Chirp-chirp-chirp
The sun has risen. The bird flew away to search for the food to feed the chick. The bird's nest was on the branch of a tree. And.. that tree where Lorainne and William used to be the shelter.
"Hey, William. Can you just wake up? I'm tired of waking you up!"
William grunt. Slowly he sat up, blinked his eyes twice. He looked right and left. Then he looks at Lorainne. His eyes clearly say Where-Am-I.
"Under the tree. It's not that bad to let you sleep in the water."
"Oh.."
"Let's go."
"To?"
"Village."
"For?"
"Breakfast."
"Oh.."
VUUU--
Lorraine teleports them to the nearest village. They go to the famous cafe, Kelly's Coffee. They order two coffees and some biscuits. After that, we buy a kebab at the street stalls.
"Ah.. let's head back to quarters."
"Yes."
"Hold my hand."
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"Glad you're back safely.."
Ah.. that's Arian, Leader for the fifth division. Her magic was amazing but she was always going smooth. Unless, if she loses her patience she becomes a different person.
"You guys! Sir James told me to let you check-up with Marie"
"Oh, okay."
[Infirmary]
" Oh, Lorraine. Your mana is still stable. Your tattoo spirit is also in a normal state."
"Okay."
I tugged back my clothes after the check-up. Marie handed me a cup of tea to give me some energy. We talked for 15 minutes to cold my magic.
"How about William?"
"William? Fufu, you are good at handling his cat spirit."
"Serious?"
"Yep! His cat spirit doesn't awake nor activate."
"Fuh.. How about me?"
"You? Yeah, it's still stable but.."
"But?"
"It's awake but not active."
"What?! How is this happening!?"
"I am also not very sure. I will look at the record of black panther users and tell you what happens.
I looked at my cup. I drink it all. I go out after taking my leave. Lorainne lean at the door and looked at her black panther tattoo which was on her hand. Lorainne sat on the bench at the garden beside the infirmary. She lifts her head. Seeing blinding sunlight. Hearing birds chirping. 'It's relax me a bit.'
TAP! TAP!
"Lorraine!"
Lorraine turned her head. 'Ah.This brat. Can't you give me time to be alone?' I close my eyes back.
"How's your checkup?"
'Urggh, Must I answer it?' William sat beside Lorraine and gave me a brown hat with a ribbon. Lorainne wear it and say,
"Like usual. How about you?"
"Marie says I'm also normal."
"Ohh… I already know."
"By the way, Lorraine.."
"What?"
"Why do you ask me to call you by name instead of 'master'?"
Lorraine shrugged. Speechless. Why does he ask me a topic after about 17 years? I already say don't ask me what I don't like!'
"....Why? Why did you suddenly ask me?"
"Uh.. I have always been curious about my…"
"Stop! Don't let my emotions run wild."
"But..
"I will take my leave."
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"Mhn.. Master!!"
He looked at me smugly. Why you..? I already caught blood, won't you give me a break?! I already stood at this holy freaking thunder for about 2 hours!!
"Caught! Caught!"
Ah..I already spit this much blood yet you still sit from far away? I sit after coughing that hard that I can feel like my throat was piercing. Master flinch and walk towards me. He snaps his finger and the thunder disappears.
"Master.."
He grabbed my chin hard. I thought my bones were gonna break for a while! His purple eyes shone almost blind my eyes.
"Aren't you the one who wants to learn from me?"
"Urk!"
"If you don't become strong, how can you be able to take revenge?"
"But...I"
"Huhu, Don't tell me you are scared."
"..."
"It's okay then."
Fuh… At last, the master understood why I learned from him! I wanna control my black panther spirit so I didn't want to hurt anybody.
Suddenly, the Master grabbed my neck. Kuh!!`Why does he suddenly hold me like this! He brought me to the cliff and say,
"Why don't you just give me your spirit?"
"But… It's already with my body."
"Huhu, you just need to die."
What?? Does he just use me after all? He pushed me from the cliff with that wicked smile. Why did I never realize that he used me?!
"Farewell"
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"Fuh..fuh."
It's only a dream. Don't worry, don't worry. It's okay, it's all just the past. Lorraine rolled to the other side. 'One by one of my memories pop to my head. The one that I suffer, the one that I kill half of my village, the one.. I fall from the cliff'
"Urk!!!"
As I want to sleep, a breeze throbs my heart. It feels like it's piercing my entire body. I could feel my tattoo spirit being active. 'Wait! Why did I think I had felt this pain before?'
"Found you, Lorraine"
'A voice?' Lorraine looked right and left. 'Just what is that?' After that, my heart became normal as usual. Lorraine pulled her knees to her chest. 'Sometimes, I forgot that I reincarnated after all… And.. the only one known is Sir James.'
Tick-tock-tick-tock
The clock keeps ticking and Lorraine still can't sleep. I grab my cardigan, maybe a walk can help me to sleep?
TAP! TAP! TAP!
Huu… this night is so cold. Lorraine warms herself with her magic. Huh? That's sir James. 'I should go back to my room, he is the type who didn't like his people walking at night!' Slowly, Lorraine walks back to her dorm secretly.
"Where are you going, Lorraine?"
"Huh? Me?"
"Yes, Is there someone also named Lorraine Neil?"
"Haha, no."
"Why are you here?"
"Probably, take a walk?"
Then, he asked me to come closer and we talked under the oak tree. Which is my favourite place. We talked about my tattoo spirit and more.
"Hey, let's head inside."
"Yeah, It's getting colder."