Twilight Aftermath: Kingdom ( Twiath: I )

Chapter 2: Forest

[ I'm not even looking behind me. But it feels like, I don't even have the time to do so. ]

I turn my head down while my mouth unconsciously moves and says, [ Light Attribute— ]

[ You can't do that yet, Chiaro-kun. ]

[ Dark Attribute: Interdimensional Void. ]

After that chant, a symbol appeared on my left eye that was partially blocking my vision but it was not enough to distract me from my surroundings. That symbol has the letter "X" with "—" striking through it. While my right eye remains the same.

[ Fulgurating Light. ]

A black spiral manifested behind me, sucking the silver daggers in.

[ What did I just say? Light Attribute? And what's this symbol in my eye? ]

[ Chiaro-kun, you can't defeat that guy yet. ]

[ You were the one who did that, right? Dark Attribute? ]

[ Yep, you are such a helpless boy. ]

[ If I can't defeat him, what should I do? ]

[ The one thing you are good at, running. ]

[ There's no way I could run from— ]

[ Here look at him, he's still processing what happened. If you start running now you might make it. ]

The guy's face gives no expression but I can see that he is currently in deep thought.

[ That little stranger, who is he? Light and Dark, does he have two attributes? No, that can't be, the light ability he chanted didn't even work. But, it's troubling that I heard two voices in one body— ]

The guy snapped back to reality and saw nothing but an empty grassland in the middle of the night sky.

[ Ah ha, he ran away. ]

The guy's eyes come back to normal and turns his back—

[ I don't want to do this, but I should ask my older sister to do something. ]

And start walking in the opposite direction from where I am going.

I kept running until I found a forest to hide in, and then decided to rest beside a tree.

[ Hey, you are there, right? ]

[ Interesting, looks like you figured out how to call me, Chiaro-kun. ]

[ I just have to think like I am talking to you. ]

[ Yep, you are right. So need something? ]

[ What is an attribute? ]

[ Oh, that one. It's the power of an entity that is not human. ]

[ That's it? ]

[ That's it. ]

[ Then why did the attribute I said earlier didn't work? Am I a human—? ]

[ No you are not silly. Your body can't handle your essence yet. ]

[ Essence? ]

[ It's hard to be with someone who knows nothing. Essence is needed to activate your attribute; your ability's power will depend on the amount of essence you have. ]