" Hey Claudia" greeted Arya while I had just exited my room, she looked better than the last time. Her bright beautiful smile had returned and she was back to wearing bright clothes " Oh hey Arya , what has you so jolly in the morning" she giggled cutely. " Oh nothing I'm just grateful for what Calestia said to me now I'm more determined to work hard and train non stop" there's the Arya i know , with determination anything is possible i know it from myself. " Well I'm glad you're now focused and determined on what you want...well I'm heading off to training I'll see you when I come back" she nodded and went down the stairs happily humming a song.
Even though I didn't sleep yesterday it didn't affect me too much , if it was a normal human it would've been a problem but thanks to magic and mana im not a normal human. I went to the spot where we always meet up , it's the place where he saved me from that Fistboon. One of the days and places I'll never forget, him thinking I'm a crazy person who has a power in this forest lead to us being good friends and good partners. Something I would've never experienced if I never left home , home, as soon as I said those words I felt dizzy and my mind got invaded by painful memories. It's like they were forced into my vision , I no longer saw the trees but the eyes and ridiculing smiles of the people that were in my testing ceremony.
" Claudia! Claudia are you okay" asked Zara , his cold hands managed to bring me back. I asked softly " Z-zara? When did you get here!?" , " Just know ,are you okay though. Do we need to cancel and only submit the bees?" His question made me shake my head and I made my face look convincing" it's nothing I'm fine and we don't have to cancel anything". He gave me water then we started going the same direction as yesterday.
We soon arrived at the flower jungle, Zara had researched about these flowers and the only way to kill them is to chop off the flower part that is also identified as its head. It doesn't sound hard and the best part is they are level 2, if they didn't attack the bees because of their level then why did they attack us cause I'm level 3 and Zara is level 4. Maybe they didn't care about the level but the number, there were 20 something bees and there's two of us so It makes sense in a dumb way.
We started , I created aqua shields for the both of us while Zara casted his desire spell towards one flower that didn't dodge because it saw a small dark circle. Big mistake, as soon as it was hit with the circle it screamed in pain while its head was being ripped off its body. This reminded me that they're just oversized level 2 beasts or plants... whatever. I created ice slashes and aimed them towards one flower's neck that was near me or what looked like a neck and chopped off its head. But when doing so the dizziness returned, the battle I was in disappeared and a memory got in my vision.
It was my father's birthday and I had prepared something for him that was handmade, I was never allowed to go out like Victor so I couldn't buy something. He had his rich and powerful friends come and celebrate with him. Dressed fancy and had brought expensive gifts, mine was trash compared to theirs and he remained expressionless and unbothered when everyone laughed at what I gave him. Later that day Victor got inside my room and threatened me with his magic to "never ever get out of your room unless being called by father which I doubt that would ever happen or mother... ". When I returned to the real world the flowers were defeated and Zara was just watching me while his arm was bleeding.
" Zara, what happened?" I asked while being unable to read his face, it was expressionless and I don't know if it means he is mad. " Who is Victor ? Im guessing he is the one that made you cry" said Zara causing my breathing to stop. " How- what are you talking about?" He sighed and i got scared " you were just staring at nothing but it felt like you were I don't know reliving some painful memory"explained Zara .
Biting my lips and trying to blink away the tears didn't help, it seems crying is something I'll never stop doing. He didn't come in for a hug or anything like that and after I had calmed down he said" this is the second time this is happening and it's not normal, it looked like you were not here at all but trapped in your memories" what he described was exactly what I felt when experiencing that memory again. " When did this start? " asked Zara and I told him about yesterday and not being able to sleep at all.
" I think but I'm not sure, I've heard of something like this. You should go back home don't worry I'll go and make research but for now you need to try and clear your mind. Keep yourself in a meditative state and it'll happen less often" I felt better and hopeful after hearing his words , he really doesn't have to do anything for me. Is this how's it's like to have a real friend ? " Come on let's go before it happens again and avoid thinking too much"...
" You're back already?" Asked grandma who was busy with making beads, If I told her about what's happening to me it'll worry her and I don't want to trouble her. She has been so good to me " I decided to take a break just for today, I've been working hard and training non stop so testing is definitely something I need" it didn't look like she believed me. " Do you want me to teach you what I'm doing" asked grandma making me realise I haven't used the sewing machine and guitar that she got me or tried to learn the cool things she knows. I nodded , joining her on the sofa and that's how I spent my entire day. It helped cause I wasn't thinking a lot and it was a relaxing activity. What I'm worried about is when it's time to sleep.
A.N ( I'm really trying to make things interesting and not just about training even though that's what it should be about in this stage of the novel, please vote for encouragement. Please also remember this novel is it not planned, I'm creating and coming up with stuff along the way so please support)