*Yasmin's POV*
While my husband is working in his office at the middle of the night, I decided to make him a coffee.
"Here's the coffee."
He fixed his glasses and replied
" Thank you."
"You're so busy, did something happen?"
He nodded
"Mm, The frequent appearances oof phantomares, the Espers making troubles, terrorist, the rumors about some cult rising and budget of the entire Association."
"Well then, I won't bother you much. Just promise that you will take some rest, okay?"
"Mm, understood."
I left his office and went to Elena's room. I slowly opened the door and watched her sleeping peacefully. I gently closed the door and left and started walking towards to Yulia's room. I suddenly felt that the temperature in the mansion is getting colder and colder. The more I walked towards to Yulia's room the colder it gets. I rushed to her room with a pounding heart, full of anxiety.
I quickly opened the door and the cold wind rushed out. She's laying on her bed drenched with cold sweat and freezing little by little. I rushed to her side, ready to wake her up but my husband entered the room with the maids and stopped me.
"Wait Yasmin! Don't wake her up!."
I unwillingly stopped my hands from reaching her, and uncontrollable tears are streaming down my face.
"What is happening George? What are we going to do?"
He hugged me and said
"Calm down first and stay here with our daughter. I'm going to call Director Arnold. He knows what to do. Selena, stay here and order some maids to accompany Elena in her room."
I nodded my head and he kissed my forehead before going out of the room.
Arnold Barvatos is George's boss and friend. He is the director of the National Espers Association and known as the "Gravity Demon". One of the strongest Espers in the world. I know they could do something for my daughter. I hold my daughters hand hoping that she'll get better soon.
*George's POV*
I immediately called Arnold after I left Yulia's room.
((Hello George))
"Arnold we have a problem. Can you come to my house now?"
((What happened?))
"My daughter's consciousness has entered the "Hell's Trial"."
I answered solemnly.
((WHAT!!?))
((Wait for me, I'll come over now))
After the call ended, a maid called me panicking.
"Master! Something happened to the young lady. Wounds and bruises appeared all over her body."
"WHAT!!?"
I rushed immediately after I heard that.
*Yasmin's POV*
I'm still holding daughters hands and caressing her hair. Yulia's expression change, fearful and painful. Wounds and bruises appearing one after another and all I could do is to watch my daughter suffer. I looked at Selena and the maids. A maid rushed out to call my husband.
What is happening? Why is this happening to my daughter? I'm at loss, I don't know what's going on, I don't know what to do. All I could do was to hope that the storm in my family would go away. All I wanted was for my daughters to have a happy life.
I still remember the moment when I learned that I was pregnant. George and I are still so young at that time, even though we're nervous because we will become parents, we are still very happy. We even planned everything from the moment she were born until she got married even though we still don't know her gender at that time.
I remember the joy we felt when she was born. A cute chubby girl with little silver hair. She cried when the first time I carried her in my arms so I panicked then my husband asked Selena to carry her. I calmed down and pouted, I also want to carry her.
I watched her grow, I want to experience the hardship of being a mother, the hardship of raising a child but Yulia is too smart. I'm happy of course but she's too mature and I'm worried that she might become an outcast and will never find someone who could be called a friend but my worries are unfounded.
A little girl with red hair approached Yulia and challenge her in everything, from academics, etiquettes, eating to psychic powers. Yulia always win though and George is proud about it. The little girl's name is Ruby Viola, She's the daughter of George's colleague Davis Viola. Those two always argue like children when it comes to their daughters and George is always ending their argument with a smirk on his face. Those two didn't look like a high ranking Espers and government officials at the like this, especially George who is always look intelligent and calm.
Yulia is too smart and too mature and that's always make me but worry. She's pushing herself away from the others and isolating herself like she doesn't belong anywhere. She always trained hard, pushing herself to her limit like preparing for something. I always want to ask her why she's pushing herself too hard even though she could live freely but I held back myself. I know she will tell us everything about herself when the time is right.
George and I decided to have another child when Yulia was 4 years old because Yulia is so smart we didn't think that it would cause a problem and we are absolutely right. Elena was born when Yulia is 5 years old and she acted like a big sister like she used to it. There are even times that she is better than us in taking care of Elena. George and I are very happy about it. I am satisfied with my life now and never regretted my decision to defy my father who I always obey unconditionally. I have a loving husband and beautiful daughters and they are my life now.
Seeing my daughter like this has broken my heart. Why my daughter needs to suffer like this. The room become so cold that even our maids has to leave the room. I just stayed here beside her and holding her hand.
"Don't worry, Mom is here and I won't leave you no matter what."
I whispered
My husband entered the room with worried expression.
"Are the both of you okay?"
He asked
"George, what is really happening to our daughter?"
"Director Arnold will come and he will explain that to us, although heard about it from him I never experienced it."
