Gourmet Emperor: Master Of Culinary World 65 No Secret Between Us

"Henry, what is that thing in your hand? I never see something like that in my life"

"It's recorder, master. Something to record what we've done before"

I open the storage file and open the video of his swordplay and play it. Then I show the video to the man. When the man shows the video, his face becomes pale and he starts to retreat step by step backward like scared of something

"That…that…thing..is…is…ca…cat…catch…mm..mmy,,,my soul. Who…who..ar.. are you…Henry?"

"Master? If this thing catches your soul, you're no longer standing there, right? This is just image of your swordplay that recorded here"

Actually, I want to laugh, but I hold it tightly to honor that man who already becomes my sword master.

"Rr…re..really?"

"Of course, master. Look, I turn it off"

I stop the video and his image no longer showed on the screen. The man looked relieved and takes a deep breath before walks to me and start questioning me

"Henry, who are you? How come you have a magic item like that? Where do you get that item? Do you have relation with the grandmaster magician? Are you a magician too?"

His questions come out from his mouth like a broken dam. I don't know which one to answer first because his question is too many.

"Master, you ask too many questions. I can't answer it all at once. Can you ask one by one?"

"Ah right, forgive me. I'm too surprised with that thing in your hand and almost forget my manners. Let's start with, who are you?"

"In here, I'm Henry Harvard, the son and sole heirs of Baron John Harvard from Harvard territory in Erathia Kingdom"

"Erathia Kingdom? Never hear of it when I'm still alive. But you say, in here, do you mean you come from another place?"

"My soul is transferred here and occupying Henry Harvard's body when he dies due to an accident. In my previous life, my name is Ikki Isaku and I live in j.a.pan. I also die there because of fall into an abyss"

I decide to tell him the truth about what happened to me. Well, he's a spirit, he can't tell that to the people, right? So I have nothing to hide from him.

"j.a.pan….Hmm, I never heard any place like that when I alive. Soul transfer, that's interesting…and you say you fall into an abyss?"

"Yes, master, that's the way I'd die in my previous world"

"And that thing in your hand that can record images…is that also from your previous world?"

"Yes, master, it's a thing that I carried when I die"

"Hmm…how come you still carrying something when you die, while I can't…Henry, or should I call you Ikki?"

"Just call me Henry, master. I already used to it"

"Alright, Henry. I don't know much about magic although I have a magic sword before, it's a gift from a great grandmaster magician. You know magician at that level can manipulate time and s.p.a.ce right? This is just my guessing, but maybe the abyss where you falls is not an abyss but a portal"

I'm stunned hearing what he said. A portal? So, I'm not actually dead in the abyss? A spark of hope lite in my heart, maybe I can return to my previous world

"Master, how can you guessing like that?"

"Because I see how the great grandmaster magician takes Heaven Scourge. He makes something like a black vortex and inserted his hand inside that vortex and when he pulls his hand, he already holds that sword in his hand. But maybe that portal can't accommodate human flesh, which makes only your soul and belonging that arrive here. To live, a soul needs a body, maybe when you arrive, the real soul of Henry Harvard also dies and your soul can occupy his body as a vessel"

"Master, that is an interesting theory, but I need to see that great grandmaster magician to ensure this theory. Do you think that great grandmaster magician still alive now?"

"I don't know Henry, I already died a long time ago. Magician usually have a longer lifespan, but I don't know how long they have"

"I understand master. Maybe if I'm lucky I can meet with one disciple of that magician and get information about that"

"So, that thing in your hand, is that magic item or not?"

"In my previous world, it's only ordinary item, Master. But maybe in this world, it could be considered as a magic item, because there's no item that can record images like that, right?"

"Hmm, you're right. Is that mean you're also not a magician?"

"No, I'm not, Master. I don't know anything about magic at all"

We still in the middle of a conversation when I see his body start to fade. I ask him with worry

"Master! What happens to your body? You're fading"

"Oh s.h.i.+t, I'm spending too much time in here. It's time for us to say goodbye, Henry. My time is up"

"Wait, master, you haven't told me your name"

"Right, my name may be already forgotten by people, still I must tell you my name. my name is Dunharm McClouds. Remember that name, Henry"

After he mentions his name, his body finally vanished from my sight. The place that originally bright also start to dimmed and become dark.