/POP Zuta/
Gooly stopped crying when her bad memories came back again. She became crazy, losing control in an angry, depressed voice, like she was about to destroy everything around her. She used her hand to grip her head. while sitting on the ground with her head lowered. Her voice was angry and hurt."You're a liar… She had been dead… I can't trust you… Who are you really…?"
Zuta's voice was depressed as she tried to convince her,"Yes, it's really me, sis Gooly. I'm Zuta. Remember our sweet memories, when I used to run around and play with you." Zuta felt her heart hurt by hearing her voice like that, she felt like in this timeline. Her emotions becoming more like humanity made her have a weakness. Zuta hated these feelings like she had abandoned her emotions.
Gooly completely collapsed on the ground, her voice filled with trauma and pain."No… no…"
Gooly started to lose control because of her trauma… She started to claw at her own skin in pain. Her whole body started to bleed. Zuta really wanted to stop it, but something inside her forced her to continue making Gooly suffer like this. Her duty was the top priority, nothing else even mattered.
Zuta was in shock by these mixed feelings inside her. Her head for the first time felt a little headache. She calmed herself by stroking her forehead to think clearly.
[Why is her condition worse than in her past life? Because of me? I didn't act normal… so it's affecting her so badly…] In this timeline, Zuta had continued to do the same things as in timeline 1 but there were still differences. Because Gooly knew Zuta had been pretending to play alongside her. Gooly didn't hate her. But she always had a bad feeling about her best friend. It made their relationship feel uncomfortable even with their title of friendship.
Zuta felt hurt and regretful about how her actions had changed everything, even with her best friend.
[No. No, there's nothing wrong with me, the wrong thing is the fake sky we are living under right now. Even if it's because of you, Alice,..]
Gooly started to strike her own hand, and it began to bleed. She wanted to feel pain to overcome the trauma that had been with her for so long.
[This is very bad… what should I do? I don't know why I have these feelings more than ever? Because of Sana? This new Alice side makes me feel the warmth of humanity, not like my past life where I just existed and died. Maybe the universe is neutral, no love, no beauty, no ugliness. Just existence,.. but still I want to create a light in my dark world. You motivated me, Alice, not for the Alliter. Maybe this time I can finally do something I want instead of doing that illustration by my own duty to save this shit world. Is my effort meaningless?]
Zuta had no choice but to appear in front of her. Her body trembled with fear because for the first time she tried to do the normal thing she really wanted to do. Her head didn't feel hurt or heavy anymore. Like something deep inside was eating all these feelings she had held for a long time ago.
Gooly saw the feet of a young girl standing in front of her while she lay on the ground. She slowly moved her eyes upward… but before she could see who it was, a familiar feeling hit her. Her head started to hurt, like something inside her was about to explode.
Her mind was a mess. Everything around her felt unreal, like a distraction from her pain and suffering… Everything felt like an illusion in her own world. She really wanted to believe her friend still lived but she couldn't....
Zuta had no choice. She was about to touch Gooly to see what had truly happened to her friend. she bent down her body while reaching her hand out to help Gooly
But Gooly didn't let her do it. She slapped her hand away while she tried to touch her.
Zuta had a sad expression."Please, sis Gooly… let me help you escape this nightmare…"
Zuta started to cry as she struggled to touch Gooly again.
For the first time, she chose her personal emotions over saving the world. Zuta felt like she was no longer herself anymore.
[What are these feelings, I never felt this in my life, Alice are you saved? Can this be real just because of her love story? Maybe I want to be loved by her. Emotion, the feeling of love, makes me feel more human. Why have I never felt this way before..?]
With a bitter smile, she extended her hand to Gooly. and then used healing magic on her.
Gooly slowly began to stabilize her mind and looked at the young girl with light purple eyes and light blue mixed in her hair.
Her voice trembled."Zuta…?" She looked in disbelief, completely in shock.
Zuta spoke in a soft, happy voice,"I will save you this time, my sis." her eyes had a little tear. She was happy because of these feelings now, like she was becoming human more than she had ever been before.
This time, Zuta chose to save one person instead of the whole world. This kind of story felt like another old story. It made Zuta feel déjà vu in some way related to someone like... she couldn't remember.
[Is this the right choice I made? I don't know but I believe, I want to believe this time because I know being human is the best thing I have ever felt. Like I'm reborn somehow.]
She asked herself over and over again. Is this the right feeling she should have at this time... BUT why did she still feel exhausted and tired???
Meanwhile, a man had been hiding in the distance, watching them. There was an evil, lustful desire in his eyes."Interesting… I want her to become mine… even if she's just a young girl. But if she grows up and then I hahha"
Zuta heard it. She didn't even gaze at him and quickly tried to escape from that evil man. She stood up and held Gooly's hand while preparing to make their escape from this disgusting place.
But before she could move—
The man spoke in a creepy voice to all of them,"You think you can escape from me? My three future wives…" He showed himself while moving closer to them from the distance while his hands extended very wide like he was about to hold them, to make sure they couldn't escape from his inner beast.
He giggled in a crazy way that made Zuta feel disgusted. her hand held tighter and then a big sound came like something breaking the wall at the same time.
"Boom boom, Boomm,..."
Suddenly, many humanoids appeared, surrounding Zuta and Gooly, moving like they wanted to take their lives. Their red eyes glowed in an uneasy way.
Zuta was in shock."How… how…?"
[Why did this guy grow faster than in my previous life? This timeline is not like my memory anymore because of something unknown?]
Gooly, with a determined face, drew out her hand from Zuta. She slowly walked toward the enemy and then used her left hand to remove her right hand and transform it into a big, long, cruel great sword.
It revealed that Gooly was no longer human.
Zuta looked at Gooly, ignoring the humanoids around them.".....?"
Her face turned dark, filled with regret, but these unknown things she had already known very well in her previous life. It became more painful and hurt more than ever.