Inside Lucas's consciousness

The Villain's Rhapsody: Evolution to godhood.

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The receptionist looks at him with a surprised expression. Ruxstarz is the royal family from the Sundom kingdom. So she couldn't believe this poor little kid could be their family member. After all, Sundom's royal family was one of the richest families in the world. They wouldn't leave their child in another kingdom penniless.

"Kid, are you messing with me?" she asks with a cold expression on her face and puts the pen back on the desk.

"No. I know that the Magician and Mutant law organization has the device to check the memories. I suppose that the town hall will have one as well. You can use it on me if you want."

"H-how do you…? Are you sure? If this is a prank, you're going too far."

Lucas stares at her with confident eyes. Whenever the receptionist takes her eyes off him, his gaze is turned into her chest. He takes a peek, and almost instantly turns his gaze back to her face. 'P-perfect! They're so perfect! Curse me and my young age!' If he was any older, he was confident that he would have instantly asked this receptionist out.

"Well… If you say so. Wait, I am so silly. Do you have any ID?"

"N-no. I didn't think it would be necessary. From the people I know, I found out they didn't need any identification"

"Oh… Fine, let me give someone a call. If you're not lying, this person will test your magical levels and talent." The receptionist made a phone call, and in a minute she ended the call.

"Follow me, kid!" She took Lucas's hand and walked forward the hallway. Lucas loved all the paintings on the walls. Soon, they were standing near huge automatic black doors. 'The same place where MC's talent was checked. So cool!' Lucas was excited. This is a new start for him. After being checked, he will register as an adventurer! And then he'll be free from poverty!

They went inside the huge and empty hall. The only thing noticeable in it was the huge windows. The design of a window was figurative as it incorporated drawings of saints and divine-ranked mages. In about ten minutes of waiting, the automatic doors opened and a muscular man walked in. He carried a huge transparent crystal ball over his head. He walked to the middle of the hall and dropped the ball on the ground. The sound from the impact startled Lucas.

"Hey, so is this the kid you were talking about? Lucas, right? My name is Jared." The man walks towards Lucas and extends his hand for a handshake.

Lucas accepts the handshake and nervously looks at the man. To Lucas who was even tinier than his fellow classmates, the big, muscular man looked extremely intimidating. The man had a cleanly shaved head. He had brown eyes and a scar a little below his left ear. The man was wearing jeans and a tank top with a picture of a dragon fighting a turtle'. That picture was a symbol representing the elemental kingdom. The man walked towards the receptionist and chatted for a few minutes. Both of them giggled for a while and completely ignored Lucas. This annoyed him.

"H-hey"

They still didn't pay him any attention. This irritated Lucas to the point that he shouted

"Hey! You can flirt later! I need to get my affinities and talents checked!"

The two of them got embarrassed. The man awkwardly chuckled and nodded to Lucas.

"Alright, boy. We're sorry for ignoring you. Let's do this. Let's first check your memories. Okay?"

Jared takes out a storage bag from his jeans pocket and takes out a thing that looks like a regular piece of paper and a needle.

"Are you afraid of blood, kid?"

Jared asks as he extends his hand towards Lucas. In one hand he held the needle, in another that weird magical paper.

'Oh, I remember this!' Lucas confidently extends his hand to Jared. Jared smiles and quickly draw a bit of blood and drops it on the paper. He walks towards the receptionist and for about 10 minutes they observe something. 'In the novel, the blood activates the magic circle within the paper and extracts the memories from it. The paper acts as a screen and for a few minutes and show's the memories of the host.'

A few minutes later the two of them look at Lucas with surprised expressions. They come up to him and Jared pats his head. 'They now know the truth. I don't mind them knowing about my reincarnation as this thing is pretty common in this world'

"Something was extremely wrong." The receptionist gently pats his shoulder. And begins to explain. "The tool burned down right after your blood touched the paper. I guess, your memories must be guarded by pretty high-level magic."

