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 a little

'Father? Octavious?'

I finally realized that I was in what seemed to be Melissa's body,

demon say something about

I realized that

'…This is bad.'

thought to myself as I tried to move

stop what was happening, I tried to come up with anything,

It was simply impossible.

watch the entire thing as I couldn't

"Father?"

never stopped moving toward the desk that sat all the way across the room despite

back, Octavious sat down on the chair and started to look through a stack of papers. Completely disregarding the

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

felt a weird feeling enshroud my

could make out what

'Anticipation.'

I was feeling right now

him

as thirty

minutes that passed, not once did Octavious ever turn to face me as I timidly stared at his

time, I could feel my feet start to

it, my body took a step forward

"Let go."

words echoed. Immediately,

"What do you want?"

he lowered his

eyes…they are the

all those years ago. They

"Um…"

the paper behind my back, my body shifted toward the right and left before I took out the paper and handed it to

"Here."

my body when I handed him the paper. Clearly, it meant a

"What's this?"

at the paper, Octavious grabbed it and examined it

"A scribble?"

He asked.

My head immediately shook.

"No."

is this? Some sort

"Yes."

elation swept my body as my hands shyly twirled behind my back. A bright smile also spread across my

Thompson told me that I just discovered something amazing and wanted

"Oh."

at the paper, Octavious quickly lost

blinked a couple of times. It was only after Octavious tossed

this nonsense again. Get out of

hand, and I felt my body

Clank—!

I shot toward the room's

Clank—!

me closed shut and my body suddenly started to enlarge before

"Haaa…haaa…"

Drip—! Drip—!

for air heavily as sweat dripped from my face and hair covered

of my body burned, and I could barely move my

"Again."

toward the right and tightly clenched what seemed to be a

'A spear.'

I thought.