When they both slammed to the ground. Aikari is pushing his sword to land a hit on the professor, while the professor is blocking the attack from him on the ground.
"Harrgh!"
Aikari keeps on pushing himself and his sword, then begins to crack. But he continued on it and broke through Professor sword and Aikari was then able to damage Professor.
Professor lost his limbs because of that, and he then flew away.
Aiakri tried to stop him, but since the professor was flying too high, he was unable to catch him. So Aikari just let him go.
Aikari then looked at the blood on the ground and on his sword.
He looked down and asked himself.
"Why don't humans find an answer without a war? What is everyone trying to find? Even if it was about to end the war, why was it them who began to attack first?"
Aikari then was unable to think of anything, and he then returned to the castle.
He was unable to think of anything since that thing has happened a lot in his life before. People are too greedy to get a power that they will do anything for it. Even if it kills people and causes something to them.
Some people are being paid. They've been bought by money to follow a people. That they will do anything for it, and Aikari didn't like it. But Aikari knew that he was unable to do anything about it. Unless he stops them by force.
That will be the only way for him to stop the things. But he wondered why this happened inside of Quantum World.
Is this the world that he wished for? Or is it just a manipulation of something? What connection do the quantum world and his memories have? Why is it even like that?
Aikari began to think about it, and suddenly he saw that his sword was cracked. It seems like it was about to get destroyed when Aikari quickly stopped and asked Nefier.
"Hey! Hold on to yourself. What is happening here? What is going on here? Never!"
Aikari held up Nefier and looked at it as he said that. As Aikari did that, Nefier then answered him.
"This is nothing. They seem to already know everything about us. They really are doing a lot of research about us."
The sword began to break more, and Aikari could see the light coming out from the crack of the sword. He then got a feeling that Nefier will break, and it caused him to lose his partner or weapon that he trusted in.
As the sword continues to break, Nefier then says to Aikari.
"Even if I break apart here, this is still my uncompleted form. Aikari. Go and conquer the top of Mirage Mountain on the east. We will definitely reunite there…"
The sword then slowly cracks, and finally it breaks. The piece of that sword disappeared into a trail and flew. But the part that just broke is metal. Not the holder. Aikari took the broken sword, and he then returned to the castle.
He sheathed the sword back to make sure no one saw it, and he then planned to go to that location tomorrow.
He walked in front of the castle and saw Ariel. Ariel is holding a sword. But that sword has a different shape than what he has ever seen before.
Aikari then goes to Ariel and asks him.
"Do you need help? Are you about to meet Hik—I mean the highness?"
Aikari forgot about the status of Hikari in this world, and he knows that it will be weird if people know someone like him just calls Hikari by his name.
But when Ariel heard so, he then replied to Aikari,
"Yeah, I'm looking for Hikari. Are you his friend?"
Aikari was so shocked, as the kid just called Hikari by his name. He wonders if Hikari knows who that kid is. But he then just nods and tells Ariel that he can help him if he wants him to do so.
Ariel nods and smiles. He then introduced Aikari to himself. He tells Aikari that his brother was a friend of Hikari and they have been together for a long time. Ariel also has talked with Hikari a lot, and they're close.
Ariel showed Aikari a sword that he found and said,
"I found this sword in my brother chest. I wonder if I could use it to save people like my brother did."
Aikari then pats Ariel's head and says,
"If you choose to believe and work on it. I'm sure that nothing will be impossible. You might be able to see anyone you want if you work hard and even achieve something. As long as you have the power of believing in yourself."
When Ariel heard that, he then nodded and thanked Aikari. So both of them then enter the castle.
As they enter the castle, Ariel then encounters Mika, and they both then look at each other.
When Aikari looked at them, it looked like both of them were just about the same age, and he wondered if they knew each other.
They both stopped walking and looked at each other for a while.
But that's when they say it at the same time.
"Are you new here?"
Aikari was so shocked, as he knew that they had never met before. Mika is the daughter of Hikari and Arithia. So they may have met each other before, but Aikari's expectations are wrong. Maybe they never met each other before.
They both feel awkward, but they just try to cool it down and try to talk with each other.
"Oh, are you Hikari's daughter? Your name is... Mika, right?"
Mika nods, and they then begin to talk with each other, and Arithia arrives there. Arithia looked at Aikari and said,
"They will be okay. You look pale. Hirumi is with us. So maybe you wanted to see her."
Aikari then just nods and follows Arithia.
