My father embraced me while he was sitting on the bed. One of his hands were on my forehead while the other one was rubbing my back.
"That's not true. I don't know who Scarlet and Lacey are but…" My eyes opened wide. I pushed him a little and looked up to see his face then cut what he was saying.
"What are you saying!? They are your granddaughters!. We might have been living in Italy but we still come back from time to time!. You've met spent time with them! So how can you say that you don't know who they are!?" I was so mad about what he just said.
"Calm yourself down." he said calmly " you were only having a nightmare. Your Mom and sisters are all alive and I still don't have any granddaughters. You're only 12 and your sisters are only 20 and 22 years old." He explained
"What? I'm no longer 12 years old. I'm already 21" I said
My father looked at the doctor "Doctor, what's happening to my son?" he asked worriedly
"I don't think there is anything wrong with him, Sir. Nothing showed up during his blood test. He must have only been stressed by staying at the hospital. He's been here for a week now after all. His fever is gone so he can go home and maybe it can put him more at ease staying at your place than here at the hospital" the doctor responded to my father.
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The door of my room opened again and three women entered. The first two were the younger selves of my of my sisters and the last to enter is my aunt who is younger than my father.
"Beeeeeen, we're here" my aunt called cheerfully and walked forward but quickly bumped onto my sisters who stopped walking. "Ouch, why did you girls stop?" My aunt asked. My sisters pointed at the floor in front of them and so my father, aunt, and the doctor looked at the floor. They saw traces of blood going to the direction of the bathroom. My father rushed to check on me.
"Ben!" My father loudly called me from the door of the restroom with a worried look on his face.
"Pa!, I'm young again!" I told him with a shocked face
"Of course you're young, you're 12. Anyway, are you okay!? Your hand is bleeding!" he told me while approaching me
"huh?" I did not quite understand him so I looked at both of my hands' palm "it's not bleeding though" as soon as I told him, he held my left hand's wrist and then turned it. It was completely covered in blood. I looked at my father then noticed that behind were traces of blood and below me were also blood, enough for ants to swim in it.
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My body is currently laying in a flowerbed "Alvin... Alvin... Alvin" and a gentle voice of a woman is calling my name.
< Suddenly an arm appeared before me. I tilted my head a little bit towards my left and saw a blonde haired woman wearing a white dress that makes her look like an angel. "Can you stand up?" she asked while offering a hand "Uhm.. yes, I can. Thank you" I replied and took her hand to help me stand up. "I'm sorry but who are you and where am I?, if I may ask" After helping me to stand up, we gently let go of each others' hand. She raised the lower part of her left arm up to her shoulder's level. From there she leaned her palm on her chest. "My name is Lihaybu and I am the goddess of life. It is a pleasure to finally meet you, Alvin" "Lihaybu? isn't that one of the gods hailed in the other world?!" I shockingly responded "That is correct, I'm glad that I did not have to explain a lot to gain your credibility" "Well I don't really believe you" my response shocked Lihaybu "since I don't really know any way to prove that you're not her" "That's true..." she replied with a dishearted face and everything went silent. It was really awkward so I initiated another conversation. "Uhm... you can try to be a little persuasive you know? you can show me a proof th..." I got cut off "That's it! a proof! you are my proof! and not just you but everyone that died during the massacre!" she enthusiastically shouted "Why us?" I asked while I crossed my arms and started having a serious look on my face "Well since I gave you all another chance in life!" she grinned and was so proud of herself "Hey! we were just a little late and when we arrive, we hear you hogging all of the glory?" A voice that belongs to a man said. Goddess Lihaybu was quite dejected as I looked at her. I gazed to my right to see from whom the voice came from. I saw five people walking closer to us. There was an old man with white hair wearing a blue cloak, a white polo, a dark blue pants, a pair of black elegant shoes and a monocle in his left eye. Next to the old man was another person wearing a cloak as well but this time it is black; I could not tell it's gender since that person is fully covered by the cloak and its hood. Next was a guy with dark hair that looked like he was in his 30s wearing only red metallic armor with a huge sword on his back. Beside the armored guy was a woman with green hair wearing a golden sleeveless shirt that ends just below her boobs, while inside it was a white dress with frills and golden designs. Lastly was a boy with blue hair who seems to be in his 20s carrying a book and wearing a white polo tucked in his black shorts that extends to his knee, a green unbuttoned coat and white shoes. The five people came closer and closer to us until they stopped and stood beside Lihaybu. The armored guy flicked Lihaybu's forehead and then started arguing with each other. "so happy" I murmured to myself Lihaybu coughed a little got her composure back, "anyway, as I was saying we are the reason that you are all alive again!" she said while posing as a victor in a battle. I kept my head low and spoke: "May I ask why you revived everyone that died?" I asked "The huge battle that occurred that time caused a lot of deaths and it put our existence in a very dangerous situation. Any more and we too would have faded away. Us gods can't really meddle with the world's inhabitants' action but when our life was in danger, we were given permission to take action " The old man with the monocle replied "I see" I lifted my head while tears were coming out from my eyes "Thank you" I said and it made them feel great but I still continued "Thank you... because of all of you, we will once again exist, be massacred and die in vain as your tools to prolong your life" "What did you say!?" The armored guy got mad "The truth" I stated "I know what it feels like for your life to be in danger so I won't question your way doing things to survive but to revive us again to feel the pain again and be revived again if you wanted too while happily and leisurely passing your days here is something that I can not accept!" I madly said I did not notice but while I was so enraged, some black aura was gushing out from my body. The flowers beneath me started dying and it continued slowly expanding to the nearby flowers as well. the gods teleported far ahead to get away from me "what's happening!?" Lihaybu shouted "I don't know but we need to stop him" the armored guy took his sword and quickly attacked me with a speed of light. I just watched while I was being approached by the armored guy with his sword in his right arm "You want me to die again?! what a disgraceful god! then all of you come and die with me!" The dark aura that was surrounding me grew stronger and enveloped the vicinity with darkness. "Why is this happening!? this is not how we foresaw it to happen" the green-haired woman exclaimed "Of course not since your arrogance and stupidity was not included in our calculation" the boy with a book answered