Chapter 0: Prologue

“You don’t deserve to be here! You don’t deserve to be at the top! You are just a mere pebble on the side of the road and yet,” he sniffled, “And yet you still managed to climb the peak!?” Devin said as he slowly pushed me towards the river. His ocean eyes turned even darker, but this time, it was drawing my attention with its killing intent. The atmosphere in the bridge turned even denser. I almost couldn’t bring myself to say a single word.

“I-I,” I stuttered. “I deserve what I have achieved! Why are you doing this to me? Aren’t we friends? Devin?” I asked as my body trembled with coldness, anger, and fear. Those feelings made me shiver down to my spine. It was terrifying.
“Don’t listen to him Del’Vin, he is just trying to make you pity him. Don’t listen to fakes like him. He betrayed you, right?” An old man with a round-looking fat body spoke out of thin air, having a grin at Deviin’s back. I couldn’t see the his face because of the darkness of our surrounding. My hands were clenching as I looked at Devin’s eyes.

“Don’t listen to him Devin! I have never betrayed you!” I shouted with my voice broken.

“Shut yer crap! You should have just left the academy after you betrayed me. Your death won’t even affect me. You’re just a filthy rat from a peasant’s family. I have never once treated you as friend!” he shouted. “Good bye, Kuro.” His ocean eyes shaded with anger pierced through and shattered my heart. In a silent bridge, where no one seemed to be crossing, he pushed me with his cold forceful hands without even hesitating. I felt my chest narrowing, aching by the fact that my only friend betrayed me. My teeth were grating, my arms were bleeding from the tight grip as I clenched my hands.

It hurts.

“Del’Vin!” I shouted as I fell from the bridge down to the cold noisy river, not knowing what I should really feel. It was like a scene from a movie in slow motion. If I were to view this from a third person point of view, I would have surely cried. But this scene isn’t fictional.

I wish it is.

I closed weary eyes before my body dumped into the river.

***

I should have known from the start that I can’t trust anyone. I should have known from the start that everyone is full of secrets and lies. Why did I trust him? Trust? What is that anyway? Why am I thinking about this trust?

I could feel the warmth of my tears even though the deep, dark, and cold river is surrounding my frail and small body. I could feel the pressure of the water as I go deeper. My consciousness was starting to fade away, I felt sleepy, felt cold.

Is this what death feels like?

Everything was seemed blurry, my sight was getting darker as my eyes close. Slowly, I became feeling numb.

***

Baby voices!? I woke up hearing a scream of a woman giving birth of her children and I could hear different baby cries. What on earth is happening?

“They are boys, Madame!” A Lady wearing servant’s dress spoke. Her large emerald eyes were dazzling, looking at my direction.

“What is this appearance?!” The mother was seemed surprised from what she is seeing.

“They are so cute, Madame!” The servant smiled as if she was seeing cute dogs.

“Throw him away.”

I cocked my head from the mother’s direction. Her face turned dark, I couldn’t recognize it. Confusions pierced my aching head. It took a moment for me to realize; I got reborn.