4 Dark Nightmare

Street vendor, people that bringing so many weapons with them, and some people that using jeans pants? Shirt? What? I thought this world is just like middle aged fantasy style, but from what I noticed at noon, there is some building that similar like modern building on earth. When I walk and take a closer look at them, the seems a bit similar like modern earthlings.

With the middle century mix with the style of 19th centuries, I can see the difference between the people who has enough money and poor people. I take a deep breath; The smell of food lured me to go walk there. My foot automatically walks towards the source of my interest that leads me to a big booth that selling some skewer and kebab .

Some people there are bringing weapon with them, they are sitting on the table on this road circle, surrounded by a large and long pot that is often on the side of the road, behind the bluish red road; there are lots of fantasy identical buildings filling almost all the way. The lantern light that comes from a burning stone with so many colors filling this place.

I take a bite of my kebab, while walking around.

The hustle and bustle of traders and the conversations of people carrying weapons decorated the night. I see a jewelry merchant, a meat merchant, and the one that catch my attention the most is the sword merchant. I take a look from bit afar from the stall looking that the swords and the armors that looks elegant but kind of soggy.

“Young boy, come and take a closer look here!” said that bearded man while waving his hand in and out.

“A-Ahh…”

I then take control of my body, walk towards him and take a closer look. It makes me feel even more amaze, I’ve never seen a real sword in my life before. I mean see it closer in a real time like this, I then try to take the smallest one and try to raise it.

“S-So heavy! What is this??”

“It’s a sword young boy, of course it’s heavy!”

“O-Ohh… yea, you’re right!”

I lift it up against the moon, and see the light reflects on the sword, the color become brighter as if the sword is absorbing the light. A particle then suddenly appears and slowly comes towards this sword, it really comes from the moon and the stars. Turning my sword into a silver and golden made of light sword.

Even the trader surprised, me and another Zein also surprised. I then put this sword to its the sheath again in panic. I look at the trader, and then laughing awkwardly and he says.

“T-That’s a rare sword!! Young boy, I will sell it just for you for 65 Zoniac, what do you say?” He said in amazed and a bit stuttering

“65 Gold coins, hold on Zein. Let me handle this.” The spirit me said taking over my body again.

“O-Okay.”

“Sir, isn't that too cheating? Aren't you here selling junk equipment that the Holy Acheros soldiers no longer use? Even though this sword is some kind of magical sword, it’s still a dull blade I can see it, look at this crack and the blade.”

“Y-You’re right… Then, How about 34 Zoni-”

“-15 Zoniac and 32 Charl, What about it?”

“W-What, young boy, you wanna make me lose?? No, 20 Zoniac and 50 Charl that’s my last offer!”

“Alright, we have a deal.”

And finally, they make they deal. He summons a big bag of money that contains a bunch of gold coins and silver coins, he pick up 20 gold coins and 50 silver coins and put it into a smaller pocket and give it to the trader. Before we can take the sword, the trader ask to us.

“Are you one of the knights of Acheros? Or some kind of adventurer?”

“No, but you can say that I am a swordman.”

“Do you have any license from this country?”

“Before you’re asking that, lemme ask you why are you trading this dangerous goods at the food district? Do you have any license for it?”

“Wha- Ahem, alright then. Do as you wish but don’t tell anyone about this, okay?” here I’ll give you half of charl you paid to me okay?”

“Deal!”

And then we going back to the food street, with so my mind cannot stop asking to me about what happened back then, I then let myself to ask him.

“Dude, what was it about? And what license did he talking about?”

“Ah, that? Yea I forgot to tell you…”

He starts explaining.

He told me that this country has a rule that every person in this country should have a license to buy a weapon so they don’t use it in a wrong way, although I think it is not effective but it is what it is. It’s the same as the driving license permit on earth and so.

And of course, for the trader like him, he also need a permission license to do his job on with some requirements. Such as the district he should be in, the district of weaponry is start from the 1st district until 6 district and for the 7 until 14 district is for the entertainment and culture events and ritual place.

And those who are selling things not at their designated place will be punished with lashing to death penalty according to the weight of the goods they sell, whether its legal or illegally. From what I understand is just like that.

Well, let’s put it aside first, I see two man far from me, one is like human but bald and the other looks like a camel with a human face and they’re both muscular and looks scary. They’re seems like having a fight, the bald man seems to be mad of something while then the camel man just spit onto his face.

“Huh? What are you, don’t agree with me?? Look I am diamond rank you know that? I have my own privilege to sit in a better place.”

The camel man then spitting again after that man are talking once again, he then pull out his sword while the camel one pull off his nun chuck, this might be an intense fight but the thing is, how does the nun chuck can beat a great sword. It doesn’t make any sense.

Just getting even worse, I see my shadow like it’s alive, it goes out and crawling towards those two men who are fighting. When both are about to make a deal which one will win, that shadow split those two men and suddenly it grows up and says.

“Hey, stop it… look around! Both of you are just looks stupid!” He said closing his eyes with his hands are raising.

“Get out my way Levin, we’re almost finished.”

“Finished what, exactly? Killing each other?”

All of them starts to shut their mouth, this guy… he looks awesome in my eyes. How I describe him, charismatic will be fit for him. He looks at me and smiles, I move my head down and he says to everyone here.

“Look over there, there’s a kid. Don’t you feel embarrassed? You are all a grown up men, a warrior, an adventurer. You are all have your own duty to protect people just like the those people did in the battlefield. You think you far better then them don’t you? Now prove it right!!!”

Those word really makes the people around gaze down, so am I with the spirit taking control my body now. I do not understand what they are feeling, but I believe I feel sad by his speech. I feel weak, what he said was right about it. Although I do not relate in anything about it.

