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n a matter of few minutes my view of everything that could exist had changed forever. At that very moment I have realized that anything could happen at any given moment. A living girl had emerged out of an ancient mummified cocoon which had been kept inside a tomb for many hundreds of years. She is a beautiful creature unlike anyone I had ever seen before. An acceptable explanation about her other worldly appearance is beyond me.
Later that evening…
I had James to call up on my doctor. She had arrived just few minutes ago. I wanted her to do a check up on her to see if everything is alright with her. Doctor had asked me to wait outside in the room for a moment until she is finished.
I was impatiently standing outside the door waiting for the doctor to speak to me. James came to me in a rush.
"Master…? Is everything alright…?" He asked me.
"Yes… everything is fine, doctor just asked me to wait outside until she is finished…" I said while rubbing my chin.
"Very well then…" said James. He has a small tray in his hands with a cup of tea on it.
"I want you to remember few things James… I haven't told the doctor who she really is or how she came to be… I have only told her that this girl had wandered in to my residence this evening and that's all" I said as I wanted James to be discreet about what just happened.
"Understood sir…" he said.
The doctor suddenly opened the door.
"You may come in master han…" she said and I followed her in to the room. James came along with me and served the cup of tea to the doctor.
She sipped the tea slowly and looked at me.
"I did a check up on her… there is nothing wrong with her except that she cannot remember anything. I asked her few questions and I never received any straight answers for it. All she did was just stare at me as if I am a ghost. As you can understand, I cannot do any deep investigations or blood screening here… so there is nothing to worry… so if there is anything you can where to find me" she said.
"Very well doctor, Thank you so much" I said with a smiley face.
"Well! I am sorry master Han but now I must take my leave. you called up on me just right after I came home" Doctor said.
"I understand doctor… I am sorry for troubling you at this hour… maybe I will bring her over to the hospital tomorrow for a further checkup…" I told her.
"Very well Master han… good afternoon then…" she said while walking out of the room.
"Good afternoon doctor and thank you again for coming in such a short notice… James would you please see her to the car" I asked James to lead her outside.
James led her out of the room. I slowly closed the door behind and turned at where she is. I see her sitting calmly on the bed wearing the black night gown over her night dress which we gave her. I slowly walked towards her and she looked at me with her ruby red eyes.
"Doctor said you are alright…" I said softly while I pulled a chair.
"I see…" she said in a very low tone.
"Do you have a name…?" I asked her.
"Who are you…? Where am i…?" she asked me without answering my question.
"I am Han and this is my home…" I said simply as I can.
"What am I doing here…?" she asked me.
"Do you remember how you came to be…?" I asked her.
I noticed that her breathing had increased as if she is in a slight panic.
"Which year is this…?" she asked me with a slight panic in her gestures.
"Which year do you think it is…?" I asked her right back.
"I don't know… I can't remember…" she said while softly laying hands on her temples.
"It is the 237th year after the great exodus…" I said.
"What do you mean 237th year… isn't it not 2026…?" She asked me with her eyes wide open.
"I am sorry… the year which you were talking about had passed over 750 years ago…" I said to her.
"Oh no… this can't be happening…" she said.
"Wh… why…? Did I sleep this long…? I was supposed to…" she went lost in her thoughts and tears began to roll down on her cheeks.
"I am sorry…" I said.
She sniffed up and cleared her nose then wiped her tears.
"It's alright… it's not your fault…" she said softly.
"The moment you stepped out of the chrysalis you were like a new born… you could not speak nor understand anything. It seems to me like your memories are returning slowly…" I said.
"You don't know me but you are right about it, my memories do return to me slowly…" she said softly.
"Then I suggest you take it slowly… I will help you through any difficulty you may have… you can rest now and we will talk later" I said and stood up from the chair. I took few steps away from her towards the door.
"Saya Otonashi…" she said suddenly as I was reaching the door. I quickly turned back at her.
"You asked my name… that's my name… Saya Otonashi…" she said while looking at me.
"Saya Otonashi…" I repeated her name and smiled.
"Yes…! And I don't need to rest, I have rested long enough…" she said in an angered tone.
I walked back towards her.
"I am sorry… I am only angry at myself…" she said.
