The King's Mandate: Anomalous System

"Why is Lily here?!"

I tried to check closely.

"How is she here?"

How is she in the real world? 

Her eyes are open, but her stare is blank.

"She is not blinking either"

She looks lifeless.

"Lily?"

No response.

"Lily?"

Still no reaction.

"Lily!"

I shouted, but still no reaction.

"Lily" 

She is not responding. Should I touch her?

"But if I touch her, she might disappear"

I reluctantly raised my hand to touch her.

Once when I tried to touch her, she disappeared, but she was able to touch me.

"I might be able to touch her"

I slowly moved my hand towards her and touched her...her?

"Why?"

My hands passed her body. I couldn't touch her.

Is this some kind of projection? Or maybe I am dreaming?

[Das?]

"Huh?"

[Is that you?]

"Lily!"

[What's wrong? Why are you yelling? And...why is your hair black and where is your armor?] 

"This is not LWO"

[What are you---!! Where am I?!]

"This is the real world and you are in my room"

[How is that possible?]

"I don't know"

[Did you do it?]

"What?"

[I asked you before that I want to see the real world. Did you do this for me?]

"I didn't"

She hasn't realized yet?

The light orb was coming here long before that.

[Why it is so dark here?]

"The lights are off. Wait, I will turn it on"

[Okay!]

I went to turn on the lights. After turning on the lights, I asked, "Can you see--"

When I looked back, Lily wasn't there.

"Lily?

I searched my entire room but didn't find her.

I turned off the lights, thinking she would come back, but she wasn't there.

"Lily!"

Why did I have to turn on the light!

If I hadn't turned on the lights, she would still be here!

The feeling I am experiencing right now is beyond my enduring limit.

"Huh?"

My eyes are wet.

"Am I crying?" 

I have never cried in my life, even if I wanted to.

I touched my eyes to confirm it. I saw my hand after touching my eyes. 

It was red.

I took the mirror out to see what this red liquid was.

"I am crying blood?"

Blood was coming out of my eyes.

"Argh"

It hurts!

My eyes hurt!

I crouched down in pain.

I feel like someone is gouging them out.

"It huuuuuuuurts!"

It really hurts!

The blood kept flowing out from my eyes.

"Meow"

"The cat?"

My vision is blurry. I can't see anything.

I tried to wipe my eyes, but nothing happened. The blood just kept dripping on the mirror.

I wiped the blood from the mirror...huh?

"What is...that?"

When I looked in the mirror, I saw my left eye. It was red.

"Is it because of the blood?"

If so, then why is my right eye normal?

My left is pulsating and shining red with every beat.

"Arghh"

What's going on?!

"Dammiiiiiit!"

I don't have time for this.

"I have to look for Lily"

"Stooooop!"

The pain suddenly stopped.

"The bleeding stopped too" 

I checked my face by looking at the mirror.

"My eyes are back to normal"

Dammit!

Just what the hell is happening to me?!

Last night, I found out that there are some guys who are after the Edens family and now these strange happenings have increased too. 

I glanced at the floor. It was covered with my blood.

"I should clear this up before mom and dad come" 

I took off my t-shirt, spilled some water from the jug, and wiped the blood with my t-shirt.

After wiping, I squeezed my t-shirt and collected all the blood in the jug.

I did that over 10 times. 

There is no trace of blood but...

"The smell"

It stinks.

I sprayed perfume all over the room.

"Meow"

"What do you need?"

"Meow"

Does it want to go out of the room?

I opened the door, and the cat walked out of the room.

I grabbed the jug full of my blood and water out of the room, went to the bathroom and threw it.

After washing the jug, I went out of the bathroom--

"Das? What are you doing here in the early morning?"

"Mom?!"

When did they come home?!

"You should stop doing this"

Did they see me?

"What are you talking about?"

"You should stop taking a bath in the early morning"

"Huh?"

Bath? Oh...I don't have any clothes on the top.

"Yeah. I woke up early so...where did you guys go?"

"One of our NGOs was caught in the fire. We were there just came here"

"I see. Is everyone all right?"

"Yes. We shifted them to our other NGO"

"I see"

"We are going back to sleep. Do you want to eat breakfast now? I will make it for you"

"No, it's okay. I will make one myself"

"Fine. Be careful"

"Yeah"

And for my stupid acting, I had to make breakfast and eat it at 4:47 AM.

Who the hell eats this early?

"Well, I have done this many times but still"

When I ate breakfast, I didn't feel anything.

There was no taste. It was not because of my cooking, but...

"Something is wrong with my taste buds"

I searched on the internet to see if someone had experienced the same things as me, but as expected, I found nothing.

I was surfing on LWO website and saw the news about the release of the world four.

It will be released 2 weeks later. After 10 days, to be precise. 

The name of the world four was...Ástvǫllr.

That's right. It's world zero.

They will release world zero as world four, with me as a king.

I can do anything I want with that world. I will be the one who runs world zero...should I say, world four?

There was also news of the next event of world two, which will start next Monday.

I spent 2 hours on the internet and then went to the park to wait for Elena.

I met up with Elena, and we are on our way to school together.

On our way to school she asked, "Did you check the news about the release of world 4?" 

"Yeah. I did"

"Isn't it amazing that you can rule that world however you want?"

"Well, I am excited to see what happens"

"Did you see the world two event thread?"

"Yeah"

"It's a 7-day long event"

"I am curious how they will arrange it"

Not all players play at the same time.

"We will participate in that event"

"Yeah, but before that. There is a big event this Sunday"

"What?"

"Aren't we going to meet your sister?"

"Oh, right"

"I am still worried"

"Don't say that! She won't do anything to you"

"I hope so"

"Hey Das"

"Hmm?"

"Is your mom alright?"

"What do you mean?"

"I saw on the news...her NGO was on fire"

"Yeah. She is perfectly fine. Don't worry"

"The fire was so intense that it took the whole night to extinguish it.

"Yeah"

"There was also other news about the bank robbery" 

"I...see"

"They were stupid to rob a bank"

"Is that so?"

"Yeah. The alarm went off, and they were locked inside, then the police came and caught them"

"I see"

"And their driver was stupid. He crashed the car inside the back"

"I see"

"But there was no one in the car"

"...."

"The driver was found dead outside the bank"

"....."

So he did die!

"Apparently, he was killed"

"I see" 

"He was jabbed in the neck and his neck broke"

"...."

"He couldn't breathe and he died"

"How do you know all this?"

"Mom and dad were talking about it while having breakfast"

"Why?"

"They will handle this case. The death of the driver is still a mystery"

"You mean, they will look into his death?"

"Yes. They will catch who killed the driver"

"I see"

I am sure I didn't leave any clue that can get me caught.

"I hope the killer gets caught"

Don't say that!

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Let's hurry. Miss Serah gave us the last warning yesterday"

"She is beautiful when she is angry"

"Beautiful?"

"Yeah. Don't you find her beautiful?"

"Well...she is"

"I want to be like her when I grow up"

"...."

"If not, then at least, I want those breasts"

"Your future is in danger"

"Shut up!"

We reached the school. Classes started. Classes ended. And now, I am on my way to Miss Serah's office.

I knocked on her door.

"Come in"

I opened the door and went in.

"You are here"

"Yeah"

"Thanks for coming" 

"It's okay"

"I called you here to talk about us"