Life [Part 11]

"Alex, can you help Maria? Help her find Alice," Joe Walker said as he was running.

"Huh? Why me?" Alex asked while flying alongside Joe Walker.

"Maria is faster than I thought. And why is this place so vast!?"

"If that's the case, then run faster, why are you running so slowly?"

"I even struggle to walk! And you're asking me to run faster? Just so you know, before I used this body, I spent decades without standing and speaking except with an a one angel!"

"Uwah, that doesn't sound pleasant."

"That's why I'm bored!"

Alex sighed and said, "sigh... Alright, but you will really help us, right?"

"Of course!"

Alex quickly vanished and merged with the wind there to be faster.

Joe Walker, seeing that, exclaimed, "damn, making me jealous! Why can't humans do like that!?"

On the other hand, Alex managed to reach Maria in just 2 seconds.

"Alice! Where are you! Come out! Alice!..." Maria shouted as she ran aimlessly.

Alex, witnessing this, immediately tried to connect his energy with Violet, who was currently with Alice. It was easier for them as they were entities with a close relationship from the beginning.

After Alex's energy reached Violet and she acknowledged it, Violet tried to connect her energy with Alex's approaching energy. This way, they could communicate telepathically over a distance.

"Hey, Violet, where is the little girl you're chasing?"

"She's above, she has left our territory. She has left the house environment, I can't follow her anymore."

"Darn! That's why I hate these spiritual limitations! Alright, I'll inform Joe."

"Yeah do that, I'm sorry, hurry dear, I'm worried about that little girl!"

"Alright, be patient."

Alex tried to connect his energy with Joe Walker as he did with his wife before.

Joe Walker, who had learned how to do it, managed to connect his spiritual energy as well, allowing them to telepathically communicate.

"How is it, where are Maria and Alice?" Joe Walker asked, concerned.

"Ouch! Before that, can you control the amount of spiritual energy you use? It's a bit too much and heavy for me, who has weak spiritual energy."

"You know I can't control it, right?"

"Sigh, I'll cut off the telepathy with my wife so I can hold it back," Alex began to retrieve the energy he had connected with his wife before, but this meant Alex and Violet could no longer telepathically communicate over a distance.

"Alright, now... for now, we need to leave my house," Alex told Joe Walker.

"Huh? Why?"

"My wife said Alice left the house. She can't follow Alice anymore because our territory is only within the house and this place."

"Sigh, why did she go there? For now, take me and Maria there."

"Alright, I've been whispering the fastest route to Maria so she can quickly go to the bookshelf elevator. I'll guide you too, Joe."

"Thank you."

"No problem, I should be thankful to you for agreeing to our arrangement. You are our hope, our last hope."

Joe Walker, hearing this, could only remain silent.

Joe Walker was guided by Alex through the fastest route. It was a bit confusing because Alex had to focus on Maria as well.

Meanwhile, Maria, who was unaware of everything, felt a bit strange.

"Go right... Left... Straight ahead... Right!" Strange whispers kept instructing her like that.

Maria didn't understand what it was. But she felt the whispers were trying to help her. She followed the instructions given by the whispers.

A few minutes later, she arrived in front of the elevator where there should have been a bookshelf. However, the bookshelf was no longer there, leaving her puzzled.

"Huh? Where did the bookshelf that can go up and down go?"

While Maria was still confused, another whisper suddenly said, "step forward until you stand in front of the elevator. Wait a few minutes until the elevator returns."

Maria, who had trusted the whispers, did as she was told.

Do I just have to stand here?

Shortly after, the bookshelf descended without anyone inside. Maria entered, feeling amazed. But she forgot something.

"Oh, how do I use this elevator?"

Another whisper came, "why did you forget! Put the red book on the current floor into the bookshelf now!"

Ah, this time he was angry...

The red book? Ah, I remember! Joe did it too! I thought he just wanted to read the book...

Why is it under the floor?

Maria picked up the red book lying on the floor and tried to put it back into the bookshelf. However, she misplaced it because she also forgot where to place it.

Another whisper occurred, "the red button! Find the red button there and place the book in that spot so the button gets pressed!"

The red button?

Maria started searching for the red button until she found it.

Ah, there it is!

Maria then placed the red book she had in her hand into that spot, pressing the red button with the book.

The bookshelf started to rise, and Maria was amazed once again.

"Whoaaa! Going up! Up! Up! Up!..." Suddenly, she remembered Alice, "where is Alice?"

Another whisper said, "your sister is outside this house."

Outside?

Maria felt a bit relieved knowing that. She was confident that Alice must be in their vehicle at that moment. She knew and believed that Alice was not a foolish person who would do something silly and wrong. She believed it deep in her heart because they were family.

Maria was also increasingly curious about the whispers. She said, "hey, who are you? Why are you helping me? Am I just hallucinating?"

Alex, who was there all along, was surprised. He almost thought Maria could see him like Joe Walker could. To answer Maria's curiosity, Alex whispered to her again, "I am Joe's friend, you can trust me. But you should hurry now because your sister can no longer be followed by my wife."

"Your wife? I don't understand what you mean, but don't worry. I trust Alice."

"Aren't you afraid of being left behind by her? You have a vehicle outside the house, right?"

Maria smiled upon hearing the whisper and said, "I trust her."

"Why?"

"Because Alice and I are family."