Chapter 315: Reunions at Last
"Well... I don’t actually know..." I said reservedly, as I didn’t know much about these spaces or about the covenant either.
"Oh... Maybe... Maybe we should start by getting out of here." I could feel Asty’s grips on
tighten, likely unsettled by our lack of surroundings and wanting to see Ash again.
And I shared the feeling of wanting to get out of here also. More so because I wanted to get so proper sleep more than anything, but also to finally end this Chapter of my life.
"Right. But could we delay transferring the God over to you? I don’t think I’m in any condition to do anything for the next couple of days after what I’ve been through."
Asty giggled lightly and said, "That’s okay, you take all the ti you need. I’ll probably just be with Ash the whole ti to make up for the ti we were apart, and as her apology to
also. So, I can wait"
"That’s good. Now... I’ll be honest, I have no idea on how to get out of here. Every ti I did, it was kind of just like falling asleep."
"Oh, maybe we should try that then." Asty suggested, and it was a great suggestion for the most part.
Except, "Maybe, but sotis I don’t rember it ever working like that before. I always just kind of left, as if so inconceivable ti limit had been reached."
"Oh..." Her enthusiastic mood deflated sowhat upon hearing that she was wrong, but I didn’t want her to be sad after everything.
So in an effort to cheer her up, I suggested we try her suggestion. "It can’t hurt to try. I only said what I said because it’s what I know to be true. Which isn’t to say your thod won’t work, just that I’ve never tried it before."
That managed to cheer her up as she stifled a sniffle and nodded, "Okay... thanks for always looking out for ."
She buried her face into my chest once again and began trying to go to sleep. I smiled and coddled her head, letting her rest her weary head wherever she wanted as I did the sa.
And soon, I drifted away into unconsciousness.
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When I next woke up I was back in my own body sohow, and as I opened my eyes, I saw Asty huddled up to , with Ash also curling up around the both of us.
I noticed that Ash was asleep, the barrier I set up was still there, aning that my body did indeed function just as I wanted it which was relieving. And the last thing I noticed was that Asty’s complexion had improved considerably and that her breathing had evened out.
Smiling widely and tiredly, I cancelled out all of the magic I was casting, causing the bed to fall to the floor with a considerable thud.
*Bang!*
I felt the bed fra creaking quite a bit the mont it landed on the floor, especially towards the left, which is the burned side. No matter, it was going to get replaced either way, what’s a little more damage gonna do?
I saw that the door was still off for so reason. Not sure why it hadn’t been replaced yet, or why they hadn’t even bothered taking the old one out yet as I could still see that on the floor also.
The mont I tried to sit up though, a wave of nausea crashed over
and I fell straight back down.
’Fuck... I think that took too much out of ...’ As I thought that, I noticed that Ash was waking up.
With a tired smile, I curled my lips triumphantly, signalling that I had done it. At least I think I have anyways. Hard to tell since Asty isn’t awake yet, but I have faith that she’ll wake up soon.
In the anti, I just want to go back to my own bed and go to sleep for like a week.
I tried to convey this to Ash, but it ca out poorly, and what I actually said was, "Sleeby... Wan... Beb..."
To which I passed out the mont I finished saying those words.
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(Astryza POV)
I had a weird dream about
being in so sort of dark abyss when big sis Tora ca to save , saying and promising so wild things. Good thing it was just a dream.
’That was a weird dream. I hope she ca back with Ash as she promised before she left. That would really make
happy.’
The dream ended and I started to wake up, feeling warm and fuzzy inside. Soone was hugging
into their chest. A rather familiar chest actually.
Opening my eyes I actually found myself inside of big sis Tora’s chest, her hands cradling my head and my back, our tails coiled together.
Lifting my head up I could see Ash lying next to us awake. I could see tears beginning to pour out of her eyes as she watched my rub my own eyes.
"Oh thank the Goddess you’re alive!" She lunged at , separating
from Tora’s upper half and tackling
onto the back of my bed, which felt stale now that I was paying attention to it.
But I couldn’t be bothered to focus on that as I started to cry alongside Ash as we embraced each other. I also untangled my tail from Tora so that I could wrap it around Ash’s instead, afraid to let her go.
The both of us just laid there for a while until soone ca in and spoke up, making us snap out of our crying trance.
"Oh thank the Gods the three of you are okay." It was David who let out a huge sigh of relief upon seeing the two of us mingling together.
Shortly after David ca in, several others arrived, naly the caretakers and a couple of Mystics who would investigate what happened here with their mystic powers.
Then there was the Duchess. Ash was on edge with her here and kept a hold of
tightly even after we left my room, which was a complete ss by the way.
It was covered in dark patches and scorch marks everywhere, and there were parts of it missing also, like the side of my bed had been partially erased along with other parts of the room.
Big sis Tora was then carried out of the room under the watchful eye of so old human lady I think? And taken back to her room to rest.
After that the Duchess took
away in private and had
interrogated to explain what happened.
When I said I didn’t really know what had happened, she threw
out in a huff and then did the sa thing to Ash.
Fortunately nothing bad happened to either of us and we were able to go back to the orphanage.
We got back and I was just assigned a new room entirely, as it was easier than having
move back in after it was repaired. As for all of my stuff, anything that had been destroyed had been replaced whilst anything else was then dumped unceremoniously into my new room.
I didn’t stay in there though, and instead decided to stay in Ash’s room for the foreseeable future for obvious reasons.
The mont we got back though, Ash started to explain everything.
From her origins and unnatural appearance, to why she left and what happened after, and how Tora had saved her and freed her from that abominable curse.
After everything was said, we got so dinner and went to bed in Ash’s room.
I couldn’t fall asleep though, not after everything that had happened today. It all just kind of washed over
from the mont that I woke up.
I wasn’t sure how to make heads or tails of any of it. As I was being interrogated by the Duchess, I ca to realise that that dream that I had about Tora making big promises wasn’t rely a dream, but sothing that actually happened.
The thought of having a God within
was both exhilarating and terrifying at the sa ti.
Not to ntion the fact that I got possessed by so evil entity, froze my room and nearly died.
As I laid there, Ash snuggling up next to , her breathing slow and rhythmic, all of the things I learned just started to truly sink into .
It was honestly unsettling to have all of that in my mind, and it likely wouldn’t be leaving my head in the coming days either.
’I don’t think I can sleep with all of this running around in my head. I also don’t really want to go back to school either, not in my current ntal state. I hope they can forgive my tardiness just a little longer.’
For the rest of the night, I just kind stared at the ceiling, all the way until morning when Ash started stirring awake.
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