Purity Online - The World For The Fallens
Day 62: The Promised Dragon Toy - A Letter From Heaven Part 2 (Part 16)
"Wait, this toy!!"
"What's wrong with that thing, Ryugai-sama?" asked the Skull Captain curiously while bringing his head closer to the dragon toy.
Ryugai is speechless. Face stiff. Slowly, tears rolled down her cheeks.
"W-Are you okay?" Arai was starting to worry. "What's wrong?"
"I'm fine" Ryugai said, wiping away his tears. "Just a little nostalgic. I never thought I'd see this thing again."
"Yes ...."
"It's the same toy ...."
"With that time ...."
"Toy of the covenant dragon ...."
"12 years ago ...."
Ryugai looked up at the dark blue sky dotted with moon and multicolored stars trying to keep shining in the dark of the night. His mind began to twist the flash of memory from the past. A memory from 12 years ago, when he was four years old.
"Well!! Look, look!! He flew high!!!"
Ryugai who was 4 years old seemed to be smiling happily while moving the control lever in the remote control clasped in his hand. A flying dragon toy spun not far from him. An older child, a man, and a woman set their feet into the grass in the backyard, looking at Ryugai's joyful face with a peaceful smile. Yes, judging from the facial expressions alone, it was clear that they were a family of Ryugai.
"Someday, I won't play with these toys again. I will ride a real dragon and become a knight!!!" ryugai said innocently and excitedly, making the three members of his family chuckle. Yeah, anyway, he's a kid. Fantasizing and building dreams at will is normal at his age.
"Don't dream of heights, Ryugai. Later the fall of pain, loh," taunted his brother."You still like to cry when you fall when you learn to ride a bike. How do you want to be a hero?"
"Yes, yeah." Ryugai's mother also chimed in*. "A true hero is a hero who is brave, willing to sacrifice, and never gives up how difficult and dangerous the obstacles he faces. Hows it? Can you do all that? It's a little hard, you know."*
"Of course!!" Ryugai immediately snatched."Of course I can do it!!"
Ryugai brought the dragon toy close to his body using a remote control, then grabbed it and lifted it high into the sky, as if to show his determination to the bright blue sky decorated with white clouds that look like cotton.
"I promise you!! Someday, I will become a hero and ride a real dragon!!! This dragon toy ... is proof of our agreement!!!"
Smiling father*. "Then, good luck. Passion, Ryugai. Don't give up easily."*
"Surely, dong!!!"
Then, Ryugai's brain stopped projecting those flashes of memory. A smile was drawn on his lips. His tears are flowing more and more. Those were the most beautiful times. Her childhood was fun. The times where he had not been forced by life to swallow the bitter pill were named 'fate.' If only his childhood could last forever. Unfortunately, Fate and Gods did not allow that to happen.
"I don't understand the whole thing yet, but does it hold a very beautiful memory for you?" ask Genbu.
"Eh? Yes," Ryugai said.
"But, this is weird. The developers .... How did they know about my childhood? Does that VR Gear contain special waves that can 'dive' into the part of the brain that stores memories and memories?" Ryugai tilted his head in confusion.
"Ah, that's not important. I can only hope that the wave does not reveal the personal things I keep in my brain. What matters now is this letter. From whom? But if sent using this dragon toy as a means of transportation, it means ...."
Ryugai released the paper folds that were pinched in the mouth of the dragon toy, then unfolded them. He was surprised to read the letter. Exactly the same writing as his mother's handwriting.
"I-It ... Mother's writing?!"
To be continued