Huh, why is this so awkward? Why is the silence making me so uncomfortable? Am I the only one feeling like this? Maybe I am…

  “Sigh…”

  While my Hero is confused about what's happening, unsure of how he should feel let alone act, Miranda on the other hand, she’s not any better than him.

  “(Why am I feeling so annoyed? Why did those Shadows anger me so much?)”

  Bump! Dump! Bump! Dump!

  Confused, agitated, unaware of why she’s feeling the way she is, she begins to question her own actions. Ones that to her, are out of character and not normal for her. The temperature of her body decreased drastically as her anger was instead of boiling, it was indeed freezing, so much so that her voice was able to portray to the world said coldness. Her mind became sharp at that moment, aware of what she has to do to end the miserable lives of those defects and their rudeness. They interrupted her and while she’s confused, unsure of what was happening and why she was reacting in that way, it does not mean she hated those feelings. They were uncomfortable, that's a fact but the warmth behind them, it was for some illogical reason much stronger than any type of discomfort she was feeling. Though, this is only the tip of the iceberg as the vivid memories from a few moments ago start to overflow her mind, as they become more and more present in her mind and as her heart starts to beat faster and faster, making her anger and frustration disappear into the void. Her cheeks yet again gain a soft shade of red to them, much less noticeable than before but visible enough for anyone to quickly notice the moment they lay their eyes on her, the moment my Hero sees her face. For some reason, she does not want that to happen, forcing her to stay still, quiet and avoiding any potential “visible” contact with him. Luckily for her, he follows the same steps as her.

  “(Why can’t I face him? But, I can’t get him out of my mind…)”

  Completely confused about the reason behind her unusual behaviour. Her thoughts, desires, they all seem to contradict themselves. Ones are telling her to go back to what they were doing, while others stop her from doing so. Ones tell her to look back at him, but yet again another set of thoughts and desires stop her from doing so. All of this has made her stay still, unable to act or even think properly. As the seconds pass, her emotions gain even more power as she’s unable to calm her rapid heart, unable to shut down her mind from thinking of such thoughts but also unable to stop her desires to be known to herself. She brings both of her slender hands to her chest one more time, embracing each other as she looks at them, all in an attempt of calming down. Though, she’s unable to do so and what comes out of her mouth is simply her frustrations of not being in charge of her emotions.

  “We-We are going back!”

  “Yeah, sure…”

  Alright, there was no need for her to be so damn loud as I’m right behind her but, the opposite can be said about me. Why was I so quiet? She’s a meter or so in front of me so I more than believe she heard me properly but still, why was I this quiet? Am I still taken back by what was happening between us? I mean sure, I was this close to do something that would end my life but hey, at least I didn’t do it! What I mean is that, The Void Queen herself would kill me if I did something unappropriated to Miranda like holding her rather tender pale hand for example. Legit, I really think that The Void Queen would not like it at all. Wait, why am I assuming that Miranda would even allow me to hold her hand?

  “Are you coming or not?”

  Ups, it seems I went into another usual rumbling session, one that had me thinking of pure nonsense as my fantasies take charge of the topic, making it last for a little too long. Long enough that Miranda is currently shouting for me to get my feet moving. Alright, I will get moving, there is no need for me to be spacing out about what could’ve happened. However, I do have to cross what I just did in a sense that I will not be doing something like this again. I seriously didn’t expect for her to be this passive but more so me being this “aggressive”.

  And so, the Hero quickly walks up to Miranda who is waiting for him while still facing forward, still avoiding eye contact with. Meanwhile, while these two had their moments, somewhere in the Bubble Universe lay someone, carefully crafting her next move. An individual whose Hero briefly meets. He still has no clue who she is, why she is here, what her goals are and even how she looks. In this simple but true state of affairs, both of them think nothing of each other, just an individual they have to keep on their mind, within their sight. Indeed, they both are curious about each other while the Hero seems to be wary of her and her potential intentions. However, they both are ignorant of how important they will become to each other in the near future.

