back home to you // tomokazu

"i give you hundred days. within those days, you will be sent back in a different body, and you will have to find him. you will have to make him recognise it's you, but you can't say it directly nor can you do anything too obvious. in particular, you are not to touch the empty vision the boy carries with himself. you will know when to be silent, for i am giving you this invisible cursed shackle on your throat," saying so, she rose her hand. a bright glow descended from her fingertips, and a ribbon of light approached him and circled around his throat. he felt it cool down over his skin as it melted into him. he rose both hands to his neck, but felt no presence of a shackle anymore.

ei's eyes were on him as she repeated, "a hundred days, no direct hints, staying away from the vision. if you fail, i will shatter your soul. if you're late, i will also shatter your soul. but if you succeed," her eyes turned softer for a short while, "i will allow your body back, and i will allow your freedom. a hundred days, starting the moment you say yes. so? are you ready to challenge the god's will again?"