Legend of the Moon Crystal

Chapter 144 "Will Be Alright"

Gathering his determination and courage, Zeron stood before his teacher who was arranging his things into a bag.

He clenched his hand. His teacher would once again wander, and it was possible that he would meet those whom the master teacher had said. Anorexa kept the last item in her bag as she watched Zeron standing behind her with a strange expression she had never seen during her time caring for Zeron.

"Zee, what's wrong?" Ask worried.

Zeron took a deep breath and took it out firmly before his pair of manics looked up, looking right at the irises of the setting sun that always stunned him and more and more.

"Teacher!" Call her. "I've been thinking about it for a long time. And I will never be wrong in judging my feelings for the teacher."

"I love the teacher more than I feel as a student to the teacher."

When he said that, Zeron did not waver in the least. He was prepared with all the possibilities he could face and he could not back down after he said the words he had just led out. He looked down, not daring to look at the disappointed face of his teacher, but he did not move.

"Zee."

He heard the stern voice of Anorexa. "Teachers can't accept your feelings."

Anorexa did not try to deny the feelings Zeron had for her. He did not confirm that the feeling was a sense of awe or anything like that, and he completely rejected it. Although Zeron had prepared himself, he could not lie to himself that he wanted to cry and scream right then and there.

Zeron opened his lips and let out a quivering sound. "Ke—Why? Is it because I look like a kid in the eyes of a teacher?"

There was no response from Anorexa for a while before his voice sounded, replying to Zeron. "Because we can't be together, Zee. I can't accept your feelings, and you have to get rid of those feelings. Your future is long, and someday you'll understand that it's only a temporary desire."

Zeron clenched his hands and said while smiling. "I'm sorry for my stupidity, teacher. Let's just say I never said anything just now. Excuse me."

"Zee."

Without listening to Anorexa's call, Zeron stepped out just like that and stepped wherever his feet took him. He was ready, he had prepared himself and mentally, he was aware that his teacher would never be together, but he still conveys his feelings so that his feelings do not accumulate and become an obsession as said by Velesa-sister like his. But in the end, he still could not resist the sadness of his heart because of the rejection of the teacher.

It is not that easy to accept the harsh reality of rejection of love.

Wiping away the tears on his face, Zeron finally stopped and sat down by the lake. Staring at himself reflected by the lake water, before disappearing due to the ripples created by his tears.

"It hurts." He muttered with a hoarse voice.

"Do you really want it?"

...***...

Anorexa looked out the window anxiously. His disciple had not returned even when the sun had already sunk since many hours ago.

In the end after waiting for a few more moments, Anorexa was impatient and immediately picked up her robe to step out looking for Zeron. Not yet he stepped far away, he saw an explosion appear behind a dense forest, and was on a volcano.

The explosion inevitably makes Anorexa think that Zeron is there, because the magic element of Zeron is embers of fire. He was worried that something might happen to his student, so he rushed up his ice slide and disappeared as soon as possible to where Zeron was. Or rather, the origin of the explosion.

Anorexa realizes that there is something strange about Zeron's body. There was a blackish object that spread across his body and almost covered half of his face. His pair of eyes darkened, and there was no expression on his face. Anorexa knows what's going on.

It is said that there is indeed a Demon Beast that resembles a shadow that is very happy to manipulate and control the human body to be used as a temporary body. But since the human body could not bear the power of such a dark demon star, their soul core could slowly be eroded and if left unchecked, it could endanger itself and others around it when he went berserk.

"Dam!!"

He tried to call out to her, trying to find Zeron's consciousness even if it was just a little.

"Yahoo!!!" There was no meaningful answer, the teenage boy roared in a voice that was half mixed with a deep voice that shrill sharply, to make Anorexa inevitably close her ears and frown.

He watched as Zeron quickly raised his hand and threw a football-sized ember that floated towards him. Anorexa raised her hand, swung it rapidly to create a protective wall of ice that instantly submerged the embers into it, and shattered into pieces as Anorexa clenched her hands.

"Zeez! Be aware! He is a demonic beast trying to take control of your mind! Fight it!!"

Zeron listened to nothing, and decisively threw the fireballs over and over at Anorexa who was constantly holding him back and avoiding him.

"Gu .. ru, gu .. ru, I .. love .. cin. ta."

Instantly, Anorexa was stunned.

The woman did not have time to move when a fireball slid towards her. He dodged it, but his right arm was injured by the fireball, making it blister and turn into a dark reddish.

Anorexa grimaced, quickly cooling her arm using ice that she froze around her arm for a few seconds.

His pair of manics looked towards Zeron. Although there was no expression on his face, there was a glint of traces of tears on both of his cheeks. His little disciple must have suffered, when he felt that his refusal was hurting his heart, the Demon Beast immediately took advantage of Zeron's negligence and tried to gain control of his body.

"Zee."

...***...

As his consciousness gradually returned, Zeron found a scene that made his manic perfectly widen.

His teacher tried to maintain his standing position despite blood flowing from his injured shoulder and lower abdomen. Large holes are created near the mountain, which makes the mountain have thick black cloud roofs that signal its eruption.

He was about to call out his teacher's name when he realized that his body felt so sore for every move he made, even if it was just a small gesture.

"Gu .. ru?" Call her.

Anorexa looked up, before calmly letting out a smile on her blood-stained face. "It's okay, Zee."

"You'll be fine."