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  “Hmm, this is getting rather interesting…”

  Her voice is gentle, graceful and for the quiet side as her interest in the Hero rapidly rises, making her speak her thoughts out loud. She has her left index finger gently touching her lips, ones that are long but slender at the same time. They are softly painted with lipstick, one that has a soft shade of pink to them however, thanks to it, it’s making them a little glossy and shiny. Her nails are long, painted in a soft shade of green mixed with blue, a perfectly even quantity of both colours, creating what’s known as a cyan colour. She’s gently biting the very tip of the nail, an action that prevents her mouth from moving freely, making her speak in this soft manner. Her eyes, ones that are well lost in thought, they have a beauty to them that would make anyone that look at her to be lost on such beauty, and if they stare for far too long, they would even forget who they are themselves as her eyes do have a hypnotizing and mesmerizing look to them. They have a usual colour to them but the shape of the pupil is somehow even more rare and different. They are coloured with a beautiful mix of green and blue, having close to the same colour as her nails but thanks to the massive contrast created by the unusual pupil, the colours present in her eyes are much more vivid. Her pupil is not shaped in the normal oval shape but instead, in a diamond shape, slightly taller while being thinner than normal. However, the contrast does not come from the shape but the colour of it, one that is a strong shade of red. This woman is quite beautiful, matching even the who the Hero claims to have incomparable beauty. At the very least, she’s not as much of a monster as that person is.

  Hmm, I shouldn’t speak on this matter as I don’t want him to hear it. He does see her in a rather despicable good light. I still can’t fathom why…

  Her eyes have a sharp look to them, easily expressing to the world her fierce side of hers but the same cannot be said about the majority of her face. It’s soft and round while only her nose and the very tip of her chin are sharp. Her hair is painted with a yellow colour to it, matching what it’s called as being blond however, throughout her hair a few shades of the same colours present on her eyes can be seen, being that the very tips of her hair are mainly said colours. Her hair is long, for the majority straight and with decent volume to it, ending once it reaches the very end of her curvy and well defined back. But, on each side of her head but more so towards the back, she has something akin to tails or in other words, twin tails. These twin tails are for the small side, ending once they reach roughly the level of the middle of her neck but unlike the majority of her hair, it has a completely different look to them. They are extremely wavy as they seem to be mimicking the waves of the ocean, ones that are being caused by a storm. Her hair bangs on the other hand, they are smooth, straight and extremely elegant to the point that it’s extremely easily visible that she takes good care of them. Two flocks of hair, one in each side of her head but this time more so towards the front, descend down her face towards her chest but all without touching her face, ending once they reach the very middle of her breasts. These flocks of hair cover her ears by their entirety but once that’s done, they deviate from the face itself, going towards the outside and creating a gentle curve while doing so. Not only that, once they reach her chest, they start “spiralling” right until the very end but these spirals are for the long side meaning that it only has two “laps”.

  She’s sitting gracefully on the shaft of her spear, one that is elegant, made of metal it seems, well-crafted and with a design and decorations that suits this individual to perfection. The spear seems to be between 2-2.5 meters long and with few centimetres of thickness, though it seems to not matter as she has found a way to comfortably sit on it indicating to those that are fortunate enough to see her and her elegant but extremely attractive pose, she has done this several times before as she seems quite natural while doing so. The colours of the spear match her outfit in such a way that anyone would mistake her as a seamstress thanks to it. However, it’s not only her outfit whose colours of her spear that fit perfectly, but also her blond hair as the spear has several different shades of the mixture of blue and green that suit perfectly with her hair. The colours don’t deviate too much, some areas are darker while others are lighter creating a mesmerizing contrast because of it. A contrast that will grab the eyes of those that see it towards it, making them in awe as they get pierced in the heart. Indeed, the blade of the spear is as sharp as the canine teeth of a lion but, it’s close to be as long as the tusks of an elephant, ones that can easily pierce through the strongest armour current available in the world.

