Everything Is Fine? 2

Around the academy--

"Athan!"

When Arthur called out his name, Chloe who had been silent since earlier, immediately moved forward, forcefully opening the door and pouncing Athan.

Athan fell on his butt. As for his sister, since he held her body earlier to protect her from the fall, Chloe didn't get hurt anywhere. But, he still worriedly asked, "Are you hurt?" He glanced at her body to see if she's hurt anywhere.

While he do so, Chloe replied to his question, "I'm fine... I didn't got hurt. See?" She raised her arms and shaked them as the proof to her words.

"That's a relief..."

After making sure that everything is okay, Athan breathe a sigh of relief.

𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦... He thought to himself, while smiling at Chloe outwardly in relief. He was scared inside thinking what would 'Athan' do to him if something were to happen to his precious sister.

When all of them saw his smile, they became shocked. Arthur then asked, "Are you still sick? I think you should lay down back to bed."

He know why, but Arthur felt worried. Back in his many previous regression, he never once saw Athan smiled genuine. Right now, it was currently the first time he saw him like this... Which for him, was quite unusual.

Hearing his question, Athan frowned. He asked, "What's with you?"

Although he felt annoyed by his question, Athan couldn't help but feel down inside. He thought, 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘥...?

As if he was reading his mind, Arthur shake his head lightly and replied, "Not really... It just feel illegal..."

Soon after he heard this, Athan blinked his eyes a few times before tilting his head to the side.

"...Huh?"

***

(Athan POV)

At the VIP room inside a building-- Athan and Danica was still discussing to themselves.

"Hey... Stop being too emotional about those things," I said, breathing out a long deep exasperated sigh.

Upon hearing this, Danica ignored me as she tightened her hug. Her hug was tight enough to almost suffocate me to death.

Scratching my cheeks, I continued, "It will only be meaningless if you think more about it. My past does not relate to our current matter. We should just focus on the future than the past. It'll only make things more troublesome."

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯... I thought to myself, gently removing her delicate little arms from my neck.

While I was doing this, Danica suddenly tightened her hug more as if she didn't want to let go, making me agitated inside. I spoke, "Hey, I appreciate your sympathy, but could you please let go? It's annoying."

With her fingertip, Danica wiped the errant tear that'd softly fallen from her eye. She lowered her head and said, "You're harsh..."

I was silent for a moment. Next, rolling my eyes elsewhere, I replied, "I'll take that as a compliment."

Her expression turned gloomy after hearing what I said. Thus, she tried changing the subject by asking, "You said that you have reincarnated in a number passing through millions; no, billions! How can you still remain sane after experiencing all of that? Are you even human?"

Once again, the room went silent after her words.

Soon after, I closed my eyes and reopened them for three times repeatedly, before staring at her straight in the eyes. I replied, "To your first question, I'll give you a reply with a question that I always asked myself..."

Crossing my arms, I felt that my face became cold as I stared at her with indifference before continuing, "Is it really worth it? When I thought about it much, I don't even know the answer myself. I was only able to regain nearly 4% of my memories." I placed my right hand to my chest and gripped on it. "I don't know why, but some part of me are forcing myself to live on for their sake. I wanted to die, but also don't want to die... Actually, it should be because I can never die."

I stood up and walked towards her, patting her head, before continuing, "Although my physical body can die, my soul is already bounded by the curse of ⬛. Meaning, there's no way for me to be able to die in peace. I'll always reincarnate. Sealing me is not an option, because... You wouldn't be able to understand it without seeing it in person." I crouched down and caressed her cheeks gently.

"There's no need for you to think about what I'm saying, because it'll only raise a few more questions in your head whenever I try to answer you. Besides that, there's nothing that you can do to help me with that problem."

"Though, as of now, the only thing that you can do for me is to help me get out of this world- which is included as one of my memories."

Hearing me say all of those, the little girl couldn't help but bit her lower lips. "That's beside the po-" Before she could even finish, I motioned my hands to silent her.

"For your question if I'm human or not, I'll answer you with this quote. 'Greed is what makes a person more human'. I'll let you think about what I said later." Chuckling, I smiled. "For now, let's go back to our topic earlier."

And so, I decided to explain what I wanted her to do in my plans.

Although I told her a little bit something about the 'me' from this world, I didn't mentioned that 'that' guy was actually me.

***

A couple of hours later- after Athan finished his long explanation, he sat back down to his seat and took the wine Danica's familiar had made and drank it only stopping until he emptied the whole glass.

"How are we going to do it?" Danica asked, "Do you think that your plan will work? You know, if that plan don't work, then--"

Before she could even finish her sentence, Athan suddenly raised his voice and spoke, "Shut up! I didn't ask for your opinion. So, just do what I ordered you to do and stop being too bothersome." He glared at the little girl, seemingly annoyed by her continuous question from earlier.

Upon hearing his words, Danica kept her tongue tied and lowered her head. She didn't know why, but his glare gave off an intense pressure that sent shivers down in her spine.

It was then, the room went silent.

A few moments later, Athan snapped back to himself, as he finally realized what he had done. Quickly, he bowed his head and apologized from what he said.

"I apologize. My emotions merely got the best of me, and was able to get out for a moment." Once again, Athan repeated, "I apologize from what I said to you earlier."

𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘵! Athan cursed internally. 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨...

While in dazed, Danica finally snapped back from her deep thoughts and exhaled her breathes, exasperatedly. "Fine..." She accepted his apology after calming herself down.

After a few moments of silence, like her, Athan took a deep breath. He then said, "Anyway, as for your question..."

Danica leaned forward. Her head only reached Athan's chin, so she craned her neck to listen to what he'll say next. Seeing this, Athan's lips twitched.

Unexpectedly, what he said next sent chills to her spine. She knew that from the look of his grin, he was planning something crazy.

But...

"Do you know what's inside a--!!?"

Before he could finish his sentence, for some unknown reason, Athan's body tensed up after feeling chills down behind his spines.

"Shit..." Athan cursed out loud as he bit the nails on his thumb. He felt like panicking for some reason.

Seeing his unusual expression, Danica became worried. She then hurriedly asked if he was okay, "Are you okay...?"

"Somewhat..." He replied with a gloomy expression. "I feel like 'that' perverted sword of mine, who's probably in control of my body outside this world at the moment, did something bothersome."

Hearing this, Danica tilted her head as she stared at him with a question look. Because of this, Athan continued, "Although that guy is trustworthy, Deus is a virgin (like me)... which is what bothers me the most."

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Athan's skin suddenly became became pale. Soon after, he clicked his tongue as his expression became cold.

"If he do something to my body, I swear to God that I'll find him in my memories after figuring out more about the function of 'that' frickin' relic, and mess with him a little bit by fucking his childhood lover... That is, if he ever had one..."

When Danica heard this, her expression became perplexed. Her face suddenly became bright-red, flustered, when Athan mentioned about what he'll do, as she immediately lowered her head. She then asked, "I think you're being unreasonable..."

"Unreasonable my ass, I don't want him to take my first time by using my body!" Athan retorted.

"But..."

"Shut up. I don't need, nor care about your opinion."

"Yes..."

After this, the conversation had finally ended. Both of them went home soon after they've finished discussing the plan.