(Aaahhhhh!)
(What... What's happening?)
(That girl, she looks to be in pain.)
Meanwhile, in reality, Sora's hovering body started twitching and convulsing in pain, letting out a cry that shook the souls of all who were present in the Hall.
The pure-white program that had been shrouding Sora became disorderly. It slowly started retracting itself back to the crystal ball, leaving Sora suspended in midair. If it weren't for her flight mode's automatic activation, she would have fallen to the grand podium from a height of 6 meters, which might have injured her fragile body.
Although, with a mother like Sarah, the chances of her getting hurt are close to none.
Just as the pure-white program entirely unshrouded Sora, a shadow pierced through the barrier of light and instantly arrived before Sora. The gray shadow swiftly caught Sora in her warm embrace, caressing her cheeks and infusing a bluish white energy coursing through her body.
After the soothing energy entered her body, the painful expression on her celestial face completely vanished. It also penetrated her soul, curing the afflictions she suffered due to her conceptual immersion.
With that, the gray shadow who is none other than Sarah caught Sora and disappeared as swiftly as she appeared, returning to their seat.
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(Is she alright? Aunt!)
Void anxiously asked, with tears welling in his eyes. Witnessing Sora in such pain, Void experienced extreme anxiety and concern. Due to a mystical paradoxical effect, he even experienced some portion of Sora's pain, which almost felt like a thousand needles were constantly stabbing his heart. So he can't help but worry about her condition.
(Don't worry, she just suffered some afflictions to her constitution. But with my lunar magic, it wouldn't be a problem to heal her completely. However...,) Sarah assured, but then frowned again.
(However?!) Void tilted his head
(However, I can't even grasp the meaning behind Sora's conception. Typically, at my level, it wasn't hard to decipher the principle behind an entity's concept just by merely scanning their existence, unless that entity is stronger than us or has some mysterious means to hide his/her source.
Nevertheless, I don't think Sora has any item or 'symbolic engrave' that could serve that purpose, well, except for her white gown. But I can say for sure that's impossible since without formulating a source, there's nothing to drive its activation other than it being passive. Besides, Sora is just a normal girl without a source, so I don't think symbolic engraving will work on her delicate body.) Sarah muttered in uncertainty and rummaged through all the knowledge she possessed,
But even after processing her life memories, she wasn't able to reach a conclusion. According to her, there has never been a case in historical records where an individual's concept caused a backlash and stopped awakening halfway through the process, especially since it's only a partial awakening.
Even though a conception's partial awakening wouldn't enable a person to formulate the source, it will at least remodel their constitution to accommodate their gradually awakening concept. Furthermore, it empowers their body into the supernatural realm, affecting basic aspects like charm and physical resilience, etc. This is also the reason every time a primeval program seeps into a child, their existence ceases to animate. During the non-animated moment, the rainbow-colored formula will alter their essentiality in sync with the awakened conception.
Void listened quietly to his aunt's analysis, occasionally wearing a pensive expression beneath his black cloak. He glanced worriedly at Sora and suddenly asked, snapping his aunt out of her swirling thoughts, (What about the pain she endured? Is it also a result of the backlash of her conception?)
(Hmm, that's right. Because of her concept's abrupt reversal dormant in the process of constitution altering, her soul couldn't withstand the burden of the sudden error in her awakening conception and the retraction of the primeval program. Thus, subconsciously releasing the residual aftereffects through pain.) Hearing Void's worry-filled query, Sarah nodded in confirmation.
(Fortunately, the backlash only caused some pain and nothing serious occurred to her being.) Sarah sighed after finishing explaining.
As they were conversing, a gentle stir came from Sora, who was peacefully sleeping in her mother's arms.
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Sora's holy eyes fluttered open, awaking from her nightmarish sleep. The second she regained consciousness, she slightly started squirming in her mother's arms, and a desperate plea leaked out from her pouting lips, (Onii...Chan, onii-chaNNNN.)
Upon hearing his name being called out in desperation, Void became confused and unsure how to react. His mouth parted into an 'O' shape, a hint of surprise evident from his expression. He mumbled incredulously, (Did I hear it wrong? Did Sora just call my name in longingness? No, that's not possible. The Sora I know, who always uses sarcastic words to dialogue with me, will use such an affectionate tone. It seems my mind has finally gone senile because of visualizing too much animation. Hmm, that has to be it. That's the only plausible reason I could think of why I heard such a longing tone.)
Despite Void's repeated efforts in reasoning, the situation remained unchanged. Sarah completely ignored his incomprehensible murmuring and focused on calming down Sora.
(My princess, calm down, everything is fine. It's okay! Your mama is here. You simply had a bad dream, just forget about that rascal. I can't believe he gave nightmares to my precious Sora even in dreams. When we return home, we'll just fry this scoundrel and have him for lunch.) Sarah comforted Sora while gently stroking her mesmerizing moon-white hair.
Seeing her dead serious expression while vocalizing those words, a certain someone felt like his feeble heart was being pierced by death strokes.
(Aunt, are you serious?) Void asked, his expression frightened beneath the cloak.
(Of course, I'm dead serious. Can't you tell from my expression?) Sarah replied with the same solemnity, a hint of malicious intention hidden behind her tone.
`'...'` [Void]
Meanwhile, as Sora heard her mother's gentle words and felt her soothing embrace, she began to relax and calmed her agitated soul. Her desperate, pounding heart returned to its normal rhythm.
Soon, the blurriness in her eyes faded, and the first thing she saw was a shuddering figure in a black cloak and his irrational mumblings.
(Even if I were fried and cooked into a dish, I wouldn't taste good, right? Probably? Nonetheless, I have absolute confidence in my delicate skin. I'm sure its taste will be perfect and unobtainable. Hmm, hmm.) Void muttered and nodded in acceptance of his inevitable fate.
Staring at her nightmarer, Sora didn't understand the situation and had question marks all over her head.
Even Sarah was looking at him with a gaze that said, 'My prince seems to have developed a mental illness. After this is over, I really need to take him to a doctor.'
Feeling two peculiar gazes directed at him, Void finally stopped his {Otaku Mumbling} and glanced at Sora in relief. (It's good that you are fine. Otherwise, I would have begun preparing a bouquet for your comatose ceremony,) he said with a smile, yet a hint of sarcasm in it.
After uttering that, Void returned his gaze to Sora, anticipating a counter-sarcasm. However, as his eyes met hers, he was taken aback. Rather than being repulsed by his sarcasm, he was met with a lovely smile, one that had never been given to him appear on her unimaginable face - just for him alone. 💞💞💞