Mathew and the strange girl was alone in the bus, no. There was not a single person could see outside the bus.
This unknown district was probably one of the main districts supposed to be crowded. Since it was morning also, many people like businessmen and women, and even teachers and students should be walking at the sidewalk and waiting for the pedestrian lane. However, there was no single person could see. Even the falling leaves was so lifeless that it dropped straight like it was no air currents around the area.
It was black and white.
The world began to turn like a very sad scene in the movie, but here it wasn't. For Mathew, it was full of terror after opening his eyes and he instantly transferred to the inverted place like earth.
He was feeling a great fear with his heart racing like he forced his body to do some work even he felt his muscles could melt at some moments.
This lifeless world turns a very strange feeling after Mathew saw a 16-year-old looking girl was standing behind him.
"You may wonder why you were teleported in here. Well, you're not actually teleported." The girl was talking like he knew Mathew for a long time. As her arms were open wide as she spoke. "I don't even know how Time did this. I just got involved in something that I don't want to."
After regaining his strength, he steps back and grabbing each chair. (...What is really happening right now.)
He was walking backward and he reached the end of the bus. There was no way to go. The doors were locked tight, it was impossible to open it with bare hand without any tools he could use. Even that the doors were open at the front and back, Mathew could end up injured or even dead since the bus was driving itself at the constant speed. There was no option for him to do something like to protect himself from the danger.
He was level 0 without any psychic ability after all. He was only hoping his devilish sister would save his ass meanwhile.
"Wh-who are you?" Said Mathew and trying to act that he wasn't scared in front of the girl.
"Like I said before. Are we really unified?"
The girl asked in a half-hearted voice.
"What do you mean...? What 'unified' was supposed to mean?—" He then swallowed his words. He still has a ton of questions at his mind but since he was aware, he could be brainwashed easily when he was asking a question and it might gain his trust in her.
"In another word on the association of the Great Oak Tree. You are supposed to be my chosen one."
The girl with her white nun-like robe pulled up her hood and turn it at her back of her head.
This girl was surprisingly cute. Her face was bright white, her ashy-white hair also made her look good and unique. And her eyes were unusual, it was color red like it was a contact lens. But maybe it's real.
Mathew saw her beautiful face that made him calm a bit. That was also made him curious.
A girl like her compared to the other beautiful high school girls. They should be kind, humble, and got many friends. But the way this strange girl was showed up out of nowhere is like an adult who has many responsibilities showing up like that as it was her duty or something.
"Great Oak Tree? Chosen one? Is that some sort of religious act like some sort of fantasy?" Asked Mathew while his both hand were grabbing the chair between him. "How could I be a chosen one if I am completely don't have a psychic ability? Number one should be your chosen one."
"I don't know either. I'm only supposed to be a spy at the witchcraft organization or something like that. But there was a person who named himself 'Time' that explains to me that I should pick my own chosen one, even though my rank weren't high enough."
It was very confusing.
The way she said "witchcraft" was outside of the understanding of science. In the real world, magic was only fantasized by children and acting like they were magical boys or girls. But she said it with her pale face with a lack of emotion. Like she was saying a truth somehow.
Also, she said that there was a person who called himself "Time" which made Mathew more confused than ever he imagines.
There was also a ranking system in the city. There was at least 5th level and the beginning of it was zero. But in this case, she maybe wasn't talking about the numbers, but it was like a rank of a police or soldier.
"Witchcraft?" Asked Mathew out of confusion.
"Yes. As I said. Magic was real."
Magic?
It wasn't a mere joke, she probably talking a truth.
It was probably"magic" that happened here. The way he suddenly wakes up in the middle of the black and white world was quite odd and the disappearance of people here was also strange. It may be magic.
"The time was limited, I should finish what should I do."
Mathew was speechless. He can't think any more words.
He watched her pulling something at his white robe, below her hood, there was a needle that punctured and she pulled it out.
"...Huh?" Mathew could not understand what she was doing.
The girl points her finger into Mathew with her head was pointed downward. Her other hand was holding a needle, she gradually poke her index finger deeply without reacting to the pain.
It should be painful, piercing a needle on your finger was painful, but this girl didn't show any signs of pain reaction.
After poking her finger, she removed it slowly and blood showed like it was going to drop any time soon. She then throws the needle at her left-hand next to the chair. But it wasn't a normal throw, the needle pierced the soft chair that it could only see half of it. Like she throw a small spear that could pierce the glass.
She then squeezed her index finger with her thumb and middle finger as she was planning to make the blood drop. Until the drop of blood fell and hit the metallic surface.
Right after her blood dropped, a form of blood-red lights illuminate the inside of the bus as it was shaped with oddly multiple layers of circle, in the middle of it, there was a two overlaid equilateral triangles that formed into a 6-pointed star that spread across the bus. The light doesn't have any source and it was oddly expanded as it was passed through the steel wall. It was getting larger and larger, until it became bigger than the bus itself.
There was another strange written language at each circle that rotating clockwise and another circle inside were moving counterclockwise. The same thing happened at other circle and the two overlaid triangles was rotating also.
It was his first time seeing it.
But here was another strange. The world turned black and white, but oddly, the red color exists in this world. This circle of unknown powers was so magical.
Or maybe it was magic...
"What is happening..." Muttered Mathews as he was amazed, at the same time terrified.
The girl lifted her head and stared at Mathew. Her eyes were glowing red also.
There was no explanation that Mathew could think of. The science was useless about this.
The girl then open her mouth as she was about to speak.
「I command thee, as a user of The Great Oak Tree. I thou granted you a power, for the world of green.」
After she ended her words. These circles and her eyes was getting brighter and brighter, until his sight turn to white.
"Wh-what happened...?"
『Mat...thew』
A fade voice was reached his ears. But it was familiar.
"Huh...?"
『Mathew!』
A girl called him. Yet his sight was full of nothing but the illumination of lights from the circles.
"...Anais?"
It was her sister. She somehow yelling his name somewhere. But Mathew couldn't even see, it was bright.
For a moment, someone just slapped him at his face.
It was pain.
Mathew felt pain.
Mathew suddenly wake up sitting at some chairs with her sister was looking at her madly.
"I knew it you didn't get enough sleep! Why are you sleeping like you worked up until night?"
He was finally back in his homeworld.
The colors finally began to appear. As Mathew gradually lifting his head upward with his tired eyes. He suddenly realized that he was still sitting at the chair.
"...What?"
His eyes widened instantly with gasping and sweating. He was feeling a lot of tension at his body. He never felt this.
Back then when he transferred to in black and white world, it was full of terrifying mystery. Since it was his first time, he was of course normally would feel that. The fear he could not handle anymore. Like a balloon pop up with full of scared feeling beat his heart faster.
The cool air conditioner should make a person less sweaty but Mathew was seemingly running of sweat.
"What's up with that face?! Like you saw a ghost something. Anyway, the bus has been stopped and we need to go!"
Anais noticed his fear. But she thinks about he gets a nightmare from his sleep.