I didn't have any more leads, so I just walked around. Maybe I shouldn't have acted on such haste. It would have been more practical to learn more about the legends first. And yet I neglected all that. I walked around like a withered tree.
That's when I saw a familiar face. It was a face, I wanted to forget but I couldn't. It was also the face that haunted for the longest of tis. She was just standing there in the middle of the road. She looked at , her expression emotionless.
My heartbeat accelerated faster than sound. I breathed as though I didn't have my lungs. I scread as though I had lost my mind. I might as well have. "Alicia!"
However, she didn't even look at and went inside an alley. Maybe she is just a lookalike. I consoled myself but couldn't control my emotions.
"Hey! Wait!" I followed: more like barely managed to stay on my feet. The alleyway was dark and felt sowhat isolated from reality. I could feel the bloodlust in the air. In fact, the air slled of fresh blood. But sothing else was on my mind. "What are you doing here? How!?"
The person in front of was a red-haired girl with average looks, good intelligence, and whom I long thought to be DEAD. She had bright brown eyes with large pupils. She was also my younger sister. "…"
At first, she was silent. After a brief pause, she burst into laughter. A laugh so sinister that I began to doubt my senses. "You're not her, are you?" She's dead… she's dead… she's dead…this can't be… she isn't real! Although I appeared calm on the outside, I was breaking apart on the inside.
"Took you long enough!" she said and burst into laughter again.
Just from the laugh it was clear this person was not my sister. Besides, she had died three years ago. None of this made any sense.
"Who are you?" I controlled my emotions.
It wasn't a normal situation. My sister was dead but she died back in my world. Soone couldn't possibly pretend to be her, not in this world, without actually knowing her from before. That ant the person in front of knew my sister in my own world. And therefore it was clear that she knew I was not from this world. Which consequently ant that she had the answers I was seeking.
"Oh! You forgot already?" She transford into sothing that resembled the demon that attacked in the sacred forest. Honestly, I was glad that this thing wasn't my long-dead sister. So you're the twin of that monster.
I needed answers. "How did you imitate her?"
She giggled around. "Hmm… how I wonder?"
"Stop playing dumb!"
"There's no need to shout!" The demon teased.
I knew getting all heated up would get nowhere. So I played cool and tried to control the situation. If I play my cards right, I might be able to get at least so answers from her. "What do you want? Why are you here?"
"Don't worry; I have not co to take you back this ti."
Not here to get ? Then why? It didn't make sense. These sisters ca after twice already and all they wanted was to take to their country or sothing. But this ti this one wasn't here to take ? Which ant, it had sothing else on its mind.
"I have co to end you for once and for all," she chuckled. "My lord has lost interest in you. But after how much disrespect you showed, it would truly be a pity to let you live. And you have no idea how much humiliation I've suffered because of you and my sister." Her voice slowly turned violent.
You should bla your sister for that, not . I had already drawn my sword. The new sword and armor gave new confidence.
"Don't think it will end like that ti…." The demon gave a solid glare. I could spit back those words right back at you. The feeling was mutual, I suppose.
She had a similar weapon like her twin but only in appearance. This particular weapon was a spear. Still black in color and it reeked of death.
She ca swinging. I prepared for the worst while hoping for the best. I'd recovered but my skills were not enough to go on toe to toe with sothing like this monster. I had to win this with intelligence, not with brute force. If I could just lure her out then the guards-
But before she could co even a single ter close to , the sky turned black. Ti slowed and there was a shadow behind her. A shadow so sinister, my initial instincts were to get down on my knees and beg for a reason which I didn't yet know. My feet shook on their own and I almost groveled at my feet.
The shadow appeared instantly and I could vaguely make out a shape. The female demon sweated as she appeared to be paralyzed. The sa pattern again? Which ant that hooded guy was here?
"B-But… W-why…" she managed. She couldn't turn. Although her skin wasn't all that colorful, it turned rather pale.
Then there was silence. Or perhaps the world was so afraid of this shadowy figure that it forgot to make any sound.
"You've served your purpose. Both of you are a letdown. Why couldn't you have been more like the third?" Words poured out of nowhere. They were human words but not the shadow's. I looked around for the source and saw a small kid at the road, dazed: the words had co out of the kid's mouth but those weren't his. The shadow impaled the demon from behind and then gazed upon . "This is a rude way to et but let us begin." The kid's trance broke and he ran away screaming tearing the flesh of his face.
Now there were only two of us face to face. It or he said so words which took so ti to decipher. The female demon fell on the ground and continued to bleed without making any sounds. I almost felt bad for the thing.
"WANDERER, I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR FIRST ETING. I AM THE RULER OF THE GALBATIAN EMPIRE. I GO BY THE NA NAMCHA MIALLIANES. PLEASE EXCUSE MY SERVANT FOR DISRUPTING YOUR DAILY LIFE," he said in a sinister voice that felt like it pierced my very soul. It wasn't high-pitched, it wasn't low-pitched and yet it made tremble. It was the sa voice I heard back in the woods.
The voice was dreadful yet had so sort of charm to it. I was frozen stiff yet felt warm and shook (How's that for a contradiction!). I really didn't know how to describe these feelings in words. My heart raced faster than it ever did in my entire life.. I could even hear the individual beats as though ti had slowed.
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