Devina came out of the bathroom, visibly in a lot of discomfort. Holding her stomach and walking slowly with a pained expression.
"Ya know, dimension traveling causes diarrhea, I would highly recommend not to do it too often."
"I don't even have a dimension-traveling tool that I can use."
Devina looked at me.
"Do you want one? I could make you one… How about it? We make a contract?"
"So what do you want from me?"
Devina started thinking. She froze for a moment before coming back to life. She seemed to have a very bright idea about what to demand from me. She smiled and asked:
"How about your head?"
My head? Like does she want to cut my head off and own it? Or does she want my mind?
"What do you mean with the head?"
"Ya know, I basically own your head."
"Like my brain and thoughts?"
"No no, not like that. I mean your physical head."
She asked me to walk over to the couch and stand there. She jumped on the furniture and stood there.
I faced the window. She is right behind me and I'm freaking out.
Wait wait wait?
I didn't even say anything about accepting the contract and she is ready to loop my head off? I prepared myself. Knowing Devina she would probably make it painless or have some other way of fixing the problem of decapitation.
Right, right?
"Here I go!"
I fortified my thoughts but at that last moment. I don't wanna die in my memories. How embarrassing would that be, Sekito pulling my body out of the memory and am completely dead? Imagine what Marlowlia and the girls would have to bear witness to.
Wait, Sekito said that I can't escape this world unless I complete the trial. She also said that we wouldn't age in this world, which means we have immortality. That meant that Devina wouldn't be able to kill me even if she cut off my head.
Can't giving a head mean something else? A lewd thought popped into my head. Nope not that, hopefully not, Devina is a girl, that can't happen.
What if Devina meant something else? So much thinking… I have to sneeze.
Achoo
Devina's hand reached out in the air. The place my head was supposed to be wasn't there and Devina fell forward. I stood hunched over and Devina came crashing down onto me.
She is now on top of me again. But this time she is facing me directly. Her face is right in front of my own.
"Hey, stop touching me." She said annoyed.
"How am I supposed not to touch you while you are on top of me?"
She shifted her body, and when she tried to get up, she fell back onto my chest.
"My legs went numb. I can't move them."
"You were perfectly fine one minute ago. How are your legs numb after standing for 20 seconds?"
She paused, talking after a moment of thinking.
"Must have been all that time I spent sitting at my desk. My legs weren't used to standing up, and when I suddenly stood up for a long period, they collapse. Ya know, like when you wake up and try standing up immediately, but your legs are completely numb?"
I felt her voice vibrating, her body is so close to mine and I could feel her vibrations. I had to act with benevolence, she is still a child. But isn't she hundreds or thousands of years old like Sekito? Which means, she is technically legal.
I call out her name. She looks up at me, her face near my own. Her blue eyes sparkled as she looked at me.
"Why do you look like a child when you are hundreds of years old?"
She remained silent for a moment.
"You mean my body?"
"Yes."
"Aeons keep the body they have when receive their aeon. I got mine when I was a child so I look like a child."
Devina's smile grew even bigger.
"I have a magic trick, wanna see?"
I nodded. Her smile returned to normal and Devina suddenly felt heavier. I looked at Devina and it seemed that Devina grew in size.
Wait no…
"MASTER?" I blurted out.
"Master? Is that you?"
Devina sat up straight, she had turned into a mature woman. Her T-shirt now fit her perfectly.
"You taught me chess, back then, it was you!"
Devina smiled,
"Indeed it was me who taught you the basics of chess."
I hugged Master.
"Thank you for teaching me chess!"
"Hey hey, watch where you are touching me, I'm an adult woman now, ya know? Can't you feel them?"
"No, not really, am not noticing anything."
Devina hugged me back and started to rub my head. This is what I wanted earlier.