After having a conversation for the common ground, the two focused more on enjoying food.

Sven seemed to have something to say. But he still didn’t say anything at the end.

After the meal, Elizabeth complimented about how tasty these foods were while helping in cleaning the tools and washing the dishes. The two laughed and chatted while cleaning up.

Days passed just like that. For the two lovers, everything seemed great.

They did the house chores together. They had fun driving around, fishing in the frozen river, shopping together, cooking, watching Netflix and lastly, of course, having enjoyable sexual life.

Finally at one morning after over a month, something Sven didn’t even think of happened.

That day, the couple took a flight to New York. Sven had been preparing for a while for it.

He even had to spend a sum of money to get a new identity through the black market.

He went through all the troubles just to visit his old friend.

Of course, he became thirty years old Stan O’loris, a white man who was born in Texas.

“Lena, can you grab me some beer?” the man asked while flipping the grills.

Middle age but still beautiful and graceful woman didn’t get up from reclined chair beside the pool.

Instead, she turned her head to the side and stared at the two young men at distance who were conspiring something together and lowered her sunglasses.

One of the two young men had a bad feeling when they heard their dad’s shout.

Just as he thought, his eyes wandered a bit and sadly found their mum staring at them quietly.

“Lucas, dude, we gotta go," he said.

“Pier, come over here for a second. Lucas, you too.”

The calm voice of mum interrupted the two brothers.

After a while, the two brothers walked into the house dejectedly.

They’re defeated again despite of their small protests as usual.

While the family was having fun in the backyard, a truck slowly came to a stop in front of the D’landro family’s home.

Sven looked at the address in the small notebook and checked it again.

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Elizabeth couldn’t wait to get out of the truck and stretch herself comfortably like a cat.

After six hours long flight, they immediately went to a car dealership and got their truck which they had booked online ahead.

Then, they just grabbed some fast foods at five guys drive-through on the way and had been driving continuously because Sven wanted to arrive to his friend’s home before the dinner time.

Sven honked a few times to let his old friend know that someone was visiting.

When he got out of the truck, he felt being peeped.

So, he looked and saw the young version of his old friend. He felt that they really looked alike.

Soon, he met his old friend who walked out with a bottle of beer while wearing apron.

“Hello, how can I help you?” Mike asked politely out of habits.

He racked his brain and felt that he really didn’t know someone who was so tall like the one in front of him. Because they’re living in a good neighborhood, he wasn’t really worrying about the security problem.

Moreover, he was also carrying a pistol concealed under his clothes. He was not stupid to put his safety on someone who would arrive later.

On the other hand, Sven didn’t think much about the inner dramas of his old friend.

“Hello, Mike. I’m Stan O’loris. I’m your old friend Stan. Surprise?” he said with a smirk and a laugh.

“You’re Stan? Fucking no way,” said Mike.

A moment later, under Sven’s opening up on some little secrets of Mike which only both of them knew, Mike accepted that the tall guy standing in front of him was really his old friend Sven.

Then, the two families had gathered together in the backyard.

Under Mike’s introduction, his family accepted that the tall man who looked in his thirties was really an old friend of their dad in the same age as him. Lena immediately pulled Elizabeth aside to ask about the secret of Sven being youthful.

Sven finished the grilled sausage in his hand and said to his friend, “Mike, this world is definitely not simple as it seems to be on the surface. Aliens? I don't know. But mystery, it does really exist. They’ve been trying to hide the mysterious side all these years and trying to enjoy the good things out of it just by themselves.”

Mike glanced at his two kids who were gathering in a corner again and looked helpless.

“So, is Jesus really God in flesh?” he asked curiously in a low voice.

Sven speechlessly looked at his friend and said calmly, “I don’t know about the true story of Jesus but the spirits and the ghosts are real. And, they’re everywhere. Gods are also real. They do exist.”

Mike raised his eyebrows and continued to ask about the mysterious things.

He looked so happy and joyful like a kid who got his favorite candies and the toys.

The two chatted very well for a while. Sven also exposed a lot of knowledge to his friend.

Everything was going well. It was until ...

Until, Sven read out a prayer under the request of his old friend.

“Father of all suns, the eternal light Steller, a symbol of mercy, love, life, light, vision, holiness and hope, I pray for your grace, guide, blessing and I pray for your protection.”

Immediately, a sharp scream appeared out of nowhere as if the world was crying in agony.

The whole world started to lose color and everything seemed dissipating.

Sven looked the dissipating Mike and seemed to realize something. But he also looked confused.

He turned to look at Elizabeth and also saw that she was also disappearing slowly with a twisted painful face like everyone else in his sight.

The trees were withering. The houses were turning into dust.

Sven couldn’t accept what’s happening. He was stupefied in place.

“What the fuck is this! Why on earth is this happening to me!” Sven shouted in anger.

At that moment, all the light of the world seemed to gather in a point and a phantom of sun only as big as a golf ball appeared in the sky.

With its appearance, the destruction of the world seemed to get accelerated.

Everything was disappearing in a faster pace while Sven was protected by a light beam.