For The Future

"Any more questions?" Kiran had his eyes narrowed as he clearly was very stressed, he had to continue answering though.

Ephraim raised his hand. "I would like to know why you mentioned your friend Martin a single time... I mean... you said he was your first best friend."

Kiran yawned and blinked.

"You must take into consideration that I'm telling you what I can remember and in a very summarized form since my memories aren't perfect. For example, I cannot remember if the kid who despised me for being left-handed was the same one that broke my train. After kindergarten, I never saw Martin anymore, I barely can remember how he looked like. But it's okay, I mean, every time you make a new friend you must understand almost all the friendships aren't forever, always certain factors make your ways diverge. Therefore, one must be mentally prepared when the farewell finally happens."

It was obvious it was an indirect lesson for the prince of Askr. Even though he got angrier, he didn't say anything back... he just crossed his arms and closed his eyes.

The next one to ask was Nino.

"Everybody in your world knows how to read and write?" she had... a worried expression.

"Almost, speaking the truth, nowadays in 2018 if you aren't able to write, read and speak in at least Spanish and English you're pretty much doomed. It's a necessary basic knowledge to get a good job."

"Oh..." she lowed her hand slowly. "... At least Lugh is teaching me..." she let out a little laugh. "A mother should teach her son to read... not the other way around..."

Kiran extended his hand with his index finger shaking. "Don't feel bad about it, I mean, it's cute." he smiled... at least she stopped being sad.

Then it was Anna's turn.

"What is Christmas?"

"Oh! you're gonna love this. Summarized... it's a consumerist holiday when everybody buys presents for each other in an empty attempt to demonstrate the humanity does not want to destroy itself. Like a birthday for everybody on the planet. Trees are decored with multi-colored lights and a star is put on the top. Very cute and all that but to me, it is now very meh."

Anna was, of course, interested... so was Sharena.

"A birthday for everybody... can we celebrate that here?!"

Alfonse scratched his head's back part as he opened his eyes again. "Eh... well... why not?"

Kiran narrowed and yawned once more. "Just don't invite me. I suck at giving presents, besides I'm a busy man and I don't want to be bothered, please."

Sharena's face displayed fury... Nino sighed, so did Anna. Ephraim shrugged.

"You never change... do you?" asked Anna.

"No, I don't!" Kiran's voice tone was kinda cruel.

"I think almost nothing of what you've told us by now explains why you are like... that... besides the Muy... Intere... sante thing." Robin commented.

"We're not yet in the most important parts of my life, the problem is Sharena wanted to hear since the very beginning so... you see."

"Understood..."

Alfonse still had something crossing his mind that didn't let him in peace...

"Could you please end your sentence?"

Kiran raised his eyebrow and turned to see Alfonse... it was becoming hard to stay with the eyes opened... "Eh?... what the fuck do you mean?"

"You were saying something before Miriel interrupted you."

"Aaaah! that thing... okay... urgh..." Kiran inhaled deeply, after exhaling slowly... he responded with an emotionless version of his voice. "The sun..."

Nobody understood just as expected.

"The... sun?"

"Today we know that even the stars aren't eternal... they are birth in the vacuum of the outer space in places where an incredible amount of matter is present. There are stars of many sizes and colors... the "tiny" red ones are the most common ones, they are smaller than a sun like mine and yours... yet, if compared to the earth, they are giant... others make the sun seem like a bacteria... they become bigger the more time they have existed until, just like any other thing in the universe... they die." Kiran raised his index finger and his head fell slightly. "Even manaketes live very little seen from the perspective of a child star... as some of you perhaps remember, the sun from my universe is 4.6 billion years old... it still should last like 7 billion years more but... I'm afraid we have less than such an incredible amount of time..." He sighed and raised his head... to let everybody see his pale and filled with the fear face.

"It will come the day when the sun will transform into a giant red, making the possibility of the life on earth non-viable... the oceans will dry, the raining is gonna be an event relegated to the past... it'll destroy all the marine and terrestrial life... all the plants and the animals... all the building and mountains will be burning structures... the atmosphere will lose all those marvelous properties that allow it to generate and sustain life... and then... our worlds will transform into a copy of Venus... to make it clear... the highest temperature in a desert is 70°C... in Venus the normal day is around 480 and 500°C..."

