Jake spent the night beside Ophelia, watching her, not catching a wink of sleep. And when the day finally broke, her eyes flickered open. She let out a yawn and stretched her arms out like she had just woken up from a good long nap.
Jake’s eyes flashed with happiness when he saw her wake up, all his fears drained away in seconds. He looked at her, his mind finally at peace.
Ophelia turned to look at Jake. She saw the soft gaze and smile and imdiately beca confused. What she rembered last was them fighting Minotaurs, and now she was on her bed.
"Jake? What happened?" she asked.
"You don’t rember?" Jake asked.
"I rember you and Crypt fighting a Minotaur, and that’s all," she said. Jake was about to tell her that nothing happened, but right the next mont, she grabbed her head, fell back to the bed, and began screaming and groaning in pain.
Jake was confused as to what was happening. He looked at her, confusion in his eyes. He grabbed her and tried to calm her down, but sohow, the strength her little body was manifesting at this mont was more than he expected.
A minute of confusion went by, and Jake decided that he would look for help, but then she stopped, her raging breathing cald down. The bed beneath her was soaked in sweat.
He stared at her, still not sure what to do right now. Her eyes opened again for the second ti, but only this ti, one of her eyes was gold.
Jake paused when he saw that. He also felt a strange energy coming from her body as she lay there. She turned and looked at Jake.
"I saw sothing," she muttered.
"You saw sothing? What?" he asked.
"I don’t know what it is, but I saw soone like . She was older, beautiful," Ophelia said, her gaze shifted to the ceiling. "But she was captured and suffered for freedom until her death."
Jake was stunned by the words she spoke. He didn’t know how to react to it or what to say to it, so he decided to listen more.
"Was that all you saw?" he asked.
"No, I saw sothing in the distance. I couldn’t make it clear, but it was a dragon locked in battle against never-ending forces of enemies.
It looked as if he was coming her way to save her, but no matter how much the dragon fought, the enemies stopped him."
Jake used his ability imdiately, not because he didn’t believe her, but he needed to know the authenticity of what she was saying, and every word she spoke was green.
"And you said the lady looked like you?" Jake asked.
"Yes, she did. And she told sothing, but I can’t rember the words anymore. It seed important, she said it in a haste, but I can’t rember anything she said," Ophelia said.
She then raised her hand. "But she gave sothing and said it was mine, and that I should use it wisely." Suddenly, a ball of golden light appeared on Ophelia’s palm, spinning in all directions.
Jake was stunned to see it, but the person who was far more stunned to see it was none other than the system itself.
[That’s divine energy.]
"Divine energy? What’s that?" Jake asked.
[A power unique to divine beings or beings with divine energy within them. The power to create and to destroy, that’s all I know about it.]
’Divine energy, divine beings... does that an Ophelia has the blood of a divine being?’ Jake thought. He looked at Ophelia and decided to ask a question.
"Ophelia, tell what you know about your parents," Jake said.
Imdiately the topic was brought up, her expression beca downcast, but she imdiately started speaking. "I don’t rember much anymore, but my parents were the best. That’s the best description to fit them," she said. A small smile crept up on her face as she spoke.
"And did they have white hair like you?" he asked. She paused after he asked that before she responded. "No, none of them did," she said.
’That ans she was probably adopted, so it’s possible that she ca from divinity or sothing,’ Jake thought.
[I believe that blast back with the Minotaur forcefully unlocked what was sealed inside her sohow.]
"That’s the only thing that makes sense," Jake replied. He looked at her—she was a walking mystery that had found her way to him.
"Ophelia, take a rest. I’ll make you sothing to eat. Your body went through a lot because of my mistake, so just relax," Jake said.
She didn’t understand what he ant by "because of him," but she nodded and lay back down.
Jake walked out of the room and closed the door, leaving Crypt there to watch her.
’Divinity... I knew sothing was special about Ophelia since the day she hugged , but I didn’t think it would be sothing like this.
I’ll have to gather more information concerning her, but that’s not sothing to worry about for now. The trials are still on us.’
He made it into the kitchen and made so breakfast, and after they ate together in her room, Jake made his way to his room. He cleaned up and sat on his bed, and before he knew it, he had drifted off into sleep.
But then, the cold and horrendous voice of the Whisper reached his ears.
{Kekekekekeke, sleeping during a trial? That’s bold.}
Jake kept up from his sleep, his eyes darting around, and then he saw the Whisper. He imdiately got on guard.
"You said three days," Jake said.
{Kekekeke, plans changed. Those above believe that the second trial was far too easy for a Golden Jubilee, and as such, there have been many changes made, kekekekekeke.}
"What do you an, changes? That’s not fair, you didn’t keep your word," Jake said.
{My words are but a repeat of those above, and I’ll say what they tell , and you’ll do what they tell you without question,} the Whisper said, its tone very cold.
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