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"Difficulties of this long journey, who took you away from yourself. I will remember. Time has moved on. But when does he forget the one whom you have passed.”

The old man said more. The old shining eyes were fixed on his face. Messy hair and a very shabby old dress, there was a strange big red scar on his face.

"Are you from where my house was? Are you also stuck here like me?" Alian took informal steps towards this old man and asked questions. He was worried while asking questions.

"Yes, I am from there. I am not stuck here. I came by myself and stopped by myself.” The old man's calm answer made him uneasy. It seemed as if he knew the way back.

But how could that be, Bragg had never mentioned anyone else coming. Bragg had said that he was the first person to come here and probably the last.

Did Bragg hide the truth from him or he did not know. Or there was another way to come here from this world. He was confused.

"Do you know the way back? How did you know that I am not from here?"

Alian's questions increased. Curiosity had increased. It seemed that hope had come to an end. As if a small other way has suddenly appeared in the closed way. There was no one left but still. His heart was pounding at the thought of returning. There was no one here either.

Alian knew that his departure would not matter to anyone. He forgot the plan to die now. He only remembered his world.

"I recognized you after seeing you. You are somewhat different from the people of Renam. Your tall and strong body and this strong hand, the people of Renam are of somewhat delicate size. They are not that strong and tough. They are not that wide either. Would you like to go back? At your home?”

That old man was sitting on a stone and asking. The stuttering of his voice was over. The bent back was also fine now. He could not notice this.

"Yes, definitely. I would like to go at the first opportunity. But I have an important job right now. I will meet you as soon as I do that. Can you tell me the exit door from this city, towards the sand dunes? At the end of the city, on the other hand, I have to go there."

Alian quickly asked as soon as he felt the evening falling. Bragg had said that it is necessary to reach the gate by night so that one can rest there and it is necessary to have daylight to cross the gate.

The old man was shocked. He started looking at him with surprise.

"There across the Kingdom of Renam. Why sand dunes? On the other hand, do you want to go to kingdom Raya?” The old man said, still staring at him.

Alian felt disgusted. By watching him like this for a while with pointless questions and from confused things. That old man was getting on his nerves now.

“Tell me the end of this kingdom. And do your work. I must go there.”

And it is not necessary to tell why it is necessary.

He made the old man believe his limit by emphasizing the necessary word every time. He would have turned around and gone if it was not necessary to go. He could have asked someone else but he was getting tired of answering the questions again. The old man had confused him with his words.

"Looking at there. A series of trees." The old man quickly pointed his arms towards the dense trees standing in a row in front of him.

"Yes. I saw it." He shook his head while looking around following his gesture.

"Behind these trees, there will be a black rusted door in the high wall just behind. It is open; its lock was broken by Prince Zalari of Raya Kingdom who came here some time ago. Prince Zalari and his army were not lucky to return. But this door was never closed again after that."

The old man told him in detail. He felt depression in his tone.

He was once again confused, that old man of Renam Empire, why would he be sad for the prince or the army of Raya? He shook his head.

Perhaps after coming here, he has started to think a little more about attitudes and accents. He patted his warning sixth sense and moved forward with a nod.

The old man looked at him till he reached the trees, going behind the trees until disappearing. His bent back was straightened. The feeling of victory shone in the eyes and the lips turned into a smile.

He was told a lot about the enmities and magical powers here by Bragg and Neemar. He neither believed nor remembered these things.

He could not understand what was going on with him at that time. He was intelligent and smart. But all this was limited to his own world.

He didn't know the people here or maybe he would never know them, he was walking fast.