Against the Inevitable Destiny
Chapter 40 - The End of the Past
[Personal Island of the Akaasa Family ]
On an ice-covered island, it looks like the situation there is very chaotic.
Starting from the space cracks above the sky, Eternite was popping up, and the corpses of monsters were lying everywhere. In addition, there were also various golden-yellow glowing weapons, stuck and scattered on the ice land or on the corpses of monsters.
In the center of the island, there was a girl who continued to attack Eternite blindly. He emitted an extremely powerful light energy, killing Eternite easily.
……
Not long ago, though,
“Maya.”
Ryu walked quietly, approaching Maya.
Maya who heard Ryu's voice could only tremble. He did feel that someone was approaching him, but it felt familiar so he did not directly attack him. He's sure it's not Eternite.
However, even now she did not expect that it would be the voice she had longed for all this time, Ryu's voice.
Maya turned around to reveal her face that had tears in the corner of her eyes.
"Ri..yu..., are you not afraid of me?”
"Fearful? Why am I scared? I just saw a little girl crying right now. What to fear about that?”
Actually Maya's appearance this time is very different. She was wearing a white gold outfit with some unique accessories covering her body. Her ears turned long, like elves, and her hair turned a golden yellow.
He already knew who he was, how he was, and his current status.
But for Riyu, she doesn't pay attention to her appearance or what Maya is doing at the moment. She only focused on seeing the tears in the corner of Maya's eyes, along with her sad expression.
“I'm not. I am a monster. I-”
“You are Maya.”
Ryu cuts off Maya's words.
“You are our family. Right now it has nothing to do with your identity or your past.”
Ryu said calmly, then he started to walk faster.
“DON'T APPROACH! I'M NOT MAYA. I'm Ruler, a monster. I've killed a lot of people. So please. don't come any closer. I don't want to hurt you.”
Maya shouted then released an extremely powerful energy pressure. But in contrast to what Maya did, her expression was helpless. He was very heavy especially when saying the last sentence.
To Riyu, the Maya energy up made her stop and be pushed back a little. He even had to use his hands to at least maintain his position.
"Ugh, so what's the deal if you're a Ruler! It won't change the fact that you're our family. And for us, our family is a top priority."
At Ryu's words, Maya begins to remember the memories with her teacher, how they treated her kindly and warmly. He felt like he was part of their real family.
More than that, however, Maya feels they have felt their warmth before, but then it disappears. And at this moment, after he felt that warmth again only to lose it again, he was completely unable to accept himself.
So in a sad and slightly stifled tone he said, “But teacher. The monsters might be looking for me and I made them come, I made teacher-”
"Don't underestimate my parents. They're gonna be okay, trust me. And it's only natural that they protect you. As your teacher, my parents do have that duty."
After her position stabilized, Riyu started walking. This time it was slow. He felt like he was walking in the middle of a storm.
Little by little Riyu started to step heavily.
“But I shouldn't have run away!”
Maya screaming.
He knew that all this time he was running away from his identity.he did not want to become a monster, he did not want to use his strength, he tried to forget his past.
If only he had accepted his identity.
“If I awaken my powers early, the teacher doesn't have to fight them, and I don't have to hide. You can't lie. You must be sad, right?”
Maya felt powerless with her last words so her tears were unbearable.
Maya knows.Riyu is very sad because she lost her parents.
“Stop saying silly things and be aware!”
Riyu yells.
“I was sad, but I'm here now, coming to pick you up. I was worried about them, but I couldn't keep quiet. If you feel guilty, get up! We'll search them together.”
“.....”
Maya just silently hears Ryu's words. Lie if he is not affected by his words.
Maya slowly releases her pressure, allowing Ryu to relax.
“Wake up, let's go home.”
After the pressure subsided, Riyu calmly walked towards Maya and offered her hand.
Maya looks at Riyu's hand for a moment then looks at her face. The height of Riru is only slightly shorter than Maya, but not much different.
“But I am Ruler. If people find out about my identity, I will make trouble for the family.”
Riyu changed the position of her hand, this time she wiped the tears in the corner of Maya's eyes. Then saying.
“You are wrong to think that the Akaasa family is a family of heroes. As long as you know, we are the most selfish family in the world. We are more concerned with family than anything in the world. Even if the world rejects you, we will always be with you."
“Is that okay? Me -.”
