Chapter 55
Kael POV
Why is is so dark? I can see nothing other than that black thing… but… somehow, I feel comfortable with me having this black most. It was as if… they are hugging me and making me feel like I am not alone…
Hello? Is there anyone out there?
Even if… I have this dark thing with my side… I feel like… something is missing…
And there… the one that I was wishing for… someone grant it to me.
That light… that bright white light shining as it reaches me… somehow, I don't feel any fright. It feels… warm… I want to chase that warmth…
Reaching it with my hand, I run and run to reach it. But I fell. Falling on the ground, I look at the light…
Being sad that it might go away and I would have no chance to reach it… it was… strange…
Why do I feel like, the light was waiting for me? We may not be that close to each other, I can't even reach it even if I bend my hands but…
Strangely..
The light was there waiting for me. As I stand up, it then started to move. But… just like before, it didn't leave me. It was as if… the light was guiding me…
And there, as soon as I reach it, there are more lights that welcomed me. They are not scary at all… even my shadows allowed them to be with me…
That light… I will surely treasure it… for it was my savior… it was the one that helped me see other things than the black darkness…
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“Kiel? How are you? Do you need anything? Is there some thing you want to eat? Do you need water?”
“Kheina?”
He soon wakes up, thankfully it wasn't that bad. Now that I think about it… aren't I having a weird known personality now?
Just… why don't I feel scared even after knowing that I would be hurt by getting the wounds that Kiel had?
Shaking my head, I smiled as I see hat Kiel seems to be getting much better. He wasn't as cold as what his body was the time we went here.
Just thinking about that time, I was shocked that he may have lost his life already!
Luckily that wasn't the case.
“Kiel, the next time you have wounds… do tell us, alright? Just look what happened to you. Not saying anything wouldn't change a thing. It would be better to say it out loud or else no one would know that you need help. The next time you feel like needing help of others, do not be shy to ask for it. Some things are better be solved with someone. You can never fix something alone. Not all things can be fixed by one person. You get what I mean?“
Smiling at me, he seems to be more better now. Good… I was really worried after all…
”Yes“ he answered with his face showing a smile.
That is right, after all.. I learned my lessons already. Tho, it would really look a bid bad to be asking help constantly but, it is not as if I am not being of help to them. Right.
Life is a cycle, just like a flower and a bee. It is a give and take situation. Asking help is not bad…
And helping others.. Surely isn't bad
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Leisya POV
'Help… Brother… help me…'
I have no idea why they took me here. The only thing I know is that… I can no longer have the chance to get out of this place. Everything is… set to trap me.
My mind… I can't help my body to move. I was stuck… it was as if… I lose control with my body.
Shring
Strangely… there was this odd feeling that I felt. It was as if… something was put within me… as if.. Something I have no idea what it was is now part of me.
I am scared…
I can see nothing at all…
It is cold….
It is dark…
I feel so lonely…
It was as if… I came back to the past… those times that, I had no power to fight back. Just like before… they are bullying me. I can do nothing about it…
I don't want this… brother… help me…
Brother…
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”Is everything set?“
All of us our now heading in the place that was described in the quest. Just like before, we all have the same daily quest. If before, we are tasked to fight the higher ups of the understandable building, right now we are set to go in the are of where the central of the academy way.
The academy was wide. That the part on where we went just yesterday is nothing but it's front yard.
Who know why there are hologram and illusion screens installed in that are. The only thing we are sure of is that…
Once there was a plants, it would be good to but it in an instant. After all, that was the key why we are still alive now.
Although we also learned one thing
That is… to not trust other people.
Even tho we didn't give any trust to those students that was later on known as robots. That doesn't change the fact that I was an idiot person to be a rabbit walking with a stick of carrot.
We are basically a mouse in a lions den back there.
And who is it at fault?
Yes… it was none other than this great and honorable me.
Wanting to laugh at myself for talking to my mind like this, we started to go in our journey.
After all, we have no problem with going there. Our body fully covered with new clothes and equipment that is fair enough to use to be of help, we also let our guard up in the max level.
Just as what the old saying describes, there is nothing more scarier than an enemy who have a control in the game
Looking up in the sky, I saw some birds flying. Isn't is a reasonable thing for me to say that this day can be lucky?
Although I knew for sure that those birds are crows… species that are waiting for dead people or animal to became their meal
No matter what happens.. It would be nice if we can get out of here alive. I did tell Saypher some notes about how to defeat Mors Magnus but… the fact that I still haven't said the real origin of this world…
I wonder if I can even tell this to him…
IKINOBIRU
A game where the main objective of the player was to be alive. To live and to survive. With the gameplay showing lots of scenarios where you can face death, a game that shows how cruel the world can be… the only thing that everyone can hope for was to live for yet another day.
Leveling up in order to be strong. Strong enough to face enemies that the system would give to you, indeed, this game gives you free will to act but in the end, the game was the one controlling you and not the other way around.
After giving some time to think about it, I just realized this things. That… in this world…
You may have freedom but it is limited. You may have free will but that doesn't change the fact that you must do things that the system says. Not because you want to do it but because they want you to do it for them.
Playing a game… or the game playing you?
I can't really tell…
But maybe I can find my answer if I keep playing my part. Even if I wasn't meant to be here… even if I did some changes in the game… like where Fiolle wasn't supposed to be here… and like when I wasn't supposed to be here with them.
”This is the gate… the entrance that shows the path on where we must go“
Looking at each other, there was nothing new in what we are about to do. To face different things in just our everyday life, this kind of time facing yet another enemy is nothing new to us.
Indeed… I want to curse that person who ever did it. If he have courage the should play this damn game and put his life at stake to know how bad he was to create a thing as scary as this!
Just who would want to live a day only to put your life in line?!! This game was insane. I can't believe I even wished to be inside of this game…
Maybe some things aren't really meant to be wished for. After all.. Not all the things we wished is something we truly wants… hah
I may have wished to be in a would like the game of IKINOBIRU but… now that I realize what it was to be here…
I can't really tell whether it was really what I wanted…
The sound of the door opening was heard as Saypher finished unlocking the door.
With this… our day will start with yet another… awesome— no, awful fate to face.
”Let's go”
