TBATE | The Honored one

fading hopes 2

Loriss Thyestes pov:

He quickly stabbed the knife in his hand into my throat, and before I could even react, he continued to inflict fatal wounds on me with rapid movements.

He stabbed the knife in his hand into my leg so quickly that I could only see blurry movements and felt excruciating pain.

My vision blurred as my body completely lost control and finally a short, sharp object stabbed me in the head as I fell to the ground.

I heard the man say, "I'm starting to remember how it's done."

I couldn't help but feel nostalgic, like I was in a loop and a memory from my past was repeating itself.

Geto came to my mind, after all these years his face had started to fade from my memory and I couldn't remember what he looked like.

After a long time, I remembered Geto's face for the first time when I was on the verge of death.

I missed Geto, just not as much as before, maybe because he was replaced by someone else, it was like he never left.

Agrona...

In an instant, the geto's appearance was replaced by that of Agrona

I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up, it was all my fault

I should have learned from my past life

But I couldn't help it. Before I even realized what was happening, Agrona had become the person who could understand me and put an end to my loneliness.

Just like the geto

I found the courage to hope once again and wanted to give our friendship a chance. I sincerely believed that it would not be like my past life.

I made a promise to myself that I would never let the same thing happen again.

Before I went on a mission, I promised Sylvia that I would bring Agrona back safe and sound.

So what happened? What changed? Nothing.

I've done nothing but make empty promises throughout my worthless life. Even though I was strong, I couldn't protect anyone.

As the darkness gradually swallowed me, I remembered the time when Agrona and I said we were the strongest.

We only fooled ourselves...

That was my last thought as I was completely engulfed in darkness.

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Loriss Thyestes End of Pov

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Iris pov :

"Is this the place?" I asked as I wiped my tears after saying goodbye to Aurora

"Yes, the teleportation portal that will take us to Epheotus is here"

I remained silent as I took a deep breath and just nodded.

Agrona continued talking without looking at me

"From here on, you are alone. Go straight, if you do not stray from the path, you will reach the portal that will take you to Ephetus without any problems. From there, the other Asuras will pick you up."

I couldn't help but be afraid as I continued to keep quiet, but I had already entered a path and there was no turning back.

At that moment Agrona spoke once more

"Or if you want, you can go home with Aurora"

"I don't understand?!"

"If you go to Epheotus you will die, you know that very well and before we went on this mission we made a decision with Loriss, if you do not want to go to Epheotus we will abandon the mission."

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Flashback
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Agrona Vritra Pov :

"If the aforementioned situation occurs, we will resign."

I looked at him in surprise and then burst out laughing.

He looked at me uncomfortably "huh?? Why are you laughing?"

"Are you sure? In such a case, at worst we might have to fight Lord Indrath. "

Loriss looked at me with a sarcastic grin and said, "What's wrong, are you scared?"

I looked at him with the same grin, "It wouldn't be a problem at all."

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The end of the flashback

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Iris Pov

"After all, we are the strongest"He said with a smile

Then he continued his speech while I listened to him in a state of astonishment.

"I promise that we will guarantee your safety no matter what the choice is."

As tears flowed from my eyes, I felt the hope inside me blossom.

I was told that I was special since I was born, for me being special was an ordinary thing

I survived by staying away from anything that could be dangerous, if that can be called living.

I don't even remember my father, he died before I was born.

I thought maybe if I died for my people it would be okay, at least my empty life would be useful.

Agrona looked at me and spoke as if she was reading my mind "I understand your hesitation, but even if you sacrifice yourself, nothing will change for your race. They're just trying to take advantage of you as much as possible."

"I want to live my life to the fullest. There are so many things I haven't experienced yet. I want to experience love. I want to spend time with the people I love."

I started crying while saying these

"Agrona please take me home"

Agrona smiled at me "let's go home"

As soon as he said this my body collapsed to the ground. Even though I could never live, it was nice that my wishes were possible even for a moment.

These were my last thoughts before I took my last breath as I looked up at the sky.

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Agrona Vritra Pov:

"Let's go home" I smiled at him affectionately and extended my hand as I said these, I was determined to protect him.

But before I could even comprehend what was happening, blood splashed onto my face and I realized later that it was Iris' blood.

"Iris?" I said her name as I stared blankly at her corpse, but she continued to stare blankly at the sky.

Iris was dead

When I looked to the left, I saw the man responsible for Iris' death.

Loriss was supposed to kill this man

"why are you here"

"Why am I here?" the man grinned at me and repeated my question.

"It's simple because I killed Loriss Thyestes"

"So then you die too."