Death

A flight to Japan once more, apparently she was staying or more often seen around that country, I took a simple plane ride and arrived a day after.

The air of Japan was better than others.

I went down the plane and looked for a cab, asking it to take me to Kuoh Town.

That Town was pretty suspcious in itself with all the missions I've been taking there sometimes.

After a few nostalgic hours of looking around and spotting the differences since I last went there, or as nostalgic as I could.

Nostalgia was one expression I could mimic without any need for effort, maybe I was actually feeling it. That'd be somewhat fascinating.

The cab dropped me off and I went and lit a smoke.

I kept the cigarette in my mouth and took some pomade from my breat pocket, keeping my hair slicked back was an important thing, it made me look somewhat naturally emotionless without being mistaken for a psychopath.

Which I was not.

I walked the streets and spotted a brown haired boy oogling a poster of some Japanese AV idol. I shook my head at that and continued on, as suspicious as it was, the Vatican said they managed to pinpoint where Ophis was going to arrive next.

They were hiding something about the girl, she's probably someone really special, I ignored my stray thoughts and arrived at the place where they predicted she would be around in. I went on top of the roofs and stayed there.

13 hours went by and by 9PM, I spotted her. She was looking at me and I was at her.

This wasn't right.

All of the sudden, she disappeared from her spot and was behind me.

"Who are you?"

I gulped, hands on my guns, she saw those snapped my wrist.

CRACK!

I turned around and kicked her in the jaw but to no avail. Okay.

Those fucking Vaticans.

"I was set up, eh?"

The girl tilted her head in confusion but when it was unanswered, snaked flew from her hands and struck me at the stomach, making me fly off the roof and into the ground.

Broken shoulders, cracked spine, fractured hips, shocked legs.

Shit.

Oh, I cursed.

That's rare.

I coughed out blood and watched as the definitely not weak little girl was already in front of me.

"Who are you?"

"Ziel Star"

"Why?"

I paused and smiled at her. It was the only expression I could manage.

"Why would you claim to be able to beat me and forcefully mate with me?"

...

Oh, you fucking Vaticans. I felt more blood build up on my throat so I allowed it out.

"I never said those"

"Then why are you here?"

"Because I was set up"

"Why should I believe you?"

I pretended to mull about it, but with my usable arm, I took my gun and shot her in the face.

"Gotcha!"

BANG! BANG! BANG!

"What are these?"

...

So she's not even actually a Devil too? Fucking Vaticans. I started laughing and dropped my gun.

It was my first genuine laugh.

What a total irony.

In death, that's when I feel my first emotion and first laugh.

Despair and my first laugh.

"HAHAHAHAHA!"

"Why are you laughing?"

"Because it's funny"

I landed on my back and sighed in relief. I was afraid that in my whole life, I will never be able to feel, or was I afraid? I didn't know, I just wanted to feel something. Living my life faking every single thing that came out of me was sad, or was it sad? I don't know.

Ophis stared at me and sympathy flashed in her eyes for a bit.

"You... yearn the exact opposite of mine"

I furrowed an eyebrow.

"I... want my silence, my nothingness back, but you want the opposite of that. You yearn for noise, your something, I don't know what it is, but others have it and you don't"

"How old are you again?"

"Were you not the one who wished to forcefully mate with me?"

"..."

"I am old. Thousands upon thousands of years old"

She flared her magic and I got to see the intricacy of her magic.

"I am the Ourobouros Dragon of Infinity, Dragon Lord Ophis"

"So you're a dragon, huh?"

At least I got killed by something strong. I closed my eyes and felt something suck me from behind.

"I sympathize with your yearning but according to the rules of mating, the initiator that failed to mate is subject to death"

"Shut up. Not like I'm going to mate with a 12 year old looking dragon"

"Void Gap Open"

The Void Gap was a stupid space in the middle of every dimension, it was something I learned of by accident from a Devil who tried to escape to it.

It was described as nothing in it's conceptual form. What a bore.

A man who can't feel anything is to die by nothing.

"..."

Ophis turned around and her snakes pushed me one last time, this time into the Void Gap.

RF

And. That's how my story ends. Floating in the Void Gap until I run out of life juice. I closed my eyes and allowed whatever to take me or go into me or really whatever nothing does...

I felt my lungs losing their ability to take in oxygen. My head became even more dizzier and a massive headache to accompany it. My body was hurting so much that I felt my nerves pulse. I could hear my heartbeat over the sheer silence and after a while, my ears probably bursted open as even the silent ring couldn't be heard.

This is it.

I didn't know how but I knew I was going to die in the next few seconds.

No smoke. No sad songs. No emotions.

To die of nothing with nothing.

The ultimate death.

Peace.

Boring.

RF

"Hehe~"

A soft giggle.

"Wake up~"

A voice similar to that of soft and pleasant chimes.

"Yoohoo~"

A shade was placed on top of me.

"Poke~"

A soft finger poked my nose.

"Poke~"

Two soft fingers poked my cheeks.

...

Heaven. But, wait. That's not right.

I won't go to heaven.

I've done worst than most Devils.

I opened my eyes suddenly and found myself fact to face with a very unexplainable face.

