Chapter 5. The girl in Gavin's dream

     "Gavin." The cry of a voice always echoed in Gavin's memory. The man had dreamed several times in a strange place and met a girl who called him Gavin. That world was very different from the Nigella Kingdom.

    Nigella was a safe and peaceful kingdom, where demons lived side by side with humans. Nigella's palace is gilded, a point of pride for both demons and humans. They respected each other. Then some humans with extraordinary powers appeared and split up. Humans with the ability to see the past as well as the future are formed into the Clan of Seers. Meanwhile, humans with magical abilities, whether they are born or have skills passed down from ancestors, are members of the Witch Clan. Those who do not have extraordinary skills and abilities become ordinary people, living prosperously in the village by raising livestock or gardening.

       Gavin dropped Kalina off at a river in the middle of the forest. Kalina still looked at Gavin with a gaze of extreme longing. If only Gavin knew that the past would meet him in the future and leave a deep, buried love. Kalina's love for Gavin in the future burst out. The reason she had not been overly fond of Elard, the future principal, was now revealed. That her love is for Gavin. The young man in her dreams is not a dream. Rather than the past, Kalina once went back in time. 

In the time before the regression, Kalina managed to open the seal where Gavin was locked up where he had an accident falling from a cliff while in high school. Nonsensical things happened until Kalina eventually lost Gavin who disappeared into a grain of sand. In desperation, when Kalina returned to reopen. Somehow the girl was able to go back in time. Being in the hospital, where after the accident incident she fell from the cliff. Unfortunately Kalina's memory of Gavin was erased, then the memory returned when Kalina entered another world in the Nigella kingdom.

       "Are you okay?" Gavin asked as tears rolled down Kalina's smooth cheeks.

       Gavin feels warm around Kalina. He had never met her in person. However, one thing the young demon remembered. He had met a beautiful girl who made him tremble. Her smile, her laughter, all those wonderful things that did not exist in Nigella's kingdom. Gavin found in a dream, like a tall building. The forests turned into a place to live. When their eyes met, Gavin remembered that the girl in his dream was Kalina. 

       'This can't be,' Gavin fought back, massaging his forehead.

        This time the two of them looked at each other, longing for Kalina to embrace the tall body in front of them. Unfortunately, that love and longing is only one's own. "I'm fine," Kalina replied, averting her gaze. She wiped away the clear, warm water with her fingers.

       "Your name, Kalina?" Gavin asked, the girl looked up again. Their eyes met.

        "Elang," Kalina called out in an offhand manner.

       At the mention of the name 'Eagle' a strange feeling came over her. "That nickname is familiar, the girl in his dream is really Kalina. Gavin reflexively pulled Kalina's body and hugged her tightly. That's how Kalina felt. Gavin felt the same way, he missed the figure in the dream who called him by the name 'Elang'.

       Kalina returned Gavin's hug, complete with real longing and happiness. If only she wasn't embarrassed, she wanted to express how much Kalina loved and missed the young eagle demon. Unfortunately she was self-conscious, not wanting to get too wrapped up in that warmth. Afraid of ending up disappointed.

      'I miss you, my beloved,' Kalina whispered to herself.

      Hearing Kalina's sobs, Gavin realized, immediately removing the hug. Kalina widened her eyes with a sense of unwillingness, but it had to end.

       "I'm sorry, I reflexively hugged you. I... ah you wouldn't believe me if I told you. This sounds like a shitty joke," Gavin suddenly stammered.

        "Say it," Kalina urged, touching Gavin's arm.

        The young man glanced at the girl who was staring expectantly. "You must think I'm crazy after this. It's really like a bad joke. Like a camouflage act that doesn't really exist," Gavin complained in frustration.

       "You think this world isn't awkward, not more like a joke, hem? There is no such thing as a demon in my world. Can you imagine how tormented and shocked I was at the unbelievable things that happened when I entered this world?" Kalina was ruffled at the waist, her cheeks puffed out.

      That expression looked so adorable to Gavin, oh how Gavin wanted to pinch those adorable cheeks. Unfortunately, Gavin abandoned the idea for fear of being called a perverted demon.

       "I-"

       "Say it!"

       "You-"

      Kalina rolled her eyes in disgust at Gavin's long-winded behavior. The girl dragged the handsome demon boy by the hand and invited him to sit on a rock. Kalina sat on the rock with her feet in the water. 

       "Oh, my Gavin, come on, tell me!" Kalina urged once again. "What is it with me and you?"

      "This sounds crazy and out of the blue. I don't really want to say, but ...." Gavin saw Kalina's glaring eyes. The young man sighed and stopped his rambling. Seeming to strengthen his heart, he said, "I have dreamed several times, in my dream the world looked strange, a lot of forests turned into high-rise dwellings. Also the roads are very different, they don't look muddy, they look smoother," explained Gavin pausing his speech. 

      You smile expectantly at Gavin's words. "Continue!" he says.

      Gavin looked back at Kalina's face, oh how the girl wanted to rush into Gavin's arms and then inhale the scent of his body that was so comforting.

      "I met a girl who looks a lot like you," Gavin whispered, but Kalina heard.

       The girl covered her mouth with both hands, unbelievable, at least there was a little hope that Gavin would remember her, Kalina was happy beyond measure. It was like a durian fall. The girl then asked "Really?"

       Gavin nodded his head and frowned. Unexpectedly, Gavin thought the girl would think it was absurd.

        "You know Gavin, it wasn't a dream. It all happened in the future. We did meet," Kalina said.

        This time it was Gavin who shuddered, thinking Kalina was making it up. 'Is that girl out of her mind?

       "Want to prove something?" Kalina gave him a serious look. 

       "How?" Gavin looked at Kalina quizzically.

       Kalina tried to remember what Elang had said in the future when she met him. The beginning of the Nigella kingdom was peaceful and secure under the leadership of King Arsen, the 99th King of Nigella. Until one day, due to the greed of the human race, they wanted power and power that they shouldn't have. They began a coup and prepared to attack, finishing off the demon nation by taking the Aurora gem. Unfortunately, the gem entered her body from the future.

      "Where should I start?" Kalina thought for a moment.

       The girl was afraid that the time had changed because of her arrival. Especially if the aurora gem entered and merged with her body. Kalina widened her eyes, if in the past the Clans wanted the Aurora gem then it could be said that right now she was wanted by the clans because the gem was in her body. Kalina shuddered in horror remembering the cruelty of the Clans. Remembering that Elang had once told her that the Clan of Fortune Tellers and the Clan of Witches, for the sake of ambition, would perform ritual offerings once a year.

       "Gavin, would you believe me if I said the Oracle Clan and the Witch Clan wanted the symbol of the demon nation?" Kalina said carefully.

       Gavin glared, "Hey, we live safely side by side. Don't cause trouble by spreading falsehoods," Gavin squeaked.

       'I knew he wouldn't believe me without proof,' Kalina whispered. The girl chuckled trying to distract herself. "Sorry I was just joking," Kalina squeaked.

        "Bad joke!" scoffed Gavin and got up to leave Kalina.

        "Hey, where are you going? Don't leave me alone in this forest!" 

       Gavin did not answer, the man transformed into a white eagle and flew through the horizon.

        "Gosh, what if there are wild animals? You want to kill me quietly? What an arrogant man!" Kalina hissed. "Help me anyone!" she shouted then.

Continued….

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