And then, I look above and he is right in front of me, his smile shine like the moonlight that even more brighter than the sun of the earth. I look at him closely, my head are arranging some words but my mouth wouldn’t let it coming out. My hands feels like being entangled by something.

He bows down to me, I am surprised of it. He then put his hand on his right chest, I take his shoulders up. He says.

“Master Raihan Zein, it is been awhile since I’ve met you at the battlefield!”

It is not my name, he calls someone else. Suddenly the other me take control over my body and says.

“Ohh, it was you the night shredder. I remembered the scar you made on my right shoulder, it is still hurt until the last time I’ve used my own body.”

“-Talking about it you made me realize, how can u be younger than the last time?”

“Long story, this body is not mine. It is another me, I do not want to spill how can I find him.”

“Hmm… Fair enough, maybe it is some kind of inventions I assume.”

“You can say so.”

“Alright then. Oh, seems like it is time for me to do my job. See you soon master!”

And he disappear.

Soon as the guy called Levin disappear, this another me suddenly giving my body back to me. I freeze for awhile, analyzing the situation, looking around and then look into both of my hand that holding something.

I open my hands and see two black an purple stone are in my hands, it feels warm and a bit soft. I then ask.

“What is this stone?”

“Arian stone, a stone that can save and projecting a vision of the memory you want to save and show.”

“Alright, but let me ask you this… so your full name was Raihan Zein?”

“Yes… Sorry for my late introduction. So my real name is Raihan Zein, from a territory called Nusantara. The second biggest country after Amirta of that territory.”

“You know what?”

“Hm?”

“My name was also Raihan Zein, full name is Muhammad Raihan Zein. My mom and my grandma changed it because some particular reason.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

And then our conversation stopped.

We then heading back after I found a place to sit and eat my foods peacefully, I walked until the place we land and let him take control my body again. My body jump and suddenly fly away after Raihan saying wind ball that summon a small ball with high concentration green wind under my feet.

I walk inside the mansion, putting the mantle on the mantle holder and put off my shoes. I then walk towards the cleaning room to brush my teeth with a special wood for brushing teeth and wash my hands, feet and face.

After that, I enter my room I make myself fall for the bed. Looking to the left while the rest of my body are facing the bed, I look at the night sky on the window on my view. Feeling not in the mood to sleep, I then decided to sitting on the window.

Opening it and sitting at the corner of it. He changes position with me, suddenly summoning an iron round thing like a big dull bullet. Rolling it and suddenly I see something like a cigarettes coming. He pulling one of it then ignite it up by a small fire from my right index finger.

He smoke it deeply, covered by the mask of mine. Let some of the smoke out and some to come in and exhales it. He summons a cup of coffee again and I summon pull out my phone from my pocket and ask him to play the song named ‘Million Years’.

He feels so calm hearing it, making a small speaker that pops out from my memory and plug it in and continue enjoying the night with all of the mellow song. A voice comes out from nowhere. It says.

“Why can’t I be better, Alex, Charl, Abdul, Zephyrus, Vlad... Where did you go, Komon? Why do you leave this country just like that?”

He said, on his heart, smoking his cigarette deeply.

I do not understand what is he talking about, but I am feeling so sleepy in this warm atmosphere. It comes from my body, although I am not using it. Slowly, I walk outside of my body. And then a close my eyes. When I open my eyes again, I recognize myself to running from something.

This panic feeling really makes me uncomfortable, my legs are feeling heavy, on this dark and creepy abandoned building like place. I look behind. A face that I don’t recognize comes to me running so fast, smiling. I am trying to run with my breath that suddenly getting heavy.

The creature then start to open his mouth and suddenly turns into a gigantic black and purple dragon mouth. Suddenly I open my eyes on my physical body and take a deep breath while laying on the bed with the smell of the cigarettes stick to my body. I really feel exhausted and then I start to wake up slowly with my anemia start to kicking in.

I then grab the edge of this luxury bed and take a breath like I was running for 10km non-stop. I slowly walk while staggers a bit, and them walking normal. Ugh, anemia sucks. When I close the door and walking downstairs, I see Elizabeth are about to walk up stairs but she suddenly stop as she turns her head upward and open her eyes while looking at me.

She looks surprised while saying.

“Young master, are you awake?! Forgive my impudence in waking up later than you."

“Huh? O-Ohh… It’s fine, it’s fine… Really, I’ve woken up because of my nightmare.”

“Ohh, You have a Dark Nightmare? Are you feeling okay? Should I sleep with you next time, master?”

“N-N-No, thanks! Really, don’t!!”

“Is that so… Alright then. Ahh yes, I am here to say that the breakfast is ready.”

Then I nod.

I then continue walking downstairs with her, we are talking about the last night, and she seems to be interested in it. I talk a lot than usually I do with her without realizing that we have reach the dining room. I then sit at the same place yesterday and they prepare the my cutlery and we are starting to eat.

Today’s menu is a thing that looks like spaghetti, steak, soup, and a baked potato. I take out the spaghetti first and then eat it immediately after I roll it up from the big plate. Short story we finished to eat. Raihan says to take a bath because we are going somewhere.

And I do so, I take a bath change my clothes and then going to the front door that being opened by the maids.

“Take care the mansion for me, I’m heading out.” Said Raihan and flying using the wind magic that flows within my body.

The feeling, its kind of cold but also warm and a bit tingling on my body. The good thing is, I can barely see all of the districts clearly. The people talking, walking, running, sleeping, and sunbathing. A blue girl that appears from the water in a fountain t

alking with another girl with a white hair. That is the most thing that take my view away.