11 Chapter 11 ~ A Gift: Realization Part 3

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Ludwig snapped his finger and then—

*T-w-o-o-o-o-o-o-m-p-h-f*

Sonic wave burst out from it... his finger, snapped together was so loud that it even echoed throughout the entire room.

I don't know what he just did, it can't possibly be that he used a low tier spell, the wave was quite similar to the ones in [Alarm] Spell, but I'm sure it's not the same Spell.

He suddenly turned around, and I got flinched for a moment since he did it so menacingly.

He grabbed my shoulder, and then in an instant… we move— no, teleported to the outside, though it looks like we're still underground.

Quite possibly, he casted some sort of [Teleportation] Spell, but we moved differently than the normal Teleport Spell that I used to have, we didn't disintegrate… we just moved.

Looking around, it turns out to be a balcony. Behind us, there is a doorway made of glass, and it's inside it… is a Bedroom.

'Maybe this is his room, it's so… Grandeur?'

With a cold black floor, red-pink color walls and a shiny silver chandelier.

The vibe is so unlike him, this place gives off some sort of calming presence, it is so… soothing.

Ludwig spoke, "Mortal?"

His eerie, cracked voice took me back to reality, "Ah, sorry. I just thought this room looks… very nice."

"…"

Ludwig didn't respond to it and went to sit instead, there are 2 well-decorated chairs and a table. No dust is left on either of them, did he expect me?

'No, that's impossible'

Tapping at the hand of his chair, "Come here" he said.

I did what he asked. I sat on the hand of his chairs with my hand on my thighs, it feels as if I'm trying to seduce him.

He's holding my hand and there is that feeling again… I wonder what it is, I don't understand it myself.

Looking back at him, I didn't notice it until now, but… he is quite tall.

When I look at him now… I don't feel scared anymore, and somehow, my view of him changes. No longer do I see him as enemies... nor NPC (Non-Player Character), but now I started to see him… just like another… "real" person.

I can feel like my relationship with him is going up

There are 3 stages of "Encounter Indicator", Red, Yellow, and Green. Obviously, Red is an enemy, Yellow is neutral, and Green is friendly.

But there is also something like, "Relationship Indicator", it is unavailable until one has known each other for a long time, and it will available automatically.

Maybe this is how Green feels like in Realism?

'No'

Seeing him so close, with this warmth in my heart… there is no doubt, this is not what the game makes me feel. Rather, this is how I truly feel.

Looking at his appearances, I wonder why he's only wearing that tattered robe, even though he could've used something even better than that.

He is a Demigod after all.

Blinking my eyes a few times I came back to reality; I was hesitant to initiate the talk.

But I muster up the courage to ask him, "Ludwig… do you really hate, Travelers?"

He shifted his gaze, looking me in the eye, his glowing ever so brightly. He spoke, "I do, they are nothing… but a bunch… of mindless animal"

That respond. I think he didn't like the question; I wonder why… though, I don't think I have the chance nor time to think about it.

There is something else I want to ask him, but…

My lips tighten, it's something that's been on my mind ever since that fight. I know a great deal about his fighting prowess, and judging by it he must be…

Nervously I asked him, "Ludwig… from what I know, you have numerous chances to Ascend from Demigod… why didn't you do it?"

"…"

He went silent for a moment.

"Hrr… I see, you even… knew about that… I wonder if the others…"

I shook my head, "I'm the only one"

Ludwig spoke at a slow pace, "How can you be so sure?"

"Because I'm the only one that has killed you"

He pondered about what I have just said; Ludwig is a Unique. There can only be one Ludwig out there, and I… indeed killed him.

A Unique will no respawn after being killed, so I am 10 billion percent sure that I did.

"I don't recall… ever meeting you" he said.

I thought, 'Maybe he's thinking at the time he was alive? Did he even have a life before he has that form?'

Sighing at my poor ability to give a proper explanation, I spoke once again, "You didn't. However, I just feel like, as if… its fate that we met"

"…"

He chuckled, and then said, "Heh, there is no such thing as fate, Mortal"

Flushed in red, I don't even know what I'm saying anymore. "Goodness me, you're right. I don't even know what I'm talking about anymore…"

I feel like my mind is in the clouds right now, "What is happening to me…"

I stood up from my seat, resting my hand at the edges of the fence. I gaze at the silver-black Moon in the sky, "I'm sorry if I'm talking nonsense, but…"

I started to recall the times I was started playing.

The struggles I went through those fun times when those two are around.

Everything went so smoothly…

Suddenly, I shed a tear, "Heh, this is funny…"

I thought to myself, 'Weird, why did I say it's funny when—'

"When I killed thousands of Monsters like you, I enjoyed it…"

'No, that wasn't what I wanted to say, it was—'

"A thrilling experience, yet…'

'Why I keep running my mouth… I have many things I want to talk about, something that's more important than this, yet—'

*Thud* I lost the strength of my legs

"Yet when I killed you, I feel nothing but regrets…"

I don't know why, but more tears start flowing out from my eyes.

*Sob*

"E-Even though *Hic* you're just a Monster. You... you're supposed to be just *Hic*… a mere stepping stone for me…"

'I can't control my emotion, why… why I'm saying all of this… just why—'

"Why do you have to say that!!"

My minds are in jumbles, I don't even know why I said that.

I wonder if it's actually been on my mind this whole time,

Maybe I was angry all this time… just because a few words from a monster, I questioned my purpose for playing… my existence for living.

Ludwig approached me; he patted my head; I can feel it again… that warmth

I gritted my teeth in anger, I said, "Are you using a spell on me? *Hic* Cut it out."

My tears won't stop, somehow, it starts to hurt even more… my chest feels so heavy, and he didn't stop caressing my head, he continues to do it despite me being so hostile just now.

And that's when my emotion... Broke

Whimpering as he stroke the back of my head, "Wuuu… uuaaa…"

I cried.

Like a little girl… who got lost.

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