《Sealed Domain》 Chapter 1: Zeal Chapter 1: Zeal The sunrise slowly moving out from the east; Zeal was already standing beside his bed and sloppily putting his shirt on, scratches his head and saw on the bed a lady who was still covered only by a blanket sleeping serenely. Zeal walks away, opened the curtain and slid the glass window open, the chill morning air freshened zeal drowsy body! He moved towards the veranda and sit on the couch. ¡°Atmosphere in this place sure is nice; miss sure is obedient when sleeping¡± Zeal proudly laugh because last night activities are still fresh in his mind ¡°miss sure is yummy¡± ---- On the bed inside the room the lady who could feel the chill from the open window awakened, looked around but did not see the man she¡¯s with last night ''where''d he go?'' ¡°ZEAL you dumbass why would you let the window open ¡° She got off. Pick her littered garments and went to the window. Zeal heard the shout ¡°this lady is a brute, early in the morning she already destroyed the tranquility in this place¡± He stood and immediately jumps off from the terrace and began to run towards the shore. The kid eyes lit up, amazed by his jump from the height of 7 to 8 meters high, the kid followed him and pestered by the question ¡°Uncle how¡¯d you did that! Are you Superman?¡± he snorted hearing the question. ¡°how dare you to compare me to Superman? I don¡¯t like wearing my underwear inside out in case you don¡¯t¡± thinking of something fun he look at the kid. ¡°Kid wants me to teach you? I can throw you up higher than you can imagine¡± because of his mischievous looking face, the kid was terrified and cried awfully; zeal was caught off-guard, why would he cry? ¡°Shish stop crying already it was a joke okay?¡± trying to stop the kid from crying while grinning ''I should try it no one will know right?'' A group of kids who saw their friend crying move closer, they see a man in his 30s with a graceful appearance standing proudly while grinning, ¡°hey uncle is there a problem in that mind of yours bullying a kid does make you feel better?¡± zeal who heard everything, couldn¡¯t care more or less, turned around, ready to leave. ¡°Robert, an ugly uncle here bullied my friend¡± Hearing the shout, a man with a large build and bulging muscles turn around, who''s been busy trying to show off in front of a lady so early in the morning. Immediately came running towards zeal direction and with a large build anyone would be intimidated. He mockingly looked at the offender; ''this guy has the balls'' robert thought so while scanning the docile man in front of him. ¡°Don¡¯t even think of going anywhere you dare offend young master¡± Robert then raise his hand preparing to punch. Zeal tilted his head a little bit. look at the man coldly, explained ¡°this is a simple misunderstanding good sir I hope you understand¡±. Then he simply restrained a certain someone movement. ¡°What? Why can¡¯t I move¡± Dave bewildered, looked at the man who¡¯s staring back at him casually. Before he knew what happen, his body drop to the ground losing consciousness. ¡°It¡¯s always so easy if smart people intervene they know when to sleep,¡± zeal said nonchalantly, before turning around again, feeling light-headed ¡°Where should I go? I can¡¯t just return yet, there¡¯s still a witch in disguise on my room¡° While walking alone zeal saw a two-story building, ¡°CarpeDiem Caf¨¦¡± he mumbled, reading the signboard. Zeal then entered and the rich authentic aroma of coffee blow his troubles away ¡°good morning uncle¡± a 15 to 16 years old teenager greeted him ¡°welcome to our Caf¨¦. may I take your order¡± While glancing at the place he looked at the kid with disdain ¡°hey are you blind or something? I¡¯m still in my twenties don¡¯t you see huh¡± unbelievable that dumb kid just called me uncle. This uncle sure is a problem but a customer is still a costumer Arjhin consoled himself ¡°sorry uncle, I¡¯m Arjhin by the way¡± he said while smiling forcefully. ¡°Shoo shoo just gave me a cup of coffee¡± annoying kids are everywhere.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. So where should I sit, while looking around zeal had gotten to the second and finally seated on the table at the balcony. ¡°Master, please forgive me for being an insolent student¡± he said smiling at nowhere. ---- Floating Palace... A servant walking at a fast pace abruptly stop in front of a large door, she knocks twice before opening the large door. As soon as she opened the door shock can be seen all over her, the room was empty ¡°you¡¯re majesty?¡± where is he? What should I do? The servant panict and tried to calm herself ¡°Should I report this to the queen?¡± Thinking what she should do. What if the king got in trouble because of me? While walking back and forth in front of the door. ¡°it doesn¡¯t matter whatever happens ill still report to the queen¡± ''yes I should go'' consoling herself before she started running down the hall all the way to the back garden on the east side of the castle. Rushing for over a minute and a half she finally reach a garden that was brimming with life of different types of flowers. After catching her breath she looked around and finally saw the Moon Goddess gracefully watering her plants. ''Just by seeing her face is enough for Every man to fall and a smile that will turn any man into stone'' [If you know what I mean ( ?