A LIBERATOR'S JOURNEY TO DIFFERENT WORLDS

Aoi’s Appearance

When Dawn struck, Master Trish and I failed to get any sleep. I had to stay up and restore her decaying organs while Master rests. Cj still haven’t arrive yet, I am beginning to wonder if he has given up on our Master. While I was in the middle of brewing some tea, loud noises could have been heard outside the house.

“Roooar!!”

“Ackeery Hooo!”

The wild animals that surrounded the house acted up at the sight of a creature flying in the air. When I took a look outside, a large creature soared the skies. “Ragnah?” Based on it’s size and structure, I thought Ragnah had returned home. There were many similarities between the creature above me. A dragon with Blue skim, spikes on it’s back and green eyes. “Ragnah! Took you long enough. Where’s Cj!?”

There was little doubt in my mind that this dragon is Ragnah. They look identical in every way imaginable. As I approached the Dragon he shouts at me. “ROOOOOAAAAAARRRR!!!”

“He is not Ragnah. Don’t get any closer. If you value your life that is”. The voice of a woman was close by. I could only assume that she was on the dragon’s back. I waited for someone to show themselves on the dragon. “Where are you?”.

“Turn around. Is Master Trish inside?”.

Those words might as well be knives piercing my back. In an instant, my throat became dry, my feet began to tremble in fear, suddenly it became difficult to even utter a word. For someone to sneak up behind me with no effort, my pride just could not face the reality of it. The voice I heard was undoubtedly behind me did not sound like a man. When I finally turned around, the person’s appearance was surprising. When did she get past me? How did I not hear her or even sense her? From her appearance she looks to be a Knight of some sort. Wearing shiny metal armor with an infinity sign at the center. The woman was approximately the same age as me with short brown hair, red eyes and a scar on his forehead. “Well? Is the old hag inside or not?”.

Seconds ago she addressed Trish as Master Trish. Does this mean she us one of her pupils back in the day? If so she shouldn’t pose a threat.

“ROOOOOOAAAAARRRR!”. Out of nowhere, the Ragnah look alike was charging a bolt of lightning. He aimed his attack my direction with an intent to kill. “What’s his deal?”.

“You are taking too long to answer me. Rito is getting angry at you” the woman told me. Before the Dragon’s attack fully charged I gave them the answer they seemed. “Master Trish is inside. She’s not feeling well at the moment”.

“You call her Master. Heheehehehe, you’re telling me she’s still mentoring others. Old habits die hard I guess. Pleasure to meet you, my name is Aoi Quin. Have you ever heard of me?”.

Aoi Quin, Master has never mentioned a name like that before. “No I don’t know you. The name’s Fei Foster by the way”.

“You don’t know the strongest Imperial Knight? You must have lived under a rock until now”. Ending the conversation, Aoi let herself inside master’s house. It did not take long for her to arrive in master’s room. “You look horrible, is it Saigon?”.

“Hey Aoi. Nice of you to visit me after all this time. You’re here to finish me off or laugh at my pathetic state”.

“Depends, I can do both depending on how you answer my question” she replied to Trish. Though I was present I decided to keep my mouth shut. Something about this woman smells like trouble. For a Reunion between Master and Student, neither of them looked happy. Aoi is looking down at Trish with pity and anger. She had nothing remotely good to say to her old acquaintance.

“Imperial Knight No.8 Sosuke Koji was murdered yesterday. A guy like him is extremely hard to kill even by my standards. Royals of Saigon believe you are a highly suspect. You live near Javahono, the village he was assigned to and your attack potency is capable of harming Sosuke significantly. Surely you understand why I’m here now. To see if you’re responsible for killing”.

“Aoi, you can tell by the condition I am in that you have the wrong person. I am too ill to kill a Imperial Knight” Trish answered her.

“You got your answer now. You can leave now”. In response to my words she unscathed her katana. “Sosuke’s death matter little honestly. I am here to kill you Master”.

“Hahahaha, kill me when I’m at my weakest. That’s just like you Aoi. Do what you like. At least now I’ll be able to meet my grandson again” Trisha uttered happily.

“Bitch! Rito is not your grandson. He is nothing to you. Nothing!!” Aoi bursted in anger. The Knight swung her blade at Trish. The instant before contact the blade snapped in two and Aoi’s hand was covered in blood. I saw everything and yet I could not explain what I have witnessed. The Knight’s swing had enough force to behead someone, for her blade to suddenly snap like a twig made little sense to me. Not to mention the bleeding hand Aoi now has from her swing.

“Why didn’t you just accept your faith?”

“I can’t have you killing me in front of my pupil. Imagine how weak that would make me”.

That’s when Aoi remembered I was in the room. As she apologised for her sudden outburst she requested something of me. “Sorry about my actions. I almost killed our Master without letting you say your last words to her. Forgive my rudeness. Please tell her your last words right now”.

“Master, this is your chance to say your final words too”. When she looked into my eyes, my body froze still. This was not magic or anything of the sort, this woman’s presence alone felt intimidating. How can I stand up to a creature such as her? It does not take a genius to see how untouchable she is from the few interactions witnessed.

“Well? Have anything to say to her?” Aoi asked in a hurry.

“This is perfect timing Aoi. I am going to die soon, there’s no denying that. Feel free to take my life after granting my last request”. Master pointed at her two pupils and made an unfair request. “I want to see my two best pupils fight each other. Aoi is the best I have trained and a personal favourite. She gave birth to my grandson you see. She’ll hold a special place in my heart”.

“Hag! Rito isn’t your grandson. Stop saying that!!”