Knowing she was getting uncomfortable with my stare, I stopped staring at her like a psychopath, tho I still kept moving to where she was sitting to further annoy her. She finally sat on the floor, I still followed her and invaded her personal space. I am not doing this to make her uncomfortable, in fact, she is not even feeling that way, I am just doing this to annoy her.
She finally had enough, she stood up with her arms crossed. She didn't sit back. And so, to annoy her again, I stood close to her with my right arm leaning on her shoulder.
She surrendered and just let me lean my arm on her shoulder. I made my knees weaker to add more weight leaning on her shoulder, she prevailed against it. The door then opened, and there Karl was just confused about what we were doing.
He stayed quiet and just sat in the chair. I removed my arm from her shoulder, and I heard a sigh of relief.
"Huh, what are you doing?"
I walked closer to Karl and I began to sit in the same chair as he was sitting.
"D-dude!"
He was annoyed at me invading his personal space.
He easily gave up and just stood up.
"You should really know how to respect someone's personal space!"
I tilted my head
"[{~¦why not?¦~}]"
He let out a deep frustrated sigh. He was now going to explain to me why someone's personal space should be respected and not crossed.
"Well Ashura, if you disrespect someone's personal space-….."
I turned my back around and ignored what he was saying. I opened Pumpkin's closet and as expected, I found a violin in the floor.
"A violin? Never knew you played the violin, you just seem to be not the person to like music."
Karl broke from his speech about personal space.
"I do not play the Violin. That was just a random gift from my parents several weeks ago. Tried it once with an instructor, didn't like violins, and so into the closet."
"I see'
I noticed the violin needed some tuning, so I pulled out the bow and began rotating the pegs.
"Hey, be careful with that! You might break it."
Karl cautioned me to be careful. I did not listen.
"It's fine. But I'll have to let you know that if you break it, you'll have to pay me"
"[{~¦mmmm….. okay!¦~}]"
After 3 minutes, the violin was now perfectly fixed.
I began testing the tuned violin. I started with a c4, then d4, e4, f4, g4, a4, b4. They sounded perfect, and so I plucked the e string, then the a string, then the d, and then the g. They sounded perfect.
"Hey! Just because you tuned it doesn't mean I will pay you, I didn't ask for it."
"[{~¦I wasn't really planning on asking you for money, but okay…¦~}]"
I let the bow touch the strings of the violin, and I started playing slowly. Both of my audiences were captured by the music that was formed from the violin.
I made my movements faster, then faster. And just as I was about to hit the climax of the music, I changed course. I played a different note, the speed became slower, then slower, then slower.
"[{~¦phew, still knew how to play it….¦~}]"
"Y-you know how to play the violin?"
Kark asked me with amazement in his voice
"[{~¦well yeah! Heard someone play the violin on the streets and forced my parents to teach me ~}]"
Technically, it was mom who taught me how to.
I placed the violin near the wall and let it lean against it. I stood up and jumped onto Pumpkin's bed. It was soft.
"Well since you know how to play it, do you want to form a band for the music competition at school?"
"[{~¦mmmmmmmhhhmmmm…..¦~}]"
I made a sound to let them think I was thinking, I already knew what to say.
"[{~¦sure, but we should wear chicken outfits for the funny…. When is the music festival again?¦~}]"
"Assuming they will host it on the same day, which they most definitely would. Exactly 3 months from now. Just after our quarterly exam"
"[{~¦mmmhmmm. Pumpkin, wanna learn the violin? I can teach it to you for free¦~}]"
"... no thank you, music isn't just for me."
Understandable, some people have their own preferences.
"[{~¦Then I guess it is just the two of us…. This is just sad¦~}]"
"Couldn't you invite your other friend? He might know some instruments."
"The other friend" he was referring to was The Shadow, or Dieb.
"[{~¦I'll try¦~}]"
He knows the piano, so he might join us. The reason why I said "might" inside my head is due to the presence of Pumpkin, because of her, I do not know the correct future for this planet.
I let out a yawn and stretched out my arms.
"[{~¦I'll go make a cup of chocolate milk ¦~}]"
I stood up and left the room.
The smell of hot cocoa entered my nostrils, and I gladly took it in. I then poured in the hot milk and stirred it completely until the milk became brown. I took a sip and I was satisfied with the results of my hard labor for chocolate milk.
I placed the cup onto a small plate and began walking upstairs toward Pumpkin's room. I opened the door and there was pumpkin and hyena sitting silently waiting for me to start a new topic to talk about.
"[{~¦were you guys just silent?¦~}]"
"We were. We do not have anything to talk about, and you are the god of making random topics. So go ahead, the stage is all yours"
Pumpkin said to me as if I am the god of making topics. No no no, I am not a god, I am an embodiment! Being called just a god is disrespect to my awesome power!
I placed the tip of the cup in my lips and I drank it all.
"Did you seriously waste 15 minutes of your life making milk, and just instantly drinking it?"
"[{~¦That is the beauty and sadness of life. You work hard for food, and it just instantly goes away. Poof¦~}]"
I said the last sentence with my hands showing an exploding expression.
I felt a tear run from my eye, truly one of life's greatest gifts. Consuming.
