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Ruan WenCai jolted upright, grasping for breath. It didn't take much time for him to realize his blood veins had turned blue, but he ignored it and quickly took a look at his surroundings.
Woods....
This is....This is that house!
In a flash, Ruan WenCai opened the door, and outside the bedroom, it was exactly what he had seen a moment ago. Panicked, he tried to catch a sign of Lucas, but he was nowhere to be found. He stepped outside, struggling to stand - still, he spotted Lucas.
By the river, Lucas sat beside a campfire grilling some fish, the flame casted the shadow of tiny green glows across the forest, forging a magnificent scene. Those specks of green light appeared everywhere in the forest- not insects, but something older, older than time, forming an ancient rhythm.
Ruan WenCai slowly walked toward Lucas, but just like it was his sense, he immediately found out the presence of Ruan WenCai, and waved at him.
"How long have I passed out?" Ruan WenCai asked as he sat on the wooden plank.
"Not too long." Lucas smiled softly.
"Thank you for saving me." Ruan WenCai said and sighed.
"Nothing - just passing through." Lucas muttered with his mouth chewing on the fish.
Despite the answer, Ruan WenCai knew it was just a lie.
"He saved my life two times, how is that a coincidence?"
"There had to be a reason that he didn't want to tell me."
"Regardless, I owe him."
Ruan WenCai sat with his left hand clenched.
"I'll find a way to get back home. Information first." Ruan WenCai thought.
"Oh, I forgot to tell him my name."
"Forgot to tell you, my name is Vel...mir Winter...fall..?"
Realizing what he had said, Ruan WenCai thought that it was only a mistake, but he felt strange and began to mutter repetitively.
"Winter...Winterfall...Winterfall?"
"What's wrong?" Lucas asked as if he saw the confusion in Velmir's voice.
Lucas's voice broke through his thoughts and brought him back to the real world.
"Your strength is beyond what I've imagined." - Velmir said with an admiring tone, masking his true curiosity beneath.
Lucas couldn't hold it in; his eyes were wide open, and it began to show sparks. All of a sudden, he pressed on Velmir's forehead and whispered.
"Time hasn't come yet, there's no sign of the resonance."
Velmir was confused by what Lucas said, but he showed no expression. Instead, he acted like he hadn't heard anything and began to wander in his mind.
"Time hasn't come...yet? Resonance?
Before Velmir could respond, Lucas gave him a weighty stare.
"You felt it, didn't you? The strange shift in your blood. It chose you."
"These blue veins?" Velmir lost in thought.
"You'll see soon."
Velmir was completely lost; he knew this world was strange, but what was happening to him? Straightaway, Velmir had sharpened his mind.
"I can't trust him too much now, secrets should be kept, but surely he is an ally." - Velmir thought for a brief moment.
"I need power to protect myself." He muttered.
The moment his words came out, dew started to float out of the tree leaves and formed around the campfire until all of them assembled into a purified tear. It was truly something miraculous. At that moment, creatures gathered around the two, and the glittering tear entered Velmir's body.
Subconsciously, Velmir raised his hand, and water formed in an instant. The sound of the ocean came out of nowhere, resonating with his heart, forming a sound of heart-bounding and flowing water. The feeling of creation filled his mind as if he could create everything with his imagination, but in the twinkling of an eye, the water vanished, while Velmir's body felt like it was shattered into pieces.
"What happened?" He spoke with his voice cracked.
"Rest first, go with me tomorrow." Lucas replied to Velmir with a barely noticeable smile.
"I'm sure he has a connection with me. I'll figure it out soon." - Velmir, who was struggling, said in his mind after recognizing the smile.
Unable to withstand the agony, he quickly turned away and went into the house.
"I'll get some sleep, see you then."
Going into his room, Velmir plopped down onto the bed and started thinking.
"This is not Earth for sure, but it doesn't matter, I'll make use of the relationship between him and me. One thing for sure is that in the past, I didn't know him; he's the only one who knows me."
"Ahh....mom, dad, sister, I miss you..."
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Once again, lost in his thoughts, Velmir was silent.....until it happened.
"Wait...I didn't know him?" He said as the headache appeared.
"No...this body owner didn't know him!"
"...What language am I using..?"
"No....When did I first start talking like this?"
"Velmir...Winterfall....Ruan..WenCai...?
"Could this mean..."
While suffering, the card he had picked up earlier started to float into his hand and disappear. On the outside of the house: "The resonance has begun." - Lucas said with a deep but delighted voice.