Chapter 48
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I wake up in a caravan filled with other people. Dazed and confused, I look around for answers but most of the people are either asleep or about to fall asleep. Yet, I spoke out, hoping someone would hear me.
Steven: "What's going on? Where's Lilith?"
A traveler in front of me looks up from his book.
Traveler #1: "Ah, I see you woke up."
Traveler #2: "Good, I was beginning to think you weren't going to."
Traveler #1: "You're in a caravan; we found you passed out in the middle of the road. You're still pretty beaten up, but our mage is good with healing spells."
Caravan? Passed out? I don't even know what the hell is going on!
Driver: "We reached our stop!"
Traveler #1: "Alright, let's go."
All of us exited the caravan. I was able to fully stretch my legs which felt great. I looked up into the night sky and became slightly confused.
There's no moon? There are no stars either!
What the hell?
Maybe everything's blocked by clouds? But it's still pretty crazy to look at.
I stuck together with the strangers that kindly picked me up and we trotted down a pathway to a large gate entrance.
Steven: "Ah—"
Everhand?!
Am I in front of the gates to Everhand?!
Steven: "Wh-wh-where am I?!"
Traveler #2: "Everhand, Ostroven."
Steven: "Ever—"
Traveler #1: "Go… I'm sure she's been waiting long enough."
I was too nervous to move and looked back a couple of times before I was shoved by the traveler.
Traveler #2: "Go!"
Seriously?
How in the world did I get to Everhand? Does Lilith's Shadow Leap travel that fast?
And who is waiting for me?
If I really am in Everhand, there's one place I'd want to go first before anything, Yuuna's Elixirs. It was always down the main road and a slight way down a smaller side street.
The city felt "empty" as I walked down the road to my home. I remember there being a night scene. A bar was down the way and people, partying with the occasional guard to keep things tranquil, would be going up and down the street of my home.
Nobody was around and the lights to each house were out, the only light was coming from the dimmer than usual street lamps.
I was straying further into the unknown when I reached the front of my home. It's dark inside, I can't see anything and the door was unlocked, a big no-no to someone like Yuuna. I entered cautiously and called out to my master.
Steven: "Hello? Yuuna? Kanna?"
Something was immediately wrong; I both knew and felt it. The same churning sensation I'd get when something terrible is about to happen. There was no way I could stand being in my own home and quietly left as fast as possible.
Back onto the streets, and looking down to the main road. A patrol was passing by. Surely, they had to have an answer to what's going on, so I chased after them. Managing to catch up before they hit a corner, I saw a familiar and friendly face.
Nathan: "Oh, Steven? What are you doing out this late?"
Steven: "Nathan, is that really you?"
Nathan: "Aye, it is."
Steven: "I thought you went home?"
Nathan: "I did; you should go home, or the Ą̸̡̖̘̞̠͔̯̪̺̩͖͓̭̗̭̠͙͇̝̠̠̑̏͗̎̃͌̒́̐̃̕͜͠͝͝͝ḷ̴̫̌̾̀̃͂̓̃̃̆̍̇̑̌̄̕͝ļ̷̜̜̰̝̬̫̹̫̠̯͓̣͎̝̈́̒̈̍͌̊̋̀͌͒̀̾̈́̕͝-̷͔͈͇̝̙̟̘̰̻̪̫̟̠̲̜̱͍́̿̾́̃͗̏̚͜Ḿ̷̨̢̛̼̱͓͉̤̠͙̯̘͓̪͚̬͖͚̙̻̀̀̌͘ą̴̖̰̥̭̜̹͕͍̦̅͌̆͗̽͌͑̇͌̓͗̎̾̌̽͌̀̌̔͘̕͝s̴̪̻͕̺̭̻͍͈̞͎͕̰̓͑̋̇̀̈̓͂̃̒̈́͆͗́́͒̉͜͝͠͠t̸̬̜̒̌͂́̓́͆͗̽̾́̎͌̆̀̅̊̚̚ė̶͕̜̖̥̰̗͚͔͉͈̹̻̦͎̘̱̭̞͗͛̆͒̂͂̓̾́̕̕̕͘̚͝͝͠ͅͅͅͅr̷̢̭͓̹͊̿̀͐̄̈́̉́̇̐̆̽̈̒̈́̈́̐͑̌͛̽̋͜ will be upset." [1]
Steven: "The wha-wha-?"
