Chapter 11: An Abrupt End
Chapter 11
The woman lying right next to him... The mere sight of her brought back a great surge of emotions for him like she was someone he had known at some point, but he was also confused at the same time. It seemed that a huge storm was waiting to break from what he had come to learn at the soldier camp, but he was suddenly here a second later.
Whatever fate had in store for him, he was sure had been paved on a rocky path that he would forever have to walk on. But whatever the case, this was only another test, and everything happening just now, he was sure, was an illusion. If he ended up dying, then there was still a very likely chance that he would only end up back in the real world.
Not that either world could be considered real anyway.
" Megumi, it's time to wake up." She said in a calm, sweet feminine voice as she tapped him lightly on his shoulder.
With the slight touch, he felt, a strange feeling of warmth ran through his body as he widened his gaze and looked up to see her staring at him with a smile on her face. She looked very frail and her eyes seemed to be trembling and sunken no matter how bright they seemed. Her hands were pale, and her hair almost seemed like it was about to begin turning gray.
The smile that had gone across his face at his first sight of her quickly dwindled down into a stale gaze of sympathy as he looked her in the eyes. She looked at him as well, and her hands quickly traced upwards, running gently through his hair.
He quickly got from the bed and gently removed her hand from his hair, before trying to assure her in his calm, masculine voice,
" I'll be fine, mother."
" Of course you will." She said, leaning forward as she threw her hands around him.
She got down from the bed and went out of his room after that, leaving him to contemplate everything that had just happened. He quickly got dressed as he got up from his bed, and immediately headed outside the house.