40 Chapter 33

Evan POV:

[So let me get this straight... Queen Elizabeth is Tifa's mother and you blew out the truth because your Elizabeth's old friend and couldn't watch her suffer. Is that correct?] (Me)

Elizabeth was crying in one corner and I was talking to Tania.

[Yeaaa that pretty much sums it up.] (Tania)

I placed my hand on my forehead.

[I-It wasn't my fault. Seeing one of my old friends just keeping all the sufferings to herself is Just Wrong! I had to tell Tifa! She also Deserves to Know!] (Tania)

I actually surprised you had a life before meeting me. I just thought you spawned here.

[Okay, you're in a timeout. Go in that corner, face the wall and don't move until I say you can.] (Me)

I can't think of a better punishment.

Damn it. Why do my problems keep piling up? I JUST WANTED TO READ SOME BOOKS.

Wait... Was there something else I had to do?

..... Probably not.

*Meanwhile at the Adventurers guild*

[Ummm Sensei. Do you think Shisho forgot about us?] (Oswald)

[Obviously not! I think this is our next Test! He's probably Testing our patience.] (Lucy)

[Oh! I Never thought of That! Alright Sensei I'll do my best.] (Oswald)

[Me too!] (Lucy)

*Back to Evan*

Elizabeth was holding onto two silver swords and a small golden pin while she was slowly crying.

Wait... Isn't that?

[Uhh Elizabeth... Are those Tifa's swords?] (Me)

She nodded slowly.

[Oh so Tifa somewhere outside, where the monsters are - and she doesn't have any weapons to take care of herself.] (Me)

Elizabeth realized what I said and stood up with a horrified face.

[I-Im going to go look for Her!] (Elizabeth)

[You think she'll listen to you right now?] (Me)

Elizabeth realized what I meant and was even more scared now.

I sighed.

[Okay, you wait here. I'll go look for her and try to calm her down. After that, I'll bring her here. The only problem is that I have no clue where she is.] (Me)

[She's north-west from here. Around two km away.] (Tania)

Tania spoke while still facing the wall.

[How the hell do you know that?] (Me)

[I'm a dryad. I'm connected with this forest. I know all that happens here.] (Tania)

Holy shit that's surprisingly really handy.

So she's like a sonar huh.

[Alright I'm leaving now.] (Me)

I quickly left out but instead of going outside I went towards my other rooms and searched for Nezha and Helputt.

I finally found them.

Helputt was on the bed snoring loudly and Nezha was checking out the dresser.

By the way, the dresser works with magic. It doesn't contain any type of clothes but when you think about what type of clothes you want, it will give you.

[Uhh Nez- I mean Mom. Queen Elizabeth is over there in that room where Tania lives in and can you console her right now? She kinda lost her only daughter.] (Me)

I almost said Nezha and she looked at me with anger filled eyes.

[Huh? What? Elizabeth had a daughter?] (Nezha)

[I'll explain later. I have to search for her daughter right now. I'll leave the rest to you. Thanks] (Me)

Before she said anything else, I quickly left.

It's still raining heavily outside.

I had marked on my map the rough coordination of what Tania said so I'm heading there now. It's only a few minutes journey with my trustee grappling hook so I hope nothing bad has happened to Tifa.

And just in case, I also have a hunter's potion which I got from the cave. It allows me to see creatures through any type of materials/walls up to a certain distance.

*A Few minutes later*

Okay I'm at the coordinates Tania told me and I see no one.

Well, the rain clouds already hinder my vision by making it dark and the thick amount of trees doesn't help either.

I drunk the hunter's potion because I suck at hide and seek, Mainly seeking.

And there she is.

I saw an outline of a woman sitting beneath a tree a bit far away. She was hugging her knees.

Alright! Operation "Get Tifa Back" is undergo.

I'll feign ignorance to her situation and try to get her to calm down.

I went up to her.

[Hey Tifa is that you? What're you doing here?] (Me)

She looked at me.

[Go away.] (Tifa)

It's a good thing that I'm good at acting.

[Woah! What happened to you? Did you proposed and got rejected? I mean that's a rejected face if I've ever seen one.] (Me)

I sat right beside her on the same tree.

[What's wrong? You can tell me anything! I a really good listener!] (Me)

[Please. *Sniff* Go Away.] (Tifa)

She started crying mid-sentence.

[Woah! Seriously what Happened!? I'm not moving away until you tell me what happened.] (Me)

[Then Stay There!] (Tifa)

[Alright then I will.] (Me)

I'm a really persistent human being.

I just stayed there under the heavy rain.

Seconds turned into minutes.

Tifa was slowly crying and I stayed there right beside her.

.........

I think 20 minutes have already passed.