Is he choking up on his own words?
Nathan starts to slowly pace towards me, his friendly face turned menacing. It threw me off and scared me. I backed away, trying to calm him down; get him to stop.
Steven: "Nathan, back off, if you're joking, this is taking it too far."
Nathan: "Joke? Why would I joke?"
How foolish! If can't feel safe at home, then why would I feel safe with the guard?!
My best bet was to run, fast. I broke into a sprint down the streets and into the alleyways. I knew exactly where I was at, which direction and the streets. Everhand is my home and I was able to break away from the guard easily.
I collapsed in one of the alleys, exhausted both physically and mentally. With all the weird shit going on, I can't be in Everhand; or at least, not the right one.
I remember falling in the void, so I must still be here. Whatever this is, it's definitely not my Everhand.
Lilith turns the corner, "coincidentally" ending up in the same alley as me. We looked at each other and froze, unsure if either of us was sane or another twisted entity of the void.
Lilith: "Steven?"
Steven: "Lilith?"
I don't know what's true and what isn't anymore. She ran towards me and I didn't know how to react. Should I respond with violence and possibly hit Lilith who could be just as lost as me? I felt relieved when she jumps into my arms. There may be another friendly face after all.
Lilith: "After you fell! I was so scared!"
Steven: "Don't run into me like that… how did we end up here? Are we in Everhand?"
Lilith: "No, this place… it's better than Everhand."
"S̵͖̖̮̻͚͍̱̪͕͗͒̍̎̄̈́̐̂̀̐̄̽͆̈́͜t̴̛̫̫͎͍͉͔̓̽͆̎̽͆͗̈́͐̋̕͠ͅõ̶̙̣̟̫̗̀̔́͛̚ṕ̶̧̾̓̒̃̽̈́̾̎͗͝͝r̷̨̢̛͙͓͎̣̘̯̣̋͋̍͑́͑̍̒̓̉͊́͘͝ů̸͇̠͕̣̹̻͓͉̳̑͋̿̽̉͗̊͗̚ǹ̵͕͎̼͕͖̠͊̊̽̐͐̀͘̕͝n̸̡̦͚̻̻̰̝͉̠̺̾̅̇̒̀̾̾̓̕ͅį̴̢͍̠͍̰͇̌̐̈́̽͒̄̈́͑̽͆̚̕͜n̶̛͉͉̺̝̺̠̱͙͐̊͊͊̾̂͗̊́͑͂̕̚͠g̷͚̿̓̈́̽̅̽̃͗̕ą̵̨̛͎͇̙̬̣̘̮͕͈͍̯̓̑́̐͝͝ņ̷̧͇̦̘̤̮̖̱͔̊́́̆̿̈̈́͊̈́̂̈̕̕ͅd̸̛̛̖͍̤͗̀͑̆̃̇͗̄͘͠a̸̫̙̣̹̼̤̱͋̏̔́̊́́͋̈́̓͝c̶̱͓̱̪͌̆̿̋̾̌̚̚͝c̷͚̠͂̓̈ê̶͚͉͚͉͎̂͑p̵̡̳̘̮̗̝̬͕̗̪͓̥̜̓́͗͝͠ţ̷̛̛̖͎̖̏̅́͐̌͒̑̓͒̽͂͠͝y̴̖̫͔̻̏̏̒̈́̎̓͆̾̉̌̌̎͑̊̅ȏ̷̡̢̞̼̱̦̤̲̈̅̐͐͋̿͌̓͝ḯ̷̡̡͈̤̤̭̜̹̫̳̠͕͙͚̲͔̌̂̎̅̇͛̂͌̍͌̈̈́͂͝r̷͎̿̈́̾̈́̋́̈́̔͘f̴̢̧̻͇͚͔́͑̓͐͗̈́̆̍̒̿̈́̚̚͝å̴͇̰̖͎̝̺͍̯̈́̐̾͗̀̈́̀̑͊̑t̵̛̙̔̄̆͂͐́̔̅̀͊͂̊̾͝͝ę̵̝͚͎̖̞̙̞̭̖̋͂͝" [1]
Steven: "I…"
Holy shit, I'm hearing creepy shit in my head! I have to get the fuck out of here!
