Chapter 22:

A Dream come True

Ethereal: Sweet Moment in My Eternal Life


After several minutes, Io finally comes out from the operation room. His finger was replaced with a carbon fiber material.

“Alright, good as new.” Said Nana after opening the waiting room door.

“Thank you, Nana. Wow! Still can't believe this top tier tech is on my hand now.” Io examines his new hands.

“No problem. Now it will take at least a week before all your cells can completely regenerate into that. After that, your hand will look just like it never had an injury before.”.

“Heh… looking good. I think that tech looks good on you.” Reine gives a compliment.

“No way… A carbon fiber tech. I agree with Reine, you look cool with that. Just like a cyborg!” Flyn got excited and grabbed Io’s hand.

“I’m glad everything is fine.” Fiona hands him a flower bouquet.

“Thanks guys. I do not know how to return the favor to all of you.”.

“Don’t worry about it, Io. Just take care of Alet.” Said Flyn.

“I will. Umm… Where is she?” Asked Io.

“At the rooftop. She is waiting for you.” Says Reine.

“Okay. I will meet her.”.

Io went to the elevator. Since he had never been there, Nana guided him to the rooftop.

“Here we are.” Said Nana as the elevator stopped at the rooftop.

“Thanks Nana. I will take it from here.”.

“Okay. Have fun you two. Oh one more thing. Don’t do anything funny okay. This is a public area.”.

“I won’t do that!” Io’s face is blushing a little.

“Fine, fine. Now go.” Nana pushes him outside from the elevator.

Io walk up to the rooftop and look for Alet. She leans towards a glass fence, enjoying the city scape.

“What a beautiful city.” Said Io as he leans beside Alet.

“Yeah. Hi Io. I’m glad the operation went smoothly.”.

“Haha yeah. I think Reine and Flyn were right. These hands look awesome.”.

“About that. I’m sorry about what I did. I should have listened to you after the match against Flyn and Fiona.” Alet’s voice tone down.

“That’s okay. Almost went into a frenzy after activating peak is a common thing among Silumas. Besides, this is the first time I saw a Capla activate a peak.”.

“I have a question. Am I losing my peak? I mean on the edge of Afterlife I saw my peak being consumed by the reaper. Does that mean that I can’t activate it again?”.

“You still can activate it. What you see back there is a frenzy. How do I say this… So when a peak is gaining more control from a person's body, it will grow stronger and stronger. Once it reaches a certain time, it will gain full control of that person's body. If this other ‘person’ stays, he could disturb the true nature of a person.”.

“I see. I guess this only happens among Silumas. I never knew such information before.”.

“Yeah you are right. Oh by the way, Flyn invites us for a celebration, do you want to join?”.

“Of course I do. Now, let's go.”.

They went to a fancy restaurant near the hospital. They held a celebration for Io and Alet. After the celebration, they went back to the Blue Light District using Flyn’s car. After getting back to Io’s apartment, Io and Alet started their new life. They still went to the university but Principal Shepherd gives them special permission to teach every student, especially the beginner class in the dueling field. Alet teaches everyone who wants to learn about spell casting and Io teaches about close combat. Not only that, everyone starts to talk to Io and become friends with him.

“Gosh what a day… It really is tiring to teach about magic.” Alet threw herself into the sofa.

“Yep. I think we better order food from the online services. I almost faint from this sudden change.” Io locks the front door and joins Alet on the sofa.

“Hey… about the last match with Reine. Does that mean we are official?”.

“Well yes. I guess everyone already knows it since we won the tournament.”.

“Heh… a dream come true.”.

“Yeah. Still can’t believe we just won that tournament. It really is something.”.

“Hey, since we are official… Still on the season?”.

“Huh? Yes… Why? Alet, what are you- Alet!” He screams for his life.

Alet’s dream about living together with Io come true. Day after day, the Capla and the Manusha started to accept the Siluma to live around their city region. This happens thanks to the Angkara who made it to the top and changed every person's mind. This also restores the peaceful life inside the Living Circle just like before the beast outbreak.

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