340 ALI MINI THEATER Side Story 17

It was during that time when the King of Heaven had just appeared to Vladimir in the form of a vision. It was also the time when the Returner to Ancestry Kresnik had finally awakened.  The Flame Emperor, in spite of his own personal grief, did Perun's bidding and tasked his eldest son to form a group to go on a quest to maintain the portal that Stribog accidentally created.

"Brother!"

Hurried footsteps echoed in the hallway as a young man of seventeen rushed to one of the chambers in the castle. Without ceremony, he pushed open the door and stepped in inside; his wide, green eyes scanned the room for the person he'd been searching for since morning.

He found him.

The tall, clam figure standing by the window overlooking the palace courtyard looked so lonely in his eyes that his face contorted into a pained expression. His brother – the older brother he adored and idolized would be gone soon.

"Brother!"