¡ã3 ?¡ã)] Does she know already? She slaps her face while bowing ''Aw, why would I even think of that. She is the queen, she should atleast know'' ¡°my goddess?¡± she called out in a respectful tone. With a smile the lady turned her head over ¡°is he gone? It¡¯s okay you can return to your work already!¡± she said dismissing the servant. ¡°Just as I thought so she¡¯s really is in a bad mood¡± the servant hastily walks away. In a meanwhile, dark clouds slowly fill the whole place. The once lively place changes into a dark and gloomy. ¡°Don¡¯t let me catch you or you¡¯re dead meat. Zeal you bastard running away from responsibilities¡± she then shrugged it off ¡°thinking about him will just tired me up¡± she then return to watering her plants. The weather also returns to normal. ---- Somewhere... Small earthquake shakes the place. A mid age man Seated on a branch of the yggdrasil(the tree of life). He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the sun rising. ¡°Don¡¯t you know to read the sign down there?¡± the man said while jumping. Four silhouettes approaching the tree at a top speed. ¡°We have been discovered everyone move faster¡± shouted by a masked man and unsheathe his two daggers, the others also jump back. In a constant, a figure falling at a speed of light reaches the ground. BOOM Smoke covered the area. A man whose hand is in his pocket slowly walks out of the smoke. ''Huhu I always wanted to do that, now should I say some catchy line? ¡°FOOLS Because I am in a good mood, I shall give you all a chance to live¡± he said loud enough then throws icy glare at everyone present. Haha, I should be a great actor, he pondered. ¡°Surround him, don¡¯t let him get away¡± the masked man orders his teammate. Hearing the order they quickly positioned themselves around the man. ¡°And you must be their leader I presume?¡± he said while giving the you know it all aura. Seeing that his teams are in their position, he signals them to begin. The four then stab their dagger on the ground and started chanting a mysterious hand seals. ¡°Are you deaf, the great me has given you a chance, and you dare insult my benevolence¡± looking at their formation and hand seals, are they trying to capture me? Or shet are they here to get a taste of my perfect body? I shuddered ¡°Hey you¡¯re all not here to **** me aren¡¯t you?¡± he shouted while covering himself. Upon hearing the man said and act like a virgin in front of them, they look at each other and gave a complicated looked. Is this guy a oblivious? ¡°Hey we¡¯re here to kill you dimwit¡± they all shouted in unison. *hula hula hula* Then immediately the formation started. A black barrier came out and connects to each one of them forming like a pyramid trapping the man in the middle. The barrier then slowly shrinks in size. ¡°What a beautiful teamwork¡± he compliment, while stroking his beard. ¡°But you¡¯re all still too green to think you can capture me like this¡± he said before disappear inside the barrier. The next moment he appears on a branch sitting. While looking at their confused expressions, he snorts. ¡°You all disappoint me, but I commend you for tracking me¡± he lectured before he disappear. ¡°He already started. Can¡¯t wait for the great show to arrive Haha¡± the man said while stroking his beard. ---- In a huge castle in the middle of an island ¡°haha that old man is stirring trouble again¡± a handsome youth on golden body armor, seated comfortably on the throne laughing. In front of him a line of silver armored individual looking anxiously. But by seeing how relax their king they all heave a sigh of relief. For they all been summoned by their king from all over the country on such notice, they all feel conflicted alongside excited by the event. But the moment of relax didn¡¯t last long for their king releases an overbearing pressure down them all. ¡°I called you all here for one reason¡± the king said solemnly ¡°I want my kingdom to stand strong after I leave¡± They looked at each other with a stiff expression; then they all remembered something about a terrible omen. After nodding at each other they began to withdraw in an orderly manner. ---- An old man with a long white beard appeared on his seat with a domineering aura ¡°gather everybody¡± the elder said to the servants who immediately disappears. ¡°master it is about the prophecy?