“A few people you trust…?
You haven’t even met her,
Why do you trust her so much?”
Veylara questioned with a frown on her face.
“I saw it.”
Kael answered.
“You saw what?”
“Lavinia fighting together with me.”
“Huh…?”
Obviously, Veylara was utterly confused, and Kael knew it. So he continued,
“Even before I came to this world, where I saw a man fighting countless monsters. At that time, I didn’t put much thought into this, but then I came to this world and ever since that day, I have started seeing these visions.”
“Visions?”
“Visions of the Future.”
“You… can see the future?”
Veylara questioned as she narrowed her eyes. If someone else had said this to her, she would have ignored the man without giving it much thought.
But Kael was different.
She couldn’t ignore him.
“Yes, I dream about things I have never seen or heard about. In one of my visions, I saw Lavinia chained inside a cage and only when Elira showed me her portrait did I realize who she was.”
“You saw… Lavinia chained inside a cage?”
“Yes.”
Then, Kael’s expression became serious and,
“I was sold to the same Slave House she was in.”
“…what?”
Veylara’s expression changed.
“You were… sold?”
“I saw that happen in my vision,
‘You are no Hero anymore. You are a lowly Slave and this will be your new home till you are sold.’
I clearly remember those words and then saw the Slave House that man took me to.
Gasta Slave Market.”
“That’s…”
Veylara’s eyes widened and Kael nodded.
“That’s where Lavinia is.”
The Hero then looked into Veylara’s eyes and,
“I saw this vision before I knew about Lavinia or the Gasta Slave Market. I didn’t even know slaves are sold in this world.”
“But… why were you sold off as a Slave…?”
Veylara questioned and Kael shook his head.
“I do not know.
The visions I see aren’t long. They barely last half a minute, but… they are long enough to tell me everything I need to know.”
“But there is no way you will be sold as a slave as long as you stay in Draktha—”
Veylara’s expression changed as she recalled something.
“The Traitor…”
Kael didn’t say anything.
“So the reason you are so paranoid is because you saw yourself being sold off as a slave.”
“I also saw my own death.”
“…what?”
“I saw it the first day I came to this world, my own death. I was beheaded by a woman named Nerissa.
The second vision I saw was me being sold as a Slave and meeting Lavinia.
And the third was my ally named Kayden sacrificing his life to push away the army of corrupted beasts that swarmed at us.”
“…”
Veylara turned silent.
What could she even say?
The man in front of her was just a young man, he didn’t belong to this world, he had never even touched a weapon before coming to this world, yet… on a fateful day, he was summoned to this world, was told to protect it, but then was shown visions of his own death…
How could… anyone not be paranoid in this situation?
It was almost as if… someone was showing these visions to make him more distrustful of others.
When she thought about that possibility, Veylara narrowed her eyes.
“Could these visions be false and implanted into your head by someone trying to manipulate you…?”
She pointed out the possibility.
Kael, however, shook his head.
He had thought about it as well, but,
“The third vision benefitted me quite a lot. Whoever is behind these visions, I doubt he is an enemy.
What I do think, however, is that these visions want me to find Lavinia as soon as possible since two out of three visions I have seen had Lavinia in them.”
“You saw her two times?”
“Yes, the first time was in the slave market, chained inside a cage. The second time was when she was flying next to me as we were facing an army of corrupted beasts.”
Kael nodded and Veylara’s expression became even more solemn.
“The Princess was next to you…”
Veylara muttered, soon, however, she frowned.
“Did you not see any one of us in these visions? Or anyone from the Royal Palace other than the Princess?”
“I did not.”
Kael shook his head.
“But that—”
“If the Vision’s story is to be believed, I was summoned to this world, sold as a slave, then I and Lavinia must have escaped from the slave market, found allies, and fought the army of corrupted beasts till I was beheaded by Nerissa.
All this while, I was far away from the Royal Palace, this is why it has become even more difficult to place my trust in anyone.”
“You can trust me.”
Veylara spoke, looking right into Kael’s eyes with a determined look on her face.
“I know that, Mentor. This is the reason I am telling you all this.”
Kael nodded with a light smile on his face. Then, he continued,
“But I still need to meet Lavinia. Her story doesn’t make sense. Something is missing, something only she knows.
I also have to save her from that hell.”
The Hero spoke with conviction.
“That is the only place she is safe at.”
Veylara spoke up.
“Safe, huh…”
Kael smiled wryly at those words.
“I saw her eyes, Mentor.
They were dead. They had no emotion in them, as if she had given up on her life and was prepared to die any moment. Heck, it almost looked like she was being restricted from killing herself.
How is living in that place, in those conditions… safe?”
“…”
Veylara turned silent.
Again, she had no answer to the Hero’s question, but she also knew the Hero and the Princess could not meet.
“The moment you, the Hero, meet the corrupted princess, both of you will be in danger.”
She tried to warn.
“This is why I am hesitating. The King can protect the two of us separately, but if we get together, he will not have that power anymore. I understand that.”
Kael nodded.
“But I also need to get to the bottom of this.”
“So what are you planning to do?”
Veylara questioned directly.
“…what do you suggest I do?”
Kael sought his mentor’s guidance.