The Return of the True Ruler

Meeting and Meets with Preceptor

While waiting for tomorrow, Yuka tries to go to the fish pond in the city center to find peace. Who knows, he can recall what happened a few days ago.

But for hours contemplating on the bench near the pond, he could not remember. So long he was there, he was noticed by residents passing by. Only Yuka was unconscious.

"What actually happened at that time? I just remember, if we almost lost against the big Dragon and? Un.. Oho! Underworld Worshippers! I remember that, but I don't remember next." murmured Yuka.

"You don't have to remember it okay. All you need to remember is your duty, Yuka. Or should I call, myself."

Yuka was shocked and stood up. It felt as if he had not seen anyone talking to him, as if the voice was coming from inside his head. And strangely, he felt familiar with that voice.

"You.. who are you? Whatdoyouwant? And, what do you mean by my duty? I just know that I woke up here." he said in his mind, meaning some kind of telepathy.

"Sure you don't remember."

Yuka was silent. "If you want to know about your "goal" then get around the world. Find out the truth hidden in this world. That way, you'll find out what your "goal" is," the voice explained.

And then the voice disappeared like it never existed. "What does that mean? What does that mean, I have to surround the nine regions of the Alienated Plains until I find out the truth?! Duh, until when dong if gini story.." lamented Yuka.

After pacing, Yuka sat down and took her Realm Book.

"Sometimes I often forget to put down this Realm Book. Well, there's no way I'm putting it on the Status Screen in front of people... Instantly I became the experimenter again." he said with a sigh.

"But it seems, this Realm Book will return itself to the Status Screen deh..."

Yuka was speechless while looking at her Realm Book. "Well, whatever, look at it first, there's some recent info about whether, usually, he'll shine, but it seems like only when I hold it..."

Yuka also opened the Realm Book slowly and read the information.

[Diamon, a Dragon who lives together with the Preceptor of The Wind, Anemoi. He said, Diamon was a friend of Anemoi, a friend who always accompanied Anemoi's daily life.]

[However, ever since Anemoi slept long, chaos in the city ensued. And Diamon disappeared somewhere. Diamon is also the Guardian Dragon, who has the duty of the Anemoi to protect Freelance from harm.]

[Underworld Worshiper, an organization under the Preceptor of the Dark that aims to destroy The Rule and kill the Preceptors under the control of The Rule. Still no one knew the reason of Underworld Worshiper doing that.]

"This is all..? Looks like there's still only.. But should this book record it, can this book also be forgotten??"

....

"Can't be, right? Ahaha, definitely not... By the way, it's late afternoon? Very nice taste... And why do I look at people? Is there something strange about me?" yuka said while closing the book.

He stood up and went to Aaron's house. However, he was stopped by a foreign man who suddenly just held his hand. Somehow the man could appear beside him, but there was no one.

"Miss, can you talk to me first?" said the man softly.

Yuka who heard it somehow became unwell, she sat right next to the man.

"Hey, Miss, do you want to hear my story..? Although maybe your impression of me is not good." said the man.

Yuka thought for a while, then she realized that she was the Poet who was in the Dragon war a few days ago.

"Yes, my name is Dariel Vinson. You can call me Dariel. But rather than Dariel, I'm just a useless person who can't take care of my city and my friends." she said with a deep sigh.

"Wait, town? What do you mean, you're Preceptor-Humph!!" he said while closing his mouth.

"I-I have to keep my mouth." he thought.

"Anu, I'm sorry, it's nothing, I was just wondering, what... You're the Preceptor of The Wind, Anemoi?" he said in a small voice so that no one else could hear him.

Dariel smiled, "Haha, you can guess clearly yes... Yes, I'm Preceptor of The Wind, Anemoi. But I hope you can keep it a secret and keep calling me Dariel, yes" he said without a sense of encouragement.

"Well-well..".

"Why does the atmosphere feel so strange..? Where it's afternoon again... Lapeler... Ngantuukk.. But sabaarr, this is the Preceptor of the Wind!"

"Anu, Dariel, why don't you have that kind of spirit? Is something bothering you?" ask Dariel.

Dariel. Therefore, Yuka also fell silent. As a result, the atmosphere between the two of them became increasingly awkward, like being touched just a little would be destroyed.

After Dariel fell silent, he began to speak, "Actually I.. Because anyway, you are a stranger from a faraway place, it feels strange if I tell a stranger." he said with a bitter smile.

"No need to worry, Dariel. Just tell me, 'cause I still have time."

"You're really gonna hear my story?" ask her to Yuka. Yuka puj nodded.

"If so, I won't hesitate. I hope you can keep this a secret. But before that, it looks like you haven't told me about your name yet" Dariel said.

Yuka was surprised, it turned out that she had not told him Yuka's name.

"ah! Wh-sorry! My name is Yuka, an ordinary Traveler who happens to be in Freelance, hehe," Yuka explained briefly, densely, and clearly.

"You're sure you're just an ordinary traveler?" darel gumam.

"Anu, sorry?"

"So, there's nothing" Dariel begins to tell Yuka what's bothering her.

But while they were telling each other, there was a strange incident that happened in the eight regions.

In the eight regions there are foreigners who wear strange clothes. There was a man wearing white clothes, blue pants and tie in the Equanimity region.

There are also tall women who wear a suit with a tight black skirt and only to the knee in the Vigour region, and many more.

Surprisingly again, they appeared simultaneously at exactly the same time and along with a dazzling golden light. At that time no one knew who they were.

However it seems like they are the same people as Yuka but slightly different. I don't know what really happened. Strange events that usually never exist in Alienated suddenly occur in the near future.