Chapter 9: Magic & Elements

['**' used for monologues / inner thoughts.]

I could hear nothing. I could feel nothing. I was standing, yet I felt no ground beneath me.

It was all a pitch black, a void. What happened? Was I dead?

“Ah, I see…” I let out a slight chuckle, holding my face with both my hands.

That elf girl’s granule had exploded right next to my feet.

Next thing I know someone was standing in front of me.

“Huh? Who-”

Why was I questioning who it was when I already knew the answer to it myself. But wait. Anna had blonde hair. Who was this, with the overflowing white hair? I mentally leaned in, seeing her eyes shining like yellow gems. The white dress fit with her mature look. And… was that a halo above her head?

“Silphie”, she called for me. Her voice, it was familiar. **How does she know my name?**

“Silphie will you,”, she said stretching her hand to me. “-be my friend?”