The Wizard

Chapter 13

"The distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."

Albert Einstein.

The silence was absolute, preserving the focus, and Igor found himself perspiring slightly from the intensity of his exertion. Ailin, who already had many notions of all that, felt the energy of her partner flowing and her hands tingled a little as if she had the feeling that she could do the same, something that made her very curious. She intensified her focus on the surrounding flow to ensure no detail escaped her notice.

It didn't take long and, in front of them, a vertical line appeared, almost invisible and that was only noticeable because it was black on a very bright day. The wizard raised his arms and put the tips of his fingers on it, moving his hands away to force the opening of the portal more and they could see a world of the fourteenth plane appear in front of everyone. Father and daughter peeked through Igor's shoulders, curious, observing that planet with all their attention.

It had a very clear and yellowish light, where only a flowery field was seen and, not far away, a city with beautiful buildings, looking like they were made of crystal and reminiscent of the Citadel, although they didn't come close to its beauty.

Igor turned his face, winked and smiled.

"Don't forget; ten days." He gave a last kiss to his friend and advanced to the passage.

When he broke the energy film that separated the two worlds, a very gentle breeze crossed the planes and brought to those present a sweet smell of pollen, so strong and pleasant that it was intoxicating. Igor passed to the other side and closed the passage to avoid any possible problem.

The first thing he felt was that the temperature was a little higher than the Crystal World, maybe twenty-seven degrees. He looked around and all he saw were natural landscapes, flowery and long hills that mixed with plains, reminiscent of a summer afternoon in some natural park. To the left, there was a very large river and calm waters, with some trees on the banks. Behind him, a huge mountain range appeared with a dense vegetation, as dense as a jungle on Earth. Some of the mountains were so high that the peaks had snow, maybe even eternal. To the right, the field of flowers advanced far away. The only work of that planet that was not of nature was the city in front of him, not far and not very big. The landscape that presented itself, in no way differed from Earth.

Calm and unhurried, he began to move to the city, but prepared for any possible eventuality. He saw no one in that world until he reached the urban limits, when a strange vehicle flying at low altitude approached and landed next to him. From inside, a native inhabitant emerged, presenting a smile identical to the human standard.

He was too much like a human being, but he had three eyes and the wizard soon realized that he was facing the descendants of the beings of planet X in the fourth plane, seeing the mystery of their disappearance solved. The creature did not appear to be armed and seemed peaceful.

Smiling back, he approached slowly and stopped about two meters away. With slow gestures so as not to scare, he took the phone out of his pocket and showed the photograph of the statue of their original world. The being, who appeared to be a 'woman', understood immediately and sketched a new smile, signaling for him to follow her and enter the strange and silent vehicle that took off soon after towards the interior of the city.

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Both remained silent and Igor took the opportunity to analyze the city. The first thing he noticed was that the buildings were not made of crystal, as it seemed at first, but of some kind of similar material, perhaps a variant of marble or granite.