30 A white room

Xylene felt something flicker out of her, as she was in world made of silence and nothingness, it suddenly turned into bright white

Perhaps its a dream... or a place where you'll end up after you actually died

I wonder what would happen to me now...

As she was thinking about things, she felt how she was on top of a floor, and she can feel the ground

Then perhaps it really is something like a place after you die, the place felt somehow alive, the room was well lit and bright however you could still feel the corners of the place. Its just like a pure white room at a size of a hall, with walls that emit light on their own. It gives me a sense of weird calmness

The place is relatively light, however there is nothing in the vicinity, a pure white empty space, addition to that is the natural silence that filled the room. Wondering what could have happened, Xylene stood up and tried to sense her body, however nothing is wrong, I'm still the same before I met that monster. Confirming her condition she began to walk in straight line, one can get lost if there are only 1 color around you, however she managed to reach what seems to be the end, a wall. There is nothing in the wall in particular, however it has a feel of it being polished. As she touched the wall she began to wonder about what happen into her

She remembered dying on that Huge spider "If possible please do not turn me into a spider on my next life" she was most certain that she died. She has no knowledge of afterlife, as she didn't meet anyone or heard anything when she first woke up, its the first time she encounter this white room

Finally gaining calm, she tried to assess things by calling the system

"System"

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"What!?..." Seing the jumbled letter, she did not know what to do, something happened to the system and she fears that its now going to disappear, is dying the reason for it? "Then what could possibly be this last message?" aside from the jumbled letter which seems to be the status , it ended with a last message being jumbled

A total span of at least 6 hours passed on the white room, its as if telling her that she was forgotten by the world. Nothing changed around her and she can only cursed the world of why she was trapped inside

Worried about being trapped forever, she tried to knock and hit every corner of the wall, she even checked the ground, but nothing seems to be working

She's left there alone, doing nothing, feeling nothing but boredom and fear of whats to come

However when she finally almost got used to it, a sudden force pulled her behind downwards, dragging her forcefully as she was suddenly absorbed by the floor like the famous walkthroughwalls, making her vision blackout that instant and not letting her even squeeze out a voice.

Apparently, the same moment when Xylene disappeared from the room, the white empty room suddenly shake. And then various changes happened. The white room soon become gray, and then pillars suddenly errupted from the ground, followed by fog suddenly filling the room. But the fog wasn't so dense yet, and it could still be visible that a darker shade of a silhouette appeared in middle of these pillars...

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"Guaaaaah!" she breath a big and heavy one, as she felt her body dried out of air and as if her insides were squeezed tightly, her body were also in extreme pain. She cannot move even an inch, and her muscles were really painful. Her eyes were also blurry, and it seems as if her mind were at the state of hazy

Feeling extremely uncomfortable and unable to move, she laid on the ground for atleast an hour, then when she deemed that her body would now be able to move again, she stood up and wiped her moist eyes

Finally able to see again, she take a look around and found out that it was already sun set

That time she knew she was alive

She dusted her clothes only to see large holes in it and a lot of blood in it, its literally painted in red, but surprisingly nothing else is wrong, there's no hole in her body

"What could have possibly happen to me?" her body still feeling quite a few lot of stinging pain with a mix of numbness on other parts, she moved around as if assessing her surrounding

Broken trees all around, it also included the rocks and few visible torn around a few distant cliffs. But most of all, she did not know where she currently was

Trying to sense the direction around her, also by the help of the Sun's location, she hoped that it was still the same forest that she knew, but whats surprising is that she could now tell that it was somehow mystically cold around, maybe addition to the setting sun and the upcomming night or the surroundings themselves were naturally cold by itself

One thing she noticed is that her inside felt a little heavier in a sense, its the same old feeling that she knew so well. Her heart felt emotionally heavy for some reason

She ran through her memories and tried to remember the direction of the cave, before moving at the location of the west

However in the end, she did not encounter anything of the place she knew "Where exactly am I?" riddle by her location, and worried as the night already spread around, her only choice now was to hunt for food and to find a suitable place to sleep

Following her senses, she immediately caught a prey deer at its hiding place, although it was well hidden she only thought of it as natural, however Xylene didn't notice of the change in her body

