"Isabelle, do you know magic?"
"no..."
Mika's currently teaching me on how an anomaly life goes, but I haven't learned a single thing...
"... this is a problem... all I can teach you is magic stuff... I know! how about you come with me on a random world transport!?" random world transport? "yeah! I'm currently creating a new spell from
Srysika, oh right your new... well why don't you join me!?"
I feel like I'm gonna face punishment if I do this but I can't disagree since I don't know what I'm doing either... I nod and she holds my hand to the central city. this place is a lot more... what's the word... shiny?
"well, I think you might want a change of clothes though..."
"NO!!!"... why did I do that...
"J-jeez... you didn't need to scream like that, fine you can keep your clothes but aren't you ashamed at that clothing? no one here... well some wear those kinds of clothes but I don't believe that you're that kind of person."
"t-this clothes were gifted to me by one of you guys... she swore to me that if I am in danger then these clothes will protect me" that's what that lady told me and I knew this worked since it protected me once.
"haahh... right right... well wear this coat for now, we'll be going to central after all. and thankfully this place doesn't have that long of a line"
it's like the time we got teleported here for the first time, lights traveled in a cylindrical shape as everything got enveloped with it
"you might get nauseatic for a while... didn't you already got transported to Ila-"
she suddenly stopped, wait... where am I? "Miss Mika!!?" a few seconds in there's no response... this world...
"Miss Mika where are you?" it's bad enough to get separated but I still don't know where I am... ahh a village! I can ask some people there...
no... this village has been abandoned... I can still use some of they're equipment here.
I wonder where Miss Mika is... wait, can't I ask the system for that? -response: the individual you are talking about is currently unavailable to be connected, please retry later-
hmm... I might use one of these houses here, no one's living her anyway...
dust... even a small poke create a puff of smoke of dust... this village has been abandoned for maybe even a year or so.
the night strikes... that was fast... wait is that a person? a silhouette of what appears to be a man is in the distance "oooyy! can you hear me?" I try to signal him here, he seemed to hear me. there are more people! wait... this is somewhat nerve-racking... there was no one in the vicinity until night time... as I say that an arrow shot past just nearly hitting me, I take a second look and I noticed a skeleton holding a bow, I ran as quickly as I can to find cover only to see a gigantic spider under a roof "STAY BACK!!!" this world is beyond scary! where can I get some peace and quiet!?" I try to block off the entrance... thankfully they can't get through but I'm getting hungry... at an alarming rate too... why is this world so quick! "Isa!!! where are you?" Mika!! "I'm here!!! help me!!!"
"ahhh there you are!" fireballs came in and engulfed everything in the vicinity
"are you alright?"
"s-scarred... a bit but otherwise I'm fine... what is this place anyway?" a world where these monsters spawn by night... it's like a game mechanism...
"kinda my fault considering what type of world we would enter... this world is a huge sandbox, you can do anything here and no other world is the same. this has been thought up by anomalies and the goddess allowed this, although right now it may seem normal, we both are actually in the digital world, our physical body has become spirit entities, like particles that travel nearby us, since we're in the digital world, it's just a huge illusion, or more like holographic. all of these resides in our minds and once we enter an unknown world" an object spawned hovering on Miss Mika's hand. "this thing will be ingrained in our minds... although since I'm the owner of this world I am the only one who can enter here, otherwise people will need to come with me"
"that's a weird mechanic..."
"don't ask... anyway these mobs aren't that hard, these spiders are mostly harmless and thanks for the gore setting I inputted here, they'll just turn into a puff of smoke when killed"
"Is this really one of the goddesses creation?"
"nah, about a few centuries ago that digital worlds were created by some hackers of the system, they made the digital world out of the consent of the goddess, they seemed to like it so they implemented the digital world, although since this was a long time ago they didn't have much time to implement it to the sattelite worlds, AKA world: communities and such"
so in a case this kinds of worlds are like games? it's still bewildering so I asked Mika about it
"well if you put it that way yes it's like a game, you don't respawn in this world though, you'll be integrated back to the community you joined in, if you don't have a community then kiss the goddesses' feet that you'll respawn..."
"why is it like that?"
