The Voice Inside 2

[[𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯.]]

I went silent because of that.

A few minutes later, I answered, "Me? I'll probably try and live similar from my previous life where I became a shut-in."

[[...𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵-𝘪𝘯. 𝘕𝘰 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯.]]

"Was that sarcasm?" I asked.

[[𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘐𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵.]]

I was about say something else when suddenly, I heard a loud sound coming from the top, just on the second floor building behind me.

...Isn't that Sophia's room?

With that realization, I promptly stood up and used the bench to hop on.

"Hup!"

Thankfully, the window seemed to be open. As soon as I was only a few meters away from her window, I folded my body similar to a ball and used my feet to land on the ground safely.

"Sophia!"

Seeing Sophia laid unconscious on the ground, my body subconsciously acted on it's own and promptly ran forward.

Soon enough, I reached her. "Hey!! You okay?!"

[[𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶?]]

...𝘕𝘰

"Wait, it's still not time for us to argue." The voice was about to say something else, but I continued, "Shut up for a second, will you!"

After making sure that her body was fine, I picked her up in a princess-carry position and placed her on the bed. Without noticing it, her mask accidentally fell down.

I made sure that everything else is okay. And when that's done, I took the chair on the other side of the bed and placed it right next to--?!

"Just what happened he-!?" I was about to finish what I wanted to say when I noticed that my feet was stepping onto something. Because of this, I abruptly stopped walking.

...𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴? Picking it up and examining what the mask look like, I couldn't help but think that I was probably imagining something.

"Isn't this the same mask Sophia used to wear?" I thought to myself.

[[𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴...]]

...𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.

I didn't managed to take a glance at her face since my attention was focused on surveying the whole room earlier.

Next, I slowly turned my head around and went ahead to take a sit. From then on, it became silent for a couple of minutes.

[[Wow. She's hot.]] The voice suddenly spoke.

𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦!! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶? A pedo? I asked the voice.

But...

[[𝘚𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.]] It only gave me this answer.

Me, a pedo? It seems like this thing has death wish.

Now I'm starting to wish that this voice has it's own body, so that I could slice him up, stab his head in a stick and place him in the main plaza to become a decoration.

[[𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨!! Besides, i𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘢 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦?]] The voice suddenly spoke out suspiciously.

Hearing this, I just let out a tired sigh and turned my attention back to Sophia.

Not gonna lie, she's much more prettier than what I originally imagined.

In the novel, Arthur never managed to see what Sophia looked like. His harem though only mentioned what her features was like.

I was about to slump my back backwards when I suddenly heard Sophia murmuring something while sleeping.

"Bro.....der..."

Because of this, I got up and slowly bend my body forward to listen on what she was about to say next.

As my head went near her, Sophia's hands suddenly stretched out and went on to caress my cheeks.

Slowly, her eyes opened up.

Under the rays of moonlight coming from the window, her golden hair gave off a faint glow, and her caramel-coloured eyes brimmed beautifully with dignified grace.

Her features were both cute and charming, with full red lips that let off a healthy sheen. It looks to me like she was an angel that was sent down from the heaven.

[[Nice.]] The voice in my head spoke up.

𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱!

Both our faces was now near each other. When Sophia noticed this, her face immediately flushed bright-red.

"So-sorry!" She bashfully turned her head around.

𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯𝘪𝘵! Clutching my chest, I backed away and once again took a sit.

The awkwardness lasted a couple of minutes until I finally decided to ask what happened.

Propping my elbow on the armrest of the chair, I supported my chin and let out a long sigh. "So... Could you explain to me what happened?" I spoke up and asked.

Without looking at me in the eyes, I noticed Sophia gripping onto her blanket before speaking up to give me a reply. "I... I just fell."

[[...𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘭?]]

...𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘭?

Both our thoughts went in sync.

"You fell?" I asked, making sure if I heard her say that words correctly. Then, she nodded as if to affirm my questions.

One of the main heroine.... fell hard and became unconscious? I mean, who in the world would even believe that!?

Although I wanted to say something else, I held my tongue and kept quiet. Realizing the silent atmosphere, Sophia raised her head up to look at my eyes directly.

"Is there something wrong?" She asked.

Frowning, I slowly got up from my seat. But before I could even do that, Sophia slowly raised her hands to pay my head.

"Hey.... Could you please stop that?" I said to her.

[[𝘏𝘰𝘰... 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯.]] The voice hummed, sounding amused at what was currently happening right now.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? I asked the voice in my thoughts.

"Sorry. I had a dream about having a brother, and you somehow reminded me about him." Said Sophia in an apologetic tone.

[[𝘠𝘦𝘱. 𝘈𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.]] The voice spoke up.

𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵? While I was locked in thoughts about what the voice said, Sophia must've noticed that her mask fell off as she began looking around for to find it.

"Umm... Could you tell me where my mask are?" Sophia spoke, covering her face with an embarrassed expression.

"Ah... Here." I took the mask out from my [Pocket Ring], and gave it to her. Soon, she put it on and went back to sleep without saying anything else.

...𝘚𝘰, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸? I asked myself.

After thinking for awhile, I decided to go back to my room and rest.

Not long after I finished taking a quick shower, the voice suddenly spoke up. [[So... What now?]] It asked.

𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸... I replied to it. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺? 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵?

Hearing my question, the voice began sounding sad. [[Do you really wish that I disappear soon?]]

I just went silent because of this.

Because of this, I somehow felt that the voice inside me facepalm after noticing that what he was talking about was true.

[[𝘚𝘰... 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘭--]]

𝘕𝘰. I straight up and bluntly denied his offer.

[[Why...?]]

"Because you are suspicious for wanting to control my body, annoying because you can't even shut up, and too troublesome for me to handle."

[[Ouch... I never thought that getting rejected on asking someone to become friend hurt more than being betrayed...]] The voice spoke in his usual tone. But, I somehow had the feeling that there is more to it.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? I asked. Though, he just gave me a silent response for a couple of minutes before deciding to speak once again.

[[Anyways, I don't have much time left here anyway, so I'll just get straight to the point.]] The voice suddenly got serious. [[Never put too much trust on someone. Learn to use enemies. Isn't that the reason how you lived longer back in your previous life?]] He asked. Because of this, my expression became serious.

"Don't ever mention it." I unconsciously spoke out loud.

The voice just let out a humming sound before saying, [[I don't know when we'll be able to talk to each other once again, but...]] With a short pause, it continued, [[This will sound awkward but... I'll always be here with you, listening to what you say, or think. If ever things went south, never hesitate to surrender or talk to me when the time has come...]]

With those words, the voice said his final reminder before slowly disappearing.

[[Never let your past hinder your growth... Also, never listen to what that man will say about your life. That way, you will never become someone like me... A person who already gave up on everything.]]

I was about to say something when the voice suddenly added something.

[[𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦.]] The voice said playfully.

Not long after it said that, the voice inside my head suddenly disappeared.

𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳? With that thoughts, I turned my head to look in the mirror and saw what that voice meant by that.

Not gonna lie though, this hairstyle was 100% better than my current one yesterday.