“Nil?!”

“Yo! So you are Asagao, huh!”

Eh?! He grinned widely

“You calling me Nil just confirmed it! Hahaha!”

“…”

“What’s wrong Asagao?! Aren’t you happy to see yourself?!

What is happening right now? How is Nil here or rather my former self?!

“OH! “What is happening right now? How is Nil here or rather my former self?!” is what you are thinking right now right?!”

My face stiffens…

How did he read my mind…

“No no, senorita!~ I didn’t read your mind!~ I just know your thought patterns since we are together since young you know.”

“W-what do you mean?”

“You still don’t get it? What a blockhead, you don’t even know I exist, this hurts my feeling so much you know?!”

“Eh?!”

I definitely don’t remember anything. This is definitely Nil or used to be my body. What happened?!

“It seems you wants to know more? As a special service, I shall tell you everything I know about us!!”

CLAP

CLAP 

CLAP

He is nuts. It is my former body but it is not me inside! 

“I will ask you something Asagao!~ Why do you think your withdrawal from society lessen when you were a brat?”

“I don’t understand what are you trying to get at…”

“You see little Asagao or former Nil, you are extremely shy when you were young and cause a lot of trouble because of it. You always try hard thought to communicate with people, but to no avail failed miserably!”

Yes, I remembered those days. Even children at the same age as me is difficult for me to talk with. Because of this, adults sometimes misunderstand me.  

“Well, let say that you have the desire to communicate and feel loved!~ and right now, you still want attention, hehe, what a brat! So you see, you want the mentality to talk to anyone, a strong you who can carry out those trials to get your desired attention!”

I also admit that.

Even though the headmaster of the orphanage showed us some love and care, it felt lacking and I don’t want to bother him.

I want to be able to find attention by my own effort.

“So by chance, you subconsciously created me. A persona that can handle talking to people to reassure yourself some attention!"

Eh?! What? What did he just say?

“Correct! At that time you developed another personality. There is only me, though! Hahaha!”

I felt pale.

I did have?

He seemed to have all the credibility to claim that. But, I still can’t believe it.

“Those social times with your friend, whenever you are in the pinch and the limit of your mentality, I will take over and smoothen up things for you. Hahaha! I can’t believe how foolish they are believing all the lie I spew left and right! I don’t like complimenting their ugly faces you know?!”

“But…!”

“Oh, even in the terrorist attack, I had taken over, I had to you know! It was a life and death situation but you have to mess it up and kick me out of the control over the body!”

“Eh? EH?! I still don’t get what you are saying?!”

“You still don’t get it? What I mean is how could a lousy and shy-wrecked person like you can deal all of those? Simple, you don’t have to be you, but to be someone else.

“T-that’s impossible! T-there should be an indication that you appeared.”

He grinned again widely, it is my face but why is it so scary?!

“Let’s just say that this body is a bicycle, and you are riding it. After a while, I saw you clumsily riding it, I got frustrated and takes the bicycle from you and let you ride at the back. You know? Like you get to see the view in front even though you are in the back and I am the one pedaling?”

“That phenomenon…”

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“Hmm. It is like lucid dreaming but you are awake and you are still inside the body!”

Is that what were happening to me?!

“T-then, how come you are here too?”

“What the hell are you saying? You are the impossible existence here.”

Eh? What did he just say?

“You must have already heard the concept of pulling or summoning in this world by Continental Destroyer.”

C-continental Destroyer? Who?

“We died in the terrorist attack, that’s a lie. While we are being pulled, we are still in the process of dying. When we entered the rift, you know, like a string snapped, your soul separated from the body and was called. This body then drifted in the dimensional rift you know!”

What? Wait..what? Eh? What is this body then?

“You, existing right now, is impossible, but in theory, your soul might have bumped into an empty vessel or shell in the border inside the dimensional rift before entering and that you are now currently living in it. I don’t know what or whose body is that, though."

 So, me being able to use magic was because my body is originated here in this world?! Wait, I still have magic to protect me in this situation.

“You know I really got lucky you see. It seems this body gained life again after drifting and entering from the dimensional rift. As I woke up you know, I am already the Lord of the Devils.”

“I-impossible! But we are summoned not even half a year passed!”

“Of course, that is the case. But you know what? Drifting in the rift seems to have sent me back many years ago! I don’t think it is believable, I don’t care, though! Hahaha!”

“S-so you… you…”

“Yes! I am the one that instigated the whole calamity you know! I can see blood spilling and guts flying around! Hahahaha!”

