The Dream And His Name

"Sett wake up!" A female voice shouted.

"Mhm" A male voice grunted.

"Kersett you lazy bum it's the first day of school, do you plan on being late on the first day?" A female figure with blurry features scrunitized him.

"Just 5 more minutes ■■■■■~" he replied in a sleepy tone.

"5 more minutes? How many times have you already said that earlier! If you don't get up now I'll jump on your back!" The female figure threatened.

"Alright! Alright! Im awake just... don't jump on my back alright? You're not a kid anymore don't you know that?"

"Tsk, come now brother let's head downstairs and eat breakfast."

Shaking his head Sett retorted."What do you mean eat breakfast? You guys can't even cook I think what you're supposed to say is head downstairs and cook breakfast for us"

"..."

"We bought some bread at the bakery and brewed some coffee since you didn't wake up early and prepare food like you promised yesterday." ■■■■■replied while glaring ay Sett.

"Ah..."

Sett felt a pang of guilt when ■■■■■ mentioned that he didn't cook breakfast for them like he promised yesterday.

"Sorry..." Sett apologized while avoiding ■■■■■'s soul piercing gaze.

"Hmm..." ■■■■■hummed while narrowing her glaring eyes even further.

"Alright fine, I'll cook tommorow and since i forgot to cook today I'll let you pick what to eat." Sett replied as he couldn't bare being scrunitized by ■■■■■'s usually cute eyes.

"Really? That's a promise right?" The female figure asked with shining eyes.

"Yeah, I'll really wake up early tommorow and cook for you two so let me know what do you want to eat so i can prepare it."

"Alright!! But if you don't wake up early tommorow and do as you promised..."

Smiling at Sett with her eyes closed she added " I'll break your back."

Sett felt beads of sweat forming on his forehead as he gulped a mouthfull of saliva under ■■■■■'s threat.

But after hearing ■■■■■'s threat, Sett's vision suddenly changed. In his arm was ■■■■■'s bloody body as everything around him is in chaos. Fires surrounded him and horned creatures killing humans, The shouts of despair and the yelp of pain surrounded him. And next to him by his side was his little brother's mutilated body with missing limbs. It looks like ■■■■■■ died trying to protect his sister ■■■■■ from the horned creatures. And met an unfortunate end.

Tears flowed down Sett's eyes as he met a horned humanoid figure. The horned figure's face was completely dark but the figure's eyes was bloody red and he wore and wicked smile that reached to his ears.

Sett watched as the horned figure slowly walked towards his direction.

The horned figure walked until he was infront of Sett who was kneeling on the ground next to his dead brother's dead body as he held his dead sister in his arms.

The horned figure kneeled and whispered next to Sett's ears " This is all your fault, you are too weak to protect them." as he laughed loudly like a maniac.

~~~

"UAAHHH!!!" Sett screamed loudly as he woke up.

Sett was about to calm himself and stop screaming after waking up but he was unexpectedly met with a female figure screaming out of fright next to him.

"AHHHH!!!" The female figure screamed on top of her lungs with her eyes closed.

Startled and surprised Sett couldn't help but continue screaming.

"AGHHHHH!"

"AHHHHH!"

They both exchanged screams of fright, when the female voice that was screaming suddenly stop and shout,  "T-THUNDER MAGIC!  SHOCK DART!"  These were last words Sett heard before his muscles spasmed as if he got hit by something and his vision darken.

~~~

Azalie's Pov.

Azalie was reading a book while keeping watch on the guy that her grandfather found lying on the ground with severe injuries.

"Gramps told me to shout if this guy ever wakes up." Azalie spoke with a sigh.

"I wonder how this guy got all his injuries... he looks deathly pale aswell although gramps told me that his deathly pale skin is a result of the severe bloodloss he experienced."

("Gramps really does have a big heart, normally most people would just take this guy's bag and leave him in the ditch while slowly bleeding to death.") Azalie thought to herself.

As Azalie immersed herself in her imaginations, She saw the arm of the guy that her grandfather helped twitch slightly.

