Hello there! Czechus is here with new chapter of "The Betrayed Dragon"!

With this chapter, You will start to get to know better of Issei's past and his mental state. Of course i'll not just tell you in one chapter all about it, but you'll get a little parts of info with every chapter.

But now, to the story! :D

"Speaking"
'Thinking'
~Shadow's talking~

We have come to the village after midnight. Thanks to that, we were technically invisible.

The village was quite simple - There was a few streets, some simple homes. If the border was not so close, it could be a really nice place to live with your family. If you're in to it.

I've loocked up to see the stars. The air on Centauria is much cleaner than on Earth, so the stars are always fully visible.

Of course, the stars weren't on the same "Earth" constelations. But if you are good with astronomy, then you will probably recognise some stars like Sirius, Rigiel, Polar Star...

And Also... The Sun...

It was quite funny, that the Sun of Earth was known here as "Sol". And to think that first half of my life was placed on that little piece of dust that goes around that little star.

Whole wars, religions, all of those empires... For nothing more than a piece of space-dust. So tell me, Rivezim, if you could see what I can see every night of my life... Would you still considered this as something worth of conquer it?
~You're thinking about Earth again?~ Shadow broke me out of my thoughts.
"Yeach. It's just that everytime, when I look up at the night sky, I see Sol. And as much as I hate it... It's calling me. I don't know why, but it's calling me... What's wrong with me, Shadow?"

The Centurian Cat just looked at me and then jumped to my shoulder and said:
~You just have a very emotional hearth, Issei. And I'm proud of you for that, Nyan~
"Thanks, Shadow."
She just let out a soft purr and started to nuzzling my neck.

After our little talk, we have found a place, where we could sleep. The rent rooms were cheap (if the informations set next to doors were telling the truth). So I've opened the door and walked to the guy with very weird-looking mustache and hair style. He also wore dark jacket.
"How can I help you?" His woice sounded very sleepy.
"One room for one person"
"Name"
"Verphis"

In that moment I saw that guy started to be nervous.
"Is something wrong?" I've asked him.
"No, no, everything's fine. It's just that it's an honor to me-"
"okay, just stop here. And don't tell anyone that i'm here."
He just approved and gave me keys to my room.

After I arrived, I instantly fell down on the bed. The last thing I remembered before I went to sleep was feeling of Shadow lying on my chest...

Cold.

So much cold here...

Everywhere... There is only snow everywhere...

My chest is bleeding... It hurts so much.

That emptyness inside me...
'I only pretend that I have feelings for you'
'You are a trash for me.'
'You are no longer our son!'

It hurts...

It hurts!

IT HURTS!
"RAAAAAUUUUGHHHH!"

"RAAAAAUUUUGHHHH!"

I instantly woke up from my nightmare. I was covered in could sweat and I was shaking terribly.

It took me a whole minute to calm myself.
~Another nightmare?~ Shadow asked me with a hint of worry.

I've only noded.
~So,what was this time, Nyan?~
"Just a stupid mix of my memories. 'Same as always... Nothin' to worry about..."

When I stood up rom my bed, I saw that my communicator was shining with blue light.

I've took the device into my hand and "clicked" the button on it. Then I've placed it on the floor and waited.

After a few seconds, from device, literally "leap out" a hologram. A hologram was showing a young-looking male with a green coloured armor. He was hairless, but instead he had some black tatoos on it's head.

His eyes were brown, but they were also giving a strange feeling... Like they were glowing...
'Typical for Centaurian Spirits' - I thought.

Under his right eye was placed battle scar. And that scar only boosted his mature look.

Most people could think about him - thanks to his mature look - that he is a cold-hearted warrior. But the truth was more simple. He was harsh but also very kind hearthed.

But times are not the best for kind-heathed people, so somethimes you have to keep your warrior image... You know... War and that kind of stuff.
"Are you after another, not well slept night?" He asked me.
"Shut up, Angar, I'm not in the mood for your games..."

Angar is one of my best friends from a very long time. He acctually was on of the first friends that I've maked here. We've trained, laugh and fought together. Like a brothers.

Yeach, He is like a brother that I've never had.

And I don't count Sierzech. That Pervert Siscon Bitch. Fuck you and your sister. And fuck all Gremories. I hope you'll go extint.

But, back to the business.
"So... You've got the map?"
"Yup. But it's more like riddle than "just a map"."
"You mean-"
"You thought it will be that easy? Come on! It's a key to ancestors knowledge!"

There was a pause between our conversation. Then, he let out a sigh and said:
"Just tell me, when you will have something... And there's also antoher news..."
That just caught my interest.
"There was another time-space anomaly.
"When?" There was a visible worry, when I asked that.
"A few weeks ago. When you were behinf the border-"
"Let's meet in Elyne. We'll talk about it."
He only noded. After that, hologram just dissapeared.

