Chapter 9: Chapter 8 : Who Are You? [Third Trial: 3]
After entering the big room, there is this nice throne, but my question is, why are there three of them?
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Yes, there are three of this kind of Throne, side by side. In the middle is a mixed color of Black and Gold Throne, and there is a drawing of a Dragon Symbol on the seat. And on the right side of it is the Throne, which is black colored entirely, and there is the ornament of a dark crescent moon on it, and on the left side, there is this Throne which is gold and white-colored, and there is an ornament too, but now it's the shape of the Sun.
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"Black, do you know something about this? I mean, whose these thrones belong to?" I said to Black while still looking at the thrones.
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I'm waiting for Black to answer, but there is no response, not even a sound from him.
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"Black, are you still there? Please answer." But after waiting for some minutes there is still no answer.
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"Black, are you leaving me? You said you were always with me." Black still does not answer me even after I throw a tantrum and keep asking him.
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In a confused state about why Black is not responding, I keep trying to contact him, but still, not even a response from him. Clueless about what to do, I curiously walk up to the Throne in the middle. I inspect it more clearly, and every detail of this Throne is incredible because I'm getting more interested in it; I want to touch the Throne, but when my hand just about touches it.
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Suddenly, there was the loud sound of a trumpet behind me. "What?" I said in surprise while looking behind. I hurried and ran to one of the room pillars, hiding behind it. I tried to peek at the room entrance and saw many people enter. Each of them walking in brought a spear and wearing a full-covered armor and helmet. Maybe they were soldiers. But where did they come from?
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They walked up to the room and started to line up. They formed two lines from the door to the Throne, and they looked like they were making way, but for who?
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After they had already formed the line, I looked more clearly and realized that each soldier's armor was very similar to the soldiers from the blue wolf army in my dream before.
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After this, one of the soldiers near the throne blew the trumpet again, and this time, something was out from outside the door. It's a carpet, a long, wide red carpet rolling open from the door straight to the thrones. Meanwhile, I'm still secretly spectating them from afar behind the pillar.
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The red carpet is rolled open toward the thrones. It looks like the throne's owners are coming. I try to sneakily move from behind the pillar to behind a giant statue to get a clearer view of the entrance door from here.
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The trumpet was blown one more time; this time, it blew so hard and for a long time that the sound even rang in my ears. "Arghh," I said while covering both my ears. Not long after that, the trumpet stopped blowing, and I released both hands.
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The soldiers raise their spears toward the carpet. Then, from the shadows on the other side of the door, these three figures step out.
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One by one, their figures become more apparent, and now they are walking through the red carpet to the thrones. It's very quiet right now. What I hear are only the steps from this three-person.
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"This... is not good. I think something is wrong in here, and I must escape from this room at once," I said to myself while slowly sneakily stepping out from behind the statue.
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I think they already reach the thrones by now, and then I sneak up behind one of the pillars, one by one, to near the door. At the last pillar, I think about how to slip out and not be detected by the soldiers, but then.
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All The soldiers turn to the door and get out of the room. After all of them are out, I hear a creaking sound. At first, I didn't know what that sound was, but I realized it was the sound of the door closing.
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I ran to the door before it closed completely, but I was late. When I was in front of it, the door was already shut, and I was afraid of what to do, so I yelled.
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"No, no, no, SOMEBODY, PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR. I'M STILL IN HERE." I screamed while hitting the door.
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I screamed and banged on the door simultaneously, hoping that someone would help me open the door from the other side, but then.
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"You..." someone spoke to me in a flat and calm voice; the voice was very clear and echoed throughout the room.
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I froze, standing. Someone was calling for me from behind. I was too focused on escaping the door, but I remembered now that I was not alone in this room, and it was those three people who owned the thrones. The voice sounded like a calm and gentle male but intimidating, and it resonated throughout the room.
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I close my eyes and turn back slowly, but then he speaks to me again.
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"Who are you ?" he asked me. I couldn't answer him; I was too scared. He asked again, "Can you speak? And why did you close your eyes ?" Huh, wait a second.
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Hearing what he had just said, I realized I could understand everything that came out of his mouth. Then, instead of being scared, now I became curious, which made me open my eyes.
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There, I saw three figures sitting on their own respective Thrones. In the middle, a man was wearing a Black and Gold robe, and his hair was half silver and half black. On the right, a man was wearing a Black robe, and his hair was black colored, and finally, on the left was a man with a white robe and silver-colored hair.
