Hello readers. I'm back again. Posting this chapter, I've just realized it has been two years since I posted the last one. Sorry to keep you waiting. My laptop broke twice and I needed much time to prepare my marriage with my boyfriend ^ ^

Now I'm satisfied that everything could be finished happily.

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NEED HELP

To: Thorn

From: Kite

Subject: RE: Zefie

I had found her. I'll ask her to repair your character soon.

Kite's POV

Standing in front of Chaos Gate, I smiled as I had just sent an email to Kaito's brother-to-be, and now it was just a matter of time to ask Zefie to repair his character.

"Is something wrong?" Orca questioned. "You look blank for few seconds…."

"Nothing. Just an email," I answered.

"You sent him?"

"Yeah."

Orca nodded. "Anyway, they're gone."

"What?" Confusion was on my face at that moment. "Whom are you talking about?"

"Shugo and Rena."

"Oh."

I'm not stupid, at least based on my opinion about myself, and I'm not senseless too. I knew that Shugo hid something by saying that he wanted to level up with his sister and didn't want to accompany Zefie.

"Kite," I ignored Orca's calling.

I knew Shugo regretted for offering me this chance.

Clearly he wanted the opposite ones.

Heck, it sounded I am some sort of nuisances here. How could I get myself into this situation?

I sighed. Well, somehow I thought I didn't deserve Shugo's offer as I got it just because of the popularity of this character.

"Oi, Shidou Kaito!"

"It's Kite here, Yasu!" I protested as he annoyed my thoughts.

"Is it your real name?" Zefie asked while pulling the lower part of my tunic. Her big innocent eyes were staring at me curiously.

"W-what …" I stammered.

"Shidou Kaito."

What could I say to face this? No? But that was a lie.

"That's okay. As a popular fighter, you need to hide your real identity. So it will be our secret! How is that?" She tried to bargain.

I smiled, hearing her joyous idea.

"Great! Thank you." I rubbed her head softly.

"Oh! One more thing!"

"What is it?"

"You don't have to ask me to repair Thorn's body."

I swallowed. I almost forgot about this. Soon my tone changed into serious one, "Zefie, do you have any reason why?"

"Yes. Someone has been asked to do that."

"Someone?"

"Balmung."

"Did you ask him?" I was surprised.

"No."

"Then who did it?"

Zefie smiled sincerely while looking at me without answering.

Somehow I knew who it was while feeling my own cheeks were getting warm.

"Time to show the Gate Hack now, Kite!" Orca teased me.

I smiled. "Yeah."

Aura's POV

Getting a complaint from one of the players in the World named Thorn, I asked Balmung to send Thorn an email to arrange a meeting with him and repair his character back to normal and apologize to him for what my daughter did.

Zefie is not a patient little girl. She is hot-tempered too. I knew someday she would make some players mad by her doings. It was what I wanted anyway, a free and cheerful girl, as I didn't want to make her just like me. A bounded and concerned one.

I looked at the orange sky when I arrived one of well-known places. I knew I should not be here. But here I was.

Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground: Hulle Grantz Cathedral.

"Hm?" I knew at this moment Balmung and Thorn was arguing about Thorn that wanted to meet me and Balmung did not allow him. I smiled as I knew almost all things happening in the World.

Let him meet me at Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground: Hulle Grantz Cathedral.

It was the message I created before sending the email to Balmung. Actually, I did not want to meet strangers. But this young man ... was not usual. He was like a brother to Kite in their real lives.

I pushed the door in front of me before entering and facing the graceful room inside. Even though there were not many renovations here, this place was still so enchanting. I smiled, noticing the elegant wall and the windows before ….

Then I saw the stone. That statue should be on top of it.

Statue of me.

"... mother ..." I said softly and my former life as her prisoner on my own bed was pictured in my memories.

If you are near to the dark

I will tell you 'bout the sun

You are here, no escape

From my visions of the world

You wil cry all alone

But it does not mean a thing to me

I looked down after remembering that song.

Morganna. The Goddess in this World ... before I took that position from her.

I did not need to look back to see who was coming when there was the sound of the door being pushed.

Balmung and a big Blade Brandier appeared there.

Thorn's POV

"So it's not only a rumor," I mumbled, seeing an angelic girl in a white long dress standing far in front of me.

Balmung, standing beside me, nodded when his eyes met hers. Then without any words, he left me and the girl.

"I see you are back to your original character." Her voice was so gentle. A polite smile was showed on her lips.

I took a deep breath, trying to hide my nervousness.

"Yeah. Thanks for your help, umm …." I was like working to get her name. Actually I knew it from Balmung. But I wanted her to introduce hers.

"My name is Aura," she said.

"Oh yes. It is."

She nodded. "Then I hope you could tell me your reason to meet me."

"Well," I answered while approaching her. I knew she was different from other female players that I saw outside there. None of them could look like this. No doubt. She was specially customized character. However, she is not human, but she could act more humanly. Aura. The Goddess of Twilight. Ultimate A.I girl. The one who helped Kite to be a Legendary Player in the World.

I started, "I heard that you could make some players stronger or protected so ….."

She was staring at me as if she could predict what I thought. Her gesture said it as her eyes indicated of being alarmed and I was positive she'd like to move back to make a bit distance between us. Just one or two steps.

"I …" She was about to say something but I couldn't let her go.

"Wait!" I instinctively grabbed her shoulder. Unfortunately my hand just reached her shawl, pulling it.

When her shawl fell to the floor, revealing her shining skin from her dress without arm holes, I was shocked for another reason. I saw the tip of a dark blade right under my chin, ready to cut my neck.

My eyes followed this blade from the tip to the hand gripping. What a strange blade! It has three tips and they looked so badass.

Kite!

That was I saw when I looked back, seeing my attacker standing behind me. The red Twin Blade.

But, no! It can't be him!

Of course he looked like him. But his eyes … Kite that I met before didn't have these menacing ones. Even his clothes weren't torn and I was damn sure that he didn't use these swords.

Damn! Whoever he is, my life as Thorn in the World was in danger.

... to be continued ...

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