Hero Jentaka
Chp.3 Owe protect

The eyelids of a small child slowly opened while holding his chest that felt hot for a moment. The boy's mouth was agape and clenched close to his teeth. He began to feel one by one the other limbs that he had other than the head.

'Where am I?' Astonishment and a few other questions popped up in the boy's head as he already fully sensed his entire body.

'Well what is this?' The boy was aghast at the sight of his little fingers and other limbs which were now small in size. To the knowledge of this child should be the original body size he had was not like this.

He was so shocked when he realized he could now get up to stand up quickly without feeling any difficulty.

The little boy felt energy all over his body. He can move as he pleases. The boy jumped up and twirled his hands, as if he had first felt such agility on his body.

'Cannot be..' The little man's mind continued to doubt as he realized some things were happening to him.

'Little xernathan?' Xernathan's mouth was wide open in disbelief as he stared at his entire body through the large glass attached to the closet.

The little man shook his head quickly, rejecting reality. 'I must be crazy..'

But something else explains that it is real. Xernathan still remembered the entire contents of the room including the large mirror before him.

Xernathan can also feel his body and is absolutely certain that it is real.

Only a few things need to be made sure that he is fully convinced that this is reality, not a dream.

Xernathan grabbed the doorknob and pushed the door that felt a bit stuck. It took a little extra effort to open it up to his current body condition.

The little leg walked half-heartedly towards the kitchen room that he knew was in its direction.

Xernathan was wide open, his eyes wide open. I can't believe what he's seeing right now.

"Mom.. Vetting.." Xernathan's lips twitched as he spoke.

A woman who looked to be in her late twenties raised her eyebrows turned towards the voice that called out to her.

"Nathan then? Uda wake?"

Xernathan seemed to believe more and more in what he saw and heard.

The voice he had not heard for more than decades, but he still remembered it as his mother's voice.

The woman did not respond any further and was not aware of Xernathan's facial expression that he could no longer control.

'What happened to me..'

'Hahh. akuu. I must be dreaming..'

'I must be crazy..'

Xernathan's daydream breaks apart when another child calls out to him.

"Don't look at this brother.." a little boy showed me the toy he was holding.

"Come on, let's play these cars.."

"There are dinosaurs too. Come here bang here.."

Xernathan stood limp as he looked at the chair and table where the little boy was playing. His feet stood limp and his eyes glazed over. Until the claustrophobic filled his chest.

His current mind brought himself back to his old memories, when Xernathan was seven years old and the little boy before him was five years old, as he watched this same person before him die in a state of crying in pain and Xernathan at that moment could do nothing as he also felt very frightened at that moment.

Xernathan never forgot that incident which was the biggest regret of his life.

"Gavi-is.." Xernathan said that name.

The boy named Gavin fell silent and looked at the astonished look on his brother's face.

"Hey.." The woman hit Xernathan on the head using a freshly washed pot.

Making a shock so that the heart of Xernathan feels like to be dislodged.

"Dreaming continues.." The woman shook her head.

The real Gavin was still wondering what was with his brother's facial expression like that before, now preferring to laugh at the punch received and see Xernathan's shocked facial expression like that.

Xernathan approached Gavin and played with his two-year-old sister.

There had never been such a desire in Xernathan's heart in his previous life. Until now what he felt was a very satisfied pleasure and longing.

"Gavin how old is he now?" Xernathan asked softly whispering in his sister's ear.

Gavin showed three fingers answering Xernathan's question.

Xernathan nodded then continued to kiss and tickle his sister's stomach.

They both play as much as possible, Xernathan looks the most happy. He was very enthusiastic about playing as if it was the last time he could play and occasionally his eyes looked teary.

Xernathan and his sister did not leave the house until they told their mother to go to bed when it was night.

In his room, Xernathan continues to fantasize about his current life. He is also determined to not repeat his mistakes and regrets and promises to achieve his wishes that he did not get in his previous life.

'Unexpectedly, the device has managed to bring me back to this present time..' Inner Xernathan said, realizing that he had two memories of the present, namely the memory of his previous life and his present life.

Xernathan looked back at the figure of himself who was in the glass of his bedroom closet.

'In reality, I reincarnated into my own life, repeating everything'

Xernathan grinned meaningfully, staring at the figure of him. "You should see your father"

"You should be happy this time!" Xernathan said as he pointed to himself in the mirror.

"You will face many battles in the future"

"You owe a debt to protect a lot of people for the second chance you've now got." Xernathan laughed loudly and was very grateful for this fact.

This is the beginning of Xernathan's adventures in his recurring life.

***

Cyclops Island is a landmass surrounded by a vast lake created by the eruption of a super volcano millions of years ago.

The land area is quite large it is not comparable to the growth of the island's limited population. Making Cyclops Island is also a natural habitat for monsters decades to hundreds of years old.

"I heard Nathan went back to that swamp.."

Two women talk to his mother Xernathan while shopping in the city market.

Cyclops Island consists of only one small town and several villages scattered to several corners of the island.

No wonder the residents of the island know each other because of those limitations.

"I heard he managed to raise two fifty-year-old fish monsters the size of an adult a week ago?"

Xernathan's mother turned to the voice and replied with just one nod.

"Xania you don't have to worry, Xernathan is a smart boy.." The other woman responded. He realized the reaction of Mother Xernathan who actually looked like she was not happy with the actions of her son.

The villagers were very pleased with Xernathan's actions that could reduce the danger of monster attacks in the place where they lived.

As for Ms. Xernathan who did her son in more than a year, this is, exploring every place in many types of forests in all corners of the island and doing the action of hunting monsters that will only lead to danger.