"don't know... but just pray that your friend can respawn, since he's not an anomaly like us, death will probably be scarring... well do heed my warning."
as we say that morning struck as early as the night rose
"this is the digital world, dunno the time though... let's go find a good place to release the spell I came up with... stand back a bit..."
I'm afraid of what'll happen but after she said that she began chanting some words that I don't understand
{[from the ground up, turn the scene I'm standing in and glow a radiant blue as I chant my spell]}
"m-miss Mika... the ground..."
{[heed my call, my spirits, for thy call you on on my name to follow my order]}
I shouldn't really interrupt her right now but I'm nervous...
{[create a dazzling light and turn into spears, envelop the earth and throw my opponent into dissaray]}
{[strike thy foe, pierce their heart and destroy every soul in the area!]}
white lights began to envelop every moving thing including Isabelle
"miss Mika!.. what's going on!?"
"oh I just- Isa! run!"
I follow her command and just in time, the white light formed into a crystal that could've pierced my chest
"I'm so sorry, I didn't exactly specify what the spirits do..." [Mika]
"it's fine, it's fine... no fatal injuries at least..." [Isabelle]
"oh thank god... I'm so sorry..."
"I already said it's fine plus it might've help me in my reaction speed... probably..."
I say that as to comfort her... it didn't help
"hahaha... well I guess the crying won't help..."
she fixes her self up and we both stand up
"hahaha... well this is a predicament... why don't we return to Ilatra?"
she beckons me to get closer and light began to envelop the whole area again. I open my eyes and it's back to the hallroom where the introduction was
"ahh Nick, I thought you were resting"
"just taking soome midnight snack for my rest"
he say that but he's taking everything
"hey! don't take my Pudding! it was a gift from Mei!"
"I am taking everything and you won't make me!"
"GET BACK HERE!"
Mika left as Nick ran away... honestly...
"oh Isabelle! you're back!" [Naoya]
"Naoya! so how was your training?"
"didn't really get some training... although I found out some info about Nick and his past"
"ooh do tell please!"
"Ma'il! you got a minute!?"
someone dressed white came, a girl with a long slender body and short hair with glasses
"umm... who are you?"
"new recruits? ahh no matter, is Ma'il here? I'm supposed to give this to him"
"no but he said he was going to visit you, also can I come with? I'm going to train under him"
Naoya's remarks made the woman look closely to him... uncomfortably so...
"you seem familiar... ahh! right... well then come with me. system, register the two individuals in my vicinity and transport us to Laplace Main"
-system granted, my queen. teleporting my queen's party to homeworld Laplace-
Naoya seems to be surprised but stays silent as we get transported into the unknown. I think I'm getting a bit used to this...
-teleported to coordinate bookmark[lab], welcome home My queen-
after the transportation, Naoya suddenly peeked through the window, he seemed... surprised with a hint of... I don't know, fear? relieved?
"Miss... who are you?" Naoya started to speak up his mind
"I'm Daisy, well currently known as Yinmei"
Naoya's still startled about this place
"I'm gonna look for Ma'il. you two, why don't you take a stroll on the area while you're waiting for Ma'il"
I don't even know this place... we both might get lost...
"ahh sorry... well then I'll go ask someone" she presses a button and a loud chime can be heard almost from everywhere
"Arie, can you come to the Lab for a sec, I need you to escort a couple of people. well... just wait for your escort, I'll go look for Ma'il now"
she left as soon as she can, I can't explain everything that has happened to me but utter randomness...
"are you the two that I'm supposed to escort?" a girl, quite short... she has normal clothes compared to the people that I have met
"yes, I hope we weren't troubling you"
"it's fine, nothing has been eventful after the incident lately"
after that Naoya and I were being escorted on the area, but I feel like I'm missing something...
the area was serene... peacefull despite the military's continuous training when we were there
"Arie! how's my little cutie?"
a girl with short, bobbed hair walked towards miss Arie, with... I wouldn't say Military clothing like my world... it's ore like... casual but with holy like clothing aesthetic...
"Lieutenant Liliya, what can I do for you?"
"oh come on! drop the formalities around me! we're friends here! anyway who's the two with you?"
