Hope

"It's Keeper Island." The man replied.

Lucius nodded his head, listening to him. But he looked confused as he had never heard of an island named like this.

So he asked, "Where is this island?"

The man wasn't shocked at this. Their island isn't very famous anyway, so he said, "It's in the west blue. The world government left this island on its own, as we can't pay the tribute." His face turned sour as he said that.

Things started to turn more confusing for Lucius. 'What the fuck is world government? Wait west blue, it sounds, familiar.'

So he asked, "Where is this west blue?" The man looked at him weirdly but still replied "It's on the west side of the four seas before the grand line."

'Grand line' Lucius looked at the man blankly. He was shocked after a long time. 'Am I in one piece world?' The more he thought about it the more likely it seemed to him.

He then asks "What year is this?" "It's the 1472 of the sea calendar."

Lucius leaned back to the chair and started to think about what was happening. He didn't know how he was inside a world of fiction. Well, he isn't something normal either.

He wanted a cigarette as he was in great shock. He wasn't worried about this world power or danger. He cared less about danger and if something could hurt him he wouldn't mind, instead, he would accept it.

He stood up from the chair and said "I need some fresh air. I will be out for a while." They nodded their heads.

He started walking on the road and looked around. Everyone who saw him bowed to him in thanks. He nodded back at them.

He saw houses designed like mediaeval eras from the Western world. Their clothes were also like Westerners.

But they speak Japanese. Unlike the dress and houses, the language was from the modern era.

He knew all different languages across the world and that was also why he could communicate with the villagers.

He felt the breeze and smelled the sea in the air. So he walked towards it. Soon he could see the beach and the vast blue sea.

He stands on the beach and looks at the horizon. He saw seagulls flying and the sky as clean as the sea, a breeze waved his hair.

He then remembered Angela. He didn't know if he could return home and see her before her death, at least once. His mood immediately turned sad.

~Flashback~

(Lucius POV)

"So you are immortal?" A young and very beautiful girl asks me. I look at the girl expressionlessly and nod my head.

The girl suddenly smiles and jumps as she starts asking questions "How old are you?"

I replied, "Very old."

She then continues to ask "Are you the only immortal?"

I nod and reply to her "As far as I know." Yes, it's true. I wasn't able to find anyone like me until now.

She didn't stop there and continued to ask me question after question and I also answered them all.

After an hour she looks at Me with eyes so bright that almost make me blind.

I rub my eyes to clear it and ask "Don't you want to know how I became immortal, Angela?"

She waves her hand without any care and answers "Nah, I don't want to. If it was possible for others then you wouldn't be alone."

I look at her with eyes wide open. Normally people are willing to die to know this. Their greed and wanting to live forever isn't something that anyone can suppress.

And here she doesn't even care about this. It is also the time I feel thankful and closer to someone.

It's not like she is my firstborn. Before her, I once had a family. It was a very loving family with a wife and two sons.

But soon that dream shattered when they noticed I was not aging or growing old. But unlike me, they grow old with time. My wife asked me if I could make her like me.

My son was angry with me as he said I was selfish and I didn't want to share my gift with them.

I tried to explain many times but nothing ever worked. Though it pains me, they were still my family. I still stand with them but they only give me the cold shoulder.

After that time I understand much of human nature. Greed is something that is deep inside human bone.

And after their death, I stop caring about all these friends and family things.

But now here is a girl or my daughter who I just met doesn't care about this and even accepts everything without having second thoughts.

I even doubt that it is just an act. Who knew that I would be wrong at it too?

~Flashback end~

Lucius looked at the horizon as he thought about the past. He sighed and looked at his hand.

He thought 'Even till the last moment she didn't ask for my gift and loved me unconditionally.'

A drop of tear fell from his eyes as he tightened his fist and thought 'I wish I could do something for her.'

As He thought that again a portal opened in the void and sucked him inside. He looked again and thought 'What now?'

This time He again appeared in the alley. The guitar bag was still on the ground and the wailing thug was still at the corner.

Everything looks as if not even a single second pass. All that happened a while ago looked like he was dreaming.

He looked down and saw that he was still wearing the clothes the townspeople gave him to wear. He was sure that was not a dream.

He then thought of something and thought of returning to the previous world and like that again a portal opened in the void and sucked him inside.

Again he appeared on the sea beach. And the sea breeze hit his face. He laughed loudly.

He was happy, like really happy, after thousands of years. "Angela, I can finally do what I always wanted to do."

Lucius laughed loudly. Tears again started to fall but this time it's tears of happiness. "I can finally extend your life."

Yes, here with all those unique powers there must be a way to increase the lifespan of someone.

He returned to the alley. He smiled and cleaned his tears. He walked to the guitar bag and opened it.

Inside there were parts of which seemed to be a sniper. Also another handgun. He took out the handgun and put the silencer on.

He walked to the thug and said "I didn't want to do it. You have seen something you shouldn't have. But thanks, because of you I have gained something I needed now so I will give you a painless death."

The thug looked at Lucius with horror. He had seen everything. He saw some portal-like thing in the void.

He didn't know if this guy had gone inside or not (as time stopped) but he saw it. He quickly pleaded seeing the gun "I won't tell anyone. Spare m.."

Without waiting Lucius fires the gun. He then said, "Only dead men don't talk." He walked back to the bag and packed it up and started walking towards the hospital again.

~scene change~

Lucius didn't go inside, he stood outside and looked inside through the glass and saw a man 30-32 years old sitting beside Angela and talking.

He was Sam, her son. And his grandson. He was a good kid like her mother. But Lucius didn't interact with him much. He met him twice as someone else.

He also has a son and wife. His son was only 5 years old.

Angela suddenly looks at the door as if she noticed Lucius there. Lucius smiled and sighed and hardened his newfound resolve "For you, I will even fight against god if I have to. You won't die, as long as I am alive. That's a promise."

Lucius then turned around and tightened the bag at hand and walked outside.