No matter where I looked, I could not find him.
I was scared, so I went to see Bellung.
“Oh, Ryan is sleeping in the basement of this house.” (Bellung)
Bellung answered with a smile.
He was smiling, but his eyes were scary.
But I was worried about Ryan, so I followed Bellung as he took me to a certain place.
We went down the first floor hallway and opened a tightly closed door to find a staircase.
It was dimly lit and scary.
But when Bellung touched the magic stone on the wall, a light illuminated the place.
When the light lit up, I felt a little relieved.
Going down the stairs, we came to a large hall.
In the center of the hall, there was a bed where Ryan was sleeping.
I jumped up and went over to him.
“Ryan!” (Ronne)
I called out to him, but he didn’t wake up.
I hit him, I flailed about on his face, but he still did not respond.
“What did you do to Ryan?!” (Bellung)
“I just had him help me. Permanently.” (Bellung)
Bellung replied with a smile.
“What do you mean by that?” (Ronne)
“It means that I’m going to be able to see you for a long time.” (Bellung)
I disconnected from Ryan’s magic.
“I can still see you, you know.” (Bellung)
“No, you can’t.” (Ronne)
I moved, but Bellung’s eyes followed me.
“You and I are connected. You are now mine.” (Bellung)
Bellung laughed.
I was afraid.
I wanted to run away right now.
I turned my attention to the stairs behind Bellung.
“Are you going to leave him like this and run away?” (Bellung)
He asked me, as if he realized that I was trying to escape.
I turned to look at Ryan.
He was sleeping like he was dead in his bed, but he was alive.
I couldn’t leave Ryan and run away by myself.
“If you run away like this, he might die.” (Bellung)
“What have you done to Ryan?” (Ronne)
“His magic flows to me sporadically.” (Bellung)
“Don’t tell me…” (Ronne)
“I think you understand. I’m receiving his magic power to see you.” (Bellung)
There were a lot of things around Ryan’s bed that I didn’t understand. The only thing I could make out was a magic stone, something the two of them sometimes did research on, but was it because of that?
“You don’t have to do that, I can just use Ryan’s magic power, so anyone will be able to see me.” (Ronne)
“But didn’t you just cut off your connection to Ryan in an attempt to escape, I won’t be able to see you when you do that, right?” (Bellung)
Indeed, I just made myself invisible.
Normally, he should not be able to see me or hear me. But Bellung could right now.
So it was true that Bellung had somehow managed to incorporate Ryan’s magic power into himself as he could see and talk to me.
“If I continue to use Ryan’s magic power, he may die. If you stay here, I will continue supplying him with magic power from the outside, but if you run away, I will just stop the supply, and you can imagine what will happen next.” (Bellung)
In other words, he indicated that if the magic power connection was cut, Ryan would die.
“And even if you escape, you and I are still connected. I will follow you wherever you go. I should be able to do it through Ryan, but you may not be convinced that I can do it.” (Bellung)
Did that mean he would know where I was located even if I was far away?