Lilith: "Steven?"
Steven: "How do we get out?"
Lilith: "I don't know. You have a home here, let's go there and find out what's going on."
Steven: "I can't go there, it makes me feel sick."
Lilith: "It'll be fine, I'll be with you. Nothing's going to happen."
Yes, something definitely will.
Nothing in this void is friendly. The Lilith I know would either use reason to get me to tag along or find an alternate solution.
I ran yet again when she reached for my wrist. The others find me and I'm back in a chase. This time, they suddenly became faster and more persistent. I was unable to lose them no matter how cunning I became in the chase.
We all ended up far in the south-west of the city. An area I've never been to and the walls are overlooking the ocean. Now, it lost all sentimentality of it being my home and became a hell that I'm desperately trying to escape.
Nathan: "You can't get away from here."
This place is demented…
If I'm going to be in Everhand, I'd rather be back in the days when Lilith was trying to kill me. At least then I only had to deal with the paranoia of one person out to get me.
But here? In this twisted place?
Why is everyone out to get me?
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What is going on?
Guard: "What are you doing?"
I climbed up on the railing, looking down to the cliffs below. There was no ocean, just more of this evil void. The guards finally catch up to me, still holding their sinister look. Nathan was leading them and was just as corrupted.
It's making me sick to my stomach to see my friend be corrupted like that.
Guard: "Haha~ you really think you'd survive a fall that high?"
Steven: "No, but… I don't have to be in this hell any longer."
I sure hope my gut is right.
By taking that one single step… this nightmare can end…
Kanna: "Steven!"
Steven: "Ka-Ka-Ka-Kanna?!"
"y̸̛͔̗̠̝̮͙̜̘̜̮̩̎̎̈̄̾͗̏͆̽́ͅo̸̳͇̹̳͙̤̺͒̐͐̅͆̅̓́̐́͜ù̸͍̎̋̌w̴̗͖͎̘̖͌̑͘ͅì̵̫̟̾̔̒̈͋͒̐̑͝l̵͙̞͔͕͛̀͒͛͋̒̀̊̄̄̈́͒͝ļ̶̢̛̖̪̜̮̞̟̄̈́̅̑́̏̍͘̚̚̕͜n̶̮͔̲̋̽̽͛̆͆̀͋̒̓́̕͠͝e̵͇̱̭͍͔̻̲̜̮̲̅̏v̷̺͉͈̻̰͓̰̅͌͑̑̈́̿̀͋̏̿͠ĕ̸̙͓̯͈̪̜̥͇̻̉̓̏̌̾͝͠͠r̸̨̻̝̻̯̺̼̿͜b̸̨̛͓͓̟̬̤̻̥̝͆̆́̇ḛ̵̯̏̒̉͊͂͝͝͠h̶͓̝̤͋̄̏̄̾̀̌͘̚͝a̸̞̳͕͍̫̙̘̞̲͉̙̽͗̇̃̀ͅp̷̡̡̱̞̘͓̖̗̖̝̜̬̘̈́͂͌͗͗͆̈́̔͂̉͒̚p̴̢͇͚̩̤͍͚̈̋́̉̀ÿ̸̪̫͓͜"
Kanna: "Don't do it! We can be together forever!"
How cruel!
This hell is going as far as to manipulate my emotions!
Steven: "…no… I have to…"
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I wake up in a caravan filled with other people. Dazed and confused, I look around for answers but most of the people are either asleep or about to fall asleep. Yet, I spoke out, hoping someone would hear me.
Steven: "What's going on? Where's Lilith?"
A traveler in front of me looks up from his book.
Traveler #1: "Ah, I see you woke up."
Traveler #2: "Good, I was beginning to think you weren't going to."
Traveler #1: "You're in a caravan; we found you passed out in the middle of the road. You're still pretty beaten up, but our mage is good with healing spells."
Caravan? Passed out? I don't even know what the hell is going on!
Driver: "We reached our stop!"
Traveler #1: "Alright, let's go."
All of us exited the caravan. I was able to fully stretch my legs which felt great. I looked up into the night sky and became slightly confused.
There's no moon? There are no stars either!
What the hell?
