
"Welcome to the training ground and congratulations on your graduation. Those of you who have good luck and keen instincts deserve this. This place aims so that you can master your power at least as much as sixty percent.”
That voice sounded echoing, out of nowhere it came from. This room is enlarged and there are many mannequin holograms lined up in front of the door of another room. I looked at Nana, she nodded. Nana walked ahead followed by Layla, me, then Arthur who was at the back. Nana held the doorknob, turned it around, then pushed the door. Inside the room were four more doors with numbering.
“This is a special room for you to practice. Manekin will give you a number card. Log in according to the number listed.”
The voice reverberated.
“This is more like a game than a puzzle.” Arthur stepped forward towards the door made of iron with the number thirty. One of the mannequin holograms has just finished giving us a hologram card with a number on its surface.
“We have thirty rooms. The higher the number of rooms you enter, the stronger your strength will be. However, strong power was also difficult to control. So, you guys have to train really hard.”
He said he had thirty floors. So Arthur is the most powerful of us. Nana and Layla step together. Nana enters the room nineteen and Layla enters the room sixteen. There was only fifteen rooms left. I looked at the number card in my hand. There's number fifteen. Does this mean I am the weakest? Come onl. I walked up to the door, opened it.
It's not like I'm in the room. It's more like I'm somewhere that's only visible as far as the eye can see. There are no trees, no animals, no stones, no matter what. There is only grass and soil. Even the door I passed by earlier disappeared. Is this a trap?
In the midst of my confusion, suddenly something fell down on the ground, making a loud boom like a meteorite. Dust fly. The wind was so strong that it was able to drag my body back. I closed my eyes.
“Eh? A daughter?” I heard the source of the sound from behind the pile of dust floating in the air. Someone came up to me from behind the fog. She's a young woman. Her body that only wore a bikini looked very slim. The woman smoked a cigarette, then puffed it right in front of my face. I coughed softly.
“Bocah, what's your name?”
“Lina!”
“Heeh, Good. I'm Liebe. Call me Liebe, just Liebe.” The woman stared coldly. I'm nodding.
“Kak Liebe's. Eh?” I tilt my head. I know he told me to call him Liebe. But it felt strange to me to call an older person without a word of name.
“LIEBE!” He glares.
"I don't like feeling older. Let's just say I'm a friend your age. It will make it easier for you in learning.” Liebe walked away.
“I won't be much of a pleasantry. Let's see if you can master all the powers or only a portion. Oh, maybe you can't even control one?” Liebe smiled, looking at me questioningly. I just kept quiet.
“I'll start with an explanation of your strength. But before that something bothers me. Ask anything that disturbs your mind. You won't be able to bring out your true talent if you can't focus just because you have some unanswered questions.”
“Eh?” My eyes gnaw. I do have some questions.
“Please.” Liebe. “I told you, just think of me as your friend. Don't be nervous like that.”
“so, what is this place?” I looked at Liebe in front of me carefully. Liebe exhaled cigarette smoke.
“What is this place? I don't know. I don't really understand either. But I think you also know that in one world there is not only one life. In one world there is another world in it. That's what we call parallel worlds, multiple lives in worlds running parallel in different dimensions.” Liebe.
“It looks like you are not satisfied with that explanation.”
“How can you be here, Liebe?”
“I? You seem to have misunderstood me. I am this duna creature, whereas you are an alien being from a different world dimension. The liquid that you and your friends drink is a potion. In this world the potion was called an imperial weapon. Only noble descendants can drink it.” Liebe walked towards me, sitting beside me. He patted the grass next to him, hinting me to sit side by side.
I swallowed spit. I don't think he's a dangerous man. Although he said that he was a creature of this world and I was an alien, but he was not much different from me. His body is like a human being in general. He doesn't look like a strange creature. I accepted his invitation, took a sitting position.
“If the potion can only be drunk by the nobles, why can me and my friends just drink it?” I looked at Liebe next to me. Liebe exhaled smoke.
“Actually I wish I didn't have to tell this to anyone. But, somehow my instincts say something good will happen if I tell you this.” Liebe smiled, looked up, staring at the expanse of blue sky. Liebe threw her cigarette butt into the air. The cigarette butts then burned to ashes.
“Alright, where should I start?” Liebe looked up again, narrowed her eyes, closed.
“You know, I have a master and he has a beautiful daughter, very beautiful and cute. But she has an abnormality, it's already congenital from birth.”
“Since birth? What kind of disorder is it?” I asked, impatiently waiting for her to go on.
“You want to know? Listen carefully to what I will tell you. It all started when my master hired a circus that only performed inside a special room for his daughter. Everything that was displayed in the circus no one could make the princess laugh. Until a tragedy happens. When one of the circus performers performs a dangerous stunt and he dies instantly. Do you know what the circus performer did?" Liebe. His breathing sounded irregular.
"He went into the closet and asked his partner to put ten swords in the cupboard. As the show progresses, blood suddenly comes out of the closet. Everyone was panicking at that moment. His comrades instantly opened the seam and found him dead with three stabs piercing through his body. At the same time the princess laughed very loudly as if she was watching a very interesting show. As if she enjoyed the show so much.” Liebe let out a long breath.
I heard it, no longer knowing what to say. I wonder what that princess is like.
“I know, you must want to know who that unfortunate princess is. She likes white clothes because the color of blood will be clearly visible there. Liebe, look! If I put on this dress and take a blood bath, then the color of the dress will turn red. That's why I hate red. If I wore a red dress, the color of her blood wouldn't be too noticeable. That's what he said. At that time I could only smile. He also said that he hated his red and curly hair. She doesn't like anything that matches the color of blood.” Liebe threw her back at the expanse of grass.
White dress? Red and curly hair? It's like I've met him.
“This part is what hurts me so much. At night after the circus, when everyone was asleep in their sleep, I heard my master screaming in pain. I who was on duty at night immediately approached his room. Do you know what I found? I saw the princess in her white dress full of red spots and the hand that held the kitchen knife. Then I looked at my master's already stiff body with sheets that had changed color. The princess looked at me with a smile and said, 'Liebe, what is this feeling? I feel like doing it and I feel happy. I like doing this.' After she said that, I fell unconscious.”