Chapter 4 – Close Yet Further From The Truth

Arthur had woken up in a bed that was extremely comfortable, this cottage was in the middle of the world without time.  As he was coming to he saw Lilith in the kitchen area of the cottage and she turned around and looked at him and said "Are you hungry? we haven't eaten anything since we've gotten here and all we've done is train the whole time but we need to get you strong and in shape for the war we have ahead". Arthur looked around the cottage and he had noticed what was around the cottage, a little kitchen space with cupboards  and to the left there was a bathroom. On the walls there were paintings of what was in Arthurs room as he was a little kid.

Lilith had made this to make him feel comfortable in this world. As he looked at her he started to sit up and asked her, "Lilith why do you cover your face and wear a black glove that covers your whole arm on the one side of your body?". "I had an accident when I was young and I cover my face because I don't want the world to see how ugly I am". He stood up and she turned around and dropped the coffee she had made for them because she had just seen all of Arthurs scars that he had sustained over the years. She walked to him and asked "what happened to you? How did you get such bad scars?". "This was all my mothers doings" Arthur then pointed to all the scars he had and explained what had happened to him. "This scar here I shere my mother poured hot water all over me, this one is where she cut me with a stick that she had been using to prepare the fire". He then turned around and Lilith saw all the scars he had on his back and she let out a big sigh and gasp as she was witnessing all this. Arthur told her that his mother used thorned tip whips but she boiled them before she whipped him with it. "Why would your mother do this to you?" (Lilith).

"I dont know, she kept on talking to herself, yet she used to laugh and cry as she was abusing me which made no sence at all. She also used to go sit in one of the rooms and she used to cry and scream at someone the whole time, she also used to keep asking herself why would you force me to keep doing this". Lilith then just looked at him and he then said "Oh I also remember that I used to hear two voices, my mothers and a very demonic vocie, my mother also always used to say a name but I cant remember and the name started with an L, I enterned the room and my mother was the only one in the room". Lilith kept on looking at him and just staring at him and she got closer to him and she felt the scars and he leaned in for a kiss and she just ran out the cottage crying. He wondered why would she be doing so and thought of running after her but he just felt bad and went into the bathroom...