The Legend of Azhakkstadd

CHAPTER XLIX : THEN TO THE PSYCHIC NATION

-Kuzma-

            The Ordo King announced that the place where we are going to train in Psychic Nation is already done with its preparation and is ready to meet us. As we received that news, we quickly got our things and gathered in front of the Fairy Kingdom so they’d pick us all up.

            I hope that Psychic nation wouldn't turn out the same as what happened with Fairy Kingdom. I have high hopes that it would look and feel better in there. Maybe it really is fine in there, since the Ordo king suggested that we would take place there as an option aside from the Fairy Kingdom.

            “You guys will surely like Psychic Nation… I’m going to show you a lot of things when we get there” Hazol said excitedly as he walked in front of us with his bag on his back. He kept on smiling since we heard that we’re going to his homeland.

            “Shut up Hazol, we’re going there to train, not to have a vacation. Stop making their hopes too high…” Ran answered him as he slightly slammed his bag at Hazol's chest and laughed, well he's right... we're not going there to have a vacation so we won't have time to wander around

            “During our free time… they’ll let us rest, right?” Hazol answered him as he turned to him without breaking his smile. He still insists on showing us, he really wanted to let us see his homeland ahahahaha now, I'm wondering what it looks like since he's so excited

            “As if… they’re very strict, so don’t expect too much ahahahaha” Ran said between his laughter as he sat down to the ground and waited for those who’ll pick us up... I was just sitting here silently while listening and laughing to the both of them joking around

            “But still…” Hazol insisted as he sat next to Ran. We were all waiting here along with the others for the Ordo king to arrive and proceed to their land. I am also excited as well as Hazol since this will be the next village that I’ll be visiting after Fairy Kingdom which…. Actually doesn’t look so kingdom at all

            “Are you going to rest even though you know that you’ll be attacked by Periits and Umbras any time soon?” Sohel suddenly interrupted siding Ran as he chuckled giving Ran a high five

            “Shut up you two” Hazol snapped as his eyes glowed purple-ish as he focused himself intently into something… what’s he doing? that's new... I've never seen anything like that...

            “Yea… we should enjoy ourselves while we are in Psychic Nation, I bet there a lot of wonderful things there… right Sohel?” Ran suddenly spoke as if he agreed with Hazol out of nowhere. Something's wrong... he spoke but it seems like it's not himself

            “Sure is… I can’t wait” Sohel answered agreeing to Ran as he nodded his head slowly the same state as Ran did. I noticed their eyes glowing like Hazol’s for a while and quickly disappeared… what is he doing?

            “See? I told you you’ll like it there!” Hazol exclaimed as he stood up slightly punching Ran’s arm as he laughed happily… as if he already got the answer that he wanted

            “What did you do?” I asked him immediately as I looked at him confusingly and disbelievingly pertaining to what he said

            “What did I… what? I don’t know what you’re talking about” Hazol quickly answered as he smiled awkwardly and looked away from my eyes “I didn’t do anything”

            “Right! You did not do anything… none at all” I said slowly as I smiled at him shyly… huh what? What did I just say? Oh right…. He’s a psychic… he must have controlled our minds to say those words… gosh

            “Screw you… cheater!” Ran exclaimed as he waved his hand and suddenly Hazol sparked and shrunked to the round

            “Hey! Put me back!” I heard a tiny voice shouting below. Ran and Sohel just laughed like an i***t as they looked down from the direction where Hazol shrunked

            “Serves you right” Sohel said as he kept staring at the struggling little Hazol on the ground ahahahahaha they’re so funny when they tease each other ahahaha yet they’re so powerful… I don’t want to mess with them.

            “Put me back!” I heard Hazol’s tiny voice screaming again that made me look at him ahahaha he’s so cute and helpless, he’s so tiny

            “Not until you learn your lesson” Ran said ignoring Hazol as he just laid his back on his bag and rested comfortably. The others were just silently waiting here until the Ordo king arrives… what took him so long? Kurezma sat on the corner with her new found friends.

            She’s already been friends with Zati, Astral, Eeya, and Dafrosa… the females of our group. Knowing my sister, she’ll always get along with other people that easy and quick. I don’t know but she’s just so friendly… especially when she had Astral with her… they both have the same vibes.

            I think the both of them are trying to get along with Zati which is a little careful one. She doesn’t let her guard down that easily. And also Dafrosa who’s so shy and delicate…  

            Not long after, the Ordo king arrived and landed in front of us together with another carriage, maybe the ones that we’ll be riding to Psychic Nation… I remember that Hazol mentioned something about him and Ran meeting at the boundaries… I wonder why we didn’t just pass there to get to Psychic Nation.

