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

'Father? Octavious?'

finally realized that I was in what seemed to be Melissa's body, and the events that previously transpired before coming here started to flood my

the demon say something about breaking pride? Is this

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

'…This is bad.'

tried to move the body in any

what was happening, I tried to come up with

It was simply impossible.

was forced to watch the entire

"Father?"

the desk that sat

the chair and started to look through a stack of papers. Completely disregarding the

desk. Coming to 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 a good

a weird feeling enshroud my

could make

'Anticipation.'

feeling right now was

of him noticing

as thirty minutes soon

Octavious ever turn to face me as

that span of time, I could feel my feet start

it, my body took a step forward and my little hand clasped

"Let go."

touched his trousers, Octavious's words echoed. Immediately, I let go

"What do you want?"

attention, he lowered his

the same as

his eyes, I realized he hadn't changed since this event happened all those years ago. They were still as hallow and lifeless as

"Um…"

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

"Here."

I handed him the paper. Clearly, it

"What's this?"

Octavious grabbed it

"A scribble?"

He asked.

My head immediately shook.

"No."

Then what is this? Some sort

"Yes."

of elation swept my body as my hands shyly twirled behind my back. A bright

that I just discovered something amazing and wanted

"Oh."

another look at the paper, Octavious quickly lost interest and crumbled the

times. It was only after Octavious tossed the paper in the trash that he

disturb me with this nonsense again. Get

even reply, Octavious waved his hand, and

Clank—!

open and I

Clank—!

my body suddenly started to enlarge before I dropped to

"Haaa…haaa…"

Drip—! Drip—!

for air heavily as sweat dripped from my face and hair covered my vision while they scattered on the

my body burned, and I could barely move my muscles,

"Again."

tightly clenched

'A spear.'

I thought.