episode_0007
by fnovelpiaThere was a change.
An intangible energy emitted by Lett.
Little by little, it began to take on a darker color.
It was clearly different from Mana.
no way.
The air feels sticky against my skin.
Seed could quickly tell what it was, but still doubted his eyes.
The power of monsters and demons, beyond the four abilities that humans possess.
It was ‘Magi’.
Why?
No matter how much you think about it, you won’t know the answer.
No, to be exact, the problem is that the answer is too obvious.
Obviously, he must have succumbed to the humiliation of being a failure and the temptation to become stronger quickly.
But how, is the question.
Everyone has these desires: wanting to be strong, wanting to be successful, wanting to be popular, wanting to be noticed.
However, this does not mean that everyone experiences the devil’s temptation.
I wonder what kind of contact there was.
As far as Seed remembers, it was a year later that demons began interfering within the Academy Sarasa.
And by chance, Irushia’s true nature, her qualities as a Demon King, opened her eyes.
Rather, he swallows the devil who has been reaching out to him with temptation, and begins to become a full-fledged demon lord.
“… Tsk.”
The situation is serious.
It’s very serious, but first, first, I have to get out of here.
I have to run away.
In the current state of Seed, there’s really nothing he can do against it.
“Hey, are you running away? Heh heh, you were talking so shamelessly just now. ”
Ran.
I can’t think of anything right now.
Intentional overload of the body.
The source of Seed’s ability to fight against extraterrestrial beings and respond to attacks that would be impossible for a normal body to respond to.
Squeezing without thinking about the aftermath.
The muscles, nerves, reflexes, and kinetic vision of the entire body are instantly amplified.
Even with my current body that’s like trash, I can still achieve amazing speeds.
but.
A black chain extending from Lett’s body covers Seed at a much faster rate.
Seed doesn’t even look back, but senses the attack and twists and bends his body to avoid it. He keeps running.
But it wasn’t enough.
I only ran a little over 10 meters.
The chains of darkness eventually snatch Seed away. Starting with that, chains quickly wrap themselves around every nook and cranny of his torso and limbs.
If Lett were to apply even a little force to the chains here, Seed’s body would be torn apart by the squeezing chains.
Is it a piece of meat?
Is this how I die?
It didn’t feel real.
In some ways, it felt so vivid and real.
I’ve seen quite a few people who have been turned into pieces of meat. The slimy, sticky, soft feeling that touches the hand that tries to gather it somehow, the bright pink color that’s so bright it’s unpleasant, and the bloody smell that seems to permeate the whole body.
People who couldn’t be saved.
Even though the sensation was so vivid, this time it simply didn’t feel real that it was me.
The brain was so selfish and arbitrary that Sid let out a small laugh.
Well, you’ll experience it for yourself soon.
But once again, things didn’t go as planned.
***
Irusia was lying on the bed, with a thin blanket covering her head.
Since the blanket wasn’t long enough, my feet would stick out of it.
The sensation was so scary that I crouched.
Feeling sorry for myself, I shed a small tear.
As I lay down, tears flowed down my cheeks and accumulated in my ears. Ah, every sound became muffled.
ah.
I didn’t want to move.
I didn’t even want to think about anything.
I want to be a being that just curls up and breathes. I wish I could even stop breathing.
Help the weak.
I’m weak.
My heart was drying up at an accelerating rate.
The seed I saw yesterday, covered in blood.
The image comes to mind, bright red in my mind.
‘Someday, you too, yeah, I’ll be able to hit you in the face…!’
Why did you say such meaningless things?
A single red spark on dry firewood.
I lied to myself with words that I couldn’t even believe. So first, let me believe what I say. Let me deceive myself first.
Realizing that it was a forced hope and a weak self-consolation.
But it was miserable to do nothing. Irusia raised her body and dragged it with force.
It’s simple. I make the first move.
Let’s become a little stronger. Let’s become useful.
Let’s become someone who can help Seed even just a little bit.
Someday, someday, I can be someone who can protect you.
ha ha ha.
I feel like a real idiot. There is a limit to mental victory.
While telling herself those words, Irusia went to the training ground.
The training ground seemed unusually noisy.
The gossip is wedged into the crowd.
And the story I heard there made my eyes spin.
They say that Seed came to the training ground for some reason.
I see.
I was so happy and my heart ached.
“Oh my. You’re so interested in this. But you know, that Sid guy… ”
“Huh?”
“Where did Lett come and take you? Oh… Right.”
***
Lett, who had bound Seed with chains of darkness, pulled Seed’s body along instead of tearing it to pieces.
The distance narrows in an instant.
Our eyes meet.
Rhett put his arm around Seed’s shoulder.
A posture commonly called ‘arms crossed’.
“I told you to follow me, right?”
The chains of darkness that had wrapped around Seed’s body disappeared.
Instead, a thin chain dug into his side.
By tearing and piercing the skin and the loose subcutaneous fat.
Like someone who is carefully feeling his way around in a dark room to find something.
So, I slowly looked inside, as if trying to find the intestines inside.
The hot sensation left me speechless.
So the two of them walked for a while, arms around each other’s shoulders, in silence.
Pass the school gate.
