"...My whole life."
With that answer, the question was answered without revealing her age. It was just assumed she was how old she looked. Basically, Xiao Shin was automatically assumed to be around 11 to 13 years old.
The doctor sighed and let go of her hand. The look in his eyes showed sympathy and pity. He turned away and left the room soon after.
The party was already over and Xiao Shin's family noticed she was missing. The tracker wasn't working right either. Unknown to both Xiao Shin and her family, the collar had a small tear and the water had short circuited most of the collar functions!
[Can you here me?]
'...ram...?'
[Yes. You remembered my name.]
'How are you talking to me right now?'
[After you met me, I could finally communicate outside of your soul. I'll still help you find the traits you gained. And it seems I've already found one of them.]
In a few seconds, Xiao Shin's eyes felt like they were on fire. It was almost like lava.
"AARGGHH!!!"
She really wanted to scratch at her eyes out in that very moment. However, she did her best to not, since it was still painful. Her struggle happened right in front of Mo Shin and Fang Qingmo. The worried look on Mo Shin's face was very much visible.
"W-What should we do?!!?! The doctor just left!"
Mo Shin was panicking and Fang Qingmo stood in place. The little girl looked like she was in tremendous pain. And she was. A few minutes of this suffering was enough for Xiao Shin to give in. Her nails dug right into both of her red eyes!
"ARRGHH!!!!"
She still felt the pain and continued digging out her eyes! The blood poured and splattered onto the walls. By then, the burning subsided, but a whole new pain formed over! It was like hell. She wanted to dig her eyes out even more.
[Stop. Your eyes are regenerating. You should just endure it.]
Xiao Shin heard most of what Ram said and stopped herself as much as she could. Her hands covered her eyes and the blood dripping lessened. The pain greatly decreased after enduring such harsh sufferings.
"Are you.... alright...?"
Mo Shin scurried over and asked her, when Xiao Shin stopped screaming and the blood stopped dripping.
[Open your eyes.]
She followed his instructions and removed her hands. The moment she opened her eyes, it was like she could see ten times better! Everything was clear. She even saw a small ant sitting on top of a shelf near the door. Her eyes also went from a dark blood red, to a bright red. Although her eyes still had that emotionless look to it.
'What....?'
[A trait you hadn't figured out, was that you gained my eyes. You never used them as much and so you couldn't figure it out.]
By then, she was sure almost nothing could surprise her. She looked a little to the right and the two men staring at her. One was filled with worry, but she couldn't tell what the other was.
Squish~------.
The blanket and walls had been covered in blood. Quickly, she flung the blanket off and hopped to the floor.
"I will wash the room."
The blankets were covered in her own blood, it was natural to her that she needed to clean it herself. Before they said anything, she already took all the covers and blankets that had blood, off the bed.
"Where's the cleaning supplies."
"..."
No one answered and she thought they didn't want to bother telling her, so she started marching toward the door.
Mm-!!
Xiao Shin had to walk past the guy with dark blue hair. Unexpectedly, he picked her up by the back of her clothes like a cat.
"Just stay and be a little kid. Maids, clean this up."
A row of maids entered the room and answered, yes, in unison.
Xiao Shin didn't do anything to fight back and stared up at Fang Qingmo's face. He really did look quite handsome.
"What?"
"Nothing."
The maids had quickly wiped, taken, and replaced all the bloody items in the room. It was now spotless. Fang Qingmo nodded in approval. Then, he glared at her from the side, as if observing her.
Fwoop----!
He tossed her! Xiao Shin landed into Mo Shin's arms, but she wasn't that worried about falling in the first place. For some reason, Mo Shin nodded, as if he knew what Fang Qingmo wanted him to do.
Xiao Shin was a little bored because Mo Shin was walking and carrying her in his arms for at least ten minutes already. How big was this house! For another five minutes he was walking and walking. However, Xiao Shin took the time to ask Ram about her eyes.
'Ram, what else can your eyes do except better vision?'
[My eyes are what I pride on most. They can do almost anything with a relation to sight. For example, seeing through object and people is an easy task. It was also once praised as the observer's eye. Shows information on almost anything. There's also much more to it.]
'That's quite the power. I would have also praised it.'
"We're here."
There was a single door on an entire hallway. It looked depressing. That single door had a large pot with a plant that was almost all giant leaves on both sides. it was the perfect chance to use her eye's skills. When Xiao Shin looked at the plant, she could see a box of information laid out infront of her.
[Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree]
'It was a little more boring than I thought.'
Click-! Creak~~
While Xiao Shin was observing the plant, Mo Shin unlocked the door and proceeded to walk inside. It was significantly brighter inside the room than outside. But inside the room, it was huge! The walls had a very light yellow color and lights on the ceiling and corners of the room.
The bed, was also huge. Aside from cabinets and drawers, it seemed very empty. Xiao Shin scanned the room. The furniture looked expensive and luxurious. The further she looked up, the ceiling was so high up!
The windows had thick curtains. She felt like she could try to fly higher than she ever could in that basement. Xiao Shin was starting to get excited to test it out.