Maria Crane was a woman born in a poor family. She had known nothing but difficulties ever since she had been born. But one day, as if heaven was shining on her, she had met someone who had changed her life. A rich man with a rich family who fell in love with her, after thar encounter her life had become better and better, until her child was born.

Joly Crane, the daughter of her husband was something she could be proud of, after all the girl was everything Maria wanted her to be and even more. Maria loved Joly for how perfect she was, and Joly loved Maria for helping her becoming even more perfect. Those two understood each other so well, and that is why they also hated Joseph with such a burning passion.

Joseph didn't get it, and his father most certainly never noticed it, but there was something about that boy that seemed odd. Firstly he had been adopted for no reason, Maria's Husband already had Joly and didn't need another child, yet he took Joseph. No one knew who his parents were, even though according to some rumors they were both police officers who had died during a risky mission, and Joseph himself was so strange. He was empty, the very definition of emptiness, and yet at times, his eyes shone so much both Joly and Maria had trouble understanding him.

It was like everything around him bored him to death except a few little things that kept him alive, and his father seemed to not care about that.

Joly wasn't jealous of him and Maria didn't despise him because of how uninterested he was, he was just making them so uncomfortable they didn't know how to react.

And today was no exception, upon coming back home, Maria had been told by Joly that Joseph hadn't been to school and slept for a whole day. Maria had decided to talk to this to her husband, but he seemed to be in a bad mood and they ended up fighting each other.

Fortunately Maria's husband was a smart man who knew when to stop before it was too late. So he just left and Maria was quite satisfied by it. After she prepared the dinner and called for Jospeh many times but he just wouldn't answer her calls.

" Joseph ! I've told you to come down ! Dinner is served ! How many times do I have to call you ?!"

After having yelled at her son, Maria sat at the end of the table and waited for Joly to come down, she thought Joseph wouldn't come down. And yet just after Joly sat in front of her mother, Joseph appeared. He seemed to ooze confidence which in itself was quite strange, but what was even weirder was how he was looking at Maria. As if he was a predator and she a prey.

Before she could even talk Maria froze as she met the black and red eyes of her son....Wait black and red ?

His eyes had changed colours and as soon as they did, Maria fell to the ground, her body paralyzed as dark thoughts entered her mind. She suddenly felt like she was one second away from dying but it suddenly stopped. Joseph grabbed her and put her on the sofa while smiling at her.

" Mom, you should worry a bit more about yourself, you really scared me there. Well Joly should be able to take care of you. Don't wait for me and eat, I will go outside for a bit." Said Joseph as he quickly left the house. Maria looked at his departing back with something akin to confusion while Joly seemed too shocked to even speak.

" Well I must say it's even better than I thought. With this I can already tell that my life will become much more interesting."

[ Indeed but be wary Host. Even though like you thought, Joly and Maria are too weak to act against you and speak of what happened....It doesn't change the fact that using your powers in front of normal people is dangerous. If too much people see you using your power, you won't be completely safe.]

" Don't worry system. I don't care about that, my heart is now filled with the desire to earn more abilities. I have already said that I want to have another chance at life and it also means that I decided to abandon this life. There is nothing worth my attention here.....My quest is to make a deal with someone from another country, right ? Then I can go right now. Nothing is keeping me here." Exclaimed Joseph, excitement clear in his voice.

[ Contain yourself Host. You can indeed go now, but you are fated to come back one day, plus disappearing suddenly might get you some unwarranted attention.]

" Once again I don't care. What do I have to lose ? Nothing ! Is there a special country I need to go to for this mission or can I go anywhere ?"

[ You can go anywhere you want, but I would heavily recommend going to Asia. There are many clients in Asia and there are also many ?¿?¿? there.]

Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.

" There are many what ? Your voice bugged for a second."

[ It seems that I am not allowed to reveal more informations.]

" Well then I guess to go to Asia.....I think I'll go to Japan first. I always wanted to visit. I am quite interesting in it's culture, especially the Shintoism."

After deciding to go to Japan, Joseph directly went to the airport, even though he didn't have any money on himself. However he had a plan, a plan that was sure to work after what happened earlier.

Joseph entered the airport and tried to spot an airplane going to Japan, and as though it was his lucky day, one was departing in fifteen minutes. Joseph rushed towards that airplane and arrived in front of the staff members in charge of checking each passengers.

Joseph didn't have a ticket so he couldn't enter the airplane, or he wouldn't have been able to if he didn't have the Devil's eyes.

