Chapter 3

"What did you say?!--- Arghhh! how dare you!"

Her head began to throb real hard and she start feeling so much pain.

"Hey! help me here! I'm gonna die!"- She held her head and put too much pressure to it to ease the pain.

"You just have died"-Tangkad said nonchalantly.

"Can you stop talking nonsense? My head really hurts its like going to burst, go find a way to cure me! --- my god, It's just a dream but I feel so much pain, and worst I am talking to you, you're not even real. Must kill myself here to end this stupid dream, okay, I can handle this. So Talong, let me have your knife first "

"Its Tangkad"- he corrected her, intentionally changing his name.

"What ever, just the same, go give me your knife" -she extended her hand, give her palm and move her fingers back and forth ordering him like a boss to lend her the knife that she spotted he kept leashed within his right leg.

Danica is so sure and determined that she's just having a nightmare so she must find her way out, with all the idea she knew.

Tangkad just look at Danica's small hand waiting for his knife.

He instead sit on the near rock behind and against his will, he has forced to discuss the matter with the poor woman because of its stubbornness and low comprehension.

While Danica, who have no any idea about the situation feels a bit embarrassed that she was refused by him.

Tangkad bend his knee higher, lowering his back, rest his arm over and put his hand under his chin. He resembles now the prominent figure "the thinker".

"What should I expect with a human like you..." he murmured and sighed.

"Are you cursing me?! bring it on, let me hear that so I can cut you into pieces after I recover--- Arghhh shit! why does it hurt so much! what kind of nightmare is it? somebody out there help me wake up please..." she keep complaining and voicing out her problems but nothing happened.

Tangkad doesn't even care, so he just let her think for a minute before he tell her the truth. He must left her no choice but surrender to offer her life to him.

Preview of what happen: Danica tried to leave the weird man and walk around to explore the place but she never seen anything good but an endless forest. Full of trees and rocks.

She had no choice but to go back.

*A few minutes later*

Danica lean on tree trunk kicking stones under her feet.

*head hurts*

*Look at Tangkad tearfully*

"I told you its not a dream. You're just wasting your new life. Though, its not that precious, you must still cherish this chance to live how you desired to, so that your soul, at least will have no regrets and your death won't go in vain. The pain you feel right now is just an aftershock upon entering the Sacred portal, I presume, you had shattered your memories having a weak internal spirit. So for now, I suggest, must focus on recovering your memories and pain will soon disappear. I must send you to the Babaylans for further investigation, and for your personal questions, you may ask them with that matter"

*Confused*

*Puzzled*

*mess*

*Nose bleeds*

"Huh??!" she look at him with confused expression.

"What death?--- sacred portal?--- Babaylan?--- what the hell--- are you making fun of me?---whatever, let's just end this shit"

Danica bravely manage to get up and slowly walk towards Tangkad, enduring the pain in her head.

Other way around he never bother to stop her, Tangkad just let the poor woman to do what she want. After all he knew sooner or later she will finally gave up.

Danica stand near in front of him even she's a little bit scared of his aura. Her whole body oddly feels weak and exhausted but her belief that he's just a part of her dream, makes her strong together with her innate naughtiness. Might as well used her charm and manipulate her dream to find her way out.

Slowly, she move her face nearer to him and make her hand sneakily reach its way to his right leg where he kept his Gold poniard.

Seductively, she smile at him and bit her lips while he's staring at her cluelessly, but before even reaching a few centimeters, he grab her hand and stop her from doing so.

"What are you doing"- he asked.

She struggle to freed from his grip but she's like an old sickly beggar, with no much strength left.

"I-im just borrowing your knife. If you don't agree, you can let go off my hand, I won't insist anymore"- she said softly changing her attitude and purposely making sounds like pitiful and weak. She just also had learn that there's no point in offending the man in her dream anymore, he's the only one who can help her anyway.

She sits on the ground not far from him and hugs her knee and rest her face on it.

"Why do you need my poniard for?" - he again asked, clearing things up.

Danica's eyes shines bright as she found a hint of success in using her charm. She instantly took the opportunity to try to look even more cuter. She just thought Tangkad will do something to help her.

"Like I said, I will use it to end my life. I had watch this scenario in an anime many times, and It is said to be, that if you can't get out in your dream, then you should kill yourself to get out. So please, pretty please, let me borrow your knife"

*puppy eyes*

Tangkad frowned upon hearing the word anime.