Curious Azalie walked closer to the guy to see if was waking up, but unexpectedly the guy's body twitched and then he woke up screaming very loudly ontop of his lungs.

Azalie was scared sh*tless because the guy that was heavily injured suddenly sat up and started to scream very loudly.

Frightened, Azalie also replied with a very high pitch scream.

The guy in question who suddenly woke up and started screaming was Sett.

They both exchanged their screams for a moment before Azalie panicked and started chanting a thunder spell.

"THUNDER MAGIC! SHOCK DART!"

"Urgh" Sett groaned before passing out with foams flowing from his mouth.

*huff* *huff* Azalie gasped for air after being startled like that forgetting for a moment that she used lightning magic on a severely wounded person.

It took 30 seconds for Azalie to calm down but when she looked at the guy that screamed earlier her heart dropped as she saw the Sett passed out with foams on his mouth.

"Ah, i messed up i accidentally used magic againts him because i was startled so bad. What should i do? What should i do?" Azalie thought as she panicked.

But while she was thinking of what to do she heard rushed footsteps and saw her grandfather rushing towards her.

"Azalie!" The old man shouted.

Beads of sweat started to trickle down Azalie's face as she attacked the severely injured guy with magic out of fright.

Arriving at the cart the old man saw azalie with beads of sweat on her face and the severely injured guy with foams flowing out of his mouth.

"Sh*t" the old man cursed as he rushed to the cart as he checked the kid's wounds to see if they opened again.

"Hah, it doesn't seem like the wounds opened up or anything" The old man said after sighing a breath of relief.

Turning around the oldman faced Azalie and was about to ask if she is fine because she screamed very loudly earlier when he saw a guilty expression on her face.

In a low and stern voice the oldman asked "What did you do?"

Sweat trickled down Azalie's face as she murmured "I kind of..."

"Kind of?" The oldman questioned her more sternly after confirming with her guilty expression and reply that Azalie did something to cause the kid's current situation.

"I kind of used a lightning mag-"

"You what!" The oldman cut off Azalie's words.

"H-he suddenly woke up and started screaming and i got frightened and accidentally used shock spell on him out of reflex!" Azalie replied anxiously.

The oldman was speechless after hearing what his granddaughter said but he soon let out a sigh of relief.

"You idiot! How could you use magic on a severely injured person! It would've been fine if it was out of self defence but yoh used magic because you got frightened? Do you know that even non lethal magic can kill a person when they are as injured as that guy!" The oldman scolded Azalie while pointing at Sett who passed out.

"Good thing that you only used shock magic which only causes muscles to spasm and paralyze the target temporarily."

The oldman spoke with a relieved expression on his face.

"Th-then why did he pass out?" Azalie asked anxiously.

"Are you seriously asking why he passed out? Ofcoarse he'd pass out! He was severely injured and the wounds on his chest was quite deep, not to mention he suffered from bloodloss making him barely conscious so tell me how can someone like that not pass out of pain when the even the muscle around his wounds spasmed!" The oldman criticized Azalie.

"I-im sorry" Azalie apologized to the oldman.

"Don't apologize to me apologize to that kid! And if you are really sorry for what you did go get the food i cooked over there and bring it here." The oldman scolded Azalie while pointing at the campfire nearby.

After the oldman told Azalie to get the food and bring it back to the cart, She immediately ran to the campfire and started to bring the food that he cooked back the cart.

" *sigh* that girl how can she be so careless." The oldman sighed as he looked at her trying to bring the food back to the cart.

"Ugh" a voice grunted.