Was she beautiful or cute? Her skin was pale, her hair was bubblegum pink and she wore lipstick that matched her hair color and eyes.

"Where?"

I tried moving my body, only to find something soft behind my head.

"Hm~? Is my lap comfortable? Hehe~"

I stood up, finding nothing wrong with me, body healed, no signs of damage, no signs of clothes other than the ripped and messed up ones I wore, no idea of where I was either.

"Where am I?"

I asked, I assume she was the one who healed me, as she most probably was. Instead of answering me, she cupped her cheeks and laid on the ground chest first with her legs behind her swinging.

And giggled.

"Is that how you humans react when you see a beautiful girl?"

I looked around and noticed the neverending blackness with one orb of light acting as a source of light.

"Then, may I instead know who you are?"

She turned around, back facing the the floor giggled to herself.

"Is this how you pick-up girls?"

...

Okay. Another one of those girls then. I prepped my face and stretched it a bit before inhaling.

"Can I at least hear your name, princess?"

I smiled, the angel one, my long hair happened to cover half of my face, and since I had no pomade I made do with manually pushing it back.

"Hehe~ you're re~ally cute~"

Why do I feel like an open gallery?

Her singsong tone made it a little too mocking.

"Fine. I'm sorry if I seem a bit rude, but I don't see the point of acting nice to a person who refuses to give me their name no matter how politely I asked"

Her expression changed, a bit of worry and then she tilted her head, as if she was thinking of something.

"Ah~ I know~ play with me~!"

It took me about 10 seconds, a look at her body, towards her face and to her throat.

Her body was exactly that of a 15 yeard old. But, I've seen enough and know that physical age be damned.

"You... still have not told me your name yet"

This time, she really frowned.

"Can't you see it already?"

"What?"

I don't see anything... wri...tten.

[Witch of the End - Aneles Anirak]

[True Elf]

...

"Hehe~ I have a beautiful name right~?"

I glanced at her ears, noticing it's distinctive point.

"What is this?"

I dropped every essence of acting I had and my face took on the rarest of complete neutralness.

"Hm~"

She stood up, her full height barely reaching my stomach. I was pretty tall. She then skipped towards me and gave me...

A hug?

"You're now part of me"

...

"That also means, you can feel now"

...

"So, don't make that sad face"

...

She buried her head at my stomach.

"I'm your master. You're my servant"

...

"Please. Don't let me feel lonely again"

...

Pity.

I felt pity.

No, more than that.

I felt... care.

My hands instinctively reached for head.

Patting it.

"You won't leave me, right?"

[Aneles Anirak wishes to be your master]

[Do you accept? Y/N]

...

"N-"

"I saved your life"

...

"I shared with you my unique helper"

...

"I don't wish for anything else, please. I don't want to be lonely anymore"

I felt dampness at my stomach area.

"I don't like this dark place that much anymore"

...

[Y/N]

"I assume, this is a mission then?"

"Eh~?"

"You're hiring me for a job right?"

"E-Eh~?"

"Tell me, until when will this mission last?"

I tried my best to keep my face neutral. This was new. I'm actually feeling something. I want to keep this. And, if the payment is to be he servant of a sad lonely girl, then I'll be damned to hell and right back to the Void Gap if I don't accept.

"Forever~?"

"Yes, I accept to be Aneles Anarik's servant... forever"

...

I sighed and looked at Aneles.

Oh, why was she laughing?

"N-No way~ you actually said forever~?!"

She grew redder and redder until she dropped to the ground laughing, slamming her little hands at the ground.

"Hmm~! Hmhmhmhm~!"

"Excuse me?"

"I'm sorry~ I was actually acting~ Hehe~ I can actually leave this place whenever I want~ and~~~"

She wheezed.

Oh. Fucking Vaticans.

"I-I~ I~ I'm actually not really lonely but thank you very much~ hehe~"

After a few minutes she finally stood up and her face looked like she just went through masturbation with how red and how thick the pants she exhaled were.

"Those are actually my saliva~"

She pointed at the damp spot in my stomach.

"And the only thing I did for you is revive you~ but even that was way too easy~ and I got a forever servant from it~! Yey~"

She hopped a bit before grabbing my hands.

"Since your now my servant~ play with me~!"

Crap. What have I gotten myself into.

"What about my feelings?"

"Did you fall in love with me that fast~?"

I felt annoyance. Wow, I guess it's true.

"I meant, how did you give me the ability to feel?"

"Oh~ When I healed you~ I guess your brain defect too~?"

...

No way. I was actually a psychopath? Or Sociopath? I don't know.

"How about that... thing you said about being part of you?"

"Check you system~"

[Ziel Star]

[Elf]

...

I touched my ears.

"YOU TURNED ME INTO AN ELF?!"

"I didn't know~ I just kissed you~"

"Why were you kissing me?"

"I like cute boys~ plus, I'm technically your mother a True Elf giving some of her essence creates an Elf~ congratulations by the way~ my~ dear~ son~ hehe~"

She walked beside me and linked our arms.

"Now~ play with me~!"

...

"What's the game?"

"Death Chase~!"

...

What?