assistirfilmes Chapter 16: Ch14. That which flares brighter
Chapter 16: Ch14. That which flares brighter
Chapter 16: Ch14. That which flares brighter
"Aren't you curious of why I always seem to know what you're thinking, and why I can talk in your mind since I'm not even in your inventory?" Cheshire felt like it was stretching in Miles' mind as it spoke, its voice languid like a seductive threat. The runes etched in the sword pulsed faintly.
"Yes," Miles said, quietly. "I get it that you're not an item because you're part of this... Demented Wonderland but... It doesn't explain how you can peer into my inventory and other information."
As Miles tapped his foot on the ground, the sword jumped from his hand and returned to its former feline form, its grin making Miles' skin crawl.
"How about we make a deal?" It rubbed against Miles' legs. "I'll tell you my secret, and you do me one favor. How about it?"
Miles frowned. In the distance, however, the Rabbit shouted at them before he could answer.
"I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! Are you coming or not?"
"Sure!" Miles said, not caring if the Rabbit was going to hear it or not. "What do you want me to do, Cheshire?" He shifted his weight before he took the first step. "You don't want my soul or anything like that, right?"
"Oh, my boy, no, for the love of the elder gods..." Cheshire laughed. "All I want you to do is to take me with you to your world, and give me to the one I've been waiting for." And after a brief pause, the cat added. "I'll even let you keep me as one of your items until then."
After a few seconds of pondering, Miles broke the eerie silence.
"No catch? I take you with me to Earth, and give you to the one you tell me to?" He raised his eyebrow.
"No catch." Cheshire jumped on Miles' shoulder, making him grunt under the cat's weight. "You agree, and I'll tell you the secret."
One of the answers was that Cheshire was not a being fully natural from Wonderland, even though he had been created to belong to this place. The other was that, since the cat was even more unnatural than Wonderland itself, he had properties that allowed it to somewhat cheat the Glitch's system to a certain extent.
But that itself led to a question that made Miles frown, as it recalled the way Cheshire sounded when he talked about his soul.
'Does it mean that Cheshire doesn't know about the game?' He scratched his chin. 'And if this is true, then why does both he and the Rabbit act so naturally when-'
Miles' eyes went wide as he almost stumbled on the Rabbit.
Stepping backwards, trying not to fall on his rear, Miles focused to not lose the answer that lit up in his mind.
'That's it! Idiot!' He grinned inwardly. 'Of course, they'd act naturally! Because the term quest was not originated from video games, instead incorporated by it, to describe the missions we take up on, in order to clear the game! But if this is true...'
Did it mean, then, that Cheshire, the White Rabbit, the Card Soldiers, and maybe the whole Wonderland around him... Existed outside of the game?
The thought sent shivers down Miles' spine, but somewhere in his mind, in his soul, he knew there was some truth in it. But if it was true, then what was the game that he and everyone else had been playing all along on Earth?
What did it really mean?
For the first time after becoming a player, a question popped up in Miles' mind. A question that flared brighter than the instinct of survival that he carried for so long, in order to fight the monsters that the game threw at him, and level up to become stronger.
'What happens if I clear this nightmarish game...?'