Hearing a voice grunt the oldman immediately turned around and looked at Sett who was on the floor of the cart.

~~~

Waking up Sett's cognitive abilities was still a bit muddled.

"Hey kid, are you alright?" A rough yet gentle voice asked.

Sett's mind was still groggy but he managed to ask in a low and weak voice. "Where am i?"

"We're at a forest 1 mile away from the nearest city." The rough yet kind voice replied.

"Who are you?" Sett asked as he finally began to sober up.

"I'm Dominic Antares, you can call me Uncle Dom if you want." Dominic smiled as he introduced himself to Sett.

Looking at Dominic's smiling face he kindly asked, " Why am i here?"

"I found you on the side of the road heavily injured and my conscience just won't let me leave you alone especially since you are around my granddaughter's age." Dominic replied to Sett's question.

"Can i ask a question this time young man?" Dominic requested to Sett.

"Y-yes you can, this si the least i can do to repay you for saving me."  Sett replied.

Just because Sett lost his memories it didn't mean that he forgot how to communicate.

Sett feels conflicted because of what he feels. To Sett it feels like he knew what the words meant like a subconscious. He feels that he can understand the meaning behind the words but at the same time not understand them so he feels very confused.

"Since I've introduced myself. Young man can you also tell me your name?" Dominic requested.

Sett didn't know how to answer Dominic's question as he himself doesn't know what his name is.

As Sett was thinking on what to tell Dominic he suddenly remembered something.

"Kersett"  Sett mumbled inaudibly.

Sett remember that the female figure in his dreams called him Kersett. So after remembering this piece of information He immediately began thinking on what to say to Dominic.

"It's okay if you don't wanna tell me." Dominic reassured Sett.

"No Sir, I was just trying to remember my name that's all." Sett replied.

Raising his right eyebrow Dominic asked

"Trying to remember your name?"

"Yes sir, I suddenly woke up in a village filled with maggot infested zombies. But when i tried to remember why i was there in the first place... i couldn't remember anything. When i tried to remember why i was there i was surprised because i didn't only forget the reason why i was there in the first place but i also couldn't remember anything I didn't even know my name."

"Young man don't call me sir, just call me Dominic or Uncle Dom." Dominic spoke with a smile on his face then asked.

"It seems that you have suffered a memory loss, did you remember anything since you woke up?"

"I did remember an old nun teaching me about something. And im not sure if it's a memory or just a product of my memory but before i woke up in an abandoned building in the maggot infested zombies i had a dream." Sett answered.

"A dream?"

"Yes, before i woke up i had a dream where i was celebrating something with a group of people, i think it was about graduating the academy or something."

Sett hid the fact about the figure that gave a wicked smile at him subconsciously. Sett didn't know why he hid the fact about the blurry figure but he didn't say anything about. Maybe it's because he felt uncomfortable sharing it or perhaps it was because of another reason that he couldn't explain.

"Graduating the academy? Forgive me if im wrong young man but you are way too young to graduate the academy, by your looks and height I'm guessing that your age is around 13-14 years old, around the same age as that girl over there." Dominic spoke as he pointed at Azalie who struggled to bring the food towards the cart.

"That girl?" Sett subconsciously asked before he looked at the direction where Dominic's finger pointed at.

Seeing the girl who was carrying food and walking towards them Sett thought the girl was... problematic. It seemed like Sett remembered what the girl did to him right after he woke up.

"Uhm, excuse me si- i mean uncle but who is that girl?" Sett turned around as he asked Dominic.

"You mean Azalie? She is my granddaughter i brought her with me after she begged her parents that she wanted to accompany me. Are you interested in her?" Dominic asked as his eyes narrowed slowly.

"No it's nothing like that" Sett denied Dominic's question.

"Oh? Then why did you ask me about her?"

"I was just curious if every girls are like her..."

"Hahahaha, not every girl is as cute as her let me tell you that." Dominic laughed.

"No si- uncle, I wasn't talking about her appearance... I was just wondering if every girl just screams and attack an injured man so suddenly like her." Sett clarified his question with a curious tone.

"..."

"..."

