The reaper waved his hand in the direction of a door.
"Go through here and you shall be sent back to your world. I pray that you don't come back too soon, otherwise it'd be pointless to send you back."
Kouta scoffed at the reaper in a humorous way. He then turned around and said to the reaper, "I'm not dying that easily, not when I've been given a second chance."
The reaper brought up something interesting right before Kouta went through the door.
"And what about the Orions, will you forgive them or kill them?"
"If they were alive, I'd apologize to them for having them go through the guilt of blaming me. Besides, the whole point of me returning is to stop wars, not start them."
The reaper gave out a laugh towards Kouta's answer and then responded back.
"Hahahahaha, quite an interesting answer, I guess you do stay true to your word. I look forward to seeing what you do with this second chance, forgotten king."
Kouta proceeded to enter the door. Right as he entered, a bright light blinded his vision as he walked through. After a few steps he was welcomed with a light breeze of wind and a colorful plain followed by a small pond. Kouta was a bit confused at first but took in the warmth of the sun beaming on him. He walked over the small pond to see what he looked like after returning. At the time Kouta was executed he was in his mid 40's, he took a look in a pond nearby to see his reflection and was surprised to see that he looked so young.
"This is......when I was 22. I remember, I was just about to graduate from combat academy. My clothes as well, I don't remember this type of clothing during my time. Is this what the clothing nowadays looks like? I can get used to this. But first things first. Where the hell am I!"
Kouta looked around to get a good understanding of where he was at. But all he could see was the endless plains. He then reached for his pockets to see if he still had anything in them. He felt something in his right pocket, he reached inside to discover what it was. It was a legendary orb. One of the 7 artifacts that existed during his time. These orbs were very rare to find and even if they were found, it was extremely difficult to even get a hold of them. The 7 artifacts were only held by nobles and kings. Even though Kouta was a king, not even he got the chance to hold an orb. He looked at the orb to see which one of the 7 artifacts it was but then found a note on it. The note read,
"Ideals without power are just a dead man's wish. Consider this a parting gift, until we meet again. - Reaper"
Kouta took a look at the orb again only to find out that it was the oblivion orb. The most dangerous out of the 7 artifacts. No one has ever held this orb and come back alive. It was so dangerous not even Elysium wanted to hold the orb in custody. Kouta then understood the reaper's note.
"So this is what he meant by having ideals without power, he gave me the most dangerous artifact to support my impossible ideal. But why am I able to hold it? I thought that anyone who tried to touch it died. I guess I'm an exception, I got too many questions and not enough answers, better make sure I learn everything about this artifact. It seems like I'm the only one that can actually hold it and learn it's secrets. I wonder if anyone else was able to hold it over these past years. Wait, what year is it?"
A large metal structure slowly rode over to Kouta. Kouta, not knowing what this large structure was, ran over quickly to discover what it was. On the side of the large structure a glass pane rolled down and behind it was a man. This structure was a cop car.
"Excuse me, can I help you, you look lost son." - cop
"Ah yes, a person, uhhh, I need directions to the nearest town or village." - Kouta
The cop looked very confused and then got out of the car.
"Imma need to see some identification please." - cop
"Identification?" - Kouta
The cop turns on his radio to signal other officers in the area. Kouta was very confused because the man started talking to a box.
"Yea I got a possible 10-50, may need some assistance." - cop
"Excuse me, who were you talking to?" - Kouta
"Yea I got a definite 10-50 over, I need immediate assistance. I'm at district 37 8th avenue street." - cop
"You know it's pretty rude to ignore someone when they're talking to you." - Kouta
"Sir, I need to search you for possible illegal substances." - cop
"Illegal substances?" - Kouta
He must be talking about the oblivion orb, did news get out that it was taken from the Baofuellan vault. If so, I absolutely cannot let him search me. If he touches it, he'll die.
"Royal guard, I promise you, I'm not holding anything illegal. I don't need to be searched."
"What kinda drugs did you take son?" - cop
Right before the cop stepped closer to Kouta, other officers arrived at the scene.
"Officer Goodman, you sure this is a 10-50. If this isn't I'm reporting your ass to the Chief. This is the 6th time you've reported a 10-50."
"I swear to my job sergeant, this man is on some drugs. He's talking weird!" - cop
"Sorry to bother you son, but could you possibly show me your eyes real quick." - cop
"No problem royal guard, I assure you I hold nothing illegal." - Kouta
"Right......Officer Goodman get your ass back in your vehicle and head back to HQ. This man is clearly here on his way to the Kankenue festival. Sorry, I didn't catch your name." Cop 2
"Name's Kouta sir." - Kouta
"Kouta?? What a strange name, no one names their kid Kouta these days, but I'll let it slide. Hop in the back, I'll bring you to the festival." - Cop 2
"What is that you're riding in if I may ask?" - Kouta
"Yea yea, I forgot you cosplayers are like this, it's called a vehicle. I assure you it's very safe to ride in." - Cop 2
"Understood!" - Kouta
The cop drove Kouta to the Kankenue festival which only took about 15 minutes. After the cop dropped Kouta off, the cop waved goodbye and Kouta was stranded at the festival. Kouta was very confused though as to why people were celebrating in this landscape. This was once a battlefield where too many people died. And yet, people were cheering, laughing, and dancing as if this wasn't a graveyard to roughly 700,000 people. Kouta was upset at the fact that these people weren't respecting the graveyard where almost a million people died. How can they be so happy? Don't they know how many have fallen here. Just as Kouta was about to storm through the festival, he remembered his goal of why he was here. It's not their fault, they don't know the horror of this battlefield. He turned to a person who was working at a food vendor.
"Excuse me, but what year is it right now and why are we celebrating?" - Kouta
"It's 10,074 my guy, we're celebrating the battle of Kankenue where the humans won the war, isn't it great." Vendor guy
"Humans won the war? What do you mean, we all lost though." - Kouta
"Ahhh I see, you're an anti grailest. HEY EVERYONE, WE GOT AN ANTI GRAILEST HERE, LET'S GIVE HIM THE RESPECT HE DESERVES!"
Everyone in the crowd started shunning and booing Kouta as he stood there confused. Why is everyone shunning me, did I say something wrong? People started throwing food and rocks at Kouta as he tried to run away. Right as he got to the road, A car pulled up and the passenger window rolled down. Behind the window a man yelled out to Kouta, you must be new around here, get in now.
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The Orion Heart
AdventureWorld peace doesn't exist. But for one man this ideal doesn't seem too impossible, not even death could stop him. Join Kouta and his friends as he embarks on his journey full of hardships and comedic relief throughout his world. But little does he k...
