Liz woke up when the first rays of sunlight started to hit her face. After days sleeping in caves, she wasn’t used to so much light in the mornings.
“My eyes…” She said as she turned around, just to find herself face to face against a pink haired girl. “Huh!?”
She tried to push herself away from her, as the memories from last night started to flood her brain.
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When she was almost done bathing, the hazel haired boy slowly entered the bathroom covering his eyes. He left some clean clothes on a chair.
After leaving the clean clothes, he left the room. “He is cute…” Liz said as he left.
She left her body sink in the water one last time, letting the calm warmth surround her. She closed her eyes and let her mind drift away, leaving this material plane and sinking in the depths of her soul.
When she opened her eyes again, she wasn’t in the bathtub but in a beautiful green meadow. She walked towards the white pantheon, her steps on the stone path were the only sound in this peaceful place.
She looked at the orbs of light that represented her skills, some were pure white, others were blue like her mana and the ones related to her new species were dark purple.
She then turned her gaze towards a red haired figure that was standing next to the biggest orb of the pantheon, one that was covered with black chains.
“Why are you here this time, Rouge.” Liz asked as she placed her hand on the orb.
“Why wouldn’t I be?” She replied. “This is the only realm I can manifest in.”
“And why is that?” Liz asked, as she rubbed her hand on the orb.
“You already know the answer, don’t you?” Rouge replied.
“So you are just a part of this skill after all…” Liz said, remembering how many chains used to bind this orb, but now quite a few were gone.
“This is also why I have a face again.” She said, touching her cheek with her hand.
“In that case, am I allowed to venture into the depths of these stairs now?” Liz said as she turned around. “Or will you still prevent me from doing so?”
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“I won't stand in your way this time, but I will still advise you against it.” Rouge explained. “Even if its influence over Eternal will has loosened up a bit, it is because your will is stronger, not because it has weakened.”
“It… can you tell me what it is?” Liz asked, already knowing what the answer would be.
“I’m afraid I’m not allowed to do so…” Rouge said.
“I’ll be leaving then.” She said, as her consciousness began abandoning her soul. “See you soon, Rouge.”
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She stepped out of the bathtub and dried her body with a towel, then she inspected the clothes the boy had left her. She had long sleeping dresses, simple shirts, pants, skirts… any sleepwear she could think of.
“The boy is quite thoughtful…” She said smiling as she dressed up.
When she exited the bathroom the pink haired girl rushed inside screaming. “Nrut ym!” She said.
Liz tried her best to ignore her and calmly sat down on the bed. She began to comb her hair with her hands as she stared at the boy that was sitting next to her. He is too cute for his own good. She thought, then an idea crossed her mind.
I could try to learn this world language, but that's always a pain in the ass… She thought, after all that was the reason Bel made sure that the common language in her world was always the same. Those who are immortal find learning languages over and over quite bothersome.
“I guess I’ll start tomorrow then…” She said as she laid back in the bed, her tiredness rapidly taking over.
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Once she managed to free herself from the pink haired girl’s grasp, she became aware of two things. First, the boy was sleeping in the same bed as her. Are these two a couple or something? She thought.
Secondly: THE GIRL IN FRONT OF HER WAS ALMOST NAKED!!! What kind of debauchery is this!!!
Apparently, her surprise woke the boy up. He slowly opened his eyes, at first surprised to see a little girl in front of him, then he remembered what happened last night.
“Doog gninrom” The boy said as he got up from the bed.
He gently grabbed Liz’s hand and took his other hand to his mouth. He is probably telling me to follow him for breakfast. She thought, as she smiled and nodded as a reply.
The two of them walked through the building until they reached the kitchen on the first floor. There, the boy spilled some oil over a circle of red stones which ignited on fire almost instantly.
He grabbed an iron pan and placed it over the fire to toast some brown vegetables. In a couple minutes, the vegetables were completely toasted, and he pulled the pan out of the fire.
Iso and Liz were eating in silence, it wasn’t awkward, but instead a peaceful breakfast. Once she was done, Liz showed her empty plate to Iso.
“Plate.” She said, pointing at it. “Plate.”
Iso looked confused, unable to understand what she was saying.
“Plate.” She continued, after some time, Iso’s eyes opened.
“Etalp.” He responded, as he pointed at her plate.
“Etalp?” She said, pointing again at the plate.
Iso nodded his head in enthusiasm. “Plate!”
After learning the first word, Liz rapidly pointed at the fork and started the process again, only a single thought occupied her mind. I will learn the language in a month, at most.