During my sleep that night, I get a strange dream again. It"s not the same dream as before when I see my previous body owner past time experience but a dream that I feel myself. In that dream, I feel like I"m on a place which everything surrounds me is white, there"s no wall, no roof, no door or window, even the floor I step on is white. All in my sight is white…ah no! there"s a dot in the horizon that getting bigger and bigger.Is that thing move toward me? After a few minutes that dot already big enough to see and have a shape like a human being. Since I don"t know where I am, I choose to stay in my place and wait for what will happen and what that humanoid shape want from me. The human being shape is getting close to me and I can see it"s a human wearing armor. His body is big and muscular, with golden hair on his head and a pair of sharp eyes that keep staring at me. He stops walking about 5 steps in front of me. I look carefully at him, he"s a man in his forty, emanc.i.p.ating aura like a great warrior or great general alike.
His sharp eyes keep staring at me. Because I don"t know what he wants from me, I just stare him back without blinking. From his glare, I can feel some kind of pressure was sent to me. But since I don"t feel doing something wrong, I just let that feeling go and keep my stare on him. We keep staring at each other for maybe ten minutes without saying anything. Until he finally makes a heartily laugh
"HAHAHAHA….This is great! My inheritor is a brave one. Not bad!"
While pointing his finger at me, he starts asking the question,
"Kid! What"s your name?"
Since there"s n.o.body else in that place, I"m sure he must be asking my name
"My name is Henry, sir, Henry Harvard"
"Do you know who I am?"
"No, Sir, do you mind to tell me your honorable name, sir?"
"I"ll tell my name to you later. Kid, you have gut and courage, I like that. Usually, common people will faint if I stare at them like that or maybe cower in fear, but you can stare at me back. That"s good"
"I feel I don"t do anything wrong to you, sir, that"s why I can look at you"
"Hmm…but don"t you already take my belonging?"
Hah? What did he say? Me, taking his stuff? I never meet this man before, how come he said I taking his belonging?
"I"m sorry honorable sir, but I just meet you this time. When I ever take your belonging sir?"
"Ah right, you do not see me in this form. Do you remember getting something today?"
Today? What I get today? Seaweed, maple sap, birds nest and that sword.....wait, sword? He"s the skeleton that holds that sword? I feel some chill flow down my spine. I immediately kneel down in front of him
"My apology, your honorable sir, I didn"t mean to steal that sword. If your honorable sir want your sword back, I will bury that sword with you"
That man laugh heartily when seeing my kneeling. He nodded with a satisfied expression
"Kid, I see you have the honest heart too besides your courage. Relax, did I said I want my sword back? It seems you"re fated with my sword, besides if you bury that sword with me, it will be become rusty iron in there. Henry, that"s sword is yours. I see you have an affinity to fire, which suitable with the sword. It"s not an ordinary sword, you know. It has the magical ability of the sword name, Heaven Scourge, related to the fire. You will know when you wield that sword later"
"That…that sword for me, sir?"
I almost don"t believe what I"ve just heard from him. Moreover, it"s a magical sword too! Just like what identification stone mention. Wow! I almost can"t hold my joy right now.
"Yes, that sword is for you. Actually, if you just take the sword, you"ll be okay. But if you use that sword for something bad and evil, there"s a curse that will fall down upon the wielder. But you take the sword and also give me a proper burial. That pleased me! There"s no other suitable person to receive my sword, only you! You, a young man with the courage, honesty and kindness, no one else than you that can wield my sword. So, there"s no curse upon you, instead, I also will imparting for you, my swordplay technique that suits with the sword. You are my successor for the Heaven Scourge sword wielder, Henry Harvard!"
Hearing what he just said make me feel a shiver down my spine again. If I"m not bringing the bones up and give him a proper burial, I will not know there"s curse that follows the sword. And did he just said I"m his successor? Imparting swordplay technique? Hold on there, I"m just an ordinary chef apprentice before, I don"t know anything about swordplay, and he wants to pa.s.s his skill to me? Did he think I will able to learn his skill? What if I can"t learn his swordplay? Will he curse me?
Just thinking about this already makes my head feel dizzy suddenly.