting boring once more.”

Nazar chuckled.

“Lying to parents, friends… It had its thrill… But now it's gone...”

Seeing Nazar’s gloomy expression, she patted him on the shoulder.

“And when big things happen, usually the angels and demons take care of it. Or if something happens in my empire, Baros, Lian or others take care of it. It just leaves nothing to me.”

Rina was not sure what to say.

“I changed the human race but they are not up to the standard. I gave one of them erasure and the other reality warping… And they are just too weak. With erasure, he should be able to erase planets… But looking at his power level, he won’t even be able to erase a single life.”

“Is fighting the only thing you can do? For entertainment?”

“At this moment? Yes. I mean, is there anything else I can do?”

“Ah.”

She smiled.

“Why not get married? And have children?”

Nazar laughed.

“Married...huh?”

Nazar remembered what happened to him not too long ago.

“Getting close to a woman… I don’t know.. I don’t want them to get involved at the moment. I am too weak for something like that. As for children… I can’t have children. I manipulated my body to not be able to have children.”

(Someone manipulated my body recently though. Maybe I can have children now and that why she ra... Shit!)

Nazar shut his eyes and reopened it a few seconds later.

“Plus children seems like a big nuisance. I can’t be asked to deal with them. Haha.”

“I see. That makes sense.”

She looked up at the sky and took a deep breath.

“I want to have my own children. I want to see them grow and be with them until the end. My parents couldn’t be here for me but I want to have children and see them grow.”

“Have you found yourself a lucky man?”

“Yes.”

“Nice.”

“It’s you.”

“Lucky ma-- What?”

Nazar’s eyes widened as he sat up and looked at her in surprise.

However, she just laughed.

“I am just joking.”

“Phew.”

Nazar’s shoulders relaxed a little.

“But I do have someone in mind. Though… I am not sure if I can ever be with them.”

“Oh? Why is that?”

She let out a sigh.

"You know what...?"

"Hm?"

“I was joking earlier. It really is you.”

Nazar’s eyes widened once more.

“I love you, Nazar.”

Nazar looked at her.

With a wide smile on her face, she looked at Nazar.

Her hair was flailing because of the breeze, showing her beautiful snow-like skin and crystal purple eyes.

(No…!)

“I did since the first time I laid my eyes on you.”

Nazar checked her emotions.

She was not lying.

He checked once more.

Those emotions were not manipulated by anyone.

How is this possible? - Nazar thought to himself.

“I know you don’t love me back and I accept that. I know your world is different than mine, but I still love you.”

Nazar’s body started to shake furiously once more.

He tried to turn off his emotions but he couldn’t.

However, he did hear slow laughter inside his mind.

And just like that, he vanished into thin air, leaving the confused Rina alone.