“This is it.” I can see my mom and my dad by my side, both of them are crying. I still can’t believe I died. It feels so unreal, but it feels good, like I had been wrapped in a soft and comforting blanket.“It’s ok mom, I’m in peace here.” I said out loud, but they didn’t hear, only silence
My mom was crying and sobbing. Her long black hairs were a messe and her usually lush green eyes were puffy and red.“Come back please… Please my baby come back.”
My dad came and wrapped his arms around my mom and said, “It’s going to be ok dear.” He had his eyes in water, trying not to cry, for my mom.My dad who was usually a tall man with broad shoulders was now reduced to his knees. I could only watch as his brown eyes began leaking, overflowing with sorrow.
All I could do was look at them in despair as they were in each other's arms.My father said, “Our son did what nobody could have done. You have to be proud of him.”
“No! He is a rash little brat!” my mom said on an angry tone that startled my father. “When he comes back he is going to be grounded forever.” My mom was almost never angry at me, and seeing her like that made me feel a little pain in my sternum. “Should have thought about that before being so reckless.” All of a sudden, I felt a presence behind me.
It wasn’t threatening so I let it be for the time being before turning back my attention to my parents.
“Dana!” My father raised his voice to get my mother’s attention. “Our son is not going to come back.” A few seconds passed before my mother exploded in cries. My father gestured politely to the manors domestic and butlers to leave the room. He then said in a gentle tone “It’s going to be ok. We're gonna get through this together.”
“I don’t want to go through this!” My mother said “I want my baby back!” She began crying even louder.The window I had been watching through faded to black and began talking to what was behind me.“Hey!” I said “I know you're there! Get out whoever you are!”
“You sensed me?” a masculine voice asked behind me. His voice filled with impress and pride
“Not really hard.” I answered him, still wondering who he could be
“I chose you because I knew you had keen senses but I didn’t expect it to be this much.” he said. “Choose me? What did he mean by that?” I thought to myself but before I had the chance to think more the manly voice asked. “Anyway, how did it happen?”
“How what happened?” I asked, confused at his question and at the statement he had made earlier.
“How did you pass?” He answered, with a gentle voice that was fairly close to the one my father had used with my mother earlier.
I began telling the little story my life had been. I was an adventurer, I was raiding dungeons and fighting magical beasts as a living. I was a lone adventurer traveling from dungeon to dungeon with different parties and searching for a permanent one. It was cool, meeting new people and later after the dungeons I kept contact with some of them and they invited me sometimes when they needed help.
I made a pause, It was hard to talk about it. It was then that I saw that all the light that was here was made by the stars that shone down on us. I continued my story.
One of the parties that I knew and had made friends with contacted me to go in an unexplored dungeon everything was going well until one of the monster’s attacks made the dungeon collapse and my friends got stuck behind the debris. They were going to starve If I tried going back to get help, I had to do something now. So I dug, I dug through with my bear hands because my magic supplies had been depleted. It went on for five days and five nights. When they had all come out of the dungeon and that help was on the way, my body collapsed and I died of exhaustion. They took my body back to my home and it was the scene we had just witnessed. When I finished my story the voice said with the same gentle voice as before“That is very courageous of you.”
“Thank you that helps.” I said with a smile before asking. “You’ve been here for quite awhile now. Why are you here?”
“Answers will come in time don’t worry.” He said “ I am here today to make you my heir.” He added. To those words I spun around
The voice came from a man a little taller than me, he was generally good looking with a good musculature, he had short golden hairs and his eyes were shining with bismuth like reflexions, his ears were pointy like elven ones. He also had beautiful clothes, a golden scaly coat with silver linings, a black under vest, navy pants and dark brown boots that fitted the rest of his attire.
“Your heir?!” I said dumbfounded. “Who are you anyway?” I asked without making a pause.
The man looked at me, smiled and simply said. “I am the Dragon god.”
“The Dragon god?!” I almost yelled. “Wait, If I’m your heir, does this mean that I will live with you?” I asked.
“No don’t worry, you will be returned to your world as my heir.” He seemed like a joyful and pleasant guy despite his status.
“Then what does it mean to be your heir.” I asked a little confused
“It simply means you will be like my incarnation in your world, You will inherit my powers and you will be reborn.” He said in an explicative tone.After explaining this to me, he asked “What is your name?”
“You're a god and you chose me, aren’t you supposed to know this?” I asked jokingly.
“Yes but I want to hear it from you” He answered with a smirk
“My name is Ithan Lightbearer.” I said while bowing down to my knee.
“No need to bow, you will be royalty soon after all” He said with a smile.
“Oh… right.” I said while smiling. “Damn that man’s smile is contagious!” I told myself
So many questions were running through my head, I wanted to ask them all, but the god said “I know you probably have a lot of questions, and they will all be answered right now.”
“Like n…” I didn’t have time to finish my question. He took one of his hands and put it on my forehead, and as soon as we made contact, a flow of information came rushing in my mind, like combat techniques,
Flight, magic, the dragon royalty system, the geography of my world and, most important of all, How to use my new powers.
I fell on my back from the overdose of information to which point I realized that I was completely naked.
“Oh my god I’m naked!” I said on a concerned tone
The dragon simply said “Oh… Here, have this.”
He tossed me a coat that looked like his except that it was made out of black scales instead of golden ones, a dark purple under vest, black pants and some dark brown boots like his.
After I finished putting them on, he said “Now you look like a real dragon. You know everything you have to know for now so I will send you back to your world exactly three months after your death.”
“Wait, first tell me your name.” I asked
He took some steps away and said, “my name is Irilath the Dragon God.” before a golden light engulfed him and transformed into a giant golden dragon. The dragon was gold from the nuzzle to the tip of its tail, except for his eyes and horns. His eyes were the same colour as before but his horns were now an electric purple
The dragon swung it’s head back and I knew what was coming, I braised for the impact of the flames on a magic shield that I had just created but instead of burning, the flames pushed me back to something.
“Oh and also when you come back to your senses, stay where you are for about a day, people you know will come get you.” I heard the dragon say in the distance.
I was pushed back into a body, my body.
End of chapter 1
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