Sumdud

Hey, have you heard of a rumour floating around recently?

I heard that there’s this girl walking around, weird, right? She walks and just goes around the place, no one knows who she is, no one knows where she came from. Hell, I don’t think even she knows the answers.

But oddly enough, she never seems to age, does she? Of all the dragons, dwarves, elves everywhere, there’s a simple tale passed down from generation to generation.

Of a girl that does not age.

But...

How did it all start? In this fantasy world, how did this person come to be?

A world where humans isolate themselves within their walls, wary of the monsters that lie outside. A world of magic, a world of fantasy, but nothing seems carefree nor fun.

Dating back to one of the greatest disasters known to humanity, the disaster where many deaths were witnessed, life was made.

Living eternally, forever wandering about the world. Monsters do not attack her, no sickness plagues her, and time becomes irrelevant. Wandering from village to village, eventually, she comes across a group of excited people.

'Hey, take us out to the unknown, we want to see the world!'

This is a tale of finding the meaning of life in a world where nothing seems to go anyone's way.

*(Notice: The first part of the story is a backstory. If you don't really like the theme of the backstory, I understand if you just don't read it.)

Immortal Wanderer

Valentine sat near the bag she was carrying, still smiling to herself in satisfaction. Lied, who was only an image in Valentine's mind, started asking questions, "Hey, when were you able to just take over my body like that? Where's Hilda? What did you just do?"

Valentine reacted to the last question.

"Well, I reversed the flow of mana in this body," Valentine explained, patting her chest. "By forcing all the existing mana back into the Maticulo, your body would subconsciously turn the property of the mana into healing, allowing me to heal this body completely by itself without needing to cast a spell!"

After seeing Lied's confused expression, she let out a sigh and gave up on trying to explain the situation to Lied.

"I don't really care about that right now," Lied told her. "I want to know when, why and how you took over my body."

"Human, you have too many questions," Valentine grumbled, still seated on the ground.

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