As I was preparing to rise from my position and stretch my legs, the sound of the door opening caught my attention. I remained still, keeping my eyes open, as Chelsea entered the room. She had changed into a stunning white dress, and the flickering candlelight illuminated her figure, creating an enchanting aura around her."I'm sorry for hitting you," she said, her voice like music to my ears. I couldn't help but smile as I replied, "Thank you for rescuing me.""It was nothing. By the way, I hope you recover soon. I would love to get to know you better. Please cooperate with Emelda, the nursing maid. She will take care of you until the family doctor returns from the healer's summit. He'll be back soon. Now, I must go and inform my father that you're here."With a warm smile, she left the room, leaving me to contemplate my next move. Lost in thought, I was startled when the door opened again, revealing a woman dressed in a black maid's uniform."Hello, young sir. I am Emelda, the nursin

"What am I going to do today, I wonder if Chelsea would come to see me today?".I walked towards the window." It's a sunny day".I leaned on the frame of the window and looked outside. The servants were going about their respective errands. I guessed they were the pure humans who had no magic proficiency, the mortals. The black gate seemed to glimmer a mysterious black in the sunlight, and lord Marshall's stone statue in the center of the manor made everywhere look grandiose. The statue was holding a book, a book made of stone. I looked closer and it seemed to have words engraved on it. I wished to read what was written in the book, but my attention was drawn by the presence of someone at the door. Knock knock"It's Chelsea". Of course, I knew who it was. " I have good news".Recently my senses had heightened to a scary level, and sometimes I shocked myself with what I could do. "it's open". I moved from the window and sat down.The door opened to let Chelsea in. She was dressed in

Chelsea had eye bags, heavy ones. I had never seen Chelsea look so tired and distraught. She had tear stains on her pink-but-not-so-pink-any-more cheeks. "Chelsea don't cry I am well now, let's fix your leg". I stood up from my lying position. "Vladimir, what are you trying to do?"."You'll see".I sat on the ground beside Chelsea. I didn't know what I was about to do, but I felt I could heal her. I placed her broken keg on top of my crossed legs to have a closer look at it. Lord did her leg look destroyed. "All this happened from one fall?". I asked Chelsea with a stupefied expression. Her leg looked shattered. It looked as though it had been pulverised by a huge sledgehammer from behind, causing her bone to break out of her skin tearing her muscles...ligaments and tendons. "Ahh, Vladimir, at least I am better. You just had a little cut to your head and torso, and you died. Don't you dare judge me". Chelsea looked as if she was about to cry or throw me a punch or both. "I wasn'

"THIS IS ENOUGH". I heard the familiar gruff elegant voice come out of my mouth. "How dare you insignificant pests disturb my slumber".At this point, the green specks of light that had gone out of my now-possessed body turned blue. "Boy, what is the meaning of this?". The familiar voice asked me. "This is a test, I didn't know it would turn out this way, by the way, who are you?". I responded still in shock. "Young boy I don't take tests; I am above that. you have forgotten me so soon. I am the one who brought you back to life, that's all you need to know about me"."It's no wonder you sound familiar. I still remember our deal. Just so you know, I still have to take this test"."Alright if you insist, take your test. I'll have to leave you now; I need to recover my strength". Then his voice died out. I shrugged and waved any thoughts I had aside, I still had the test to finish. After some time of walking, I stumbled into an enclosure. " welcome"I saw a strange old woman dressed

The big book floated in the air glowing an eerie red light. My body, under the control of the deity walked towards the floating book." Yes, come to me".Chelsea on the other hand had already gotten tired of screaming my name. She stood at the end of the hall, I guess she was scared out of her wits. She was in a mess, I guess something had triggered something within her because she held her head and mumbled something while her body visibly shook.My body kept on walking towards the floating book. When I got close enough, the deity raised my hands to touch it "Yes, come to me".The book emitted a red blinding light, so bright that I could not see anything else. I felt blinded by the light. After a bit of time, I could no longer feel my eyes burning from the light.I was in a place so unfamiliar, it looked like I was in a garden a really beautiful garden, with two children around the ages of seven to ten years. The two boys, I think were brothers, but something was visibly off about one