The Earth After Rebirth

Kiro wasn't particularly tired, he felt refreshed after the battle. But he wanted to laze around nonetheless. He reckon he deserved to relax after spending 6 months trying to wake up. It was a call for celebration.

He roasted every fish they collected and seasoned it, this alone took him hours. So much so, he was already complaining about teaching Hubris how to do this. But after all that, it was time to feast and feast they did.

"Too bad there's no drinks!" Kiro complained.

Without a word, Hubris ran to a tree, cutting it cleanly and making makeshift mugs for them. Then scooping some ocean water, and returning in record time.

Kiro looked at him like he was crazy, "I'm not drinking that. When I said drinks I didn't mean ocean water. Ocean water is dirty and salty."

"My Lord, trust me, please."

Kiro hesitantly took the mug, taking only a sip. The taste was bittersweet, what's more it made his insides burn, in a relaxing kind of way.

'Is this, alcohol? I sure hope they won't be able to detect it through a virtual game.' He thought that and took a swig off his mug and finish it one gulp, it hit the spot.

Hubris had already ran to the forest yet again, to make a makeshift jug this time. Once he determined that his master liked it, he didn't want to be an errand boy running to the ocean every second. Not that he minded, he just wanted to enjoy the delicious meat too.

"Wow, who would've thought oceans here tasted this great!"

Hubris nodded. It was just something he happened to remember at the spare of the moment. He wished he could remember it all and not in the fragments he was being given. He was sad but he didn't want to show it, but that was useless because Kiro could feel it.

He could use his power as his master to make him spill his guts but he thought that would be cruel. Hubris would surely come to him when he wants to.

Ever since he said this may be his home, he didn't want to elaborate further, even then Kiro gave him some space for his mind to wrap around everything. It was just him who fell into an unknown world, Hubris too. What was worse, Hubris was familiar with the world but at the same time unfamiliar with it.

"Master, where are you from?"

"Huh? From where we came from I guess?" He answered absentmindedly.

"No, I mean, where are you really from. I'm also a foreigner up there but I've spent 200 years with them, your kind had really just arrived.

"The things your kind can do are scary. The natives up there wouldn't even dream of doing half the things you guys do. So I'm just curious."

Kiro was at a loss for words, was Hubris a self-aware code, wouldn't this be dangerous if that were the case. If that were the case, why was it still loyal to him? Wouldn't it depress him if he called him a computer code that had no free will?

"Ahem, I'm from the dimension above that one. My world had already face an apocalypse, so I guess we're here to help this one.

"We have advanced technology, we use something to jump in here, though I doubt we can use it to jump something out of here."

Hubris nodded in agreement. He was excited, he wanted more than anything to visit his master's home. Kiro knew he would want to, that's why he closed it with, there's no known way to travel from here to there.

But alas, Hubris took that as a challenge. He figured if so many can come from there, there surely must be a way for only one to come from here, it just hadn't been discovered yet. Just like they haven't discovered leaving this realm.

Thinking about it like made him the more excited to look for ways. Kiro didn't even need to feel his emotions, they were painted all over his face. He decided to let him be, if this was his dream he'll let him have it. If he really does find a way, it would be problematic but he could handle it.

"I have a family too you know." Kiro blurted out.

"Oh, you mean Hiro?" Hubris had no idea why he was telling him something he already knew.

"I guess you could say Hiro is my family too. But there's more, my father, mother, brother, my cute little sister. And now you, Hubris."

If he had tears, he'd be crying right now but his emotions made up for that, they were in turmoil.

They had finished eating they were just drinking and enjoying the warm fire, and the beautiful tune the waves made.

They were watching the sun set while having these conversations. The sunset here was the most beautiful thing, it gave off different colours that Kiro couldn't describe with his very limited language. He thought it made sense, since this was a different world, there ought to be things he couldn't describe.

As it was setting it gave off a warm that was lulling Kiro to sleep. His alcohol tolerance wasn't very high, even in-game. So he was just rumbling about everything and anything.

They had finished eating they were just drinking and enjoying the warm fire, and the beautiful tune the waves made.

Though as soon as Kiro said that he was knocked out cold. Hubris was to put him back in the shelter he made, but he didn't want to move. He was still basking in the fact that, his master saw him as one of his family. He wanted the moment to last as long as possible, he felt like if he moved an inch it'd be lost in the oceans.

He stayed like that for hours until the waves threatened to take them, that's when he decided to move. Taking his master far away from the dangerous waves in an instant.

Kiro slept very peaceful that night, nothing disturbed his dreams. Nothing about being in a foreign land made his sleep uneasy