37 The Expedition V Zagan

Zagan who had a cup of special wine in his mouth, spat it back into the cup and began to cough uncontrollably.

'What? The future? What future? how? I've always thought that this king was someone who was from the ancient time in the past. How come his in the future? Wait! That's not what I should be worried about. How's it possible that I'm here. Are these people confused or something? Or is it that they are just trying to avoid telling me the truth that I'm already dead and this is the after life?'

Zagan cleared his throat. Its a good thing his voice could be heard in this strange place. He took another wine cup and drank from it.

"Its alright. I know I'm already dead and this is my afterlife. I also know that you are the ancient immortal king whom Leah always told me about."

After he said this, a loud thunderous laughter was heard on the table. Even the calm gentle lady could not help but laugh. The man who had a serious expression just a few minutes ago laughed the loudest.

'This young lad's imagination is even greater than mine.' He thought.

The lady looked at the beautiful man. "See.... You always brag about having such an outstanding brain but look, your younger self seems more intelligent than you."

The beautiful man knew the hidden meaning behind what this girl was saying and this made him laugh even more.

This shouldn't be referred to as intelligent even in the slightest

Zagan on the otherhand, stared at them confused. Why were they laughing so loudly? Did he say something wrong? Before he could ask, the lady leaned close to him and stared directly into his eyes as if asking for a compliment

"So what about me? Who am I?"

He was caught off guard and stuttered. "Um... Well... I think you're the hammer of God. The um... Punisher."

Otherwise, why would she be dressed in a warrior's suit?

Hammer of God? Do i look that tough?' She wondered.

Hearing this, the beautiful immortal tried to suppress the laughter that creeped to his face. But when he turned and saw the priceless expression on the lady's face, he lost control and another roar of laughter resumed.

The lady had had enough of the laughter and threatened in a stern voice. "Hey will you stop laughing already? If you don't, I'll send you straight to hell."

Wait why did that sound wrong? Before she could finish assimilating, even the young lad joined in laughing.

Did she just affirm to being the hammer of God by threatening to take someone to hell? How hilarious.

The lady stood up angrily and stormed out which caused the beautiful man to stop laughing immediately and chase after her.

Now, Zagan was alone in the big dinner room and decided to take a tour of the room. He studied everything in the room even the well polished concrete floor.

After a while, a voice came from the door. "Come with me."

Zagan turned and saw the beautiful man who walked to another door then nodded and followed. They walked out of the dinner room and out of the mansion. When they got to a stable, the man asked, "Would you like to ride?"

Zagan who had never ridden a horse was not sure how to reply. He heard that horse riding was fun but horses could be bullies at times. They chose their riders and do not allow just anybody ride on them.

He pursed his lips and politely declined. His wound was not fully healed and he wouldn't want to open again.

"Silly! I was ask you would like to ride with me not ride alone."

Hearing this, Zagan felt excited and immediately went up to the prepared horse. He didn't know why but this man made him feel safe and comfortable.

The immortal man helped Zagan up the horse and they rode off.

When they got to a cliff, he stopped the horse and helped Zagan down. This picture was like a man saving his princess in distress. How pathetic.

They sat on the ground of the cliff and watched the birds soar high in the beautiful blue sky and the water from below the cliff formed the shape of a Chinese dragon flowing as far as a thousand miles. The huge trees at the bottom of the cliff, greeted each other as the wind blew against them. This world was indeed filled with beautiful sights.

The man, still looking at the scene before him sighed and spoke. "I will say something you might not understand you don't have to worry I'll answer all your questions if you have any just listen attentively.

He paused for a while and sighed as if battling with his words before finally, he began.

"Many years ago, I were born into the royal family but I didn't really experience love from the people I called family infact, no one aside some certain people knew about my existence."

Why did this story sound familiar? Is this a thing with the people from royal families? Zagan wondered

"I lived like that for a long time but one day, I ran away from home. I faced so many Obstacles, met friends and I met wolfs dressed in sheep's clothing." As he said this, he smiled and nudged Zagan.

"However, I also met masters who trained me and helped me fix my life. And guess what! I also found love.

"Believe it or not, this is the future and because its the future, I can't tell you everything because things in the past have effects on the future but things in the future can never affect the past. We must maintain the balance of the world and not disrupt it.

"Zagan, you have a bright future ahead of you. You shouldn't dwell in the past instead, you must grow strong to be able to protect the people you love. You'll meet many people in the future, people that will influence your life positively and a few that would want to complicate your life further." he stopped for a while and his expression darkened as if he remembered something terrible.

"Zagan, do not follow the man with the mark of a cross turned upside down. I know you won't recognize him early but when you figure out that he's the one, do not follow him. He's up to no good and will only corrupt your mind."

Zagan stared at the man confused. How did he know so much? Is it because he's ....

His thoughts were cut short by the man. "I'm not the the immortal king you are thinking of. I'm just a mare man like you." He nudged Zagan and smiled.

"Do you have any idea where this is?" he asked.

Zagan diverted his gaze from the man and looked at the scene before shaking his head in denial.The man took a deep breath,

"This is the out sketch of our kingdom, our clan. The Leo clan." He paused for a while waiting for what he had said to digest into Zagan's brain.

Funny, Zagan did not look surprised rather, he complimented "Beautiful"

After a while Zagan realized something and asked, "Are we related?"

The man smiled and replied. "More than you can ever imagine. Do you remember I told you my name?"

"No."

"Zagan"

"You called me?"

"That's my name. My name is Zagan. And like i said earlier, I'm the future you."