"Nesha!" Can swung the door open, followed by the elderly man and another girl with inky ck hair.


    But their eyes held surprise to what they saw.


    "Let go of me!" Dorris was struggling with someone.


    A man wearing dark armor was holding Dorris'' wrist. In her hand, the shard of broken ss glistened.


    "If you''re going to hurt yourself, I can''t let you do that." A deep and gruff voice said. When Dorris heard it, her body started to tremble for some reason.


    Her trembling head looked at the man who appeared out of nowhere and stopped her perfect n to escape. Dead yellowish topaz eyes stared back at her. With that, something clicked inside her mind.


    Her distorted past... ''It was all due to this man.''


    The unknown man understood the expression Dorris expressed. He carried Dorris back to the bed without saying anything.


    "Father?!" Can was the first one to break the silence as he went to Dorris who remained unmoved.


    "Clean this ss, Nifa!"


    "Yes," The girl with ash hair replied to the old man as she went to get something.


    "Father, you''re back." The old man said as he walked into the room. "Why didn''t you tell us right away?"


    "I am excited to see my long-lost daughter."


    Can, who was holding Dorris'' hand that had some cuts, saw how it trembled even more. ''Nesha...''


    He nced up to look at her face, but her expression sent shivers to his heart.


    "And what did I tell you, you should just call me Charrio." The man in dark armor eximed.


    "Father! What''s happening to Nesha?" Can said with worry and fear in his voice.


    Both the old man and the guy whom he called himself Charrio nced in their direction. "Nesha is breathing abnormally!"


    The old man Roc immediately went to her. He checked her pulse, and her heart was indeed beating at an abnormal rate. Even her face was starting to get pale.


    "Get-get away from me!"


    "Monster!" Dorris'' lifa''s energy, the color of red, was starting to flicker within her body. A pattern of red hollyhocks was appearing all over her body.


    "Nesha! Calm down!" Old man Roc attempted to hold her firmly, but Nesha burst out with a sh of force. It hurled the three guys into the air, mming and demolishing the solid brick walls.


    Dorris''s chains were also exploding with electricity at this point. But it didn''t appear to have any impact on Dorris this time. More urately, she was not in her right mind at the moment. Her eyes were filled with panic as she clutched her head.


    "Don''te near me!" She screamed with an ear-piercing voice. "Ahhh!"


    "Nesha!" Can wiped the blood on his lips as he desperately reached for Dorris. ''What''s happening? Nesha!'' He inched closer to her.


    But before he could reach her, a magic circle formed beneath Dorris. "I''ll leave. Do-don''t kill me please..."


    Before Can could hold her, Dorris disappeared with the magic circle. "Nesha!"


    Charrio squirmed his eyes as he stood up. "I''ll go after her and bring her back," Charrio said. Shadowy hands started to engulf him.


    "Father, wait."


    "What is it, Can?"


    "Ah...Um…" Can''s expression held conflict. The room was filled with momentary silence as Can didn''t know how he would convey the words he wanted to say.


    "We don''t have much time to waste." Charrio narrowed his eyes.


    "Nothing. I''ll also look for her." Can hid his clenched fist behind his back.


    Charrio just gave him an unknown look. "Suit yourself." He said and disappeared. When Charrio disappeared, Can burst the wall with his wind. "Gramps, I''ll need to go!"


    Winds surrounded him and flew right off the hole. In his mind, something much worrisome invaded it.


    "I''ll leave. Do-don''t kill me please, Father..." Can clenched his fist. ''I need to find Nesha before my father does!''


    ---???---


    Dorris reappeared in some empty and dark alley in one of the districts of Aravan. Thunders roared as lightning shed that served as the only light to the darkened ce.


    ''I-I need to get out of here!'' The cold seeped down towards the bare feet of Dorris as she aimlessly ran ahead. ''I need to get out of here!'' Her mind kept repeating as she moved.


    ''Help! Please don''t kill me.'' Memories continued to pour in like a flood in her mind.


    ''Monster! Ahh!''


    "So some of your memories are back." Dorris froze when she heard that cold and deep voice. It felt like it came from the deepest part of hell. This made Dorris tremble even more.


    "Do-don''t get any closer!" Her teeth couldn''t stop chattering. She was horrified to hear footsteps approaching from behind her. It steadily progressed from sluggish to quicker as time went by.


    And what added to this fear, it was headed in one direction. Towards Dorris!


    Without looking back, Dorris started to run! "Please! I-I promise to behave! Pl-please, spare me." A mixture of tears and sweat already covered Dorris'' eyes.


    "Dorris, don''t run. I won''t hurt you." The voice was getting nearer to her. "It seems you haven''tpletely remembered everything yet."


    ''He called me, Dorris!'' Dorris tried to activate her teleportation, but with how much anxiety she felt, the chant in her mind wouldn''t sync it. She turned towards the right. ''I don''t want to die!''


    <em>{"Ahhh!"}</em> As Dorris ran, fragments of a woman being sucked dry until she became a bone began to fill her head. And the one she thought she''d forgotten nced at her with bloodshot eyes when he tossed that woman''s remains away that time.


    <em>{"Nesha, what are you doing here?"}</em>


    <em>{"Father...I...I."}</em> Dorris'' younger self trembled in the same way as she was shivering now.


    ''Why-why did these memories simplye back to me right now?'' ''Her heart was racing faster as she ran away. ''How could I forget about that monster after all this time? The one we thought was our salvation...the one who showed love to someone like us? Why? '' Tears streamed down her terrified face now.


    "I need to get out of here!" Dorris ran and ran. She noticed barrels heaped up together at one of the alley''s ends. She dragged her exhausted body into the barrels and hid. She put her hand over her lips to keep the noises of her breath from escaping.


    ''Please, please don''t find me here.''


    "Nesha, where are you?" She heard footsteps approaching once again. That voice made her tremble even more.


    "Why are you running away from me, my child?" The voice was getting nearer. "It''s been four years since we saw each other."


    ''No, please just go away!''


    The footsteps approached nearer to the ce she was hiding.


    ''Please goddess, don''t let him find me here.'' She could feel the quivering of her body and the cold prating every bit of her body.


    Dorris felt like her heart had almost stopped when the footsteps halted in front of the ce she was hiding.


    "Nesha..."


    ''No.'' Tears continued to stream down her face. ''Please just go away.''


    Lightning shed and Dorris'' eyes widened when she saw a shadow of a hand reaching the barrel she was hiding.


    "You should not havee back here, Nesha." A deep and cold voice resounded behind her.


    "Ahhh!"


    Dorris grabbed the hand squeezing her neck as the thunder screamed violently once again. She was hoisted to a great height over the grounds. "If you hadn''t witnessed that, you may have lived regrly and peacefully this time. I''ve even given you the opportunity to live and forget everything..."


    ''Someone, anyone, please help me.'' Dorris tried to yank away the man''s grip on her neck. But he was too strong for her. She kept struggling but it was to no avail. Her vision was already blurring.


    "Since it appears you still don''t recall everything entirely, my child, you should sleep now..." There was a brief silence while Dorris croaked and suffocated in Charrio''s grip.


    Heavy rain began to fall as Dorris'' body sank. Rain fell from her arms to her hands.


    "For eternity."