Chapter 235 - Wait, What? (1/2)

The Dark water below looks ominous as the hauntingly beautiful voice echos around my head like something like a beautiful nightmare. That's right! This must be a nightmare! I'm back home, sleeping in bed with Bai Lei...

Suddenly, I fall! When I hit the dark water, shock hits me full force. I quickly break to the surface and suck in a lung full of the night air. What the hell!? I quickly think about Bai Lei and home, willing myself to shift away but nothing happens.

The singing continues as I suddenly feel something brush against my leg. I jerk back and fight to keep my breathing even as I try to think about what to do and how I got here. Why am I always being pulled around!?

Something brushes against my leg again but this time it slightly pulls me. Oh no no no... I already have a fear of the ocean but it's nighttime and something's circling me in the water!!! I'm even getting the feeling that there's more than one! I want to cry...

Calm down Nova, think. I try to use my power to lift myself out of the water but nothing happens. What the hell is the point in having powers if you can never use them when you need them!? Wait... was it the singing? Was it somehow stopping my powers?

Something firmly grabs my leg and suddenly pulls me under the water, taking me by surprise. Even though I was now underwater, I can still hear the singing... I fight to pull my leg back but nothing I do allows me to break free.

I don't even know what has me!! It's so dark... I can't see anything!! My heart beats so hard against my ċhėst, I feel like it's about to burst out as I struggle to think through my panic and fear. I can feel myself going deeper and deeper as I reach down to pry off whatever has me.

I fumble around and feel it! It's cold and somewhat soft but it holds onto me like a metal chain. I try to dig my fingers in between it and my leg but it doesn't work! My lungs burn with the need for air as we continue to go further and further down.

I'm going to die... I try to dig my nails into the thing holding me but I'm losing all my strength. I... I can't get it off! I feel myself growing weaker and I'm losing the ability to think. My lungs burn and sting, demanding for air that I can't give it.

So this is really my end? I really never thought about how I'd die but this surely wasn't it... I feel myself relaxing as my dress flutters all around me like a soft blanket. I still can't see anything and maybe that's a good thing...

My heartbeat is so slow... it's nearly come to a stop but we keep descending. I'm pretty sure my ears popped a while back but I can't really feel anything anymore as I give into my death. I suddenly feel someone's cold hands on my face and instantly reach out to grab them as I snap my eyes open.

A man with dark purple eyes and long, dark blue hair stares down at me with a blank look. I blink several times in confusion and look to my hand. I was holding his hand! I instantly release his hand and sit up when he leans back.

I quickly look around in confusion and instead of clearing things up, I only find myself even more confused! If this had been my world, It would look like I was in a giant fishbowl! Well... water completely surrounds my 'fishbowl' while the 'fishbowl' itself was filled with air.

Was I in a glass dome underwater!? Wait... no, that can't be right. They don't have glass here... right? I look to the man who's sitting on the bed I'm in, watching me silently. I nervously lick my lips and ask ”Who are you and where am I?”

The man watches me silently for a few more seconds before saying ”I take it you're the one who saved the female demon?” My brain struggles to understand for a few seconds before it clicks. Ai... ”You're the Northern Sea Deity?” I ask in a soft voice.