Illusion and Memory 1

"Thomas."

"Thomas."

The man gasped in surprise, he opened his eyes, squinted, the dazzling sunlight made his eyes hurt, he raised his hand, got up from his sleep and found himself in a very wide meadow.

Thomas looked left and right, the sun was shining so brightly, the sky was clear blue without clouds, the grass swayed in the wind, the trees seemed to grow a great distance away.

Thomas blinked his eyes, looked at his hands and feet, he was flabbergasted.

He could see and his body was back to normal, with a stagger, Thomas got up, he felt his body, from top to bottom, pulling his hair, making sure that his hair was no longer white, he stretched his legs, and stretched his arms.

Everything back!

Thomas was silent, he was confused.

"Careful! You will fall!"

The shriek of a woman with galloping horse steps came from a distance, Thomas turned his head.

Two white horses galloped closer, the sound of laughter accompanied each step of the horse, two small children riding horses with sparkling eyes, the boy looks shorter, holding the reins with a big smile, while the girl looks bigger than him, sitting behind while laughing mockingly at the woman riding behind them.

"If you fall, well… just fall!"

The woman on the horse chuckled, she was still following the two small children, her long hair was tied up, reddish-black, her face looked young, her lips were flushed red, her skin was light yellow, she wore cloth pants, lined with high-to-high leather shoes, almost to her knees, her shirt was made of cotton with a brown vest.

"Ouch!" The boy suddenly pulled the reins, the horse neighed and lifted its front legs, no doubt the two children fell to the ground, right in front of Thomas.

The woman laughed, immediately got off her horse, she helped the two children sit up.

"Mom told you right?" The woman took a handkerchief and wiped the dirt on her two children's faces.

"I'm not crying!"

The boy suddenly stood up, but fell back because he didn't realize his knee was injured, he grimaced and cried loudly.

The woman laughed, she hugged her child and whispered soft words, then the sound of laughter was heard, they were joking with each other.

Thomas was still standing there, watching it all, his tears falling without realizing it.

"Mother … sister…."

He fell on his knees to the ground, this was his memory of when he was five years old, in which it was the happiest year of his life, at that time he did not understand about the kingdom, had not studied and did not have many demands, he only knew to play.

As well as her sister, the girl doesn't even know how to make up her face, hasn't learned how to walk gracefully like a princess, his sister is always beside him all the time.

Thomas looked up and felt a strong wind blowing the dry leaves, black clouds suddenly came rushing to block the sunlight, raindrops fell heavily on the earth, making water pool near Thomas, the ground that had been full of grass had now become soft and muddy.

"Thomas, you have to save your sister," said a woman with blood coming out of her mouth, her body was emaciated, her hands showing veins protruding from the flesh, she held Thomas' face, staring sadly.

The hand weakened, Thomas hastily grabbed it, cupped it in front of his chest, he hugged the frail woman tightly with tears in his eyes, he shook his head.

"Please endure, mother." Thomas sobbed, the woman's breath faltered in his arms, it didn't take long, the body was no longer moving.

Thomas held his mother's face, rubbed it lovingly, wiped the raindrops that fell heavily, as if mourning the death of the most beloved queen in the kingdom of Megalima.

"Let me go!" Someone roared in the rain, Thomas gasped, the frail body in his arms disappeared. The surroundings that had been mud and rain changed in an instant, he was in front of a building with a very strong scent of wine, red curtains spread everywhere, swearing sounds were heard in every corner accompanied by sighs that made Thomas shiver.

In front of this is a brothel.

Right in front of him a woman curled up with red and swollen eyes, her dress was torn here and there, her hair was limp, her white body was full of scars here and there, she was struggling, her hands were holding a chain wrapped around her neck, she was dragged violently by a cold-faced female Orc.

"I am Princess Tiersa, please spare me!"

Thomas felt his body shaking violently, in this place, his sister was not treated humanely in front of himself, he closed his eyes when the sound of slapping sounded repeatedly interspersed with heart-rending cries.

Laughter from a man sounded, uttering dirty words insulting his sister, like a prostitute, the woman's hair was grabbed, her body was groped roughly, making Tiersa scream.

This was his memory a few months ago, after he was cursed by the White Wizard. Queen Valerie seemed to be deliberately torturing her by showing how his sister was being tortured in front of herself.

Thomas closed his eyes, scream after scream pierced his ears, he took a deep breath, and opened his eyes again.

In front of him at this moment, his face turned blank, white, like a void.

"Are you done playing with me?"

Thomas glanced back, the little girl who had brought him was sitting on a big white snake, her red eyes squinting just like the snake under her.

"It's great to be able to escape the illusion I created." The girl straightened up, her bare feet on the floor, she grinned.

With each step she drew closer, her body slowly expanded, forming the slender body of a mature woman, her hair long and silky, and the clothes that wrapped around her became smaller and smaller, so that they could only cover her chest to her groin.

"I'll give you a stone to break the curse, but on one condition." The woman put her hand on Thomas' shoulder, her tongue sticking out, caressing Thomas' cheek.

Thomas was motionless, his hands floating in the air, the snake woman's legs up to his waist, she hissed and looked at Thomas seductively.

"So mine," she continued with his arms around Thomas, the man was silent for a moment, the body in front of him was constantly moving seductively, he closed his eyes.

Thomas' hands moved to hug the woman, holding her tightly, the snake woman chuckled softly. Thomas leaned his face on her shoulder, he breathed right into her ear and whispered in a low voice.

"In your dream," he said, the woman gasped, a dagger suddenly stabbed her from behind, she turned, and found Thomas's hand holding the dagger, the hand swinging, stabbed in the same place, heart.

"Ah!" The snake woman struggled, she quickly dodged, jumped back to the big snake she was sitting on, coughing.

Fresh blood ran down his mouth along with the blood running down his back, she looked at Thomas with anger.

The dagger in Thomas's hand enlarged, forming a sharp sword, the look on the man's face was icy cold, her eyes narrowed with fury.

"You insolent man!"