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This is a work of fiction. Names, monsters, skills, places, etcetera, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2014 by FrozenArrow. All rights reserved.

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Several seconds have passed since Luke made his exit out of the wooden hut and Iryl was just staring blankly at him making his exit. After a little, when Luke had already made his exit and Iryl realized had occurred, he said to himself..

‘ No! I can’t stay still.. If he exposes my secret.. I.. I… I can’t let that happen yet! ‘

Iryl with his pained and injured body couldn’t help but try to chase Luke who had already left.. Even though he knew that it would be in vain and it would only cause his wounds to reopen he could only try..

Intense pain was all he felt as he kept trying to stand.. The bandages color changed from white into a deep crimson red as he made painful movements in an attempt to stand up. Even though his body ached and cried as if it was begging him to stop.. He forced himself to stand up and began walking towards the exit. With a trembling body and slow steps he moved forward.. Each step was accompanied with a staggering pain through his body, blood came out of his mouth as he coughed and made it to the hut’s exit...

With his blood stained body and a trembling hand he opened the wooden door and sunlight fell on his entire body that had a reddish color.. Iryl quickly covered his eyes and turned his gaze towards the camp.. After a little he regained his vision in order to search for Luke.. As he turned his gaze right and left in search for Luke he was awestruck as his gaze turned towards the camp. What unfolded in front of his eyes was more than a simple camp…

‘ What part of this resembles a camp..? It looks more like a second village than a camp.. ‘

In the middle of the camp was a lone large tree that was similar to an oak it had big long wide leaves that covered the area around the tree, the base of the tree was surrounded with marble tiles that made it shine out as the center of the camp! As for the rest of the camp small wooden huts were all over the place that looked similar to the one Iryl was resting in.. Apart from the wooden huts there was also a small smith and a training area where elves could be seen training.

Iryl was speechless as he looked around because he didn’t really expect the camp to be like this.. Once again he went back to searching for Luke after spotting him he turned his body towards him and tried to walk.. Before he could even make a single step a voice was heard.

“ Kyaaa! “

From the way it sounded it was a feminine voice that made the scream.. Iryl turned his gaze towards the female elf that had her hands on her mouth as she saw him covered in the bloody bandages and just formed a small smile on his face.. Once again he turned his eyes towards Luke who had already stopped walking and was now staring at him.. That was probably because of hearing the female elf shout…

“ Luke! “

Iryl shouted and once again began walking towards him with his pained body.. Luke made a surprised expression as he saw Iryl standing. But.. He just stood there waiting for Iryl to come closer.. After making another step though Iryl’s body couldn’t follow his iron will.. He fell on the ground and with a huge cough, a small pool of blood formed on the ground…

Some of the elves that where in the area rushed over to help him but Iryl refused their help.. Once again he stood up and headed towards Luke.. After a while he finally made it close enough to him and whispered in his ear..

“ We need to talk.. “

“.. You really… Are.. Crazy aren’t you..? “

“ Heh..! “

“ So..? What do we have to talk about..? “

“ Are you.. (COUGH).. Joking with me..? “

Iryl coughed up some more blood and caught Luke’s shoulder.. As he whispered once again..

“ Are you.. Also from another..? “

But, before he could even finish his sentence Luke gave him an answer..

“ Yea.. That’s right.. You and I are both deferent from them.. You should rest for now.. Don’t worry… I won’t blow your cover yet.. “

“ What do you mean.. Yet..? Ahh..? “

Iryl’s body and mind could no longer follow his iron will and without losing time his consciousness left his body.. The mindless now Iryl lost his footing and began falling towards the steady ground.. Before he fell Luke caught him with his hands and whispered into his ear..

“ The two of us will have a tough time from now on.. “

It has already been 10 days since the conversation between Iryl and Luke took place. And now there he was in the wooden hut having his last check up.. Needless to say, that it was Mirana the healer of the clan that did his check up..

“ How do you feel ? “

“ Perfect! “

And then she patted him on the chest..

“ Ouch! “

“ How is that perfect ? “

“ Well… “

Iryl then stood up and with fast steps he began heading towards the exit.

“ Thanks a lot Mirana! “

Mirana then saw him off as she watched him from behind before saying..

“ Come find me any time if you are in pain or not.. “

She couldn’t finish her sentence and Iryl had already left before she knew it.. She could only sigh to herself..

“ (Sigh).. Ahh! And call me Big Sis while you are in the camp! I am.. “

And once again she sighed to herself as she thought..

‘ This boy.. He is quite interesting. ‘

Turning back to Iryl. He was now out of the wooden hut checking his surroundings!

‘ Where should I go first..? ‘

As that thought passed through his mind a familiar voice was heard from his right side.

“ Ohh! If it isn’t Iryl ? Man are you now alright ? Can you go anywhere you want now ? “

Not to mention the familiar voice came from Dan who was alone..

