Chapter 21 - Chapter 21: The past

"Claire... what is it?" Then she pushed him back and said "Please get away from me...you...you shouldn't have taken me outside"

"But-"

"Father....father already injected the syringe to me... please run away fast....I don't want to hurt any of you...." she plead while crying and putting her hands on her face

"Claire-" Jiro stated her name but suddenly, something started surrounding Claire, a black aura. Claire started screaming, implying that she is in pain, her head aches so much that she thought it was going to break, she screamed until she transform into somewhat like a devil, her veins was seen through her skin and it has a mixed color of violet and blue, while she was surrounded by poisonous arrows. She was emotionless, her real consciousness was sleeping inside her body while the parasite that her father gave to her is the one that controlling her. Jiro is now confused on what to do and the first thing he does is to signal Ril to go somewhere safe, then Claire sensed it and an arrow went for Ril and Lilian. Luckily, Jiro blocked it using his manipulation of Ice, then Lilian and Ril successfully escaped, and now Jiro has to confront Claire. While Claire's real consciousness was sleeping and dreaming about her old memories.

On the outside, her body was fiercely fighting Jiro, she kept throwing her arrows towards him and he kept dodging it, he summoned his sword and made ice crystals turning it into swords and attack for her arrows, while he went near to her, he saw the parasite at the back of her neck, now his target change, he has to take the parasite from her neck. He went away from her again and started planning how to get that parasite off her, then when he went for it, she noticed it and started protecting her neck 'Tch! This parasite is also smart' he thought to himself, suddenly, a bracelet fell from Claire's hands and Jiro saw it, the bracelet's beads was made from Ice crystals and it made jiro remind of an old friend, an old friend that he had given ice crystals bracelet.

It made him think 'These bracelets...why are these on her?' he was confused and Claire attacked again so he had to dodge and think about everything clearly 'Ire... Claire...Ire... Claire... their names....are very similar'

'ire was definitely a boy...but...he is also blonde like her.... not to mention.... their eyes....are very similar.....'

'What if...she really is Ire...his hair was short at that time so I assumed he was a boy but I never asked his gender....what if....it really is you...'

He showed up in front of her again and said "is it really you.... Ire?" When she heard his voice, she slightly went back to her real consciousness and let out a small voice "what-..." While teardrops started falling from her face, suddenly the parasite got control of her again, it started screaming again and it went insane that the whole place was covered by her dark aura. While her real consciousness heard the name jiro called her, it made her remember a memory of an old friend.

. . .

Claire

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It was snowing that day.....That day....my sister and I escaped from our father's laboratory, it was that time that I thought I can finally have freedom, I can finally be peaceful....but even the outside did not want to make my life easier, I was welcomed by my corrupted monsters, I kept running away from them, like a coward because I feared death and pain, until a young boy appeared before my eyes. When he saw me, he thought I was a boy and he asked "kid, are you lost?" I did not reply anything to him, then my stomach rumble implying that I was very hungry at that time. Then he took me to a camp he made and steamed some of his foods, while he was steaming it, he was looking at the fire with a gloomy face, then suddenly I asked,