Chapter 1. Something strange is happening:

[Mmm ...]

[ ¿What is this...? ]

My body feels heavy and like something is compressing my lungs.

[Everything is dark and I am short of breath, I need to breathe]

I try to take a deep breath, but an unfamiliar liquid enters my mouth, preventing me from taking in air, so I close it quickly to avoid swallowing more of that liquid.

[ ¿W-what is this? ]

lack of oxygen makes me suffocate slowly

[ I ... can't ... my mind ... fades ...]

* I close my eyes scared and I feel something pick me up *

Letting myself be guided, after a few seconds with my mind on the edge of a thread, I feel a slight discomfort in my eyelids, when I open them I look up noticing a light reflected in the liquid making it take on various colors.

[ It must be the surface ... Just a little more...]

In an act of bravery, I completely stopped the movement of my body to avoid sinking again, soon noticing a chill running down my neck.

[ I should already be floating on the surface, but I can't turn around for some reason ]

My reasoning was getting more and more limited, I couldn't figure out how to turn my body around, but I still didn't give up.

[ ¡¡¡ NOT !!! ]

[ ¡¡¡ I REFUSE TO DIE LIKE THIS... !!! ]

Like a turtle falling onto its shell, I began to roll my body sideways until I finally managed to float onto my back, only to start coughing as I tried to suck in huge, desperate amounts of air.

--- COFF ... COFF ... coff .... aah .... ah ... ---

* Once my breathing stabilized, I began to look around *

( I see ... This is a lake and ...)

(¿¿¡¡¡ MANY PEOPLE WATCHING !!!??)

Around the lake, several people looked at me with their surprised faces, until one of the many began to scream so loudly that even I, in my daze, could hear it:

--- "¡¡¡ IT'S THE HEROIN, THE LEGEND IS TRUE !!!" ---

Then notice how some knelt on the ground praying, others just kept shouting

--- "¡¡¡ LONG LIVE HEROIN !!!" ---

Only one woman dove into the lake swimming towards me, taking my body with both hands and began to swim towards the shore.

I was amazed at how such a slim and seemingly weak woman could handle me.

[¿ My weight is 70 grams. How the hell can he swim carrying me so easily? ]

My thoughts were interrupted the moment I felt his hand enter my shirt pulling something that he pulled stealthily, leaving it behind, as if he did not want anyone to see him.

[What he threw is floating ... that shape, ¿Isn't it a piece of wood? ]

( Apparently what had saved me from sinking in the first place was a piece of wood, but ... )

( ¿How did this woman know it was on my shirt? )

( ¿ How had it gotten to my shirt in the first place? )

( And...¿Why do I cast it so carefully so that no one will see it? )

There were too many questions for my mind after almost drowning, so I ignored everything and stopped thinking by closing my eyes.

The woman after a few minutes swimming managed to get me out of the lake, carrying me in her arms, walking through the crowd, from which I could hear some sobs.

* I opened my eyelids slowly but not completely because they were tired *

I could see a group of women cry with a relieved expression on their faces, others just kept praying or shouting and knelt as my loaded body passed by them.

Every second I was awake exhausted me and left me even more confused, so I closed my eyes again to get some rest.

--- "Don't worry Rossanne my daughter, you have done well" ---

[ ¿Rossanne? ¿Where have I heard that name before? ]

Those words from the woman holding me were the last I heard before falling into a deep sleep.

>>>To be continue...>>>

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