"H...haa"
Charlotte could not help but slightly let out a moan as she found herself floating in the darkness. She felt nothing in her skin, it was as if the darkness itself did not exist. It wasn't cold, nor was it warm.
And if her mind wanders even just a single second, it also felt like she didn't exist. The sound of her breath, the weight of her hair there was nothing. But still, it was there.
"Where where am I?", she stuttered, her voice filled with nothing but confusion as she turned her eyes across the vast and empty darkness. She called for her brother, she called for everyone that was in the room. But no one seed to answer her.
The last thing that she rembered was Viel telling her that he was her son. He was telling her about the story of when he was taken from a dark alley, and that Charlotte was possibly there.
"!!!", a sudden pain jolted inside her head as visions appeared in front of her, mories that were hidden and thought to be forgotten forever.
She rembers all of it now. She was in that alley. Her whole body and her mind were completely sedated, she was barely alive and she couldn't even move a single finger, but she was there.
She rembered everything that happened that night. How she was struck from behind, how she bled all alone on the cold hard ground. She also rembered the pain in her stomach as sothing wriggled inside of her.
And most important of all, she rembered how Viel was ford with the blood that ca directly from inside of her.
She knew it seed impossible, but it did happen. And seeing Viel now and what he was capable of, it didn't seem so unlikely anymore.
It was so clear to her now, Viel was no, Viel is her son.
All this ti she had a son. A child that was left all alone in the world, crying for her mother to wake up. A child whose only family he had ever known died on the sa day, with his grandfather being brutally killed.
A child that was isolated because of his powers, a child that was left alone for years abandoned in an unknown world.
That child was hers. Even if his father was a monster, Li Zhao, it didn't matter. What mattered was that she had a family all this ti in Taizhou, and she didn't even know it.
She knew that it wasn't her fault, she couldn't have known. But still
She should have been there for Viel.
She should have been there to teach him about things.
She should have been there when he first took his first steps.
She should have been there to tell him stories about their family here in the West.
She should have been there to hug him whenever he felt alone.
Charlotte's chest tightened even further as the feeling of regret and sorrow clouded her entire body, almost crushing her into a ball.
"Is it painful?"
But before a tear could fall from her eyes, a voice whispered into her ears, echoing throughout the vast darkness.
"Who is there!?", Charlotte quickly released her breath as she quickly looked towards the direction of the voice.
"Now, now. No need to be so star-struck"
Charlotte could not help but squint her eyes as a man slowly stepped out of the darkness. His skin was born, and his slightly long black hair sowhat seed to rge with the darkness.
"Hello there, earthling", the brown-skinned man then said as released a wide smile and waved his hand.
Charlotte, however, could only cover her eyes as the man in front of him was completely naked, "W who are you!?", she stuttered.
"It is nice to finally et you, Charlotte", the brown-skinned man continued to approach Charlotte, not even seeming to care about his current state of nature.
"My na is Rain", the man said as he bowed, "Universal Traveller and your friendly neighborhood Intergalactic Superhero"
"..."
"...What?"
***
"Why isn't she waking up?"
Duke Erik's trembling words silently echoed through the room as he stared at his unconscious sister. Charlotte was quickly brought to a bedroom as soon as she collapsed, with Sofia currently checking up on her condition.
"Her heart rate is steady", Sofia let out a small sigh, "Her breathing is calm as well, so there is nothing to worry about, Duke of Quinn"
"It might just be because she couldn't handle the strain in her mind. She would wake up soon", Sofia comforted Duke Erik.
Viel and Natalia were also there, watching on the side as Sofia continued to check on Charlotte's condition. Natalia, however, was more preoccupied with staring at Viel.
"So what are you?", she could not help but ask, "Is your father so kind of demon?"
"...Eh?", Viel could only widen his eyes from Natalia's sudden question.
"Based on what I heard so far You just suddenly burst out of Charlotte's womb like so kind of parasite", Natalia squinted her eyes as she continued to stare at Viel.
