This World

I stand outside of the place that was most important to me from my time within this world. Kelly's cafe. This was the first place to accept me and let me stay, the first place I felt peaceful, and the first place that changed me. This is the place where I learned how bad my choices were during the gang war.

Despite it being the middle of the night, I walked right through the door, being sure to be loud and announce my presence.

"Kelly, wake up!"

I called throughout the small cafe, being sure that my voice was loud enough to reach all the way to the back room where she slept. As soon as I spoke, I could hear a rustling as she woke up. It was obvious that she was surprised, but her actions also sounded rough and angry.

I listened as she stomped out from the back room and into the eating area where I stood with Amelia.

"What the hell do you think you're doing here?"

Her face was etched with rage as she stared daggers at me.

"I have a favor to ask."

"Why would I do anything for you after you did nothing for anyone else during the gang war?"

"Don't think of it as helping me then. Listen, I have to leave, and I don't know how long I will be gone. I need someone to watch Amelia in the meantime."

Kelly looked from me to Amelia, looking her up and down. She was still pissed, but she at least decided to hear me out.

"You better have a good reason."

"I do, but I honestly can't talk about it. I just need someone to take care of her while I'm gone."

"Fine, but you know she isn't just going to be allowed to stay, right? I'm going to work her just as hard as I worked you. You got that?"

"Yeah, that's fine."

"Okay then. Scram."

With that, I left Amelia in Kelly's cafe and left the city, following the cross in the sky. The cross that the creator had mentioned was a constellation in the sky in the shape of a cross. I guess I just need to follow it northward to arrive at the site of the ancient curse, but how am I supposed to know when I get there? I don't imagine there will be some large sign just pointing to the ancient curse.

On that note, what does he expect me to do? He said that the demons made a curse to come back into the world after ten thousand years, but here's what I don't quite understand. If I were to use my light magic on that curse, would they just appear as soon as I undid it, or would it prevent them from returning? If anything, that is my biggest concern about this whole thing.

That aside, I still have some questions for the creator himself. If he is the creator, and if he does want to stop the demons, why doesn't he just prevent the curse himself? I'm sure it wouldn't be so hard for someone like him to get rid of one curse. Also, why did he decide that I would have to be the one to deal with this? Shouldn't he have just asked me? I most certainly would have said no, but he would have eventually found some poor soul that would love to take up the challenge.

Most importantly of all, though, why now? Why couldn't he have let me enjoy my nice quiet life in my nice and cozy house outside of the city? I was just beginning to feel at home there after almost an entire year of living there, and things were just starting to feel a bit more stable, and now I'm on some quest to save the world. I'm forced to abandon everything that made me feel safe and comfortable for the sake of a world that will probably never know of my heroism!

Some people would probably think I was being selfish for putting my own petty desires before the world, but I've just felt so fragile. I tried to help the village, and I got chased out by mercenaries who feared my powers. I tried to help that old and dusty boom town, but the noble's servant chased me off after learning of my ability to use dark magic. I tried to hide my powers after learning that most people feared them, and many people end up dying with all of the blame being set on me.

Why should I have to put up with this world after everything its done to me?

Well, it wasn't the villagers themselves that chased me off, just a group of mercenaries. It wasn't that the noble's servant didn't appreciate what I'd done, he just didn't want anyone with dark magic to live in the town. It also was my fault that those people died. I could have done something, but I didn't. Its because I was selfish that all of those bad things happened to me. All because I wanted that quiet life.

Maybe I should just forget about it and set it aside for the greater good. Besides, it's not like I can't have it after I deal with this world ending curse. I just need to hold on a little longer is all.

Wow, that was quite the rabbit hole I went down. Now that I'm back to my senses, I should go and visit Gabriel so that he knows I won't be around to deal with this city's problems for a while.