Blue…
A world painted with blue…
I sink down further at the bottom of the sea…
I have always felt helpless and drowning in so much uncertainty…
This world is cold and I can’t breathe…
It seems you lost yourself in the most crucial time. Before I truly ascend towards the next world, I am going to give you a push myself.
Who are you…?
I am just a simple passerby. I have nothing of myself to tell, however, you, you can become much more important for her.
Her…?
Sorry…
I am just an empty shell…
An existence that should not exist in this world…
Even if I do, I simply wished for nothing, desire for nothing, or even have a definite goal. I am completely at lost…
I cannot comprehend anything common to most people, I cannot understand what happiness is, and I cannot stand on my own ground…
I will be just a mere doll, completely deprived of any real will…
That’s hilarious in hindsight.
You just haven’t t noticed it yet but you are already hoping for something right from the start.
Love, friendship, companionship and finally an image that you can only call yourself…
It’s impossible to hold these things if you didn’t desire it. You want to dearly hold them in your hands, embrace them and feel them. There is no one else stopping you now but yourself.
I don’t have…a distinction of the path I wanted to take even if I am given those…
I am just baseless existence… my root is of an evil.
But…it is true…
I have my own prayers for the gods to hear…
That alone is enough. You don’t have to find a path immediately. Just knowing that you have people around you to support you is sufficient.
Your root may be evil, however, there is nothing in the rule states that you as a whole cannot change.
Even if I myself believed that gods cannot grant wishes…The moment that you told me that you have your own prayers for the gods to hear…
The world starts revolving the moment you pray for a miracle.
Miracle…
Change…
My own desire and prayers…
Can I really change? Can I really ask for a miracle? Can I really pursue my desire?
Can I...really believe in myself?
This uncertainty of mine, can I really prove it to be wrong?
You bet.
Accept what you can before it escapes from your grasps. Reject what you need to reject. Lament over a regretful decision and learn from it.
I am not wise.
I am just a mere passerby. All I can do is pass you the reign and show you around before my time expires. I kept myself from proceeding to get another chance of meeting her, however, you need me the most right now.
I have committed atrocities and unforgivable crimes in my past. I am no saint to lecture you. I am just basing everything on experience.
I hope that you wouldn’t make mistakes like what I have done.
I will believe in your words. I want to know more about what has to come in my way. I am going to follow what I truly desire and find my own path.
I am going to accept responsibilities and burdens. I am going to make up for my mistakes and learn from them.
I still have a little uncertainty, I am not confident in general, however, I will remember every word you said, words that in the upcoming future I wanted to see will give me strength.
That is what I promise to you.
Hehehe…
Thank you…
I have nothing else to say…
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Our little time expires now…
There won’t be any more chances for me…
Wait…
I still want to say something to you…
Please, watch over her, protect her, and in return, she will surely fight for you, protect you, and will watch over you.
She is a really fragile, faltering, but, kind and sweet girl.
There will be a lot of times that she will be depressed, hurt, or even in the verge of breaking down but please, be there for her.
Yes.
I got it.
Thank you.
Please proceed well.
Hahaha…
Now that I took a close look at you, you are a lot cuter when you smile…
Also…
I’m probably going to hell…
Don’t follow me there you hear me?
Then, farewell…
The deep blue sea that I was submerged to becomes clear and tranquil.
A light from the surface enters.
I reach out my hand towards the light, however, it is still heavy.
My hand won’t reach…
Geez, you are as handful as her. I’ll give you one final push.
Suddenly, my body starts floating towards the light.
Someone is pushing me to it like she is guiding me right next to the light.
Go, follow your dreams.
I was able to grasp what that thing I wanted to hold.
It’s warm and pleasant.
I look back to someone who helped me reach it.
My heart stops for a moment as I saw her face. A weird nostalgia came running through my mind and my memory refreshes as I remember who she is.
Don’t be like that…Though even if we have the same face, we are different from one another.
She smiled at me one final time before my sight is submerged into another blinding light and everything went out.
“Thank you…”
Are the final words I said before I completely pass out…
.
.
.
“Haa…haa…so…this is it…I just hope I could have let these two escape…”
Are the words that came to my ears as soon as I regain my own consciousness…
I wake up in a tight embrace from Mimi who is covered in blood from top to toe. Her body is full of cuts and she clearly lost so much blood. She can’t maintain her skeletal claws anymore and everything is just falling apart.
The dragon fiber may have protected her from many attacks but it is not an omnipotent garment.
Beside me is the unconscious Higanbana. She immediately lost her divinity as soon as she lost so much blood too. Mimi is shielding us with her body and desperately clings to her own consciousness.
“Mimi…”
“Topaz…I am sorry…I am just…too weak for this fellow…”
“Don’t worry. You don’t have to protect me anymore…and…sorry for leaving everything to you.”
“What are you saying…?”
I got up from her embrace and held her head tightly in my own chest. I began stroking the back of her head while soothing her.
“It’s okay. Leave it to me.”
“Topaz…I…”
“You can rest now. I will take care of this. Mimi…you’ve done well…”
“I can’t…not yet…not…yet…”
Mimi fell asleep because of tiredness. I lay her down next to Higanbana gently as I continue stroking her head.
Devil VII is walking from afar. It seems it bounces back as soon as it sensed my presence. I stand up from my place and started walking toward it.