¡± a moment later a disciple who came first ask. ¡°Take a seat let¡¯s wait for everyone something big is going to happen¡± after hearing this, the disciple has a grim looked on his face. ''If its about the prophecy? Its about time, I think'' ---- At a dark spacious room an eerie aura could be felt, seven silhouettes are to be seen facing each other covered with a black hood their faces are hard to recognize ¡°portal will open sooner than we expected¡± "So who should we send then?" "Why not Five, the sin of sloth. I think he should be the best candidate among us all." "I, agree" "So its decided, this meeting is over" The Seven vanish from the sight and the eerie suffocating aura is starting to disperse. Chapter 2: The beginning Chapter 2: the beginning Sounds of explosions rang everywhere, bullets sing a tragic melody to those who are unlucky, shouting, screaming, wailing, are a beautiful symphony in this chaotic playground. Burning houses, sounds of fighting are still taking place. The whole place is like a living hell. Nations military already had taken the initiatives to advance, progressively cutting every possible escape route for the rebels. the other side skinny men holding rifle like its part of their body, empty their magazines like crazy. With deadpan eyes and like a soulless body, they were like a zombie who¡¯s already dead and afraid of nothing. This fight lasted for 3 whole day already, with the shortage of food supply all they can do is fight like madmen. Arjhin forcing himself to stand yet his command seems off to what his own body can do at the moment he just lay under the piles of dead bodies, held a bloodstained swift knife on his right hand ¡°shet this place should be safe enough until then, I hope they arrive already haha¡± he laugh wryly. *sound of tank approaching* Nice timing this should be the assault team. "Hey, I''m he.." BOOM A large explosive exploded near his hiding place, the piles of corpse flew everywhere revealing his hiding spot. What the hell? Must be my lucky day haha. He quickly silence himself for in the next moment a rain of bullets flew. ---- Inside a building a skinny looking men hide behind the window. ¡°GO" the man shouted while pushing a lever upon seeing that their targets have entered the dead zone. The c4 that they have planted under a dead body, exploded under an advancing tank. Rifles emerge from windows and cracks of houses, not giving their enemy time to react. Rain of bullets flew like flowing water on the center, finishing every last troops of the advancing party. Roars Thunders on their celebration seeing how they effectively ambush the advancing troops. A large build man wearing a red beret that seems to be the leader moves toward the destroyed tank. ¡°No please, no please argh!!¡± a soldier pleaded seeing an enemy holding trench knife,looking menacing enough. Without a shred of mercy he cut the head off cleanly. Arjhin who¡¯s playing dead by the side twitch watching the scene by the side of his eyes, feeling that his body still won¡¯t budge. I tried to hide my swift knife under a dead body. ¡°A cat playing dead eh haha¡± the man wearing a beret saw Arjhin hands move and shouted towards his direction, laugh hysterically. He moved towards my direction while waving his trench knife which covered in blood. ¡°Hey man don¡¯t be such a dick. You¡¯re going to kill a kid who can¡¯t even move where¡¯s your honor man, we can talk this out haha¡± Knowing my plan is not going to work. ''Come a little more closer'' i grip the Swift knife tightly hidden underneath, . ¡°Brat this is a battle field showing mercy to your enemy is equivalent to suicide so I''ll give you a quick death¡± the man then took out his AK-101 assault rifle and aimed towards his head. Arjhin curse at how unlucky he was, close his eyes accepting his destiny. [PLOT ARMOR ACTIVATE. Arjhin shined like a golden Buddha that has achieve nirvana, floating every rebels aimed and triggered their guns towards his direction where bullets flew towards the blinding light never to be seen again. A moment later a baldy in a cape came and one punch me. Pls don''t mind this small skirmish, just me doing something off script haha(*?¦Ø?*)b? ] BANG Arjhin woke up headfirst below his bed ¡°dreaming again eh¡± a middle-age man standing beside the door said while buttoning his uniformThe author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°stop day dreaming and get moving already, you''re auntie already opened the shop. Breakfast downstairs¡± The man was uncle Gin who¡¯s getting ready for work. ¡°uncle, I think this dream really did happen. You know like in my past life yeah¡± Arjhin whose face is bit red from falling stands and reach the bathtowel besides and walks towards the bathroom. ¡°Son, ill talk this out on your aunt if we should send you to an asylum¡± nodded, close the door and head downstairs. "Shet why? Would i be sent to some asylum, IM NOT CRAZY" "Yeah yeah get it done already breakfast downstairs" Gin shouted back. Uncle Gin is a people''s police yeah the one who give his/her service to the people. Uncle is just 5 years older than aunt, he is not that handsome, average at best but charismatic and friendly,he also has that special charm who could make any women fall for him or so he says. ---- After getting ready i headed downstairs and to see uncle leisurely drinking his coffee while reading a newspaper. "Uncle, I''ll head out first" "Hey breakfast you can''t go to work on empty stomach, I don''t want to face wrath of certain someone if I let you go on empty stomach" "Aish, okay I''ll eat on the road" I immediately grab a bread stuff it with eggs and a cup of hot coffee. As soon as I step outside the light rays of morning sun and refreshing morning breeze. This truly felt a good morning. Uncle and aunty are the one who took me in. Even though they don''t have children on their own but still treated me like their own. I don''t even