Inna regained a little bit of consciousness.
It seems that she fell asleep moments after she dived. But she didn't understand how she was able to fall asleep. It was a death and uhm, 'dying after death' situation after all.
In fact, it was strange, like she was forced to sleep as soon as she sunk in the pool.
And now, for some reason, she feels awake but she can't move her body or her eyes. It was like sleep paralysis.
But she noticed that her ears were working just fine because near her, she clearly heard panicked voices.
"Ram, w-what are we going to do?!" A youthful panicked voice echoed under the eerie silence.
"Iris, why did you do that?!" A deep angry voice boomed.
"How would I know this will happen?" An arrogant female voice entered Inna's ears. "She's the one who was stupid and didn't dodge. This isn't my fault at all! You guys should blame her!"
"B-but...b-but..." The youthful voice had a slight tremble.
"Drop it, Jul. It already happened. We should worry about what we will do next." The deep voiced 'Ram' said with a sigh.
"B-but how are we going to hide this?!" 'Jul' squeaked. "We weren't supposed to go this far!"
"Let's just leave her alone. She'll be good meat for the beasts here. Just let them tear her apart." 'Iris' arrogantly said with a 'humph'.
"Yeah, that'll work." Ram agreed. "They'll leave no traces and no one is brave enough to wander around here anyways. And even if they are, they wouldn't take much notice from a corpse. We should go now."
"Heh, stupid until the very end. Just like your mother." Iris sneered, her voice a mere whisper but Inna's sensitive ears picked it up anyways.
Soon, their footsteps could be heard as she felt their presence all slowly disappear as well.
What the hell was that? Who were they? Did they just... kill someone?
There were multiple questions in Inna's mind but they remained unanswered. Soon enough, she felt tingling sensations until she realize that she can finally move.
She opened her eyes and looked around. It was night and the sky was covered by tall domineering trees that surrounded Inna. And by a closer look, it looks like she's in a forest filled with normal grass. And by normal, she meant that they weren't the purple grass in Hel Halja.
She tried standing up but she felt her body was extremely heavy at the moment. She looked at her body curiously only to see it covered with chain mail and a breast plate. She had a metallic armored skirt and her belt was filled with needles and a long sword. By her right thigh she saw a dagger. Her right hand was gripping a dagger and both her forearms had small hidden blades in the metal clothing. And by her side, she saw a bow and a container filled with a few handmade arrows. It looks like she was heavily armored with weapons. In fact, she felt like one of those cool warriors or assassins in a game. The ones ready to kill anytime.
Upon closer inspection, she noticed that she was taller and leaner. Her arms and legs were also a bit muscled and her senses were heightened more. It's like everything was an improvement of her previous self, except her chest now, which was a bit worrying.
She felt her face around, trying to feel if she disfigured it or there were bruises in it. But she felt that it changed considerably. Her eyes were quite larger than before and her nose was in a different shape. Her lips were a bit thinner and she felt that her jawline became sharper. She also felt a few tiny scars in her neck that confused her.
She was still left in a daze as she tried to make sense why her face and body changed. But suddenly, an idea popped in her mind.
This is!
Reincarnation, right?!
I'm not wrong this time, am I?!
I did it?! Holy shit, finally!
So, this is what happens when you die after dying? You live?
She chuckled to herself at that. A few moments after, she felt her body become lighter and figured that she can finally move. She stood up and tried out some basic movements to adjust herself with her new body.
It seems that her new body is lighter and swifter than her old one.
Hmmmm... Next time, when she dies again, she'll surely try to remind herself to try and kill herself again to escape!