Breathing in and out, Elizabeth looked at Belle, who was looking back at her. She said, "You can talk now. She has already activated her power. I just hope nothing goes wrong."
Seeing her seriousness, Belle thought about the things he wanted to say the most. "I..." Belle muttered, then stopped to see if anything went wrong. "It hit hard" , Elizabeth who started bleeding profusely from her nose when Belle spoke held her nose to stop the bleeding. She was grateful to the system that made the late stage divine rank seem far from the middle stage divine rank. "You know, I would have died if I were at the middle stage divine rank. Thank God it's just a nosebleed.
" I hope it didn't affect people on the outside." Belle grabbed his book, scribbled on it, and showed it to Elizabeth.
"No, it didn't. As long as I'm not dead, nothing can escape my space. Let's try again. Calm down and think of yourself as a normal person without powers. Say what you want to say as a normal person who only wants to talk," Elizabeth guided him.
Hearing her, Belle focused completely and calmed his mind. "I," Belle said once again. It's not that saying more wasn't what he wanted to do, but he believed saying too much might hurt Elizabeth, even though it was confirmed that it only caused her to bleed from the nose at first without any serious harm.
"Think of yourself starting a normal conversation. Can't you understand that? Don't make me feel like God asked you beauty or brains," Elizabeth said as she cleaned her nose and tilted her head back to stop the bleeding once again . Belle didn't know if she had some healing powers, but her bleeding did stop quickly.
"I am really trying my best, I can't," Belle scribbled and showed Elizabeth. He had concentrated as much as he could.
"Let's try again. Just think of yourself not using any power. Think of yourself talking to Big Aunty, whom you don't want to hurt like you've hurt others. Don't worry, I can handle the damage," Elizabeth said.
Belle calmed down once again and tried to say something. "I am sorry for hurting you, big sister. I am sorry for everyone I have hurt. I miss Mom and Dad, I really do," Belle poured out everything on his mind as he finally broke down crying. Since wiping out his whole county, this was the first time he cried out loud. He had been afraid of crying out to avoid hurting others, bottling everything up and forcing a smile on every occasion. Deep down, he had wanted to cry it all out. Among those in the county were his best friend, crush, and people he grew up with. He had killed them all and couldn't even cry for them to avoid causing harm.
"You are really pitiful," Elizabeth said as she came closer, hugging Belle who was still crying. "You've got a big sis now. Live for those you killed, make things up to them. Like I said, lose yourself trying to achieve their dreams," Elizabeth said.
"I don't even know their dreams," Belle said while still crying.
"Big sis will help you know their dreams," Elizabeth said, causing Belle to look up. He couldn't believe that things were unfolding so quickly. The only thing he could think of was the sentence that says, at some point in one's life, they can meet someone they will just be good with for no reason, and at another point, they will meet someone they will just hate for no good reason. He and Elizabeth could be seen as the first, as they saw each other as lost kindred spirits at first.
"You're not bleeding," Belle finally voiced out.
"Yeah, you did it. Your powers kept working because you still try to restrict yourself, not knowing what will happen. You said one word each time, afraid your powers will work. You did think of yourself starting a normal conversation, but you still kept thinking and being afraid of yourself. Stop being afraid, you won't hurt anyone. Start up a normal conversation with them," Elizabeth said.
"Okay, can you let me go now?" Belle said, turning red. He was still in Elizabeth's embrace.
Hahaha! Elizabeth laughed as she let go, don't worry I am not a pedophile person, you look cute but if he is not my age bracket, bulky and..." Elizabeth bent down to whisper to Belle " Big down there am not interested"
"hearing her Belle face turned even more redder.
" teasing you is really so much fun" Elizabeth burst out laughing.
"that is not teasing, you know I am still a kid" Belle who is slowly getting into talking said.
"a kid with no respect and has mind to imagine things after being hugged by big sister" Elizabeth said laughing wildly.
"I am fifteen and beside my said big sister is really beautiful, I really didn't imagine anything too, I just thought it will look weird a big boy like me being hugged like that " Belle said.
"you look ten" Elizabeth was shocked when she heard Belle was fifteen. Anyway now that you can talk can you tell me all that has happened and how you came to be here, " if you feel it is not right, you don't need to," Elizabeth said.
Hearing her, Belle first kept quiet for some time before he decided to speak up. "Three months ago, my county, Enthreal County, turned into a spatial zone. While it was still in the process of transforming, my powers got activated after witnessing the death of my parents at the hands of a spatial zone monster. The activation killed the monster, but I didn't realize it didn't end there. In my panic, I ran out of the house to get help and save my parents. There was a man in our county who had powers almost as good as raising the dead, and I wanted him to come and use his powers on my parents. But then, I discovered that everyone was dead. My powers didn't stop with the two monsters that attacked my parents; they spread out, wiping out everyone in the city, both human and monster. The man with miraculous powers was among them too," Belle said with a pained smile.
"You know what, don't tell me again," Elizabeth, who saw that recalling these memories would only cause Belle more pain, interrupted. "Just tell me what you want to do from now on."
"I want to go to the academy and find a reason to live. Well, you already have become a reason for me, so I might not need any other reason," Belle replied.
"You need to," Elizabeth insisted. "Some people's dream is to go to the academy, and by pursuing that dream, you would be fulfilling the dreams of many others. Belle, what do you say? Let me be your big sister. We're both miserable and alone, with no good memories."
"I already called you big sister," Belle said with a smile.
Hearing him, Elizabeth smiled too. She had also survived a spatial zone, although her experience was better since many others had survived with her from her city, except for her own family members.
"Maybe I feel like he's a lost kin because we are the same," Elizabeth thought to herself.