“Stop. I told you Maya was Maya. You are our family and we will always be your first ally.”
“Riyu..”.
Maya said softly. But before they can end happily, Maya sees a monster coming quickly behind Ryu.
“Riyu, BEWARE.”
Maya screams and tries to gather her strength again.
Previously, she stopped expending her energy because Riyu managed to calm her down, but it instead backfired for them for letting go of their guard.
Both Riyu and Maya try to do something to escape the dangerous situation.
But before anyone there reacted, the monster split into two and burned to ashes.
Not long ago came a mysterious beautiful woman from the embers of the fire. It was probably he who killed the monster.
“Senior..”.
Maya muttered softly while looking at the girl. But the girl did not reply to him, she just looked at him coldly.
From Maya's words, he might be her senior or maybe even her friend. It was not a fellow disciple relationship, but a senior and junior relationship from another more complicated matter. Well, to put it simply, the girl was likely a senior from another special group, her status was quite respected.
“Suzu, thank you.”
“No need young master, this is already my duty.”
Suzu's response was a little different to Ryu's.
She replied to Riyu gently even to the point of smiling. If only the veil were not there, we would see a very beautiful smile.
Oh yes, it turns out that the girl's name is Suzu or the complete is Suzuku. He is one of the special forces of the Akaasa family.
“And you.”
Suzu walked towards Maya and looked at Maya coldly.
(plaque)
Suzu slaps Maya.
“That's because you've endangered Young Master's safety. If it happens again, I will not forgive you.”
Suzu said coldly and annoyedly. She is likely very concerned about Ryu's safety, not even afraid to reprimand Maya who still has her powers.
“Uh.. Suzu.”.
Ryu did not know what he should do.
Perhaps before, he would only watch over them calmly and let them take care of the situation. But now he has his feelings. So to be honest, he did not know how to deal with the problems among women.
She's afraid Maya will be upset because of Suzu. But different from what he thought, Maya did nothing, even she just lowered her head as if admitting that she was indeed guilty.
“Sorry.”
Maya said slowly.
“Thank your head. If you feel guilty. Promise me, that you won't act recklessly anymore.”
Maya looked Suzu in the eyes and said.
“I'm sorry, I won't do it again.”
Ryu who saw that could only freeze in silence. If she knew that Suzu could handle Maya easily, she would definitely invite her along.
But he didn't realize that 90 percent of Maya became like that was because of what she did. If he did not persuade her, anyone would definitely have trouble approaching Maya.
“Hah. Don't act recklessly again.”
Suzu went from being serious to helpless.
He turned around to look at his frozen young master.
“I will do my duty, young master. So I'll excuse.”
“Uh um, yes. Careful and thanks.”
Ryu saw her disappear from her place.
He calmed his mind first. After which, he looked at Maya and said.
“Yeah, let's go home.”
“Um.”
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The incident ended after the arrival of the ETER Union fleet troops. They took out the remaining Eternite.
The space crack that had previously appeared had long since disappeared, likely disappearing when Maya calmed down.
ETER Union requested a report on the situation. And Mr. Akaasa gave his report, of course he hid the fact that Maya was involved in the incident. Instead of Maya, she gave another report, which was about Ruler of Ice and it confirmed the lab footage.
It's just that the footage was incomplete as it was destroyed when Ruler of Ice turned the island into ice.
About the incident, ETER Union confirmed the Third Invasion, and the disappearance of Riyu's parents. Their status is not known at this time, some say that they are dead, some say that they were kidnapped because of their abilities, some say, there are also some (but few) who say they are just hiding themselves.
But there's no need to think about it.
……
Now Riyu is taking Maya to the ETER Union fleet. Maya is exhausted from using too much of her energy because it is Ryu helping her.
“Riyu, promise me that you will not leave me.”
“OK, I promise.”
“If so, shouldn't you marry me.”
“Oke.”
Ryu was actually still in his mind at that moment. Many things have happened in this one day, from the news of her parents being attacked, Mei slapping her, seeing the Eternite invasion for the first time, and resuscitating the uncontrollable Maya.
He had no idea that in the future, his words would make him receive torture from his girlfriend.
“Riyu, I love you.”
Maya whispers.
“Sorry, your voice is too small, can you repeat it?”
“Um, in the future, I will say it again.”
“Yah, up.”
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(Suzuku -> Suzaku (4 Japanese Eye Protection )