The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Klaus appeared in Jason’s mind space, arriving in a large house.

The plan was to enter Jason’s mind and help wake him up from his trauma and pain, for the longer he stayed comatose, the more dangerous it became.

It was a world of imagination created by Jason’s mind. Klaus most certainly didn’t know what to expect, so he started to observe.

Slowly, weeks began passing, which turned into months, and then years went by. Klaus was observing Jason’s emotions and trauma in a form of memory he kept replaying over and over again.

In what appeared to be sixteen years, Klaus saw Jason’s mother give Jason a small box.

This box brought back some memories for Klaus.

It was the same box his mother had given him when she bought the medicine for the awakening. So when he saw this, he knew what had happened.

It was even clear from the way Jason was smiling.

Klaus could tell he was very happy, considering he had been training with the sword for many months before he turned sixteen, just like how Klaus used to sneak peeks back in Ross Academy.

He continued to watch as Jason drank the medicine and awakened his class and element. Naturally, his mother was around the training ground where he was awakening, for it was just the two of them.

However, a few seconds into the awakening, Jason’s eyes turned purple, and a beam shot from them, piercing his mother’s heart.

The moment that happened, Klaus felt the air around him grow heavy. It was like a sudden grief descended on the space, making him feel Jason’s pain in that moment.

Even he felt his chest tighten, watching the young man mistakenly kill his own mother. The trauma was immediate. Klaus knew this could not be helped easily.

“His pain runs deep. How can a child recover from this?” he thought, continuing to watch as Jason tried everything to wake his mother, but nothing worked.

Then Jason decided never to become a warrior. He gave up and was prepared to live out the rest of his days as a commoner.

But that didn’t happen. When his father found out what had happened, he kicked him out and left him to fend for himself.

So, on top of his grief over his mother’s death and the coldness he received from his own family, he was forced to overcome his pain by hiding it and continuing to move on.

It was like placing layers of bandages over his pain and betraying the commitment he had made to himself. This was all his mind was going through now.

He felt like he had betrayed his mother. The guilt from it, the trauma, and the idea of going against his own wishes, Klaus knew it was what was driving him deep into his sorrow.

After a while, his mind fractured, and a new scene appeared again from when Jason was young. This was his mind replaying the same scene.

Klaus lived through this memory again until he knew where to go.

He moved out of the house to a small stream just a few meters away from their home. It was where Klaus saw Jason and his mother go almost every weekend.

When he was a couple of meters away, he stopped as his gaze fell on Jason, who was crying in front of a tombstone.

In his mind, that was where he buried his mother. It was also where he buried the pain so he could move on.

After observing the scene for a while, Klaus approached and sat beside him. He placed his hand on his shoulder, reassuring him that he was there for him.

Klaus didn’t speak. He just sat there, watching the tombstone.

“She was beautiful,” he suddenly said with a big sigh.

“I killed her,” Jason said, causing Klaus to feel his body shaking under his hold. The emotion washing through Jason’s body was just too much.

It was even effective on Klaus, who was usually strong-willed against many emotions thanks to his unshakable mind.

Klaus didn’t know how to approach this. He hadn’t killed his mother before, so consoling someone who had felt random to him.

Yet when he heard Jason say he killed her, something snapped in him that made Klaus start speaking.

“You didn’t kill her. It was a mistake, and you wouldn’t have been able to do anything about how it happened. Or are you saying you intentionally killed her?”

“No,” Jason replied in a heartbeat.

“Then this was all an accident. So while you might feel like you must own your guilt, I don’t see it that way. You were just sixteen and had gotten an ability that wasn’t meant to be given to a child.

If anything, you should ask yourself why you continue moving on. You claimed you killed your mother and even vowed never to touch a weapon again.

However, when I met you, you were the leader of a powerful faction in one of the most prestigious warrior academies in the whole world.

That is not the life of someone who wants to end their warrior career. From my perspective, you wanted to keep moving forward and forever carry her in your memory and heart.

We all have our down times. Trust me, I have regrets that I want to rectify one day, so when I tell you that blaming yourself isn’t the way forward, believe me.

Your mother would be sad knowing you couldn’t move forward in her absence. So instead of being sad, you should keep moving forward, and one day, trust me when I say you can meet her again.

The path you are walking is full of surprises. It may look sad now, but it will be joyful one day.

So stop blaming yourself. Instead, embrace who you are and accept all of yourself. The moment you do that, you will realize that a mother’s love can trump everything else, including pain, guilt, and sorrow.”

Klaus had witnessed his mother die twice already, saving him, so he truly meant it when he said he had regrets.

This also made his words come out authentic. Because of this, an invisible energy, or more like an influence, caused Jason’s emotions to slow down.

“Can I really move on like this?” he asked.

“You indeed can. All you have to do is accept everything about you. Accept your emotions, your abilities, and your ambitions.

I’m not saying you should forget about them. No, you have to accept them and make them a part of you. Trust me, you have been holding yourself back for years now.

When you come to terms with your emotions, everything will become clear. When that happens, you will know what a great gift your mother was to you and how she can still be while in your heart.”

Klaus stood up and extended his hand for Jason to take. After a few internal struggles, he accepted and stood up.

“Take your time. I will be here for you.” Jason nodded and closed his eyes as his tears started to seep out.

However, as the tears continued falling, they started changing color from liquid silver to purple.

On the outside, the ice dome Klaus created around Jason’s unconscious body exploded, and the clouds began to darken.