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

On the twenty-second floor of Babil.

Latifa and Lily were hurrying their way up the tower. There were several concerns on Latifa's mind as they rushed. Firstly, Lily's physical ability. Lily was by no means physically fit. From what Latifa could tell, Lily had only gotten so far without her body crumbling because she was subconsciously strengthening herself ever so slightly with magic. Disregarding magic, Lily was likely below average as an athlete.

Despite her previous talkative nature, Lily had been relatively quiet ever since they set off. Latifa was slightly spooked by how silent Lily was. Lily would pant without making a sound and barely made a sound when breathing. It was obvious enough that Lily had a curse that prevented her from speaking freely, but she claimed that she was free from the curse after touching the scarf.

S1-183: Lincon (b)