Mysterious Man
Recalling her memories, Aria learns that she probably got into accidents after the blinding light engulfed her vision.
'Maybe I fainted as soon as the light pierced my eyes, and then someone saved me and brought me to this place - but who?'
While Aria squeezes her brain to think of the possibility of how she ended up here, the wooden door of the room suddenly creaks and slowly begins to open.
The sudden intrusion of strangers jolted her out, and Aria unintentionally stood up from laying down on the bed. She looks carefully at the figures that slowly appear as the door opens, but the dimmed light of the room limits her vision.
Noticed that their presence had been detected, the figures stopped its movement, and suddenly spoke to her. "Did I wake you up? How are you feeling?"
Aria's body went numb as soon as she heard a man low voice vibrating through her ears. Her mind went blank as she suddenly forgot how to speak.
"Are you okay? Did you feel uncomfortable somewhere?" Noticing that Aria stood there with a frozen expression, the man felt worried and can't help but ask further, but he kept his distance by not entering the room without her permission.
"Ah, sorry! I'm okay. My head hurts a little, but it is bearable." Bewitched by his low voice that is pleasing to the ears, Aria suddenly responds to his question without thinking much.
Only then did she realize that she spoke too much to a stranger that she knew nothing about. That is how bewitching someone voice can be. Aria mumbles in her heart.
"I brought some medicines that can ease the pain. Healer Rowu asked me to give it to you when you wake up." Still standing by the door, the man shows Aria a tray that has a cup of unidentified water and a few pieces of bread.
Feeling guilty and embarrassed, Aria stands up from the bed and starts to walk towards the door. As soon as she began taking her first step, her head felt so heavy, and her vision started to spin around. She then unconsciously sat on the bed again and held her head with a tremble hand.
Aria looked upwards when she suddenly felt someone touch her shoulder. Her teary eyes look so pitiful as she bearing a turmoil pain in her head.
"Here, drink this medicine. It is a potion that Healer Rowu brew this evening. It will reduce your pain." Feeling scared and worried, that man who no one knows what his name is hand the cup with the potion to Aria.
Only a sip of the potion is enough to make her stomach grumble, and a wave of nauseous engulfed her entire body.
"The taste is so weird. I can't finish it all." Aria said to the man with a pleading tone.
"You need to drink it all for the medicine to work on your body. Eat this bread to cleanse the taste." Despite her pleading, the man ignores her words and asks her to finish the potion instead.
Unwilling, Aria drank all the medicine in one gulp. Her hand subconsciously grabbed a piece of bread that was placed on the tray in front of her on instant.
Thankfully, the sweet taste of the bread is enough to remove the weird bitter taste in her mouth. Feeling upset, she asked the man about the ingredient of the potion that made it taste so bad.
Unfortunately, the man didn't have the answer to her question because he was not the one who made the potion.
"I'll ask Healer Rowu about it. You should rest for now. I'll give your answer tomorrow." The man said a few words before he left Aria in the room again.
'What is just happen? Who is he? Is it really a medicine? Well, I think it is. My head feels slightly better now. He didn't even tell me his name, though.' As Aria throwing series question in her head, her eyes began to close on its own as a sign of drowsiness.
She was unable to fight the feeling of sleepiness despite her curiosity about her whereabout. She then fell asleep because of the effects of the potion she had just taken.