‘ Guess Ken is not always with Dan huh..? ‘

“ Hello.. Dan. Yes I am fine now.. “

“ Huh..? So you are fine now! OK! Let’s go my friend let me show you round! “

Iryl now was being dragged around by Dan who kept showing you everything briefly.. First, he showed him the area around the wooden huts while saying..

“ This is the wooden houses where we reside. The wooden hut where you were is the only different building around.. “

He stopped shortly and then once again he kept talking..

“ Iryl.. You know you really are lucky.. To be able to pass all this time alone with a beautiful nurse.. No… I am not jealous at all… “

‘ So that’s what he was secretly thinking.. ‘

And then he followed with his answer..

“ Nothing special happened… “

“ So something happened huh..? “

‘ Ehh! How did he manage to come to that ? ‘

“ No.. I think you are mistaken.. “

Don’t worry Iryl.. You don’t have to make excuses I understand.. Being alone in a wooden hut with a beautiful girl for over 15 days.. I understand.. “

‘ No! You don’t understand anything at all… ‘

Well. Truth to be told, if someone who was in a wooden hut alone with a beautiful nurse for almost half a month and nothing happened.. (Ghmm!) ß Author. The point is that though Iryl was in the wooden hut with Mirana the whole time he was too immersed in his thoughts to think about other staff.. His future conversation with Luke for Iryl was of outmost importance..

“ Well.. What else is there to see ? Surely this isn’t the only thing the camp has right ? “

“ Yea.. Let’s continue.. “

“ Uh? Dan you sound kind of.. “

“ Don’t mind.. Don’t mind.. “

Iryl couldn’t help but thought..

‘ Well, he will be alright soon enough.. ‘

A little latter, Dan finished showing Iryl around the camp.. Even though he showed him around the residence area, he didn’t go neither at the training area nor at the small smith.

“ Well! I have to go run an errand. You should be fine on your own. I advise you to go over the training area. You will have to go sooner or latter.. “

“ Do you happen to know where Luke is ? “

“ Luke ? Ahh.. He must be at the smith.. He is always making those weird weapons that no one is using.. “

‘ He must be making swords.. ‘

Once he waved goodbye to Dan, Iryl began heading towards the smith. As he was walking several elves could be seen doing chores around the camp. Some of them were cleaning and others were moving different objects all over the place. As he approached the smith, he heard heavy sounds of metal being hit coming from the smith.

“ Good morning! “

Iryl said as he entered the smith. Inside the smith were three elves working on the iron. Iryl saw an older man in the smith who was shouting at Luke. Luke was making a weird face as he hit the metal with an iron hammer.. Then the old man said as he was shouting..

“ No! No! That’s wrong! What are you doing! Are you trying to destroy it! “

Iryl didn’t know what to say as he looked towards Iryl and the old man.. Soon enough the other elf stopped his work and cleaned himself from the sweat with a towel. Then he went towards Iryl and said.

“ Hello. Is there something you need ? Did your bow break..? “

“ No.. that’s not it.. “

Before he could finish what he was saying the other elf stopped him and said..

“ Ohh! You.. You must be that guy who came here in heavy injuries.. And that hair color.. “

The other two stopped their work and turned their view to where Iryl and the other elf were. Then Luke opened his mouth.

“ …Iryl! What are you doing here..? “

“ As promised I came here to talk.. “

“ Luke! Are you going to leave the bow in the middle ?! Every blacksmith has to finish his works before leaving the forge! “

“..You can finish it.. Either way it would be a failure… “

“ Luke! “

Luke ignored the old man and went towards Iryl.. As he went closer the other elf took the hammer and went to finish his work on the forge. The old man then gave an angry look towards Luke but he ignored it..

“.. So what did you need to talk about..? “

‘ This guy.. ‘

“ Well.. We should go somewhere more private I guess.. “

The two of them left the small smith and began walking. Soon enough they reached a place where there wasn’t anyone and began their conversation.. Without time to lose Iryl said first.

“ First things first.. Are you also from another world..? “

Luke had an expressionless face and said back to him..

“ Well.. More or less… “

‘ What is that supposed to mean..? Is he even serious about this..? ‘

“ So.. How did you end up in this world..? Which world did you come from ? What did you do in the other world ? “

Iryl fired questions at him and Luke responded.

“ Take it easy.. Let’s see we will do it like this.. For every answer you will have to answer one of my questions.. “

‘ This person.. Even though he looks innocent and absent minded he has quite the brains.. ‘

“ I am surprised though.. To be honest I thought you were an airhead.. “

“ I get that a lot.. For some reason… “

‘ So he was an airhead after all… ‘

After a small pause Luke took the initiative to talk..

“ Hmm.. Let’s start from which world we came from.. Oh! I just got an idea how about we tell each other which world we came from at the same time..? That way we won’t be able to easily hide info from each other about the world.. If we both came from the same world… “

Iryl gave it some quick thought and then replied.

“ Ok.. Sounds logical.. Then.. Once I count to three we both say the name of our previous world… “

“ … “

“ Then, one.. Two.. Three! “

At that moment they both said the name of their previous world.

