Chapter 141

Ariezel

I was weightless, swimming in darkness without a care in the world. It felt like there was nothing holding me back. It might as well have been true.

Like wisps of smoke, memories and voices came to me, only to fade away the moment I tried reaching out for them. In the end, I remained floating.

I didn't know how much time I had spent, but soon, everything began to fade. The weightless darkness I floated in materialized until a firmament grew below, carrying me. The weightless darkness faded into something else. Something more material.

Like a disk, I was drawn out of my water and the peaceful darkness, into something more material.

And slowly but surely, I opened my heavy eyelids to see blinding light.

It took me time to adjust, squinting and blinking against the harsh brightness. Once I finally did, all my other senses came back.

A soft but firm surface below me, the scent of comfort that wafted over and ceiling I felt familiar in.

Where was I?

My memories then came back and