***
Elizabeth's eyes opened with a snap.
She found herself in a white room with the curtains draped over the windows.
It was then that she realized what the place was.
It was the Infirmary.
She tried to sit up while weakly grabbing her head.
'What...am I doing here?' She looked around and saw Charlotte, Lilianna, and Alya in nearby beds.
'What happened?' She tried to concentrate hard on her hazy mories.
And it was then that the lock opened.
A flood of mories assaulted her brain.
Of all that happened on the trip.
The mission.
The ti with Amon in his room.
The conversation on the balcony.
The next day.
Amon getting jailed.
Everything overwheld her brain all at once.
It took several minutes for her to calm down and finally understand what happened.
'So it was all an illusion...' She realized.
She looked at her pale white hands and her mind drifted to Amon.
It seed to be that he had known that it was all an illusion from the start.
From all the planning that he did and how he was killing them...
He was doing it all on his own.
Yet again, Elizabeth not only failed to hold her promise to Katherine but also her responsibility as a friend.
And also as...
Soone whom she...
She ignored such thoughts for the mont.
The fact was that she was useless.
Useless to do anything.
Ah.
It was then that she realized.
Her mind drifted back to the conversation she had with Amon that night.
Alone on the balcony.
Where he insulted her by calling her useless, trash, and everything.
But insulted?
Thinking back on it, she found herself admitting that maybe what he said was true.
Despite how harsh they were.
They carried a certain truth to it.
She looked at her hands.
Even though she was the strongest first year, she was incapable of doing anything useful.
anwhile, Amon, the weakest first year, was always doing everything by himself.
She clenched her hands into fists.
No.
It irked her.
She wouldn't let him do everything by himself.
She needed to get stronger.
Strong enough to help him with these types of problems rather than just standing idly by.
She was the second daughter of the Snowcrest Matriarch and the strongest first year.
She was Elizabeth Snowcrest.
With a newfound resolve, Elizabeth hurried out of bed.
She was quickly discharged by the doctors after a quick checkup.
They asked her about the mories which made her realize that not everyone got them.
Regardless, she denied their question and got out of the infirmary.
It was then that she realized that she had yet to clear it up with Amon after that incident.
She didn't want him to hate her.
It was too painful for her heart who considered him the closest friend she had in the academy.
Despite her having spent a lot more ti with the girls, he was still the first person she held a normal conversation with.
And also a person who helped her learn a lot of things.
So she couldn't bear him hating her.
Not knowing where he was, she quickly ssaged him.
And to her surprise, he ssaged back quickly indicating that he had also woken up.
Indicating that she wished to et him, he accepted her request.
And the two set up a eting spot in a nearby park.
As she walked down the set of stairs, she wondered if breaking her down to make her realize
all this was also his plan.
She quickly denied the possibility.
There was no way. He could have never guessed this far into the future.
But...
Could he?
Unfortunately, she was never able to fully reject this random thought of hers.
***
Amon appeared nearby the park he had set as a place for eting up with Elizabeth.
With Athena's help, he was able to open up a portal in a secluded location and arrive here.
Arthur assured him that he would be able to handle the problem now that he knew what
happened.
It irked Amon a little since he knew that both of them already knew the story.
They had been in the vision after all.
They were just pretending that they weren't there now.
After settling everything with them, Amon quickly freshened up while talking to Alia.
That girl...
Her personality was a complete bomb for him as every action of hers made it seem as if his
heart would burst out any mont.
She was too dangerous.
It was also then that he got a ssage from Elizabeth to et up.
He wasn't against it.
For one, he could finally return back to his apartnt and et his sister.
He wanted to get away from whatever beachside ho it was.
And secondly, he had to fix Elizabeth back.
As soone who had broken her with those words.
He had to bring her back up as well.
Otherwise, that emotional turmoil brewing inside her would just take the wrong turn.
She was a mber of the main cast.
An important one at that.
But most of all...
She was his friend.
He didn't want to say those words to her at that ti but it was the only way to lure the horror
out.
And though he could have done it using else, Elizabeth was the easiest.
Why?
Because she liked him.
He wasn't dense or oblivious to not notice that.
And it was precisely because of that fact that he used it against his own will.
After all, if he had to be honest with himself, he also had an attraction towards Elizabeth.
He rembered the first day he t her. Sothing that was still engraved into his mind.
And also the fact of how she helped him and saved his life so many tis.
He liked her.
As a close friend? Yes.
As soone in love with her? No.
But as soone who had feelings for her?
Maybe? He didn't know himself as he was unsure of them.
Nevertheless, Amon didn't plan to let Elizabeth fall down into that pit.
***
Amon arrived in the park, his body covered in bandages.
According to Arthur and Athena, he had to do this and walk a little limply to not get suspicion
on himself.
When he disappeared from the institute, they had given the excuse that he was gravely injured
and taken sowhere else.
And now, he had to act by that excuse.
As he walked through the park, he saw various couples and children roaming through and
playing.
It was a bright day and the breeze made Amon's hair flutter.
After so walking, he finally saw Elizabeth.
She was sitting elegantly on a bench with her head hung low.
Despite just waking up, she was wearing beautiful white clothes that provided a pleasant
boost to her beauty.
As he arrived close to her, she finally noticed his presence and looked up.
And instantly, her lustrous silver gaze t his black eyes.
She didn't say anything and gestured for him to sit beside her which he did.
"Hey." Amon greeted first.
Instantly, Elizabeth greeted as well.
"Hey."
But before he could say anything further, she followed up with another question.
"Are you hurt?"
Amon chuckled.
"Nope. I'm good as you can see."
She finally turned to look at him and her gaze traveled over his bandages.
"But your bandages tell that you badly-"
Amon put a finger to her lips, instantly shutting her.
"When I say I'm good, you should trust you know."
A faint shade of red spread on her cheeks as she nodded.
He took the finger back and she struggled to form her next words.
But Amon quickly completed it for them.
"Is it about the trip?" He asked.
She looked at him with a surprised gaze, not expecting that he would rember as well.
But she nodded.
"Yeah..."
Amon sighed and leaned back into his chair.
"About that night..." Elizabeth looked down, not eting his gaze.
"I understand."
"Elizabeth. I'm sorry for everything I said to you that night-" He was about to apologize
sincerely when Elizabeth interrupted.
"Yeah, I know that. I know you did that to lure the entity out." She still looked down and
clenched her fists.
"I know that even in the vision you killed the guide for and solved everything by
yourself..." She said, her voice trailing off at the end.
"Yes. I'm sorry for that." He answered.
Elizabeth nodded.
"It's okay. I know you didn't do it intentionally but..."
She struggled to articulate her next words.
"Can you answer one question for ?" Elizabeth fidgeted with her fingers.
Amon tilted his head.
Without eting his gaze, she finally said it.
"That night, on the balcony, the words you said..."
"I know it wasn't intentional but do you truthfully hate ?" She poured it all out.
"Do you think I'm soone useless?" She asked, still looking down.
Amon looked at her with a soft gaze.
He almost stifled a chuckle.
Despite being 18, she could act a little immaturish sotis because of all the stories she
read.
Looking at her flushed face looking down, Amon thought she even looked cute.
But on a serious note, Amon knew that whatever he did or said next would determine if he
could bring Elizabeth back.
And for that, he was ready to do whatever it took.
Even...
"Elizabeth." He said, raising his hand.
His cold fingers touched her warm chin and lifted her face, making his gaze et hers again.
"Like I said..."
His face inched closer to her as he cupped her cheeks in both hands.
And in the next mont, he closed his eyes and brushed past her hair.
And two warm lips touched her forehead.
"I could never hate you."
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