R-a - Volume 4 - Chapter 29 (Patreon)

R-a - Volume 4 - Chapter 29 (In editing-v1)

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To my little sister Anna,

Hey! How have you been? Uhh, well, that’s probably a dumb question given the circumstances. Sorry, this is my first letter I’m writing to you, and I’m kinda not used to this yet, so it’ll probably be short.

I don’t know when I’ll be able to give you this, but I have all the time in the world right now, so I figured I might as well!

Over here, it’s my first day in some sort of magic training area where time flows faster, but only for my Soul or something. Yeah, it doesn’t make any sense to me, but it still works!

I just found out that I could bring things with me from my Spatial Ring in here, so I grabbed some paper I had and bought a pen from the Shop… and here I am now!

I miss you, Anna. I don’t know where you are or how you’re doing, but I want you to know that I miss you.

It’s only been a few months since I’ve seen you, but I know it’s been several years since you’ve seen me. Time in the 7 Layers sure is weird, huh?

I love you, Anna. I hope you’re doing strong and holding up, wherever you are. Keep it up, girl! You got this!

You do your best over there, and I’ll do my best over here, capiche?

See you soon,

Sophia

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To my little sister,

Hey Anna!

That’s right! I wrote a second letter!

This time, I’ll tell you a bit about what I’m up to over here.

It’s been 5 days since I came to this weird time chamber thing. So far, I’ve spent all my time training.

I have a sparring partner I trained outside that’s respawning over and over. She’s like a shadowy clone of me that grows smarter every time we spar!

So far, though, she’s still terrible. I wonder how many times I have to beat her before she becomes a challenge? Because of the training we did outside, she’s stronger than me, but that doesn’t mean anything if she can’t even touch me.

After I defeat her, it takes a full hour for her to respawn. After doing some tracking, I noticed that she reappears once every hour for 16 hours straight. Then, I get an 8 hour break period to do what I want, which is mostly just meditation and practice.

It’s interesting! Well, sorta. This room is just one giant blank space, so when the clone is gone, there isn’t much for me to do. Still, I’m persevering!

After killing the shadow clone 80 times, it’s definitely started to grow smarter. Now the clone uses real techniques and tactics as it tries to take me down. It can even use the same Abilities as me! It’s still not very hard, though.

I miss you, Anna. You’re always in my thoughts.

With all my love,

Sophia

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To my little sister Anna,

Hey girl! Letter #3! I’m still stuck in this magic time space thing over here! How are you doing?

It’s been 2 weeks since I arrived at this place. I’m starting to get a bit lonely. I didn’t realize how much I relied on Shin as someone to talk to. He’s kind of annoying, but whenever I get too stressed or worried, he always finds a way to calm me down.

WAIT! I didn’t even tell you about Shin! Or Micheal! Oh geez, I am terrible about writing letters.

Okay, this will take a while, so let me start from the beginning.

So I first met Micheal…

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To my cute little sister,

Hey Anna! It’s me again! Well, I guess that’s obvious since the only way you’ll get these letters is if I hand them to you.

Sorry about that last letter, I feel like I wrote it to be waay too long. Still, I hope you find our journey interesting. Isn’t it kind of crazy? I’ve done so many things over here, it’s hard to believe I’ve only been in the 7 Layers for a few months.

Anyway. Today marks the end of the first 30 day month I’ve spent inside this time chamber.

My sparring partner has finally grown enough to become a challenge. Or, at least, it would have been if I had stayed the same.

Somewhere along the way, as I kept practicing over and over for hours each day without end, I realized something.

It might sound weird, but my body reacts almost on its own now when it comes to combat. Every time my clone attacks, I can dodge her attacks without even thinking. It’s almost like I was meant to be a fighter, it’s crazy!

It’s like my brain is processing the information it receives instantaneously and I’m automatically coming up with the best response!

Micheal said that in the vision of the future he saw, I was one of the most naturally talented humans in all existence, an ‘S Ranker’ on the First Layer.

I wonder if that’s why everything feels so smooth and natural?

Anyway. Starting tomorrow, I’m going to evenly split my focus between meditating about my Sword Energy, manipulating my Wind Sweeper Ability, and maximizing my use of my Fairy Eyes Ability. I plan on getting a new Ability soon, but that will come after I master my current powers!

Lots of exciting stuff over here, little sis! Well, not too exciting since I’m still in this giant empty white room, but it’s okay.

I’m still going on strong!