I remembered the scene of the slaughtered soldiers.

The Devil in front of me still looking down at me. Nil is looking down at me like he is in his happiest mood.

This is the reality we are facing right now?!

Even though he had said so much, my mind is still in tatters, with him being here.

“So I think that’s all! We have nothing more to talk about Asagao!~”

He came close to me and got down.

“Hey hey, Asagao!~ I still have lingering affection for you, you know?! Even if you didn’t even know I existed!~

The smile he is making right now sent shivers again in my whole body. This is the terrorizing fear that I am dealing right now, my mind is reaching its limit.

“I will kill you painlessly!~ Ehehe such a cliche line!~”

Eh!?

GRRRRMMRRHHHH

The devil grumbled something and got Nil’s attention. He stands up and talks it.

“Oh, you want to do something?”

“GGRRMMGHHH”

“Is it?”

“GRRHMMHGGRR”

"Oh! What a fantastic idea!”

He then faced me again with a face that just had a brilliant idea.

“Asagao!~ This ugly fella here wants to spare your life! Be grateful!”

“…”

“Oh?”

As I was staring wordlessly and confused at him suddenly-

“BLOCKHEAD DON’T YOU EVEN KNOW HOW TO CONVEY YOUR GRATITUDE, HUH?!”

Ah!

It hurts!

He pulled my hair hanging me mid air!

It hurts!

I hate pain!

Why are you doing this to me?

Tears started gushing from my eyes.

“Ahhh! Please! Ah! Let me go!”

“HUH, THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HUH?! WHERE IS YOUR THANK YOU FOR THE UGLY FELLA THERE?!

“*hic* t-the *hic* thank you….*sob*”

 It hurts. I don’t like it! It hurts. He let me go and smiled refreshingly.

“See? It is not that hard Cute Little Asagao!~”

“*Hic*…*sob*…*hic*…”

"Well you will live longer Asagao. We may see each other often in our fortress you know. Because this ugly fella got interested to you, well, in short, you will be a pleasure tool for the devils”

My body felt an indescribable fear of impending doom! No, I don’t want it.

“Whoops! Before you jump right into her, why not let her run for a bit? Wouldn’t that be exciting? After that count of ten, you will find her and do things you wanted to do to her, isn’t fun?!”

No!  

Overwhelmed with fear, I immediately run. But then.

THUD

“I HAVEN’T EVEN STARTED COUNTING YET BLOCKHEAD! WHY ARE YOU SPOILING THE FUN, HUH?!

Ah!

He slams me into the ground, I was able to stay conscious.

It hurts. My tears won’t stop.

“Well, as my last sympathy for you, I will let you have your romance with him in private!~ Oh and to remind you, we are currently at the border of the human continent and elven forest so even if you call for help for someone in the castle, well, you cant!~ It would take you half a year to go there by feet after all!~ So in hindsight, I prepared all of this just for you!~”

He has taken me this far?! 

“Well counting now, 1..”

I run! I run at full speed! Even I stumbled down, I run. I feel like I just sprained my ankle but I didn’t mind it. Someone, just please, someone!  

My body is covered with bruises. My clothes are thorn already from all the branches and plants that I stumbled.

It hurts.

I’m scared.

ROOOAAAAAAAAR!!!!

Eh? Already!?

I tried to increase my running pace but I am already at my limit. Then with a large root in the soil, I tripped down. Before I knew it, it was there.

It was about to lay it hands on me.

“BARRIER!”

This is my last resistance!

I have to think something!

Isn’t it about time my powers awaken or something?!

My race is Transcendental being yet is it useless! I have divine powers but I can’t even use it!

ROOAAAAAAAAAR!

“NOOOOOOO!”               

He began slamming the barrier with great force, it takes a lot of my concentration to keep the barrier up. 

Then I heard a rustling noise, there were people. judging from their clothes, they seem to be adventurers!

“*hic*H-help please*hic*! Please!!”

They were about to charge in but stopped when they saw the enemy. Eh?

“PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME! PLEASE SAVE ME! NO! PLEASE TURN BACK!”

Eh! Did they abandon me? 

Despair swirled around my mind.

King Fon…where are you?

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Everyone…

I wailed quietly in despair

A sound of mirror breaking entered my ear. It was my barrier breaking.

The devil held both of my arms with his large hand.

With his disgusting long tongue, he licks my face and my thigh.

No more…

My mind can’t take it anymore…

I don’t want any of this anymore…

Anyone…

Just, please…

Save me…