Chapter 01 - What If...
“Yo Udin, what happened to you last night? I heard you broke your girlfriend again. as expected from a top class playboy, you don't know the word restraint huh.”
“Bryan, actually what do you want to do in here, huh? every time rumors about me circulate you always come to my room just to bother me, right?”
At this time I, Hajime Udin, was in my room accompanied by a friend who had often been with me since I first entered the university, Bryan Junior. while Bryan was reading a manga, I turned a few pages of the fashion magazine I bought at the store a few hours ago.
Like what Bryan said before, I just ended a relationship with my girlfriend about 8 hours ago. Whatever rumors like that were circulating about me, I could already imagine it. as Bryan said, my friends in my campus called me an accomplished playboy. this is due to me who always ends the relationship with my girlfriend no more than 3 months. for me chasing a woman is more fun than when they date me. even though I say it's fun, it doesn't mean that I understand what love or liking means to the opposite sex. but one thing I know, I just like when I chase them. that's all, not more or less. maybe if I have to equate it, that feeling is more like when you play hide-and-seek and only you who still have not been found.
“Hey udin ?! why are you suddenly smiling proudly like that? for some reason I feel disgusted when I see you like that, so please stop that disgusting smile.”
“Shut up, I just admire my good looks. for some reason I feel guilty for having good looks that make a lot of girls lined up to date me.”
“Seriously, have you just hit your head? not that I don't understand what you say ... it's just that I'm trying to ignore that, so please stop that disgusting smile. and don't look at me like you see strange things, the only strange thing here is you.”
“What do you mean by disgusting? my smile is an undeniable beauty. my smile was a very expensive work of art.”
“All right, forget about all my words, whatever I say to you is useless, in the end you are just a narcissistic fool.”
Once again, my room was quiet again. the only sound that was heard was the page from the manga that Bryan read and the magazine I read. but not long after that, Bryan closed the manga he read, suddenly he invited me to watch a movie that has good ratings and feedback. the movie has the title The heroes of arsenial.
As I looked at various types of the latest fashion trends, Bryan gave a synopsis about the movie. it looks like the movie tells about the journey of a noble boy who eventually becomes a hero who saves the world. the boy fought with various factions ranging from demon kings, black dragons and angels. really a very ordinary story. I honestly don't understand what is good about a movie that has a storyline that is easy to guess like that.
As I continued to look at the magazine, Bryan started playing the movie from the laptop he was carrying. the story begins when the boy is still in the magic academy. from what the narrator says, it looks like the boy is around 14 or 15 years old.
“So ... how about the epilogue of this movie?”
“Huh, what are you saying? 20 minutes just passed and you have asked for spoilers from this movie.”
“It looks like the ending of this movie is very unexpected. in the forum they said this movie ended quite tragically. they said in the end the royal princess married a red-haired boy but because the boy had sacrificed his whole body to seal his enemy he lost all his ability to act and make decisions, in other words he ended up as an empty shell. seriously, what's interesting about this movie?”
“What The--!!! Why did you suddenly give a spoiler of the whole story of this movie even though just 30 minutes passed. Can't you see someone else enjoying the movie. shut up and watch!”
After Bryan said this, I finally watched the movie. at first this movie tells the daily life of a boy at the magic academy. but after a series of important events occurred, in the end the child formed a contract with the six elemental emperors and at that moment his fate changed drastically. starting from being chosen as the candidate representing the academy for the battle between the magic academies and eventually becoming the champion until he was chosen to be one of the ten strongest people in the entire magic academy. really a very predictable start.
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After the incident, the boy was finally sent with the seven chosen men to save the world from the attack of the demon king. when the story entered this stage, there had been a time skip for 3 years, in other words when he had graduated from the magic academy. at this time, it was seen that the boy had a romantic relationship with the silver-haired girl. The movie is told if the journey from the hero group passes through various obstacles to arrive at the demon king's castle and that's where the peak war occurs. when this happened, the battle scene began to become very interesting because it missed a bit from my guess. what happened was everything was chaotic due to the arrival of the black dragon which eventually triggered the emergence of angels so there was a fight between the 4 camps to determine the fate of the world.
