A Different Person

"— Can i ask a favor?"

Sylias froze at Rezio's words, she asked back..

"What?.."

While still holding the scythe above her head.

"Please— Just kill me, and not those people who ran off before." Said Rezio, his voice sounded desperate as he held his tears to not fall.

"Why– Do i have to do that?"

Rezio, who is losing a lot of blood at the moment, smiled and lifted his head, his hair covered one of his eyes when he looked at Sylias in her eyes.

"Right, haha, you're a monster, you're no different than just a wild animal with no feelings."

"Who is responsible for bringing you to this world, they must be a bad parents..."

"What?– Did you say?.."

"I said you're a monster, that's right, that face of yours, a face of no remorse, no guilt, not a bit of humanity left in your heart, may the Gods punish you accordingly."

"Me?.. A monster?, you're joking, i am merely having fun in this world—

At first, Sylias tried to refuse Rezio's claim, but she quickly stopped her voice and goes into silence, her smile also faded, and the menacing glare that she kept on putting also gradually disappeared.

"..."

'Huh, what am i thinking?..'

Suddenly, Sylias remembered her previous life, more precisely when she was still a high school teenager.

Back then, on her school..

"Get the fuck out of here.."

Sylias, who was known as the weird girl in high school, couldn't get a single friend and she have always been a target of bullying from her classmates, one day, she went back home after being embarrassed by her bullies, she was tripped by one of the girls and fell at the school hallways, for Sylias, that prank was her last straw.

Back home, she greeted her parents before going to her room, where she lays on the bed and holds the urge to cry out loud, her parents don't know about her bullying problem, she doesn't want to add another burden to them, after all, Sylias's parents is the only person that still cares for her.

That was true, until one day, after her high school graduation, her parents scolded her for being a lazy girl, her high school marks wasn't good enough to get her accepted at the university that her parents wants her to go to, they have saved up a lot of money for Sylias's college funds, only for it to not be used because Sylias demanded that she doesn't want to go to college.

"Mom, dad.. I think— Im fine with not going to college."

"Huhh!? What are you saying! Stop being unreasonable and selfish! You're still young! You need to make us proud and show the world that you're the best children there is!"

"Yeah! your mom is right! You know that you will be on your own after you turn 18 right? Atleast prepare for it!!"

"B- but—"

"No buts!! Either you study or we will stop handing you money! You need to grow up!"

"..."

After that, Sylias's parents left her room to talk more behind the scene, where it wouldn't be heard by Sylias, however, unbeknownst to them, Sylias have had a good hearing ever since she was little, so she could hear what her parents say even when they're in the other room.

"What do you think honey?.."

"Fuck, i don't know, how come she not realize yet, we can't keep living like this.."

"That girl isn't as smart as i thought, but we have no choice but to support her.."

"What should we do then, it was your fault to begin with! Why did you take that much loan when we were barely living?"

"L- Listen, i- i- I can't think of another way at that time, we ran out of money and my paycheck was in 2 weeks, as the head of the family, i can't let my family to starve!— Don't you worry, I'll think of a way, surely.. We will be able to pay the debt, since she said that she doesn't want to go to college, we'll use the money we saved to pay some of the debts, if we can't— We might have to sleep on the street, for real this time."

***

'Why do they have to go this far for me..' Sylias thought.

'I- i- i can't– I can't keep being like this, i'll have to promise myself, promise myself, promise me, my future self– You need to live a meaningful life, protect everything dear to you, and— Find a balance of both good and evil."

No one could have ever anticipated what the outcome of this problem would be, as 3 years later, Sylias's parents committed suicide the day when Sylias was going outside to search for a job, the horror when she saw her parents body, bloody and lifeless, couldn't be described, she was stunned, she feels emotions she have never felt before, anger, sadness, anguish, those feelings overwhelmed Sylias to the point that her voice was at lost, she cannot speak or call help, because deep in her heart, she knew that it was her that caused her parents to do this.

In the past 3 years, Sylias wasn't able to get a job nor enter a college, she lived like a parasite, snatching onto her parents life, she tried to limit her spending, but even that wasn't enough, after holding on for 3 years, her parents money have all been used up to pay debts and monthly bills.

'ITS MY FAULT.'

That word repeated in Sylias's head thousand, no hundreds of thousands times, she have never been feeling so useless before, but now after witnessing he own parent's death, it's as if she was standing at the edge of a cliff with no end.

***

Back to the present.

"AGGHHHH!!"

Scream came from Sylias's mouth, she dropped her scythe and covered both of her eyes with her hands, Rezio on the other hand, was completely baffled as to why Sylias acted like that, he thought that it might be because of his words that triggered something deep inside of Sylias's heart, and it made a conflict between her and her old self.

"AARRGGHH!!!"

Rezio could see it, Sylias's eyes was turning black, her pupils and iris is still red, but her cornea is now as black as the night, if it resembled something, Rezio would say that her current eyes looks like a ghoul or undead.

"WHO ARE YOU!??" Sylias shouted, her voice distorted.

To be put in short, it was a chaotic scene, Sylias's head kept shaking for more than a minute, there was a battle inside of her between the current Sylias and the old Sylias, each of them fought to gain control over their body, Sylias's right eye turned back to normal, however her left eye is still the same black as before.

"W- whats happening.." Rezio said, confused and bewildered.

"Why– Why..."

Rezio stared at Sylias and saw something that he couldn't believe if it was said by someone else other than him, infront of the bright moonlight, Rezio sees Sylias crying, her tears pouring down like a fountain and it dripped from her chin to the ground.

'W- what?...'

This was the same person that have killed the last two knights in the expedition group, and this was also the same person that put on a face similar to a psychotic killer with no remorse whatsoever, to think that he would see that person shedding tears while sobbing is anything but unbelievable.

"Ahhhh— I can't believe i- i.. I- The playtime is over, i'll kill you in here, right now– STOP! Ugh, why- why did i think like that— Anyway, it was fun fighting you, see you– AAGHH!!"

Sylias's words keeps on changing tone and personality, as if there really are two person inside of her.

Suddenly, a dark cloud of purple aura appeared from beneath the ground and consumed Sylias whole, it was so thick that Rezio could barely see her body beyond the cloud aura, the dark purple smoke summoned its rage and releases a gush of wind that is so strong it it almost peeled Rezio's skin off from his face, thankfully he was behind a tree, if he were placed in somewhere else, he would be flying.

The dark purple aura took form like a fire that is thin yet extremely long, with a height of almost 20 meters, its movement were unpredictable, after a few seconds passed, the aura then exploded in a beautiful spectacle that even shocked the injured Rezio, his fate is destined to die, but atleast he was still able to see this moment with his own eyes.

SWOOOSSHH!!

"I- i don't understand what's happening— Wait.. My vision, shit.. I guess i've been losing too much blood, fuck— So this is it.."

And with that, Rezio closed his eyes and fell limp, after a grueling 15 minutes of holding on for dear life, Rezio died in the heart of Monoghriad forest.