The Farewell

Year 9988, Day 41 of the Month of the Rain.

"Doctor Aris!" - Luciel entered the clinic of Dr. Aris, wet from the rain that was falling intensely today.

"Luciel." - Aris saw the young earthling enter, a person with a damaged body, unable to cultivate, a person who is surprisingly from another world, a young boy who almost every day came to visit him, sometimes because he was injured, and other times alone to chat.

"It is true?!" Luciel asked sadly. - "Are you really going?"

"..." - Aris looked at Luciel, a young man whom he was fond of and now he saw as a friend, somewhat incapable to believe for himself, since Luciel was human, and Aris hated humans.

"Please don't go, what will I do if I get hurt again, what will we do when another disease like the Hundred Days Plague hits the town, what will we do without you."

"Luciel, it's true, I left town today."

"But…!"

"Luciel, the Town of Hope has been without a doctor for a long time, I've only been here less than a year, and believe me, my presence is not as necessary as you think."

"..."

"Besides, the time has come for me to go." - said Aris.

Liz appeared at that moment with bags and boxes.

"All ready." - said Liz who had finished collecting all the things.

"Thanks Liz, I'll put them in the carriage right now."

Liz nodded as she began to pick up the last of the items left in this room.

At that moment, Aris looked at Luciel again, who was sad to see Dr. Aris leave, so Aris approached Luciel, getting on his knees, and wiping Luciel's face that was beginning to shed tears.

"Don't cry Luciel." - Aris said.

"It's just..." - Luciel looked at Aris. - "Please, do not go, I will try to be hurt less, I'll try to bother you less ... I've even kept the secret."

"Your presence has not bothered me for a second, Luciel, and, yes, you have kept the secret, for which I thank you, but I am not leaving because of what you say or did, I am leaving because I have had a purpose to come to this continent." - said Aris.

"A purpose?"

"Yes."

"Aris?" - Liz watched as Aris took off his mask, and Luciel could finally see Aris's face.

Liz tried to hide the face of Aris, but he with his raised hand asked her to stay still.

"..." - Luciel was surprised to see Aris's face, just as he thought, Aris was an elf. He was an incredibly attractive man with fair skin, blond hair, and green eyes. His face also gave a sense of calm.

"Luciel, I consider you my friend, and therefore, I trust you so much that you can see my face."

"Doctor Aris?"

"And, another thing, my name is not Aris."

"Aris!" - Liz tried to stop him.

"No, he deserves to know." He looked back at Luciel and with a smile revealed his real name. - "My name is Atlantis, and I have come to this continent in search of my younger sister."

"Your little sister?"

"Yes, years ago she disappeared after an event that changed our family, and five years ago I discovered that she had left for this continent, that is why I decided to come and look for her, and Elisa." - Atlantis said who also said Liz's real name. - "She accompanied me."

"..."

"Atlantis!" - Elisa approached Atlantis and slapped him, and then she left there all while Luciel watched without knowing what to do or say.

"Don't worry, it will pass." - Atlantis said.

"Are you sure?"

"Leaving that aside, I want to thank you Luciel."

"Thank me?"

"Yes, thanks to you I was able ... to believe a little in the words she said to me once."

"She?"

"My younger sister, she was very similar to my older sister ..."

"..."

"Well, I think it's time for me to go." - Atlantis said, who put the mask back on. - "But before that, take this."

"What is this?" - Luciel said that he received a book and a sack with small bags with different objects.

"This is my medical book, it describes more than a thousand different diseases and how to cure them, and in the bag there are bags with herbs, medicinal plants, pills and other useful ingredients to make some remedies for the most common diseases."

"This?"

"It's my parting gift."

"I ..." - Luciel began to cry. - "Are you really leaving? It has to be today?"

"We have already decided Luciel, and there is nothing more important to me right now than my mission."

"..."

"I think you must understand, wanting to look for someone so badly that nothing else matters."