Maybe everything's blocked by clouds? But it's still pretty crazy to look at.
I stuck together with the strangers that kindly picked me up and we trotted down a pathway to a large gate entrance.
Steven: "Ah—"
Everhand?!
Am I in front of the gates to Everhand?!
Steven: "Wh-wh-where am I?!"
Traveler #2: "Everhand, Ostroven."
Steven: "Ever—"
Traveler #1: "Go… I'm sure she's been waiting long enough."
I was too nervous to move and looked back a couple of times before I was shoved by the traveler.
Traveler #2: "Go!"
Seriously?
How in the world did I get to Everhand? Does Lilith's Shadow Leap travel that fast?
And who is waiting for me?
If I really am in Everhand, there's one place I'd want to go first before anything, Yuuna's Elixirs. It was always down the main road and a slight way down a smaller side street.
The city felt "empty" as I walked down the road to my home. I remember there being a night scene. A bar was down the way and people, partying with the occasional guard to keep things tranquil, would be going up and down the street of my home.
Nobody was around and the lights to each house were out, the only light was coming from the dimmer than usual street lamps.
I was straying further into the unknown when I reached the front of my home. It's dark inside, I can't see anything and the door was unlocked, a big no-no to someone like Yuuna. I entered cautiously and called out to my master.
Steven: "Hello? Yuuna? Kanna?"
Something was immediately wrong; I both knew and felt it. The same churning sensation I'd get when something terrible is about to happen. There was no way I could stand being in my own home and quietly left as fast as possible.
Back onto the streets, and looking down to the main road. A patrol was passing by. Surely, they had to have an answer to what's going on, so I chased after them. Managing to catch up before they hit a corner, I saw a familiar and friendly face.
Nathan: "Oh, Steven? What are you doing out this late?"
Steven: "Nathan, is that really you?"
Nathan: "Aye, it is."
Steven: "I thought you went home?"
Nathan: "I did; you should go home, or the Ą̸̡̖̘̞̠͔̯̪̺̩͖͓̭̗̭̠͙͇̝̠̠̑̏͗̎̃͌̒́̐̃̕͜͠͝͝͝ḷ̴̫̌̾̀̃͂̓̃̃̆̍̇̑̌̄̕͝ļ̷̜̜̰̝̬̫̹̫̠̯͓̣͎̝̈́̒̈̍͌̊̋̀͌͒̀̾̈́̕͝-̷͔͈͇̝̙̟̘̰̻̪̫̟̠̲̜̱͍́̿̾́̃͗̏̚͜Ḿ̷̨̢̛̼̱͓͉̤̠͙̯̘͓̪͚̬͖͚̙̻̀̀̌͘ą̴̖̰̥̭̜̹͕͍̦̅͌̆͗̽͌͑̇͌̓͗̎̾̌̽͌̀̌̔͘̕͝s̴̪̻͕̺̭̻͍͈̞͎͕̰̓͑̋̇̀̈̓͂̃̒̈́͆͗́́͒̉͜͝͠͠t̸̬̜̒̌͂́̓́͆͗̽̾́̎͌̆̀̅̊̚̚ė̶͕̜̖̥̰̗͚͔͉͈̹̻̦͎̘̱̭̞͗͛̆͒̂͂̓̾́̕̕̕͘̚͝͝͠ͅͅͅͅr̷̢̭͓̹͊̿̀͐̄̈́̉́̇̐̆̽̈̒̈́̈́̐͑̌͛̽̋͜ will be upset." [1]
Steven: "The wha-wha-?"
Is he choking up on his own words?
Nathan starts to slowly pace towards me, his friendly face turned menacing. It threw me off and scared me. I backed away, trying to calm him down; get him to stop.
Steven: "Nathan, back off, if you're joking, this is taking it too far."
Nathan: "Joke? Why would I joke?"
How foolish! If can't feel safe at home, then why would I feel safe with the guard?!
My best bet was to run, fast. I broke into a sprint down the streets and into the alleyways. I knew exactly where I was at, which direction and the streets. Everhand is my home and I was able to break away from the guard easily.
I collapsed in one of the alleys, exhausted both physically and mentally. With all the weird shit going on, I can't be in Everhand; or at least, not the right one.
I remember falling in the void, so I must still be here. Whatever this is, it's definitely not my Everhand.
