[There was a rustle, and a gentle breeze caressed Sunny's face. He awoke slowly, allowing himself to enjoy the sweet moments of comfort and peace that dwelled on the edge between dream and wakefulness. His bed was soft, warm, and cozy… today, it was especially hard to abandon its familiar embrace.
After a while, he sighed and opened his eyes.
The sun was yet to rise, but the sky outside his window had already started to brighten. The wind blowing from the lake made the curtains flutter, filling the modest bedroom with the delightful smell of freshness. Even after all these years, Sunny was still sometimes startled at how clean and pure the air of the Dream Realm was.
He took a few deep breaths, rubbed his face, and rose from the bed.
His room was not very large and not very luxurious. However, it was very cozy. There was a bed, a nightstand, a case with various books crowding the shelves, a writing desk, and a simple dresser. The furniture was made out of natural wood, crafted with affection and care. There were a few decorations added here and there, as well as plenty of signs of the room being well lived-in.
Well, of course it was. He had been spending his nights here for a long time, after all]
As the screen made a cut .Some of the ladies were already druling over his face . Especially Beastmaster she shought ' If he was here i wouldn't you know having quality time with him , Wait doesn't it show the future and wasn't that pitiful kid was named sunless'
She shought as she looked at sunny .
Sunny's face had become ghostly pale as if he has seen something like a unholy titan .
He wouldn't be like this even on the verge of death . Just moments ago his mind was filled with jealousy over the face shown , now that he realized that it was his own face . His mind had just completely blanked out . He thought
' It doesn't have to me , i'm sure there would be a hundred more sunlesses in the world . Yeah i'm sure it is a coincidence that he also call himself sunny and is an awakened. Yeah, that's it. '
Almost everyone had started staring at sunny now . Finally Master Jet spoke " You name is sunless right . Do you call yourself Sunny as a nickname . "
Sunny turned over with his blanked out face .
After a second or two he said " Uhnnfgb....yeah i do call myself sunny but it doesn't have to be me .
Many people would proud of themselves if they saw that in future they would be this handsome but being shot gazes of glee especially by the song sisters was unbearing .
Master jet spoke " Well I'm sure the person we are seeing is your future self , there aren't that many awakened around and your name is an anomaly and some basic features of your face match so i'm sure it is you . Maybe you drank some weird thing in the dream realm and got that face . "
She was sitting two seats left to sunny otherwise she wouldn't have spoke.
Many people nodded in their mind at her words .
Beastmaster thought " It's a pity iwould have to wait before he gets a good face . If he has a somewhat useful aspect . I can make him join the song clan . I'm pretty sure he was atleast a master in that screening . He can be useful. "
People like Morgan were thinking that he must have gotten a strong aspect . And became a master or saint in the future.
The screen started once again .
[Finally, holding the steaming mug, he left the house and sat down on the porch, intending to enjoy his coffee while watching the sun rise.
It was rather hard to get his hands on coffee beans in the Dream Realm, but today, Sunny wanted to pamper himself. It was his birthday, after all.
He was turning twenty-six. Sipping on coffee, Sunny watched as sunlight finally reached the lake and reflected on its clear surface. The lake was vast and picturesque, so calm that its surface was like a mirror.
A grandiose, magnificent white castle rose from the lake, with vermilion flags fluttering on its many towers. It almost seemed too beautiful to be real, like something from a fairy tale. But, of course, it was truly there.
The beautiful castle of white stone was Bastion, the Great Citadel of Clan Valor, where the King of Swords held his court. It was also the heart of a populous city that had grown around the lake in the last four years.
After the Sovereigns had revealed themselves, most of the remaining civilian population of the Southern Quadrant — around two hundred million people — was evacuated directly to the Dream Realm, divided between Bastion and Ravenheart, and gradually funneled into lesser Citadels. Later, the Dream Gates were opened in the other Quadrants, and even more mundane people received a chance to relocate into the Dream Realm.
Even if few understood the true meaning of these events, the gradual exodus of humanity from the waking world had already begun. For now, most of those who left were from the fringes of society — people who did not possess citizenship, and therefore did not receive their share of the scarce resources needed to live a proper life on the dying Earth.
But Sunny knew more than most. He had no doubt that, sooner or later, everyone would leave… if they were given enough time. As the years passed, the situation in the waking world would gradually turn worse and worse. There would be more Nightmare Gates, more powerful Nightmare Creatures, and less space for humans to exist. Until the entire world was swallowed by the Dream Realm.
Granted… humanity was growing stronger, too.
The Chain of Nightmares had been like a turning point in history. Before, the number of Awakened in the world was relatively limited… there were a hundred thousand Awakened or so, a few hundred Masters, and a few dozen Saints.
After Antarctica, these numbers changed. By now, there must have been no less than a million Awakened out there, with several thousands of Masters and more than a hundred Saints guiding them all to fight against the Nightmare Creatures. The balance of power that had been maintained for decades was finally broken, and humanity set out on the path of no return.]
Most people got surprised at his words . At the first screening , there was no information .
But this one gave alot of knowledge of the future events .
The people of the great clans were especially surprised by the number of awakened and the talk about the sovereigns revealing themselves or how something happened in antartica , the dreamgates etc...
Mordret thought " Well, well i wonder what will happen when this all ends, will i be freed from that place , with the rise in the number of awakened , i'm sure i would to try harder to eliminate valor .No maybe i can build my faction and strike when both the clans start to fight . I'm sure they would . He started thinking about the groutesque way he would kill the people of valor.
Proffessor Julies stood up and spoke " I would like to summarize the viewing if no one objects and started explaining the viewing and the key aspects.
Beastmaster thought " It's really a pity that he had to live in Bastion , well it would be ours after clan valor is finished , With all this information we can better prepare to face them and i hope it gives us some more information . "
Saint Cor who had not spoken until now
Was reminiscing " I really thought we'd have a century or two before earth is completely filled with nightmare creature . I hoped that maybe we could live and be active on earth for long ." He sighed " Lookes like things escalated too quickly with too much gates ,
The antartica was lost with something like America happening and by the way he mentions it , It looks like in a few decade the eart will be lost , and the government being finished . I wonder what of it , I would be able to see, Awakened are supposed to have longer lifespans than mundane . But i don't know by how much.
[Nephis 's Pov]
I was summoned here after i had just completed when i was summoned here. After seeing the great clans, I thought that I was captured or something , But it turns out to be wrong . They are powerless here . This is probably the work of a sacred being or higher.
I am now seeing the future . So many thing will happen in the next few years . I wonder what i would be doing . She thought as she looked as sunny . "That person should definitely have some secrets to be shown by this theatre . Maybe he is the sacred one , Otherwise why would the sacred being show him to us . Of anything he would surely play a role in the future. "