Sinking and sinking and sinking and just keep on sinking.
That was just how I felt in this endless darkness.
It should be about ten minutes now, right?
Now, it feels like just sitting and watching a clock back then was the right thing to do.
After all, it is more useful than survival tips now.
I should have stared at the clock more for further accuracy.
Shit, but no regrets.
I feel like waking up now, it was as if I settled at the bottom of an ocean after so long, or to be more accurate for the situation it felt as if a soul returned to its body.
'Looks like I am out of hell.'
This time surroundings seemed more clear with soft morning sunshine glistening all over my body, air also seemed fresher this time, the wind was super cold but there was no snow around and also it did not seem I was laid on hard scales but soft grass.
It is kind of weird that I am still lying in the same position but all the surroundings have changed and I also have the strength to wake up now.
So, why's the wait? I woke up, I felt weird energy inside me, too weird for me to think I was dying 15 minutes ago.
Well, I think I am dead and revived.
'Now, this is the perfect environment for me to exploit my survival skills.' I thought as I looked over the spreading environment of greenery plain spreading over the horizon with a wide smile spread over my face.
Occasional trees and shrubs were also spread around, however, at quite distances like those in prairies. Uphills of land and cloud floating at distance, ah, peace.
There was still a cloth wrapped around me, however, larger in size, if previously it was wrapped around my lower body, now it can wrap around my whole body and still go over my head.
'Did I repent for my sins in hell and now I am in heavens?' I completely forgot about the words that were said by the woman and enjoyed myself after standing up and picking out a flower growing to smell it.
It was as fragrant and beautiful as it is supposed to be in those tiny hands.
'Wait,' Tiny hands like those of five year old. I looked down and the ground looked to be closer than before. 'Did I shrink?'
My grammar and thought processor was gone by now, and as a final shock, a trail of smoke came into my view again.
I followed the source and a nearly extinguishing bonfire came into my view. To look further there was also a tent around, and the entrance had a zipper opening, yeah, opening now, which shocked me and I fell backward.
"Oh! You are awake, Kid?!" A noisy young man said with a voice filled with enthusiasm.
Or is it wrong to call it enthusiasm since it seems like he was born noisy?
I answered his question with a nod even if the answer was quite obvious.
"Ayah, I am glad that you are okay, The cold had you freezing so I left you outside. I am sorry that I felt you just like that. But, I had no choice since you needed heat after freezing in cold and no beast would have come near the bonfire." The man said with a shady smile.
Yeah, now, his abnormal flowery nature and words seemed like a sweet poison that will bite you in the ass later, better escape as quick as possible, otherwise… I guess I need to stay since I have no information about this, um, afterlife.
I decided to warm up to him with basic courtesy.
"Thank you for saving me." I looked up at the strong glow in the man's eyes. For a moment it seemed as if that glow faded because of shock, however, the man regained his composition quite quickly.
Anyways, why was he shocked? Did he expect me to be mute?
"K@i#en, w^*t a%e y-) d&i!g 'o e#!y &n t*#e m38@#(83q29g? C(2e ba- Ahh!" A pretty lady peeked just her head out of the dusty tent, and said something in an incomprehensible tongue, only to rush in back again after seeing me, sheesh, even if only I could see her up to her shoulders I could easily tell she was naked, this man was having fun all night while leaving a kid alone in the darkness, even if there was as much guarantee for survival as he says.
'Wait?! Did she say that just in this world's language? Wait again, the writings on my hands are written in a different language but I could still read them, and just how the hell did this man speak to me? And how the hell did I understand him?'
After the woman went away the man just sighed and looked at me while squinting his eyes. The man had fiery red hair and a flashy noble but comfortable outfit with a beautiful sheathed sword on his waist. According to me, his looks were above average but he seemed to have great charisma.
"^id, D%^ y#&u get aba$#*#(ed? W(*$$y weU^ y&u l(#(Qhi9e i#( n&(@re?" The man blabbered something in gibberish with a smile while extending his hand towards me still on the ground.
After getting no reaction from me except for just a frown, the man decided to take a different approach.
"Can you understand me?" The man said in a melodious voice that I can understand and he earns a nod from me. This is a kind of weird feeling, so weird that I can not put it into words, I don't really know what he says but I can still understand it as it all comes to my head from within my soul.
"You mute? Why are you always just shaking your head?"
"I am okay, I- I just don't like to- speak much?" This may be the first time I am speaking with my mouth, the last time when I spoke to that voice, it all just resounded in my head like I wasn't even in my body.
The man gave me a weird look, "You say it like even you don't know yourself." However, the man soon shrugged it like he didn't even care, "But, don't worry I was like that too."
I sighed in relief, however, the last sentence caught me off guard.
The man came close to my face or to be more exact near my ears and said, "I felt just like this, I was reacting just like you when I died and got revived by her."