Chapter 55 Unattended Consequences

Penthouse in guest bedroom, Late-February 2207

The next morning came while Esai in bed just did not bother to get out of the bed. Isaac, Abel, and Leo got up from sleeping. As they are yawning and whining while stretching from their morning tiredness. Isaac notices that Esai is not up from his bed as Isaac approaches.

"Esai, you going miss breakfast if you sleep in." Isaac tapping on Esai's turned shoulder.

"Yeah, Esai I am hungry as a bear going mauling on tuna fish!" Leo left the room.

"No, I am not hungry right now and I am tired right now." Esai does not bother to turn toward Isaac.

"Are you still upset about what happened with Lucy yesterday?" Abel recalls which is an open and delicate matter.

"About that I heard Lucy was not exactly a person who got along with other maids, Esai." Isaac assumed.

"Isaac, you can go without me and eat breakfast. I am going to stay in for the day." Esai covers his head.

"Okay, we go then we will let others know that you are staying in." Isaac leaves the room with his brother.

Footstep echoes before it fades from the distance leaving a silence for Esai to hear. While having a transparent blanket covering his head. Closing his eyes reflecting about what happened yesterday with Lucy and Elaine. Attempting to comprehend why Lucy and Elaine want to fight recalling attitudes by searching back his memories. There is a flood of memories as he sees a clear view of Elaine. The image of the background dim while seeing Elaine as well elegant, stand up straight, and well-mannered. Elaine has bob cut hair having her end of hair strands curl up that is light brown. Her hooded green eyes that slightly half shut eyelids. As she wore a maid uniform that was neatly cleaned.Her outer presence seemed presentable however, there was an air of coldness coming from her.

Esai had attempted to have a friendly chat with Elaine, but he was met with intentional coldness by having been ignored.

"No, that is not it at all. It is something else entirely." Esai pondered before he felt a presence approaching outside his room.

It was Sarah who entered as the footsteps had ceased. As Esai pretends to sleep as Sarah stands there sighing as her head slightly tilts. Esai remains carefully still anxious about having a towering woman's shadow over his blanket sheet. Sarah spoke as a mother would.

"Esai it is time to get up or you are going to miss your breakfast." Sarah a slight chide at Esai.

"I am not hungry…" Esai muffled through the blanket.

A slight pause for a brief moment before she speaks again " Esai, I know you are upset from yesterday. You won't be able to change my mind." Sarah sat by the edge of the bed.

"Why do I need to change your mind when there are clear double standards?"Esai resorts bluntly.

This seems to stir emotions from Sarah as she maintains control of herself, "So, you're going to lay down and sulk in negative thoughts then?" Sarah stands up, turning toward Esai.

"Better than staying around a person who does not tolerate you."Esai admitted.

"Very well then."Sarah flipped the bed that Esai stumbled to the floor with a clonk.

"Ow what was that for!?"Esai scrambles to stand up annoyed at Sarah.

"Come with me, we are going training without breakfast since you are not hungry." Sarah smiles deviously as she nabs Esai's wrist as she drags him out of the room.

"Hey let go!" Esai complains as his feet drag on the floor.

Sarah ignores Esai's protests as he struggles all the way to the training room. Once they reached the destination she let go of Esai's wrist. As Esai went to massage his forearm for Sarah did clenched his wrist tightly felt a tug of nerves aching. Esai was about to give Sarah a piece of his mind, but he noticed something different about the room. This feeling feels tranquil as the interior design has roman column pillars while having a dome ceiling as it has the Spirit Sensitive signia as center of focus. Esai admires the craftsmanship as Sarah removes her own clothes and takes off her shoes.

When Esai turned around, he instinctively raised his arms up to cover his face. Sarah stares at Esai collectively with confusion.

"Why are you covering your face young Kinzuma?"Sarah rubs her index finger and thumb between her chin.

"It is because I had a distinct feeling you were not wearing anything." Esai still covered his face while containing his embarrassment.

"Oh, I have my bodysuit on. You can uncover your eyes now."Sarah permits.

Reluctant gradually uncover his face to see Sarah wearing a bodysuit of two pattern magenta and pink. She has a very athletic body and is very attractive. Sarah summons her spiritual weapon Bluelight as it materializes to transparent that shines brightly before it becomes a physical form.

"You like what you see Esai?"Sarah caught Esai staring at her Spiritual Weapon.

"It is a very intriguing weapon that reminds me of once a famous Ireland hero named Cu Chulainn. He is known for wielding a spear that can pierce anyone's heart. At least that was written in history books; some was fictional." Esai reminisced from some ebooks he read.

"How intriguing I never heard of this hero, at least not some scrolls or books that I heard." Sarah reflects while twirling her spear Bluelight.