She shot it with earth spear an it instantly died just like that, then she made the same stone stick out of earth magic, and set up the very same firepit, the same when she first got here. As soon as she got the place to sleep at the location where the deer hid itself, she instantly worked on setting the food, not far from here she heard of a stream of water. This place must be a location where wild animals reside. Most certainly there are probbably no monsters around

Though she still has no idea how these animals survived on this harsh environment, she set the meat on the fire

After savoring the nearly tastless cooked food, She stomped on the firepit, the food taste the same just only the lack of saltiness but it has a taste on its own, probbably because she got used on salty taste that even though the food is good on itself, she cant bring herself to appreciate it

Now reaching for the stream of water, she found a huge lake slightly illuminated by moonlight, and it clearly reflected the moon that has only just peeked behind the tall shadows of trees

Something like this is purely beautiful which often only comes on illustrations, she can only exhale an exhausted sigh at the magnificent view that lay in front of her

She most probbably died after all that happen, although she did not know of the specific and most likely she was thrown somewhere or at worst a completely different world. But then, she notice the silhouette reflected on the river, as she was about to take on to confirm if she was able to drink on it, she saw her own reflection by the help of the moonlight

The very same her was reflected on it, with the help of her old night vision skill, she saw a few lot of changes on her, it was also the time when she finally took a notice of checking her own body for anything. After constant viewing herself on the white room, she didn't felt the need for checking herself earlier

What's on the reflection was, the very same girl from before, it was Xylene with her natural long red hair that was glittering by the shine of the moonlight, however what caught her eye was the White and blue horns that seemingly sprouted out of her head, it it wasn't actually on the edge of her vision, making her not notice of it at all, it spouted forward with most part of it pointing backwards seemingly looking as if it was a wing, its truely a completely weird sensation when she touched it, but one thing for sure is that although it looked like a horn, its quite tougher than even steel, and most part of it is that she can't use magic to test if she can re-shape or play with it

"Figured it was like that" Although a little bit dissappointed, she knew that it should be normal, after all a detachable natural horn is no less the same as a fake, more so if you can mold it

But one thing she anticipated on the visible changes is that, she hoped for a pair of wings. Seemingly delighted, she found a budge of what seemed to be a pair of small wings wrapped around her back as if it was part of the Clothes. No wonder as the Clothes itself was torn so much yet able to keep itself. However although she knew it was there, its as if it was numb or like she can't feel it at all. Probbably one cause is that she never encountered a foreign sense coming from a wing, neither in her wildest dream would something like this happen one day, exept of course for the tail which is brought by curiosity, but she wasn't on the magical side of chunni so something like wings is out of her 'expertise'

"Ah now that I remember" She reached for her bottom, only to see her own panties. "Wooops" seemingly embarrassed she looked behind instead

A tiny tail was hanging directly behind her, it ripped a hole on the cloth and it seemingly sprouted just above the hips. She can feel the cold touch of its surface, and she can see a pattern of small scales in it, at the end of it was a visible sharp blades that looks like a 'U' that is connected like a 'Y', it looked more like an axe and its weirdly wiggling when she tried to sense and move it

Overall alot of changes happened, and she did not know how to handle it. But in the end, she can tell that she is slowly going close to being a dragon. Seeking for details, she called out the system

[{Access: Denied}]

"So it was like that after all" in the end she finally saw the last message, however she did not know of any details and neither would she be able to ask anyone about the changes that she had undergo

As she was close to the lake she found a stream of water nearby which probbably is the source of the noise, she was thankful for it as she took her fill but she noticed a change in her eyes. Upon focusing on the reflection, she saw two layers of colors on top of it, one of the old but darker red and another of the lighter opaque that has the horizontal aligned oval, actually its like a cat's eyes. Amazed by the discovery, she visibly gigled with joy for a few minutes before finally going back to the camp, and finally ending the day just like that

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She tried to move and get to feel her wings, and adjust them if they ever feel uncomfortable on the back, however its the same numb as it used to be, she can probbably sleep with it. As for the tail, she was afraid that she might hurt herself without her knowing it, so she tried to touch it and realize that the tip wasnt actually that sharp, it was actually dull but the edges could still be considered sharp when you chop hard enough... no lets just give up, its actually dull

'I-its not like I was concerned for the sharpness or anything but, maybe on the future'

Her hope of a super duper cool tail attack might end up a dream one day... but she still had a chance, probbably

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