[Hey Tifa. You know you'll catch a cold under today heavy rain. Don't mind me I'm a hunk of steel.] (Me)

I tried to make her laugh by telling small jokes. If she can laugh, then she can calm down, but she showed no response.

.......

Come on brain! Help me!!

Brain: Deeespaaacito!

Damn it Brain! Y u no help me!?!

Brain: Tell her a Joke!

I suck at Jokes!

Brain: Tell her a Story!

BUT- Wait that's not a bad idea.

Okay here goes nothing.

[Hey Tifa want to hear a story?] (Me)

She didn't move.

[Well you're ganna listen to it now.] (Me)

I'm going with a sad story.

[Once upon a time, a woman lived in a... Crowded kingdom, her name was... Linda. She was a doctor and the best one in that kingdom. She was second to none and also really liked her job. Then sometime later she met a man and it was love at first sight for both of them!] (Me)

I trying to create the story similar to Elizabeth's situation right now.

I also can't say city because those don't exist here.

I can see her peeking at me so I know she's listening.

[They hung out a lot, and before you know it, they got married. They had a healthy baby boy years later and all was going really good for the family. Those were the happiest time of her life.] (Me)

I paused for a little while for some dramatic effect.

[....were?] (Tifa)

I grinned a little. Well, at least she's listening.

[Yes, those were her happiest days. After some time a war broke out in the kingdom and Eli's husband was of the army and he had to fight for the kingdom. Leaving his family behind. Eli stayed with her child while giving treatment to those suffering from the war. The pressure was killing her because she had not heard of anything about her husband for three days. Until.....] (Me)

I paused again.

Tifa was now looked over to me.

[Until she saw his corpse.] (Me)

The sad part starts now.

[She didn't even realize it was her husband. Her mind was confused. She didn't want to believe it. Until she finally accepted his death. She cried the whole night at that time. She also had to take care of her son at that time. So she quit being a doctor after the war for several months.] (Me)

[That's....... Horrible.] (Tifa)

I nodded.

[Years later when her son had grown to a young age of seven..... A sickness fell on him. A sickness so strong that not even his mother had a cure for it. A mother who was still the best doctor at that time. She was devastated seeing her only son suffer for days and weeks. She cried every night looking at her pained son's face, and prayed every night that her son would be cured....but weeks later he also died.] (Me)

My tears also started to come out now.

IM NOT GOOD WITH EMOTIONAL STUFF OKAY!

[Eli cried for day and night refusing to believe in her child's death. But all was done, And she couldn't change anything.] (Me)

I wiped my tears away.

[What... Happened then?] (Tifa)

I saw some tears on Tifa's eyes.

I shook my head.

[Devasted by her son's death she wanted to kill herself too. She didn't want to live the rest of her life in grief, But... she couldn't. She was the best doctor in the kingdom and everyone needed her. So she suffered while helping everyone else. This went on for years until she died due to old age. A fate worse than death.] (Me)

Tifa wiped away her tears. And so did I.

[You know Eli and your mother's story are very similar.] (Me)

[So you knew?] (Tifa)

Tifa looked angry.

[There was no way I couldn't know about it. I saw your mother crying in my house.]

[Please leave me.] (Tifa)

[You know you were the one who just said that her life was horrible from start to finish.] (Me)

[YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MY LIFE.] (TIFA)

[Probably not, but what I do know is that you're in the wrong here.] (Me)

[PLEASE SHUT UP! YOU DONT KNOW WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE BULLIED BY EVERYONE WHILE YOUR MOTHER WATCHED FROM THE SIDELINES!] (Tifa)

[Oh yea, of course, I definitely don't know that feeling but you also don't know you're mother sufferings.] (Me)

[WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW!?!] (Tifa)

[I do know for a fact that she lost her husband. And couldn't stay with her only daughter and only suffered while keeping you safe.] (Me)

[SHE WAS JUST PROTECTING HERSELF!] (Tifa)

[Tifa. I Know that your mother loves you from the bottom of her heart. If you leave the kingdom She fricken waits in anticipation for you every single time. Not knowing what has happened to you out there. She almost killed me after finding out that I had....uh.. touched you. And right now a Mother! Not a queen! But a Mother's heart is broken because her only child Rejected Her!] (Me)

She started crying more and held her head.

[It's all a lie.] (Tifa)

[You know the only difference between Elizabeth and Eli is that one's child died and the other rejected her mother's existence.] (Me)

She was still crying. The rain had almost stopped too.

[We might not know what you have been through. But you also don't know what she's been through.] (Me)

I started to walk away.

I have done my part the rest is up to her-

[.....rry] (Tifa)

[What?] (Me)

I looked back and saw Tifa's face filled with tears.

[I'm Really Sorry!] (Tifa)

I sighed in relief.

[Okay come here give me a hug. Share your sorrow with me.] (Me)