"Well that is because he is from Earth. Part of the reason like a hero is the promises he made and kept which is called Geas it is like a Covenant. If one would break that Geas would be heavily punished by a curse. Sad thing that one of Geas he could not refuse that was his downfall. There was one of two Geas he made when he accidentally killed a guard's dog that he made a promise to be the guard dog and never eat dog's meat." Esai expands upon the story.

"What caused his downfall of Cu Chulainn?" Sarah asks as she impresses Esai for more information.

"Well the Geas of the two to explain clearly:He cannot eat dog's meat and cannot refuse hospitality. Which is a scenario before his fated final battle he was offered food that contained dog's meat he had to eat which weakened him which cause be mortally wounded as he killed all his enemies and died standing by a stone." Esai finished explaining.

"What an honorable warrior however, I feel that his death is a tragedy."Sarah commented.

"He did die young, anyway why are we in this room?"Esai observes around the room.

"This is my personal meditation room where I tune my spirit and refine myself. I want to teach you things you may need for your life." Sarah kneels in meditation position as she waves over to invite Esai to join her.

"Do as I do Esai now breathe in and out." Sarah breathed calmly.

Esai seem to be more at ease especially since it is a calm and inviting environment. Esai was calm and did repetitive breathing to clear his mind and heart, however, he could not completely relax because of what happened yesterday so, Esai stopped to ask the purpose of this as Sarah briefly stopped breathing as she sighed slightly.

"Esai Kinzuma, you may not know it now, but you will in time, you will come to appreciate it when your life will become uncertain or even tumultuous with strife. Opportunities such as this will be rare. You have been blessed with such a peaceful time and other few incidents happening…"Sarah felt some hesitation with that.

"Why do I get some implications that I am not supposed to be here? And why are you trying to make me forget?" Esai already felt a tug in his mind as he immediately stood up with distance away from Sarah.

"There is a reason for it, you have experienced terrible tragedies such as death and traumas. It can poison your soul and your mind thinks very intensely about it perhaps obsessively. Please allow me to remove such awful memories from your mind while you retain some good memories." Sarah stood up in front of Esai to extract his mind.

Esai felt his mind getting invaded which was not pleasant as he held his hand on his head as he struggled to maintain balance like the world is spinning like a merry-go-around.

"Please do not resist, this will make the process hard and rough on the mind that I do not want to break." Sarah's voice echoes throughout Esai's cranium as the room seems spaghettified.

"AAAAHHHHH!"Esai screams in pain.

Gritting his teeth as he felt stirring desperation as he prayed to God that he would have strength to overcome the invasion of Sarah's mind extracting. As the line between reality and illusion began to distort. Trying to keep his mind calm and clear from being overtaken as he must push Sarah back. There was a shifting environment of memories like a tug of war that intertwined with Esai's memories and Sarah's memories.

There were numerous memories appearing of Esai zooming in like his feet swept before him.It was like having a review of his life since his birth until recently recorded memories were logged to his mind.Hardship and trials from these last several months that he experienced had changed him in way he did not imagine that would it often been described and only talked about in books, school, and church.

That the milestone would be achieved would when become of age of an adult which something that now Esai disagrees with that now when accomplishing now at such young age. He was put to the ultimate test of what he was taught and his belief will be put into action of helping people in need and possibly change lives through the Holy Spirit. These moments had been defining for him as an individual when facing these trials that were frightening. Seeing where he has been to present revealing these like spatial memories from where he came from to all the places to now.

Sarah's memories are different from Esai's memories for she came from a militant background that shows space vessels traveling within her spatial memories that show different planets, stars, and galaxies.Limited from what Esai could see for it was restricted from all the memories of her that are slightly obscure for his vision. There stood between Esai where memories that familiar to him lay as for Sarah stood where her memories are familiar to her.

"This rather unexpected our memories had created a leyline…"Sarah stood in the air dazed by this.

Esai's memories of Rocky Mountains in the background while Sarah's memories of Natara city are seemingly overlapping. The barrier of wall barrier light that is act leyline that prevents from completely trespassing one another minds. While Esai is angry about what Sarah is doing to him, truly not comprehending how things of the rules mind works he just nor sense of danger he is in.

"I don't care what our memories created, I want you out of my head now!" Esai dashes while he is in the air, not even questioning what happened as he went after Sarah.

"Wait, you don't know what you are--!" Sarah got interrupted and got caught off guard when an angry boy pushed her by the stomach.

The only reason that this is happening is that Sarah had lowered her mental defense because she did not think he was capable nor think he would fight back. By making physical contact while propelling themselves toward the leyline inadvertently Sarah's physical form became static between her spirit and multiple transmission of memories as it engulfs Esai as he phased through Sarah. Esai was freaking out, freefalling as flow helix memories passed through like a visitor.

