The Gap Between The Worlds (English Version)

13-Discovering the Unexpected

The next morning we rested for a while in the cave until the snow subsided a little, however we needed warmer clothing, if we continued along the road like this we would freeze to death. I checked the map and according to it there was a town near our position, it would be good to go loot it What's left of the town. maybe there's still clothing thick enough to keep us warm or we could make it.

I told the girls this information, we decided to split up, I would go with Alicia to the town while Mizuki stayed with Danny and Bella in the cave, we can't leave them alone to take risks. Alicia and I know how to defend ourselves in case something happens.

After getting ready a little we started our way towards the town.

It was something impressive how the landscape changed with the snow, personally it was the first time I touched snow, I was somewhat fascinated with it, I took it in my hands to see how it felt.

Alicia: Have you never seen snow?

Robert: Yes, I have seen it, but I had never touched or felt it.

Alicia: You normally see yourself as a person with a lot of experience in life.

Robert: Eh... No, I'm not, although hey, I've experienced more things than I would like. Is there snow in the other world?

Alicia: Yes, although I don't really like the cold.

Take advantage of this moment to ask him a little about his life.

Robert: By the way, how did you and your sister end up like this?

She looked at me, her eyes reflecting a certain insecurity, but without much hesitation she began to speak. Although she hasn't said anything nor do I know her relationship with her sister, you can see how much she trusts her to tell me these things without much hesitation. I guess Sam really had few friends...

Alicia: Before we came to this world, so to speak, we lived in our village, we were truly happy, we didn't lack anything, we lasted many years like that. But one day the emperor of the kingdom requested the quota of annual warriors for our race, but in recent years we had not had many warriors, in general it is difficult for us elves to have children because our fertility is very low.

He took a moment to take some snow in his hands and then continued speaking.

Alicia: In our family there was only Samantha and me, but my father did not want to send us to die, he resisted, the emperor ordered me to be kidnapped for disobeying the orders of the royal family, he gave my parents two options, they would send someone or I would be chosen. 

His feelings seemed somewhat mixed when telling his story.

Alicia: Samantha decided to go, my father flatly refused but the reality was that someone had to go and I was too young to take it all in. This is how Samantha began to work under the orders of the emperor for many years, she was investigating his world among other things, I don't know how long she lived in those years, at a certain point she stopped sending letters, I stopped knowing what had happened, but If she follows the emperor's orders we would all be safe.

As we walked I began to notice footprints on the road.

Alicia: After a while, the emperor blamed the elven race as traitors for leaking confidential information to enemy nations, to be honest I have no idea if it was true or a lie, but I always defended our people. Our parents died because they attacked and burned our entire town; they had given the order to exterminate us. I couldn't even say goodbye to my parents, the only thing I knew was what the magicians told me, despite being kidnapped in the palace I couldn't see Samantha in all that time, as the years went by I heard that she began to show signs of betrayal and rebellion. The emperor decided to send me to the concentration camp to see if she would calm down. However, being in the country is almost like being dead, so I guess it wouldn't take long to get rid of her.