Dominic was speechless after he heard Sett's question.

"Haha... don't worry young man not every girl is as eccentric as her, i wasked her why she attacked you earlier and she replied that she got startled and attacked on reflex." Dominic replied as he laughed awkwardly.

"So she just attacks a person whenever she gets startled?" Sett asked with clear confusion on his face.

"..."

Dominic couldn't retort to what Sett said especially since he asked with pure intentions.

"Cough cough, anyway did you have any other dreams besides the one that you had before you woke up?" Dominic asked with the intention of changing the topic.

"I did... i dreamt earlier before i woke up. I dreamt of a young female figure calling me Kersett."

"Calling you Kersett? Then why don't you call yourself Kersett then? Since you don't have a name right now why not use the name that the female figure in your dreams called you." Dominic suggested.

"Call myself Kersett?" Sett pondered.

"Yeah, atleast this way i won't have to call you young man anymore Hahahaha." Dominic laughed.

"I guess it's alright. Well then uncle let me introduce myself to you once more, I am Kersett and thsnk you for saving me." Sett introduced himself as he bowed.

"You're quite polite" Dominic chuckled.

"Kersett is a long name so how about i call you Sett? It will be your nickname of sorts." Dominic suggested with a smile on his face.

Sett experienced a sense of déjà vu as he spoke with a shocked expression. "What a coincidence uncle. The young female in my dreams also called me Sett."

"It's not that coincidental young man. Since the figure in your dreams called you Kersett it wouldn't be strange if she called you Sett as a nickname."

"Ah I see that does make sense." Sett agreed as his right hand formed a fist and smacked it on the palm of his left hand.

"Uncle can I ask something?"

"Sure go ahead."

"Why did you call me young man instead of Sett like you suggested earlier?" Sett asked with a confused expression.

"Haha, I just felt like calling you a young man. Do you want me to call you Sett?" The oldman asked.

"I would like that yes." Sett replied as he nodded his head 3 times.

"You speak so formally Sett do you fee uncomfortable speaking freely to me? Don't feel pressured and just speak informally." Dominic asked.

"I am not uncomfortable around you at all uncle." Sett fervently shook his head.

"Oho is that so?"

"Yes uncle but if my way of speaking makes you uncomfortable please tell me what i should change." Sett requested.

"Sett the way your speaking is so formal people will think that you are here to apply for a job." Dominic spoke while chuckling.

Sett looked at Dominic with a clear confusion on his face and said "But uncle this is how I normally talk."

"Hm, I guess you still don't know how to speak informally. Well we can work on that later, if you want to know how to speak freely then my advice is to stop being too polite when speaking." Dominic spoke  while giving Sett a wink.

Truth be told that was just an excuse from Sett. He was formally speaking since he didn't want to upset Dominic, especially since he saved him. The same couldn't be said for Azalie though.

"Haah" *huff* *huff* panting sounds could be heard.

"Gramps! Why is this so heavy?" Azalie asked while catching her breath.

"Ofcoarse it'll be heavy it's a soup." Dominic answered Azalie's question.

"Azalie come here and apologize to Sett." Dominic ordered Azalie while giving her a menacing glare.

Azalie anxiously entered the cart and sincerely apologized to Sett. Bowing her head she said "I'm very sorry, I was startled when you suddenly woke up and started screaming so I... I got frightened and used a lightning spell on reflex. Once again I'm very sorry."

"It's fine I did scream when i woke up I'm sorry if i startled you aswell. But it would be nice if you change your habbit of suddenly attacking people when you get frightened it's a bad habit." Sett added after accepting her apology.

Azalie's face flushed red from embarrassment and stuttered as she pouted. "H-How rude, I was just really surprised I swear that was the first time it happened... no the second ti- no the third time!"

Turning around to look for Dominic, Sett asked. "Correct me if im wrong but is the reason why her parents agreed to let her accompany you is because of her tendency to attack people when frightened?" Looking back at Azalie, Sett added "Excuse me miss Azalie but if you were to say im rude because of what i said then wouldn't what you did to me even ruder? You suddenly attacked an injured man just because you got surprised and i wasn't the first victim too."

AHAHAHA a hearty laugh could be heard from Dominic's direction.