I took the device from floor and I've started my daily routine. You know... Shower, packing my stuff, breakfast."

After my paycheck for room, me and Shadow went out of tavern and went to the center of the village. We've spend some time buying some food for our long travel.

The villagers were pretty cheful to us. Always happy, with never ending smiles on their faces. Children running around, playing some games with each other. Everything seemed to be... Quite happy...
"So, Shadow, ready for another adventure?"
~Nyan~ She only meowed with approve.

Next step - Elyne.
'This will be a hellish long road...' I thought when we left village behind us..

When we wre walking through the jungle, my thoughts were going in to a less... Jungle direction.

First case - People.

On Centauria, there is only one "dominant" spieces, called "Spirits".

But don't think that they are like a ghosts - no, they have normal, physical bodies.

When you take a look at Centaurian Spirits, the first thing taht you'll notice are they eyes. Always glowing - Sometimes it can be scary). The color of their eyes are ussually not earth-like - Have you ever seen somebody with Orange, Red or Pink glowing eyes? I think not.

The other thing is that they may look like a Dark Elves to you, thanks to their pointy ears and dark skin.

The Society of Centaurian Spirits is highly advanced (if you look from technological point of view), yet they don't loose their connection with nature. You can say, that they are in balans with mother nature.

The "Spirits" have also good connection with magic, Senjutsu, power of nature and Aura. With their training they could easly conquer DxD worlds.

Of course, this world (probably like many other worlds) have a conflict. And mysteries that can change the world. Or worlds.

Let's talk about "the conflict". Centaurian Spirits are only one faction out of two. The second faction is called "Dark Siders" They are (well, maybe not exacly are but rather were) Spirits that started to corrupt each other. Some of them were corrupted by dark ancient powers, other ones by mutations, experiments or tortures. The thing is, that they are monters. Bloodthirsty, highly inteligent, kiling monsters.

The last case - Ancestors.

The "God-like" race (or races?), that apperaed here thousands of years ago. They were highly advanced and they probably are not even form Centauria - Yes, I'm talking about different worlds right now.

As far as I know, the ancestors were using three different languages and were having war with each other. And I think that is the final evidence that proves to us, that Ancestors were acctually three different races.

When I think about power and skill levels between Centaurian Spirirts and warriors from DxD worlds, the only thing that comes to my mind is a picture, showing to us a very spoiled child (DxD), that tries to impress very skilled warrior (Centauria).

And let's not talk about difference between DxD and the Ancestors, 'cause, whenever I start to think about it, the only thing that I can do is laugh like psycho.

Oh, by the way, you may think 'if they have dark skin, that means that Centauria is warmer than Earth!' Yes, Indeed.

The Centauria is a planet placed in tri-solar system. The main star - Proxima Centauri - is red dwarf star. That means that the star is smaller and colder than Eartrhs Sun, but thanks to our place near the sar (we are much closer to our star than Earth), we still have enough heat to live.

Don't forget about Alpha Centauri twins - A and B. These stars are the same type of stars like Earth's Sun. And thanks to that our planet is warmer.

There are days when only Proxima Centauri is on our day-sky. Sometimes we can see two stars. And there are also days when we can see three stars (Not common but still). We called that days "Full-Days".

Even if Centauria don't have a moon, I still think, that the sky here is more beautiful. Every star is shining with so amazing light, that is visible even if you are in the city.

Of course, with three stars in the system, the planet is mostly a "Jungle world". Well, there are colder places and oceans, but it's still trophical climat here. This makes this world very unique and beautiful.

And even with all those dangers that are waiting for me, I really like this world. And I prefer Centauria than Earth, even with this endless war that is waged here... I choose Centauria.

A beautiful and unique world, indeed...

AN:
Okay that was chapter 4. With this, we can close 1 arc called "The Prologue". So yes, next chapter is start of new Arc.

The next Arc called "Memories of Centauria" will be showing to you some interesting adventures of Issei on Centauria (or ExE) that he experienced within 13 years of living in ExE world (like how Issei meet with Shadow).

I have also planned Arcs that will be after the 2nd Arc:
3rd Arc - Fade to black - What happend on DxD side.
4th Arc - DxD ExE - and that is secret for now.

But don't worry - there will be more Arcs (I just need to think about what will be main plot after the 4th one). And I also plannig on create longer chapters. You can say that I'm warming up (?).

Oh, BTW, this story was my own "continuation" (not exacly continuation, because I'll change a few things) of "Betrayed", Created by RomenXGreenDog (Thank you very much m8 for that great story - Thanks to you I'm writing this :D).

So that it. For now. Follow, Like and Comment this story. I can wait for your questions.
Until next time.
Czechus :D