I began walking towards Pumpkin, and without regard to her personal space, I sat extremely near her. It seems Hyena already surrendered about lecturing me about personal space. But instead of the usual arms on her shoulder, I instead leaned my head on her shoulder.
This caught them off guard, the reason for this? No reason, she was just closer to me than Karl. I slowly closed my eyes as I felt their weight until there was darkness.
"Let me ask you a question"
I heard Karl's voice. Shudup! I am trying to sleep.
"What?"
"Are you guys dating? It looks to me like you are really lovey-dovey."
"What? No. We only met like 2 days ago, minus the part where we were at the Palace of Versailles. "
"Mmmmmmhhmmmm love at first sight perhaps?"
Love at first sight? I am not even in love right now, I am still testing out my emotions to really see if I am capable of loving people who are not of my blood. Even now, I do not consider you guys as friends. Perhaps our friendship will be mutual in the future, even my omniscience cannot comprehend my future, and so only time will tell.
"But still, it is really obvious he has a crush on you. Just look at him"
Shudup. And what? So what I have been doing is making people think that way? Guess I made a mistake, or was it?
Leigh stayed silent, she just listened to what Karl was saying.
"If he does not have a crush on you and is just acting "normally", then that would mean he has a mental illness. In no way a normal person will act like that, it's like he is a psychopath. Even his smile is terrifying, and let's not forget to mention about his eyes. It's like he can completely change the mood in a switch of a button."
I just felt my character insulted by a mortal.
"I read his personality in some books, and he just acts like them. Just recently when you guys were ambushed, you were obviously scared and shocked about the deaths, but he-. He did not care, he focused more on how they died than they were dying. He may not even feel emotions, he may be just faking it."
However, you are wrong about one thing. I am not a psychopath, I can feel what you call "emotions", I can understand them, and I have a deep level of empathy. However, what I do lack is sympathy. I just do not care about their meaningless lives.
I am perfectly normal.
I just do not care about them.
And what I do is not fake.
I do what I want and what I believe is fun and helpful to me.
"Why are you even talking about that now? I'm sorry, but I do not want to gossip about my friends."
"Yeah, you're right."
Karl let out a deep sigh
"I just hope he really has a crush on you, if so then that would clear my mind out of any worries."
"Why do you even want him to have a crush on me?! He is my friend, simple as that!"
Leigh screamed at him frustrated at his continued remarks about me having a crush on her. Let this poor man sleep!
"You two have really good chemistry, you'd be a great couple."
Karl ignored her question.
Finally, there was silence. I was then able to sleep physically, and to my surprise, she didn't move. My head was still leaning on her shoulder. I slightly moved my body, and in response, her neck moved and her head subconsciously moved. Her head was now leaning on my head that is currently leaning on her shoulder.
What is this feeling in my heart?-
It is that fucking simple to develop a crush!? I am utterly disappointed in myself, but at the same time, I cannot blame myself. She is just precious.
And now I just called her precious…. Great... I fell in love first... this is an insult. Nevertheless, I will never be the one who will confess first. I will make her fall in love with me, and she will be the one who will confess. For my pride, I shall accomplish it.
I once again fell asleep. I "heard" a sound that formed near me.
"Mhm?"
She has woken up.
I felt her head rise and the feeling of weight on my head was released. I then felt a hand on the back of my hand to prevent it from falling. It was her hand.
My upper body was lowered, I didn't care, and I did not know what was happening. I turned off my omniscience and omnipresence because I do not deem it to be useful currently.
A soft feeling embraced the back of my head. Huh? Pillows?
I was curious enough that I slowly began to open my eyes and Pumpkin's face was in front of me. It seems I am using her thighs as a pillow. I saw her eyes still barely opened, and so I fully woke her up.
"[{~¦can't fall asleep huh?¦~}]"
She fully opened her eyes because of the sound that escaped my mouth. I sat up and the feeling of her thighs on the back of my head disappeared.
"Yes, you?"
"[{~¦I did, but you woke me up¦~}]"
I stood up and turned my body around to see where Hyena was sleeping. Turns out he was the only one sleeping in the bed.
'[{~¦what a greedy man¦~}]'
I let out my hand for her to reach and grab onto it.
"[{~¦shall we have a walk in the middle of the night? For, let's say relaxation?¦~}]"
She just looked into my eyes for 3 seconds, until he took my hand and I helped her stand up.
"[{~¦The Lands near the rivers are truly the best, aren't they? The air-¦~}]"
I breathed in and exhaled the air I got in my lungs. Even the crescent moon looks beautiful, a bluish color, unlike my home world.
"It's only good here, but in the city the air is atrocious"
"[{~¦I said "The Lands near the rivers" for a reason. And that is a lesson learned pumpkin, learn to listen¦~}]"
I said to her with a smug look. However, this smug look on my face is mostly there. It's like it is now implanted in my muscle memory. I quickly ran in front of her to stop her in her tracks.
"[{~¦ Let's have an experiment, shall we?¦~}]"
Of course, if she says no then I will not force her.
"Hmmhhmm sure, what do I need to do?"
