A life for a life chapter 7
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"So, they are REALLY dead, right?"
"Yup."
Sha-Kon couldn't believe this, after all their time together, Silmeria didn't seem like the type to be so easily defeated or affected by emotions. It wouldn't matter that the foe is stronger than her, Silmeria had a certain type of determination about her, she couldn't just die like that, and she was the type to be attacked, heal, and then attack her opponent in a near never ending battle. Silmeria had the heart of a champion, even if it was trapped underneath the body of a weak princess.
Alicia liked that about Sha-Kon, some might see her as an insensitive pig, like Sophalla did, but remarks and questions that were supposed to make her remember things she didn't want to rolled off like water beads on a piece of metal submerged on oil. Sha-Kon was never afraid to speak her mind, and before she saw the woman, she had dreaded her own emotions would go all over the place.
But the woman had a sort of charm about her which made everything she said feel like normal conversation.
"Hey, Alicia."
"Yeah."
"Remember when Lezard left us in Dipan castle?"
"Yeah," Alicia didn't know where this was going.
"Remember when he dropped the philosopher's pebble?"
"Where are you going with this?"
"Well…Um, I kind of cut off a tiny sliver of it from the side."
"I'm shocked, but why are you telling me this?"
"Well I kind of ran a few experiments on it, and I found out that you can use it to find out about what happens after death."
"What do you mean?"
"You can see Silmeria and Rufus."
"What about the others?"
"All of them, except for Brahms, who doesn't have a soul."
"So what happens?"
"Well I really can't tell."
"Why?"
"Because I never shared a body with them, Silmeria and the Valkyries have become a part of you and Rufus was your own einherjar."
"Oh. So how does it work?"
"Well I kind of gathered sacred mirrors, evil eye gems, silver vine frames and mirror fragments, put the fragments together, stick the sacred mirror over it using that adhesive you get from giant snails, put the result in a silver vine frame, and coat the surface of the mirror in a paste made from the powder I got from crushing the Philosopher's stone, diablo horns, sacred spinals, the lotus on a lotus wand and the spearhead on a saints halberd. Add the evil eye gem to the top of the vine frame and Ta-Da! My skill, loot collecting practice, smarts and alchemy books make me a master alchemist, stronger than Lezard, I dare say. You look through the mirror and you can see the whole cycle of rebirth!"
Alicia zoned out while the archer babbled on about her achievements using empty and headless dolls.
Would Silmeria know that she had been considering Hel's offer. If Silmeria knew, Alicia could already picture in her head an angry Silmeria kicking her head in. On the other hand, Silmeria may see it as a sign of Alicia's love for her. Alicia already knew it would be the first. Silmeria is a no nonsense type person. The mirror Sha-Kon was gesturing at now lay on the ground. Alicia leaned over it, her eyes reflected back at her were full of longing, and she longed to see her friends. She had turned into a mindless monster; all she wanted was to see her companions. On her journey, she had seen several pairs of wings of darkness; Sha-Kon had neglected to acknowledge them. The pull that most people felt pulling them into the darkness never beckoned to her strongly, now, as she looked at it, she felt it call out to her.
Perhaps, it called out to the darkness in her heart.
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