Approach of an Otherworldly Person

AOP Chapter 6

Reminiscing about the most strange encounter she had, trying to comprehend every detail that happened. Thinking that she’s just a few steps away from losing her mind, stuck between exposing to other people what she had experienced or keeping it all to herself because of the possible underlying danger.

The terrifying unidentifiable screams that continuously rang onto her head the moment she laid her eyes on the face of an otherworldly person made her shiver to the bone. It was like a forewarning, that trying to engrave into her mind in a way that no one should not look directly at a god.

Still unsure of what kind of a person that was, Yoronea didn't dare to even make any dry assumptions.

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On her way home, Yoronea appeared to be calm like a sea before a storm. But countless thoughts clouded her mind, colliding with each other, trying to find an answer or solution. Even not understanding what could be the meaning of all of it, why is she the only one moving at that time?

Why did other people not seem to notice her? Even though the area was illuminated by a pitch-black color, the outside world was still visible through it.

Yoronea sees how everyone moves as if nothing’s happening, like everything is normal.

How could it be possible that she’s the only one, despite the billions of people around the world, to encounter such a peculiar encounter, enough to make an ordinary person lose their mind?

No matter how she racked her brain for an answer, nothing seemed worth giving attention to related to it.

Without her noticing, Yoronea had already arrived in their neighborhood, and unexplainable anxiety creeped in.

Aside from what she experienced, the main problem arises once again; the reason why she had been wandering around the public market.

Now she’s going back with another problem. A problem that ordinary people cannot comprehend nor solve.

“Where have you been?”

The voice startled her to the point of almost screaming, Yoronea’s lips lost all their color and her expression was like in horror.

“What happened to you? You looked like you had seen a ghost even though the sun's brightness was at its peak.”

It was Katelyn who was about to head home when she happened to see her sister, who was in deep thought. She was about to ask where she could go, not intending to startle the hell out of her. That’s why she’s trying to understand now where the horror in the face of her sister came from,

“I just came home from the market, wandering around, because I had nothing to do,” said Yoronea, who had just calmed down.

“I happened to talk to lady Fei,” she added.

Katelyn looked at her with a curious face.

“The lady from the market where we bought our other necessities for the shop.” trying to make her sister remember the lady from years ago.

Racking her brain, Katelyn walked slowly trying to find the person that she barely met years ago.

Yoronea kept silent while matching the pace of her sister's walking. She didn't bother to add any more things about the lady because the persistent rewinding of the event from the café kept playing on her head.

“Ah, the one who’s always patting my head and asking about our father when he’s still in jail,” Katelyn exclaimed, as if remembering a major clue that could cure the poverty of the whole world.

Yoronea just nodded at her in return, as if there was nothing to add on, and just continued walking silently.

“Hehe, Fei’s mother's friend also, that’s why we always had a discount whenever we were shopping at her stall. Vividly remembering her face, she looks rather young for her age.”

“Cosmetics, or beauty supplements for aging, I think.” retorted Yoronea to her sister.

“Possible, though I haven't seen her husband even once, and I can't remember her mentioning it either. Maybe dead or left them long ago.”

About to be struck in the head, Katelyn evaded the hands of her sister while laughing.

“You really love to gossip about other people, maybe that’s why you have so many friends. The purpose would be to talk to people about their lives or latest issues.”

Withdrawing her hand, Yoronea just continued walking, and not even looking at her sister who was about to shout at her.

‘This little girl is really loud, there could be no problem if one day she could be put in some dangerous or strange situation. Her voice can do all the work for her.’ sighing at her own comment, Yoronea just looked ahead to where they could sign their house.

Their pace suddenly fastened a little bit, arriving at their home slightly catching their breath. Yoronea heard her father, but when she was in front of the room, no one could be seen with him inside.

Katelyn immediately entered their restroom as if she'd been holding back for a long time. Arriving at her room, Yoronea flopped onto her bed burying her head in the pillow for a while when she suddenly heard her sister entering the other room.

“Oh, what could you and Fei talk about? I remember that I never had a proper conversation with her, even once.” slightly raising her voice enough for her sister to hear her while being amused, realizing that she really never had a conversation with Fei.

Yoronea was suddenly startled by what she heard, but not because of her sister not having a proper conversation, but by the sudden realization of all the events that happened to her in just a day, not even a full day.

Katelyn not hearing a response from her sister is ignored, as if it happens frequently, and getting used to it. She just stretched her arms and let her body feel the sudden relaxation of every muscle that she'd been using since morning.

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‘That person doesn't say anything, other than it was not a dream world like for kids. I don’t even have any rough idea of what that person has been talking about. All I was given was to decide whether to accept or not.’

In a really deep thought while she was still considering the other details of what that person had said, not even knowing what to call it.

‘From just the look, anyone can say that it was at the standard of the gods. One that cannot be looked directly at or you will be severely punished. But you cannot tell its nature or whereabouts, it was a completely unknown existence that suddenly arose from this ordinary world.’

Then, once again, Yoronea relieved vividly the last scene from the encounter wherein she was told to be invited into a world wherein it’s not like a dream world whose kids have been fantasizing in their life.

Where she could be sure that it was a fantasy-like world, where anything is possible, opportunities that are endless, and that cannot be defined simply by words only.

‘I don’t want to risk my life, not knowing anything about the said World can pose a danger no one can measure. Not even mentioning if it’s worth it, especially in my situation now, I may not attain something from it that can help me. What I need is a job where I can get the money that we badly need now, not an adventure that can be told to the world where no one will even believe me.' nodding to herself, deciding not to put any more thought about it.

Yoronea felt the calmness of her nerves, relieving the pent-up anxiety brought by that single encounter, fell sound asleep.

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Once again, a pitch-black color enveloped the entirety of the surroundings, then followed by the slow illuminating of warm lights. The sleeping Yoronea wakes up to her dream only, being horrified, realizing she’s still in a dream, feeling once again helpless, and arousing extreme panic.

‘You are invited into a world called Utopia.’ an ethereal voice resounded on the entire surroundings.

Trembling in fear, Yoronea fixed her position by folding her knees in a bend and, before facing down, scanned the surroundings in a flash, realizing that no one had ‘ascended’ her raised forehead.

‘A boundless world that ordinary people like you cannot even comprehend.’

It was a different person, Yoronea said to herself, realizing the inferiority of the aura compared to earlier.

Still, alert, she still felt her heart relax for even a slight matter.

Seeing that Yoronea wasn't distracted anymore, the ethereal voice once again resounded.

‘You’re not affected by the ascension only means one thing, and it only means that you have what it takes to be chosen. Even though you are greatly affected by direct confrontation, being seen to be holding on was another confirmation.’

‘Utopia is a world where you can have something extraordinary for yourself, something powerful and terrifying. A world where you can fulfill your dreams and can be brought back to your own world, something that you've been hoping for a really long time, anything you can think of. A magical potion that can cure any kind of disease, sickness, or abnormalities, something that exceeds what you people call science. Treasures that can be looted, exchanged, and be brought to your world, a fortune that every kingdom yearns.’

‘Still, greed brings the greatest misfortune no one can even imagine. Having courage is like diving in a vast deep sea hoping to walk onto something from beneath to keep you afloat. And knowledge is just like an abyss. The more you yearn for it, the more you will likely be lost from it.’

Yoronea suddenly felt dazed.

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