Chapter 54 - Mind Training

{"messages":[{"id":496216135,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"As promised, Artemi started to train me."},{"id":496216136,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"He slowly taught me how to control the water and at a rapid rate, I progressed."},{"id":496216137,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"During the day, while he was busy with his duties as Head, I played with the little kids which came to play."},{"id":496216138,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Apparently, in order to keep them from swimming out into the ocean where the water was dangerous, Artemi allowed them to use his gardens to play in."},{"id":496216139,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"They were immediately drawn to me. After all, I wasn’t like what they were used to."},{"id":496216140,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I had no little horns or tail. I was human but I could play with them too."},{"id":496216141,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"They loved when I played around with droplets of water and I always could laugh around them."},{"id":496216142,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"One day, Artemi walked to the library when he saw me playing with the young children with a bright smile on my face."},{"id":496216143,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"He took one last look at me, not the children, and left."},{"id":496216144,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"He then made it his ritual to walk past the very corridor which overlooked our playing ground."},{"id":496216145,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"He somehow found my smile soothing."},{"id":496216146,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"And my laugh ethereal."},{"id":496216147,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"My perseverance was my strength and no matter what he threw at me, I completed it with the sheer will of hard work."},{"id":496216148,"character_id":10016071,"type":2,"content":"She has a lot to prove and she delivers."},{"id":496216149,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"At night, Artemi drank away at his father’s bourbon collection while his sister kept him company."},{"id":496216150,"character_id":9954030,"type":2,"content":"Perhaps I misjudged her."},{"id":496216151,"character_id":10016071,"type":2,"content":"Perhaps you did..."},{"id":496216152,"character_id":10016071,"type":2,"content":"But don’t you think that there is a certain beauty and elegance in doing whatever it takes to succeed? She reminds me a lot of you, Arti."},{"id":496216153,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"He smirked."},{"id":496216154,"character_id":9954030,"type":2,"content":"How could a human possibly remind you of me?"},{"id":496216155,"character_id":10016071,"type":2,"content":"You’ve both been faced with impossible trails and you both emerged victorious."},{"id":496216156,"character_id":10016071,"type":2,"content":"Not to mention, your strength to move forward is what drives your will to become stronger."},{"id":496216157,"character_id":10016071,"type":2,"content":"And you are very similar in that regard."},{"id":496216158,"character_id":9954030,"type":2,"content":"..."},{"id":496216159,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Artemi took another sip of his bourbon, looking at the scorching liquid while smirking at himself."},{"id":496216160,"character_id":9954030,"type":2,"content":"Did you mean what you said back then? That I was becoming Father? I never liked this stuff but when I became head in stead of Father, it started to become a necessity."},{"id":496216161,"character_id":10016071,"type":2,"content":"And I’m here, as your sober coach."},{"id":496216162,"character_id":9954030,"type":2,"content":"You’re my little sister."},{"id":496216163,"character_id":9954030,"type":2,"content":"You aren’t my sober coach. I’m perfectly fine."},{"id":496216164,"character_id":10016071,"type":2,"content":"You’re not fine, Artemi."},{"id":496216165,"character_id":9954030,"type":2,"content":"What makes you say that?"},{"id":496216166,"character_id":10016071,"type":2,"content":"Because you’re taking to a ghost perhaps."},{"id":496216167,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"He took a single look up at the chair that his sister once sit in to find that it had been emptied."},{"id":496216168,"character_id":9954030,"type":2,"content":"That’s right... you died. And so did the rest of our family."},{"id":496216169,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Drowning himself in his sorrows, he sighed and ended up thinking of the one person who brought him joy."},{"id":496216170,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"The smile of Skye Wynter."},{"id":496216171,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"-End of Chapter 54-"},{"id":496216172,"character_id":9603994,"type":2,"content":"Thank you for reading my book! Make sure to like if you’ve enjoyed the story and want more. Subscribe by tapping the heart button so you don’t miss any updates. Doing that would mean a lot! Leave a comment especially! I love to read them~."}]}