Esai sees Sarah's early stage of life, even her birth, with clear detailed such understanding with such personal level as implied she was raised by a loving family, but her mother died giving birth to her. She will never know the love of the living mother however, her mother's spirit departed with the warmth of imprinted love upon Sarah. Her father is named Orin Tiyo despite being a single parent raising his daughter with such care and attentiveness despite him being busy. It was cut short when war was brewing as there was feeling fear, sorrow, and division in the air. She was only four years old as Esai enters that certain memory as bright light engulfs

Esai covers his eyes to protect his eyes from light blindness. There is light dissipated, Esai is in a world that feels alien, but at the same time like home. This place had metallic streets with patterns with light silver and gray. The skyscrapers felt unique and tall as trees of vegetation lined up with purpose and thought as the air felt clean and easy to breathe despite it being a memory. The buildings that have their own power source that cleaner bring life of its own thus coexisting plant life which something on Earth has not even come close to doing.

Earth had figured out how to properly do nuclear fusion after two centuries of study by using a nuclear decompresser that absorbs excessive radiation by purifying it. However, radiation level is still high enough to kill plants, but it is low enough that humans can safely absorb the harmful to humans by radiation absorber that lowers the radioactive level to equalize the humans exposure to the molecules that takes away unnecessary and unstable molecules for stable ones. It is too complex for Esai to comprehend. It is down to complicated math and science.

Esai felt a shift in the memory as the scene zoomed to a peculiar place as Esai was there instantaneously.While Esai had to ease himself because it was suddenly neck breaking speed.

"I don't know what happened, but I want to get out of here." Esai is weary around this place and eager to leave.

Esai is in an open field the glade of grass is greener as alien animals roam freely however, there was tension and fear with these animals. Esai rushes over as he sees ships that are leaving the sky to the stars as the sky feels gloomy and even like the end of the world. Arriving there were ships that had not taken off yet, as he investigated to see a small group of women as there man with a child as there were soldiers filled with men and women in line prepared to go to battle. It was different; it was like attending a funeral with no sense of enthusiasm. It was Orin Tiyo who held his daughter as these group women wearing some kind of nun looking clothes appeared grieved for the people of this world.

Esai wanted to ask what is going on, but no response for this is just a memory that just occurred in the past with nothing to do to change it.

"Orin we had been expecting you, hurry we must depart quickly." A nun woman with purple chestnut skin tone ushers.

"You know men are not allowed to enter the women' sanctuary, on the planet Nartara." Orin said sadly while carrying his daughter Sarah.

"Yes...you are right, we have rules and laws about it, but we can allow children into our sanctuary." The nun is trying to make the mood light.

"Samantha we must leave, we don't have much time."one of the nun sisters urges Samantha.

"Yes, leave your daughter with us. She will be well cared for and protected."Samantha promised the father of Sarah.

"Before I hand her over to you, I can say my final goodbye and give her my departing words." Orin asked her earnestly.

"Very well, it has to be very brief ,Orin." Samantha looks at the sky, the signs of the end.

Orin placed the four year old Sarah upon the grassy ground as he prepared a daughter and father talk while Sarah being young eyed her father innocently. Just that look alone nearly made him cry as he held back his tears.

"Sarah Tiyo, I want to let you know first foremost that I love you and always will now and forever. Never forget that, it will be difficult for you to understand for your selfish father to stay fighting to take back our homes and refuse to abandon our families and our dead. We fight for it and I want to depart with some wisdom to you:fight for people you love and are willing to die for. Never compromise and follow your spirit." Orin boldly proclaimed to his daughter as he went to embrace his daughter tightly.

Sarah was embraced however, long like a minute from Esai's point of view felt like forever, Orin let go of his daughter as Samantha approached Sarah and carried her to the ship's entrance tramp. Orin waves goodbye to Sarah as the ship lifts up as the tramp's entrance gradually closes before leaving for the stars. Esai's heartache with sorrow as the memory ends there. All the memories fade away as they are. Esai's mind and Sarah's mind separate as they return back to their normal state of reality.

Back to the meditation room as it was. Esai took a breather from occurring as take air in while Sarah who is still an adult is unconscious while laying there.The air is warm with clear stillness as Esai laid on his back just staring at the ceiling not moving at all for the experience has been intense and emotional. Esai kind of struggled to get up because he was sluggish as he stood up and right at that moment Rinora stood with cold anger toward Esai.The vision around him went hazy. He questioned how he did not sense her.

