Chapter 280: A Sudden Menace Approaches (1/2)

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Nesephise and Abyss spent a bit of the morning singing. Abyss wanted to see if she could help Nesephise improve her singing a bit, while still being worried about Chaos, she couldn't do much other than help the girl that could be the key on freeing him.

She had also grown a bit closer to her, Nesephise was simply a very nice girl to all, and Abyss might had made a good friend, even if they had spent little time together.

However, at the end, although Abyss felt like there was some sort of magical power within Nesephise's voice as she sang, she felt that there was something missing…

”There's something missing within you that makes the effects of your songs not take effect completely… I can tell because my very voice also has this ”effect” when I sing… Have you really been putting all your heart into it, Nesephise?” asked Abyss.

Nesephise sighed as she looked at Abyss with puppy eyes.

”I… I don't know how to put my heart into things… I-I am so sorry… I am so nervous I must fulfill this task, but I must do this to help you guys after you rescued our village…” sighed Nesephise.

Abyss looked at Nesephise as she sighed herself, and petted her head.

”I see… Sorry for making you feel like that… I don't really know who else to ask for help… I've been born with so much strength yet… Now this is the first time where I cannot get through problems with brute force alone.” Sighed Abyss.

”…Abyss.” Sighed Nesephise.

”I though this world was simpler, I guess… It is, but sometimes there are things that you cannot really stop easily, even with strength, and if even, I would need to be way too strong, so strong that it is an impossible feat to accomplish even after years.” Sighed Abyss.

”…Yeah, I suppose that's right.” Said Nesephise.

”But! We can always keep trying, right? Chaos once told me that no matter the adversities in life, we must keep moving forward with a clear goal on mind. Nesephise, I trust you. The journey to the giant frog might be long, we can keep practicing there.” Said Abyss.

”Abyss… You're right… I shouldn't give up yet, I have to keep trying. As long as I keep trying, something must come out at the end.” Said Nesephise.

”You must concentrate, put your heart into it! …Eh?” muttered Abyss.

”Yeah! Huh? What is it?” asked Nesephise.

The two girls looked into the clear skies of the morning, there were several shadows moving here, a dozen of spaceships, and all of them were exuding a powerful dark aura filled with thee elements of chaos and void…

”W-What is that?!” asked Nesephise.

”It seems we got trouble.” Said Abyss while squinting her eyes.

Meanwhile, inside the orphanage, Armonia and Ermenia were clearing the table from the plates where the kids and the guests had eaten food.

”Thanks for the food, you're surprisingly good at cooking for being kids.” said Ifrit.

”Indeed, you guys' food is nice, the sauce you use for the grilled fish is good.” Said Boxxy.

”Hehe, it is made out of aromatic herbs we pick around, there is also some tasty seaweed on it.” said Armonia.

”Inside the nearby lake there's a lot of seaweed we pickup!” said Ermenia.