...
[Nayun: He's fine. He's just having a bit of trouble standing up, but the doctors say that's normal, considering how long he's been in a coma. His body will gradually need to get used to everything that is natural for us. It's just that...]
Her voice carried a tone of happiness, relief at seeing her brother recovering, but also a slight worry hidden between the words.
[Theo: You're happy, but sothing's still bothering you, isn't it?]
She laughed softly, but this ti, there was a touch of hesitation, as if there was a silent fear growing inside her.
[Nayun: Of course I'm happy, he's my family... But at the sa ti, I feel strange.]
She paused briefly before continuing, her voice failing involuntarily.
[Nayun: I've spent so long without him around... When I was younger, he was always my base, my example. I wanted to be strong like him, to be reliable, soone everyone could rely on. But now that oppa is back... I realize that I've changed. I'm no longer the girl he rembered. I'm afraid that our relationship as siblings will beco awkward, like we're strangers trying to recognize each other again.]
A small sigh escaped his lips, mingling with his voice laden with feelings.
[Nayun: It's silly, isn't it?]
She laughed again, but this ti there was an obvious vulnerability. A knot of emotions that she didn't know how to untie.
And I could see her insecurity clearly.
Ti changes people, but in this case, ti only changed her. For Chae Jinyoon, it was as if he had slept for a few hours. In his mind, his sister was still the sa girl who always ran to him for help.
But...
[Theo: I think you're thinking too much. If there's one thing I'm sure of, it's that he must be very proud of you. Seeing that your sister has grown strong and moved on, even in his absence, must be sothing that makes him relieved and happy.]
[Nayun: Really? You think so?]
[Theo: Of course. Do you really think he's going to treat you differently just because things have changed?]
[Nayun: Yeah, you're right, Theo.]
After this mont of fragility, Nayun went back to his usual self, and we soon started talking about other subjects. But when the topic of conversation changed to the mysterious individual who killed the monsters in the Museum, his voice echoed louder with a sudden realization.
[Nayun: Ah! I knew it! I knew it was you! The lightning bolt I saw inside the museum had the sa colors as the one that appeared outside! And considering that you appeared soon after, it could only be you!]
[Theo: Mn! What a great detective my girlfriend is... She figured it all out...]
[Nayun: I'm sure I heard a sarcastic voice just now.]
[Theo: Never... Your impression... I'm just saying that you've hit the nail on the head with your judgnt.]
Just as possibly everyone who watched the filming should also know by now...
[Nayun: Humn! I know... Ah! I rembered sothing! Did you see what happened earlier?]
I'm pretty sure she's talking about when I used my magic to move the sun...
[Theo: What? I didn't see anything...]
There was no need to reveal that to her.
[Nayun: It was a total uproar. Even my grandfather was scared when he saw the sun moving like that. It was incredibly frightening, for a mont I thought it was the end of the world.]
It was obvious that everyone would be alard.
< I Gneas> is a spell that transcends distances, allowing the user to grab and hold onto anything, no matter how far away it is. A magic that essentially promised the universe in the palm of my hand. With it, I could grab countless things at the sa ti, moving them in different directions, I could even grab stars that were billions of light years away from earth, and most incredible of all, I didn't even need to use my hands, a truly frightening magic for anyone who didn't know it.
[Theo: Oh, what a sha, I wanted to see it too.]
Nayun: Don't you find that scary? I an, nobody knows why it happened.]
I laughed softly as I moved away from the smartwatch so she couldn't hear.
[Theo: It depends on the perspective. If I saw it, I'd think it was amazing.]
She was silent for a mont, reflecting on my words. Then she sighed.
[Nayun: Even so, it's still sothing that's completely outside what we know as normal, the sun just moving like that, sothing's not right.]
[Theo: The world stopped being normal a long ti ago, Nayun. This is just more proof of that.]
She didn't answer, she just listened to in silence.
[Nayun: Theo, you seem pretty calm about it, huh! I wonder if...]
She was about to question , but before she could say anything, a voice sounded in the background.
[Nayun: Theo, my father is calling for dinner. Maybe before I go to bed, I'll text or call you.]
[Theo: Sure, go on... In the anti, I'm going to watch a movie with Miss Loneliness.]
[Nayun: Idiot!]
She let out a giggle before hanging up, and I stood there, staring at the smartwatch for a second.
The apartnt fell silent again.
'Urg! I guess I'm just not used to her sleeping with ...'
I threw myself on the sofa, picking up the TV remote and turning it on without much pretension. The screen flashed, showing repeated news reports about the incident at the museum, crazy theories about the Sun moving, experts trying to explain the inexplicable.
[A gravitational anomaly?]
One of them suggested, looking as lost as anyone.
I changed the channel, looking for sothing...
Movies.
Series.
Ani.
Nothing held my attention.
Loneliness was an old companion, but today it seed more... Present. Perhaps because, for the first ti in a long ti, I had soone to miss.
About 20 minutes later, the clock vibrated.
And a ssage from Nayun arrived...
[Nayun: My father made ran to celebrate Jinyoon's return. You should see how much pepper he put in. Even oppa's afraid to eat it].
The attached photo showed an almost criminally red bowl with a piece of at floating like an SOS in a sea of pepper.
'Oh, so the father-in-law has that side...'
The ssage made laugh alone on the sofa, as I rembered a scene almost exactly like it that happened to when I was a child.
After the brief mory, I typed the ssage and sent it.
[Theo: That's not food, that's a war cri. Is your father trying to kill his own son the first day he cos ho?]
....
[Tuesday's combat training, exploring the labyrinth]
Inside a dark cave artificially created by Cube, Hazuki and I, mbers of team 10, were in the middle of our combat training.
The air inside the cave was dense, charged with the sll of damp earth and dark attribute mana.
Darkness enveloped everything, swallowing up even the chance of seeing anything.
"Hazuki-san, are you afraid of the dark?"
I asked as I noticed my blouse being tugged slightly.
"No, I'm not afraid of the dark, Theo-kun. It's just that I don't want to risk getting lost in the darkness and getting in your way."
I turned my face and looked at her, her expression completely contradicting her words.
We were in an artificial dungeon designed from a dark labyrinth. The aim of the training was to break through the maze full of undead monsters and reach the center of the labyrinth.
As the mist was created through the mana of darkness, even the heroes would find it difficult to light up or see in the cave.
"Well, I don't like the dark either..."
Even though I could see clearly in the midst of all this, Hazuki was having trouble, and like the good teammate I was, I decided to clear things up.
My eyes glowed, and a shape similar to an arcane seal appeared covering my pupils.
The effect was quick, it didn't even last a second...
As soon as the mana and magic formulas were seen by my eyes, all the dark mana began to disappear, as if they were being denied existence.
"Eh?! Why is the dark mana gone?"
As a Cube cadet, even if she didn't occupy a high rank, Hazuki's magical senses quickly noticed the change of environnt around us.
"Let's get going. There are a lot of undead ahead..."
I nodded in the direction of the corridor, where it was now possible to almost clearly see the silhouettes of ard skeletons moving around.
Hazuki looked at , then at the not-so-lit path, but visible enough now, and finally released my blouse.
"Ah... of course. Let's go."
She didn't ask.
And I didn't have to explain.
....
Curiosity: Anos learned, mastered and created almost all the magics of Mythical Ivy, yes even Sacred Magics, which are usually only used by humans...
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