Love you, Anna

Sincerely,

Your older sis, Sophia

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To my little sister Anna,

Oh my gosh Anna! Guess what just happened!

It’s only been a single day since my last letter, but I had to write to you again today because something changed!

My empty time chamber room just transformed! Now instead of just a giant white room, I’m in a large grassy forest!

The environment here isn’t real, I can tell, it’s just simulated. But this is a THOUSAND times better than the plain white room! I was about to go crazy just staring at that empty space training alone.

Now, I finally have something to look at!

Oh geez, my shadow clone just arrived. Gotta go, sis. Talk to you again soon!

With all my love,

Sophia

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To my little sister Anna,

Hey hun.

It’s been a full 30 days since I wrote my last letter.

I tried to focus purely on sparring and training for the past few weeks and I can definitely feel some improvements. My understanding of Sword Energy has grown qualitatively as has my manipulation of my Wind Sweeper Ability. I’m stuck when it comes to advancing my Fairy Eyes, though.

Anyway, that’s all for the training report. I’m not too sure what else to write about!

I’m still stuck in the time chamber, doing the same thing over and over each day. It’s really starting to drain me, after 2 full months spent in here.

My sparring partner has grown smarter and smarter. Now she ambushes me by hiding in the leaves of the forest or the bushes on the ground. She’s taken to creating traps and making her own weapons from the forest.

I tried bringing out weapons from my Spatial Ring to test her, but she automatically gained the exact same weapons in response. I suppose that’s good design on the part of the Dark Wraith that made this place. It keeps the fight fair.

She’s still no match for me. I’m growing right alongside her, so even if she has a more powerful body, she still can’t keep up with my attacks.

I wonder if the environment will change again tomorrow, on the first day of a new 30 day month.

I’ll write again if it does.

Sincerely,

Sophia.

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To my little sister Anna,

It changed. It went from a leafy forest to a wide open desert, with raised sand dunes, cacti forests, and large canyons spread out.

I’m going to spend most of today exploring this new place to get a better feel for it. I only have a couple of hours before my clone respawns, so I’ll need to make it quick.

This letter will be a short one, sis.

I love you and miss you even more now.

From your older sister,

Sophia

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To my little sister,

Hey Anna.

It’s been 4 months since I wrote my last letter.

Sorry for the long gap. After I wrote that short letter in the desert region, I ended up becoming depressed and couldn’t bring myself to write another letter.

Nothing too crazy has happened since then. The regions shift each month, I’ve been through a volcanic region, an oceanic region, a winter region, and a swamp region. I’m still training and…

Well, let me get to the main reason of this letter.

This is really hard, Anna.

I don’t want to complain, I’m sure you’ve been through much harder things here in your time alone… but after the first 2 months by myself in here, everything started crashing down on me.

I’m scared, Anna. I’m so scared of losing you. I’m so scared that I won’t be able to save you. I’m so scared that I won’t be good enough. I’m so scared that all the training I’m doing won’t matter. I’m scared that I won't be able to see mom or dad again.

I’m scared of dying.

Everything is really really scary these days, Anna. It’s so hard to keep everything together and act tough.

I wish I could just flip a switch and suddenly become a super badass chick that isn’t afraid of anything. But I can’t.

Just a few months ago, I was a 4th-year college student that placed for the first time in the National Collegiate Gymnastics Championship.

Now, I’m supposed to be a super warrior that fights monsters and saves people.

It’s really hard. Really really really really really hard.

I know I CAN do it. I’m talented. Extremely talented. I can see that, now, after all the months I’ve spent in training.

I’ve managed to evolve my Intermediate Tier Sword Energy into Advanced Tier Sword Energy. I can now use my Wind Sweeper Ability to manipulate the air as if I was born with the Ability. Even my Fairy Eyes have grown and evolved, feeling as if they are a natural part of me now.

I SHOULD be a badass warrior… but can I really do that? I don’t know, Anna.

I really don’t know.

But I cannot give up trying.

I know you’re out there, somewhere. Alone, without me, struggling by yourself.

I’m really scared, Anna, and I don’t know if that will ever change. Maybe I’m a coward at heart.

But I won’t let that stop me anymore.

I won’t let anything get in my way.

Hold on for me, Anna. This will be the last letter I write in here. For now on, I’m going to put every iota of my being into becoming strong.

I don’t know if I can transform into a super badass warrior chick… but I can sure as hell try.

I’ll be there soon.

With all my love,

Your older sister Sophia

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