
Shou fell on the ground with his wounds getting worse, he couldn't move his body, his vision was blurry so he could see the ceiling getting dark.
"Uhugh..." Shou tried to get up but he fell back down with his body feeling weak now.
"Dad... Mothers... Brother... everything. I. must be able to rise..." Shou started to hold tightly to the tree next to him then he sat on his back and leaned against the tree.
The expression he put on looked in pain even he himself could not do anything but stay in place, doing the displacement nor could he do because of his exhausted Lenergy.
"...I am useless... is it just me...? Is the world out there getting crazier..." Shou started talking to himself, tears rushing through his two eyes.
"Ware.. I've lost my consciousness..." Shou lowered his head, trying to stay awake but he was too careless, what he feared if he fell asleep then he would die.
Wasting the rest of the hope given by Methode and the others, Shou held tightly to the ground but he did not have the strength to hold all of it until he closed his right eye.
"Shou..."
"I. I started hallucinating..." Both of Shou's listeners could hear clearly the voice of Method calling himself over and over again.
"Shou..."
"Shou..."
"...rise."
"...use the rest of that hope."
Shou widened his eyes as he saw the bushes before him begin to move, his listeners heard clearly a slow step.
"Who's there...?" Shou pointed forward with his arms constantly shaking in fear, his vision growing more and more indistinct when he saw a girl appearing behind the tree.
"Shou...?!" The girl was shocked when she saw that Shou had many fatal wounds, but Shou still had the spirit to live even though his body was covered with hollow wounds.
Part of his organs also began to hurt so much that he kept trying to get up and not fall asleep until he was startled by the voice of a girl who knew him.
"Sister...?" The girl's voice sounded like a Method to Shou even every girl called herself, what she heard was only her brother's entire voice.
"It's heaven, isn't it...?" Shou smiled slightly with tears still flowing, his cheeks began to be touched until he felt a warm feeling that was able to calm himself.
"Shou. You're safe now, calm down." The girl started rubbing Shou's head so that her body began to be enveloped with a golden light that restored her entire wound.
Shou's sight was restored and he could see the girl's face, Shou was shocked when he saw it because he realized that he was still alive, the wave that Methode released to him was able to move Shou.
Shou had arrived at the real Yuusuatouri, somewhere but he felt very grateful when he saw Minami addressing himself, a nephew who often behaved like a good brother.
"Miname..."
"Yes.. I'm here, why?" Minami asked as she wiped away Shou's tears that kept falling.
Shou held Minami's clothes tightly and he began to cry loudly when he saw her who bore a great resemblance to Method, he immediately hugged her tightly and let go of such a loud cry.
"Shou...?" Minami could only be silent, not knowing what was happening but seeing herself crying like that made her believe that something bad was happening in the fake universe.
***
Shuan and Kou have just arrived at Neko Isle, they try to find Minami but her whereabouts disappear somewhere.
Shuan tries to find the head of the family, Meko, by chance he passes by Shuan and Kou so he starts greeting them subtly.
"Ahh, welcome, it's been a long time since I've seen you guys." Meko smiled.
"Meko, where is my brother...?" Shuan asked with a confused look because he had been on the way to Neko Island since he had felt his existence but now he was lost somewhere.
"Minami...? If not wrong he often visited the mountain, maybe when he was having free time." Meko pointed to the mountain that was in front of them.
Shuan nodded then he grabbed Kou's arm to walk away to visit the mountain, Kou saw Shuan was in a hurry to meet Minami, maybe his longing he could not bear anymore.
Kou could only smile, trying not to remember the matter that was currently branching out, either Zoiru went where it was now but he could only hope that he did not harm anything.
Shuan widened his eyes when he saw Minami jump out of the mountain while holding Shou who still had scars.
Minami had a chance to see Kou and Shuan, she immediately landed before them with a worried look, "Why did you guys come here...?"
"Sister.. Not him...!?" Shuan pointed at Shou who was asleep.
"Yes, Shiratori Shou. I found him in the golden realm, somehow he got to the forest but I saw him filled with wounds and he kept crying." Minami said in a sad tone.