“My friends, my family, my companions, all of them are giving everything they have.”
I can feel it, the faint presence of the Divinity called Gaia’s prowess injected inside of me. A power of a goddess from another world whose tale is weaved and counterfeited by Goddess of Blessing Nivalis.
Through her divine intervention and alteration, she created a Divine Blessing just from the story of the Goddess Gaia.
Though just a fragment, I can still feel how powerful it is.
“I still don’t know what I wanted to aim, what my goals are, but for now, I wanted to fight alongside them so there will be a future where I can have as much time that I needed to think of everything…”
Devil VII started running towards me with its dagger drawn out. I can at least be certain that Devil VII doesn’t recognize me as a comrade, less, its kin.
My very own being plays between a devil and a divine. I don’t know what I am anymore, however, it is not something I should be concerned right now.
“So for that very reason, I won’t hold back! For her wishes that drive me, I will defeat you!”
Devil VII leaped in a flash towards me with its dagger outstretched and ready to decapitate my head.
I put my right hand in the air and prayed.
“And thus, a miracle will occur to this land—“
“[Heaven and Earth, Pillars of Creation that Oversees the Land Below!]”
The crackling of the earth becomes audible…
Pillars of the land shoot out from the ground in en masse. Devil VII had no time to escape and had no room to move as dozens of earthen pillar right in front of me emerges at speed unimaginable. The pillar outstretches towards the cloud beds up to the sky.
The pillars have become a towering castle of earth and stone that can be seen anywhere from this continent.
I grasp my palm and brought down my fist.
The earthen pillars started climbing down as soon as invoked the prayer again and the land returned to normal.
Devil VII falls from the sky lifelessly and while it rotates. I will certainly die from that height of fall, however, I am not done yet.
“[Violent Upheaval, Mother Earth’s Temperament!]”
Stone spikes rise beside me. I am someone who can freely control the shape and density of any form of land and earth. Mending it to something like a spike has become a child play for me. I can feel the earth’s movement, I can detect everything far below and I can determine everything as long as it is the very definition of the earth itself.
“And thus, a miracle will occur to this land—“
The stone spikes then race towards Devil VII like rabid snakes that saw its prey. It mercilessly ground Devil VII with its mass until the stone spikes crumble by itself due from the collision from the other stone spikes.
I have already won the battle.
For the first time in my life, I felt satisfaction I never had when I was a mindless devil, a sensation of winning for the first time, without restraint but with a control over your very own mind.
I felt thankful…
I turn my head around and look at Higanbana and Mimi.
“I hope…I can make it…”
They were badly hurt and lost so much blood.
I don’t know what to do…
All I can think of now is to take them back at the fortress for medical attention but, I don’t think I can travel that fast…
“Heyyyy! Heeeey!”
Suddenly, someone called out to me, a voice of a girl who I never heard before. However, I cannot figure where the voice came from as I look from my left to right.
“ABOVE!”
I look above…
“Hey, those two, they need some healing, right?!”
Ah, because of my desperation, I nodded to the girl who called out to me.
What I saw is a fairy kin who is wearing weird clothes with puffy sleeves and I can’t quite get it about her pants. She has a brown wavy hair and her fairy wings are translucent in color.
She is riding a large red dragon with a strong magical power…both of them has a strong magical power.
The dragon dove below as soon as the fairy kin gestured it. It landed in front of me and the fairy kin immediately climbs down from it and rusher to Higanbana and Mimi.
“Oh my…this beast girl with fox ears has a deep stab in her flank and the beast girl with goat horns has several cuts and laceration all over…”
“Hey…can you help them?! I don’t know what to do…”
“Yes! Leave it to me!”
A burst of green light suddenly envelopes the whole perimeter. Her power rises in so many levels and a divine insignia behind her head appears.
“Ah, sorry, did I surprise you?”
“Eh, no…but…that…”
“Ah, my name Rose and I came from Priscilla’s camp and I am one of the summoned heroes. The dragon here is Mito, also one of the summoned heroes.”
“Heroes…”
“This thing behind my head…sorry…I don’t know what it is but…well, it does boost my healing skills.”
“[Vitality Transfer]”
“[Health Enhancement]”
“[Blood Circulation Improvement]”
“[Hemorrhage Removal]”
“[Cellular Recovery]”
“[Blood Production Boost]”
“[Magic Power Reserved Filtration]”
“[Tissues Auto Reconnection]”
At a very fast rate, Higabana and Mimi’s wound started closing and their pale complexion earlier started regaining a healthy color. However, Miss Rose does not stop there…
“All I did first is to close their external wounds. There are a lot more of their organs and bones that I need to mend. This won’t take too much time, just a little while. After that, their normal vitals will be functioning again.”
“Umm…I don’t quite understand.”
“Ah, I mean, if you can wait for a few minutes, then it will be done.”
“I see…thank you!”
“Well, it’s my job. By the way, the giant pillar earlier…did you know where it came from?”
“Yes. It’s from me.”
“Oh my…did you?!”
“Yes…”
I smile at Miss Rose.
“My name is Topaz. This is Higanbana and Mimi. We are Asagao’s companions.”
She blinked twice from my words in another surprise.
“Also, I am devil and a divine at the same time. Nice to meet you.”