C39 Ending The Story Arc 2/2

"I'm coming with!"

"No, you're staying here. Fio, can you let one of your maids take care of her?"

She asked Fio after rejecting me.

"Ari! Stay!"

She didn't have to shout though.

"Yes miss!"

"No! I'm coming with-Hiiya!...huh? I can't feel my legs? What did you do!?"

No, actually, I couldn't feel any part of my body. Everything felt so heavy.

It was as if I was tied to the bed.

"I didn't do anything, your body is just weak because you haven't eaten anything since yesterday and you've been far too energetic all day. I did plan this though, not feeding you until you collapse… No... it was Seth who planned this, I just told him that you have to stay put and he did everything else... I'm sorry Char, but with how you're acting right now you'll just be in the way."

"She's right Char, you should sleep this one out. She seems serious about not wanting you to see what's inside the factory-mmmm! "

"Shhh! I told you to shut up and keep quiet about that!"

Puchi covered Fio's mouth before she could spill more of the secrets in this world but I ignored it as I was furious about how she went too far.

I would have sat still if she had said so in the first place! She didn't have to do this behind my back!

"Was me diving into the pool of pillows and getting wounded while losing a lot of blood part of your plan too!?"

"mmmm! Uhm, No. That was on me… Sorry about that…"

Fio removed the hand covering her mouth and confessed.

"Oh..."

The room started to fall into silence but another word came out from the little girl.

"No, I did that too..."

Puchi boldly declared.

Although it looked like she was lying...

"She's lying..." x2

"You're lying..."

Even Ari spoke up.

"It's true! I even heard all of your conversation earlier!"

"…"

"We should go now, before we're too late… The head of the factory went back to the city and should be back by sunrise."

"Hey! I'm not lying! *sniffle"

Not minding the little who was on the verge of tears from being ignored. She was trying to hold her tears back, she was trying real bad.

I think it's because she thought it would be a disgrace if she cried in front of the other little girl named Fio, who was a few years younger than her.

"You should go… What's done is done… I'll do as you say and go back after I recover."

"Really!? That's good then! Fio, let's go!"

Fio nodded in agreement and both of them walked out the room through the door.

***

"Ari… I'm sorry that you have to do this."

"No no! I'm glad that I'm doing this. I'm sorry that you misunderstood the miss and became like this."

"No! no! I'm sorry I misunderstood Fio and ended up losing a lot of blood."

"No! no! I'm sorry I wasn't there to cast healing magic on your wound when it happened!"

"No! no! I actually healed myself already but still lost a lot, so it was inevitable even if you were there!"

"No! NO! If I was there I could have healed you faster than you could have."

"Wait… Are you saying I'm inferior to you!?"

"NO! NO! You misunderstood!"

"Be quiet you two! It's the middle of the night!!!"

"We're sorry!" x2

*giggle x2

Ari was sitting beside me laughing after being scolded for being too noisy.

Fio and the little girl already left us half an hour ago. She was told to stay and feed me because my current condition wouldn't allow me to do it myself.

"Did you and your sister fight?"

"Oh no, she's not my sister… She's just a friend I met a few days ago. They helped me with a lot of things so I'm returning the favor by helping them too..."

"..."

Ari stared at me with curiosity as if waiting for me to continue. I wouldn't want to reveal other people's craziness so I ended my tale to that. Particularly Seth's crazy and fun ways.

"... Ah! That's all?... Okay I'm sorry, it sounded like there's more to it than that. We have nothing to do here… Why don't you tell me all your adventures?"

"Adventures? Hmm… There wasn't anything particular interesting about-"

"How about that time when you got hit by a truck? I'm curious as to why you don't have a single scratch on you right now, when it happened just the other night?... And also where's that other guy who stole that contact lens you're wearing right now?"

"Kkk-kkon? W-what are you t-t-talking about?! I-I'm not wearing any lens!"

This girl.

She was that mature looking redheaded attendant who gave Seth the glasses the other day!

Ari was staring straight into my eyes so I covered it with my hand and averted my gaze to the window which I thought also existed at the other side of the room.

The bed was at the corner of the room and there was only a wall painted pink beside me.

"hmm? Where are you looking? Is there something on the wall?"

She slowly drew her face closer to mine until I could hear breathe heavily in my right ear.

"*huff! *huff! Thank you…"

It was creeping me out so I faced to see what exactly was she doing, and our eyes met as soon as I turned my head.

We stared at each other's eyes for 6 seconds straight. She slit her eyes narrow and as if it pierced through mine I flinched after feeling a chill.

"Wa! Wa-wa-what do you mean?!"

"Oh! *giggle Sorry if I creeped you out. I just wanted to say thanks. Because of that lens, for such a long time, the miss finally called out to me and I even drove her all the way here while she slept beside me!"

"So you're not taking these back?"

"Oh no, the miss already gave that to you as a death gift. We thought you died when you got hit and suddenly disappeared back then."

It's no wonder they thought I was dead, I really died after all and was just revived by the great creator.

"We're back!"

Just as I was about to talk back, one guy barged through the door!

The guy was extraordinarily happier than he always was.

"Hi Char! Long time no see… Why are you so thin? You're like bones and meat altogether! Like a corpse revived a few minutes ago-Aw!"

Another girl who just looked exactly as described by Seth, pinched Seth while walking behind her.

"I'm a corpse revived a few minutes ago!... So you're Char? I've heard so much about you from my brother. He said you were color blind right? I know a spell to bring back the color you lost…"

She was really thin and her hair was white, almost similar to mine.

She was really tall but probably a little shorter than me.

Her eyes were brown and hair skin was pale as if she was dead for a very long time.

That exact same girl talked to me in a calm and kind manner.

"Really?! Uhm!..."

I was excited by her words but after giving it another thought it was really impossible after all.

"...No I didn't lose my color."

I'm going back to my world and if ever these lenses break or go missing, it would be the end of my colorful days.

"I was born color blind."

My head leaned down by itself in disappointment.

"Of course! Silly me... Then, shall we get started?"

She playfully said.

'Shall we get started'? Does that mean it's possible?

"Didn't you hear me-"

Just as I was about to reaffirm her statement, a loud voice suddenly came out from behind Seth's sister.

"Hey! You two!"

Seth's sister moved out of the way so we could see the source of the voice and saw Fio pointing her right hand's finger to me and her left hand's finger to Seth's sister.

"Yes?" x2

Both of us answered her call in unison.

"Why are you not surprised that you look like each other?"

She asked while bearing a seriously fascinated expression.

"We do?"

"They do?... They do!"

Seth confirmed after taking a look at both of us. From me to my look alike and back.

"Why did you just realize that now!?"

"Char, Isla… Meet your other selves!"

Puchi declared to everyone.

Her loud voice resounded the whole room.

"You mean their doppelgangers?"

"I mean what I mean Seth. You be quiet and be amazed by this wonderful encounter. Besides, the word 'doppelganger' means that the other person is evil and Isla is no longer evil starting today! Or what she should be."

"Since when was Isla an evil person?"

"You mean she is Seth's real sister?"

*Thud!

"Isla! Are you okay!?"

Seth's sister, Isla, collapsed on the floor.