Gorgeous Jewel
Chapter V Chapter 190

Sarpathi hastily opens the door and brings Alice inside. Then he closed it. His panicked look seemed like he was being chased by something.

Sarpathi turned to look at Alice seriously.

"What's wrong with her?" Ask Alice in her mind.

After he took out the material and the monster's corpse from his dimension storage ring, Sarpathi suddenly just acted strangely. He looked terrified like he had just seen a ferocious monster.

"So it..is it dimensional storage? Or is that your ability?" Sarpathi asked in a hasty tone.

Alice was silent for a moment. Of course he didn't feel like telling Sarpathi about it. After all, Alice knew that dimensional laws were something rare to learn. The ability to control space and time was arguably equivalent to the abilities of the Gods. During her travels, Alice had never once seen someone using a bag or dimensional pouch or any other artifact that possessed the same abilities as her dimensional storage ring. Although in fact these objects have been recorded in the history of witchcraft, but today they are rare and not easy to find.

Sarpathi sighed while shaking her head slowly. "That's it, I know you won't say it. Yeah, you better not have to say it."

Sarpathi again saw Alice who was looking down, since she saw the woman was silent and lowered her gaze. Sarpathi followed her gaze and found that her hand was still tightly grasping Alice's arm.

Sarpathi was shocked. "...!? I-I'm sorry." He hurriedly let go of Alice's hand.

He realized that he had just dragged the woman from the next building into this room by force. Despite his low rank because he had just registered as an adventurer, but his ability was so strong that he could defeat Palu who was a professional adventurer at rank B.

Sarpathi gets a little nervous because she is afraid that she has accidentally offended Alice. But Alice did not show any resentment on her face. He kept calm and said. "It's okay." Speak with a soft tone. "More importantly, what do you mean by what you said?"

"...I just hope that you don't reveal anything about that dimensional ability."

"Why?"

Sarpathi's gaze looked more serious. He took a deep breath to relieve the awkwardness just now. While remembering the events that have recently been rife in the city and surrounding areas, Sarpathi also explained the meaning of his words just now. "Lately, the temple is looking for people with rare abilities like you. No matter if they are young or old. When they get information about the rare ability user, then they will send people to pick him up...."

His expression suddenly turned sad. Sarpathi seemed to want to say something but it ran aground at the end of her tongue. Sarpathi looked at Alice for a while without a sound. He then lowered his head, closed his eyes for a moment while biting his lips and then raised his head again.

"My sister...Parvathis. He is the only family I have. When he was just a teenager, he suddenly awakened his abilities. He also had the ability to use dimensional laws. At first I thought it was a blessing from God. Parvathi enthusiastically registered himself with the adventurer guild, even though he was very young. And it just so happened that I was the guide so that he would not be wrong in choosing the Quest. I'm really sorry I couldn't help it."

Generating abilities? Is he the chosen one? Then...what happened to him?

Alice had heard about the chosen ones who suddenly had extraordinary abilities. One example is her friend Lilia. She became a great Saintess because of the blessing of Goddess Gaia. His abilities had risen by the time he turned 10. Another example is Elysia, her daughter. He gained his ability to use the law of dimension due to a gift from Erebos who wanted to make him a messenger.

Sarpathi continues his story. "My brother's adventure went well and smoothly. He enjoyed it very much. He always came home happily while completing one or two Quests that were on the board. I'm also happy when he jumps up and hugs me." Sarpathi laughed. But once it was clear that the look of the face was plastered, the sound of his laughter could not melt the feeling of sadness engraved on his face.

"Although his rank is still low, but because of his unique abilities, a group took a glance at him and invited him to join. Their group is not bad, they are notoriously friendly and loyal friends, they have a good reputation in the city. They began their adventure together and successfully completed many Quests. My sister jumped in excitement when she finished raising her rank to D rank."

The melancholic gaze that harbored that feeling of longing... Alice looked at Sarpathi's bitter smile as if trying to hold back her tears from flowing out.

Alice tries to stop Sarpathi from continuing her story. Truly, losing the only person who means anything to you makes him feel sorry for you. But Sarpathi raised her hand, saying she was fine.

