63 Chapter 11: Consciousness

"Argh... Where... Am I..?" I asked as I opened my eyes

Pitch white, as far as I could see, everything was a pure white colour, I couldn't understand what I was looking at, The room was big, endless even, I couldn't see the end, but I could still see light.

Then a part of the room which I hadn't noticed earlier, came in to view. There was darkness there, It didn't move despite all the lights and just stayed there silently as if it were waiting for something

"Darkness..?" I muttered

There's still darkness even where there's all this light?

"Speaking of which... Wasn't I inside of something called a 'Dark Domain'? I remember being trapped in darkness..."

"This isn't the dark domain" Replied a voice in the distance

Surprised, I looked around to find the voice, and noticed the figure of a woman, standing a few feet away from me. Her entire figure was white, just like the room, I only noticed her now after looking at the darkness.

"Where is it then..?" I asked as I looked towards her direction

Her back which was originally turned to me, faced the other way as she faced me. I could only see the outline of her face, I could see her mouth moving, but that was about it...

"We're inside of you," She said as she approached me

Inside of me..? My consciousness?

"This voice... This is the same voice I heard telling me to wake up when I first came to this world..."

"I didn't expect you to remember..." She replied

"So... Are you the person that brought me to this world..?" I asked

"Hm... I'm afraid, I don't have the power to do that," She replied

"Then tell me, Who are you..? And what are you doing inside of me?"

"You'll know... Once you're stronger that is. Nonetheless, I'm disappointed. Getting caught in an enemies trap, if I hadn't helped you again... Your friends, they would've been killed"

Again..? She's helped me before? And my friends...

"What happened to them!? Are they safe?! Where's the shad-"

I was interrupted by the women who said. "They're waiting for you"

After she said that, I could feel something pulling me out of this Area.

"Remember John, You must strengthen your body, Otherwise you won't be able to control 'It'

Control what..? More importantly

"Wait! Before I go, Please tell me your name!"

The women who heard that made a surprised expression which changed into a smile and said "My name... It's..."

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"Mn..." I muttered as I opened my eyes

Once opened, the first thing I saw was the face of two surprised beautiful girls crying.

"Uhm... I'm back?" I muttered

"John..." They both said as they hugged me

"O-Ow... my body hurts all over... Can you guys make the hug a little less tight? I'm struggling to breathe..."

"Idiot..." Said, Serena as she hugged me even tighter

"O-Okay..." I replied

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"Are you two feeling better now..?" I asked as I patted them both on the head

"Don't pat me..." Said Serena as she moved my hand

But you can hug me..? Ah, nevermind, she hates being treated like a kid

Nonetheless, They wouldn't let go of me no matter what I did, Almost as if they thought I had died or something. After i don't know how long, they finally let go.

"Wait... did I die? Is that it? Serena..? Ariel..? Come on you two say something, What happened to me?"

Once I asked that Serena and Ariel looked at each and chuckled

"Looks like he's back..." Said, Serena

"This is the john that we all know." Said, Ariel

"Eh? What's that supposed to mean?"

Serena and Ariel both explained to me what happened, how after I was trapped inside of the sphere, the man managed to get them by surprise and made them lose consciousness, and about what had happened after that.

"So after you woke up... You saw me fighting the man and I was chanting..?" I asked

"Yeah, it was like you were a completely different person..." Said, Ariel

So that's what she meant by she helped me again...

"More importantly, the chants you did... They were different from normal..." Said, Serena

"Different? How?" I asked

"Chanting is like praying to a spirit and requesting power in exchange for magic power. A spirit is wise also it probably understands the concept of its element. Depending on what you chant, you can use stronger spells, but the thing about chanting is that they have to be accurate."

Hmm...

"And what happened with mine?"

"Yours... It didn't feel like you were making a prayer, It sort of felt like when that guy we met in the dungeon was chanting. You also used the same spell as him, you cancelled the dark mages spells. And your chants were getting shorter and shorter the more you would use them."

So that women is this powerful... I wonder why she's so invested in me being stronger, Could it be, she wants me to fight something even stronger than her?

"But if I was so strong? How could I let him get away? Wasn't I able to stop his movements in the last second? So why did I let him go at the end?"

Serena and Ariel nervously looked at each other and Serena said

"I-I don't know, maybe you felt like he could be spared" Said Serena

"Serena... What did I do to him, you're not a very good liar..." I said

Serena let out a sigh and said "Fine..."

"We couldn't hear what spell you used at the end, but whatever it was, A hole appeared out of nowhere, and sucked him inside, no traces of him remained..." Said, Serena

"A hole..? What colour was it?" I asked

"It was dark..." Said, Ariel

"A black hole..."

I created a black hole..? And I killed him..? Maybe it was for the better, from what they said, if he had gotten away, he would've got more people to target us, and that would've been more dangerous...

How strange, I thought I'd feel a little more guilty and regretful after killing someone, but I don't feel the slight bit guilty or regretful... Was it because I wasn't the one in control, at the time I killed him, or...