CHAPTER 8 – Talk with Alice 1.

Alex was sitting in his room on the chair while looking at Alice who was holding back her tears, but her breathing was hitched.

Seeing all this, he just couldn't sit still. He got up from the chair and gave her a tissue, he knew that it was not right to just pat or hug a girl when she thinks of you as a stranger or worse, she is doubtful of you.

However, even if he did that while using his full charm, he knew that she would just blush and keep her head down, but right now she was still wary of him and he needed to remove that wariness.

"C-can you at least tell me where his body is?" She asked Alex with a pleading voice, she knew that she couldn't demand anything from him, so, she just requested.

"Do you remember what I said before?" He asked her while shaking his head. Alice looked at him quizzically, since she couldn't understand which line he was talking about.

"I said that I am Alex but I am also not the 'Alex' you knew, right?" Seeing that she didn't understand what he meant, he asked her again.

Alice didn't say anything and just looked at him as she had heard him say that before, but she didn't understand what it meant and even now she couldn't understand the meaning behind this line.

"I said that he died because of his power, right?" Not getting an answer from Alice he asked again and this time Alice nodded.

"It was because his body couldn't handle the power that was dormant in his body and after drinking the Awakening potion his power might have become Active causing his death."

"Yes, that's right," Alex said hearing her reasoning, and then he continued, "It's this power." As he said that, he made a ball of destruction appear in his hand.

Alice became tense when the ball appeared, she could feel the raw power of destruction it had.

She knew that if he used that power on her, she wouldn't even be able to do anything but die. Even though she knew that he could defeat her and their confrontation would end in her loss, she still felt there were some chances of her escaping.

But seeing him use that power she knew that even running away would not be possible and that made her more tense and frustrated.

Tense because she knew that she would not even be able to escape if he wanted her not to, and frustrated because as an S-ranked raider, she had never felt this helpless.

But when she realized the meaning of his words, she became even warier.

"No, it's not as you think. I am not someone who killed him to steal his power. Do you think I would be telling you all this if I were the one who did this?" Realizing why she became warier; he explained it to her. Alice relaxed a little hearing his reasoning, but she was still wary of him.

Some people can steal abilities from other people, and after stealing abilities they kill the said person to not leave any proof behind.

He also had that kind of ability but there was no need to say that as that would only make him look more suspicious. He would see how it goes between him and Alice, then find an opportunity to talk about it later.

"Now, I will tell you what really happened." Listening to his words Alice also nodded and became focused. So, Alex continued.

"Alex drank the Awakening potion and it caused his death, but that was where I came in. I who had also died somewhere was given another chance and my soul was transferred to his body. So, now I am Alex and this is what I have been trying to explain to you." After explaining it to Alice, all he got from her was a skeptical look.

Alex also knew that it was hard to believe, so, he continued.

"Why do you think I know things that no one other than him should have known? Why do you think that I look just like him? And for your knowledge, I am not using any kind of disguise ability, you can check it if you want to.

When I got his body, I also got the memories along with some of his feelings for you, or else I would have killed you first since only you know him enough to understand that I am not him." Hearing Alex's words, Alice trembled a little since she knew his reasoning was right, but she was also shocked when she heard his last words.

"Then, who are you?" Alice asked after calming down a little.

"I don't know, I don't remember anything about my previous Self, other than some abilities, that is," Alex replied truthfully, even if he didn't tell her everything.

"You don't remember?" Alice asked curiously, not realizing that she had already put away her wariness from him and was just curious about his existence.

Even though she loved her brother and she was sad for him, she knew she couldn't blame him, but she still had a question left.

"Yes. I continue using the name Alex in remembrance of the late Alex but also because I don't remember my name. This is also why I said that I am Alex but not the one you knew." Alex explained to her patiently after seeing that she was not wary of him anymore.

"Are you sure you are not Alex, I know that your looks have changed and personality as well. But it could be that you are still Alex but you just don't remember it, after all, you said that you don't remember anything other than Alex's memories. It could be something like a split personality." Alice finally asked her question with some hope in her voice, she blushed when she talked about his looks and personality, though.

She had seen some people who got a split personality after Awakening some kind of unique power, so, she thought that maybe this was also the same.

"No, even though I don't remember my past, I know perfectly well that I was not someone from this world," Alex said and Alice again became shocked.

"You are from another world? That's not possible. There is no other world." Alice said in a tone that clearly said she was not buying it. Alex also understood that since the people of this world had yet to find even a single inhabited world other than their own. But...

"Did you ever think that using magic was possible before the Gates appeared? No right, but you can use magic now. It's the same for other worlds as well, you just haven't found them yet." Alex reasoned calmly.

He knew there were many other worlds out there and many other things as well, but he was not going to explain these things to her since he could see that she was having a hard time believing even what he had said.

"B-but it's not possible, how can there be any other world." Alice was still having a hard time believing it, so, Alex said something that she might be able to believe.

"What do you think a Gate is? Where do you think the monsters inside of it come from? They are not from this world from what I know, and they disappear once we kill them. So, don't you think they might be from some other world? The gate never creates monsters, it only stores them and you might have known that as well." As Alex continued his words, Alice also started thinking about his words and somehow, they made more sense than any other speculations done by the scientists.

She looked at him straight and asked. "How strong are you?"

"Hmm, strong enough that no one in this world would be able to defeat me," Alex's reply was relaxed but there was deep-rooted confidence in his words that could not be hidden.

This made Alice realize that he might be stronger than she had thought and his evaluation in her mind.

"Is there anything else you would want to know?" Alex asked her as he saw her in deep thought.

"Yes." She replied and Alex waved his hand, telling her to continue.

"You said Alex's power was so strong that his body couldn't handle it and he died, right?" This was something she wanted to know.

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