But like a movie in general, the mainstream scene always happens. this time it was a scene where a soldier who felt frightened and ran away scuttled out of the formation lineup. but one thing that was a little strange was that the soldier had been seriously injured. although it's not too clear but one thing I believe in, characters seem to have a terrible ending. sure enough, when he managed to get out of line somehow he seemed to be silent for a while and as if to say something but, who cares ... in the end the soldier was burned down after being hit by a black fire magic that suddenly headed right at him. seriously, what the soldier did made me laugh a little.
Not long after the cheap scene, the fight arrived at the climax where at this point 4 of the 7 people accompanying the red-haired boy had ended tragically. not only that, even the silver-haired princess was highlighted as having been injured and was on the verge of death. really curious scenes. Will there be another death or is that sacrifice enough to open the future in this movie? at least that feeling is what I feel right now. but I immediately knew it. the next scene that happened was when the red-haired boy called for elemental emperors who controlled time and space by making himself as a payment to borrow the legendary elemental emperor's power. Sure enough, it caused the demon king, black dragon, and angel to be sealed inside the red-haired boy's body and this was the end of the movie. however, after the credit is finished a final scene is shown where the red-haired boy marries a silver-haired princess who is waving their hands. but one thing is certain, this is not a pleasant ending because the boy's expression is empty like a theater puppet that has lost the string to move.
Really, what an unpleasant ending. but I'm serious if the scene where the final war takes place is really great and exciting.
“wait, it's already 3 o'clock in the morning? I have to go to bed immediately because at 6:30 a.m. I have to come first and give a report for my advanced psychology course.”
When I closed my eyes, I somehow felt my body was floating in the air but at the same time it felt heavy.
That night, I had a dream. not a dream about myself but a dream about a boy who lives his life very normally. like a movie that is playing, I can only watch scene after scene displayed before me. but one strange thing is that I can't hear anything said by the boy. like a popular silent movie a few decades ago. Until one time I heard a voice. a voice that seemed to be full of regret whispered right in my ears.
[What if… at that times I’m Talk with her]
[What if… at that time I don’t feel embarassed]
[What if… at that time I Try my hardest to reach her]
[What if… at that time I can break a Status Cap between me and her]
[What if… at that time I don’t see her smiling face]
All the series of sounds that I have heard have a similarity, that is, everything starts with the words "What if". every time this voice whispered in my ear, the sight before me always fixed on a silver-haired girl. a girl who is none other than a royalty who becomes the main female actor in the movie "The Hero of Arsenial". the whole whisper seemed to contain regret related to the silver haired girl. several times the voice whispered a story that tells of a boy who likes a daughter born to a family who has immense power, is idolized by many people, and has a good personality that is loved by others. while the boy does not have all of these things. he was born into a family that was mediocre, had no influence whatsoever, and did not stand out like the girl.
[What if… at that time I put my effort to join the strongest party]
[What if… at that time I learn some of sword technique]
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Hear various sounds that tell a variety of circumstances that only end in wishful thinking makes my head feel dizzy. as if the sound was trying to break into my mind to make me grant all requests under the "What If" condition. the voice continued to ring in my mind.
Not long after my head feels like it will break, I finally hear the voice whispering something that is not preceded by the words "What if". the whisper was heard by me after the scene before me turned into a battlefield. The scene where that will make me think again,--
[At least ... I can become a meat shield for her. for the girl I had liked since 8 years ago, Princess Revita Elfrina. Haaa ~ I hope I can tell my feelings to her. I really want to say that I really like her smile at that time, it is so cute after all]
--why I laughed and was fed up with a cheap scene where a soldier was exposed to black fire magic that killed him instantly.