THE CURSED ONE - THE BOY WHO CHALLENGE DESTINY

Unknown World - 1

“Human…A human entering our place.”

“Who dares to enter our place?”

“Impossible to break 1000 path illusions barrier, only that man can do it, is he coming back?”

“That man should have died a long time ago, this is not his era anymore.”

 “How he break through the 1000 path illusions barrier? Is he that strong?”

 “Is he the one in the prophecy? How if this land is covered with blood again?”

“Just a kid, a weak kid.”

“What should we do with him? Can we kill him? I want to take his soul.”

“Don’t do it, the Queen will erase you from existence, it’s against the rules.”

“Why we still obeying the rules? He is the first human in more than a millennium, I can smell the taste of his soul, so tempting.”

“Don’t be silly, will you rebel against the queen?”

“Hurry leaves, she’s coming…”

Several old and scary voices with an invisible body whispered, they were surprised and tempted with Jin’s presence but they immediately went away when she has come, she is the Queen of this unknown land.

Jin was drifted away by the river current so deep into the forest until his body arrived in an unknown land, a land that no human ever visited for more than a millennia. It was the hand of destiny that brings Jin to this place and made him passed through the barrier that no one can pass in or out of since the barrier has raised by the last human who steps his feet on this land.

Jin still passed out when The Queen and his guards come to see him. Their appearances were like a normal human but it was only a camouflage so that this human will not afraid of them.

“Take him.” The Queen ordered.

“Yes, my Queen.” The guard answered.

They bring Jin to the Queen’s Palace and put him on top of the bed in a special room, they treated him as a special guest. The Queen ordered a few maids to change Jin’s clothes that full of dirt and wet. Before she leaves, she said to the maid to keep their camouflage body in front of Jin and asked them to inform her if he has waked up.

Jin wakes up after 2 days passed out, he found himself awoke in a comfortable bed inside a big room that he never saw before. A beautiful room full of ornament and all the things that he never saw in his entire life, he was mesmerized.

Someone entering the room, she was dressed in a weird uniform that he never saw also. As she looked at Jin and knowing he awoke she immediately close the door and went out of the room, Jin doesn’t understand what’s going on right now.

“Is this the afterlife? It is not bad if this was the afterlife,” Jin said. He thinks if he has died and he is in the afterlife, “When I was alive, I thought in the afterlife I won't feel any pain, but I still feel some pain in my body and my head still dizzy.”

Not long after his confusion, the door opened again, but this time a beautiful lady entered the room with some guards and maids behind her, all of them wearing very strange clothes according to him.

“Hello, Jin. I am Rath’na Aghs'tya, the ruler of this land.” The Queen introduced herself.

Jin, who still sat on top of the bed thinking very seriously because the afterlife that he always imagined when he was alive was very different compared to what he currently experiencing.

“Or this is maybe not the afterlife, but I was reincarnated in a new body and new place?” Jin asked in his mind.

While his brain still questioning a lot of things, The Queen speaks again.

“Don’t worry, you save in here, I don’t have any bad intentions to you.” The Queen said.

“What happened to me? Is this the afterlife? Or I get reincarnated in a new body?” Jin asked.

The Queen smiled, “No, this isn’t the afterlife or another version of you, you still the same as your previous self, Jin.” She said.

Jin was even more confused than before, and The Queen knows this.

“Don’t get confused, you are not dead yet, and still alive, Jin.” The Queen explained.

“But how? I was fell from the cliff and I thought that was my last moment in this world, and now I awoke in a place that very much different from my homeland. Ah… I know this is a dream? I was dreaming all this time.” Jin said. His confusion still not disappeared.

The Queen smiles again, this time the guards and the maids also smiled, but not with Jin. His head was full of unexplained questions.

“You had survived the incident, Jin. You drifted by the river currents through this land, I believe it was the destiny that brought you arrived in here.” The Queen explained.

Jin is still unsure of all of The Queen’s words, and she understands this.

