While pushing aside the unnecessary thoughts, Elizabeth continued to read the story. Slowly but surely, time passing by before she knew it.
Previously, she had read through the chapter when she was at the public library. But back then, she skimmed most of the parts of the story in order to search for her strange symptoms. Now after the meeting with Aaron, this story made Elizabeth see it in a different light.
When it was an hour later since she began to read the story, a soft rumble could be heard from her stomach. Even though Elizabeth had missed the noise it made, the gnawing feeling in her stomach has nagged her mind and caused her to be aware of it.
Glancing to the clock on the wall, Elizabeth saw that it was already eight pm and already time for
"Are you trying to run away?"When those words escaped the young man's lips, the tip of Elisabeth's fingers shuddered for a second. Subconsciously, she moved that hand behind her and awkwardly smiled. Aaron's commanding tone gave her a surprise, but that didn't mean she had to act uncomfortable so as to not further provoke the young man."No! Not at all. There was an assignment from the college, about the hotel's rooms and stuff. So that's why…" answered Elizabeth while she shook her hand. At the same time, she thought, 'Assignment excuse… Even twelve year olds would notice such a lame excuse, urgh.'Surprisingly, the young man replaced his previous frown with a few innocent blinks. Then, his eyes wandered the room as he murmured, "I see&helli
While Aaron was sitting on the chair, Elizabeth settled on top of the bed as she observed Aaron's features more closely. The young man's pale complexion and that eye of his was still eye-catching in Elizabeth's view. But now, she just noticed another peculiar trait of the young man. Aaron… Didn't have a shadow. Whenever and wherever the young man moved or stood, there wouldn't be any shade of his figure. The moment she realized that fact, the notion of Aaron being only a holographic image crossed her mind. But that idea was quickly discarded, considering how real the person in front of her feels. Not to mention, she didn't think that the latest holographic technology would be so smooth as to project someone's image so naturally. "So…" shifting her eye
"Me?" asked Elizabeth back as she raised her eyebrows a little. "They are looking for you," looking directly into Elizabeth's eyes, Aaron continued, "They hunted you, just like the others." "The others…? Are you implying that-" Abruptly, Aaron stood up and turned his head to the right side. It was as if his gaze bore through the walls, with his brows furrowed deeper in time and his face becoming more stiff. Then, he looked at the confused Elizabeth and stated without showing any expression, "They are coming." In the next second, the light bulb
'Where…'Within her panicked breath, Elizabeth's steps didn't slow down for a moment as she looked at her surroundings. Even when she could faintly hear the loud sounds of the battle in front of afar, the hallway of the hotel was unusually quiet. For a second, she wondered if she was the only person inside of the hotel's building.'Where's everybody?!'Soon, she found herself she had arrived at the hotel's lift with still no one in sight. But the moment when she was about to touch the button of the lift, something stopped her finger. Right when her finger was only five centimeters away from the button.A sense of Deja Vu emerged within Elizabeth's chest while she hurriedly placed her h
"Do you need any more help, Miss Elizabeth?"Half an hour later after both Elizabeth and the staff she stumbled across the hallway finally confirmed her identity as a customer in the receptionist desk, that same staff agreed to open the door of her room with spare keys. Though the young man and the receptionist bombarded questions to Elizabeth about how she could get out of a locked room without her keys, Elizabeth simply stated an awful lie about how the door wasn't locked back then and then magically locked by itself.Of course, the receptionist and the staff didn't believe what she had said. But since Elizabeth was adamant about that being the case and coincidentally, the camera in the hallway didn't catch the scene of Elizabeth going out of her room as well. It was as if she mysteriously appeared on the other side of the ha
"Would this place be fine?"With an unsure tone, Elizabeth glanced around her surroundings as her eyes squinted. The cramped space of some deserted alleyway entered her vision. With the poor lighting of the area, it gave out an ominous atmosphere in her mind."It shouldn't be a problem." uttered the bat that was sitting right atop of her shoulder. Looking at the bat, Elizabeth smiled wryly and said, "Is there no other place except this one?""If you are worried about some mugges, then they wouldn't be a problem. Though I've temporarily resorted to utilizing familiars, those small-time criminals wouldn't be a challenge."Heading how Aaron was confident, Elizabeth subconsciously asked back, "Then what if those h
As the sun blooms on the horizon, the glittering gold spreads through the vast white and blue. Melodious chirps danced in harmonious rhythm while the countless little wings soared high with freedom. Riding the warmth breeze of the spring straight to the land of nowhere.Right underneath them were the last sign of the artificial stars that slowly went out one by one. Though most of the orderly abodes were still bright as ever, some had long snuffed their illumination and had the residents drive their trusted vehicles to start their day.Meanwhile, a certain young girl in her early twenties was enchanted by the never ending dream land as her snores softly echoed through her room. Accompanied with the rustles of her sheets and the ticks of her clock, she spent her sweet time peacefully. Until the automated gear within a smal
"So you are saying both of you found this body just as you had entered the classroom? Didn't you see anything strange before that?"Somewhere inside a room filled with only a single table and some chairs, a middle aged man with a sharp nose and a long scar running from his forehead to his cheek was squinting his eyes at the suspect before him. The faint smell of cigars and caffeine lingered on his breath if one was close enough. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the people within this room were mildly bothered by his unsightly side.Contrary to his intimidating image, the man beside him who looks much younger than him was smiling warmly at the suspect. After working with the middle aged man for half a decade, the young man knows full well how poorly executed his friend's 'peaceful interrogation' would be.