Xalysian’s Just Goddesses’ Dream

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Two hours later, the two travelling friends stepped their foot into {Calda City}. There are guards standing guard by the four main entry point gates, North, East, South, West.

They were stopped by the guards at the South Gate. Kian spoke out, not wanting to cause trouble with the entire city, ”We were travelers from {Cold Dread Village}, we didn have a pass entry as we lost them to the destruction befell our home. ”

The guards glanced at each other with a rather shocked expression. One of the guard on Kian and Xalkrens front left spoke, ”There are survivors? I heard rumours of the «Black Flames» having engulfed the entire village. You two survived that nightmarish night? ”

Xalkren, nodded and replied with a pained expression. His infection were getting worse and worser the longer hes left untreated by a healing priest, ”Yes, I don know if there are others alive aside from us two. I…? ”

Xalkren felt something had blinded him as his visions became too blurry to see the reflection of the guards face. However, he could hear one last thing beside him, his friend screaming his name.

”Kuren! ”

Kian managed to catch his friends body from falling down into the ground and crack his head open.

The guards noticed the urgency of his infected wounds and had his partner rushed into the city to search for a priest for an aid.

Xalkren opened his eyes slightly, it felt too heavy for him to keep his eyes open.

He noticed Kian chatting with the guard from the South Gate before catching an unknown sound from his right.

”«Heal!» ”

He gave a side look toward the voice on his right, he felt a sensation of something warming up within his right shoulder.

[A healer…], he slowly drifted back to unconsciousness as he felt extreme fatigue overtaking his worn body.

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Fire crackling before being accompanied with burning wood crashing down onto the ground. Everything was burning from the «Black Flames».

A boy kept his eyes wandering around, panting heavily as he yelled with a forced breath, ”Father!!! Mother!!! Where are you!!! ”

It was Xalkren, crying out for his parents in the middle of the burning village. He bit his lips as he kept running around the village, hoping to find anyone he could save.

”Anyone!!! Say something!!! ”

The crackling became louder and louder as he continued deeper into the village and reached at his own home.

His eyes wide open at the sight of his mothers pained expression as a hand was choking down her throat, he rushed in willing to protect his mother but felt a sharp pain suddenly entering his right shoulder.

He looked at the assailant with anger only to replace that emotion with a pale grief stricken look.

”F-Father? W-Why?!! ”, he yelled as loud as he could.

”Why?!!! ”

”Ah! ”

A gasp took Xalkren out of his dreams as he glanced to his right to find the same lady who had healed him.

He lifted his right arm, feeling better than ever.

”Thank you for healing me. ”, he thanked her without wasting another breath of awkwardness.

She mustve saw how Xalkren squirming around in his sleep because of the nightmare hes had. She didn want to pry into his situation as she heard from his friend about the disastrous night that ate their village.

Xalkren stood up, stretching his neck and shoulders before putting back his tattered white shirt.

A sigh escaped him as the shirt was his only last momento of his dear mother. Handsewn by her after all.

”… Ill have to part with this soon. ”, he glanced at the lady wearing a sad face, worrying for his sake.

”Miss, do you know how I can get money to live by? ”

She nodded, ”Yes I do, through the {Adventurers Guild}, doing bounty jobs and requests will garner you expenses for your daily needs. But, instead of inquiring me for more. You should ask your friend. ”

”I see. Thanks. ”, he nodded as he looked around for something missing, ”Do you know where is my dagger? ”

She shook her head but replied positively, ”No, but I think its on your friends person by now. ”

”Thanks again, Ill be leaving to find him now. ”, Xalkren stepped out of the room and left behind the female priest.

She nodded at nothingness with a gentle saint-like smile, ”May the Goddess bless your heart and soul. ”

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[A/N: Those that felt like they know what kind of game this supposed to take after, you know. Ill make sure that it resembled nothing like that, please trust. lol]