The secret of her power

Alex opened the door of his house and entered, his heavy footsteps alerting the maids and butler.

He gave his heavy bag, filled with equipment, to the butler and headed to the living room where he saw his son sitting on the couch while watching the television.

"I ate dinner without you, where'd you go?" Theron Axel Voss, the head of the South Branch. The son of Alex Voss and is one of the top S ranks of the country.

"I had dinner with my crew." He simply answered as he took off his shoes and cast them aside.

"You're still working for the south branch..?" Theron asked, his voice gentle and confused

"Yes, is there anything wrong with it?"

"Nah, it's just weird having my Dad as one of my employees." He faked a gagging noise and went back to watching the television.

"By the way, I need you to buy me a new phone." He ordered and sat next to his son, the couch shifting to the direction where he sat.

He's a fairly big man, someone who will be considered buff, unlike his son who's leaning on the slim yet athletic body type.

"Did you break it?"

"No, I gave it away." He simply answered as he raised his feet on the glass center table located in front of the couch.

"Huh, why?" Theron was curios, his father had always been a good judge of character, so for someone to receive his personal belongings, that person must be trustworthy.

"I met this young girl, she's an orphan who failed to get picked and is now hunting around, trying her best to survive." He sighed, obvious concern evident on his tone.

"That's tough. Sure, I'll buy you another one." He simply answered and went back to watching the television.

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As I walked through the dark alley that leads to my small apartment, I can't help but overthink, why did I do that?

When the fight with goblins happened earlier, I was not sure if I opened an exit portal, but I'm not sure if I didn't either.

For the nineteen years of having this aspect, I know that using my power came close as second nature by now... But there's something in this situation that won't let me rest.

That sensation... That's the first time I felt it...

So earlier, I had to make sure I felt it right.

When the crew have gone along, I stayed behind for a few minutes in the lair of the boss.

The body of that boss is burned to death, bit it's still pretty intact.

So what I did, I opened a portal under it, a portal so big I didn't even know I could make it and the dragon fell in it.

Into a void with no escape.

A void I created.

The portal I created has an entrance but no exit, unlike a complete portal, which has an entrance and exit, where you can see the place where the exit is located, the thing I saw inside the incomplete portal is similar to a void.

Just a dark place where you can't see, smell, hear or touch anything.

And just as I suspected, the same warm sensation filled my chest, I don't know what I can do with this knowledge... Is an incomplete portal comparable to a wasteland?

I finally arrived to the back door that leads to my apartment and there stood my landlord waiting for me, "There you are, Elise." He looked at me worried.

"Today is your due date... Do you want me to extend it…?"

I laughed nervously, "No need, I have my payment right here." I smiled and grabbed three-hundred silver coins I prepared in advanced.

"You kid, just how hard did you work for this…? Look at you, you looked beaten up..." He worried looked over at me, even turning me around to examine me.

"Don't worry about me, sir Jamel! I found a new job, and it pays well! I might just be able to pay my debts at this rate!" I saluted at him, and he just chuckled at me and patted my head.

"Just make sure you're safe, okay?" I nodded at his request and bid him farewell.

As soon as I entered my room, my eyes dropped as I leaned on the closed door, slowly sliding down until I hit the floor.

I groaned as I massaged my legs, "It hurts, all that running around earlier took a huge toll on me and I even had to force myself to eat with them..."

Even while eating earlier, my feet already hurts, but I don't want to decline a free meal, so I tagged along.

"But I have a bigger problem..." I sweat out of nervousness as I remembered the mystery about my portal creation aspect.

"I still don't know what happened to the goblin and to the venomfang." I mumbled to myself as I mindlessly opened the portal...

...and the snout of the venomfang almost broke out of it.

"What..." I stuttered out as the head of the venomfang went back inside the portal and I could finally see it's full form.

There's a total of two venomfangs, seemingly slithering around nothingness, but they have no hostility towards me who they can obviously see, in fact, they seem to be fond of me.

"Just... What did I fucking do…?" I mumbled to myself as I looked at the two enormous serpents inside the portal.

This isn't normal... Should I have it checked? Wait, no... There is nothing wrong with aspects, it's just the way it is, the peculiarity of it just came from the unknown.

That's what the teachers say, they fully believe that there is nothing wrong with aspects, all there is mystery, meaning that if you saw something bizarre with you aspect, that means you found out a new way to use it.

I moved the portal backwards for a little and stood my ground, "C-Come out, slowly..." I ordered which caught the snakes attention.

They slowly slithered their way tried to escape the portal but the two of them are bumping each other, the opening of the portal too small to fit them both.

I motioned my arms to make the portal bigger until it's as tall and as wide as my apartment, now I'm vulnerable.

The portal is now big enough for the two of them to go out. Fully expecting them to attack, I closed my eyes.

But what I felt is the two of them slithering around my body, seemingly protecting me. "W-Wow..." I mumbled to myself as I put a hand on top of their heads.

This changes everything..!

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