The place we arrived at was a deserted back alley.
It was dark and shadowed by the tall buildings surrounding it.
“Ugh, ahhh! Where did that strength come from? That’s not real! Huh?”
Rhett smiled brightly without saying a word.
and.
Without even a moment for Seed to do anything.
The brutal torture began.
Magi doesn’t only exist in the form of chains.
It becomes a sharp scalpel, then a curved sword, then a carving knife, then a heavy broadsword, then a cleaver, then a dining knife.
It delicately peels away skin, tears flesh into pieces, rips and scrapes bones.
Cut off fingers, joints apart. Shatter kneecaps. Strike the chest, and shattered rib fragments swarm the intestines.
Pluck out your eyes, squeeze them tightly, and crush them in your hands.
It forcefully pierces the area near the Adam’s apple, tearing the vocal cords that had been groaning tirelessly until now.
quiet.
Roll up the long intestines into a ball like a thread and crush them all at once.
…and fixes everything.
Like a child who spends a long time playing by matching the same blocks and knocking them down again.
If it were a toy, the seed would be broken into several pieces that would be difficult for a child to assemble, so much so that they would ask their parents to assemble it. However, it is put back together little by little.
Every time I take it apart again, I just adore the dazzling colors of pink, white, and red that bloom like fireworks.
It was beautiful.
Lett felt like he could do this all day.
***
Irusia was running.
Once again, it was time to reflect on his own foolish thoughts.
Build up your strength so that it will be helpful later?
Do you want to be able to stand on Seed’s side someday?
no.
Even if it doesn’t help, even if it’s useless.
Even if you can’t win, even if it’s hopeless.
Just being who I am now.
mom.
Still, I should have sided with Seed.
A strange feeling welled up in my chest.
It felt like I was inhaling acrid smoke, like my stomach was churning from indigestion, but I was still strangely drawn to it.
The senses were pointing in a certain direction.
A stronger intuition than ever before in my life screamed at me to go there.
Even if you can’t fly straight away with magic, you can make your feet a little faster and create a little bit of wind to push your back.
I ran to the place I arrived at.
There was a seed that was just being assembled.
Irusia understood a lot in an instant. She misunderstood.
The shattered seed. The healing. The constant bullying. The bloodstains of yesterday. Always said it was nothing.
“Ah, ah.”
Worst imaginable.
Maybe that’s why things like that always happen in places no one knows about.
Was I always alone during my most painful moments?
But did you always just silently listen to what I said?
Wiggle.
Something inside Irusia began to pulse.
The moment she faced the black energy holding the seed, Irushia’s unpleasant sensation swelled as if it was going to burst.
It’s like a sudden drowsiness that comes over you.
The sun was setting.
Like having a bad dream.
Irusia’s consciousness also begins to darken.
***
In the nightmare, Irusia was a child.
In a pitch-black space with no walls, no ceiling, and no end, there is a single white well that seems to shine.
Young Irusia was unbearably thirsty.
But Irusia was afraid of wells. She didn’t know why. But she was still very scared.
I was so scared that my thin legs gave out and I almost collapsed. So I just sat still.
I waited quietly, as if the thirst would go away if I just kept quiet.
But if you don’t drink, your thirst will only increase.
The thirsty child eventually held back tears and walked one step at a time.
Towards the well.
Then, someone appeared in front of him and opened his arms to block the child.
Red eyes like Irusia. A very similar face.
But the woman who appeared looked mature. Will Irusia look like that in 10 years?
Another thing, pure white hair contrasting with Irusia’s black hair.
-Don’t go.
-But I’m thirsty.
Anyway, I was thirsty.
-So, sister who doesn’t know, please get out of the way.
When Irusia looked up at her sister’s face, it looked like she was about to cry.
The woman bent her knees and hugged Irusia tightly.
-Ugh… I can’t breathe.
-You’re going, you have to go…
-Yeah. I’ll go.
-I see… Okay.
The woman let go of Irusia.
Irusia stepped aside to allow him to move forward.
So, Irusia continued walking, trembling, one step at a time.
The woman looked at Irucia like that and followed her.
Soon Irusia reached the well.
My throat was burning, so I wanted to drink something.
But for some reason, I was too scared to look straight into the well.
There is something at the bottom of the well that I looked into while holding back my fear.
– Sister, what is this?
-This is what you were afraid of.
Black and black.
Black and shining, shining and dark. Contradictory. So tangled and tangled. Countless fingers. Speaker. ■■. Sticky. Soggy. Short tremors. ■■■■. Whisper. Pain. That is, turning over. Inside ■■. Scream. Entanglement. One and many. On the other side of the boundary.
tentacle?
We ran into each other.
Something was looking at Irusia intently.
-I’m sorry.
It’s so precariously close to the point where the black stuff is boiling over and overflowing from the well.
I can’t take my eyes off it.
The girl stretched out her arm into the well, took a sip of the black liquid with her hand, and drank it.
My throat feels wet. My intense thirst is instantly quenched.
Sister, what is this?
Without even asking, the child knew that this was fate.
Huh?
When Irusia came to her senses, Irusia’s hand was already there.
It pierced Lett’s heart.
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