Conversation with Kinvara, Part 2

"How is it, did you like my magic?"

I asked with a slight smile. I wonder what would her reaction be. If someone had done something like that to me, I would have cursed their mother. Of course, I shouldn't have expected much from the sacrificial lunatics.

"Excellent, unprecedented. This is it. That's the difference between your magic and the magic of others. If what they do is called magic, we shouldn't call your magic. While they can control fire with magic, you rule over the fire."

"Thank you. Judging by your reaction, my hard work over the last six months seems to have paid off."

"Only six months?" She was surprised of course. These priestess work for centuries, but they can't do what I learned.

"So you couldn't use magic six months ago?"

Here comes the part where I will tell how the Red God gave me his blessing, making me His Chosen One.

"Of course. Six months ago, I was just a teenager looking for fun every day. I had no purpose or goal in life. But one day, when I lost my parents, I wanted to go on an adventure. Unfortunately, my adventure was not destined to happen, and less than a week later, we encountered the biggest storm I've ever witnessed. As you can imagine, our ship sank and I began to sink into the sea. The last thought that crossed my mind was how much my lungs hurt."

"You expect me to be dead, don't you? But no, I lived. I thought I was going to die too. Although I struggled to not sink, my eyes finally started to darken, I had no strength left in my arms and legs. As I lost consciousness in the darkness, I suddenly woke up in a different space."

"There was nothing where I woke up. There was literally nothing. Endless whiteness. Too big to see the end. It could even be said to be infinite. When I regained consciousness, a fire appeared in front of me that was constantly changing its color. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, navy, and purple. They all exist at the same time, they are constantly transforming into each other."

"This fire suddenly came towards me and started to burn me. It didn't hurt, of course. It started to fade over time. When the fire was completely extinguished, I returned to my home in Meeren."

"Of course, I wasn't a normal human teenager anymore. I was physically changed and stronger. At the same time, I had information in my mind about how to control fire, life energy, and shadows. I wish that was all. If that were the case, I would take control of Meereen with these new powers and live like a king. But what I saw on my way back made me give up on this beautiful and comfortable life."

Kinvara was listening to me attentively. Especially since the part where I should have drowned and died.

She asked me in a low voice. There was both fear and curiosity in her facial expression.

"What did you see?"

"Darkness. Jet black. But that wasn't the scary thing. Out of this darkness, two ice-blue lights suddenly appeared. This light glowed in the dark like a lantern. After that, dozens of new double lights appeared behind him. They were dimmer than the first. The real scary thing happened after that."

"Gradually, new blue lights appeared from behind. Tens, hundreds, thousands, and more. They seem almost dim to the first lights, but in the end, if not millions, hundreds of thousands of lights flashed at once, illuminating the darkness."

"That's when I realized what those lights were. They were eyes. Dead eyes with no emotion. Only coldness."

"I was frightened by this eerie sight. However, at that moment, a sword suddenly appeared. This sword was huge, it was on fire. Its flame was of the kind that changes color all the time, just like the one in the white space. The sword began to move, and tens of thousands of blue eyes extinguished with each swing. In the end, only this sword remained."

"That's when I understood. My escape from death was not by chance. I was saved for a certain purpose. I knew that, but I knew nothing but that this disaster would come thirty years later. Until you start talking about Azor Ahai."

"Like everyone else in Essos, I've also heard this prophecy, the story. However, since I was a child, it was told like a fairy tale, so I could not relate it to reality."

"Am I Azor Ahai, the prince who was promised? Frankly, I don't know. And, I don't care if I am or not. All I know is that I have to prepare for the darkness that will come thirty years from now."

"It is for this purpose that I left Meereen. I aimed to travel all over Essos, to look for partners I can trust with me in those difficult times, to make preparations against that power."

"But when I first came to Volantis, I gave up on that idea. When I came to this city, the city was already covered in the darkness. There was no need to wait for thirty years. For a month, I both helped those who were persecuted in the city and thought about ways about how I could help the city."

"Until you found me while I was saving the girl in the fire. And now, I'm sitting across from you and telling my little magical story."