<div class="quote"><i>Rigel31415 wrote:</i></div>
<div class="quote"><i><span style="font-style:italic;">Bell was able to understand what she said but not to recognize her.</span></i></div>
<p>His mind wandered as he looked off into the distance. Gaze shifting, a certain divine
being came into view.
“...A goddess?”
She was standing on the roof of the main tower.
The Floating Garden wasn’t quite as high as the main tower, but Bell could clearly see
the deity standing close to the edge.
Even at a distance, the goddess’s perfect body was mesmerizing. There was a different
aura to it, compared to Ishtar’s beauty gone too far. Yes, a tranquil beauty that he could
look at until the end of time, almost magical. Her silver hair flowed in the breeze,
sparkling like the stars in the night sky.
The goddess turned to face Bell, who had lost all concept of time as he stared up at her.
That’s when the boy realized she was smiling at him.
And also, he felt a jolt!
A foreboding wave of cold sweat ran down his spine.
He knew this feeling. He’d felt it many times before. The feeling of being seen—a
gaze that didn’t hold anything back.
The boy was speechless as his eyes registered the deity’s lips moving. While her voice
didn’t reach him, their meaning washed over him like rolling thunder.
“I love you.”
Each one of the silent syllables echoed through his mind.
—It’s her.
Bell was sure of it. Every time he’d felt the strange twang of an intense stare, she was
the one behind it.
The nervous beating of his heart pounding in his ears, Bell stared in fascination at the
being looking down from above...when she suddenly disappeared. As if awakening from
a dream, Bell took control of his quivering lungs and came back into the moment.
</p><p>Idk, seems like he recognized her, lol.
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