"Nnh…" Sylvie stirred awake as she tried to rub her eyes.

"Ow!" She cried out when she tried to move her arms.

"It hurts!" She cried out as she realized her entire body was in pain.

"Sweetie! You're awake! Are you okay?" Laura asked her when she walked into the room.

"Okaasan, it hurts…" Sylvie said weakly.

"What hurts?" Laura asked her daughter with a serious face.

"My entire body… It hurts so much…" Sylvie said.

"Oh, it's just the aftermath of contracting with something that is much stronger than you," Laura said, as she had experienced this before.

"Just be brave and strong, the pain will go away sooner or later," Laura said as she encouraged Sylvie again.

"Can't you heal me or something? It hurts so much. I can't even move!" Sylvie cried out as she looked at her mother.

"Nope, the pain is actually mentally. It isn't a pain you actually have, it's like your soul. I can't heal souls." Laura explained to her daughter.

"Aghh, can't anyone heal souls!? It hurts so much!" Sylvie cried as she did not like pain.

"Well, I will go to visit the stalls and some old friends. I'll be back by nighttime! Otherwise, goodbye sweetie!" Laura said as she left the house leaving a Sylvie who was in pain on the bed.

"Okaasan!!!!" Sylvie's cry was heard a mile away from inside the house.

"Ugh… Mother will be back darling… Mother just has some errands to run." Laura said as she left without turning back.

"What was that cry?! I think some girl got abandoned by her mother or something… Poor little girl." The crowds started to speak amongst each other as they looked towards the inn where the scream came from.

"... I wonder what that was…" The innkeeper muttered to herself as she looked at the ceiling of the second floor.

"Must've been my imagination or something," She said as she shrugged her shoulders before she started to wipe the counter again.

"Hmm hmm hmm~ I wonder how much money I have made today!~ I am running out of supplies~" The innkeeper sang a tune to herself as she muttered out words.

…

"Hmm, Sylvie still hasn't visited us yet. I wonder if she's busy doing something, or something has stopped her from doing so." Maria said as she laid on her bed back at the dormitory.

"You know she's really hyper sometimes. Other times she is just plain sleepy and lazy. She is probably laying on her bed right now as we speak." Elise said as she looked outside the window.

"Or she could be stopped right now. Maybe something is happening to her." Maria said.

"Besides, wouldn't she want to come visit us again and lay on her bed?" Maria added.

"You're right, maybe something truly is stopping her. But whatever is, it really can't stop her. She cannot be stopped, she is too strong anyway. I don't know anyone who could beat her if she were to try." Elise said.

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Author : zzz

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