Lilith turns the corner, "coincidentally" ending up in the same alley as me. We looked at each other and froze, unsure if either of us was sane or another twisted entity of the void.
Lilith: "Steven?"
Steven: "Lilith?"
I don't know what's true and what isn't anymore. She ran towards me and I didn't know how to react. Should I respond with violence and possibly hit Lilith who could be just as lost as me? I felt relieved when she jumps into my arms. There may be another friendly face after all.
Lilith: "After you fell! I was so scared!"
Steven: "Don't run into me like that… how did we end up here? Are we in Everhand?"
Lilith: "No, this place… it's better than Everhand."
"S̵͖̖̮̻͚͍̱̪͕͗͒̍̎̄̈́̐̂̀̐̄̽͆̈́͜t̴̛̫̫͎͍͉͔̓̽͆̎̽͆͗̈́͐̋̕͠ͅõ̶̙̣̟̫̗̀̔́͛̚ṕ̶̧̾̓̒̃̽̈́̾̎͗͝͝r̷̨̢̛͙͓͎̣̘̯̣̋͋̍͑́͑̍̒̓̉͊́͘͝ů̸͇̠͕̣̹̻͓͉̳̑͋̿̽̉͗̊͗̚ǹ̵͕͎̼͕͖̠͊̊̽̐͐̀͘̕͝n̸̡̦͚̻̻̰̝͉̠̺̾̅̇̒̀̾̾̓̕ͅį̴̢͍̠͍̰͇̌̐̈́̽͒̄̈́͑̽͆̚̕͜n̶̛͉͉̺̝̺̠̱͙͐̊͊͊̾̂͗̊́͑͂̕̚͠g̷͚̿̓̈́̽̅̽̃͗̕ą̵̨̛͎͇̙̬̣̘̮͕͈͍̯̓̑́̐͝͝ņ̷̧͇̦̘̤̮̖̱͔̊́́̆̿̈̈́͊̈́̂̈̕̕ͅd̸̛̛̖͍̤͗̀͑̆̃̇͗̄͘͠a̸̫̙̣̹̼̤̱͋̏̔́̊́́͋̈́̓͝c̶̱͓̱̪͌̆̿̋̾̌̚̚͝c̷͚̠͂̓̈ê̶͚͉͚͉͎̂͑p̵̡̳̘̮̗̝̬͕̗̪͓̥̜̓́͗͝͠ţ̷̛̛̖͎̖̏̅́͐̌͒̑̓͒̽͂͠͝y̴̖̫͔̻̏̏̒̈́̎̓͆̾̉̌̌̎͑̊̅ȏ̷̡̢̞̼̱̦̤̲̈̅̐͐͋̿͌̓͝ḯ̷̡̡͈̤̤̭̜̹̫̳̠͕͙͚̲͔̌̂̎̅̇͛̂͌̍͌̈̈́͂͝r̷͎̿̈́̾̈́̋́̈́̔͘f̴̢̧̻͇͚͔́͑̓͐͗̈́̆̍̒̿̈́̚̚͝å̴͇̰̖͎̝̺͍̯̈́̐̾͗̀̈́̀̑͊̑t̵̛̙̔̄̆͂͐́̔̅̀͊͂̊̾͝͝ę̵̝͚͎̖̞̙̞̭̖̋͂͝" [1]
Steven: "I…"
Holy shit, I'm hearing creepy shit in my head! I have to get the fuck out of here!
Lilith: "Steven?"
Steven: "How do we get out?"
Lilith: "I don't know. You have a home here, let's go there and find out what's going on."
Steven: "I can't go there, it makes me feel sick."
Lilith: "It'll be fine, I'll be with you. Nothing's going to happen."
Yes, something definitely will.
Nothing in this void is friendly. The Lilith I know would either use reason to get me to tag along or find an alternate solution.
I ran yet again when she reached for my wrist. The others find me and I'm back in a chase. This time, they suddenly became faster and more persistent. I was unable to lose them no matter how cunning I became in the chase.
We all ended up far in the south-west of the city. An area I've never been to and the walls are overlooking the ocean. Now, it lost all sentimentality of it being my home and became a hell that I'm desperately trying to escape.
Nathan: "You can't get away from here."