"Ehh No idea", Viel just shrugged his shoulders in response, "Miss Lu Yi didn't really tell who my father is"
"Hmm"
"It would be best if we let Charlotte rest for now."
Before Natalia could interrogate Viel even further, Sofia's words reached their ears, "You should leave the room and let examine her more."
"O of course", Duke Erik quietly stood up as he nodded towards Sofia, "Thank you for doing this Miss Sorry, I don't even know your na yet", he then slightly chuckled as he scratched his chin.
"Sofia."
"Then thank you for doing this, Miss Sofia", Duke Erik said before he turned towards Natalia, "Let's let her rest for now".
Viel was also about to leave the room, but before he could do so, Sofia called for her to stay in the room. Duke Erik was a bit curious as to why, but he didn't really inquire as he and his wife left the room.
"I need to show you sothing, Vi", Sofia gestured for Viel to sit beside her.
"What is it?"
Sofia then gently placed her hand on Charlotte's face, gently opening her sedated eyes.
"What are you doing?", Viel could not help but whisper.
"Look at her eye", Sofia quickly said.
Viel was still a bit uncomfortable with seeing Charlotte's eyes being forcefully opened, but hearing the serious tone in Sofia's voice, the only thing he could do was follow her words.
Viel squinted his eyes, trying to focus on Charlotte's eyes. But as soon as he saw a green flickering light squirming in her eyes, he could not help but slightly back away.
"Ew", he worded out, "What is that? Does she have so kind of virus?"
"You have it too, Vi", Sofia quickly replied.
"What!?", Viel slightly raised his voice, "Am I dying!?"
"...No", Sofia slightly hesitated with her answer. The truth is, she doesn't really know. But what she did know was
"Whatever it is that is inside you, it would seem that your mother has it too", she said.
"R really?", Viel slightly cald down as he returned to his seat, "So does that an that Charlotte has her own Mr. Vo
...No, Mrs. Voice?"
"...", Sofia could not help but adjust her spectacles as she heard Viel's words, "I am not entirely sure. Unlike you, she does not seem to be hearing voices."
"Hmm", Viel placed his hand on his chin as he stared at Charlotte.
"However", Sofia's voice suddenly beca full of weight, "...whenever the green lights appear, soone else controls your body, Vi
...and you lose more and more of your mories as well."
"...Will she also lose her mories?"
"I am not sure."
"I see", Viel let out a long and deep sigh, "I don't want her to. Losing a mory
...It's very painful, Sofi."
"...Vi", Sofia could not help but touch Viel's cheek as she heard the sorrowful tone in his voice.
"..."
"..."
"When are you letting go of her eyelids though?"
"..."
"!!!"
***
"You're not truly asking that!"
Back inside Charlotte's unconscious mind, her voice currently echoed throughout the darkness. Waving her hands as she stared at the man in front of her, Rain.
"Well, you can always do the opposite", Rain shrugged his shoulders, "The result would still be the sa for ."
"He is my son!", Charlotte once again scread.
"No, your son is dead."
"W what!?"
"Whatever you think that thing is, it is not your son.", Rain let out a long and deep sigh as he sat in the darkness.
"Your son died as soon as your stomach was kicked by your mate around 12 years ago."
"My mate?"
Charlotte could not help but stutter. Mate? Was he talking about Li Zhao?
How exactly does this man know all of this?
He had been speaking nothing but nonsense for quite a while now. About how the dungeons were just other worlds that were billions of kiloters away from here.
About how he ca from an even farther place, another universe that was separate from here.
He used words that Charlotte has not heard before, but for so reason she could understand them.
But most importantly, one thing was lingering in Charlotte's mind.
How he said that he was here to save this world. No this whole universe.
The man's words were hard to believe, impossible even. But for so reason, Charlotte believed him. He wasn't lying, and Charlotte could sowhat feel it. But Charlotte could also feel sothing different.
This man called Rain wasn't lying, but at the sa ti, he doesn't really care. Like he was just looking at Charlotte as so kind of insect.
No
It wasn't just Charlotte.
The whole world and everyone in it
They were only insects in this man's eyes.
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