" I bought a ticket earlier, but someone stole it. Don't need to check on the list my name is on it, my seat number is 45A, if someone claims that this his seat is his/hers, then it's the person who stole my ticket."

Had anyone heard they would've found it to be ridiculous, and yet the staff members nodded, as if it was perfectly normal.

' Like I thought, I can somewhat manipulate the effect of the eyes if it's on weak targets. Manipulation is actually quite easy, though I still don't know the Deadly Shock would work. Same for the traumatism.'

Forgetting about those thoughts quickly, Joseph entered the airplane and went for his seat. The airplane was quickly filled with passengers and a man suddenly started to yell.

" What do you mean I stole someone's ticket ?! The seat number 45A is mine! I paid in advance a few days ago, are you kiddng me ?!"

The man was then dragged off, while the other passengers looked at Joseph with suspiscious eyes. After all he had appeared in the waiting line suddenly and no one had seen him before, while quite a few people remembered seeing the man paying for his ticket. But a quick use of Devil's eyes from Joseph made them look down and forget about this matter.

And so Joseph was of to Japan. He was a normal student yesterday, and now he was going to Japan to make deals with normal people who had no idea who they were going to call for help.

[ Host you have 1100 points, you can visit the shop.]

' Oh yeah I forgot about those. Let's see how this thing works....Hmmm, so abilities have ranks too and they are called tiers, going from 0 to 10 and then the other tiers are locked. There seems to be passive and active abilities, but the passive seem to cost a lot more than the active ones. Actually those abilities cost a lot. The cheapest ability is trash and cost 500 points.'

[ Host I would recommend buying abilities later, however you should already decide on which ability to buy first]

Joseph nodded and so, during the whole trip he went through all the abilities he could. When the plane landed, Joseph had a delirious look in his eyes, he had seen things that nearly drove him crazy. He had seen things that humans weren't supposed to see.

' One day, one day....I will have all those abilities.....' Thought Joseph, lost in his little world.

[ Have you decided Host ?]

' Huh ? Oh yeah ! I have decided to buy Devil's Tongue, it allows the user to convince people, manipulate and lie to them better. It can only be used on weaker targets and will be more powerful the less resistant the targets are. With this mixed to my eyes, I will be able to completely manipulate normal people, though it cost 5000 points which is quite a lot. But it's normal since it is a Tier 3 ability, it's even better than Devil's eyes according to the ranking.'

[ Good choice Host. To be able to buy it, you'll have to make two deals, so prepare yourself.]

' Yeah, yeah I got it. Now I just need to find a place to sleep and-' Joseph were interrupted as he was a rather unique scene. A man was crying, throwing himself at a richly dressed woman's feet, seemingly trying to get her to stay, while the woman only sighted and tried to move away from the man's grip. What actually caught Joseph's eyes was the fact that the man had that same kind of glint in his eyes that Arno, the glint of desperation.

' Potential client ?'

[ Indeed, though his soul is only a wandering one, still better than lost, but not all that good ]

' And that woman ?'

[ Her soul is a lost one.]

' Wait what ?! The heck you mean it's a lost one ? She's clearly rich, she carries herself like she's some sort of noble and she got a wandering soul at her feet. Why is her soul so poorly ranked ?'

[ Host, the value of a soul isn't determnied by how successful one is, it is determined by the potential and actions of said person. This woman is clearly the manipulative type, but she doesn't have anything special to her. She's rich, beautiful, but in the face of someone with potential, she's trash. The man is desperate and most certainly went to ridiculous lengths to get this woman, as such his value is a bit higher.]

' Oh....Then what is my current value ?'

[ It cannot be determined. This ability that you were given grant you an unlimited potential, but you're yet to accomplish anything great.]

' Then I just need to do that, don't I ? I will accomplish great things, but first I need to progress slowly.'

Having said that Joseph continued to observe the situation and had to sigh when he saw that no one was going to intervene, Japanese were too polite to act in such situation. Joseph could act but he couldn't help the man, he needed him to become even more desperate, as dark as it sounded. So he just watched, he watched the man get kicked in his privates as the woman walked away while huffing in annoyance. Instead of crying of pain, the man cried of sadness, moaning a name.

' Yukako, so that's her name huh ?' Thought Joseph as he smiled widely. He was going to profit from someone else's pain, but to hell with it.

He didn't care though, he now had an objective, a dream....And when Joseph Crane wanted to do something, he would give his all and will go as far as he would need to.

He was slowly becoming a real Demon, but as long as he could become powerful ....The consequences be damned, he would become even the Devil himself !