"Sorry,I must decline! I work better alone."Ray didn't want to offend Sofia,so he just declined.Bella smiled at him and said:"Tell me the real reason!"Sofia looked at them in turns,asking with a curious tone:"Is there something I'm unaware of?""She knows the problems and want to let her sister to do the mistakes anyway,no matter how many people die in the side lines.What a malicious act."Ray thought to himself and knowing the intent of Bella,he didn't hold back;"Your plan has two problems;First,In the realms there is no organization here like to uphold the rules of morality,so you are putting weak people in hands of strong people to do whatever they want with them.Yes!Not all people are bad people,however I won't risk my safety over something like this."With each word Sofia became more gloomy,this possibility was always in her mind,yet she had always ignored it,she believed in the good side of humans."Second,no matter how much you keep your signal secret,it will finally be leaked.We are not the only city that will take the mark,the whole planet will be affected by it. In a world where everyone is trying to survive,what will be weak people but prey for stronger?"Ray was drown in his predicament."That's...an evil mind set,"She stood up facing Ray,with clenched fists:"Its strong people's responsibility to protect the weak!"She yelled at Ray's face."Evil?Good?They are only things that others had defined to control people like you,and they tell the weak;Oh savior will come destroying all evil,Oh people Goddess will embrace your children while butchering them,Oh people god of metal changed the planet that we can live in just milions of you have to die in the mines."Ray was not angry while talking,he had long accepted the world as it is.As a believer of God of light,Sofia couldn't stand his words,with a finger pointed at him,she yelled:"Blasphemy!"Bella expected something like this to happen,she long desired to open the eyes of her sister and now the golden opportunity showed itself."Sofia!Calm down.He has his own points,not all of us supposed to have the same mind set,that's the beauty of humanity."She turned and asked Ray:"Tell me,you think you are weak or strong?"Ray didn't hesitate to answer:"I'm not strong nor I'm weak,in my perspective of the world,strength on its own doesn't matter,what matters is coming out alive.""Hahaha,what an interesting mind set,how can you be only eighteen years old?"She laughed again.Ray didn't felt he was being mocked,it felt more like a approvel.He stared into the Bella's eyes,behind the facade she had made for herself as a good person among her family members and the society,she was just like her mother,he couldn't understand which of her actions were just a act and which were real."What is your goal in life?"The boy questioned her fundamentall idea of life.Bella only said one word,yet she was sure that Ray would understand her;"Freedom."Sofia had never seen this side of her sister,she was laughing but her eyes looked more sad than ever.Sofia didn't understand what she meant by freedom however she acted on institution,walking to her sister's side and trying to comfort her.The room seemed to froze in time,no one talked for minutes,each of them was thinking about something different."I want to it too....to be free."Ray whispered his words,he closed his eyes and remembered his own words of eight years ago.He didn't know why,but the words repeated themselves in his mouth,going with the wind to reach Bella's ears:" The only freedom that humans get is in the end of the road."Bella decided to ignore him and told Sofia:"Sister,you want to plan to work?"She nodded to her question."Go to the academia and gather all the strong contenders that you know,tell each of them if they don't bring at least 10 people with them you will slaughter them."Living to this age,Bella was indifferent to killing people,but if she wanted to convince her sister,she had to gave her a bigger goal.Sofia looked pale after hearing her sister's solution,what was the difference between them if she killed them and the ones she wanted to protect?"Can you take me to the academia too?"Ray said with an enthusiastic tone.Sofia didn't trust Ray slightest,yet it was no big deal "Ok."She said with a cold tone and continued:"I will go get ready sister,may the goddess protect you.When you are finished call me."She left without looking at Ray."You want to waste the short time you have left?"Bella poured another cup of tea for herself."There are too many unknown factors,the rest is details that I can learn in actions.Just tell me about the weapons and armors and how to get them."Ray had heard some equipment were as powerful as their owners."Hmm...Let me tell you this first,there are two kinds of beings in the realms,in one hand we have creatures that live in a realm just like dogs in out world,they can be very dangerous at times.On the other hand,we have remembrances,they can be anything,a human to a dragon to a firefly,at times killing them is impossible and most of the time you don't need to kill the strongest ones in a realm to conquer it."She took a breath and drank some tea;"If you kill something from the first group,you will gain nothing.For the second group its different;when you kill a remembrance you can chose something to gain from it,most of the times its a weapon or an armor,stronger creatures might have a ring and in each realm there is some necklaces.""So I must kill something to get a weapon and armor in the first place?"It was a problem if his opponent had good defense."Don't worry about it,usually the place you start in a realm are on the safer sides of that realm."Bella seemed tired of so much talking."How is the storage of the things i get there?And what is best set of things I can get?"Ray