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*Gasp* "Haah.. Haah.." I woke up in a panic, gripping my chest after having my reserve blow apart my insides, but an instant later, I realized the pain was gone.
*Heavy Breathing* -Am I dead?- Hastily looking around, I noticed I was in a small clearing in a forest next to a familiar hut.
-So.. I'm here again…- As I laid back to catch my breath I idly checked to make sure everything was as I rembered, which it was. -That should an I'm alive… Hopefully…-
I ended up laying there for a couple more minutes to sort my thoughts before eventually sitting back up and taking a look at myself. -I’m not sure why I’m even surprised by the changes anymore…-
My body was actually quite similar to my true form, but I was much taller and less childish, with a much longer tail and ears. -I look to be around 15 or 16 as well.- It was quite a jump from the 12-year-old body I was used to, but it was a welco change. -Such a small body was really inconvenient…-
But that was when I subconsciously controlled a part of the energy around like mana and noticed so more concerning changes.
Inside my body, there was not a single thing that looked even remotely familiar. No reserve, no organs, no bones. I was simply made up of what felt like an infinite number of tiny black tubes, too small for even the nucleus of a hydrogen atom to fit into.
-Am I actually dead and just dreaming of all of this? What are these tubes even made of?- I struggled to wrap my mind around the abysmally tiny scale of them, but things only got worse when I finally noticed that the energy I was controlling wasn't even mana.
“Wait.. what.. is this?” Although it felt extrely similar to mana when comparing the energy of individual particles, the particles themselves were hundreds of millions of tis smaller.
They were so small in fact, that if I was more proficient at controlling it, I could look inside of singular particles of mana and even manipulate whatever composed it. -But currently, I can't even look at mana with any detail...-
It was quite disappointing seeing that I couldn’t answer many of my long-standing questions about what mana was, but nonetheless, I was excited to have discovered the new energy itself.
But even though I felt like I could spend decades simply experinting with the energy, I stopped myself before I got carried away.
-Alright, I need to stop before I waste all my ti here...- Rembering back to my previous experiences in this place, I figured it was safe to assu that my ti here was limited. -I need to make the most of what ti I have left…-
Finally pulling myself from my thoughts, I hopped up and looked around with haste. -Let's start by exploring this cottage, shall we?-
Quickly moving inside, I found a table full of unusual equipnt made of both glass and tal, with dozens of books thrown about.
It honestly looked like so mad scientist’s den, but even though it sounded like a joke, I couldn’t deny that possibility.
Looking down at an open book on the edge of the table, I read:
'Step 24: Pour flask in b and c with equal proportions.
Step 25: Add powder 2a to flask b.
Step 26: Heat flask b until contents match orange 1d. The flask should glow slightly.'
-Hm… It really is quite scientific…-
Deciding I probably shouldn't touch any of it, I continued to look around but didn’t really find anything of interest.
As I walked back outside to continue exploring though, I felt sothing ‘call’ .
-It's just like back then…- Although it was only vaguely similar, it imdiately reminded of the attraction I felt towards the tesseract I touched right when I hatched, but even after having previously experienced it, I couldn’t resist it in the slightest.
After another mont, my mind simply went blank and I started idly floating toward the source of it.
As I flew, I steadily lost track of ti and even passed over countless cities, kingdoms, lakes, and oceans without even noticing.
But eventually, the fog in my mind finally started to dissipate. -Huh, where am I?-
Looking around in a lethargic manner, I noticed I was hovering above a large city. -Is this.. Kaelallan’s capital?-
Looking down into the streets, I noticed everyone was frozen in ti and either wearing a panicked expression or simply unconscious. -Am I too late?-
Continuing towards the palace, where the source of the attraction was, I noticed innurably more people lying on the ground, unconscious, but kept my mind from making any preemptive assumptions.
By the ti I actually got to the palace though, I couldn’t hold back anymore.
Everyone in the palace, without exception, was unconscious, be it butlers, maids, or knights, but none of them were injured besides minor bruising like they suddenly fell over. -What's going on?-
Looking more closely at the mana around a nearby maid, I was quick to notice that the mana wasn’t actually being absorbed by her reserve at all, instead, it was just being pulled into the ground through her body.
-What the hell...- Deciding to check it out for myself, I thoughtlessly flew through the ground before eventually popping out of the ceiling in the shelter.
Looking towards the source of the suction of mana, I saw my dragon form lying next to Ilios while wrapped in a large black bubble.
Although it was a bit troubling to see, it let let out a breath of relief. "Phew..." -I thought Kaelallan was already attacked...- But that feeling of relief didn't last long. -To think I'm really having a dragon sleep right now...-
I honestly couldn't believe it.
Not only was I not due for another one yet, but it was also just about as untily as it got. -If I don’t wake up in ti, Kaelallan will fall…-
But as I lowered myself towards my dragon body, that dwindling hope was revitalized. -Woah…-
Looking into the black sphere, I noticed that ti was moving incomparably quicker than the rest of the world. -Does ti pass faster inside this barrier?-
But before I could fall into thought, an all too familiar voice t my ears. "To think you unconsciously made this kind of thing."
The woman's voice ripped from my thoughts and sent a chill down my spine imdiately. -Why do I always run into her?!-
Not wanting to show how startled I was, I tried to play it off like I knew she was there. "What kind of barrier is this?"
"You'll figure it out eventually." As I heard the voice, a familiar woman walked out from the other side of the bubble and looked up at with lustful eyes.
I couldn’t hold back my look of disgust seeing her expression.
"Awe~, don't look at like that, you'll love soon enough~."
"I doubt that."
"Oh co on~." As if she teleported, she appeared behind and wrapped her arms around . "I spent so much effort to find your physical body so I could watch over you and you end up nearly killing yourself. How do you not feel sorry for at all?" She tried giving 'puppy eyes', but it just made cringe further.
"What's wrong with you all of the sudden?" The first ti we t, she looked at like I was food, the second she looked at like I was a toy, but now she treated more like she was my mother. -What could even cause that kind of change...-
"Oh, so am I supposed to be emotionless even after seeing the person most important to almost kill themselves?"
"It would’ve made less uncomfortable at the very least..."
But as I spoke, her exaggerated expression turned warm. "You don't believe , do you?"
It felt so genuine that it caught off guard, but I didn’t let myself get convinced that quickly. "Of course not. How am I supposed to believe that the person who has only ever treated like a toy, suddenly beca super attached to ?"
She simply hesitated before pouting. "Hmph, you wouldn't understand."
"That's not an answer... Haah..." Feeling her slowly pull her arms out from around , I tried to slip away. "I'll just do what I ca here for." Quickly managing to escape her embrace, I made my way to the ground and mindlessly reached for my dragon body.
Right before I could reach it though, the woman grabbed my wrist. "You can't do that yet!" She spoke with a slightly panicked voice.
Although a part of knew I could force my way past her, sothing instinctual stopped . "Why not?"
"You'll die if you try to do that now!" Her worry felt concerningly genuine.
I was honestly taken aback by it. "Do what?"
"If you touch your body now, you will die. Your physical body simply isn't ready to rge yet..."
-rge?- "What do you an by rge?"
She jolted slightly like she had a slip of the tongue. "I.. can't say that yet..." She looked like she was racing to change the subject. "Anyways, your dragon sleep is about to finish so your ti is up!"
-Already?!- Before I could even react, her hand gripped onto my face.
"You'll understand more next ti... Please don't despise too much." She gave a guilty look as my consciousness blacked out once again.
*tap* As she set her feet on the ground after dissipating my consciousness, she looked at my body with a look of worry.
"Your soul would destroy your body before you could even react..."
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