6. Sylvia

                                    

                                          
(Four months later)
It's the day when Sylvia dies and Arthur escapes to elenoir. And I am ready to go with my plan.
I speedrun learning earth, gravity and black hole teleportation magic. My limit to teleport is only two turns before I pass out from mana exhaustion. One turn to go and one to get back. 
Since everyone is already asleep I folded my blanket, like a ninja, around my face. I took a deep breath 
*Sigh*. 
I activated my black hole teleportation magic as a black sphere enveloped my body. 
I opened my eyes and looked around to see myself on the floor of the cliff Arthur fell off. This magic is good but without fixed co-ordinates of the place it's hard to teleport. 
I started travelling to find the cave. 
After a while I found the rock Arthur first thought to be Sylvia. The 'sentient rock'. Besides it I also found the entrance. 
I entered it... There I felt the world change. The world got drained of its color. I couldn't move but my mind seemed to work for some reason.
'The Fourth Wall has negated some of the effects'
Makes sense, I guess. After a few seconds later I could move, the world still drained of its color. I walked deeper into the cave to see some floating rocks, must be static void. Then I saw a majestic white dragon with shiny golden runes on its back. The wings looked more like pigeon feathers honestly rather than the more scale-like look I was used to seeing back in my old world in movies and shows. 
"And you must Jake, Arthur's brother?" Sylvia said in a soothing voice with a little grunt of pain.
"How do you- Oh! Wait you saw his memories or something?" She nodded.
"Is he gone? I mean teleported to whenever you sent him? And did you make me able to move in this frozen time?" Points to the portal beside her which is slowly shrinking. 
"That is correct. I do not know how you got here or know about this but listen. Leave this place at once. Otherwise that man will kill you as well" She looked over to the Scythe cadell as I followed her gaze to frozen man.
"That guy definitely looks like a monster mother's would use to scare their children if they don't sleep. But I'm here for something else" 
She chuckled "that might be true. I don't have much time left as you can see so tell me how can I help you" she pointed to her wound.
"Die here" I said as she looked confused.
"My death will be here"
"Except only in a physical sense. Leave your body and enter mine to use as a host. Like a bond or beast will. That way you might be able to live even after you are claimed dead"
"I can't-"
"Do it. This is the only way to save you. Do it for your daughter and your grandson, Arthur or should I say grey?"
She was surprised to hear that name and a tear rolled down her cheek. A name nobody, except a really few, should know. She stared at me.
"Do you not wish to see the end of this story?"
"But you might not be-" 
"Don't worry about the details. Also once you entire my body and bond with me you be able to know the truth of me of how I you or your daughter or Arthur's other name. Trust me." I said I stared into her eyes through my blanket.
"Fine. Place your hand on my claw". I did as she told me. Soon her entire body started to shimmer as tiny drops of light, must be mana or aether or both, left her body. It travelled into my body as I felt a surge of power. 
After a second, her body fell lifeless as I quickly activated my black hole teleportation magic to teleport back home where I fell into my room's floor. My eyes felt heavy as darkness enveloped me.
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(Next day)
My eyes started to open when I heard a voice in my head...
"-ke! Jake!" A female voice shouted in head as woke up to see my lying on the floor in my room. 
Then I remembered last night's event. 
"I'm awake Sylvia. I'm awake. No need to shout." I mentally told her as she nodded.
"Good. Your exhaustion from using your teleportation magic is too much." 
"How do you know?" 
"When I transferred my consciousness into your core, or core network as you call it, I saw your memories. So yes I, now, do know everything about you."
"Everything you say?"
"I can hear your thoughts slipping in. So yes, I also know about your teenage years of watching 'questionable videos' from your past life. Also I learnt the word 'video' from your memories before you ask me."
"Ok! Let's not talk about it!..." I was flustered when she mentioned about those videos.
"I felt a surge of power when you entered my body. Do I get any superpowers?" I asked her with excitement.
"That was your own mana getting disturbed when I entered your core. However since I only transferred my consciousness to you, you don't have any powers. Unlike Arthur who I gave my beast will to."
"And in the future where Sylvie will give up her body... You did see the memories about this world being a novel, correct?"
"Yes. It is fascinating to think that this is just a fictional story in some other world."
"Yeah. That's true? What else did you learn?"
"That you've a skill called 'fourth wall' so this world doesn't affect your mind. Also that you can learn skills and magic at the cost of other's memories of yourself. A great lose if you think about it."
"I agree. But what else?"
"You got your black hole teleportation magic like that villain from that 'kamen rider build' show? It's powerful. And you do learn to use it in the ways you've thought, it would be really powerful. Maybe not even Asuras can fight against it."
"I know, right? Anyways do you think you can control my mana? I was wondering... And what about your presence?"
"Since I didn't really gave you my mana, my presence is hidden. As for controlling your mana... It's possible. But I'm most intrigued to see a human creating multiple cores throughout the body and connecting them with each other with bundles of mana channels and mana veins, or as you call it mana wires. It might be closest to the integration phase. It is impressive to be honest."
"Thanks. I worked hard for it. By the way I'm not calling you grandma. And in my defence, I died at the age of being a grandpa myself"
She chuckled "seeing your memories, I expected that much. But still remember you're still a child in this world." 
"A 'physicist', which doesn't even exist in this world, child."
"A child none the less." She said with an amused voice.
"Anyways we've got some time till Arthur returns. I think I know what I'll do in the meantime. But first I'll go take a shower and go down to eat breakfast. Don't try to look!" I mentally told her in with a bit of seriousness in the last line.
"There's nothing to see anyways." She chuckled.
Stuck with a arrow in my chest I went to take a shower....
(A/N: So how's the twist? Sylvia is alive!)
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