Chapter 61 - Level ? - Temple of Miracles (1/2)
”Where am I?”
”You are sleeping.” said a male voice behind her.
But when she turned her head, there was nobody behind her. Then, she started inspecting her surroundings, but strangely the world around her looked like a vivid painting. Beautiful, yet not real.
She was standing at the foot of some mountain surrounded by forest. Near the entrance to that forest was a small villa surrounded by a wooden wall.
”Am I really sleeping?”
”Yes, you are.” said the same male voice once again behind her.
She quickly turned around but there was nobody behind.
”Who are you?”
”Wrong question.”
”Wrong question? What do you mean?”
But no answer followed.
”If I am sleeping, then I can leave by feeling some pain, right?”
”You can. After all, you entered this place out of your volition, so exiting it is also up to you.”
”Entered? I just fell asleep. I don't remember entering anywhere! What is this place?”
”The Temple of miracles.”
”What?”
But once more no answer followed.
”You said it is a temple. Why do people enter this place and who are they praying to?”
”Reasons for entering are myriad, things to pray to are infinite. But again, you are asking the wrong questions.”
”Wrong question... wrong... question...” girl was mumbling for quite some time.
It's a temple and here people pray to get something. Reasons, as well as things to asks, vary. And also the word 'Miracle' in the name of this place.
Is it possible that people ask for the impossible here? Then what is the correct question?
”People pray for many things, but how do they know if this temple's god is capable of providing help to them?”
”They don't know, but they have no other options. It is one of the reasons they stumble upon this place. Yet, once again... you are asking the wrong questions.”
After these words, something clicked into her mind, and she felt that she knows the correct question.
She looked straight at the top of the mountain and asked:
”Why did I come here?”
And suddenly the world around her blurred and she appeared right in front of the gates of the small house.
Gates started slowly opening up.
”Greetings seeker! Now enter the gates but be informed... Everything granted here has a price.”
And so she entered.
***
Lin An and his partner were slowly moving through the massive Beijing. From time to time, he was looking at the young miss of the house Xie, making sure she is okay.
It was good that she was able to sleep. Tough times are coming to the Xie family. With their patriarch beeing close to dead and the only heir being a young girl with little experience all major families will try to make a move on this family.
*Sigh*
A tired sigh came from his partner.
”Listen, An. What do you think will happen now?”
”No idea, Cheng.”
”I mean, will the patriarch be okay?”
That reminded Lin An, that Cheng wasn't present in the ward. Everyone only heard that patriarch has lost his consciousness during work, but nobody knew the details. That's another problem. Information can't be kept hidden forever. Enemies of the family, who know about the family head's weakness may strike while he is alive.
Actually... they may even make sure he won't recover.