Chapter 281: Nell is in Peril (1)
Chapter 281: Nell is in Peril (1)
The night fell deeper and darker, and there was barely any light in the sky. Thick clouds covered the night and prevented the moonlight from illuminating its luster on the world.
The temperature was significantly dropped until stabilized at about 10 degrees Celsius. The girls slept in warm blankets, and they snuggled up to each other for warmth.
In her dreamless sleep, Elysia felt increasingly restless and uncomfortable as time passed. She opened her eyes, just awakened by a severe yet invisible disturbance coming from within herself.
It was nearly midnight, and she realized the room temperature was already too chilly for her to bear.
‘The heating device hasn’t been turned on. It wasn’t this cold before. Uhm, what’s with this restlessness? Is this cold weather the cause?’ Elysia glanced up to the ceiling, then she turned to Evelyn.
The girl was sleeping comfortably while hugging her warm body. Well, she hugged Evelyn for warmth as well. Even her hand was somehow around Evelyn’s waist.
Understanding the importance of the heating device, Elysia made a decision and tried to get out of bed. She pulled her hand from Evelyn’s waist, slowly but surely so as not to wake the girl.
Yet, it was in vain because Evelyn woke up only because the warmth left her. “A-uhm… Ely?” Evelyn opened her eyes slightly, wondering what had happened.
“Hush-hush… I’ll turn on the heating device, you can go back to sleep, Eve.” Elysia gave the clownfish cuddle doll to Evelyn and stroked the girl’s head.
“Mm…” Evelyn just hugged Lila in her half-conscious state, then closed her eyes again to sleep.
After that, Elysia moved Vanessa to the bed before approaching a device like a tube in the room’s corner.
‘How do I turn on this magic device, hmm? Is it this button, or this one?’ Elysia fiddled with the heating device for a few seconds until she finally managed to turn it on.
The one-meter-high tube emitted a dark orange light with a radiance of warmth. The heat slowly spread throughout the room.
‘I did! Let’s set this heating device to keep the temperature around 20 degrees Celsius… Yay, it’s done.’ Elysia rubbed her palms with a smile, but suddenly a natural call prompted her to go to the toilet.
‘I need to pee, answer the call of nature.’ Elysia breathed out hot air from her mouth into her palms, then she rushed towards the toilet.
Once done with the business, Elysia washed her face with warm water in front of the mirror. She was still feeling restless and uneasy for some unknown reason.
She looked at her face in the mirror… A girl with glossy skin, slender eyebrows, velvety eyelashes, mesmerizing purplish-blue eyes, a dainty nose, and sweet cherry lips seemed to be looking at herself with concern.
Her reflection showed a beautiful girl with a slightly worried and anxious expression. Something was still bothering her a lot.
Elysia glanced at her long midnight-black hair that flowed over her shoulders. Then, she tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, and her reflection also did likewise. It was indeed herself, not someone else.
However, the longer Elysia stared at her reflection in the mirror, the more she turned red. She blushed and immediately shook her head before walking out of the bathroom.
Ridiculous, but also practically lucky… She bumped into something soft for a moment when she just came out with a distracted mind.
*Boing*
Her view was blocked without prior notice. It was a familiar feeling as her face was buried in two high-end cushions.
“Uh-um.” Elysia stepped back a tread and glanced up slightly. Ariel was standing in front of her with a faint smile.
“Has anything happened, Miss Elysia? You look so restless and worried?” Ariel conveyed her concern in a soft and gentle whisper-like voice. She didn’t want to wake the two sleeping girls after all.
“I- I… I don’t know either.” Elysia loosened her shoulders as she was still wondering, then she walked aside to make way. “Are you going to use the bathroom, Miss Ariel? Then, please.”
After saying that, Elysia walked towards the window without waiting for any response. While Ariel just stared at Elysia’s back in silence and a few thoughts before going into the bathroom.
The night seemed dark and lonely, with no moon and stars adorning the sky with their sparkling light. Elysia’s eyelids drooped as she peeked out the window through between the curtains.
“???” Elysia felt a strange turmoil inside her. Out of nowhere and no clue what it was, but she knew it was there. The agitated girl folded her fingers and put her hand on her upper chest, trying to calm herself down.
Because she met the dead-end without any solution, she peeked at Elena’s situation. The girl was still sleeping in the Soul Realm, hugging her spirit comfortably.
