The Last Ruler: The Return of the Goddess
Masked girl

Altair continued walking while humming cheerfully out of the capital, to go to his beloved village which he had long left behind. The village that raised him, and the village where he lost everything he loved.

To be honest, Altair felt something was wrong at this moment, yet he hid that feeling with his humming.

" Is he still following me? Wh who? Whatwant? Why is he following me? " the restless mind of Altair.

Until finally, Altair could no longer bear to be followed. He stopped in the middle of the road and immediately turned his head back, right at the same time the person who followed him attacked him directly.

" Young!! "

Bruckkkk...!!

Altair almost got hit if not immediately dodged just in time..

" A-what's this? Why are you attacking me?! altair asked the man, but he did not answer.

The man drew out the sword he was carrying, and pointed it at Altair.

" Wait! " and Altair said to the robed man, "I am not the enemy! I don't know who you are and don't know why you attacked me, but there must be a misunderstanding here! Please listen to me first! "he continued with great affirmation.

For a moment the girl still hasn't said anything, but then... " Because this is my duty" he said, then immediately attacked him again.

He continued to attack in succession without giving Altair a gap to explain anything. Fortunately, training from Mira is very helpful at times like this, it is not in vain for him to follow the exercise.

" He can fend off all my attacks, hefty.." The inner person was impressed by Altair's skill.

Even so, the attack after attack he gave was not at all reduced...

" wait... Please listen.. " Altair was still trying to talk to that person to get this misunderstanding over, but the result was still the same. And for a long time he also became annoyed at not being able to do anything but dodge, when he saw a gap... Altair held both of the man's shoulders and he... "... I said, Wait!."

Dukkkk!

Altair smashed their heads at each other as hard as he could, and the two fell together.

" Oh.. my head. "it hurts and is dizzy, Altair's head is like going around in circles because of it. Altair got back up and sat down holding her head, at least she had no other injuries now.

His attention was turned to the person who attacked him earlier, he was currently lying helpless before him. But it also looked alarming, just because of the header from Altair he immediately lay motionless in the slightest.

" Anu.. Are you okay?." asked Altair doubtfully.

Altair realized that the mask he was wearing was slightly detached from his face, because it was haunted by a huge curiosity about the appearance of the person before him. Altair slowly extended her hand to hold the mask, then opened it...

" Well, she's very pretty." Inwardly Altair, when he saw that person's face, she was a really very beautiful woman. With a smooth white face, pliable eyelashes and red lips.. " wait... Women??" Altair was surprised by himself and slightly moved away from the woman.

He did not think that the person who attacked him was a woman.. "Did I.. just hurt a woman..me.huh?!." Altair saw blood, the woman was wounded.

" How is this...??" And now he's confused as to what to do.

****

Nightfall...

When the woman opened her eyes again, what she saw before her was a wooden roof in a room lit only by a candle on the table. He was lying on the bed in a place he did not know.

He got up from his sleep and looked around confusedly, "Where is this?" mumbling slowly.

As he later recalled the wound he had gotten before, the wound had also been treated. Closed neatly in a white bandage that wrapped his body.

Krieett...

The woman turned her head cautiously when she heard the sound of the door, she wanted to grab her sword. But now that the sword was far from her, the girl was grieving because of her.

He continued to look at the door closely, when Altair was the one who went inside...

" Oh, you're awake" he said when he saw the woman staring at him.

While the person in question was surprised because he was the one who helped him. Altair walked up to the girl with a tray of food and herbs, and put them in front of the girl.

" How are you feeling? Is anyone still sick? Your injuries are deep enough, but thankfully they are not that bad so I can treat them" Altair said with a facial expression that showed no hostility at all.

" Now, eat. I make food though simple, I also make medicine for you. By drinking it, it will help speed up your healing. Don't worry, I didn't put poison in it at all. Blame it." Altair said rather urgently.

" Uhh... " The woman was more confused, to be honest she was still suspicious of Altair. Yet... Seeing her who was smiling radiantly made her worries disappear a little.

He slowly took a spoon to eat the food prepared by Altair. It looked simple, perhaps a pumpkin porridge with some fruit as its cover.

" What's up? Don't you like the food?" altair asked when he saw the woman just looking at the food, "Then I'll make another one. "he said he wanted to stand up.

But the girl stopped him, "No! No need, I'll eat it "he said, which made Altair sit back in his chair.

The woman ate the food slowly, took the porridge with a spoon in her hand and then ate it slowly...

" Hm... This is amazing. It's just regular food, but it tastes really good. Even if I cooked, it wouldn't taste so good. Is it because he is so good at cooking? Or because..." The woman glanced at Altair in front of her, who continued to smile gently at her. "....Or because he cooks?" inner anyway.

He saw another figure very similar to Altair from his memory, a woman who always smiled like that towards him. It made his appetite better, so he ate all the food made Altair greedily.

Altair himself who saw her eating all was happy, at first he was afraid that the woman would not like it if that was all he made for her.

" Thankfully, she seemed to like it." Altair's mind pleased.

Until a few minutes later, the woman finished eating and taking her homemade medicine. Now they get into an awkward situation with each other, about the matter earlier this afternoon.

" Um... What am I supposed to tell him?" said Altair who he hid behind his smile.

" I have to ask you that first, no! I have to apologize first, for attacking her first.." Even the woman was thinking about what she should say to her first.

The situation was silent for a while, until then...

" I'm sorry..!"

" Eh..? "

" Huh..?"

They said it simultaneously until it made each other confused again..

" You go first." Altair said with an awkward laugh.

" No, you're the one" said the woman.

" Uh... So, actually I just want to know why you attacked me, and. I'm sorry that I touched your stuff without permission. "Altair said looking shy.

While the woman thought about it, "What made her fret just because of that?? I understand the first one, but what's the problem with the second one?" confused mind.

But he replied, "No, don't think about it. It is precisely I who must apologize for misunderstanding, and thank you for helping me.

" Together, I'm glad you're okay. But why would you get hurt like that??" ask Altair, curious.

" Because against monsters. "the woman replied briefly, when... " Oh! Right too, I don't know what your name is. "he remembered that.

Altair also just realized that because he was thinking too much about other things, "Ah, my name is Altair. Altair Drosera's. That name? " and he began to introduce himself to the woman.

" My name is Mylia, it's nice to meet you. "the word is taken by Altair, "Where are we now? " tanyanya.

" We're in GoldenRose, the village I used to live in. Now it is just a cemetery full of roses around every corner. " Altair stared at me. Whenever he remembered that his beloved village had vanished that night, he always felt very sad.

And Mylia who realized the look on Altair's face turned grim so sad, the news of what happened in the GoldenRose village sounded everywhere. This was one of the most famous places in the Foldes, so of course the loss of this place had great repercussions.

And in front of him now, a child who was not even an adult. The only survivor of that 'Night of Falling Roses' incident, reminded him of his bleak past.

" You okay? Do you need anything? Maybe... a hug? " mylia said with a bright smile and spread her arms.

Altair who saw his sincerity became moved, he smiled happily and immediately welcomed the embrace. She felt calmer as Mylia gently rubbed her head.

" It's warm..." Altair felt like she was being hugged by her mother...