The ring

Emel slept peacefully all afternoon and finally at about 2 o'clock did he groggily opened his eyes . Although he looked lazy but his eyes showed how aware he was of his surroundings. Finally calming himself down he went to wash up .

'I slept so peacefully . It' s been 5 years since I slept without nightmares ...hmmmm'

Looking at the tiny wooden box with beautiful carvings , Emel decided to checkout if this is the same ring that accompanied him till death. Humans tend to find something to relate themselves with , afterall .

Emel opened the box and unsurprisingly found the ring he had always worn . He found it had become his habit to wear this ring always. Not that he minds .

Emel picked up the ring and worn on his ring finger on right hand. Looking at the pitch black ring made of black jade , He found the ring to be surprisingly compatible with him , as if it were truly made for him .

Just when Emel was admiring his slender fingers with a beautiful ring on it , something unexpected and unbelievable , even for him , happened. The ring started to glow purple and finally a symbol formed on it .

The purple symbol looked like a hexagram crossed with another hexgram forming a clock as if the corners were the twelve points of a clock . At the same time in the middle of the clock is phoenix resting his head under his feathers but instead of fire , It seemed as if the Bird was made of Ice , adding to the charm .

The symbol shattered as if it were mere illusion and on the head of the ring , A single majestic Phoenix remained.

Emel was baffled at this sudden turn of events and can't help but grow curious. Yes. Curious and not fearful. Emel himself couldn't laugh at how tough his psychological quality has become to even accept such things as if part of his new reality.

Emel can't help but carress his ring and when he suddenly pressed at the symbol at the ring and disappeared in place .

When he opened his eyes , The sight in front of him made him gasp in surprise and awe.

Beautiful meadows stretched endless and a waterfall streaching to sky with no end . And in the middle of it all is a small two-storey house made of white and red marble. He couldn't help but marvel at the sight of this beautiful scenery.

Emel was 'pampered' when he was a child and with a lot of time at hand , he sometimes used to read novels and comics like other children of his age.

With this thought , He can't help but expect this all to be reality . A dimension of his own can obviously excite him to the core. He thought of this and suddenly turned solemn.

'Was this related to his rebirth. The clock . The phoenix. Isn't that too obvious. But I never noticed. Was I too stupid all my life . Is my IQ of 200 fake. '

He can't help but have all these thoughts and wanted to smack his older self to use his brains and eyes.

He composed himself and walked into the house . The door opened and the sight that welcomed him amazed him again.

Inside was just like any normal house , a beautiful living room , a kitchen nearby , and a shower.

He walked to the second floor and found a room placed with orbs On shelves around the room . He Got to centre of the room and found a golden orb placed there like any other cliché novels or manga where the protagonist finds a strong aid for his revenge.

He got to the centre and just when he was about to touch the golden orb , A black orb dropped down from a nearby shelf. The orbs looked like made glass and Emel thought they would shatter if they dropped and instinctively reacted to catch it . Just when his fingertips touched the black orb, The pain assaulted him making him grab his head and curl up. He thought of the pain he felt all those years , pain he felt when life left him and became gloomy at once , Making him forget the headache temporarily.

Emel noticed it and closed his eyes breathing heavily. There was a sudden influx of information in his head .

The Black Orb was condensed energy orb . The memory crystal. He grew curious to whose memory it belonged to but nonetheless focused on digesting the information he had on hand.

The Memory belonged to far ancient times than he imagined.

The dimension he is in is a seperate space created with space-time rules of its own. But the non-interference from the actual world made this dimension have pure energy and at the same time , the time dilation in the dimension stretches to that of 3x the real world. The ground is far fertile than the actual world and due to highly condensed energy for do not know how long, everything in this space contains natural energy . As pure as to be condensed into mist around the whole dimension. He found that the water from the waterfall is beneficial for health. At the same time the house contains a warehouse where time is stopped . Hence , contains the ability of keep anything including food till forever to relate .

The most precious thing that the memory crystal contains by far is the Meditation art or breathing technique.

The meditation art was something he did not expect. It was as if his life suddenly changed the genre. From Tragedy to Fantasy.

Emel decided to process everything later tonight after he is done with his family.

He pressed to top of his ring and flashed into his room once again. After checking the clock he found it was evening and 3 hours had passed.

'It seemed I was in much more pain than I imagined. Did I faint to spend 9 hours in the ring . '

Emel washed himself again to get rid of the sweat drenching his clothes . Finally getting ready , Walking down the stairs he changed his gloomy face to naive child in a matter of seconds that could rival the top class actors in entertainment industry.

Reaching to the dining area he greeted everyone and when he looked at his elder brother , his smile became more genuine and he knew it was not beacuse of anything but pure curioisity. He suddenly want to see what would happen if he tainted this Pure man with the darkness he suffered , If he uses him against his own family , wouldn't this all become more satifying. And thinking of this all , His smile became more wide to the point it looked scarier that innocent on a beautiful childish face.

On the other hand , Raymond keeping his head down was working on his laptop when he suddenly shuddered .

'Why do feel so cold , Should I turn off the Air conditioner ' .

The poor man didn't know a Wolf was eyeing him as if he found an interesting Toy .