Hearing such words, Luciel remembered his first days in the Town of Hope, and that day when he fled the town, from the hurtful words, believing that he would begin his journey to find what he most wanted.

Remembering that, Luciel touched his right shoulder, remembering very well that day, the fear he felt when he was close to dying.

"For that reason, I must continue my journey, I must find her."

"I get it." - Luciel said slightly because he did understand what Atlantis was referring to.

"Thank you Luciel."

"But ..." - Luciel looked at Atlantis. - "Please don't forget about me."

"Luciel ..."

The young Earthling hugged Atlantis.

"Thanks for everything." - Luciel said while he cried.

"Hm, why are you crying Luciel." - Atlantis said with a smile while stroking the young man's hair. - "Someday we will see each other again, so please don't forget about me."

"No, I won't."

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At that moment, Atlantis remembered the last words that Luciel said to him: "Someday, we will see each other again, and on that day, I will take care of paying the debt I have with you."

"What debt?"

"You save my life, and Don Armando's, so one day I will help you in some life or death thing that you would need help. "

"Really?"

"Yes, one day I will be strong enough to make my own journey."

"I see." - said Atlantis, who did not want to hurt Luciel's feelings by telling him the truth about his condition, of his body incapable of cultivating World Energy.

"Therefore, I will not say goodbye, because this is only a see you later."

"I get it." - Atlantis said. - "See you later Luciel."

"See you later Atlantis."

Atlantis smiled when he remembered his last conversation with Luciel before leaving, Elisa saw him, she was still angry.

"Are you sure of this?"

"Of what?"

"To have told the brat our names."

"Well, I didn't tell him our true identities completely."

"You still revealed our names, Hell Atlantis! You have an idea of ​​what trouble we would get into if the humans found out that you, the Second Prince of the High Elf Realm of Kingston, is here."

"Well, you just told out loud, although well, I don't see anyone around us, so it's okay."

"Don't take it lightly Atlantis, we are strong, but even you are not yet capable of facing a World Saint."

"I know."

"So why tell him our names?"

"Because… I wanted to, I couldn't say goodbye without telling him my real name, I couldn't just go away and treat him like any other human."

"I don't understand you, maybe you care a lot about him because of his damaged body."

"No, of course not, you… you don't understand, every day that I felt sad, the days that I missed my sister, in those days, whenever Luciel came to the clinic, I could finally calm down, laugh and smile when chatting with him, with that brat weaker than any other person, that brat who, despite suffering a lot, still smiles. "

"..."

"I understand how dangerous it is for him to know our true names, but I trust that he won't tell anyone about us."

"And how are you so sure?"

"Because I trusted."

"... you are an idiot, seriously, how can you say such words, he is a human."

"But he is not like the humans of this world."

"Maybe not yet, but soon he will be influenced by the human garbage of this world, of this cursed continent."

"You don't know, he is different."

"Different? All humans are cruel, arrogant and selfish, soon he will grow up and become like this, at least he will never have the strength or the power to be a threat to our people. "

"Elisa, Luciel is not a monster, he is not a fucking bastard like the humans we have met before, he is different."

"... Hm, well, in the end it doesn't matter, after all, he will always be someone weak unable to cultivate."

"Who knows, I wish I could find a cure on this continent."

"Impossible."

"Maybe."

"Seriously Atlantis, it's silly, it was too much for him to know that we are elves, and now that he knows our names ..."

"He won't say anything."

"..."

"I hope one day to see him again."

"..."

"See the man he will become."

"Yes, he does not die or forget about us."

"He will not die."

"If you say so, still, he will never be able to cultivate."

"Who knows, he has brought me some surprises, the first earthling I ever met, the weakest person I have ever met, the first person with currents so damaged that it is surprising that he is still alive, someone who even with his weakness is willing to risk his life for those he loves, he, he is a person full of surprises. "

"..."

"Besides ..." - Atlantis looked in the direction of the Town of Hope. - "Fate is not written."

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At night, Luciel put on the table that he used as a desk the bag and the book that Atlantis gave him.

"Thank you."