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Orion And Aita

"Dammit...Cough!"

Orion cursed while standing up.

Ripping a part of his t-shirt, he covered the wound on his chest.

The blood tainted the white cloth but the blood had been stopped, at least for now.

Orion looked at his surroundings.

The area around him was utterly destroyed.

At least sixty panthers' bodies were littering around, or what remained littering from their bodies.

"Cough!"

Orion walked slowly toward the temple.

He was staggering and his face was deathly pale.

But he at least wanted to know what was inside the temple before his death.

He knew he was going to die, so he might as well find what was inside the temple.

"Ah...ah...ah...ah...ah"

He entered the temple and found just a silver stele in the center.

It was similar to the stele in the grand hall of the Solaria Palace he saw the day he awakened.

Reaching the stele, he put his bloodied left hand like before to awaken.

Suddenly, the blood from his hand seeped into the stele.

Orion didn't even notice that, as his vision was quite blurry.

The white runes on the stele shone suddenly.

[Blood Analyzing....]

An ethereal voice different from the stele of the Solaria Palace echoed.

[Soul Avatar Identified...Avatar Analysis in progress....]

"The heck… ? Cough!"

Orion didn't understand what the voice was saying, so he just waited.

[Soul Vessel of Aita Orion Azarel identified]

RUMBLE!

"Wh-what?!"

Orion exclaimed as the ground below him opened.

Seeing the huge chasm below him, Orion gritted his teeth.

"F-f**k you damn stel....AAHHHHHH!"

Orion cursed before falling down in the chasm.

Thud!

"Aarrghh! Cough!"

Orion fell on the ground and spat even more blood.

'f**k! Am I gonna die from a fall?!'

"Who?!"

'Eh ?'

Orion was shocked, as there was someone else near him.

"If you are the guy who put me there, count your days because one day I will f*****g t*****e you with those same chains!"

Orion listened to the guy shouting angrily.

Anyway, he didn't want to be told that, as he was the one who was tortured and chained to a damn chair!

"Answ..."

It was getting annoying for him, so Orion cut him off.

After that, they talked about how they ended up here.

Orion was feeling very close to the guy, or more like the chained white cube speaking to him.

Maybe that's why he decided to speak to him about what happened since his coming into this world.

After two hours, Orion finished speaking.

"...And I fell in a chasm and ended up here…cough!"

"..."

"Hey! You listened, right ?!"

Orion asked, upset.

"Y-Yeah, yeah it was a good story!"

"..."

"..."

"I will not release you..."

"Hey w-wait! It's just difficult to believe!"

"Do you think I will lie in my last moments...cough!!"

"Well, right! Okay, I believe you!"

"Sigh...whatever...a promise is a promise..."

Orion said and slowly stood up.

Normally, he would never release him but he felt an instinctive urge to do it.

"Thanks! Start with my hands!"

"Hands ? You don't have hands ?"

Orion said, confused.

Before him was just a shining white floating cube with several chains attached around it.

"W-what ?"

As he was confused, Orion explained what he was seeing.

"Wait! It's strange! Why do I feel like my limbs are destroyed and then grow back continuously ?!"

"As if I knew...Cough!"

Orion nearly fell to the ground.

"I will release you now, so shut up for a minute."

"I-I see thank you Soren!"

Orion froze by the name he called him. He felt somewhat nostalgic.

"Why are you calling me like that ?"

Orion asked.

"Well...before regaining your memories as Soren, you were a wimp, but not anymore, as Soren, that's why!"

Orion was surprised by his explanation.

Honestly, now he felt pathetic when he thought about his behavior towards his classmates.

No, it's more like the Soren's side of him who found Orion pathetic.

But he was both of them.

Was it like insulting himself...?

"What about your name ?"

Orion suddenly asked.

"Aita."

The cube replied instantly.

"Oh...Aita ?"

"Yeah, that's the only thing I'm sure of."

"I see..."

Feeling that his end was near, Orion approached the chains.

Clang!

He grasped one of the chains and tore it off.

Clang! Clang!

The other chains also made a noisy sound.

With his remaining strength, he tore one by one the chains binding the cube.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Orion was in a bad state, so he didn't notice that white runes were glowing on the ground one by one.

The more chains Orion tore off, the better Aita's perception of his surroundings became.

When he could finally feel the presence of Orion, Aita froze.

If he had a body he would have opened his eyes wide.

"Y-You!"

He couldn't see Orion's face but he could feel it.

The man who he had spoken to for hours now was 'a part' of him.

"H-Hey...!"

Aita tried to call Orion but it was too late.

Clang!

Orion tore the last chain before falling on the ground.

Thud!

Blood was seeping out of his body endlessly.

His heart stopped as well as his breath.

Orion was dead.