"ahh... we haven't really introduced properly..."
"ehh-? well introduction is a must here but since we made the blunder here then we'll be introducing ourselves first, I'm Liliya Rosa, Platinum Lieutenant of the black&white Platoon. the cutie here is Arie, although she doesn't have a surname... let's just call her Arie"
"a pleasure to be your acquaintance" she bows in a formal way
"ahh.. eh? I'm Isabelle Civia, I'm an anomaly for what I know... I still don't know what to do though..."
"ahh so like Mei's privilege, we have visited her place a couple of times but we really didn't have anything to do so we just stayed here, how about the other one?"
"I'm Na-"
"Liliya! mind if you come to the back garden? some mishaps occurred"
the voice echoed through the hallway, it's like some object was creating the sound, but... it sounds oddly familiar...
"got It! well gotta go now, sorry if the talk got interrupted, Arie, continue your devotion please"
the girl with a mask salute and miss Liliya walks away, waving at us
"Sorry if my superiors are like that, Lieutenant Liliya is... somewhat in a depressed state right now..."
"a-ahh it's fine it's fine! although am I barging in their privacy if I ask what happened?"
she shakes her head but hesitates to speak... it's like she's scared... or more like sad
"w-well... why don't we look at the back garden where she is? we could ask her about it... or is it that bad?"
she nods and continues to guide us to the garden...
"Sorry if you hadn't spoken for a while... am I hogging your time?" I whisper to Naoya
"no... honestly, everything here seems depressed... I don't want to invade their privacy so..."
so we both noticed... besides the people that are of lower class and miss Mei, everyone seems depressed at something.
"here we are, the garden of Helios, despite the name, it's a very serene area, it's enchanted with magic to attract beast with good it intent and repel those otherwise"
flowers, the grass... everything in this part is beautiful... the big tree in the center of a hill there looks special
"that tree was where most of the higherups relax, it's been blessed by everyone here, this even serve as a picnic spot for us."
as miss Arie talk we see miss Liliya talking to a man with military clothing... he has short, jet black hair... almost the same as Naoya... wait... they look extremely similar...
"ahh, Arie! come here! we're just about to sit down, you two too! come join us!"
we both join in and the man began unfolding the picnic blanket he was holding... another man, with a lab coat on and also has black-ish hair joins in, carrying a basket full of food
"ahh right we haven't finished our introduction! well... I'll let our group start, since both Arie and I have introduced ourselves how about you two go now?"
"miss Liliya... honestly... sir, how do you even cope with your lover?"
"fuu... that's mean Ingrid... anyway, he's Ingrid, same with Arie she doesn't have a surname since both of them were recent, and the one with the golden triangle pendant is Naoya Von Eisen, leader of the Dark and Holy Knights. Captain Lieutenant Von Eisen"
a.... ahh...
"well I guess... I should start now... I'm Isabelle Civia, an anomaly like Miss Mei and the one beside me is..."
"I'm Naoya Ironhart, I believe you are my counterpart world?"
!!!
"a-... umm... this is a predicament... you looked quite similar to my Naoya but didn't think you came from the same Laplace... well... why don't you two talk it out!"
miss Liliya was a bit startled but she seemed to understand what's happening...
"so you two came from Laplace? wait... no..." is what sir Ingrid has said... well...
"half... I came from a different World, Naoya... Ironhart belongs to Laplace... well you know what I mean and he's currently trying to train..."
"hmm... ahhh I don't know how to process all of this!! can't we just have a normal picnic!?"
...
...
just silence... thankfully, sir Ingrid broke the silence
"I believe we will be having baked fish and some sandwiches, there's smoked Ham there too if you all are interested"
"haaahhh... finally, food!"
the tension faded as soon as we ate.
after the picnic, Naoya... this'll be troublesome... well sir Von Eisen and Naoya are sparring while us girls are resting and chatting, sir Ingrid left back to the lab as soon as we finished.
"haahhh... Isabelle right? what do you think of Naoya? I mean my Lover..."
"you two are together?" miss Liliya has a small frame while sir Eisen about 7 feet tall...
"yes! what do you think of him?"
"This is somewhat troubling... hmm... I guess you two match?"