"What...?!" Shuan immediately helps Shou by lifting his body now, Kou automatically gets annoyed to know what happened to Shou because he had time to read his mind.
The only false occupant who survived because of Method, Kou clenched his fists and followed Minami and Shuan who walked away to his house.
A few minutes later, Shou lies on the bed and receives some recovery magic from Shuan's Golden Earth, he continues to exert all his Lenergy so that Shou can heal perfectly.
"Shuan." Minami clenched both of her fists.
"The problem...?"
"Yes... Shou was seriously injured like this, with a few holes all over his body even he kept calling out his own brother's name."
Minami frowned then touched Shou's stomach to let out a green aura contained within.
The golden light that Minami released through her index finger began to gather all the green aura and fangs from Bamushi so that Minami could see some magic that she did not know about.
As the golden light began to form a golden blob with a green aura and fangs in it, Minami tried to sense it but she could sense the flaws in her training.
"Great.I can't figure it out clearly yet." Minami still needs greater training in the golden forest or other designations are the contents of the Temple of Light.
Kou just keeps quiet, trying to keep the secret but he can't help himself knowing Zoiru is only spreading lies to him.
"That aura is Oath's ancient magic." Kou pointed at the golden blob that was confining Oath's magic, Shuan and Minami were immediately shocked when they heard Kou speak.
"I've read Shou's thoughts and memories from the beginning, the coming of a great god named Zoiru..."
"...he originally came towards a fake universe only to see the Temple of Saint Heroes, he wanted to find out the Bamushigaru awakening ritual in the fake Yuusuatouri."
Minami and Shuan seem confused, they are attacked with a knowledge they do not know so Kou explains it slowly to them.
Minami understood immediately with the next words, his instinct as an animal can feel danger far enough even his training process in the temple of light was also helping him.
It was just that he needed time to perfect all the techniques and abilities from light and nature, Kou started to put his hand into that wisp of light to pick up a single shard of fangs.
"This slash is the rest of the fangs that pierced Shou's body.The cause is a magical creature named Bamushi." Kou started putting it in his pocket to serve as an experiment.
"Magic Oath... Bamushis... Zoiru... great god...?" Shuan clenched both of his fists, feeling annoyed to see his fake self could be seriously injured like that.
"I know it. Ancient magic named Oath and magic creatures. Everything is clearly in quite ancient history." Minami crossed both arms.
His knowledge grew wider when visiting the temple of light, he had already trained inside the temple for two days after getting a break from teaching all his disciples.
"Minami, you know?" Ask Kou.
"Yes, not just the ancient magic of Oath but I know everything and of course the order of the weakest to strongest magic creatures." Minami held her chin.
"How can you know such a thing, brother? Mom and Dad never told me that..." Shuan.
"Shuan, you are now Kou's husband, should your knowledge be expanded because he has many history books..."
"...don't until you're married and forget something important, practice and study are very important." Minami patted Shuan on the back until he nodded.
"Yes, I know..."
"You remember my request in the city of supplication, don't you? I begged the cube to return all the destroyed temples..."
Shuan immediately remembered it, "Don't-don't...!? You were secretly training inside the temple of light all by yourself?"
"Yes, you can only enter if you have completed all the rituals provided by the Temple of Light..."
"... for now, that's not a topic we should be discussing." Minami looked at Kou with a serious look, she wanted to know what happened to Shou because Kou had already read his thoughts and memories.
"Kou, tell us.. What happened to Shou until he kept crying and called his brother's name?" Ask Minami to make sure what she thinks doesn't happen.
"I'm sorry.I didn't want to surprise you all with a sudden problem, but..." Kou clenched both his fists.
"...we have entered a new stage of trouble, the cause of which is a great god named Zoiru with his pet, Bamushi."
"He has killed all false inhabitants including destroying the fake universe by eating it all." The words that Kou let out made Shuan startled.
Shuan looks so shocked that he can't believe it, Minami can only and tries not to say anything but to show Shou her shame.
"Only Shou survived..it can be said that he was the only Legend or original inhabitant who..."
"...last."