Chapter 146 Losing fragments of memories
In that lonesome world covered by white pure snow there was a woman sleeping peacefully as a hand gently stroked her head and played with her hair.
Slowly breathing, the woman would occasionally breathe out a puff of white smoke from her nose.
A pair of eyes similar to the color of the snow and the white smoke affectionately gazed at the defenseless form of the woman laying on her lap.
A tranquil face that Theta could gaze for eternity slowly started to wake up.
"The...ta?" A weak voice made out from the woman's voice.
"Deva! You are finally awake!" Theta responded cheerfully.
"My head...hurts..." The woman absentmindedly muttered to herself.
Trying to lift her body the woman released a moan of pain as she instead fell from the side.
"So...cold...Theta I can't continue to eat snow..."
"But you finished your supplies! There's nothing here other than snow!"
"It has been weeks since I started and look at me...weak and ill...instead of feeling all these things wouldn't it be better to-"
"No! I won't let it happen! You taught me and raised me like a mother would do! Fed me and gave me company!"
Theta yelled at the weak woman.
"If your body affects your mind then all I can do is to make the mind better so it can affect your body!"
"Silly girl...what's all that about?"
A weak smile soon make its way to Deva's face.
"-A weak mind makes a weak body- You said this to me to make me study better."
"Did I? That was a long time ago..."
Seeing her teacher's eyes becoming vacant Theta immediately changed subject.
It pains her seeing her teacher in such state yet her heart couldn't help but beat in happiness everytime Deva relied on her for everything.
There was nothing better than receiving a smile of gratitude everytime she helped Deva, especially when Deva's eyes and focus were always towards her and solely at her.
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Ah...
I can feel the hunger eating me from the inside.
Not only snow but I might put inside my mouth anything that can be chewed and have a bit of taste.
Ah...The things I can do just to have a taste of meat...
Yes, my food supplies definitely ran out. There's no way that my ring can contain an endless amount of food, adding to any kind of potions and several items for different scenarios my food supplies would obviously end within a few years.
One can also trick the system. My storage ring can hold 2000 items. Whether of a minuscule size or gargantuan one my ring can store it. Putting inside a container with inside food worth a month the ring would still consider it as a single item while putting two seperate bananas the ring then would consider them as two different entities. But even with that in mind there's a limit for my ring to store items and one wouldn't really store two-thousands containers just for the sake of food, the same about wearing ten rings just to store twenty-thousands items.
Can even one find a reason to store twenty-thousand items inside ten rings? A single storage ring is enough to give you the basic necessities to survive and live well in another world.
Snow...
It does not taste anything and gives you only a freezing sensation all over the body.
If not for several potions I would've have already died from starvation...Eating only snow won't give what the body requires yet Theta is living testament that she isn't a normal human.
One thing is certain and that is the snow that I am eating is gradually changing my memories.
But there's no need to panic since there is someone that will make sure to keep me alive even if I were to forger about her existence.
Ahh...I wonder if this is enough to bring you down.
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A gentle touch was stroking my head.
"The...ta?"
I cannot help but feel powerless as I am being taken care by Theta.
I cannot remember when but the first time I met her she was just an energetic and eccentric brat.
"Deva!You are finally awake!"
Such a good smile...if not for the current state of the world she would've already have found her soulmate like I did with my wi...ves?
Not one but many?
I can't remember. No, instead they are more vague than that...their faces...so foggy...
"My head...hurts..."
As there is something that is blocking my memories my head suddenly started to hurt as I focused to remember.
The domain...Mother Nature...champion...what else?
It hurts...so cold...I cannot remember...Why...?
"No! I won't let it happen! You taught me and raised me like a mother would do! Fed me and gave me company!"
Theta's sudden shout woke me from my thoughts.
"If your body affects your mind then all I can do is to make the mind better so it can affect your body!"
She hugged me. Her thin yet strong arms embraced my weak body.
Slowly, her warmth calmed me down.
"Silly girl...what's all that about?" As I laughed I further sank myself in that hug.
So soft.
So warm and so secure.
"-A weak mind makes a weak body- You said this to me to make me study better."
As Theta said that my mind was hit by something. A memory? A feeling? I wasn't sure...
-A weak mind might affect the body but not emotions. Emotions affects both mind and body though I cannot guarantee whether for the better or for the worse.
Someone dear to me said that once...
Following that voice I can remember other important pieces.
-Someone's nature is intrinsically linked to the soul. A chaotic nature will always seek to bring trouble and mess around them. No amount of conditioning and brainwashing can change that, deep inside everyone's soul there's their nature.
Emotions and nature...
No matter who I always rouse someone's emotional state and in reverse I also intentionally rouse my emotions in different situations...
My nature is obviously chaotic but not excessively evil...I suppose.
The question them is, what was I planning with Theta...?
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