"It's alright Saya, I understand" I said.
"I know what you are thinking… you must be wondering who I am…? Am I right…?" she asked.
"It would be fascinating to understand who you are… Saya…" I said and she smirked in a very polite manner.
"I have slept so long and went too far in to the future it seems… I don't know what it's like outside this room anymore… but I am certain that you will have a hard time believing my story" said Saya and her eyes sparkled with the dim light.
"I will give my best to grasp it…" I said.
She smiled and looked down.
"I am a man of science, what I have seen had stunned me to very depth of my being. I have never experienced such phenomena before…" I told her.
"Tell me Han…? Is this a convenient place for you to sit and wait for another several hours…?" she asked.
"Then let us make our way to the terrace…." I said with a smile.
Few minutes later…
I walked her up to the terrace which was overlooking at the nightly sea. Sky seemed gloomy and there were no stars. This is my favorite place to be in this whole house.
"I must say you have such an exquisite taste in living. This house of yours is a lovely place to be…" she said as she stepped in to the terrace in an amusing manner.
"Do you like it…?" I asked her.
"It's amazing…" she said while walking up to the edge of the terrace and then leaned against the railing.
Saya kept gazing at the far horizon in such wonder.
"It's the western sea… beyond these shores there are no lands for many thousand miles…" I said as I slowly walked up to her.
She closed her eyes up against the soothing salty wind of western sea.
"Future is much different when I imagined back then… now it seems like all the same…" she said.
"It depends on how you see things Saya… things are much different now than the time you were before…" I said.
"Sometimes I feel afraid…" she said and paused half way and looked at me.
"Afraid of…?" I wanted her to explain further.
"Afraid of telling you my story because I will never be the same again in your eyes after that" she said.
"Would it really matter how I may think about you…?" I asked her.
"Not really… but when I woke up; the first thing I saw was you and in that moment I was never a monster in your eyes" she said.
"Are you a one…?" I interrupted in a teasing tone.
"Yes I am…" she replied and looked back in to the horizon.
"I am not a human being as you may think I am…" she said.
"… I never thought of you as a human being even by a mistake… human beings do not step outside an ancient cocoon after a thousand year sleep" I explained what I had in my mind about her.
"So you are ready to hear me then…?" she asked in an enthusiastic tone and looked at me. The chill wind blew across us as she had her gaze locked up on me for a moment.
"May I offer you a drink before we begin…?" I said in a very patient tone along with a relaxed smile.
"Yes you may…" she said and leaned against the railing facing her back to the sea.
I slowly walked over the mini bar in the corner of the terrace and picked two tall slim vial like glasses and kept them on the server.
"What would you prefer…?" I asked her.
"Things may have changed since I last had a drink…" she said while staring at me with her glaring eyes.
I smirked softly. "Most of them in my bar are still the same… I am kind of an old school…" I replied.
"How about a glass of fine red wine aged to perfection…" I added right after.
"My darling Han… nothing would please me like a vial of your warm blood…" she said and her tone had completely changed.
I slowly looked at her for the way she just spoke and she is still right there looking at me and then smiled.
What she just said sent a chill down my spine. I felt like her voice was in my head at that moment.
"Did I scare you Han…?" she asked in a playful tone.
I smirked in a careless manner and replied. "Yes… you did…"
She smiled and turned back at the nightly sea. In few moments I walked back up to her again holding a glass in each hand.
She turned to me and I gave her the glass filled with my blood. She looked at my right wrist as I had a quick healing plaster on it.
"Forgive me for my malevolently cruel request which I shouldn't have…" she uttered in remorse.
"It's nothing…" I said.
She took the thin vial like wine glass and held it between her fingertips.
"Cheers…" I said while raising my glass of wine.
She raised her glass in a reluctant manner and took a sip with her eyes closed.
"How do I taste like…?" I asked.
She opened her red gleaming eyes and sipped her teeth.
"Full of texture… with a hint of salty savor. Not sweet at all but warm… very warm…" she said and took another sip.
"You have a good taste for the blood I assume…" I said and looked at the sea with a soft giggle.
"I find it amusing that you never ran for your life when I mentioned my drink nor while tasting it…" she said.
