Chapter 519: How deep the rabbit hole goes? (1/2)

'[This is going to be a problem…]' She suddenly exclaimed with a dismaying tone.

…

'What do you mean? Do you know where we are?' Aiden asked, picking up the strange undertone in Enya's sigh.

'[Well, this here is what is called a Mind Construct. Aiden, you are facing someone incredibly powerful…]' Enya sighed as she returned in front of the boy. Seeing the confusion in his face, she explained further.

'[Think of it like some sort of trap, a jail cell created to catch and hold consciousnesses of others.]'

Noticing the still bedazzled look on the boy's face, Enya could only sigh in frustration once again, and try explaining again.

'[Look… Stop fidgeting around, and focus on yourself. You can still feel the faint connection with the outside world right? Can you feel your body?]' She asked, with a slightly agitated tone.

Taking a moment, Aiden followed his guide's instructions, stopping the so-far fruitless attempt at researching the limits of this space, and rather focus on the vague feeling of the slight warmth inside him.

A moment later, he exclaimed with a wondrous surprise in his tone.

'Y-yes! I can feel it… Can I leave this place and return to my body then? Why is this happening anyway?' Feeling the outside world, sprung his excitement instantly. The sourness of his mood vanished almost instantly as the faint light of hope resurfaced.

'[Hmmm… That's good then.]' Instead of answering, Enya hummed thoughtfully. In the next instant, her ball of light sprung into action once again, flying around the boy's soul whilst also reaching out and checking the surroundings every now and then.

Aiden could only look with a puzzled, confused look on his face, unable to comprehend what was happening at all. From the moment he decided to take in the strange mutated heart, to his soul being yeeted out of his body and thrown into a strange metaphysical realm, Aiden was completely lost at what was going on anymore.

Was he in a trap, did he make a mistake or not? If he retained some sort of connection if he could feel the path towards the back, didn't that mean that he was free to leave, by following it back and eventually reaching his body once again?

Yet, there was a feeling inside him… A sort of rising interest, an attraction, a curiosity to unveil the secrets of this place. To hopefully uncover the identity of this artificial plane's creator and the reasoning behind his actions.

Also, another thought came to his mind, that he just couldn't push down. What if, that all six of those monsters were still somewhat conscious? What if the second presence, the strange undecipherable, enigmatic entities that each six had inside them was actually their original consciousnesses? What if they were trapped in this place as well, unable to escape and could only watch helplessly as a demonic entity was toying with their bodies?

Sensing his thoughts, the little ball of light suddenly stopped in front of Aiden. Her giggles reverberated their surroundings as he erupted into a charming chuckle in the next moment.

After a while, she slowly calmed herself and began to speak.

'[Yes, Aiden… Your insight is incredibly sharp. You are right on point. The existence of this Construct is what you think.]' She spoke, whooshing around excitedly once more before she halted in front of Aiden and resumed.

'[What happened to you, was probably wasn't a deliberate trap. From what I can make out, this place was created to trap in those other six individuals and it was never meant to contain something as powerful and unique as yours… Just the fact that you can still feel the connection with your body further proves supports this conjecture.]'

She floated closer, halting just in front of Aiden's face as she continued with a cheerful tone.

'[If you so wish so, just as you thought, focusing on this connection you can freely go back and leave this place.]'