Venus woke with surprise in the dark. She realized she was floating in a state of standing. Her body seemed to be in bottomless darkness. Venus wanted to cry again, but she thought she had to endure it. Venus is at the neck of death, she can't cry, even when there's nothing to cry about, no matter how hard she feels in her chest. Instead, Venus took a deep breath and exhaled slowly despite shaking.
Then, Death embraced her.
Venus's neck began to suffocate by the chain of nothingness. At first, slowly, but then getting stronger. Venus flailed at the air, struggling in vain to ask for Emptiness to release false shackles on her neck. Her body revolted and stretched like a snake that was hit on the head. Until when she thought she couldn't stand it anymore, the grip then just disappeared.
Venus panted and breathed in oxygen greedily, feeling strong and weak at the same time. In a sad mental exhaustion, she was strangely annoyed, and cursed a lot of things in the heart. Why is Death playing with someone who is going to die, she really doesn't know.
“Mama ...,” Venus whimpered after a while.
Venus thought the silence would persist, so she relaxed in the dark. The girl closed her eyes while remembering the photo of her mother who is now still stored in her backpack, as fast as her father's face appeared in her mind.
No, not father, Venus thought, but Bima. He is not your biological father; he is just a stranger who is forced to care for you.
Venus felt overwhelmed by this new and strange belief. Her throat was like a painful lump. She swallowed repeatedly, hoping that the pain sank back to the bottom of her stomach.
In the raging silence, Venus was silent while listening to the soft rustling produced by the darkness. Venus wondered what God was thinking about her fate. Why did He leave Venus alive? Did He mean to discipline Venus?
Then, the memory of her fake family hit her again. How are the two of them feeling right now? Are they happy because Venus is that despicable? Or are they feel sorry and sad? Have they ever even felt a slight affection for Venus? The thought clung to Venus, trying to burden her life, which remained at the tip of a finger.
Venus closed her eyes, hoping that everything would be easy. However, the appearance of a white round dot in the distance erased her hope. The girl looked at that dot cautiously, but also a little curious. The light gets bigger and bigger, or approaches, Venus doesn't know. She covered her face with glare, but that didn't even help. Venus quickly turned her back to the light and kept her eyes closed.
“I will end,” muttered Venus, trying to calm her heart by not being afraid.
Venus hadn't even had time to pray when the light enveloped her body. Then, just as terrible as darkness, Venus's consciousness then disappeared.
Venus woke up as her body slid out of what felt like a sliding tube. Or at least she thought so. Venus stepped on the ground unsteady, and would have fallen down if there were no hands to help her. Venus looked at the ground she was walking on with a happy face.“Wow, I'm not going to die!” said Venus happy while smiling broadly, simplifying the true feeling of her happiness.Venus looked at the white circle where she came out. The glowing circle was now gloomy. Venus looked up and found only darkness. Her eyesight turned to the two people who helped her; a man with a fierce expression and a friendly-faced woman. The woman smiled. Venus had never seen them before.“What is this?” Venus asked doubtfully. “Is this… some kind of new technology that anyone can order?”The fierce man replied rather irritably, “I don't know what you mean! Just for information, this is not your Earth! This is the world of volts, Miss, and now you stand under the Black Porch.”Venus gawk. Which area is it from
A few minutes later they arrived in front of the open black gate. The door is too small compared to the wall, but also larger than the gate in general. In front of that door, stood a short guy with a face like a baby.“Hey, where is the Portal Keeper who is supposed to drop you off?” Lan asked worriedly.The boy slipped his hand in his pants pocket. “His friend who was guarding the portal was in trouble, so he told me to wait here and join other guards if anyone passed,” t
Venus thought they would also be delivered into the building after Meres opened the door. However, it turns out there is someone who has been waiting behind the door to greet, or rather, trying to intimidate them. That person is a middle-aged man with a big and muscular body. His gaze was so cold with his lips that were always puckered. In Venus's eyes, Meres seemed even friendlier than this person.“Is it over?” the man asked Meres in a deep voice.Meres just nodded, and then he left
“Ahem!”Shocked, Venus turned around and saw a burly boy standing beside Virzash. The stranger's face was quite childish, but Venus didn't consider him like a baby at all. His skin is a little dark. Her slightly brown hair was cut in such a way, with a middle part and bangs. As far as Venus is concerned, it was the style of Korean idols on the First Earth. There was a suspicious red stain on the front of his plain white shirt.In essence, that guy already looks cool without having to
Mrs. Mana scans her tablet with concentration, and then starts to call out the names of the new kids randomly. The first kid is called Kirka Sorawa. The girl was small and thin, with a typical freckled face. She walked stumbling and almost tripped on the podium, though Venus estimates that the height of the podium was not until a span. Venus was so tense, that even her scalp felt itchy. It is really annoying.“Stand in the center, darling,” said Mrs. Mana pretentiously sweet.Kirka ne
Virzash walked with quick steps, accompanied by the eyes of the krona who almost all looked worried. His face turned red.What is this?“Is that weird? A Double Talent?” Venus immediately asked as soon as Virzash arrived in his chair.Virzash scratched his ears while leani
Venus remembers when she came down from the podium, after Mrs. Mana announced trembling that she was a Bizura, everything in the large room became very quiet. The views of the other students really made the girl shiver. They looked at her with eyes as if she were a grim reaper in the form of a giant scorpion. There is a great deal of fear and anxiety in their gaze, but what makes Venus most afraid is a look of hatred that is not clearly stated by them. The hatred is covered by fear, but you can feel it clearly in the air.Venus walked with the steps she tried to keep calm. However, the air seemed to force her to stop and hide. The gazes of hundreds of students an
The krona explained that only students who lived in the related dormitories could enter it because related students must scan their eyes before entering. At that time Venus asked, how could Volta Juana be able to scan the eyes of a new and unfamiliar student like her, while they had just come here today? Mr. Saka responded by saying that their data and identities had been registered since they were babies, including fingerprints and eye identities like this.“Maybe your dad could take care of everything after you were born,” Virzash muttered to the confused Venus.