Elysia let out a confused sigh. She couldn’t exchange words with her guardian angel, but she was sure this strange feeling didn’t come from Elena.
As Elysia was pondering, suddenly came a chaotic, indistinct whisper. She gasped a little and immediately looked here and there, but no one was near her.
‘Whose voice was that? Spooky, is it a ghost or the like?’ Elysia slowly approached the bed, and your anxiety gradually eclipsed her thoughts. ‘Evil spirits, demons, devils, ghosts, etc… Please don’t scare me because I’m not trying to bother you either.’
‘E- El- Ely… My- Re-‘
A faint and indistinct choppy voice echoed directly in Elysia’s ears once more. Her heart leaped into her throat, and she could do nothing but scream internally. The frightened girl immediately hid under the blanket without waiting for another second.
The indistinct whisper-like voice rang several times in Elysia’s ears, but the girl didn’t know where it came from. No energy waves or anything detected. Who sent telepathy or something to scare her off in the middle of the night? Was that Ariel, prank? Yet, the girl in question came out of the bathroom and sat on the sofa casually. It couldn’t be…
Then, that whisper-like voice became more evident as time went on, as Elysia kept chanting her prayers in her mind. To the extent that the whisper sounded like a sentence that could be translated into understandable words.
‘E-ly- Elysia! Has my voice reached you? Please answer me! Oh, the Goddess of Light, please-‘
Elysia blinked her eyes in a daze and replied. ‘Who is this?’
There was a slight delay after she telepathically said that over the same energy wave. She didn’t know much, but she noticed a slight fluctuation coming from her upper dantian. The telepathic voice came from Nell?
Yes, it was highly possible because, at that time, the strand of energy thread from the Goddess of Blessings shot to her head, upper dantian? It was pretty similar but not the exact same as the trail of Vanessa’s spirit bonding in her middle dantian. She just found out the spirit connection with Nell was there.
‘Cough… Elysia, godmaster, please… Please call your master to help me. Tell her that I will do anything for her on condition. Please, I can’t stand it anymore. He defected, cough cough, blargh-‘
Telepathy cut off suddenly, and that was the last word Elysia heard, the depressed and hoarse voice. She was sure it was Nell because only one who ended up calling her as godmaster.
‘Nell, Nell, are you still there? Please hold on! I’ll call my master right away to help you–‘ Elysia tried several times to get a reply, but Nell didn’t say anything anymore.
Perhaps, the Goddess of Blessings was injured? Yes, that was the most likely. If someone at the Goddess level was forced to ask for help, it must really be an emergency… The last resort.
Elysia trembled inside just because she imagined the possibility. Then, a bolt of panic hit her because she realized the emergency. She didn’t wrestle with anything anymore and immediately woke up Elena for this.
Elysia entered her Soul Realm and shook the girl, who was embracing her spirit form, without being the slightest bit gentle. “Sister Elena, Sister Elena! Please wake up. Something urgent happened. It’s talking about someone’s life. Nell’s in danger! Please wake up immediately. We must save Nell as soon as possible.”
“Uwa, wawawa! Earthquake, earthquake. Wuwuwu…” Elena jolted up and shouted incoherently. However, she immediately realized that her sweet little was the culprit. “Hum, Ely? I wake up, I wake up. What’s the matter? Why are you so freaking out like that?”
“Nell, the Goddess of Blessings, earlier–” Elysia told Elena everything while trying to suppress the inner panic. Time was precious for the current situation.
“I see… We still need that puny, little Goddess for some things. Let’s help her. What’s your plan, Ely?” Elena put her hand on her chin and nodded with comprehension.
“We’ll go straight to help Nell. I can still feel the spiritual connection between Nell and me. Yes, we can find her with it.” Elysia pumped her hand as if she wanted to leave quickly.
“That’s not it, my silly little sister. As you know, if Nell is injured, then the cause comes from something at or above her level. She is a Goddess, after all. So, we’re gonna face something at that level. Are you ready for it, Ely? I mean, fighting God-level being.” Elena stroked Elysia’s head with an amused smile.
“You’re right, Sister Elena… But! Still… We have to help Nell. It’s hard to explain, but I know Nell is injured, and maybe it’s severe.” Elysia felt a little frustrated at the realization. She knew that she and Elena were not well prepared, but they still needed to go.