Still reeling from the shock, everyone finally calmed down a bit.
Meanwhile, Cassie was in a daze.
She grew pale.
When she first saw Sunny on the screen for some reason, she was having a feeling..that she knew this person.. someone.. who-
Nephis saw that Cassie was silent and in a concerned voice she asked ,"Is everything alright Cass?"
Cassie blinked out of her daze and replied back to Nephis.
"y-yes.. just shocked by all these revelations".
Nephis, who knew Cassie for a long time as they and she were the only ones there for themselves when they were on the forgotten shore before they met the rest of the cohort.
So Nephis could see it clearly that Cassie was hiding something.
But still, as she trusted Cassie so much, she decided to believe in her and hope someday she would tell her what she is hiding.
Finally, after a bit everyone calmed down a lot.
"So what Question should we ask first?" Kai said in an excited voice.
The cohort glanced at each other.
ask if we know sunny or "we used to" cassie said.
The cohort looked at her confusedly but curiously, but they didn't say anything as no one had any objections.
Nephis glanced at Rain, who was staring blankly at the screen
What about you? Do you also have something you want to ask?
rain broke out of her daze as she saw her idol was talking to her.
"O-Of Course not!" she stammered, clearly caught off guard and internally she cursed herself again for embarrassing herself in front of her idol for the second time!
As if the gods heard her, the screen blinked again, saving her from the embarrassing moment.
[I take it that you all have decided on which question you want to ask first?]
Yes.. we have decided what we want to ask first.
Is Sunny someone we know? or "knew"? Nephis asked in a calm voice.
[know? I think it's more accurate to say "forgotten"]
"What do you mean, forgotten?" Nephis asked in a slightly confused tone.
[He is someone who has been with you all.. since the beginning of your journey]
[He is known as many]
[The Rightful Heir of Death]
[The bastard Son of Fate]
Immediately, a deadly silence fell in the theatre.
"Many? What is that supposed to mean?"
"Heir of Death, how can one be such a thing?"
"Bastard son of fate?" It was Cassie who spoke this time?
"Is h-he connected to fate somehow?" she wondered in her mind.
But why would fate have a son, and he is called a bastard?
Suddenly, an ominous realization came to Cassie's mind.
"Is he the reason for all the memory gaps we all have whenever we try to recall something?" she asked in a horrified tone.
[...]
[yes.]
"to be forgotten by everyone.. he knows and cares about.. and even us.. how cruel". Kai spoke in a sombre tone.
"But how did he even get forgotten?" It was Rain who spoke this time.
The screen didn't answer this time.
Instead, it blinked again, and a new text appeared on it.
[to know it finishes the viewings as it goes by, and all your questions will be answered by itself]
Nobody argued with that as it was logical.
"Still, for how long do we need to stay here?" It was Effie who asked this time.
[There is no need to worry, as the moment the viewings are finished, you will be sent back, and time is irrelevant in this space, as you will be back in the exact location and time of the moment you got portaled here]
everyone hearing that grew even more alert and cautious around it.
"So time is basically frozen here, huh?" Effie spoke.
"The person who got us here must at least be scared to do something like that", it was Jet who spoke.
"R-really.. remind me to never throw tantrums to this thing.." Effie spoke in a horrified tone as she remembered how many tantrums she had thrown since she had been brought here.
Meanwhile, Rain was still contemplating how her teacher was related to her.
A memory flashed in her mind when her teacher used to say he was her long-lost brother.
At that time, her teacher used to say such ridiculous things, so she always used to dismiss it.
She thought it was once again one of those "jokes" he always bragged about to her.
But seeing it now, as her teacher didn't even move a finger to kill a Great Demon, it doesn't feel like a joke anymore.
heck! she even remembered when her teacher told her he had killed a great devil as a sleeper.
Suddenly, chills crawled around her skin, making her wonder just how strong her teacher really was.
As someone who rarely used to go outside of her shadow, she always thought her teacher was too smug, but now..
Suddenly, the screen blinked again, making her snap away from her thoughts as new texts appeared on it.
[As promised a Random individual will now be teleported in the theatre]
meanwhile somewhere far, far away.
[Mirror Realm]
a tall, slender young man with pale skin and raven-black hair, possessing a unique and unsettling beauty.
[i think you all already know what is about to happen 😈 and who this is :)]
The young man is seen hiding from "someone or something".
Sadly, the Young man couldn't run or move as he was currently imprisoned.
Suddenly, a portal appeared below him, but instead of being confused or scared.
He was calm. Yes, apparently, even in the moment of death or an unpredictable factor, instead of being scared or confused, he was always calm.
"How curious."
The young man whispered, and soon the portal sucked him in and vanished.
Meanwhile, back in the theatre, everyone saw the texts on the screen and were immediately curious about who it could be.
A portal appeared, dropping a person out of it and then vanishing.
Everyone immediately grew tense and uncomfortable as they saw who it was.
Meanwhile, only rain looked confused at the change in the atmosphere, but still slightly curious.
Rain approached the young man and asked in a curious voice, "Are you okay"?
The man in question finally stood up and looked around for a bit, and then chuckled.
Well, isn't this fascinating? he spoke amusedly.
Nephis was the first to approach him and gave him a glare and spoke, "Mordret"
Ah, please don't use that name, as you see, I kind of hate that name.
Instead, refer to me as "The prince of nothing", he said, amusedly.
"Still, I am really sad~ as no one invited me.."
"I thought we all were friends?" he said, still smiling.
[Please take a seat, esteemed guest]
he simply smirked.
and then walked to the seats while still receiving glares from the cohort.
He took a seat in the left-hand middle row.
[Everyone, please be seated as we will now begin our next viewing]
rain got back to her seat but was still a little confused by the atmosphere and why the cohort was giving that strange man those kinds of glares.
If looks could kill, the prince of nothing would have already died 1 thousand times.
Internally, Rain vowed never to get on the bad side of the cohort.
Reluctantly, the cohort also got back to their seat.
As they got settled, the screen finally blinked again.
and came to life.