Ashley
I end up finding a surprise when I return to my Spire. One in the form of the sight of that man still being there as I'm trying to fly into a balcony again with one of my kills.
Right, so why is he still here?
At this point I can't kill my curiosity towards the guy. After all, I was out hunting for hours, and he's still here. Waiting.
So I proceed to dump my kill somewhere in the Spire, not really caring where so long as I remember the spot, then I walk down the Spire towards the bottom floor. Because I don't want to end up fighting if they are here for a battle, and if I flew down then I'd be outside of my Spire. Where they can attack me.
But when I finally reach the bottom floor and open the door, revealing the man at the entrance, I find myself slamming the door shut without even giving them time to respond. Then I hear the man shouting on the other side of the door.
"Ashley! Please! I just want to talk!"
I frown at the door using all the emotions I can express on my face to do so. Which isn't much. And it's rather uncomfortable since I'm not used to it.
Why the hell is the Successor of Magic here? Chaos?
"Because he's your twin," Chaos answers, startling me for a second and knocking some memories loose in the process.
The memories in question are just fragments, but they're enough for me to realize a couple things.
Blake Sinclair is indeed my twin brother. And he is a prodigy in magic, with the ability to make mana of ten different elements. All at the second highest levels of potential, with the exception of one magic that he has at the highest level of potential.
I also remember the fact that he was the closest of my siblings to me, and the only one who I was open towards.
And while I can't remember my other siblings, I do know that I have one older sister and one younger brother in addition to Blake. But neither of them lived with us.
I don't remember anything else, though.
"Ashley..." I hear the man who I now know is my twin even if I don't remember really anything about him other than we were relatively close mutter. "I'm sorry. Sorry I couldn't do anything. Sorry that I didn't try to talk to them for-"
I push the door open and stare at him as he jumps to his feet in surprise, stopping him from saying what I didn't want him to say. Then I tell him, "Leave. Please."
And close the door again.
Because I don't want to remember.
Anything.
I drop down to my knees while hugging myself, feeling myself shaking a little uncontrollably.
Then, out of nowhere, I feel a hand patting my head, and another stroking my hair.
And for some reason, it makes me feel a little comfortable. A little warm.
When I look up, I find what looks like a see-through Chaos kneeling down next to me. But after I blink at him in surprise, he vanishes without a word.
He... what?
"I'll relay that to Father for you," Blake tells her.
"Thank you," Elizabeth says without missing a beat. "I have my own territory in the capital if you ever wish to visit. It's in the third district."
"Got it," Blake says before pausing midair after finding the Spire he's looking for, only for the thing to have already been claimed by someone else. So he immediately turns around and heads towards a different Spire. "I'll talk to you later, Lizz."
Elizabeth hangs up the call, leaving Blake to stew in his own thoughts as he flies through the air.
Wondering just how things will proceed from here.
Ashley
Alright. So, as it turns out, raw spider tastes terrible. Regardless of if you have the root skill of some undead zombie that lets you eat anything.
And when I tried cooking it, all I ended up with was burnt spider instead.
Neither of which are good options.
In the end, I head outside to gather some berries to eat instead. Which taste much better, but are far less filling.
I probably shouldn't rely on monsters as food anyways. Not when they won't be here forever.
Just until the monsters die out.
I guess I could use monsters inside of Gates as food, but there are likely better options.
Like food stores nearby.
I would've gone to them already, but the chances that they're open right now are rather unlikely.
After filling myself up with berries, I proceed to walk back up towards the peak of my Spire. At which point I collapse onto my back, just staring up at the sky above.
Not that there's much to see, what with the rain.
I just lie back, listening to the sound of the rain falling against the barrier.
This has been a... rather eventful wakeup from that coma.
And a rather long one to boot.
But... at least I'm not powerless. I have a relatively nice repertoire of skills being built up, along with my System Star, and this shelter.
My eyes begin to droop a bit, my sleepiness finally kicking in after the tutorial.
I think... it's safe... to get some shuteye...
I yawn as my eyes finally close.
Hopefully it'll stop raining... tomorrow...