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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8, Vol 1: A moment of confusion

It is now about half an hour in which Kashka and Aergon walk together along the earthy forest path without saying anything to each other.

"I still don't understand how or why I ended up in this world... I know the Reincarnation concept, but for that I would have to have died first, which I am not..."

Kashka thought thoughtfully and breathed heavily.

Meanwhile, Aergon sometimes observed Kashka, visibly engrossed in thought

"what he's thinking right now? I hope that his situation will improve, because if not, it will probably be impossible to destroy the Witcher Church..."

Aergon thought thoughtfully and looked up at the stars in the night sky.

"You told me to protect this boy from the Witcher Church at all costs, but you didn't tell me why... Goddess... all I want is an answer so that I can understand it..."

Aergon thought to himself and took a short breath. He then turned his head over to Kashka

"Hey Kashka, listen for a moment. We have just reached the tree line and are now officially in the territory of Dention. This means that we will also meet other people very shortly in some time"

"So that they don't get a hearth attack, I have to do a blessing on you for a moment to hide your... let's call it "unpleasant presence" ok?"

said Aergon, whereupon Kashka's eyes widened and he got a shocked expression on his face

"Oh damn! I completely forgot about that! Why didn't you say anything earlier? That must feel very uncomfortable for you"

Kashka replied shocked when Aergon suddenly smiled a little 

"It's all right, I don't mind your aura at all, which is due to a blessing from me, but normal people would hardly be able to breathe or would have a constant feeling of fear"

Aergon replied and put his hand on Kashka's shoulder.

"All right, just try to relax, I'll take care of the rest"

"All right"

Kashka answered, whereupon Aergon closed his eyes and his hand on Kashka's shoulder began to glow brightly while kashka no chnage at all. 

"All right, now your aura should be invisible to every being except me. Let's move on"

Aergon said, after which the two walked on.

"Huh? eh ok..."

Kashka replied surprised, because it happened so quickly.

"Hey Aergon, tell me, why are we going to eh what was it called... Dention?"

"Quite simply, you have no knowledge of this world, which is why we will visit the Dention Library so that you can learn something about our world and our enemy, the Witcher's Church. Besides, you're safe there and I don't have to worry about you if I have to go on a sudden mission"

Aergon replied when Kashka suddenly looked at him in shock and stopped immediately.

"What do you mean by that? Does that mean you "know it"?" Kashka asked, while he got an uneasy gut feeling and Aergon turned to him.

"I wasn't quite sure, but now I am. You're truly from beyond the stars, aren't you?" Aergon replied respectfully.

"It's... complicated, but yes I'm from another world or as you all say "From beyond the stars"" Kashka answered hesitantly and then exhaled deeply, as he didn't have to hide this information anymore.

When Aergon heard this, his eyes suddenly widened in shock

"WHAT!? Does that mean that someone else besides me knows about your secret!? Did you tell anyone!?" Aergon asked now visibly stressed while the shock was visible on his face.

"No, no, no I really didn't tell anyone but you, but that "cardinal bishop" of the witcher church you killed, somehow knew it anyway. I think it was like beceause he had taken out some book and then said that I was "From Beyond the Stars"

Kashka replied hastily, whereupon Aergon looked at him visibly frustrated.

"By the goddess... then the situation is probably worse than expected, if they know it too..."

Aergon muttered to himself while he was visibly thinking.

„... but how did you know?"

Kashka asked confused, whereupon Aergon broke out of his mental rigidity.

"I think this is a bit hard for someone who doesn't know anything about blessings to understand, but you can think of it this way: one of my blessings "Blessing of Dream Vision" allows me to see important events in the near future. This blessing showed me a vision a few days ago of you being trapped in one of the "Kellort" outposts surrounded by cultists and..."

Aergon was speaking when he suddenly stopped in the middle of a sentence while Kashka listened to him concentrated.

"Hm, I see, so you can see into the future... you just wanted to say something, why did you stop?" Kashka replied focused, whereupon Aergon looked at him hesitantly, as if he wanted to say something important, but wasn't quite sure.

„... I don't know exactly how to describe it, but I saw something else in my last dream vision..."

"It was nighttime and I saw strange, gigantic buildings made of metal and glass. everywhere were these bright lights on the streets and strange metal "things" moving fast on the streets... And I saw you standing on top of one of these buildings as you... you know what I mean"

Aergon continued in a hesitant and calm voice...

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