"If I am to run from you… I should have done it few hours back…" I said.
"You are a man with strange taste master Han; a kind of a person who sees the beauty in darkness and then fall in love with the imperfection. Now I have enough confidence to speak my heart out…" she said.
I leaned back against the railing and sipped my wine.
About hour and a half slowly went by….
"So you are the queen of these creatures… the ones you called corrupteron?" I emphasized on what she explained.
"Yes I am… they may no longer exist… I could be the last of them…" she said.
"Could be… I never came across them in my life or during my research. Your kind may have gone extinct long time ago…" I said and kept the empty wine glass on the floor which I was holding for almost an hour.
"Yes…! We may have" she replied.
"Every four years you fall back in to your hibernation. A kind of deep sleep which you were unable to avoid…" I said.
"I tried everything to stop it… but I failed… so far I had never been able to resist it" she said.
"You truly do fascinate me Saya…" I said.
"I don't see why you see us as such wonder… I am a creature of the night… the one that all humans feared for centuries…" she said.
"You really do look much like a human yet a complete different creature… you were an immortal being long before we humans discovered immortality, knowing those facts; how come I not find wonder in your kind?" I said.
She smirked and took glance at me again as my voice slowly faded away.
"After all… I am a man of science, Saya! I truly find you fascinating" I said and paused.
She began to focus her attention back again at the nightly sea and its endless horizon.
Both of us went silent for a moment and I broke the silence after several minutes. "Saya"…
She looked at me with a faint smile.
"If you won't mind, May I ask you a peculiar question which is curiously lingering in my mind now?" I said.
"You may ask Han… after all… I am nothing without everyone I knew in the past…" she said in a hopeless tone.
"If you are a corrupteron queen… then there is a chance of revival of your kind right?" I said with a slight stammer in my tone.
"I cannot reproduce… not without my sisters chevaliers…" she said in a very straight forward tone.
"That means you really are the last of your kind…" I said and she interrupted.
*Sigh* "Last of my kind…. Left alone to wander around in forever until someone chooses to kill me" she said.
"Maybe… Maybe you should kill me Han… put an end to this never ending cycle" she said.
"That was never in my intention Saya… my thoughts were always chasing the path of studying you further. To learn more about you and your kind…" I said.
"Then find a way to stop me from falling asleep… keep me awake like everyone else. Because of my hibernation, I have lost so much that I cared for so dearly …" she said and her eyes filled with tears.
I rubbed my head and looked away feeling slightly awkward to give her any promises which I cannot guarantee.
"Silence does speak a thousand words… Han!" Saya said followed by a hopeless sigh.
She kept quiet for a moment as I kept going in my contemplation.
"It is impossible isn't it Han…? That is why you're so silent" she said in a down tone.
"I am sorry Saya… it is difficult to promise you anything without knowing for sure. I need to study you further… but I believe with current technological advances it will not be impossible" I said.
"I love the way you lie; Han! You remind me of someone I knew very long time ago… he wanted to keep me awake forever then I fell asleep on him. So he waited eagerly for thirty years just to spend another four years with me. He did everything he could to keep me awake during those four years yet he failed. So he waited for another thirty years for me to wake up…" she said and paused with an immense grief in her tone. Tears keep rolling down her cheeks as if it is about to rain.
"What happened…?" I asked.
"He died in my arms of old age knowing that he failed to figure out a way to give me a normal life… yet he said he is happy because he spent nearly twelve years of his life with me" she said.
Saya couldn't bare the grief of her old memories. She kept crying as if someone passed away. I held her closer to make her feel better. She laid her head against my chest wanting me to hold her closer. I kept quiet and held her closer until her sad thoughts began to subside slowly.
"Why Han…? Why does it have to be like this…?" She whispered sniveling through her tears.
I caressed the back of her head slowly.
"I will figure out a way to help you… I promise" I said softly.
She leaned back a little and looked in to me.
"Keep me awake… if not… please put me out of this misery…" she said in a pleading tone.
I slowly nodded while looking in to her eyes.
"I will speak to my colleagues about you… according to my knowledge nothing is impossible…" I told her with more confidence in my tone so it would make her feel better.