Chapter 10:Happiness?What is that? Is it Edible?
"How much more time will you need to heal him properly" Alice asks the Healer inside the closed Ice sphere with a face showing slight worry Healer replies "Well his body is weird and his mental state and Mana is also weird i cant find the right bridge to heal him so its difficult for him to survive and i don,t know if anyone can save him" She replies in a solemn voice Alice gets even more worried and speaks "You know what will happen if he is not healed so think of a way" Healer gets scared and starts to work her mind at light speed trying to think of a way she starts to remember all the information she knows about magic and Mana and Physical Biology after all her life was on stake here so she showed abnormal calculation speed and finally she opens her mouth and speaks "there is a way but..." Alice frowns hearing a 'but' and asks "but what?" Healer replies "There was a dark magic healer who saved a human in critical state but we know that his Dark element was not suitable for Humans so he connected his own Magic Bridge ti the Human instead of creating a bridge but .....after sometime he died because of absence of a bridge of magic....So I am sorry Guild Master but I cant save him" Alice gets furious and the ground beneath her foot starts to form ice but after sometime she calms herself down and speaks "Ok than use mine magic bridge instead i know you can do it" Healer starts to panic her Guild leader is trying to heal this man even if her life is at stake it was weird in anyway you look at it she is 'The Red Ice Queen' who is famous for killing and now she is trying to save someone she gets up from the ground in an instant and speaks while stuttering "Guild Master..You...Mustn't do that if you loose a magic bridge you will lose the power to control one element and if your body cant handle the residual magic energy than you will die i cant let that happen" Alice looks at her with ice child cold eyes and speaks in cold voice "Use my Mental Bridge and Who do you think i am i cant die just because of some extra magic i have" Healer gets shaken to the core and falls on the ground while shivering Alice decreases the temperature by several degrees and generates artificial fear in humans its her personal discovered trick to make people afraid of her She shouts at Healer "START THE PROCEDURE OR YOU WILL DIE" Healer not daring to refuse starts to connect Alice's Mind Bridge to Leo and starts to pour all her remaining Mana like water from a tab.
Alice starts to feel her Mental fortitude weakening and her connection to her magic destroying she feels like there are hands but she cant feel them or use them but she could see them at that time healer starts to frown and speaks with difficulty "He is really weird he was trying to connect with my bridge but when i refused the connection now he is using your bridge as it is his bridge all along he is really dangerous" Alice hears it but don't reply she was felling really uncomfortable at the moment it was a feeling like you want to pick up some thing but your hands just get through the object and you are trying again and again but at this instant something spectacular happens it was so amazing that people often call it a miracle a huge amount of Mana starts to flow inside Alice but surprisingly The man absorbs the Mana even her residual Mana gets absorbed Healer opens her eyes wide in astonishment and speaks in happy voice "Master he is absorbing all the extra Mana and creating a new Mind Bridge for you so after treatment you wont loose your bridge and he will live too its almost as if he is saving you" Alice was too busy to hear that voice she was already enjoying feeling she got at that moment it was like some really itchy part finally is gone and her hands are in her own control once again but Mana starts to become more and more in volume and she receives unbearable pain in her whole body like someone is tearing her apart in two she starts to Roar "AHHHHHHH!!!!"
Healer speaks in Panicked mode "I will Disconnect right now!!" but Alice Yells at her while making Ice to freezes her legs "NOO DON'T DO THAT I CAN ENDURE I WILL ENDURE I NEED TO ENDURE!!" The Healer speaks in panicked mode "But Leader you cant handle this much Mana"but just as she was going to Disconnect all the flow of Mana suddenly stops like it was never here and after a moments rest it starts to flow in reverse back to the Heavens Healer and Alice both gets Shocked by this there was never a case in which Mana flows back to the heavens after all no one have even tried it before because of risks on life this Reverse flow happens for sometime and then stops and then it starts to flow in right order inside Leo and Alice but Healer speaks "Master there is a Mana Bridge between you two shall i destroy it it can be dangerous" Alice replies after calming down but still in shock "No need i like this bridge and its really thin so it wont cause any harm" Healer nodes but don't say anything they were both staring at the body of the man like he was some kind of a freak show after all he displayed them many miracles in some minutes Alice regains her senses and discovers that there was not pain in her body instead she was feeling an unknown type of Mana flowing on that small bridge connecting the two and that Mana was low in amount but she gets a really warm feeling inside her body by this Mana like she is feeling a certain emotion that she don't know what is but surprisingly she likes that emotion and recalls her days before the War when she was in The Star Kingdom and remembers what is this emotion (Happiness) yes she was Happy genuinely happy after so much time. Suddenly she remembers one more thing and hurriedly speaks to Healer "Quick Heal him now" healer returns to reality and starts to pour her Mana only to discover that she doesn't have any Mana left in her body and speaks "Master I am Empty" Alice frowns and runs toward the man and gets down on her knees but just as she was going to do something The body of the Man starts to heal by itself by some Unknown power. Seeing this Alice heaves a sigh of relief and speaks to Healer "But you have some left look he is healing" Healer stares at the body and shook her head while saying "No Its not magic there are no Bridges and no Mana travel" Alice frowns and asks "Then what is this?" Healer speaks in disbelief "Its...Its Regeneration at rapid pace" Alice gets astonished after all no one is able to regenerate at this rate in humans hell even Ogres known for there regeneration took one week to heal these kinds of wounds but the man was healing at a rate visible to eyes.
