Dimensional Sanity

A Beautiful Despair

Felix Montclair is the boy's name who is asleep on a bench right beside a tree in the middle of the park. The park seems peaceful, a soft breeze coming from the west—blowing his dark reddish-black hair and clothes along within the wind. He was a good-looking teenager who's pretty friendly and kind towards others. On the other hand, he's quite gentle and submissive towards his family, of course. He's not just your ordinary man or something. He's from a wealthy and prominent family. He's also known for his wisdom and good manner. Although he's from a prominent family, he chose to be independent.

However, he had just lost everything, like: home, family, a place to sleep, flowing water, and … everything as fast as blinking an eye (except for his sister) which caused him to wander around the world with his sister at their young age; also bringing a camping backpack full of surviving tools (and books in Felix's backpack. Yes, he loved books so much) that they brought from their home and even from the ruins. The incident that caused them ‘homeless’ was a terrible incident, and no one could possibly avoid themselves from the Mass-Slaughterer: Chronicles, or that's what people mostly call them. The world almost reached its final destination because of them; only a few countries were capable against the Chronicles.

Moreover, in this post-apocalyptic world, there's no such thing as ‘peaceful life’ nor even the regular world has one. After knowing all of those facts, he's still able to sleep deeply. In fact, it's quite interesting how he's able to sleep peacefully; not knowing if he got something to eat later on. However, there could be a reason behind it.

“Bro, Brother! Look, I got something ….” Suddenly, a familiar-energetic voice echoed to Felix's ears.

As he opened his eyes slowly but steadily, a girl silhouette loomed in the corner in his eyes; she was holding a basket in her grip. Her present feels warm and loving to him (yet sometimes she's a bit annoying).

“Look, I got some cuisine and beverages for us, hehe.” Seren said, raising the so-called ‘gourmets’ in the basket excitedly.

Felix's eyes are finally wide open. He gave a look at the girl who was standing beside him. It was Seren Montclair. In short, Felix's little sister is also his most precious person in the world, right now. Even though they're not related biologically, she still remains special in his heart. She was a beautiful, charming, and captivating girl but also quite innocent in Felix's eyes. Why, you ask? Well, she has lots of charming yet adorable features—she's a short petite girl. Unlike Felix, his height is above average than others of the same age as him. Seren’s hair color is mostly brown; her hair is long, thick, and silky soft. Also, her light blue eyes are fascinating. Although she was small in size and looked vulnerable at first look; she's actually a strong and caring person. Again, in Felix's eyes.

“W-what? ….” Felix's reaction is natural for an after-sleep person. Then, he rose to a sitting position facing his little sister with a messy look after quite a long dream, supposedly. “Oh, nice …. Where did you find them?” He raised an eye to her. Slightly tilting his head in curiosity. His face signifies eagerness for an answer (his face is actually flat, but Seren already understands his expressions.

“U-uhmm, it was … hard to tell.” Slightly trembling, Seren pointed to a ruin just a quarter mile away from our distance.

Felix's eyes widened to the area she was pointing at. It looks like a modern bakery shop that has collapsed into rubble; the only thing left is the crooked southern wall, ready to collapse any time soon. The building has lost its dignity and its structure. And not just the shop, the buildings around didn't stand a chance against fate and circumstances.

“Didn't I tell you not to explore the ruins alone? It's dangerous. What if one of the walls started to collapse and then fell on you?” Felix said with a serious tone but calmly. He's a little irritated at her sister's wrong-doings.