"So what is—
Before I could even finish my question, Yulia's expression changed into horribly painful.
No please! Not my daughter just don't, please! somebody please help my daughter! I will do anything! Please! I don't want to lose her, I can't take it. As if the fate is mocking my plead. I heard my daughter whispered.
'Sorry everyone I won't be able to see anyone I love again.
My heart sunk, my head is empty and my hands has loosened it's grip but my husbands voice has woken me up from despair.
"Wait Yasmin! Don't lose hope. Yulia's breathing stabilized."
"REALLY!?"
I examined her and her expression has indeed eased a lot and I sighed in relief.
"Thank goodness"
"*Knock * *Knock *"
Someone knocked the door and It opened. A muscular middle age man with brown hair and golden eyes has entered the room. He is a friend of George and the Director of the National Espers Association Arnold Barvatos.
"George, Yasmin How's Yulia? I come over here at mach 4 and alarmed the neighboring countries."
"I'll take care of that later."
George normally complained about his carelessness but now is not the time for that.
"I don't know but she's now better than earlier. What is really happening to her? Why did this happened?"
I answered and hurriedly asked.
"I will explain what I know. She entered or rather her consciousness has entered to what we called the 'Hell's trial'. The people are randomly being chosen to enter it. It's similar to the tutorial level up of a video game except if you died there you'll die in real life."
I hold my daughter tighter when I heard that. He continues.
"If you manage to finish the tutorial you could get rewards depending on your luck. The most important thing is the Key Crest of that can open the "Dream Labyrinth". The Dream Labyrinth is a top secret and only few people know and should know. The Dream Labyrinth is a realm beyond our reality. A realms that connects other worlds.
A blessing to some and the hell for most. You can receive powers, forbidden knowledge and miraculous Items but the truth is danger is understatement. It's not dangerous! It's horrible!!, the environment, the people and the creatures, all of it.
Some creature can shatter your sanity for peeking at their shadow. Some land can torture your soul just by stepping on it to the point of seeking death that will never find. Some can arouse your deepest desires, alternate your consciousness, personality and even your reality, turn blessing into curse and turn love into hate."
" So what should we do to help her? Are you going inside the 'hell's trial'."
My husband asked
"No I can't, I'm too strong and I have been in the Labyrinth for so many years. Like in games, high level players can only enter to high level dungeon but I can use my authority to see her. If she's in danger I can pull out her consciousness but her psychic powers will be crippled and her life span will be shorter. Are you ready for that?"
"Anything as long as she's alive."
I answered immediately and after I answered we saw the wounds and bruises all over her bodies instantly disappeared. We are all very surprised.
"What happened there? Did she got a healing Item? Get me a human sized mirror."
Arnold ask confusedly
"Right away sir."
Selena answered and she brought back a 7ft. sized mirror. He took of his white glove on his right hand and a purple snake like infinity glowed and chanted.
"With the Authority of the purple scales, I order you to show me the lost soul of Yulia Rouge in the trial of hell, chaos and the void and I shall pay the price of my wish."
In the mirror I saw my daughter with a boy at her age. There are also monsters like goblins and some kind of hounds that's fighting. It surprised me that someone could stay in that place unscratched and I'm not the only one who think like that.
"HAHAHAHA! See that George! That's what I called built different."
"Did you guys know him?"
I'm confused about their reaction so I asked.
"No I don't but he knows. This guy has been making a trouble last month about why I didn't put a student named Noir Egas in Alef class and put him in 4th class Gimel. To be honest even making him entered the National Espers Academy is already hard enough because the principal and teachers are stubborn but it's really worth it."
True after all he is the one save our daughter's life.
"So, you'll put him in Alef class?" Arnold asked
"No! How many times do I have to tell you that stop making trouble. If he can enter in the Alef class then that would be because of his own effort!"
Pffft! He snapped, he definitely would but not for now.
"Tsk! How stingy."
In the mirror, Yulia and the young man named Noir started a conversation
"Are you alright now princess?"
"Yes and I'm not a princess so stop calling me that."
"Okay whatever you say."
"How did you do that?"
"Healing you?"
"Mhm"( she noded)
"Well, my psychic power is called {Dream Escape} so I just used it let your wounds and fatigue escape from you and transfer it to the goblin over there that was bitten by the starfish hound so you got healed."
"Doesn't make sense."
"Our current situation neither. Not to mention that dreams doesn't have limits so neither I. In dreams I decide what can escape and what cannot, because throughout the Dreams and Nightmares I alone is the honored one. "
Followed by awkward silence.
"Okay." Yulia's answer broke the silence.
Arnold: *clap* *clap* *clap*
We all looked at him awkwardly and George face palmed
"What? That's a cool line."
We all ignored him. Well anyway as long as my daughter is safe then anything is fine.