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  Her outfit has a more variable palette of colours to it, as it combines the different shades of the spear, her blond hair, her red pupils and a bright white colour. She’s wearing something akin to what’s called a Hanfu, a heavily modified one to be more precise. Her shoulders are exposed to the elements of this chaotic Bubble Universe and the same can be said about the middle of her chest. Her outfit does have sleeves but these ones are present from the middle of her biceps, going all the way down her slender arm and ending once they reach the wrists. Rather than being sleeves, since it’s not connected to the main outfit, it’s possible more accurate to say that they are gloves instead, ones that extend all the way until the middle of her biceps. Until that point, the “gloves” embrace her slender arms perfectly without being too tight. At around the biceps level, the “gloves” seems to have armour on top of them not only that, it also has a piece of fabric that is quite similar to a collar but one that gently surrounds the entirety of her tender upper arm. The armour, one that is coloured with a bright white colour, almost resembling the snow itself, it’s gently caressing the piece of fabric but unlike it does to the upper arm, it never surrounds its entirety meaning that, the area that is facing herself is left exposed while the other three directions are protected by it. The outfit “shirt” is extremely similar to the upper part of a Hanfu, albeit with the difference that was just described. It has a few decorations carved on it, ones that seem to have no meaning whatsoever to those from the outside but still pleasant to the eye of the viewer. A few ornaments through her outfit are also eye-catching as all of them have different shapes and forms but they all share something in common, they all are animals. As an example, there is a small bird ornament in the middle of the collar bone and exactly above her exposed chest. This bird, one that seems to resemble a swallow, is coloured mainly in the red colour but with a few touches of white here and there.

  Unlike the petite woman that the Hero seems to be far too affectionate with, she’s tall and with body proportions that forcefully grab the attention of any bystander that is within sight, to very beauty near them. She’s taller than average, being even taller than Myra at a height of 173 centimetres. While her breasts are slightly bigger than average, thanks to her tall stature, they become much more noticeable than the petite woman for example, as she also has slightly bigger breasts than average. The same can be said about her “rear end” as he likes to call it; however, her body figure is one that is in the middle of an hourglass figure and the average one. Though it’s more than enough for every woman that their eyes meet her body to be jealous of her, self-conscious of their own body, while the man their minds quickly think of unappropriated thoughts as their animal instincts take over their minds for brief moments. Her outfit embraces her curves down to perfection, showing off her body even more with such a simple but effective phenomenon.

  “Can’t say that I was expecting to meet someone here, in this Bubble Universe. And to make it more interesting, he seems to be the real deal.”

  She has her legs crossed as she softly lets her thoughts to be known to the world, as she stops biting the nail of her index finger, resting her chin on her hand instead but allowing for her mouth to move freely because of it. Her left leg is exposed to the Bubble Universe and to everyone that is far too fortunate enough to look at it; however, she is wearing a small sock, one that covers her ankles, leaving the rest of her perfect leg fully exposed. The thigh is not overly large but also the opposite can be said, it has what he would say; “The perfect thickness that a man of culture can appreciate until the very end of his life”. It has a perfect curve to it as it reaches the fold of her knee, one that has the perfect anatomically size compared to her height. The lower part of her long but seductive legs also follows the same principle but compared to the upper part, they are much thinner but with a curvature that is impossible to not notice. Said curvature is thanks to her calves but her bones also have some influence as they do have a slight angle towards the inside, a characteristic that is most prevalent on “females” than on the “males”. A biology difference between the genres should be a much better term to describe this simple but noticeable phenomenon.

  On the other side, the right leg is close to being fully covered by a thigh sock, one that ends at the middle of her thigh as the name should indicate. Thanks to the thickness of her thighs, the thigh sock ends up being for the tight side, causing it to create a gentle but noticeable “crease” right at the beginning, as the sock is making enough pressure on her thigh to cause that to happen. As he would say, “a phenomenon that as a man of culture, it brings immense joy to my heart as I witness it”. Both of the socks are coloured with a dark shade of cyan but the thigh sock has a few elements on it that for brief moments grabs your attention to it. On the outside it has decorated on it a small rabbit, one that is cute and even childish looking, fully coloured in red with a few touches of the white colour. Throughout the thigh sock a few more decorations are on it but it’s mainly a few lines that seem to form a pattern, one that could be the path that the rabbit took to reach such a place.

