The clear night sky seems to be telling that it was ti to prepare myself for the impending pain that I will feel soon.
I gulped a lump that was on my throat and wet my dry lips. It seems that I can't avoid pain even in this life.
The moon's light slowly approached the array that was painted on the ground. Looking at it closely, the surrounding area seems to be quiet that not even a single chirp of the night owls can be heard.
Nervousness and anxiety ca to . Will I be able to endure the pain? Or will I suffer before I can rember everything?
I'm a coward. I knew that!
That's the reason why I escape my sealed fate with every struggle that I can co up and overco.
Then, the light hit the bloody circle and I felt a sting in my body.
"You need to focus, Evelyn! This is only the start!" Cassandra said.
The two were watching from afar while a barrier appeared out of nowhere and trapping inside the enchantnt circle.
"What is this?" I panicked.
"The enchantnt will not vanish until you can rember everything and the moonlit is still hitting the array."
"Wait! You're telling that I will stay up here until the sun hasn't co?"
"Yes"
"Sh*t you should have said that before!"
While I was busy complaining to Cassandra, the moon light hit the center of the circle enchantnt where I was and heard an unfamiliar sound.
*creak!
I heard a tal door opening and a chain locked being unchained.
*klang! *klang! *klang!
'What's this?' I thought as I looked at Cassandra and Gil, who were looking at with those worried eyes.
'They didn't hear it?'
Before I could open my mouth to ask them. A million prickling pain felt without a mont's notice.
"Agghh!!"
A sudden scream followed by my bewildernt. It was .
It was because the sudden pain barged into without warning that I felt that soone just hit my head and I can't fight back and only accept the one-sided abuse!
'Sh*t! What the hell! This hurts too much'
Gritting my teeth was all I could do while my hands grip my head. It wasn't exaggerated when Cassandra said that it will hurt like hell!
Because right now the pain was enough for to lose my consciousness and give up.
"Get a grip, Evelyn! This is just the start!" Cassandra warned.
'The start?' the words echoed to my head.
If this was only the start, how long do I need to endure? Can I still make it?
But the pain was only one of the few things that I need to manage and endure. Because I need to focus and watch the mories that were accompanied by it.
'How can I focus with this pain!'
Is this worth it?
"Agghh!!" Another scream ca from my mouth.
***
Before they set to chant the spell, everyone was in the living room and Cassandra was explaining about the aftermath if anything happened in the middle of retrieving her mories.
"She's going to be okay, right?" Gil asked Cassandra. His eyes were shaken.
"We can only pray that she can pass this without harm." Cassandra said as she bit her nails but stopped when she saw watching her anxious actions.
"Guys, I'm alright." I said.
"What do you an? This is too dangerous, Adelyn!" Gil asked. (*Adelyn is Evelyn)
"She's right, Adelyn! You need to seriously consider this. I know that your strength has co back with your mana cap being sealed and as good as brand new. But still, it's just a few hours ago that your mana was still leaking." Cassandra explained.
I know that Cassandra was only worried about , but I need to know the whole truth about what happened. And if I want to accept the life that I have here and not think of this world as a world of fiction, then I need to cure myself.
Being a cursed child, the life I will lead would bring endless pain and loneliness even though I don't know what I will encounter. But the na implied as a cursed child felt ominous.
"But you said we need the full moon's light for this to work. If I let this be, the next full moon will be in three months' ti. That's too long. I've waited enough Cassandra." I said.
The two seed to be unsatisfied with my body's current condition.
"What consequence would there be, if Adelyn gave up in the middle of it?" Gil asked, concerned, pasted on his beautiful, handso face.
'I still can't get used to Gil talking to face to face.' I thought before I turned my head to Cassandra.
"You're a thousand spirit, you know the consequence of using taboo magic to a taboo spell that was casted to her."
"Anyway, the spell that is needed to unveil your mories is a double edge sword. If you can't endure this then" Cassandra stops explaining and only watches our reaction.
Gil only bit his lips and sealed it. He knows the consequences and I also know it.
"I'll die" I mumbled.
"Yes" Cassandra answered with a grim expression.
"Whoever casted and sealed your mories, there must be sothing in it, a secret I presud? And it must be pretty big that he/she gambled your life even though killing you is much efficient than getting it sealed." Cassandra explained.
"Whatever it might be, the caster risked this chance and let you live" she continued.
"Let live?" I mumbled.
"What we can do is to have faith in Adelyn" Cassandra said.
Gil clicked his tongue but wished to the bottom of his heart to let this be safe for her contracted master to live. Now, they will wait for the sun to show up soon, so that her contracted master, Evelyn can be at ease.
***
Back to present
I don't know how many hours have went by the only thing I could tell was the intensity of the torture I'm feeling in my head and my whole body. It felt like I was being split in half
The pain was too much even for who have been in a lot of battles and experienced excruciating pain. Then, like a movie, flashes of mories ca like a flood and overwheld .
The prickling pain intensified and holding on to the last strip of my consciousness was taking a toll on my body.
'I would die at this rate! No! I still need to avenge mother!'
Another good reason was found when I helplessly tried to search for a desperate rope to hold on.
***
*huff! *huff!
The sun finally appeared, and I was covered with my own sweat while I gasped for air.
I slumped at the enchantnt circle where ancient letters were carved in the ground. The sticky, wet, red blood that was combined by mine and Cassandra was now dry and almost turned into charred.
Looking at the morning sky and the sound of the peaceful breeze makes my anxiety calm down.
Then I heard the running footsteps.
"Adelyn!!! Are you alright?" It was Gil. I can't see his face, but I know how worried he must have been.
I was literally screaming at the top of my lungs just a few hours ago.
Now that I cald down and my head was relieved by the excruciating pain, I figured that letting myself succumb to my tired body would be acceptable.
So, seeing Gil lift my adult body without difficulty, I let myself depend on him.
***
Opening my eyes, the familiar ceiling ca to view. The dust in the wood post and the sll of herbs linger in the air.
I sit right up. My throat was dry, and my body was heavy.
But the feeling of my aching dry throat was worse that I unconsciously reached for the glass of water that was placed beside the table near my bed.
*clak!
Without the strength in my arms to lift the cup, I dropped it and it made a loud sound.
Soon, Gil barged in. He ran to like a red bull. I was afraid that he would nag because of the broken cup so I explained myself while my two hands waived because of anxiety.
"Wait Gil, I have no strengths so, I unconsciously dropped" I stopped my words,
What I felt was two arms wrapping . I was startled and then I hear Gil's voice.
"Child, do you recognize , now?"
The anxiety in his voice when he tried to softly ask about my lost mories made smile.
"Yup~ How can I forget the strongest, kindest and the handso spirit that I have. Right? Gilbert Drivas, the head of the wind spirit faction of the east, the protector of the Kingdom of Perspiru also known as the mighty Wind Guardian, Cierzo." I said.
"How are you pretty old man?" I continued. I smiled as I looked at his grey eyes.
Calling him by his pet na that I used to, give that satisfying feeling that I'm finally back.
"Brat! How can you make us wait this long?!" He complained.
I only gave a aningful smile.
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