The Author's POV

As I watched the demon place his hand against Melissa's hand, everyone's eyes turned white.

'What's going on?'

Their sudden actions startled me as I tried to understand what was going on, but before I knew it, my vision darkened and I was suddenly transported inside a dark space.

'Where am I? What's going on?'

Just like before, I couldn't move my body.

I felt completely trapped.

As I stared into the blackness before me while wondering about what was going on, I noticed that it had started to change, and it was not long before my surroundings started to change as well.

Suddenly, white tiles appeared in the air and shot toward the ground before they neatly positioned themselves together.

That wasn't all.

Also, desks began to form in the air before positioning themselves in what appeared to be a medium-sized room. About half the size of a standard living room.

Books, files, glass panels, and awards?

…one by one a room started to form and my height suddenly started to shrink.

I had many questions that I wanted to ask, but my body was immobile. The only thing I could do at the moment was just watch as a scene unfolded in front of me.

In just a few minutes, everything was set up, and by the time the last tile was placed on the floor, everything seemed to look gigantic.

'No, rather, it isn't the surroundings that are gigantic, but it's me.'

I came to this realization when I found that I was holding onto what seemed to be a small drawing that I couldn't quite understand. They looked like doodles, yet at the same time didn't.

'What happened to my hands?"

Most notable about the situation was the fact that the hands holding only the paper seemed to belong to a child.

Their size…

They weren't even a quarter of what my hands looked like.

They were quite frankly tiny.

The confusion within me only grew as time passed, but I didn't have much time to ponder over the matters as the door of the room suddenly opened.

Clank—!

'Eh?'

A familiar figure emerged from behind the door.

It only took several seconds for me to recognize the figure, and when I did, I was left in a state of shock.

'Octavious?'

He looked exactly the same as the Octavious I knew. But why was he here? What exactly was going on?

Amidst my shock at Octavious's sudden appearance, I realized that my body was shaking.

I felt a weird emotion surge from deep within. One that I couldn't quite describe.

What was it?

Excitement? Anxiety? Happiness?

I wasn't exactly sure.

Taking a timid step to the back, I hid the paper behind my back. All of the actions that occurred were not something that I could control, as the body moved on its own.

"Father."

my mouth, what sounded like the voice of

'Father? Octavious?'

finally realized that I was in what seemed to be Melissa's body, and the events that previously

didn't the demon say something about breaking pride?

I was seeing her memories, I realized that perhaps everyone else was also seeing

'…This is bad.'

to myself as I tried to move the body in any

attempt to stop what was happening, I tried to come up with anything, but my efforts proved

It was simply impossible.

I was forced to watch the entire thing

"Father?"

the desk that sat all

on the

and finally getting a glimpse of Octavious's side view, my head raised a little, until I was

I felt a weird feeling enshroud my

time, I could make out what

'Anticipation.'

feeling right now

of him

that never happened as thirty minutes soon

did Octavious ever turn to face me as I timidly stared at his serious

time, I could feel my feet start

step forward and my little hand clasped onto his

"Let go."

trousers, Octavious's words echoed. Immediately, I

"What do you want?"

lowered his

the

changed since this event happened all those years ago. They were still as hallow and lifeless as they

"Um…"

the grip of the paper behind my back, my body shifted toward the

"Here."

coming from my body when I handed him the paper. Clearly, it meant a lot to the

"What's this?"

a look at the paper, Octavious grabbed it and examined it

"A scribble?"

He asked.

My head immediately shook.

"No."

Then what is this? Some sort of

"Yes."

my body as my hands shyly twirled behind my back. A

told me that I just discovered something

"Oh."

the paper, Octavious quickly lost interest and crumbled

eyes blinked a couple of times. It was only after Octavious tossed the paper in the trash that he everything finally sank into the little girl's

with this nonsense again. Get out of

waved his hand, and I felt my body

Clank—!

door burst open and I shot toward the

Clank—!

the door behind me closed shut and my body

"Haaa…haaa…"

Drip—! Drip—!

as sweat dripped from my face and hair covered my

part of my body burned, and

"Again."

hand moved toward the right and tightly clenched what seemed to

'A spear.'

I thought.