  She’s wearing boots, ones that follow the same design pattern as her outfit or in other words, extremely elegant with a pallet of colours that is unusual but fits perfectly with the rest. Her feet are not fully straight as the boots do have a slight heel design to them however, it’s a gentle angle but still enough to notice it. The soles of the boots are easily above 3 centimetres of height, a perfect size for exploration, battle or a simple walk as the sole is thick enough to absorb a good amount of impact caused by the simple act of moving. Just like a dress shirt has a collar, her boots seem to have one too. It’s slightly for the thicker side, once it passes her ankles by a single centimetre or two, it bends towards the outside, having a gentle curve to it, descending down for a few short centimetres while also gently going towards the outside and of course, creating a V shape with it, as in the front middle of the collar, it is not connected at all and since it goes towards the outside for a few millimetres, it allows this to happen. Around this collar another animal is present but, in this case, it is a snake, having similar cute and childish looks to both the bird and the rabbit. It’s also coloured in red with a few details in white while the majority of her boots seem to have the same palette of colours as the spear.

  Her eyes are staring at the horizon but they are out of focus, lost in her own thoughts as she thinks about the unexpected encounter. She came here for a reason, one that is unknown to the Hero however, in her short time in this strange Bubble Universe, it has been a little lonely to her, as she didn’t have any human interaction until a few moments ago. Monsters made of a peculiar material are present through the entirety of the universe, wandering around it as if they are protectors of it. However, a completely different race of monsters is also present, ones that have an ominous look to them, with a terrifying bloodlust that seems to only be satiated when they are dead, even if they decimate their preys, it still won’t be enough to satisfy their primal desires and even reason to live. These ones are the Shadows, ones that she profoundly hates and wishes to get rid of. Though, after countless battles defeating all of them, she still has yet to find anything useful. It seems this universe is divided in parts, ones that she has a difficult time accessing, forcing her to wander around aimlessly, looking for a way that will allow for her to access them. Until the goddess of luck decided to sprinkle her with some luck, as out of nowhere, she gained access to one of those areas.

  “You claim to be a visitor and yet, because of you I was able to access that area... That should make you more than a visitor, wouldn’t you say?”

  A logical and sounding conclusion but something on her heart is telling her mind that he's telling the truth, that he’s indeed said visitor. Maybe he got invited by the owner of this universe? Although, he proclaimed that the owner is a Crystal Whale, one that she has seen before, witnessing its magnificent but terrifying size, its elegant but horrifying shape and of course, the tremendous amount of magic energy it has. He warned her to not mess with the Whale as in his opinion, that thing is stronger than her however, her pride and ego quickly shut it down at that moment. The thought that this individual is underestimating her made her act in such a way, an insult in other words. But, while she might seem arrogant, she’s quite wise.

  “Hmm, if the owner of this Bubble Universe truly is that Whale then, I should be cautious around it. I don’t want to get expelled without getting what I want first.”

  The unknown of the situation is forcing her to be cautious, to act slowly and without making harsh judgements. But what is her goal? While it’s only known to her, said goal is the exact reason why she has decided to stay low for now, to be a simple observant of this world while carefully studying it. She will carefully watch how everything will unfold, how will this visitor be treated and of course, what will the massive Whale do. Though the same can be said about its minions and the pesky Shadows. All to formulate a plan that will allow her to flawlessly acquire what she wants, what she needs and desires.

  “Mhuhaha! It seems my time to shine will be delayed for now!”

  Her laughter is loud, extravagant but somehow, elegant at the same time. A laughter filled with arrogance, pride and confidence in herself, in her abilities. She proclaims to the world that she will be laying low for now, patiently waiting for the opportune time to show off how brilliant and magnificent she truly is. Her incomparable beauty ready to be exposed, her elegant outfit ready to be shown off, her perfect magic ready to leave a mark on the world, her powerful but exquisite spells ready to do her bidding and of course, her spear ready to shed blood off those that will dare to oppose her.

  “This is going to be fun…”

  Her voice this time around was a little quieter but still filled with confidence. She leans a little bit forward as she stares into the horizon but well beyond it at the same time, imagining the future ahead of her. Thinking about all the endless possibilities but none of them are about her failure. That’s something that it’s not even on the back of her mind nor deeply hidden in her heart. No, she will accomplish what she came here for and that’s why, she looks at the future just like a child would if he was inside of a candy store. Indeed, she’s excited and ready for it.

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