This place is demented…
If I'm going to be in Everhand, I'd rather be back in the days when Lilith was trying to kill me. At least then I only had to deal with the paranoia of one person out to get me.
But here? In this twisted place?
Why is everyone out to get me?
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What is going on?
Guard: "What are you doing?"
I climbed up on the railing, looking down to the cliffs below. There was no ocean, just more of this evil void. The guards finally catch up to me, still holding their sinister look. Nathan was leading them and was just as corrupted.
It's making me sick to my stomach to see my friend be corrupted like that.
Guard: "Haha~ you really think you'd survive a fall that high?"
Steven: "No, but… I don't have to be in this hell any longer."
I sure hope my gut is right.
By taking that one single step… this nightmare can end…
Kanna: "Steven!"
Steven: "Ka-Ka-Ka-Kanna?!"
"y̸̛͔̗̠̝̮͙̜̘̜̮̩̎̎̈̄̾͗̏͆̽́ͅo̸̳͇̹̳͙̤̺͒̐͐̅͆̅̓́̐́͜ù̸͍̎̋̌w̴̗͖͎̘̖͌̑͘ͅì̵̫̟̾̔̒̈͋͒̐̑͝l̵͙̞͔͕͛̀͒͛͋̒̀̊̄̄̈́͒͝ļ̶̢̛̖̪̜̮̞̟̄̈́̅̑́̏̍͘̚̚̕͜n̶̮͔̲̋̽̽͛̆͆̀͋̒̓́̕͠͝e̵͇̱̭͍͔̻̲̜̮̲̅̏v̷̺͉͈̻̰͓̰̅͌͑̑̈́̿̀͋̏̿͠ĕ̸̙͓̯͈̪̜̥͇̻̉̓̏̌̾͝͠͠r̸̨̻̝̻̯̺̼̿͜b̸̨̛͓͓̟̬̤̻̥̝͆̆́̇ḛ̵̯̏̒̉͊͂͝͝͠h̶͓̝̤͋̄̏̄̾̀̌͘̚͝a̸̞̳͕͍̫̙̘̞̲͉̙̽͗̇̃̀ͅp̷̡̡̱̞̘͓̖̗̖̝̜̬̘̈́͂͌͗͗͆̈́̔͂̉͒̚p̴̢͇͚̩̤͍͚̈̋́̉̀ÿ̸̪̫͓͜"
Kanna: "Don't do it! We can be together forever!"
How cruel!
This hell is going as far as to manipulate my emotions!
Steven: "…no… I have to…"
I wake up in a caravan filled with other people. Dazed and confused, I look around for answers but most of the people are either asleep or about to fall asleep. Yet, I spoke out, hoping someone would hear me.Steven: "What's going on? Where's Lilith?"A traveler in front of me looks up from his book.Traveler #1: "Ah, I see you woke up."Traveler #2: "Good, I was beginning to think you weren't going to."Traveler #1: "You're in a caravan; we found you passed out in the middle of the road. You're still pretty beaten up, but our mage is good with healing spells."Caravan? Passed out? I don't even know what the hell is going on!Driver: "We reached our stop!"Traveler #1: "Alright, let's go."All of us exited the caravan. I was able to fully stretch my legs which felt great. I looked up into the night sky and became slightly confused.There's no moon? There are no stars either!What the hell?Maybe everything's blocked by clouds? But it's still pretty crazy to look at.I stuck together with the strangers that kindly picked me up and we trotted down a pathway to a large gate entrance.Steven: "Ah"Everhand?!Am I in front of the gates to Everhand?!Steven: "Wh-wh-where am I?!"Traveler #2: "Everhand, Ostroven."Steven: "Ever"Traveler #1: "Go I'm sure she's been waiting long enough."I was too nervous to move and looked back a couple of times before I was shoved by the traveler.Traveler #2: "Go!"Seriously?How in the world did I get to Everhand? Does Lilith's Shadow Leap travel that fast?And who is waiting for me?If I really am in Everhand, there's one place I'd want to go first before anything, Yuuna's Elixirs. It was always down the main road and a slight way down a smaller side street.The city felt "empty" as I walked down the road to my home. I remember there being a night scene. A bar was down the way and people, partying with the occasional guard to keep things tranquil, would be going up and down the street of my home.Nobody was around and the lights to each house were out, the only light was coming from the dimmer than usual street lamps.I was straying further into the unknown when I reached the front of my home. It's dark inside, I can't see anything and the door was unlocked, a big no-no to someone like Yuuna. I entered cautiously and called out to my master.Steven: "Hello? Yuuna? Kanna?"Something was immediately wrong; I both knew and felt it. The same churning sensation I'd get when something terrible is about to happen. There was no way I could stand being in my own home and quietly left as fast as possible.Back onto the streets, and looking down to the main road. A patrol was passing by. Surely, they had to have an answer to what's going on, so I chased after them. Managing to catch up before they hit a corner, I saw a familiar and friendly face.Nathan: "Oh, Steven? What are you doing out this late?"Steven: "Nathan, is that really you?"Nathan: "Aye, it is."Steven: "I thought you went home?"Nathan: "I did; you should go home, or the All-Master will be upset." 