Kiran smiled with his eyes narrowed... he enjoyed so much seeing these faces filled with the horror... it made him feel so much pleasure... he waited a few seconds and the proceeded.

"Therefore... if humanity, in that already coming future, hasn't created the technology to sail efficiently through the stars... it will be extinguished in a very cruel way... as a punishment for wasting such a large and important amount of time... time they should have invested at progressing... and not fighting... humans must understand that the Earth is not their home, it's just a cradle with an expiration date... their home... is up there... in the stars... "

Kiran remained silent... Ephraim was the first one to speak.

"Kiran... even though the world of Zenith is blessed to have you... my world is not... If I return home with empty hands I won't be able to start developing everything so that... destiny... won't happen to us... because of that... on behalf of all in Magvel... I beg you to share your knowledge with us!"

"Speaking the truth, I thought about that since the very day I started to replicate inventions. That's why I'm writing a book to store all the information of my brain in case I die... I need help to translate it to all your languages though. In the best scenario, I'm giving to all of you a copy... or copies... in case I need to write more than one book."

"I thank you so much."

"It's just my job as a scientist... or cheap copy of one better said."

For some reason... Nino was sad.

"Well, not that I'm an asshole and I want you to leave but... I'm sleepy..."

"M-M-May I stay a little more... em... I... I need to talk with you about something..." said Robin.

"M-M-Me too!" said Nino.

"... Okay... the rest... please..."

Once the others were gone and in the carriage were only three persons, Nino was the first one Kiran allowed to say something.

"I-I... I... must I really return to my world?..."

Kiran was actually very surprised to hear something like this.

"You don't want to?"

Nino sighed in sadness. "It's just that... Lugh and Raigh told me that... the reason my other self abandoned them was that... assassins were going after me... for betraying the Black Fang..."

Kiran grimaced"Oh... I get it... so, are you sure you want to stay?"

"I have no place to go... however... I must deliver the book... right?... if else..." sorrow began to take over her.

"If some bastards pieces of crap are chasing you then It's better I don't send you back, they would take possession of my book and they won't exactly use it with the best intentions... I prefer to do not take the risk... that world still can get technology by other methods... we have like 5 billion years left... please, stay." Kiran smiled kindly.

"I see..."

"You can come with me to make me company, I mean, I was thinking to leave the castle and build my own house after the war is ended. I would be very alone... but with you..."

Nino let out a single tear as she smiled. "T-T-Thanks Mr. Kiran..."

The summoner of Askr stood up, approached Nino, and hugged her, she happily hugged Kiran back. He enjoyed caressing her hair.

After a while, Nino left the carriage, too. Then Kiran sat by Robin's side.

"And... what do you need?"

The Ylissean tactician sighed.

"I... I... em... I wanted to... t... thank you... for opening my eyes..."

"... Explain."

"Remember what you said to me... one... two... five... even twenty persons aren't anything when weighed to thousands or millions?... I... I said something similar to Chrom and everybody else when they begged me do not to destroy Grima because that would kill me... too... unlike you... I didn't stay loyal to my belief... and now Grima is still alive..."

"... YOU DIDN'T KILL IT?!" Kiran yelled in rage.

Robin didn't try to look at him. "No... I let my feeling got the best of me... I have no excuse... but at least now you made me understand I did something wrong... I didn't want to hurt my friends... but you're right... sometimes it's necessary for the better... and then I almost killed you... the hope of worlds... their ray of light... I... I..." Robin finally broke as she began crying.

Kiran... couldn't stand it... women crying... he just...

"(UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURGH!)"

He hugged her... letting her release the pain generated by the feeling of guilt for at least five minutes... he also caressed her hair.

"You know... normally I would be mad at you... I would have punched you more even... but since you actually regret it... urgh... I'm not that cold... I'm giving you a solution."

"S-S-Solution...?"