Paralyzed from his entire body as he is spiritually intimidated for he is spiritually weakened as Rinora's cold blue eyes glaring as Esai got pulled involuntarily toward Rinora's face as her voice sent chills down his spine.

"I will murder you."Rinora's bloodlust made her intention clear with a sharp crackle as Esai made full collision to one of the pillars as it shattered to many pieces. Esai slid to the ground skidding as his limbs got trampled. Unable to move because he is paralyzed state as he stops in an awkward position seeing a sideways view. Esai grunt in pain as he got crushed to another wall as it fractured instantly. With Rinora's fierce anger shouting as she frantically kept repeating these words.

"How dare you!"Rinora repeats as Esai flails from wall to wall.

"How dare you!''Rinora repeated again as Esai's head nose dived to the floor once again and made an impact crack on the marble floor.

"HOW DARE YOU!!"Rinora's final outburst as Esai's body slammed as blood came out of his mouth.

Then instantly Esai got attracted to Rinora's hand as she clenched Esai's neck while the room was settling its dust during heavy gasping coming from Esai's mouth facing upward toward the damaged ceiling.Rinora holding him up by Esai's neck up the air his feet had not made contact the floor.

"You insolent swine, you had entered my mother's mind without her consent. You should have allowed her to take your worthless thing you call 'mind' from you." Rinora grips tightly as her fingernails digs deeply into Esai's skin.

"...So what I do is just allow myself to remove some bad memories. If I did that I would have lost an aspect of myself and lost who I am." Esai retorted politely at Rinora.

"What did you say…?"Rinora found it unusual for Esai to be polite despite her holding him in a compromised position.

"It would cheapen and cheat my life, would ultimately defeat the purpose of being here…" Esai wheezed with pain.

"Suffering is all we are!? Rinora's voice snapped at Esai.

"...You misunderstood suffering is allowed if we allow it, it can be overcome by enduring to the end." Esai spat blood at her eyes which caused Rinora to release Esai to the floor.

Rinora swore all kinds of profanity as Esai attempted to crawl as the soreness swells with his body from all thrasting. Rinora turns dangerously with one her eyes temporarily blind completely enraged as her eyes flashed as Esai completely paralyzed as he was levitated to the air and forcefully placed in crucifix position as arms stretched outward and legs pulled straight down.

"I will crush your throat as long as possible until you are no longer breathing." Rinora made a hand gesture as if going to crush someone's throat as she slowly applied crushing pressure.

Esai felt the pressure against his throat as his windpipe was getting crushed. Esai garbled in excruciating agony as the air was withdrawn. Esai is the cross road again with death as breath of life is diminishing as it reminds him of the time he was suffocating in space. Something in Esai's mind snapped as he went to surviving mode as his body started rejecting the pressure as his spirit surging throughout his body. Rinora was not letting up as went full force choke to reassure that she physically grabbed Esai's throat. Esai is losing terribly. She was much stronger than him as his strength waned greatly.

Rinora smugly as Esai's eyelids are closing as his life was leaving him. Then a polearm's ring swung right at Rinora's head with a thunk that reverberated to the cranium sending shock to the body. Rinora fell to her knees as she was dumbstruck by this. Sarah held Bluelight's spearhead tip at Rinora's expression was furious.

"Release him from your telekinesis now!" Sarah ordered.

"Mother why…?"Rinora looks at Sarah like a lost child.

Esai is still strangulating as he attempts to fight for his life. Sarah saw that Rinora was not listening at all.Sarah thrust Bluelight to Rinora's shoulder for she was in no mood for games. Rinora's shoulder splurts with blood which causes an outcry.

"I WILL NOT ASK AGAIN RELEASE HIM NOW!" Sarah barked as she plunged Bluelight deeper to Rinora.

"You are...hurting me."Rinora teared up and reluctantly released Esai from holding him, this promptly dropped him to the floor.

Deep gulf of air goes to Esai's lung; he was deprived of air for too long. Gasping for a long while chunk debris was near him.Sarah had not kept her eyes off from her; removes Bluelight from Rinora's shoulder. Sarah watches Rinora like a hawk as held her Bluelight toward her while walking backward to Esai who is recuperating.

In the room that was meant to be peaceful and tranquil now revolved to ruins and desecrated. Rinora is still kneeling there defeated while holding her wounded shoulder that was inflicted by Sarah.Unknown to Sarah was about to touch Esai for examination before a brightlight like flash bang blinded everyone in the room that brightness gradually went away. Sarah's eyes had quickly adjusted to the fact that Esai had left the room. This has left a feeling of abandonment as she grips tightly on Bluelight. There was genuine anger that she had never lost control of the situation before.

"Go to your room, I will deal with you later." Sarah put on her clothes back on as she left the room leaving Rinora alone.