know where I''m from, I woke up oneday remember nothing except my name that is. Aunt said they found me on the shore while they were going for a walk. "Arrive finally, aunt kei good morning" I greeted upon seeing aunt kei in front of the counter wiping a mug. "Good morning too jinjin, and how many times do I have to tell you not too call me aunt, I''m not that old yet. You done breakfast?" Nodding I raised the empty cup,I used for her to see. Then put on the cafe apron to start my day. Aunt kei is a 30 to 35 year old lady and still looking youthful all this years. Wearing a plain white T-shirt, an brown cafe apron and hair tied in a bun. With the height of 170cm, a pair of glasses. Yeah Aunty basically looks like a college student on a summer job. Looking around I found that there''s already costumer the usual as always, drinking and reading. I pick up my towel and started wiping some table. *cling* sound of door chime ring "Good morning uncle" ---- I headed back towards the counter where aunt kei. Still curious about the grumpy costumer. But I feel like I''ve seen him before where is it? "Jinjin, why the long face?" "Nothing just thinking" "Why not share the idea to me? Why can''t share? Maybe it''s about a girl eh, don''t you dare lie to me. Now tell me" aunt said raising an eyebrow. "No no its just the new costumer I feel like I''ve seen him before? "That''s all? Tsk tsk and here I am thinking our boy is becoming a man. Such a disappointment" shaking her head. I just smiled at her awkwardly "hehe" and when did this conversation turn around? Is she really mad because it''s not about a girl? She looks really disappointed. After looking at me sharply, she turned around and poured a freshly brewed coffee in a more refined way. ''Shet what should I do'' I looked around and run outside, finally I saw white poppy flowers outside so I immediately grab it and returned. "My ravishing and loving aunt kei, the day are great for a certain someone to just sulk around, right milady?. Pls don''t be mad" I said while kneeling on one foot and handing the flowers. "Jinjin, AW how sweet of you; thank you" she said sweetly while receiving the flowers. ''Wew'' thankfully I live to tell the tale. "Milady, is the coffee ready?" I asked slowly. Realising she finally snap back to reality, she put the flowers in an empty vase and handed a cup of brewed coffee to me where I received and place in the tray. "Wait" she stop me midway in lifting the tray, where I halted. "Bring this, the chiffon I made. Our new product" ''a compliment eh?'' "Wow this looks delicious, milady if there''s nothing else I shall excuse my humble self" still acting my way out HAHA. I made my way upstairs where the grumpy uncle seated. "Sir I''m very sorry for being rude" I Said sincerely while placing the coffee over the table. "No its okay; Life really is simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Right?" "Confucius? Right sir" He then looked at me like how''d you know face. Shet is he real trying to act like a great philosopher. "Sir, I think I''ve seen you somewhere. have we met before?" "He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because he fears" "Michel De Montaigne" He then smiled profoundly then turn towards the clear blue sky. Did he just continue his philosophies and then turn away cause I expose him again. "Hehe" I laugh wryly. "Sir, I shall excuse myself. Have a great day" Walking away just to end this awkward conversation. ''Wew'' I headed downstairs ''finally''. "Aunt? Ow ow ow" Aunt kei pinch me immediately, before I even had the chance to finish. I gave her the what did I do look while caressing my cheeks. "Do I have to remind you?" "Haha sorry milady" and finally realizing my mistake. "Milady the costumer upstairs is really weird his just spouting philosopies of the great Confucius and Michel De Montaigne like he owns them, is there even someone who don''t know them? Tsk tsk" Now aunt gave me the I don''t know what you''re talking about look. "And who is Confucius and Michel De Montaigne again?" "really aunt you really don''t know them I might believed you if its just Michel De Montaigne but Confucius is like part of our history" feeling confuse. Aunt kei grabs a baguette beside her and tried to hit me with the bread. Seeing her movement I Immediately dodge the oncoming attack. "Jinjin you dared dodge" getting angry again. "Sorry milady hehe, its just a waste of food if it really hit me you know?" "Sorry my ass, I''ll deduct this on your salary you ungrateful kid, and what''s with you and history I think you''re just making things up. Who''s Confucius? I read so many books more than you can think off, Michel De Montaigne my ass. Try calling me aunt again I''ll smack that booty of yours" "What you really don''t know them?" "I know every famous philosopher from way back till now and don''t know what you''re talking about. I think there''s a problem In your brain, Im really think of sending you to some psychiatrist for some check up this time around. You always says something that dont even exist" Cling *sound of door chime rings* "oh a costumer go, do your job and stop bothering me I''m busy yeah? Great" Nodded I sent myself to received the costumer.