1Steven: "The wha-wha-?"Is he choking up on his own words?Nathan starts to slowly pace towards me, his friendly face turned menacing. It threw me off and scared me. I backed away, trying to calm him down; get him to stop.Steven: "Nathan, back off, if you're joking, this is taking it too far."Nathan: "Joke? Why would I joke?"How foolish! If can't feel safe at home, then why would I feel safe with the guard?!My best bet was to run, fast. I broke into a sprint down the streets and into the alleyways. I knew exactly where I was at, which direction and the streets. Everhand is my home and I was able to break away from the guard easily.I collapsed in one of the alleys, exhausted both physically and mentally. With all the weird shit going on, I can't be in Everhand; or at least, not the right one.I remember falling in the void, so I must still be here. Whatever this is, it's definitely not my Everhand.Lilith turns the corner, "coincidentally" ending up in the same alley as me. We looked at each other and froze, unsure if either of us was sane or another twisted entity of the void.Lilith: "Steven?"Steven: "Lilith?"I don't know what's true and what isn't anymore. She ran towards me and I didn't know how to react. Should I respond with violence and possibly hit Lilith who could be just as lost as me? I felt relieved when she jumps into my arms. There may be another friendly face after all.Lilith: "After you fell! I was so scared!"Steven: "Don't run into me like that how did we end up here? Are we in Everhand?"Lilith: "No, this place it's better than Everhand.""Stoprunningandacceptyoirfate" 1Steven: "I"Holy shit, I'm hearing creepy shit in my head! I have to get the fuck out of here!Lilith: "Steven?"Steven: "How do we get out?"Lilith: "I don't know. You have a home here, let's go there and find out what's going on."Steven: "I can't go there, it makes me feel sick."Lilith: "It'll be fine, I'll be with you. Nothing's going to happen."Yes, something definitely will.Nothing in this void is friendly. The Lilith I know would either use reason to get me to tag along or find an alternate solution.I ran yet again when she reached for my wrist. The others find me and I'm back in a chase. This time, they suddenly became faster and more persistent. I was unable to lose them no matter how cunning I became in the chase.We all ended up far in the south-west of the city. An area I've never been to and the walls are overlooking the ocean. Now, it lost all sentimentality of it being my home and became a hell that I'm desperately trying to escape.Nathan: "You can't get away from here."This place is dementedIf I'm going to be in Everhand, I'd rather be back in the days when Lilith was trying to kill me. At least then I only had to deal with the paranoia of one person out to get me.But here? In this twisted place?Why is everyone out to get me?Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.webnovel.com for visiting. What is going on?Guard: "What are you doing?"I climbed up on the railing, looking down to the cliffs below. There was no ocean, just more of this evil void. The guards finally catch up to me, still holding their sinister look. Nathan was leading them and was just as corrupted.It's making me sick to my stomach to see my friend be corrupted like that.Guard: "Haha~ you really think you'd survive a fall that high?"Steven: "No, but I don't have to be in this hell any longer."I sure hope my gut is right.By taking that one single step this nightmare can endKanna: "Steven!"Steven: "Ka-Ka-Ka-Kanna?!""youwillneverbehappy"Kanna: "Don't do it! We can be together forever!"How cruel!This hell is going as far as to manipulate my emotions!Steven: "no I have to"