"Thanks! there hasn't been anyone complimenting about us two, although from what I said you'd feel like I'm asking for attention hahaa..."
the awkward silence came back...
"I'll be going back, I need to look out for the new recruits today"
"kay! bye Arie"
...
...
"I've been meaning to ask... everyone here seems depressed... why is that? I-I mean I'm not prying, you don't need to tell me!"
"a-... are you really curious?"
I nod and she began to look at the sky... as if lamenting about it
"I won't say much... we... we had a master, creator... or probably a friend..."
"you see me and Naoya Eisen? all of the higher ups here are clones, creation of 1 to 4 person... my creator I believe was Aiha... Kirin Aiha. same as Naoya, we are both from his frame, although born in a different time.
Naoya was born decades before me, he was... well always rowdy, wanted to surpass Death... not the Death you die in a way, the person who holds the title Death. he was... Death personified. a bloody scythe on the left and a lamp that harvests souls on the right. he was the strongest until some the whole world betrayed us... we were on good terms, all of the nations believed what Kirin has said but at that time, the whole world sent a whole military front on us... thankfully we had Mana crystals that can turn into Dimensional portals but as soon as we three entered Kirin was left behind along with Mei...
a few years pass and we returned only to see only a fragment of Kirin left... he wasn't immortal, he always had a clone left for his soul to transfer but in this case, he wasn't prepared... death happened from what I heard from Mei and after our return we only saw a ghost of him.
his first creation... the one that rivaled Death, Parva... a little girl that can swallow a whole population, what's even more saddening was we had to follow orders from our friend... his last words was inaudible but I could just faintly read his lips... 'destroy what I have done...'. I still can't comprehend killing a child, it still traumatizes me up until this day which is... wh-which is..." Liliya started tearing up, attempting to cover his eyes in the process... I feel kind of bad... for her to experience something this bad... "we haven't had any incidents like that for some time... which in turn calms me down but what I'm afraid right now is everyone I love will die... we clones are immortal by age but we still experience death... thankfully Mei is there to calm me down... she's like a... mother... to me... and...
whenever I think of Kirin... I tear up... like always... I do believe he's still alive though but... I feel like I'm just not accepting it... no... I don't want to accept it... a friend's soul... just a ghost is scary enough for me..."
"hahaha... sorry for me rambling... I suppose you might want to go back to Ilatra now... right...?"
she picks herself back up, still teary-eyed...
"Thanks for the talk... I might've needed that..."
"n-no problem!! I'm sorry for making you delve in the past though..."
"hahaha it's okay let's go back where you two got teleported... Mei's lab right?..
oyy! Naoya!! go back home! and... wait I'm confused..."
"hahaha... well I'll be going now... glad to be friends with you"
"same here, remember this tip; your enemies won't be waiting, and those people are just your rivals!"
we both wave to miss Liliya and sir Eisen goodbye, all that's left walking is me and Naoya...
"so... how was your training?"
"captain Von Eisen is much stronger than who I am right now... I couldn't even scratch him"
"hehe... well he is you much stronger right? I think it's just the experience gap both of you have, plus considering that both of you are practically the same, then he would've predicted your every move"
I don't think we would be coming back here soon though... I'd miss them too...
"will you visit this world once again? you seemed to be having fun with miss Liliya there"
"yeah... although if miss Mei allowed me then I'd probably visit if I had the chance..."
"well, why don't you visit whenever you want? as long as you follow our rules and regulations that is"
suddenly, miss Mei somehow hear me while walking to her lab...
"Really!? you mean it!?"
"Sure, just don't distract me in my work time, I'll give you the coordinates after your teleportation, that goes for you too Ironhart, if you want to spaw then you'll have to follow strict regulations of this place otherwise you'll be banned to enter this world for 5 months"
"I accept! please treat me well!"
"hahaha... why isn't Von Eisen like that towards me... well I'll be sending you two back to World:project, see you two soon"
and as she said that light enveloped around us and in a blink of an eye we return back to our community
"I'll rest for now... I'll be with sir Ma'il if you need me"
"sure... goodnight Naoya"
busy day... a bit confused at the start but at least their surnames are different...