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I can't see their faces because each of them is wearing a mask, and each mask is different. The guy in the middle wears a gold dragon mask, and the right one wears a black wolf mask, and the left... I think it's not a wolf; it's more like a fox. Yes, a silver fox mask.
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Both my eyes were stunned at the sight of them, and then, the guy in the middle was getting up from his Throne. It looked like he was coming to me. I didn't know what to do, but before I could do anything, it did not take long for him to be in front of me, and then he stopped.
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He moved his hand to his face. I think he reached for his mask. He grabbed it and slowly took it off. My entire body was frozen, not daring to move an inch, and my eyes were fixated on his face when he completely removed his mask.
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There, I saw his face—the face that maybe will make me remember this for my entire life. His thick eyebrows, his black iris, and the small birthmark on his left cheek—all his characteristics—and I was pretty sure that it was... me.
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It looks like me…..but older, but what's going on with the hair? I don't have silver-white hair like that, and black eyes too, but then I remember my iris color is brown... wait, my iris... It suddenly turned black just yesterday.
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"You..." I said to the man before my eyes. What, why do I say that it's come out by itself? Then the man in front of me seemed surprised, and then he said, "Hmm? Me? You know me ?" It looked like he understood what I was saying. Then I told him again, "Yes, are you, somehow... "
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But just when I wanted to complete my sentence, I saw that there was someone behind him, the black wolf mask guy. Without me knowing, he was behind the man who looked like me, and even though I couldn't see his face, I knew he was looking straight at me.
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But then, when I looked back at the man in front of me, he was suddenly frozen. I even tried to ask him, "Hello?" but there was no answer. I think he was frozen in place, but then, before I could do any further, someone whispered straight into my right ear.
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"I think you have seen enough, Richan. It's time for you to go back". Someone whispers to me in a deep and cold voice; in surprise, I turn my face to my right side, and then... right in front of my face, the man with the wolf mask looking straight at my face.
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I was startled and screamed, "AH!" and before I could move away from him, I was grabbed on both sides of my waist, and he lifted me up easily like a toddler.
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"AHHHH NO WHO ARE YOU, PUT ME DOWN, HELP!!" I screamed for help and tried to break free from him, and I couldn't even move his finger a bit; he kept holding on to me and did not budge a bit; I tried to look at the man who looked like me, but he was still in the same position like before.
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I kept trying to break free, and accidentally, when I kept trying to break free, my hand slapped his face. The next thing that happened was I actually took off his Black Wolf mask from his face. At this point, I stopped trying to break free and looked at his face directly, with a smooth white face, cold lips, and eyes covering bangs; at this moment, I don't know why, but the next thing in my mind right now is only the name of someone I really want to meet before.
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"Black... is it you?" I said spontaneously after I saw his face. Still, instead of an answer, the man before me smirked after I said that, and then... out of nowhere, a hard wind blew. It blew so hard that it blew away the bangs that covered his eyes, and there I saw it, his thick eyebrows and purple irises, looking straight at me while also smirking.
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At this point, this person's facial characteristics are... totally the same as the other person with white and black hair. I even glanced at the other guy for a second to make sure, and yeah, it's totally the same except for the birthmark and his iris color.
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But before I could say anything else, while the wind still blew hard, he spoke to me calmly while still holding me: "Black huh, it's been a long time since you called me that, Richan." then he smiled slightly.
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After I hear him saying that, I confirm one thing: He is Black. But before I could say anything else to him, the door that was shut closed suddenly started to open out of nowhere, and like last time, a great wind blew throughout the room, and the winds were blowing outside the door.
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And then Black, who was still holding me, started to walk to the door, "Black...Black....where you gonna bring me?" I said to him while he was walking to the door, "Stop right there, Black. Stop, you still need to explain to me; I still need to ask you many things, BLACK!!" I said while also trying to break out from his grip again.
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I yelled and struggled so hard to get a reply from him, but alas, I got nothing. Instead, we finally were in front of the fully opened door; Black was stopped on his step. "Black!! Let me go," I said to him while still struggling to break free from him, but then Black suddenly winding-up to the right side of him.
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At this point, I stopped my struggle and said calmly, "Ehm...Black?" but then after I said that, Black...he threw me to the door with all his might, "AHHHHHH!!!!" I screamed after he threw me into the deep darkness on the other side of the door.
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"May Elrath always bless you on your path, Richan." said the person in a black robe, and then after that, the door closed again.
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