"Oh my child! You are heavily weary of the situation now..." said Void in displeasure."Master, I have been blinded by the chains of fate," I said with a heavy heart.

  Our presence shook the entire ecosystem, hence I unlocked my 'domain of void.' It sure is a place of nothingness, but we both are now independent from our beloved earth's destruction. I was panting vigorously while my master—a figure, a sole epitome of void—stood there menacingly, unfazed by the mortal likelihood. I drew my 'sword of GOK,' a result of divinity as well as darkness. I grew closer to him, hoping to strike his fingers—but alas, he is the one who writes and rewrites destiny."How could I defeat him?" I thought, as if my possessions were held captive."Why do I have to suffer? Wasn't my whole life a meaningless journey?" I exclaimed, hoping that whatever situation I am in right now would cease."My boy, you are the hope of this universe. Don't be fooled by some misguidings," Void said, as if my morals have been wrong all along."This domain shall help me grow—cheer, my child—" said the Void while reaching for my head.

  And soon enough! I heard a snap—not regular but surely enough to erase even the empty void. The sound of tremendous energy—a pat on my head. Soon, it felt as if my fate was bound to be here at this exact venue, while I see myself complete..."We will meet soon, son... we have to, for finishing the imbalance in the universe. My father, GOK," said Void in agony, as if a once neutral being was mistreated."Divine beam of hope, attack on the Void's shoulder," I said, even though he instilled in me the greatest wisdom."Congratulations! You have defeated the hindrance of divinity from the universe..."

  *****

  A faint sound stroked my ears—it was a warmth of someone else. My back felt tingled as if I was laying on a flower bed. Sunlight reached through my eyelids—wait, do I feel a stick poking me?"Anth, ANTH! Wake up, buddy. How long do you plan to lay on the flower bed?" said Chol, recovering, thinking I fainted.

  I had no choice but to wake up."But what is this? Chol? Is that you? I just now had a dream... a nightmare, to be specific," I said while my voice trembled in uncertainty.

  He assured me that I had been sleeping for a whole two hours."Anth! Now you have ruined the flower bed. The warden will now kill us, you punk!" he said worryingly while I was standing facing the south, thinking, trying to decipher something that seemed to be forgotten by me.

  Nonetheless, I apologized to him, and we both began our journey to the orphanage named Home. The warden is a woman who had faced many hardships—for we or herself."Chol, is it fine to take a bouquet for the warden?" I asked in a teasing way.

  But Chol laughed it off—and I was shocked to see the casket that he was carrying already had one. Soon the sun began to radiate more heat. We both began running to avoid heatstroke.

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  *****

  After 10 minutes we reached our home. It sheltered over 40 children.To our shock, someone pinched our cheeks from behind and uttered,"Mr. Anth Dark and Chol Drizzle, where have you both been, causing trouble now?""No, Ms. Rin. We just were looking after the riverside flower bed," I assured her.

  Chol soon after handed the casket to Ms. Rin, our warden. Her subtle anger wore off after receiving the bouquet—but little does she know that we plucked those from her plants.

  "You lads go arrange the hall table. Lunch is to be served within an hour. That’s your punishment!" said Mrs. Rin.

  We both ran off to the hall to find that it was already completed."Who could have done this work of hell?" asked Chol.

  To our surprise, we met a girl who seemed to be of our age group."Hello... myself Anth, and this is my companion Chol," I uttered while stuttering."Dear lady, shall I hear your name?" said Chol.

  He is a simping guy, but she kept silent after countless tries.

  *****

  Time passed. We had our lunch, and now I am wandering the streets of the bazaar with Chol—but he doesn’t seem anywhere.Soon after, a thick iron rod was forced on my back—it felt horrible. But looking at the person, I was assured that Chol had again stolen the bread off the bakery.I gave him my bronze coin and left to not make any inconvenience out of it.

  *****

  "You bastard! Where are you? You better prepare your butt for the consequences," I expressed in fury.

  Chol was found near the dam, sitting idly with that girl we met in the afternoon today.

  "The bread was for the girl?" I thought and stood in shock.

  Moreover, I hit him anyway.But the girl tried protesting against me—only after I knew that she had not eaten her food/lunch, so Chol did this—

  The girl introduced herself,"I—I am Sira Throne. Ch-Chol was hel-helping me, sir," she clutched her skirt with both of her fists as if she was traumatised earlier for doing the same.

  "Well, well, well. I see a gentleman has emerged on this land!" I shouted while squinting my eye and looking toward Chol.

  We noticed it was getting dark, so I ordered,"Guys, let’s head back for now,"only to realize that Chol gave me a butt kick for teasing him.

  We arrived home, and I guess our trio has been formed finally after eons."Children! Study time now, report to the library!" said Mrs. Rin."Here goes our night, all due to this wicked warden," laughed Chol while I pulled him by his shirt to the library.

  Sira has also started to trust me now, it seems."I think after 16 years, we have a new friend, Anth," said Chol with a humble and faithful smile."A friend, you say?" again I tried pulling on Chol—

  But suddenly, the warden told everyone to leave this campus, our home—A distant voice exclaimed in a cry for help..."Fire! Fire! Run, kids, please!" Mrs. Rin was uttering as the smoke appeared from the kitchen.Everyone were shook to their core ,but the fire was spreading like any bad omen....