It was a feeling I had never experienced before. My body became so hot that it was hard to breathe, and the power I had always dealt within me was split into thousands of waus, making it impossible to control.
âAhâŠâ
My mind went black.
It was too much to bear on its own. Even though the floor trembled, my mind got excited over the single thought of saving my mother.
âNo, I have to hold it in. You canât save her like this.â
But it was the first time I experienced happiness.
I wanted to live here with my mom for a long time. I found my real father and I found my twin brother, I didnât expect to be here.
Now that everything has been revealed and there are only happy things left, why did it turn out like this?
âBut Iâm sadâŠâ
Iâm sure itâs because my mom brought back our memories. Since then, my mom hasnât been well. Then, even if time goes back in the end or both my mom and I die again, it wouldnât be much different from before.
âAfter all, I canât come here.â
When we come here, my mom will try to reveal everything and sheâll be like this again.
Thatâs how I was devoured by my power.
Obviously, my mind was intact, but the power I didnât want would come back. As if representing my mind, which had been sharpened, the power became a sharp thorn and spread in all directions. It was the cruelly cold and bitter thorns that could hurt anyone.
I didnât mean to hurt anyone. Itâs just that my mind wasnât the subject, but it had already happened.
âNo, I donât want to hurt anyoneâŠâ
However, the anger that became me threw itself into the dangerous thorns.
Then, my dad next to me hugged me.
âWake up! Donât let yourself be overwhelmed, Bebe.â
I raised my head very slowly at the sound of my dadâs unusually sad voice. I noticed it belatedly, the fact that all those thorns got stuck on my dadâs body.
âOhâŠâ
âAre you okay?â
The emotion that had been fiercely controlling my body until just now had quickly calmed down. Was it because of my dadâs warmth, or did he know that I attacked him?
In an instant, tears fell from my eyes.
âAh, DadâŠ!â
I calmed down and looked at my dad.
âAre you okay, Bebe?â
âI⊠I⊠DadâŠâ
Red blood slowly seeped through Dadâs exceptionally thin clothes. As soon as I saw my dad hurt because of what I did wrong, tears that I had been holding back flowed down.
âSorry⊠Sorry⊠I didnât mean to⊠hurt youâŠâ
Only then did my dad, who slightly lifted me from his arms and wiped away my tears, smile at me.
âItâs not your fault.â
âNo⊠I attacked my dad. I-I justâŠâ
âItâs just like that. You donât know how to use your strength yet. Itâs just a small thing that happened because you know how to unleash that powerful force but donât know how to handle it.â
âItâs not a small thing! My dad got hurtâŠ!â
Why do I always hurt someone?
I canât even save my mom⊠I must be really useless.
âItâs because I was too reckless. Itâs not your fault.â
âButâŠâ
âDonât worry. These wounds will heal quickly.â
âDadâŠâ
âI didnât mean to hide it from you because you were young. I must have thought wrong, so Iâll tell you whatâs going on and why I wanted you to leave.â
I nodded very slowly at those words that soothed me. After wiping the tears that kept flowing, I looked at my dad.
âGood Bebe.â
My dadâs hand patted my head lightly.
âAre you sure youâre okayâŠ?â
âOf course. Iâve had wounds more painful than this. In comparison, this doesnât hurt.â
âOkayâŠâ
I couldnât tell if he was trying to reassure me or if it was trueâŠ
âIt must be a lie.â
In the meantime, my father cleared his voice, as if trying to change the topic.
âMore than that, about your mother⊠do you remember what the priest said last time?â
âYesâŠâ
âActually, Adele isnât in a very good condition. I donât know why, but sheâs in a dangerous condition. Sheâs barely holding on to the priestâs power for so long⊠but that was just temporary. The priest said so. Since she last healed, we canât be sure if she can wake herself up again if it happens again.â
I thought it would be something like that, but when I heard it directly from my dadâs mouth, I felt like my eyes darkened.
âMom isâŠâ
âItâs not that thereâs no way to save her. She can live if you pray, but Bebe, you know that you and your mom canât be caught by the Emperor, right?â