Chapter 80 79. Reminiscence.

After she found the bike.

"Eshwar! Hold on(?)" She said and noticed he was just slumped on the back seat of the bike, his body oozed out killing intent and bright purple mana coated around him.

BOOOOOUUUUNNNNGGGGGHH

Another ripple formed in the night sky, and mana density began to rise noticeably, accompanied by a slow but steady rise in pressure caused by all the dense mana in the air.

".... If it goes on like this, then normal people of this world will die!" She mumbled while her memories of the past and present were still forming a place in her mind, which perplexed her to no end.

Now, she only had Eshwar to rely on, and she knew him well enough to put her trust in him at all times.

"Well, I don't think this life is any better or worse than my previous one." She said as she sat on the bike.

".... This.... Haa...really?" She mumbled and jogged her memories in an attempt to find an alternative to her situation, but she came up empty-handed.

VROOOM

With a flushed face, she started the bike and returned her gaze to Eshwar, who was simply slumped on the seat, leaning against Isha's back. She grabbed Eshwar's hands, pulled forward, made him hug her, and checked to see if he was in an uncomfortable position before sitting down, placing her hands on the bike handle, and drove towards sector two before noticing that his hands had slid down and now rested near her belly button.

"Ha!?" she exclaimed in surprise and glanced back at Eshwar.

VROOM

"... E-Eshwar? A-are y-yu-you awake?" she asked stuttering but was met with silence as Eshwar's head rested on her back with a comfortable look on his face.

".... Somebody, he-help me!" she mumbled and drove faster as her body heated up making Eshwar more comfortable in the process.

'It's gonna be a long night for me...' she inwardly cried.

".... Guh!" Eshwar groaned in pain and his body started to turn cold.

"Huh?" she dismissed her thoughts and drove faster.

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Eshwar's body had turned as cold as a block of ice, and his cold body had hurt and burned Isha's skin; if it hadn't been for the clothes she was wearing, the blood on her back would have frozen because he had rested on her back.

"Ack!" Isha gritted her teeth and rode towards the spot she fought the Orc warrior. She needed sheer willpower to resist her bodily instincts and shake Eshwar off her back.

VRO-VROOOM

She came to a halt, got down, and noticed that a massive snake had formed from all the killing intent he had released; its scales were a mix of blood red, black, deep blue, and deep purple, but the purple colour was more dominant than the other colours from the previous time. Last time, the colours appeared to be in harmony, but this time they appeared to have merged and formed a deep violet.

However, a white snake that had slithered and wrapped itself around his neck was more dominant than the giant snake formed by his murderous intent.

"Grr..." Eshwar let out a low growl.

Isha now noticed that his fingers had turned into claws, but they were black and twitched uncontrollably before abruptly halting, lit in bright golden flame like hue and burned everything black until his hands turned to clear light blue crystal-like claws and returned to normal, and his body released cold air as his body returned to normal from that of a cold one.

"Eshwar!" Isha called out and held his hand.

"Arg!?" Eshwar groaned, holding his head.

"Are you alright? Do you need a potion? Does it hurt somewhere? Do I have to call someone? Sh*t, I brought you here thinking it would help you, it's all my faul-" Isha began blaming herself for being confused by her memories of the past and for not being able to protect him from the divine beings, for not asking him to stop when some things didn't seem to be going right before Eshwar cut her short.

"Frist, I'm alright. Second, ask one question at once. Third, no, I don't need a potion. Fourth, no, it doesn't hurt anywhere. Fifth, no, you don't have to call someone. Sixth, I asked you to bring me to sector one not sector two. So now, how is that any of your fault?" Eshwar answered to all of her questions and asked.

"Thank you! Thank you for being alive!" Isha hugged him tightly and started to sob.

"Um, yes, thank you and your hug is..... comfortable (?) but you didn't answer my question yet." Eshwar said and returned the embrace with a flushed face.

'Huh? Why is his body getting hot?' she thought and pushed herself back to look at Eshwar and noticed that his face had turned into a red tomato.

'Oh! That's what he meant by comfortab-' Isha stopped her thoughts with a flushed face and understood why he returned her hug in a bit awkward manner.

"S-sorry, I didn't mea.... No, I didn't realiz....W-well, s-sorry anyway." She said stuttering.

"...."

"...."

".... Anyway, my question's answer?" Eshwar asked after a brief moment of awkwardness.

"Huh? Yes, no, I mean no." She answered.

"..... And now, here's my next question." Eshwar said with serious face, looking at her in the eye.

"Yes." She nodded and let him continue.

"You..... Who are you?" Eshwar asked as he stared at her with a desperate and worried face.

"Huh?" Isha stared at him, thinking of the worst possible outcome as tears welled up in her eyes.

'Did he lose his memories as soon as I gained mine? Don't I have another chance in this life? Did he forgot our, though insignificant, moments together? We haven't even started dating and our ship started to sink? I swear, I'll kill those divine beings! Can't I help him? Can't I hold on to him? Can't I-" Isha's thoughts were cut short by Eshwar who raised his hand to stop her.

"..." Eshwar just stared at her in a puzzled expression.

".... Eshwar! It's me Isha, don't you remember m-" Isha started to ask confirmation but was cut short again.

"Stop! What the heck are you talking about? I asked because you are somehow related to my condition." Eshwar said perplexed by the situation.

"Huh? Eh? Didn't you forget who I am?" Isha asked and appeared to be more puzzled than Eshwar was.

"What? Why the hell would I forget 'my interest'?" Eshwar asked, bit his tongue and blushed violently.

"Eh? Thank you?" Isha thanked Eshwar and tilted her head.

"Eh?" Isha exclaimed after understanding what he said and she, too, blushed violently.