Fantasy Pristine: Our Bond

Chapter 11's

Chloe opened both her eyes after being closed for a very long time before.The previously pitch-black forest scene turned brightly colored by the warm rays of the morning sun.

Some of the snow that perched on the tree branch melted itself. It's soothing, isn't it. Unfortunately, that calm feeling did not last long when he realized that he was still leaning his back on the body of the tree without a name. The same tree again.

He's still in the same place. There, there is a forest guardrail and he was found leaning on a tree trunk. Gee whiz...

Chloe, who was still half conscious, forced herself to wake up and immediately left the forest. One more! Where is Black Aura? Once he left a woman in the woods alone. Not in the woods, it means letting Chloe sleep alone in the outside world.

Chloe clucked furiously as she circled around looking for the right direction.

"Basic! Could've let me lie to someone who doesn't have a home here! At least carry me and take me home why? Jeez.." Chloe scolded him while ruffling his hair pissed.

His emotions suddenly changed. From being dissolved due to the arrival of Black Aura to being bloodied due to his departure that was not based on permission.

Chloe stared at the dim screen of her phone. Soon enough to go lowbat. "Hour 6am... To Aoi's house only once?" thought.

After a few minutes of thinking, Chloe finally decided to visit Aoi's super-cluttered house.

Hopefully, he can find new clues in it. He also hopes not to be lonely again for the second time.

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"Aargha! Again release!" grumbled a man in black.

Since then, he was engrossed in grumbling because of the mission of his men who often failed. Well, it's not easy to act in people's world. They need to learn some of the human habits and activities in this world.

"The body is cold. I can't linger in this almost rotten body anymore."

"Mr Dark Fire... Someone brought you a message." A sweetly dressed woman brought him a letter.

"Let's put it on the table!"

"Good sir."

After the maid's departure, the man named Dark Fire is back on a rampage over what has happened to his men last night.

He cursed everything. He hates Mega Vile which has great power and most likely has the ability to rule the world.

"Not this time. Whether Carnater or the real world, everything will be covered. The entire oppressed Legend Aura will come back to oppress you!" he then slammed his desk. Until there's a big crack in there.

"Yui! Kagura!" Dark Fire called out its two members loudly. Even to the point of filling his office space.

The sound of two people's footsteps appeared and approached the black victorious man.

"What can we help you with, From Fire?" ask Yui seriously. He looks like a teenager in general. Wearing a Japanese schoolgirl uniform with a katana that she sticks on her shoulders. That short blond fluttering hair made him look really cool.

Different from the girl next to him. Stand tall wearing a black hoodie with a black white striped skirt on your knees. Free-dealing long brown hair and a terrible baseball bat.

"I don't know where the Mega Viles are hiding. Find them and kill them. Before that, find the fragments of the Carnater Mirror to make their mission even more chaotic!" dark Fire's command oncegis shows her sweet glowing orange.

"Gee... He's really not sane this time." Whisper Yui.

"Ssssttt watch your talk!" Laguna warned.

"WE'RE DOING IT, SIR!" they all disappeared together like ninjas.

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BRAAAKKK!

Chloe breaks down rough play door Aoi's house. After running dozens of meters to his best friend's house and back faced with the condition of the living room is messy. Chloe knew that the police wouldn't take care of her because there were some important things tucked inside.

Chloe glanced in various directions hoping that no one would notice her movements. Feeling safe, Chloe came in.

The moist aroma that instantly invaded her nose required Chloe to cover part of her face with a cloth. It smells like wet garbage that has long been left open in a room.

"Awl... Where the hell are you?" chloe thought worried. He circulated his gaze until it encompassed Aoi's central room. The view is not much different than before. Still messy.

The television lying weakly on the floor, the scattered paper coloring the floor of the room, the pool of blood staining most of the walls, and the gripping atmosphere suffocating his neck.

"It's getting worse at home...".

After wandering around the living room, he chose to climb a few stairs to the kitchen of Aoi's house. One of the most chaotic places.

While walking, he also looked around him where he knew there was something new in Aoi's house.

"Nothing new. Heh?? Black Aura?!!" chloe shouted hysterically as soon as she found the white-haired juvenile figure with the violet bead watching Aoi's dull plate.

"Hmm?" the response of Black Aura was relaxed.