“I know that you still not believing in everything that I said, but you must believe me if you want to returns to your homeland,” The Queen added, “Don’t you missed Jung Kook and Youra, Jin?”

The Queen’s last questions make Jin realize that he does want to returns if he has the chance, he still have obligation to Jung Kook and he wants to see Youra again.

“How did you know all of this, Jung Kook and Youra?” Jin asked.

“I have a special power to reads someone’s mind, I am sorry because I had to look through your mind when you were passed out. You’re a foreigner, even though you were a kid but we must know what your intentions by coming to our land,” The Queens said, “I know that you may want me to look at your lost memories after you know about my ability, but I have to tell you that what I can see was only a glimpse of an image in your mind, it’s not a full length of your memories and I couldn’t saw your memories over than 6 months back, it wasn’t because of my limitations but I believe it was because your memories were locked by a very strong poison, Heavenly Memory Eraser Poison. It was a long-lost poison, the one who made this poison must know about ancient knowledge. Unfortunately, I don’t have the antidote for the poison and I can’t cure it either.”

Jin listening to The Queen’s words carefully, now he knew how he can lose his memories. He doesn’t know who or why somebody gave him such a poison and he doesn’t know either whether one day he can get the cure to regain his memories before his short life ended.

“Why… Why did you want to help me?” Jin curiously asked.

The Queen raised his hands as a sign for their guards and maids to leave the room as she wants to talk secretly with Jin.

“This is a secret matter, only a few persons that know about this information, I want to keep this secret to avoid any chaotic movements in my land, that’s why I asked my men and maids to leave us alone,” The Queen explained, “This is quite a long story, please listen to this carefully.”

Jin's curiosity is increased, what kind of secret that she wanted to talks to me in private. He’s just a weak and unimportant kid in his homeland, and now the highest ruler in this land wanted to inform him in secretive.

“It has started a long time ago,” The Queen started her long story, “This world is The Sura World, just like your homeland we have a hierarchy in the society and I was the last Queen of this land. My appearance and all the people’s appearance that you had seen in here was only a camouflage, our true self wasn’t like this, we just made this appearance to make you comfortable talking with us.”

The Queen’s appearance suddenly changed to something else that Jin never saw before, she’s turning into a humanoid shape with metal skin just like armor but it was a true skin, their head shape was different from human, they have spikes in their back and a tail. At first, Jin was shocked, but he then can control himself with calmness. The Queen has turned her camouflage back, and she is right, he is more comfortable with her appearance right now.

Jin wants to believe that right now he was dreaming because all that he experiencing now was too strange to be true, but he can’t wake himself up. No one would ever believe him if later he decides to tell about this, even he wouldn’t believe it if he doesn’t experience it by himself.

“Over than a millennia ago, our ancestors have opened a way to come to your world. They started to like your world, but they soonest knew that some creature already living and controlling in that world, that creature was human, your kind, Jin.” The Queen continued, “At first, many of our ancestors were wanted to close the portal to avoid the imbalance between the two worlds but many of them also wanted to keep the portal, especially the side who has feels the taste of the human soul. Along with the time, the side who wanted to keep the portal was increased rapidly as more of our ancestors had tasted the human soul, and finally, they outnumbered the side who wanted to close the portal. The portal was getting bigger and more of our ancestors have come to your world, the more of them coming the more human casualties occurred. Countless humans around the portal area becoming the victims, they can’t win against us who were stronger in every aspect. Our past Ruler then wanted to conquer and take over your world, but it was a mistake that will lead to our destruction.” The Queen said.

“One day, when humanity seems to lose their hope, a man comes and entered the zone that we had claimed and controlled in your world, he started to challenge our troops, alone. At first, we laughed at his stupidity, but soonest we knew that it was wrong to underestimate him. One by one he slaughtered our troops like it was nothing, we were shocked because he was unbelievably strong, the strongest enemy that we ever fought. We always thought that human was a weak creature and can’t be compared to our kind, but that time we finally knew what a human can capable of.” The Queen continued.

Jin was still amazed by this magnificent story, he still unsure whether he should believe in this story or not.