Chapter 40: Dream of tomorrow

"I am not crying for what they have done,

I am crying for what they have been through that turned them evil."

Theia is surprised to hear Chiyou's thinking.

She asked, "Are your feet not burning?"

"They are"

"Then why are you still walking? Let me walk, i can create ice whenever i touch something"

"No, there is no need to as this as i want to feel their pain"

"Why do you want to understand their pain?"

"To keep reminding myself that i should never be arrogant on my strength"

"You have a very different way of thinking" Theia said

Then after a second, she asked "Am i dead?"

"yes, you are"

"Then how come i am again alive, i know that my body is manifested from the sword of the moon god, but i don't get it properly

Can you explain everything?

Also, who are you?"

"My name is Chiyou.

This is the underworld where demons and what i am walking on is the sea of souls.

As for how you are alive again, i myself don't know that.

All i wanted was to pick your soul and put it into my sword, then ask my god mother or father to let your soul enter into the cycle of rebirth.

That was my plan but don't know how, you manifested your body from that sword"

"What is god mother and god father you are talking about?"

At Theia's question, Chiyou looked at her for a while, it was a surprise to know that there are people who don't know about the blessing of gods.

Still, he didn't think much as she has just woken up from her death so she may have lost her memories.

Chiyou said "God Mother or God Father, is a term that is used to refer to the god or goddess one has been blessed with,

Among millions, only one or two people get a blessing from a certain god.

And so that person called the god or goddess his god father or god mother.

You don't know anything about blessings? oh yeah, you are a demon so that is expected."

Demons are not blessed by their demon gods so it is expected that they don't know, also, after holding Theia in his arms, Chiyou could now sense her whole body shape and also tell that she has horns.

Meaning she looks like a demon so Chiyou thought that she must be a demon

"No, i am not a demon but rather i am a demi-human"

"Ohhh, sorry"

Chiyou didn't give any big expression as he is himself called a demon thanks to the tail, hidden under his black skirt, and his one horn. Also, his right hand is not human-like and the red mark on his face makes him look like a complete demon.

Theia looked around and said "I never knew that demons have their own world.

In my time, all we did was battle against the demons and also against gods"

"Battle against gods? Why?"

This was something new, so Chiyou is curious about it

"Our land was hit by drought and people were dying every single day.

Then the demons were also attacking us.

We all didn't even know if tomorrow we will wake up or not, we were all just waiting for our death.

But then, few of us decided that if heaven won't listen to our call, then let's march to heaven and force those gods to hear us."

"Quite a straight forward idea"

"Yes but it was not so easy, all we know is that heaven is up in the sky but how far is it?

Also, is it really there or somewhere else?

And even if we knew where heaven is, how are we going to reach them?

It was a simple idea but don't so simple to complete it"

"Did you all gave up?"

"No,

Either we try putting our life on the line, or just keep on fighting demons and die, these were the only two options we had.

We had death in every option but if,

If anyone will manage to reach the heaven... our pain and suffering would end, thus we chose the first option"

"Then were you able to achieve your dream?"

"My dream?

No, it was not just my dream... it was a dream we all saw.

Each and every single one of us thought about something and kept on trying for that one dream

Days passed, weeks passed, months passed, years passed and more years passed but we kept on trying as this was the only hope for us

And finally, one of us was able to learn something

Something that allowed him to walk on step on air"

Chiyou is surprised by this, as in the history of all kinds he read after becoming king, he never heard about anything like this.

To him, Theia is a different existence as her words have no record in any historical texts

Theia continued "It was only for a second, but we all learned how to control the energy that is inside us to step on air and jump so high that we could never imagine

But this ability had its own demerits as one would grow old faster if he keeps on using this ability."

"So you all stopped?"

"No, what was there to stop us? Death? That was going to come from the beginning, so we didn't care about our aging body, all we cared was to keep on trying and trying

....

Many of our comrades died, but each one of them told us how to proceed at this stage, and at that stage

No matter how many lives were to fall down, we kept on trying because if we were to back out now,

The life, the sacrifices my comrades gave for the greater tomorrow would be in vain,

Thus i gritted my teeth and kept on trying and trying and trying

And trying

Until i was soaked in blood,

Until i was out of my breath,

Until my heart stopped beating,

Until i finally found myself in front of a golden door, the door of heaven"

"So, you won?"

"No, i failed...

That is where i died"

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to be continued-