The teenager stood in front of Aoi's refrigerator. Apparently, he had just looked at some of the photos taken by Chloe and Aoi.

"What are you doing here? Don't tell... You did it?!" Accuse Chloe of being followed by the knife she showed for Black Aura.

Black Aura looked at Chloe flatly. He realized that the girl was threatening him with a knife. But it really meant nothing to him.

"Don't just accuse. It smells different here. I need to check it out while no humans are passing by.".

Black Aura did not respond and went to the other room. From the direction of his path, it seemed like he was about to enter the middle space.

Chloe clucked. Different from the one last night was very tempted by the fact he met Black Aura.

"Hey! Answer me first!!" Chloe pulled the shoulders of the rough Black Aura. He was again surprised by his hand stained with black blood after touching the injured shoulder of the teenager last night.

"Eh? Sorry-sorry. Not sick? Bentar, let me find a bandage to cover up your wound.".

The girl panicked and immediately wandered around Aoi's room. Black Aura only looked at his back as well as his random footsteps.

"Necessary. This wound will heal on its own.".

"No! Ntar infection!" deny Chloe raw. Although they were different species, to him, the name of the wound remained a wound. If not treated immediately, infection can occur.

"Well! I'll see you too!" Chloe picks up the bandage she found in Aoi's P3K box.

Black Aura did not respond and just looked at the girl walking around the dining table and approached her.

"Yuk, to the room! There's a lot I want to ask you.".

"Please...".

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"I'm still looking for Aoi to this day. I also promised myself that I would find him later. And during this trip, I had to create a novel that Aoi was ready to read." Chloe said after treating Black Aura's wounds.

"If there's no Aoi... It feels like there is less. All this time, he was the only person I could trust.".

"The only? Your family?".

"They've been gone a long time.".

"Oh.".

Chloe smiled then chuckled small.it was actually a bit strange with the Black Aura response. But he understood eventually.

"Forget it. I'm the one who must now find Aoi. He has helped me a lot. Now, it's my turn...".

"Necessary. You better stay home. Your world is again in a rather peaceful time." Prevent Black Aura. The look he had on the couple was very serious.

Chloe fell silent for a moment and asked.

"Why? Let me come with you! Just staying home is boring. Plus, I don't have any friends to joke with. I also need inspiration to write novels through my valuable experiences.".

"Even until it threatens your life?".

Chloe nodded but there was a side of doubt in her.

Seeing that, Black Aura let out a heavy sigh. He is confused about his current condition. The world that is not supposed to be connected even becomes connected because of the actions of the enemy. And it also had a severe impact on the innocent humans here.

"I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. But I will keep trying to find him for you. Actually, humans can't get involved." It was clearly Black Aura with her gaze glued towards the photo shots of Chloe and Aoi.

Hearing Black Aura's statement, Chloe returned moody. Losing a friend who can make him smile again is very painful. It hurts more if he can't do anything for Aoi.

"But..." Black Aura was back. "I've never had a bond with a human being. Midnight told me before she disappeared with the others. He said, I will find many unique things if we bond with humans. So, I'm not...".

"Of course!".

Black Aura opened his eyes wide.

"You want to be friends with me, don't you? Why didn't you say?" Chloe reviewed her pure smile on Black Aura.

"From the first time I heard your name. I feel like you really exist. I feel, so I want to meet you and be friends with you. And again, the fantasy world is difficult to accept its existence in the real world. So does our world.

"But, once a miracle happens and our world is connected, I want to at least be able to share my bond with you. I also want to put your name in my novel." Chloe blushed in embarrassment.

"So... From now on, we're friends!" Chloe extended her right hand in front of Black Aura.

Not looking at where they were standing right now, Chloe just thought that today was the rarest day of her life. In addition to the solitude that previously ruled her mind, Chloe now wants to change the loneliness into a new thing.

Making friends is not just with humans. We can be friends with anyone as long as we want to open up and mingle with them.

"We're friends from now on." Black Aura shook Chloe's hand.

Instantly, the new things each of them felt in one hand.

On Chloe's side, she felt the coldness of Aura's hand. While Black Aura, he felt the warmth of the grasp of the human hand.

"Is this not what Aoi meant?" inner Chloe.

"What does Midnight mean?" so did Black Aura.

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