"What is an anime?" he asked with his brows meeting together in confusion.

Danica don't know why she feel excited all of the sudden.

"Its something... kind of a moving drawing that you watch to understand its story, it is the right term for a commonly animated adaptation of manga's and manhua's etc. with hundreds of episode that you will surely watch till you have black circles around your eyes because of its good story line, plot twist and good combination of genres--- you know I really love reading romance and fantasy novels actually, and as a result I ended up watching anime as with romance and fantasy genre as well, and now, you'll never believe me I'm a fan of Redo of healers, you know I say to you, there's no wrong about watching hentai, I must say you should watch! it too! I never let you down, You'll probably like that, you know it always happened to me that my boy flings usually ask for some good recommen-------

*look at Tangkad who's actually listening carefully*

----wait! why the hell I'm explaining to you? you might not even seen television do you?"

"No idea"- he answered.

*just remembered her main intention*

"Ahhh!--- forget it!, you're just part of my anyway, never mind, just give me that gold knife, hurry!"

"You really want to kill your self with this?" - he asked.

"Right!" *nods faster*

"Then why don't you try to smash your head on that rock instead?, the process may be different but I'm sure you'll end up at the same result" - Tangkad said blankly, proposing a hilarious idea.

Holy mother f*cker - conscience

*Jaw drop*

Is he really in my dream? why the hell I feel that I'm in real world at a different place with this weird man? And I seem to forget something... forget it, just focus on the situation. I am the most fearless woman in our university, the most talented and intelligent one. Everybody admires me so I can probably surpass this problem.

"you can also jump over the cliff not far away from here, After you fall, your head will surely smash with sharp rocks below, don't worry I will make sure you'll be dead, if you want this method I'll accompany you" - he added.

Danica has gotten worse confused now. Though Tangkad can give her some idea but honestly, she really want to try the method Tanjiro Kamado used in demons slayer as he scape in his dream. That's why she really want to use his poniard. She even thinks she looks cooler with that stunt and she'll surely write it on her diary when she wake up so she must not forget this part.

he actually has a point with what he said. What's really the difference if I use rock----- conscience.

"Have you decided now? want me to help you smash your head with that rock?" - Tangkad interrupt her thoughts.

*echoed*

"smashed your head with that rock?"

*triggers shattered memory*

***flashback***

"Drink more Riza---C'mon! were going get wasted now"

"No more chicken legs? Just gimme Carl's egg"

*Everyone's Laughing*

"Hey sis! Carl goes out"

"I'm going upstairs"

"Have some rest birthday girl"

*Girls cheering*

*Some boys are laughing*

*sign middle finger to her friends*

*That's my girl! bad *** Dan"

"Not your girl anymore"

"No screaming alright?! hahahaha"

*remembering everything*

------- the slumber party on her 18th birthday

------- The trap she make to seduce Carl go in vain

------- She discovered that Carl was a gay and she was fooled by him pretending to have interest in her too but actually has a secret relationship with Riza's boyfriend, Jerome.

*"You can never do that bitch, because I'll make sure you'll never see the sunrise even your beloved best friend." Jerome, holds Carl hand and licked the back of it.

"Ewww... go ahead you two, you can continue your kissing moment, I'll leave" she's not in the mood to argue with the two lovers because she lost her prey on her birthday.

"How dare you! You will never tell anything, to Riza, or else, I will kill you!" Jerome's at rage, he's really anxious that Riza will broke up with him, there might be an important reason behind it. Maybe It's Riza's wealth.

"Fine, fine, I will never tell anything..." she said boringly.

She immediately pick her phone and make her way head back.

"But of course, I will tell everything" she added after a few steps.*

------- She was threatened by Jerome not to spill the bean, but she was too careless that angered him and hitting her with a rock.

------- Eventually loosing her consciousness after a few seconds.

------- Having a dreamed of Carl about her plan for him that she imagined how going to be but it has become futile.

------- Now she's with unknown queer person in an unknown place and she still thinks its still part of one of her worst dream.

"What really had happened to me?" Danica sighs, noticing that her head doesn't hurt anymore.

Tangkad stands up. Walk towards her and lend his hand.

"Now, you must accept your fate...

cause you're already dead"

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