After leaving the strange dark space, Lian found himself lying on the ground with his body so weak and his vision so blurry.He was at the blick of losing his consciousness but before his eyes closed a single blurry image of a girl running towards him was the last thing he saw then everything went black.
Opening his eyes, they were meant with familiar decor. The familiar decor of his room made him relieved.
"He's awake." a soft joyous voice said. This was a voice Lian had never had before. He had memoried all the voices of the people that lived with him and this particular one was unfamiliar to him but then what strike him most was the next statement he had her say,"Daddy he's awake."
'Is she asking father?' he thought. 'but-' Before he could think further Ladwick's face show up above his face.
"Son you made us all worried." Ladwick said. "You should thank your sister there." He pointed at a girl standing beside Scarlet. Lian was flabbergasted and his mouth opened wide.
"That's interesting." Lian said. This surprised Ladwick and Scarlet they had waited for Lian to wake up so that they could tell his and try to calm him down in case he came into an out burst but what had come out of him surprised them all. They didn't expect it.
"Okay we didn't expect that but this is your young sister Pab." Ladwick said. "So Lian what do you say."
Lian looked at them with a blunt face with no epressions like surprise anger or joy. He was just neutral no feelings showed at all. They all didn't expect it.
Mariah didn't help it and chuckled," You all don't no your son very well," she said,"you both thought he would burst out in anger."
Ladwick's and Scarlet's face slightly became red due to embarrassment. "Well Lian you handled that calmly." Ladwick said." Pab come over and talk to your brother."
Lian regarded himself unhuman so their relationships mattered less to him so Ladwick bringing in another girl into the house mattered less to him he simply didn't care and that explained his blunt expression.
Pab came running towards the bed and suddenly embraced Lian with a huge bear hug. Pab was a short slim dark brown skinned girl with straight black long hair fall to his back. She had shiny blue eyes and a round face and her appearance was charming and attracting. Of course Lian noticed her cuteness but chose to ignore it. He too returned the hug and held her tight as he though it was a way strngers greeted themselves. They both stayed their for awhile and eventually let go after about five minutes.
"They will get along I think." Ladwick whispered to Scarlet. they both smiled as they looked at the duo chatting.
"Oh I prepared something for you big brother." Pab said. She dashed out of the room and shortly came back with a tray full of delicacies different dishes and other stuff all smelling good. Grasping the scent Lian's stomach reminded him that he had not been for almost two days. It rumbling as the hunger grew and siliva was attempting to leave Lian's mouth but he stopped himself.
Lian's tongue was rolling inside his mouth but he bit it so that he wouldn't show his enthusiasm.
Pab eventually placed the tray on the tabled. When Lian tried to get up ad start eatting he was surprised to feel strange incrible fatigue all over his body. He couldn't raise his hand towards the plate but luckly he had Pab by the side. She held the plate in one hand and a spoon in the other then she told him to open wide. At first Lian had thought of refusing but then after thinking about it was the only way to get his stomach full and deal with the fatigue. Pab placed the spoon in his mouth.
A shiver went down his body his hairs stood up and his eyes shined slightly he was speechless and at the same time amazed.Pab was pleased. "You liked it big brother then I will add you more." Lian agreed instantly opening his mouth wider than ever. The rest in the room were flabbergasted and Mariah couldn't keep her comment.
"I guess little Pab is superior than you in cooking Scarlet." She said then chuckled abit.
Scarlet looked at with alittle rage she was jealous but Ladwick interrupted them tryig to calm Scarlet down. " You are a good cook but your skills can't match hers Pab is green attribute mage and one whose expertise is in botany giving most of her time to finding spices for cooking."
'So she's a green attribute,' Lian was deep in thought and nolonger minded of the food,'It's her.' Then his mind dived far into his previous life.
He was looking at a girl seated leaning on a tree. With close inspection the girl looked liked Pab but in her older self in the early age of twenty. Lian was happy as he looked at her he remembered that was the last time he smiled. Then his memories shifted again and now he was looking at the girl lying on the ground unmoving and the large tree she had been leaning on was drying up. Then Lian's mind drifted back to the present. He looked at Pab and his golden eyes slightly lit showing his joy that he was seeing his little sister again.
'I know you can't remember me but don't worry I will take revenge for your sake then I give you a good and peaceful life to live.' he thought as looked at Pab who was very happy to finally have a family.
Ladwick had gone out on one of the exploration missions the empire used to send them on. Missions like spying on enemy lands, hunting new high rank beasts to attain more powerful crystals for the empire. Well was on a hunting expedition with other knights when they met a village which had gone through massive with no hopes of any survivors but regardless Ladwick ordered the others to put on a search for any survivors until he himself had found Pab enclosed in a large tree. She had been there for days and she had lost every Ladwick offered to take in the orphan girl. So Pab became Lian's adopted sister.
'That strange screen that appeared earlier brought me back.' Lian thought. He had been thinking about his experience in the stange dark room and the stutas screen that had appeared infront of him, 'I guess these guys know nothing about it either I will have to dig in faurther to find my answer.'
The strange screen had saved him from the beasts so he had to know what it was.