“ Avarith! “

“ Avarith..! “

After listening to each other silence filled the air and then as they looked each other in the eye..

“ Pfftt.. ahahaha! “

They both laughed to the point where tears formed in their eyes.. And then Iryl said..

“ Man.. That surprised me! I didn’t expect us to be from the same world.. But, that sure makes things easier.. “

“..Yea, indeed things are now easier.. “

“ What do you mean..? “

“ Well.. I was quite famous in our world.. “

“ Huh.. I guess I am not the only one then… “

“ Eh..? No I am pretty sure that your jaw will fall once you listen to who I used to be… “

“ Haha.. I have to say the same thing back to you.. “

As they were talking they exchanged glares with each other as they had no intention of telling each other first who they used to be.. And then an idea came to Luke..

“ Then since we were both famous people.. How about we say our names at the same time.. Same as before… “

“ Ok.. Sounds fair to me.. Then.. “

Once again they counted and said their names.. But, this time the result wasn’t the same as before.. Iryl said as he heard Luke’s name..

“ What did you say.. You.. Are you really that legendary blacksmith..? “

“ … “

Luke made an angry face as he said back to Iryl..

“..famous ? I ‘ve never heard of your name before.. “

“ Well.. That is logical.. In our previous world we were not even close to the same era.. I was born about 300 years after your death.. “

“ Then.. Tell me your story and how you came here and then.. I ‘ll decide what will happen from now on… “

‘ That’s what you would expect from a legendary blacksmith! ‘

“ Well.. I guess that’s only fair.. But, it is going to take some time.. “

“ It’s ok.. That is far more important than other things.. “

Iryl then took his time explaining to Luke who he was and the way he came to this world.. Several hours passed since he began telling Luke his tale and it slowly came to an end. Then Luke gave him his response..

“ So.. And there I thought that only I met a tragic end.. Those bastards.. Humans are always this way huh..? No matter what era it is, they will always do anything for themselves. But, there is one thing that troubles me.. “

Iryl just heard what Luke said and couldn’t help but ask..

“ Yea.. In history books that I have read it said how they executed you.. But, I am more curious about what troubles the almighty blacksmith than the past !? “

“ Don’t anger me.. Well.. What troubles me is that this Gaia brought us here at the same time with a similar way.. I mean do you think that it’s a coincidence that two well known people like us just came from the same world and coincidentally met each other in this one ? “

“ Well.. You do have a point but let me ask you.. Do you believe in fate my friend ? “

“ Fate huh..? If there is such a thing as fate then that is what probably brought us both here.. And it is quite cruel isn’t it ? “

“ What do you mean..? “

Iryl didn’t understand the meaning behind Luke’s words.. But, then Luke explained..

“ What do I mean..? Isn’t it obvious..? I am a blacksmith.. You are a warrior.. Then why did we have to be elves… The point is.. I can’t make bows.. All I know how to make is swords.. And you even though you are a warrior.. You can only fight with swords not bows.. “

To his question smiled and then said with a happy expression.

“ Then.. Isn’t that what fate is for ? You are a blacksmith I am a warrior! If you make me weapons I fight.. “

Then Luke formed a small smile on his face, but before long it disappeared and he said back to him..

“ In this place.. No matter how much I want to make swords it doesn’t even matter.. Elves don’t use close range weapons.. Didn’t you see at the small smith.. They didn’t even bother to talk about swords.. Traditions and sh*t.. All they asked you was if your bow broke.. And that old man… He doesn’t even know how useful a sword can be.. “

“ Then.. How about you forge them in secret..? “

“ That won’t work.. Even if I make them in secret.. One day they ‘ll find out. And they will no longer let me use the forge.. “

They both had their heads low and then Iryl made an evil smile as he laughed..

“ Ha.. Hahaha… Ha..! “

“ ..What’s wrong.. You scare me a little Iryl.. “

Luke couldn’t help but ask him..

“ Hey.. Luke..! You really used well the bow last time didn’t you..? “

“ Well.. For some reason I can use the bow in this world as if it was a part of me.. “

Then Iryl’s sinister smile came back as he said..

“ Then how about we do this.. “

He then explained his newly formed plan to Luke as he had a devil’s smile on his face..

“ Ho! I didn’t expect you to be so daring.. Interesting! Then it’s settled..! “

With their plan now set in stone. They both kept a devil’s smile on their face as they said to each other..

“ I am sure it’s going to turn things upside down! “

“ Ahh.. Man.. How long has it been.. I can see the sun setting.. Well.. let’s start with the basic preparations for now.. “

Iryl said that and with a nod, they both went on their way.. Little did they know that they had some praying eyes listening to their conversation from the shadows… And then an unknown voice could be heard in the small alley whispering..

“ Those two.. I can’t believe my ears… “

End of chapter 6

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PS: For those of you who wonder about their past life, their past life will be coming in the future as they get into different situations! Once again thank you for reading if you find something boring or wrong please do tell me in the comments bellow!