Chapter 13

Beautiful lights were trailing in the midnight sky. Magical blue-greenish colors sizzling everywhere.

Which, in the absence of the sun, spreads such splendor. Bringing glory to the nighttime.

All the dream flowers and plants bathe under the smooth lights of aurora, creating a mellow hour.

An ice sculpture could be seen standing in front of a podium, touching a crystal-like flower with its hands.

The ice sculpture had the lifelike appearance of a young man. Noticeably someone in their prime. But the expression on the face of that sculpture was seemingly bizarre. People would think that it ate something weird. 

And at this moment, havoc has befallen in the very core consciousness of that ice sculpture.

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*Aldrich's pov*

'Wh-what is happening!?' I screamed. Or tried to scream but I could not move my mouth to produce any sound. 

'Damn it!! Why am I so unlucky?' 

'A-am I really going to die here?' this was the second time I had felt the dread of death filling my heart, after coming into this world. The first time was somewhat conceivable, because that was too abrupt. But this second time? The second time was definately my own mistake and lack of caution. I felt like all the arrogance I had was for nothing. The knowledge of future plots and characters made me think that I will be able to sustain myself in this world without many problems. And using the future knowledge to my advantage I can somehow triumph and change my fate. 

But alas, I never thought my confidence would backfire like that. And now I am frozen like a statue in place who knows where. My body is already frozen and maybe soon my consciousness will also freeze.

While I was decrying the prospect of my potential death, an unnatural cold sensation crept deep inside my consciousness. It felt like my soul itself has started to go numb due to this sensation. All my remaining thought processes were seizing to exist. 

Slowly everything started to grow blank and finally, it was silent.

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*General pov*

There was complete silence on the mystical island. No sounds were heard. In front of a podium stood an ice sculpture with a bizarre expression on its face.

Time passed by, 

one minute...two minutes…..five minutes...ten minutes...half an hour....one hour....five hours.....

Then something happened. 

*crack- crack- crack-

Cracks began appearing on the ice sculpture. The entire body of the sculpture was now filled with cracks. It looked like it would break down and turn into dust at any moment. 

But it didn't. Instead, the shining crystal-like flower which was touching the sculpture's fingers started glowing even more brightly. It was so bright that it enveloped the entire area. Anybody seeing this phenomenon would certainly have a blinding effect on their eyes for some time.

Inside the enveloped area, the crystal-like flower could be seen, seemingly absorbing with the ice sculpture. Slowly that crystal-like flower dissipated and absorbed into the ice sculpture. 

As a result, the shining glow of the crystal-like flower was transferred to the ice sculpture. Increasing the intensity of brightness altogether.

The next moment the ice sculpture started floating in mid-air. There was no decrease in the intensity of brightness it excluded. At the following instant, the ice sculpture started releasing an ominous chilling aura, which could instantly freeze any person's hot blood. 

Break- break-

Suddenly the ice started to break and started revealing the person it was covering. Within seconds, the ice covering the body was no more. Instead of that an outlandishly handsome young man came into sight. 

The young man had a face that could skip a beat even in the nonexistent heart of a sterile rock or stone. His silky smooth shoulder-length hair was dyed in the colour of deep sea blue. His thick eyebrows further enhanced the manly charm he was oozing. Though clothes were covering his body, it will not take a genius to understand that the perfect body a man could wish for was under those garments. The chilling aura excluding from him gives proof of the un denying regality he bears.

That young man opens his eyes, no sense of disturbance in them. Only profound calmness could be seen in his deep eyes. Slowing but steadily the phenomenon stopped. The invisible force that was responsible for making him float, dissipated slowly. The young man landed on the ground, on his two feet. Holding his balance. 

He glanced around his surroundings. Then looked at his body. He closed his eyes, seemingly trying to concentrate on something. A few moments later, a cold aura began surrounding him. The air around him started to freeze. Ice began forming on the platform where he stands. He opened his eyes again and the cold aura dissipated rapidly. The ice under his feet was also gone. 

Haaaa~ 

The young man released a deep sigh.

At the same time, at another place, an ancient being opened its eyes. The being had the bearing that could make any person fall to their knees and start worshipping it. The being glanced in a certain direction. In its vision, it could see the figure of a certain outlandishly handsome young man standing in front of a podium, on a mystical island. Upon seeing the young man the being's eyes lit up and they became slightly wide.

"How can this be….."  the being muttered in a feminine voice, seemingly surprised.

 A look of astonishment appeared on its face. In its long lifespan, it has never experienced such a thing. Its ever-so-calm heart wavered first time in a millennium. It doesn't know why its heart's so restless. What could be the reason for it to feel so many emotions in its immortal heart?

It needs an answer. But where could it find the answer for this? Then it looked in the direction where the young man was. 

Glancing at the figure of that young man, its restless eyes returned to their usual calmness.

"Yes, there.... There I will get my answer." saying so, the being rose from its sleeping posture. The being spread its gigantic, feathery wings. And flew up in the sky. Then it turned in the direction of the young man and started flying in that direction.

At the same time, at another place, a woman with heaven-defying beauty opened her beautiful eyes. She glanced in the same direction where that handsome young man was.

 An intriguing look flashed in her eyes for a moment before returning to the normal calm ones. A thin smile appeared on her glossy lips. She stared at the figure of the young man for a some moment before closing her eyes again. 

At that time the young man was completely clueless, that he has just gotten himself involved with the most troublesome things that would make his upcoming life a living mess.

[ A/N. Hey guys. I am trying to build up the storyline as interesting as possible. But regretfully my vocabulary is falling short a bit. I will be introducing new characters and will explain the power system and how the people of this world use their power in the later chapters. So stick around to check this out. ]