            We all went aboard as the Ordo King finished talking for a bit. I didn’t even bother listening to him at all ahahaha. I quickly went to the carriage the nearest to me.

            “I’m back ahahahaha” Hazol exclaimed startling us as we walked towards the vehicle

            “Nice to see you again ahahahaha” Ran said as he looked at Hazol and laughed with his doing

            “Yea shut up… you, asshole. Don’t do that again!” he said and continued walking. They both rode the same vehicle were I rode together with the others while Kurezma and the other half went to the other one.

            When we were all settled, we took off and headed to Psychic Nation at once.

            “Hey, I remember you mentioning about the border… why didn’t we just pass there?” I asked Hazol opening up a conversation

            “Oh… about that… yea” he said as he smiled awkwardly and scratched his head “That’s quite far, actually… and it’s not so nice to go there… I can’t explain ahahaha” he answered “Here, I’ll show you, give me your hand” he continued

            I reached my hand towards him which he quickly held. Few seconds later, an image formed in my mind depicting an isolated place. Grasses are dead, stumble-weed are tossed by the wind towards nowhere while the air felt suffocating. Trees are also dead, there were no leaves growing from them anymore. The rocks are so sharp that one careless slip, you’ll be wounded… it’s dangerous.

            “Plus, we weren’t allowed just to cross like that, it’s like trespassing… so we have to go right in front of the village to be welcomed properly” he added as he grabbed back his hand and so I did  

            “I get it ahahaha but why do you go there?” I asked him as I locked my gaze towards him waiting for him to answer

            “Nothing… it’s isolated, so whenever I want to be alone, I go there. It just happened that Ran had the same drama as I, and that where we met” he answered cracking a joke as the both of them laughed… they really are best friends

            “So, Fairy Kingdom and Psychic Nation are just connected?” I asked them which they answered with a nod

            “Land of Sorcerers and Dragon Realm too, those four lands are just connected, so we can travel by foot” Ran added information as he faced me

            “But we are not allowed to cross borders… it’s been prohibited… my grandparents used to tell me stories about how they would journey from Fairy Kingdom to Dragon Realm before… but as we all know… it’s been closed since the war” Hazol stated as he leaned back to the back rest without breaking his gaze towards mine

            “The place also has been isolated. People chose to live in the center of their lands and avoided living near borders… you know, safety purposes” Ran included wiggling his eyebrows and forehead

            “My parents used to live near the borders, and they even had a lot of Sioga friends… but after that significant event, a lot has changed” Hazol narrated with sadness and emptiness on his tone as he spoke

            “I don’t know how it feels like to have a neighboring tribe… we’re the only ones living in the clouds ahahaha” I cut myself in and laughed as I cracked a joke “We just observe the Lofts on their mountain” I continued

            “You see them?” Ran asked in fascination as his voice sounded so astonished with what I said

            “Uhm… yea, we can see them because we’re just above them, but not as clear though” I answered him while shaking my head giving emphasis with my last sentence

            “How about us? Do you guys see us?” Hazol asked in excitement as he leaned forward with a faint smile on his lips like a child waiting for me to tell him something nice

            “Unfortunately, no… you’re so down below here ahahaha we can’t see you guys” I answered as I smiled softly

            “How about us? Do you guys see us too?” we heard someone interrupted our conversation. The three of us turned to the person who suddenly spoke… Zexal

            “Wahahahaha the hidden village” Ran commented between his laughter… yea right ahahahaha the hidden village, the most hard to find village, while we ranked second

            “How’s life in there anyway?” I asked him since he joined the conversation… everyone looked at him as if we’re all interested to what he’ll say. In this vehicle, we had Ran, Zohel, Hazol, Zexal, Me, Cymone, Joriz, and Vidasto. We all looked at him, waiting for him to answer.

            “Well, the usual things you have in your village… we once lived in the surface after all… it’s just that, we’re a little behind when it comes to technologies and other inventions… we’re also traditional, we stick to our old practices…” he answered that made everyone ohh’ed in astonishment.

            “Does that mean you don’t have uhmm… electricity? Those vehicles with wheels? Or those electronic devices?” Sohel asked…

            “No we don’t… the vibrant water serves as our light… we don’t have vehicles, but we’re surrounded by water, we use it as a transportation…” he answered firmly “That’s why I was so amazed when I got here… things really changed a lot in here” he said

            “That’s cool… I want to visit your place someday” Hazol said admiring the Water Territory in his mind ahahaha

            A few moments later, our transportation stopped implying that we already arrived to the Psychic Nation. We all went down from the carriage carrying our bags and set foot in the Psychic Nation… woah! This looks better that Fairy Kingdom!