Maybe he needs someone to listen to him. Think Alice.

"They continued to adventure until finally bad luck fell on their group." Both Sarpathi's shoulders trembled. His head hung down staring at both of his legs. Sarpathi then covered her face with both hands. "I don't know where it's wrong. I was the one who suggested the Quest to them. That E rank quest.I didn't expect that they were all... It's all my fault. Hicks..."

******* his breathing sounds heavier. The seriousness on his face turned completely into sadness as he opened his hand.

Alice grabbed her shoulder and patted her back slowly. He pointed it at one of the chairs in the room.

"Are you okay? You better not have to continue."

Sarpathi shook her head. "No. When I saw your powers earlier, I immediately remembered my sister. Your age may be the same. I feel like telling you because I don't want the same thing to happen to you either."

Sarpathi took her breath several times until she completely calmed down. Heavy, Sarpathi grabbed the side of her shirt and then she went back to telling stories. "He and his group had an accident. Just then, another group of adventurers found him covered in wounds lying inside the dungeon while his three companions had died. When my sister came to her senses and her condition began to drift apart, I began to question her about what had happened back then. But he can't answer me. More like.he got a terrible terror that scared him half to death. Every time I asked a question about what was happening within that dungeon, he would scream and cower in fear. The day was a deep trauma for him. So I decided not to bring it up again. As time passed, Parvathi's condition began to recover and he was able to carry out his activities normally. But without wind or rain, the arrival of the temple was like thunder that surprised me."

"Did they..bring Parvathi?"

Sarpathi.

"Did they take him by force?" Ask Alice.

Parvathi loves her brother and is his only family. Parvathi would definitely not agree to their invitation.

Unfortunately, it didn't happen that way. Alice was wide-eyed as Sarpathi shook her head.

"I don't know what made Parvathi approve of them. He decided to go with them. The smile on his face showed that he was happy and wanted to come with them. I.don't accept. I refused but Parvathi was so stubborn. He kept begging to let her go. It was because of his earnestness that I would not want to have to let go but on condition that I want to be given permission to visit him once a week at the temple."

"That's great? That way at least you can still meet. So, did they approve your request?."

"They don't approve. They can only allow me to visit Parvathi once a month. I didn't know I had to do anything else. My sister's eyes made me unable to resist until I realized that I had made the same mistake twice. Stupid right?" Parvathi laughed bitterly.

Sarpathi closed her eyes with one of her hands resting on the table. "I can't forget my sister's expression back then. This accumulated longing was dashed and vanished into a wound the moment I met him at the temple."

Alice begins to discover the strangeness of Sarpathi's story. A little, Alice seemed to be able to guess what happened next. His head had some answers but he did not want to make a decision too quickly.

At least, Alice hopes that Parvathi is still alive. Yep. If so, he might be able to do something.

"When I first came to the temple to see him. I don't know where to look for him. I went to ask the temple priests. Until they all couldn't give me the answers I wanted. I decided to wait around the temple. Justright. When I was almost waiting all day, I was so happy when I saw my sister show up. How happy my heart is when I see him. He did not look thin and his body looked better. Her face was bright, her voice soft and melodious as well as her graceful gestures.she moved me. 'my sister has grown up and become a temple priest', I thought at the time. I came to him, but I was surprised when I greeted him and he looked at me like we were strangers. I'm at a loss for words. I can't believe it would be like that. The fixated me could only stare at the small back of my sister who walked away."

This is not a stranger to Alice. There were only two possibilities he could think of when he heard the last sentence from Sarpathi. Either the temple has brainwashed Parvathi or they control him with magic. But, is that possible?

It has something to do with Erebos. How could? There was no way the Evil God seemed to be able to have any influence to that extent into the worship temple of Goddess Ishtar.

The atmosphere in the room was calm. It seems Sarpathi is no longer able to continue her story. He was really hit.

A few moments later. The sound of knocking on the door and the call of a woman broke their silence.

"Mother...is mother inside? What the hell's going on? Is Sarpathi okay? You guys are okay, right?" Asked Elysia worriedly.