As Aikari continued to follow Arithia, he then just heard Hikari's voice.
"If this is going to happen, then I have no choice but to go there and stop it all by myself. I don't want them to get involved in this. I'm the king of this world, and I will protect them with everything I've got."
When that voice ended, Aikari then quickly took a glance around. Maybe Hikari is around there. But there's none. Hikari is not there, which makes him wonder why that happened. Also, it's still weird for Aikari that he suddenly has an ability that allows him to hear the other thoughts. He wasn't able to put into words how he can do it. But sometimes he feels really bad for doing that. Because everyone has their privacy, and he has broken it all.
Maybe it could be worse if he could hear everyone thoughts. But the only thoughts that he can hear are a voice from Hikari. He wonders what is happening between him and Hikari.
But somehow, it just reminds him of Yami. The only person that has been created by his past memories that he shared his memories, voices, and even vision with. He still can't accept that Yami has gone for good. To think about it, there's nothing he can do to make it not happen.
That is the only choice that they have, and there's nothing they can do about it.
As Aikari continued to think about it, he then saw Arithia brought him to the room, and he saw Ai talking with Hirumi. Aikari then went to both of them and asked about what kind of topic that they're talking about, and they then showed Aikari a notice that told everyone to not go to the mountain called 'Mirage Mountain,' which perked Aikari up.
Aikari just heard that name from Nefier, and he just wonders if there's really something there. He takes a look at it, and he then just wonders what kind of propaganda is going to happen there. But he wanted to know about the secret behind that mountain because Nefier told him to go there.
Aikari then tells Hirumi that he needs to go there. Which made the others surprised by that, and Hirumi asked Aikari back about why he wanted to go there, but Aikari just told her that there's just some problem there that he needs to settle up. Hirumi then nods and believes in Aikari to let him go there.
Aikari got it, and suddenly his broken sword fell to the ground as he moved. Everyone there saw it, and they all were so shocked by it.
Hirumi stands up and steps ahead.
"Hey, what's going on here? What happened to your sword?"
Aikari then looked down, and he then explained to Hirumi that he just got attacked by Professor, and after the battle, he found out that his swords were broken, and the swords slowly got destroyed by themselves. He was not sure why, but he knew that it must have something to do with the attack from the professor. Because professors were different at that time.
That is all that he can say, and he then tells Hirumi that he is so sure that there is something on the mountain that can help him with that. Because he just got a sense to do so.
Hirumi didn't believe in it, and she told Aikari to not go there because they just got a warning to not go there. But Aikari refused it, and he said that he will need to go there, and they both then begin to fight over it.
"I need to go there, and I want you to understand it. I'm so sure that you will understand, right?"
Hirumi then replied,
"But don't you just see the warning to not gothere? I'm worried that something will happen to you, and I don't want that to happen. So please—"
A tear came out from Hirumi as she said that, and Aikari then held her and told Hirumi that they still didn't know what was going on there. But if Hirumi gives him a chance and lets him check what's happening there, then it maybe will save all of them. Plus, they're currently in a position of potential war. So if they didn't make it there, then maybe the enemy will be there first and take it.
Hirumi wipes her tears, and she then nods. She didn't want to argue with Aikari, and she knew that Aikari was the same. So she just wants Aikari to return safely if he did go there.
Aikari got it, and just as he was about to go, Hikari then appeared, and he told Aikari that he would go along with him because he wanted to check it out too. Aikari then nods, and they both then go to the location together.
-_Chapter 5_-
-Forging The Sword Of Light-
Aikari was about to go there, and suddenly Hikari gave him a sword. Aikari took the sword, and he then saw that it was just a designed sword that was perfectly balanced. But when he holds it, he can feel that it is different from Nefier. He wonders what is wrong with it, and he then just brings it with him.
Hikari saw that Ariel was holding Ray's weapon, and it just gave him some dilemma as he was looking at it. But he didn't say anything, and they then proceeded and opened the portal to teleport them to the mountain.
Aikari then follows Hikari to the portal, and they both then go there.
Hikari saw that Aikari still kept that broken sword with him, and it just made him curious about why Aikari was doing that. But He didn't ask anything about it, and they then proceeded to go towards it.
Hikari still didn't understand everything about Aikari. But he knows that Aikari has no bad intention there. He was so sure that there is something that is bothering Aikari on that mountain, and he wanted to help Aikari find it out because they have been together for a while now.