Interlude – Soul Realm

Interlude – Soul Realm

Death. Colette has seen it a lot in their earlier days, but lately, it felt as if she already forgot how it felt like. Then Hafiz died.

Why, Hafiz? Why do that for us? Colette asked. The heroes were gathered all in the main tree on Branchhold, in a special part. A really thick vine wrapped each of their bodies.

Hafiz was a glowing ball of light. A soul, and the space around them was filled with stars.

[Soul realm].

Colette remembered coming here once. Long ago- so long that she didnt even remember the time. But this felt familiar. Stars. Flickers. Lights.

All the other souls. It felt bigger now. Wider. And she could see there were strands of light that illuminated the paths that went into other places. Worlds. Each seemingly a link. She struggled to make sense of the space, it felt like the space bent into itself.

Because what else is there to do? Hafiz said, Dont make it sound so noble. I already accepted that our lives in this world were just temporary, it was time. It was damned time.

You planned to do it? Prabu asked.

Yes. If it ever came to sacrificing one of us, I decided it would be me. I have the least to lose. I dont care about anything. Im losing the ability to care about anything at all. Hafiz said, his frustration palpable. Colette had never seen him so animated in years.

Colette looked across their magical-soul space. At Prabu. At Chung. She stopped, and then looked at Hafiz again.

Hafiz. How do you feel? As a soul?

Hafiz was quiet, his glowing soul hovered and moved a little. Only the five of them were here. Four heroes of Treehome, and one former hero. Ken. Khefri was never that close to Hafiz. Adrian and Kelly were Mountainworld heroes and their relationship was fairly cordial. In the end, everyone went back to do their own thing.

Even Hafiz. He drifted away a bit. They would meet up once every month or so, hed teleport over to Freshka or one of the suburban cities and theyd hang out. But the drift was there.

If there was doubt about the long term success of Kens League of Heroes, the lack of personal rapport was one of them.

Honestly, do you guys really want the answer? Hafiz asked.

Chung didnt say a thing.

Ken nodded. Yes.

Colette always thought it was just a sign of maturity. A sign of age. The weight of experience. They were aging, and she thought it was natural that they all began to quiet down. They were not young, and it would tone down their drive. Even Ken calmed down over the years.

I feel light. The dead hero answered. I feel liberated. I feel like I suddenly can remember all the things that I wasnt supposed to.

Ken was the only one that nodded. For him, he always remembered.

I- I feel like I really want to see my family again. Hafiz said.

A heros duty is to slay the Demon King.

Colette felt her connection to the [Soul Realm] waver.

Demon Kings.

What- She whispered it, as if her mind was splitting apart. As if the words seem to lose meaning. As if all was pointless.

Sacrifice? What sacrifice?

She raised her head, her spirit transported, Aeons bridge to the soul realm. She looked at Hafiz and she saw death, at Ken and she saw age, at Chung and she saw anger, at Prabu and she saw her new family.

What did she lose to get here?

Theyve done their share. Served their time. Now that she wanted to look back, why did it seem like its so hard to remember things before all of this?

She looked at Ken.

He seemed to be the only one actually getting what Hafiz was saying.

She felt jealous.

Envy.

She wanted to know, and she felt her soul cracking.

Spaizzer

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