When Leo wakes up and saws Alice shedding a Tear he panics and speaks "What....What...I am sorry .... but that's just a natural reaction to us man...please don't get sad ....besides this tower just means that i find you....Likable....sweet.....stunning.....beautiful.....sexy no not sexy i mean i mean" he gets irritated and starts to ruffle his hair Alice just wipes her tear and Laughs but just a small word"puh..haha" but she controls her laugh and blocks her mouth by her hand while slightly blushing seeing this scene everyone excluding healer gets stunned at this reaction even her brother haven't seen her reveal a genuine happy smile and now she just laughed.
Alice speaks "ohh nothing i am not crying you see i am glade that you are safe" Leo gets confused and asks "Why?" Alice gets annoyed but still replies "Well you did save me". Everyone gets stunned hearing this sentence and thinks (Who is this guy who can save The Red Ice Queen) Leo suddenly realizes that she was the one he saved like a stupid moron saving his enemy but than he realizes that she saved him in return and by the looks of the System notifications it was clear that she get through hell during his healing that's why he reveals a bright smile and speaks "Ohh yeah i guess i did i just wanted to hear from you hehehe" Alice also smiles and reveals a Ice lance in her hand and speaks while smiling "How do you wanna die?" Leo replies while smiling "Thank you for your kind offer but i don't wanna die and if i have to chose anyway i would rather die in your embrace" he replies as such because he couldn't detect the blood thirst and violent negative energy from her so he knows that she is just joking but at the next instant he feels something cold brushed past his right cheeks and he abruptly turns to find a Fuc*ing Spear just by his side stabbed in the wall Alice reveals another Spear and speaks while smiling "Yeah you were saying something" Leo understands the situation and speaks in rushed voice "No Mam please forgive this peasant for getting out of bounds" Alice disintegrates the spear and turns around to leave at that moment she speaks in seriousness "Don't talk about Dying so easily and you don't have to talk like you are lower than me or something" And then she leaves the room while smiling faintly.
2 Hours Later------------
Leo was still resting in his bed and was reading the notifications again and again while thinking (According to the notifications i have come to this world just recently and i had gained some useful skills too and supposedly i was 40 years old but what i remember is when i was with my grandpa learning Void Steps in the woods so how come my life worth memory is missing)
"Guess i am really in another world now huh"
[Correction user is in another dimension not in another world]
Leo gets shocked and asks in disbelief "System you can answer now according to my memories of forest you only reveal information when i learn something new so how come now you are behaving like a proper guide now?"
[User is being rude to the system i was always a reliable guide you just did not know how to wield me properly]
[While User was in dimension gap System had a chance to connect to EARTH and upgrade to Level 1 the slim AI is installed with basic functionality]
Leo's face twitches (Yeah like i got a manual to read in start)
"So what happen to my memories"
[System detected User's conciseness fading inside the Void dimension so system started erasing data to make the burden less on your brain so that User could survive till some external help arrives]
"hmm so that's why i lost my memories"
"Than tell me why don't i have the skills i learned in the forest from Louise"
[System have no knowledge about this either]
"Still unalienable"
[User is being rude again]
"Still you did install the backdoor on the Control base of this dimension didn't you so just use that to access data"
[System cannot access the backdoor for accessing it system need to be upgraded to Level 2]
"hmmmm so how do i update the System"
[System have no information on upgrade procedures]
"hmm than can you contact to EARTH now"
[Yes but user have to wait for one month to send or receive the messages with each upgrade the speed will increase and at Level 10 it will be possible for a live transmission]
"yeah i expected to be a flaw"
"So send a message to EARTH asking this "You MotherF*kers tell me How the hell do i upgrade system" send it in exactly these words"
[System have detected vulgarer words in the message do you wish to continue]
"Of coerce they will be delighted to hear this message"
[Confirmed sending message]
[sent]
[message will be received by EARTH in 1 month]
"yeah so i have to wait for 2 months for reply'
Leo sighs in really bad mood.