"Let's say that my grandfather once taught me how to create something called dynamite... it can turn a castle into debris in a matter of seconds... Grima is right now sleeping... right? that was the purpose of the seal."

"Y-yes..."

"Well, we just need to blow him up with that and he'll be gone for good."

"... Naga's power couldn't kill it... why would this be able to?"

"Because we're gonna place them inside it, it's not like it's gonna stop us."

"I... I guess we could at least try..."

"Not that I wanna sound arrogant, but it's good for you that you have me." Kiran laughed.

"Em... do you do this to all the women you meet?... I mean... for a moment I thought you and Nino... em..."

Kiran grimaced. "Maybe if I was thirteen or fourteen years old I would have asked her to go on a date with me... but now I'm an adult and I've learned love usually is an obstacle for a scientist so... meh."

"..."


When Robin also left, Kiran growled as he felt his head would explode... he just let himself fall on the ground and closed his eyes.

When he "woke up" and was able to manipulate "reality" once more, Kiran sat in the vacuum of the outer space. Today his clothes fit very much the background. They were his tactician clothes but instead of white, they contained blue stars, making him look like a cosmic god.

However... he didn't know what to do... dressing like Sportacus and running around wasn't fun anymore... he decided he should check more memories in case they asked him more about his past. He extended his hand and with a finger touched a star, which immediately opened... the very day he began reading a book of one of his heroes... the science heroes...

However... something interrupted him... he felt a hand touching his forehead... Kiran opened his mouth and eyes as a light covered him... when he was barely being able to see again, he heard something...

"Greetings, child of the stars."

It was a... feminine voice... a very beautiful one... the problem was he had never heard it... and his mind shouldn't be able to create something if he didn't order it.

He turned to see a woman... she seemed to be 30 years old at least. Her hair was long enough to reach her hip. It was green, just like her eyes. She wore a golden tiara and a dress that was... very... it showed a lot...

Kiran noticed her ears were like Corrin's ones. A strange blue aura was around her.

Kiran used his "fist" to hit his "head"

That woman giggled.

"There's nothing wrong with your head, child of the stars, I'm actually here."

Then she screamed as Kiran snapped. There were chains holding her... she couldn't move her legs or arms. Seconds after that... a weird... green triangular sword was near to her neck... it seemed to be formed by pure energy... there was also something aiming to her forehead.

"This universe never stops surprising me..." Kiran had a killer tone voice. "I would have never guessed there was the magic that allowed people to get inside other people's minds..."

She got scared when two green monsters with giant fangs on the bottom part appeared behind Kiran.

"They like to suck their victims' life force until they become dust... so... now tell me..." The space-blue clothes became dark... even Kiran's eyes looked more like a black hole instead of a nebula.

"Who are you? how do you get to enter here and what do you want to do in my fucking head?!"

The woman calmed herself, she mustn't allow the situation to scare her.

"I come in peace, child of the stars. You may know me as Naga."


Chan chan chan!

It's good to know I'm passing all my exams... not exactly with the best score but... you know.

Seriously, no matter how many times they save the world from somebody like Walhart or an evil dragon... if they never progress the sun is gonna make them perish.

Kiran is pretty much invincible in his dream world so not even Naga could face him. Those creatures were metroids and the gun and sword were the Z-saber and the Z-buster. The versions from Megaman Zero. (I mean, it's a dream world, it's the perfect scenario to make references and you know it). Why does she call him the child of the stars? she usually calls the other characters the children of the men... the thing is... Kiran is technically not human for them (yeah, she knows what he is... just wait a little more and you'll understand).

Let's be honest, Christmas or anything similar is an Earthling holiday... they wouldn't have something like that. If we think about it, the world-building for Askr just sucks, we don't know anything about that place... I could try to invent something but... I'm not exactly good at that.

Anyway, time to answer reviews:

Half-BeastDragonSoul2013:

Anything is smarter than 4koma! Kiran (it's the one of the manga... right?)

Guest:

Pleb?

Blexan22:

Search for information my friend, not everything in life is easy.