on the other hand still wanted to know more."Who told you that you have a choice?You will get anything that you get your hands on,equipments are very rare,and good ones are even rarer.Each peice of your equipment will have its own domain too,if it matches your domain it will consume much less energy,but that's not a good course to take,can you guess why?"Bella summoned her armor,now she was worn a shining white full armor.Ray thought for a second and answered:"My understanding of domains based on your explanations is that they are very one dimensional,I know soul domains are mostly just healers for example,so to cover up your weaknesses you will use equipment from other domains.""Exactly"She changed her armor to a her normal dress,but her dress seemed shorter.Ray tried realy hard to not look."As for the storage,they will be stored in your spirit,the greater your spirit,higher your capabilities of carrying equipment.And also for rings thay have their own weaknesses but that doesn't concern you for now,and you can use one necklace only." "Are they stronger than weapons?"This was new information for him."It realy depends,some weapons are have insane capabilities in right hands,what makes them different is that like exousia's they will have their own weaknesses,if you get one you will understand what i mean,its realy hard to explain."Bella stood up and went to one of bookshelfs.Ray's eyes followed each of her movements;"Now that we are alone,you said that my mind will grow too,can this cuase her to break free?"Picking up a book and turning the pages,she answered:"She will be free no matter,you can't escape your sins forever.""She is not my sins."Ray didn't want to continue this conversation even though he started it.In some cases,people after committing crimes that they couldn't bear,they would create a persona in their mind blaming it all on them.Bella had seen many of such cases in her life time.Her origin idea about Unforgiven was that Ray had to do many things in his life to survive,so in order to stay sane he had made such a persona for himself.After hearing Ray's words her curiosity was peaked,she turned her head toward him and asked:"What is she?"Silence filled the room.Ray didn't want to talk about it,or he didn't know what to tell.Minutes passed untill Ray started to talk again:"Have you heard about the titan Atlas?He carries the world on his back. At some point I felt that I was carrying the world on back too,unlike Atlas I couldn't bear the weight so I crumbled underneath it,turning into pieces.I no longer was a human,just a fragment of my former self. My soul was empty and what filled it was hatred toward what caused me to break,I wanted to destroy the worlds,killing all the people i saw,bath in rivers of blood who hurted me.Yet I was so little with so big ambitions,I had to break again,opun realizing my pathetic state,out of fear I sealed all my emotions deep inside my mind,knowing that will cuase my destruction.She is just some chains created to keep me sane."Ray explained his secret with a calm tone.Bella's mind wondered around millions of possibilities,at some points in her life she had the same the hate toward the world,yet the method that Ray had taken was way more dangerous,no matter how much she thinked she couldn't fine a way for Ray to find peace with himself.She returned to her seat with the book in her hand.Staring into the eyes of Ray,she sensed no emotion in her eyes like they were eyes of a dead person."You are not afraid of death?"A feeling of uneasniess filled her heart."it shall be a gift for me."Ray had long was prepared for his death,the fact that he had survived to this point was a miracle for itself.Bella questioned his resolve:"Than why are you trying to survive?""Hope.""Hope?""Yes.I have hope for a future where I can reach what I want,if I die before reaching there so be it,but if I don't try to reach there,I have already lost."Ray said with a faint smile on his lips."What is it that you want to reach?"Bella felt more interested in Ray's thoughts the more he knew she knew about him."I don't know."Bella was surprised,"Truly you are a strange person."She laughed,thinking to herself:"What a stupid and a smart person!""Anything important left?"Ray asked her,wanting to leave,he had already talked too much.Bella took her hand to chin,"Hmm...do you know about the time aspect of the realm?""No.""It's somewhat of a common knowledge,anyway in the first realm,ten years of there is equal to one day in our life,the day after the summoning,if you had spent less than 10 years in your realm and it has been conquered,you will return to our world in a day."Bella talked while remembering her own calls."What if i spend more than 10 years?How about my body?When I return,I will be 18?"Ray curiosity was peaked again."If you spend more than 10 years you will be return next year,and the latter,You will return with your return with the age that you had spent there but your lifespan will grow with each mark you pass."Bella explained with passion even thou she was tired."How old are you?"Ray couldn't ask this."It's not a good question to ask a lady,Ray!But usually the people that pass the third mark are around a hundred."Bella smirk at Ray."Oh,sorry."Ray said with a indifferent tone."So if that's all,call your sister.I'm ready to go."Bella picked up her phone and started typing something,when she finished,she told Ray"Sofia and our drivar are waiting for you down the stairs.Its left of this hall,I enjoyed our convention.May the goddess protect you."Ray stood up and bowed to her."I don't know how can I repay your kindness.But if I return I shall help you with anything you want my lady."He turned around and was about to leave the room,when a shaky voice told him:"Don't die."