"by the Way did you record what had happen when i was in VOID dimension"
[Yes for safety purposes system records everything user do]
Leo gets panicked and realizes something that in the forest he had done all sorts of things and speaks in panicked voice "Wait a minute you record everything"
[Don't worry private time of User is always ignored]
Leo sighs helplessly and speaks after calming down "Play the recordings"
A video starts to play in his vision while showing the world by his eyes and hearing sounds by ears it was like he was in the body and experiencing everything.
after learning what happened to his body when he was in void dimension his heart starts to feel tightened and he thinks (Man if i had not save her at that time i might have died i have to be carefull in the future)
Leo gets up from his bed wobbling and asks "How much time did i waste"
[2 Days]
"hmm first i have to find Louice"
[Found her she is in the inn]
"How did you.."
[System still have the party function locked on both of you]
"hmmm surprisingly you are sometimes reliable"
System doesn't reply and Leo starts to walk wobbling and exits the door to find Alice right in front of him at this time facing such a beauty so close to his face he fees like the time have stooped and he could see her face for his whole life like this but good things don't last forever she backs off clearing some distance while slightly blushing and speaks "Where are you going?" Leo gets back to reality and puts a poker face and speaks "I was looking for you" Alice stares at him and says "stop lying"
Leo gets surprised and asks system in his mind (System i have a poker face right now right the MAX level right?)
[Yes user is currently using a passive skill Poker Face- MAX ]
Leo get back to his bad sits down and speaks in disbelief "How?"
Alice just smiles and replies "well i just had a feeling"
this time Leo calms down and uses the small bridge connecting the two and feels her current state she was feeling Happy and Worry and slight Fear which gave him all the information he needed "You first stop Lying i can feel you too you know" than he reveals a smile and speaks "You are happy to see me recover but you are also worried that i might leave too soon and have a slight fear that something bad will happen again" Alice just chuckles and sits down on the chair and speaks "We haven't introduced us yet I am Alice the Guild Master of The Bloody Rose Guild" Leo replies "hello and I am Leo from a really far away land with an amnesia"
Alice smiles and Leo smiles back to her and than Alice asks again "Where were you going?"
Leo replies while smiling "To see my friend?" Alice reveals a ice spear and speaks while smiling "A Women?" Leo's smile vanishes because he could sense the rage of Alice and speaks "No....no its just a little girl nothing more" Alice stares at him and then Disintegrates her spear and speak "You know that i saved your life so that's why your life belongs to me and that means you are mine now" Leo replies "Indeed you did save my life but i save yours first that means we are equal and i am free and don't belong to anyone" Alice sighs and speaks "So i am not that attractive am i?" Leo sighs as well and looks deep in her blue eyes and speaks "You are really attractive but i don't know your nature or our compatibility with each other besides i am just 17 i wont make a life decision on a whim"
Alice opens her eyes wide open and speaks "Does it really matter if you know of my nature isn't my body enough for you to stay with me forever" Leo gets stunned for a while and speaks "You didn't meet a decent man for a long time have you" she replies "What every man i had meet over the course of my life are all the same if there Lust is satisfied than they are happy to do anything"
Leo sighs and speaks in serious voice "Remember your father how was he was he the same even your brother is same is there truly no one decent in your life" She ponders for a while and replies while shaking her head "No not a single one my father did love me and my mother but he already had a son my brother from another women and when he was married he used house maid to satisfy his lust as for my brother Gerald he have vulgar desires towards me and when i am not looking he is always using women behind my back and still wishes to spent a night with me so yeah i don't know anyone" Leo after hearing everything just embraces Alice she gets flustered and thinks (I knew it every man was the same now he wants to do me here right now and after all that nons....) while she was thinking her train of thought stops here when she senses a drop of warm water on her shoulder she looks at him Leo was crying while embracing her and speaks
"You had a tough time didn't you sorry to make you recall all those memories" He was crying because he remembered his days when he was afraid of the ground he was standing on only his family supported him and when he was with them he was most relaxed and was not afraid of anything otherwise excluding his Mother, Father, Grandpa and Grandma all of his family mocked him for being a coward and there was no friends in his life while he was all the time training in various martial arts and medicines and combat techniques Happiness?What was that? Is it Edible? if not then no one will give it to me.