Azalie's mind went blank from Sett's retort.

"Pfft, now now Sett don't tease her too much. She is already regretting her actions. Im actually surprised that you are this mischievous Hahaha."

"Uncle although I might not show it I do hold grudges and am very petty." Sett explained himself.

"Good to see that you are not speaking that politely anymore, It feels alot more comfortable speaking this way." Dominic spoke with a smile.

"YOU!!!" Azalie's face turned into the colour of a tomato because of embarrassment.

Even then Sett calmly said to her. "I got my revenge so I won't tease you anymore..."

Sett then silently added "For now..."

"What do you mean for now?!" Azalie glared lazers at Sett.

"It seems like you can speak more freely to Azalie than with me." Dominic smiled.

"I don't owe anything to Azalie and she attacked me so i naturally won't be as polite when speaking to her."

"Hey! Didn't you say it's fine?" Azalie retorted.

"I said that it's fine but it didn't mean i forgave you, like what i told uncle im a very petty person. Besides i said it was fine since it already happened and there was no point getting angry over it besides i can use it as an excuse to mess with you." Sett replied to Azalie with a grin.

With a big smile on his face dominic spoke in his mind and said. ("This kid is actually pretty playful, i was worried since he was very polite earlier to the point where it was unnatural. But thinking about it, if i do get saved by someone i would be very mindful of my manners so that i won't upset them. This kid is pretty truthful isn't he. I should go and stop their bickering since it's also time to eat dinner.")

*Clap* *Clap* "Alright you two stop bickering and introduce yourselves first and then we eat." Dominic requested to Sett and Azalie.

"Glaring at Sett, Azalie introduced herself. "I am Azalie Antares. And what about you? What's your name you sly bastard."

Sett calmly replied "My name is Kersett but you can call me Sett. Although only uncle can call me by my full name because you wouldn't like it if some rude people call your name isn't that right." Sett then added in an affirmative tone. "Little Azi" then smirked.

Azalie's face flushed red once more in anger and embarrassment since someone else other than her grandfather called her little.

"You! Just so you know I am at an average height for my age so I'm not little at all!" Azalie shouted.

"I wish i could stand up and show you how short you are compared to me but sadly i can't i am still very injured, If only someone didn't electrocute me earlier i probably would be in much much less pain." Sett sighed.

"I already said sorry earlier! What more do you want?" Azalie complained

"For you to shut up and listen to your grandfather for atleast a day." Sett quickly answered.

"..."

"F-fine after that we are even right? And you'll stop annoying me?" Azalie asked in confirmation but all she recieved was.

"No promises."

Before Azalie could even complain Dominic clapped his hands and said "Alright stop fighting, also Kersett i appreciate the gesture but if little Azi over here shut up for a day it would be very lonely. Although i liked the second part of the request." Dominic nodded his head in agreement.

"Now let's go eat before the food becomes cold. Kersett over here needs to rest too Azalie, although he may joke about it he is in alot of pain right now especially since he got shocked earlier opening some of his wounds, Just take a look at his forehead beads of sweat are forming and mind you it's very cold tonight. He just didn't want you to feel guilty about attacking him earlier so he quarreled and joked about his condition with you."

"I've been found out haha... but uncle you now made my efforts on go to waste." Sett chuckled.

After hearing their conversation Azalie felt a pang of guilt again and her expression dropped and became gloomier.

"See uncle? Now look at her, she looks like a puppy that wasn't given treats."

Noticing Sett's intention Dominic followed the flow.

"She does look like a puppy, A very tiny and cute one at that." Dominic laughed.

"Hey! I am not a puppy alright!" Azalie pouted.

"Stop beating yourself over it althought it is your fault that i am in pain right now i already told you that it's fine. Besides a gloomy puppy can't be interesting right Uncle?"

Sett's words pierced Azalie like a sharp arrow but she noticed that he is trying to change the topic.

"Hahaha, you are right about that one Kersett, well then let's start eating the food now and stop talking." Dominic requested.

And just like that Sett had his first proper meal with the people that helped him. Sett had never thought that eating with somebody else could be this fulfilling.