Lyam's POV
I was a soldier from the State of Mississippi, USA and had died in an attack by terrorists in the Middle East. Back in that life, my name is Lyon Mandela.
Now reborn as Lyam Hasegawa, I was from a middle-class family here in Ishidzu, and I was a high-ranking soldier for Falleta at age 18 (after graduating from one of Ishidzu's Japanese-style high schools that had black gakuran) and had risen through the ranks to be Falleta's royal commander at age 22. I am now 23.
I still remember I was shocked and astonished to see that the Forest Vamzoms, under Basilio's leadership, are now friendly and civilized thanks partly to Basilio, when I was in that peace talk with Marcellus in Mavimasu, Mont De Nèu. Their last brutal attack in Fresa de Ard, Dimwell Dukedom, Pantano on Basilio's sixth of his life in this world was their "reawakening". It seemed that everything worked so well.
Third-person POV
While the meeting between Maximiliana and Basilio concluded for lunch, Carver, the eldest in the Ōshiro family, went to the Zen gardens with the formidable Lyam. There, some of Basilio's entourage were having a peaceful time in the orderly and calm gardens.
"Hey," Lyam said to Katsuko while having no idea who he was.
Katsuko heard that and turned around. "Oh, what is it?"
"You're an Otherworlder?" Carver asked.
"Yes, I am. Why?" Katsuko replied.
"Well, me too as well," Lyam responded.
Katsuko and others in Basilio's group on the scene were astonished.
"Wait, what?!" Katsuko's jaw dropped.
"What?" Romana, who also came along for this 2-day trip, was rather stunned.
"Yes, I was an American soldier from Mississippi, USA and had died in an attack by terrorists in the Middle East at 25," Lyam explained with brightness on his face. "Back in that life, my name is Lyon Mandela."
Katsuko stammered at his backstory of his previous life. "W-Well, I was the same person back in my past life. A reformed yankee delinquent two weeks before I died to Truck-kun while pushing an old lady out of the way."
"Wow, very brave…" Carver replied.
"Yup, and it earned me a second chance to live out the best life in this world," Katsuko replied with pride.
By lunchtime, those who headed out in Ishidzu's urban metropolis returned to have lunch in the main house's big dining hall. Lunch for today are steamed rice, pork and chicken buns, vegetables, fruits, sushi, sashimi, and some Japanese-style omelette. Tea and water are the beverages. There were some mochi in plain and strawberry flavor (The strawberries were from Falleta's northern prefectures that shared a border with Vatrene).
Meanwhile, in the Dark Trades headquarters in eastern Falleta, around 55 kilometers north of Ishidzu, Chanchal was planning a bomb and terrorist attack in one of Ishidzu's shopping districts for robbery and the love of terror. One soldier (those clad in modern black tactical attire with a black balaclava) named Samusa Genoveva was in charge of carrying out the attack with a squad of 10 soldiers and guards of the DT. The attack was set to be tomorrow at 9 a.m. sharp.