Five months later.
I stand alone in the dojo.
Silence gives me a pleasant feeling.
I see my hands.
They are ready for a fight.
I hear a footstep.
I turn. It is Auron.
"Zeo!" he calls. I watch him.
He walks towards me.
"Is your training completed?" he asks.
I smile. No words.
"The sunlight is waiting for you," he continues.
"Come outside!"
He turns and walks towards the door.
"Auron sir!" I say.
His head turns.
"I can't learn the last one," I say.
He grins.
"It doesn't mean you can't," he continues.
"The time comes."
His words trigger a fire in me.
That fire is going to burn this system.
He leaves.
I walk towards the sunlight.
I step out of the dojo.
The sunlight touches my skin after five months.
There is a neem tree.
I sit under its shade.
Wind grazes my skin.
"Finally, you finished," a voice says.
I lift my head. It is Prime.
His face beams.
"Yes," I reply.
"You are not the only one who trained hard," he says.
I smile.
I hold his hand and rise.
"What next?" I ask.
His face dulls.
"Pacto Kingdom soldiers are searching for Prince," he says.
"Pacto Kingdom?" I ask.
"Yes," he continues.
"My elder sister wants to kill him."
"A sister!" I exclaim.
"We are now three," he says.
"What does 'now' mean?" I ask.
"My elder sister also had a twin sister," he says.
"What happened to her?" I ask.
"They killed her," he continues.
"She was an Ainen."
The moment seizes me.
My heart shatters.
Tears fill my eyes. I wipe them.
I watch Prime's face.
His face looks numb.
He hides his emotions.
He embraces the pain.
I have to share his pain.
I smile.
"Prime," I say, "you don't need to carry all the pain."
He watches me.
Tears drip.
For the first time, he cries.
I touch his shoulder.
"I swear, I will stand along with you," I say.
He wipes his tears.
"Thank you, Zeo Sol," he says.
Auron rushes towards us.
His face looks tense.
"Where… where is Prince?" he asks.
My heart races. I can't feel anything.
Fear arises.
"Did you search everywhere?" I ask.
"Yes," he replies.
Dullness in his word.
I have to find him without delay.
I turn.
Prime is not here.
"Where is Prime?" I ask.
"I didn't notice him," Auron says.
Fear surges.