Wow, that was unexpected. I was sure she would go like "uuuh no, you creep, I'll go bash your head with a pickaxe".
"[{~¦wow, that was unexpected. I just need a vial of blood.¦~}]"
"Are you mad?! What if I get an infection?"
"[{~¦come on, me? Get you an infection? I would never!¦~}]"
"….."
"[{~¦pretty please¦~}]"
"….."
"[{~¦...¦~}]"
"Ugh fine"
She handed me her hand, to which I ignored. I walked towards her and a needle appeared on my hands. I drew blood from her elbow and just ignored the "point" that the needle created. She didn't even notice it had already healed filled with perfect flesh once again.
I stored the blood in a vial and I sat in the ground. She too, sat in the ground with me. A tablecloth appeared in my right hand, and I spread it across the ground. She didn't even notice how unusual it was for me to just create objects out of nothingness. Unlike typical creation in this world where two objects will vanish and return to the world, mine doesn't since it comes from my magic.
Two Petri dishes appeared on top of the tablecloth, and I poured 2 drops of blood into each of the Petri dishes.
"What's with the two Petri dishes?"
"[{~¦wow, I'm surprised you know your materials well.¦~}]
"I read books sometimes."
"[{~¦I got curious with your reaction to my blood, and so I wish to learn what will happen on a microscopic level if your cells meet mine.¦~}]"
"And with the other Petri dish?"
"[{~¦oh, that is just for regular human blood¦~}]"
"What's the difference between yours and regular?"
"[{~¦mine is more superior¦~}]"
She began to chuckle thinking it was a joke. Well, I said it off as a joke, it was not.
When she bit me, I felt something weird happening to me in the physical plane. I couldn't see the microscopic level when I was getting bitten, it was like my omniscience and omnipresence were turned off, I couldn't even focus my eyes. And when I did use mana to look into the cells, I saw a "block" like a wall stopping me from seeing. And so I wish to see what a demon lord's cell looks like when encountering a celestial's cell.
With the first Petri dish, I opened a hole in the world and a drop of blood appeared from the hole. (The blood came from Karl hehe, I promise Karl, I just stole a single drop). Where the hole was connected? Inside Karl's body.
"Nothing?"
"[{~¦yup, nothing did happen. Just your immune system attacking his blood cells¦~}]"
Huh!? I just noticed this now. Why do her red blood cells have a nucleus? Even for human demon lords, they don't have nucleus in their red blood cells unless they edit it themselves. But it is impossible for her to edit it, unless.
Unless her drinking my blood caused a reaction.
I turned around and stopped her time. I reverted her existence's time before she drank my blood. It wouldn't have been possible if the time break used for demon lords was complete, but thankfully the time break was only used to separate the demon lord from its "intersection".
I made a "point" on her finger and it confirmed my suspicion. Celestials and demon lords have a connection. That is just lazy! Don't tell me the blueprint for demon lords is just from Celestials! Come on Dad! It's like demon lords are just a combination of primal demons and celestials, and then with a splash of a weakened time break.
I used
The world forgot, and only I remember, tho I may tell her about this later in the future.
I pricked my finger and I squizzed my pricked finger on top of the second Petri dish. The effects were marvelous. The blood cells mutated once more into a different breed. The new blood cells were much stronger, and they generated their own mana from nothingness.
"Uuuugh"
She made a weird sound, I made a note inside my head
"….. nothing happened?"
"[{~¦use your eyes properly¦~}]"
"Was that an insult?"
"[{~¦no, no, no. Unlike these lessers, you are special. You can do things that are not possible for them. Use your eyes properly and see your cells.¦~}]"
"Since when did you write poetry? And it doesn't even rhyme."
I let out a sigh, it is difficult teaching these things.
"[{~¦think of using your eyes properly as lifting your hands except your hands were never used. It will be difficult yes?¦~}]"
She nodded
"[{~¦It is just like that, feel your eyes. Feel the full capabilities of your eyes. Do not just use what you think your eyes can do, but use what your eyes can really do¦~}]"
"How am I supposed to understand that?"
"[{~¦think of it as a baby walking. Try and try until you succeed, repeat it and you will learn what your body is capable of¦~}]"
She silently nodded and just stared at the Petri dish. Of course, it would take weeks for her to use a demon lord's eye, and so I just hastened her body.
"Wha!? I can see it? Wierd…. I thought red blood cells did not have a nucleus. And why do they look different?"
"[{~¦human red blood cells shouldn't have a nucleus in the first place. But somehow you drinking my blood caused it to form a nucleus.¦~}]"
I pricked my finger once more to show her my blood. Same as a human, a celestial's blood also does not have a nucleus- fuck. Why did I forget that she can now see cells from the naked eye?
"Wierd a wierd blood you have. I don't know if your blood is superior or not, but it is weird. But if the red blood cell has a nucleus, shouldn't that be a disadvantage? The body now needs more heartbeats to sustain itself."
"[{~¦nerd, hehe¦~}]"
"…."
"[{~¦your blood cells should be the same as the first Petri dish, and so-¦~}]"
I showed her my neck
"[{~¦Why don't you drink mine? Let's see if your blood cells will be the same as on the second dish¦~}]"