'W-what? What is the meaning of this?' he looks at the tattoos on his palms and shakes his head. No, this is not it. The only purpose of this seal is to lock away my dark affinities. What could have changed? Lucas becomes anxious, as he never heard of him having some sort of magic seal on his memories.

"Kid, are you okay?"

He gulps and looks at Jared and the receptionist. He pales at the thought that something happened not according to the novel. In the novel, Lucas had no problems with registering. He also used the truth-seeking tool. But his memories weren't sealed. Could this be some sort of defensive mechanism to protect memories about Dorian's transmigration?

The receptionist and Jared called Lucas a few times and noticed that he became unnaturally pale. Lucas's head becomes dizzy for a moment and he blacked out. Luckily, the receptionist was a quite decent holy magic user and managed to give him first aid. However, Lucas stayed unconscious.

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* Inside Lucas's consciousness *

'W-what is this place? The abyss again… Did I die? A-again' Dorian was in the abyss. The same abyss, he stayed for a few moments. He felt sorrow as his second chance ended so suddenly. He did not become a successful person. Even though he now had the ability to use holy magic, it is useless if he is dead. However, even though he is a child, he was not in Lucas's form. He was Dorian in his teens. He sits down and buries his face into his hands. Suddenly he hears a voice echoing all over the place

"I hate them! I hate them! I HATE THEM!!!"

'What the hell? Who? What?' he stands up and slowly walks towards the voice's owner. He can't see anything, however for some unknown reason, he felt where he was. The voice felt so familiar. However, Dorian couldn't understand where did he hear this voice before.

He walked forward. And suddenly the voice was so loud that Dorian instantly got a headache.

"DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE!!!"

'It's a person! S-should I talk to him? He seems upset for some reason. Well, saying upset is an understatement. And why does his voice sound so familiar?' The person keeps repeating the same depressed lines. The person was naked and often groaned as if he was in pain.

Dorian walks closer towards the person and freezes. He feels terrified as if he just saw the devil. The chills go down his spine as he finally realizes who this person is. 'I-it's me! No, wrong. He is the original Lucas. B-but why he looks so grown up? And why he looks so pale? Is this a ghost?'

The man he noticed was the original Lucas. However, for some reason, he looked as if he was in his mid-twenties. One of the eyes was no longer silver. It was golden. 'W-wait! Wait, wait, wait! The same happened to Lilith. When she was learning to use her divine powers, one of her eyes turned golden. And after she completely became a demigoddess, her both eyes turned golden. But why? This Lucas must be the one who was killed by Drake! That's the only explanation. Lucas in that route was able to use time magic! But why is he here?'

Suddenly original Lucas stopped talking to himself. He looks at Dorian and says "Hehe. I know you're here! DORIAN!~" the original emphasized Dorian's name. He was still crouching with his hands holding his head. However, the original chuckled as he asked the question. "Are you comfortable in my body? Hehe"

'T-this guy… Is the main antagonist! In the second route, he alone ended the world and managed to kill the MC! Isaac did not stop him, because he owed him a favor. Lucas managed to retrieve Isaac's dead lover's soul from hell, and revive her! Obviously, Isaac can revive the dead, as long as the soul is still near the body. But his lover, Elisabeth was long gone to hell. With time magic, Lucas managed to retrieve her soul. And after that, he started the apocalypse. That damn Lilith, Isaac also pretended that she was dead, which driven Lucas into insanity.'

"That's quite rude! Talk to me, Dorian! I feel like I am talking to myself! No pun intended! Haha!~" Lucas giggles. He stands up and walks towards Dorian. Dorian quickly runs back, however original Lucas catches up to him.

"Where do you think you're going!~" unlike before when Lucas's voice was depressed and felt as if its owner is tormented, Now his voice sounds cheeky as if he's singing every single word. Lucas smiles as he grabs Dorian by his shoulder. His pale skin was as white as a snow and it highlights the color of his yellow teeth. And his smile was from ear to ear exposed his gums. His eyes shine gold and silver. His slim body was quite muscular and tall. And his golden hair turned silver, just like in the novel.