Rebirth of Chaos ( Grand Chase ) Fanfiction

Drinking Can Awaken Your True Self

Chapter 4 : Drinking Can Awaken Your True Self

Rukkha was a divine tree in the Forest of Life, ruling over with his reptilian beasts as a guardian. On the other hand, Gaia lived in the same forest peacefully, as the goddess of nature, life and death. They were, what you could call, happy neighbors of a blissful community. But when the ascension god aimed to rule over, Gaia had tried to seal her powers by merging with Rukkha. Though, all her effort had been wasted as the corruption of the ascension god reached the tree.

"And so… Does it make Riku an evil person…?" The orange haired stared blankly in the stars, searching for the answers in the midst of the deep night sky. The man was, yes, an annoying jerk, but there were no hidden meaning behind it. All this time, he had been nothing but a friend. Unless… Could it all be an act to cover his true intentions?

"We can't tell for sure… Rukkha was corrupted by the powers of the Ascension God. There's no telling whether he was evil or not…" He heard a slightly squeakier version of his voice speak. Rivera didn't need to look up to know that it was the Vanquisher, standing next to him. The man was gazing to the same sky with a deep thoughtful expression as well. "But… He's still a Divine tree's reincarnation. Which could mean that there's a greater possibility that he sits on our side."

"… Yeah…" Rivera nodded with less enthusiasm. It worried the Vanquisher. No one would love to know that someone close was, in reality, an enemy. And the feeling of betrayal would be devastating. Yet Ryan blinked when he saw emerald eyes slowly disappearing, followed by a soft hum.

'When all you got to keep is strong, move along, move along like I know you do. And even when your hope is gone, move along, move along just to make it through. Move along…'

Whether it was an old philosophy he had just remembered, or an actual lyric of a song, Ryan shrugged at the sidelines. The least he could understand was the lyrics. And he knew that the student would be alright.

'Why me…?' He stared at the dull ceiling, then to his fingers that reached out to them. Now, how could these hands he possessed, do anything more? They were ordinary hands of an ordinary person. Rolan sighed.

Sure, he could understand the fact that the soul that resides inside of him was a knight. He knew that somewhere on the timeline of Bermessiah, his family was full of them. Now, they were just normal honest-paid regular people, much like himself. Though there's the exceptional cousin on the family tree who's always the black sheep, but he didn't care about that now.

Rolan wanted to know. Why him? Why was he chosen of all people? Weren't there other candidates who could do better than him? Weren't there others who excelled more than what he had just achieved? He was but a normal everyday high school history teacher. And he was expected to do something out of the ordinary. Something anyone would call legendary.

The man blinked away from his hands once he heard a snore growing louder next to him. Taking a brief glance, he saw that the orange haired student of his was comfortably snoozing away on his makeshift bed, made up of extra cushions and pillows they could find in the teacher's apartment. Rivera groaned in satisfaction as he shifted onto his side, curling up like a comfortable little puppy.

Rivera was there in his bedroom as an act of security. He had recently released the ancient hero, Ryan the Vanquisher. If trouble came, the vanquisher could just release himself and protect the both of them. Though the teacher has yet to believe this, especially when he and Elaine had argued about the proof that determines whether the vanquisher was really awakened, especially with reasoning like knowing what a stargazer was. 'I mean… Rivera's a freaking botany student! Of course he knows what a stargazer would be…'