Everyone ran towards the houses that held the injured. They were some who didn’t get caught by the fire.

Some of the Kojo had to jump aside for the entire group to pass by.

TYO drove as fast as he could and he was way ahead when he reached the room where Eto was lying.

‘Eto!’ Everyone yelled when they reached the door.

There, in bed, already eating, a surprised Eto looked at them.

‘Yes?’ he asked, surprised when everyone ran in.

Veronica hit him on the head, where the Kojo member who looked after Eto became infuriated with.

‘Don’t just ‘yes’ us. We were worried sick.’

‘Well, I’m fine,’ he answered, smiling as he had always done.

Hawk walked beside him on the other side than Veronica.

‘We couldn’t assume. You were asleep for a few days. We didn’t want to think about it but we started to get worried when you would wake up.’

Djon looked at Eto from the end of the bed.

‘Do you remember what happened?’ he asked slowly.

Eto looked confused, thinking what he could remember.

‘Well. I remember the fight, and I also remember the giant tree creature with the purple star shard.’

‘Purple star shard?’ Hawk asked.

Eto nodded. ‘Yeah. It was definitely a star shard but I could feel the darkness in it. Maybe that’s why it was a different color.’

Everyone looked at each other, a bit confused.

‘Corrupted maybe?’ Vanessa suggested, standing behind everyone.

Eto looked at her and smiled.

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‘I guess. So you decided to stay?’

Everyone turned to Vanessa who blushed a bit from the attention.

‘For now, until I can fix my ship,’

Eto still smiled and put his thumb up to her, letting her know he was happy with it.

‘But Eto, can’t you remember something else?’ Veronica asked him.

Eto looked at her with a surprised look.

‘What do you mean?’ Eto asked.

Veronica looked at the others, who all agreed something was strange.

‘After the fight, you asked where the council base was from TYO. And then you jumped into the jungle. We presume you went there but when we had the Tortoise finally flying to follow you, we found you laying in the jungle.’

Eto heard her story and thought deeply. At first, he didn’t remember. But soon, some flashes in his mind returned.

Memories formed and even though it was a haze, he could remember how he addressed councilman Kazerku at the base.

‘Yeah I found the base, and I remember the man I encountered on Etoile. 'He was there.’

‘Which man?’ Hawk asked and Eto turned to TYO.

‘The man in the temple of the holy knights.’

TYO jumped up. ‘Yes, councilman Kazerku. I saw him in the base, together with one of Generation Zero’s knights.’

‘Generation Zero was there?’ Veronica asked both TYO and Eto.

While TYO jumped, Eto slowly shook his head. He said he didn’t remember encountering one of the knights like on Etoile.

He thought again and remembered how the man was laying on the floor when he arrived.

‘He was already hurt, before I knocked him out. Maybe he got in a fight with them?’’

‘You knocked him out? Someone from the council?’ Hawk asked, a little scared.

‘Now you are definitely on a wanted list,’ Vanessa said.

‘What are you gonna do?’ Veronica asked Eto and Djon interrupted them.

‘It doesn’t matter for now. What we need to think of is how we are gonna continue and what the next plan is.’

Everyone went silent for a moment to think of a plan and after a while, someone entered the room.

Gongaraza entered the room and looked at Eto, who smiled at him.

‘I am happy to see you are recovering. I guess I owe you some sort of apology.’

Eto waved his hand a little, giving a gesture that it wasn’t needed.

‘It’s fine. What matters most is that everyone is safe. How about the princess? How is she? And her brother?’

Everyone turned to Gongarza, wondering indeed how it was with the princess and her brother. They all knew he was awake already but they never got the chance to talk to them.

‘About that,’ he said before clearing his throat.

‘The princess and her brother would like to invite you, when you are healed, to join them to the base of the giant tree.’

‘What for?’ Eto asked and wondered.

Gongarza put his arms on his back, making an official pose.

‘It seems there are some secrets in the ruins they would like to share with you.’