Mage of the Abyss: Siola Mithra

Chapter 44 - Reliving Life Anew

Cloudy space filled with a satisfying breeze. Mechanical noises extend to shut as the cloud becomes opaque. With a huge grin on my face, I reach out to the light and yell out, "D-Sect! Your Dola is BACK!"

This wide grin of mine stays still for a whole minute as I'm wondering why my surrounding feels odd. Is it because I slept too long in the capsule to the point that I got adjusted to it so much that I couldn't recognize the place I live in?! No.

The moment I open my eyes, I see not a broken never-attended wall, but a golden one in its prestige form. The small place that I was in... it's not this.

'Clean flowery decoration. Not your typical kidnapping hideout, but,' narrowing my eyes down as I breathe to keep myself calm, 'What's behind that curtain feels familiar somehow.'

The bed, someone is resting on it. They would've woken up thanks to my stupid shouting, and that is indeed true as I see them lifting their upper body. How great it is for both my in-game self and real-life self to be kidnapped.

'Being the diva that I was, I've already had my fair share of this game already.'

So, I open the curtain, revealing myself. But to my surprise, I see a goth girl in front of me. Though, her demeanor is not as attractive as she looks. Hiding her face behind a mask, she rests her leg on the other as she stares at me.

"..."

I was about to ask who she is, but I noticed something in my surrounding. This room is as barebone as it gets despite how extravagant it is. But, the familiarity. That bed, the shape of the mirror on that desk. There used to be a lot of accessories there. I used them to doll up my things. And it seems that I have returned to the unpleasant place that is the Mithra Household.

When I shift my attention to the girl, I see a panda doll in her hands. My eyes narrowed down as she stood and approaches me. I was taken aback, anticipating a sudden action, but she stretches her arms and presented me with the doll. Sudden rage fuels me.

*Slap*

I feel my hand numbed from the impact of trying to slap the doll away. It hurts. At that point, one thing comes to mind, 'She's kitted. A cyborg perhaps?'

Her brown eyes, those circular lines of motion on her irises resemble something from my previous life. I saw the news, an augment that can control another's action. They can take another's life simply by sending an order to unalive themselves. But the reason it's on the news is that a wanted criminal has been spotted using it.

The girl retracted the doll to her embrace and pats it.

"It has been some time, Siola."

"..." her eyes, "Who are you?"

"I'm..." paused for a moment, but I don't. Keep looking at her eyes still, I follow them, giving every bit of my attention, but then she says, "It's me. Your sister."

Eyes peeled. Though it shocked me, I don't want to show it, "Hah," I really don't, "You think I don't know what my sister looks like? What are you? A Proxy or something?"

"Yes."

Chuckles as I turned around, swaying my head as I look at the ceiling, "Okay then, prove it."

"..."

'Please...'

"Back when you were little. You used to tell me how you would become the brightest star in the whole wide world. Shining the whole family in your radiant light."

'... Don't... Please...'

"You remember, I know you do. There is not a single person in the Mithra household who can have that much confidence in themselves while also proving that they have what it takes to make it a reality. Siola, it's me. I'm the same person who embarrasses you in front of the whole crowd in college, the one who took your fiancé, and the one who erased your last name."