Volume 3

At an unknown place, a person predicts:
"Not long after, a girl will arrive. If it's her, she might be able to hear me..."
The image of Noriko appears.

Noriko ran quickly across the street. Feeling breathless, she came to a stop with tears in her eyes.
"Izark!", she screamed.
"There's no way I could catch up with him. What should I do, auntie?", Noriko mumbled.

"I am a high school girl, Noriko and has been staying in this world for over a hundred days. During this time, Izark had been always by my side. He also taught me how to speak in his language. One day, in a mountain area, some spider-liked monster attacked a group of people, Izark and me. Izark managed to drive the monsters away and hence all of us can stay safely in a hut that night. Due to some mistakes in my speech, the others kept teasing Izark and me. Izark seems to be very embarrassed about it."

"The group of people talked about monsters that suddenly appear in places where there used to be no monsters, the worms in the forest, Mezame and Tenjoki. I asked Izark if the forest was where we first met, where strange worms attacked us but Izark got angry and told me not to speak anymore. The next day, we parted with the group of people. Izark suddenly told me that what I said last night was correct but he wanted me to forget about the incident and my own world. He said that I am a girl who migrated from an unknown island. I asked him if that was the reason for being angry. He said he was not angry and hug me."

"Not long after, we arrived at a city and went to a provision store. The owner was a auntie named Garya and seems to be an old friend of Izark. I knew Izark had entrusted me to this auntie and we stayed at auntie's place that night. That night, auntie told me that Izark seldom travel with others. The next day, I wanted to say farewell to Izark with a smile however, he did not even look at me. I cried and thought that Izark does not care about me anymore. Finally, he turned and look at me, and walked off."

"It feels like a few years since I met Noriko. I had been afraid and wanted to kill Mezame but Noriko did not know anything. I felt troubled travelling with her and finally it's over. Noriko, you might cause some undesired things to happen. So, it's better that we do not meet again but why do I feel so sad?", Izark thought as he walked off.

"That night while I was washing the dishes, a man suddenly threatened me with a knife and asked me where was Garya. Aunite appeared and he released me. He was Banadam, a guard of Jeida, the minister of Zargo. Jeida and his sons, Rantarna and Koriki also appeared. It seems that Jeida was framed by another minister, Kemil and was forced to flee. Banadam and auntie are from the Haidori group that was somehow saved by Jeida and therefore auntie invited them to hide in her house. They talked about politics that I do not understand. They also talked about Mezame and Tenjoki. I appeared in the same place as Mezame. Am I Mezame? But I do not know Tenjoki and do not have any strength so I think it's impossible."

"At dawn, soldiers surrounded auntie's house. Auntie told me to hide in the basement and look for Izark if she did not return after this fight. After some time, the noise of fighting stops. I climbed out of the basement to find no one. The house was in a mess and I thought of what auntie told me to do. To find Izark..."

A few men surrounded Noriko, who was crying. At the same time, Nada (an official) was watching a fighting competition. He soon walked to a bar on the second floor. Izark walked into the bar (first floor). With his mind full of Noriko, he asked for a beer. The few men teased Noriko. Noriko saw a dark shadow in the sky and ran away from them. The few men chased after Noriko and Noriko silently screamed for Izark to save her. Izark seems to hear Noriko cries and stood up. At the same time, Nada sent a fighter, Barago to challenge Izark. Izark heard Noriko's cries again and refused the match and walked off.

However, when Izark tried to leave the bar, Barago stopped him. Izark grabbed his hand and pushed him. Barago fell and Izark ran out of the bar, thinking that Noriko must be in trouble. A few guards tried to block Izark's way but Izark easily jumped up the roof and escaped from them. Another fighter appeared on the roof. He created wind around Izark and Izark started to feel weak. The rings wore on his fingers that contained some poison was released in the wind. Izark felt giddy and fell off the roof.

Noriko ran and jumped over a wall. The few men followed. Noriko landed on a person on another side of the wall. The person was Agol. Noriko pleaded Agol for help and Agol easily defeated the few men. Noriko watched with admiration and Gina, who was also there asked Noriko if her father was great in fighting. Noriko then realised that Gina was blind. Noriko thanked Agol and invited the two to Garya's house where they saw some soldiers raiding the house.

Actually, Agol was sent by Rachef to find Izark. However, he was robbed by the same soldiers who raided Garya's house. The worst was that even Gina's prediction stone was robbed and hence Gina could not make predictions. Agol introduced himself and his daughter, Gina. Noriko too introduced herself. Agol was shocked when he heard Noriko's name. He remembered on his search for Izark, someone told him,
"Izark is very strong and handsome. Travelling with him is a cute girl from the island with a strange name, Noriko"

Meanwhile, Jeida, his sons and Banadam were locked in a jail. Outside, Garya, who was hiding behind the bushes, saw the unconscious Izark being taken to the same place.



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