[4th Aprith, 32 A.P]

An atmosphere of joy filled the tranquil air of the mansion when the servants' found out that, their master is invited to the royal palace. The last time Lilith was invited to the palace, she was given the title of Viscountess and the time before that, some treasures for her service to the country. So everyone had expectant eyes, looking forward to, what would be given to their master now?.

But below the mansion, an air of dread and despair filled every nook and cranny of the basement. The contrast between the two atmospheres was bone-chilling, the fact that both of these atmospheres were so close to each other, yet no one noticed it, sent a chill down Scarlet's spine.

Scarlet is afraid of Lilith's cruelty. Every day, she would get surprised, she would get shocked!... by witnessing the various acts of Lilith Shade, but more than the feeling of 'Fear', she has a feeling of 'Admiration' for Lilith, which helps her keep on a poker face.

Scarlet admires Lilith for being free, for acting however she wants, for having self-confidence, for having ambitions, etcetera, etcetera. These are the things that Scarlet wants for herself.

Scarlet wants to be free, she wants to accomplish something on her own, she wants to have great ambitions, high dreams, she wants to know why she was born? was it to serve Lilith? or was it to achieve something greater? she wants to have a 'Drive' to actually accomplish these desires she has, but most gravely, she wants to not just think!. Scarlet likes doing what Lilith tells her because of the sense of accomplishment she feels, she doesn't have to think anything, just do what someone else tells her to do. She knows that it's a fake accomplishment, as it doesn't benefit her and makes her long for those things more and more...

But! Scarlet knows! Scarlet believes! Scarlet holds onto that tiny ray of hope with all of her strength! that one day Lilith will guide her. By following and observing Lilith, she will be able to achieve all of these things that she desperately wants because Lilith was the one who saved her when she couldn't feel any pain and allow Scarlet to have all these thoughts! even if most of them are negative.

Unkown to what Scarlet was thinking, Lilith had plans of her own. Even if she was only a 16-year-old girl, her ambitions, her aspirations were far greater than anyone around her age, even greater than those of the adults and she knows that she will not stop at anything, to achieve them, but first, she had to settle the case of the traitor.

Lilith just finished the lunch and started walking towards the basement, Scarlet following closely behind her. They reached the stairways to the basement and closed the door behind them, putting the key back into their pockets.

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"SuP! my man! you awake yet!?"

Lilith called out to the man bind to the chair, he was asleep, or was he still unconscious from yesterday? his breathing could be heard, but that was the only good thing going for him. Puss was growing around his removed eyes, probably because of infection. Several small pimples emerging on his tongue because of the swallowed eye and who knows what type of atrocities are happening inside his body.

"Well, aren't you a playful one! answering my concerned question with silence... Scarlet! move him to cage #36!"

"what? 36?"

'There are only 12 cages in here' thought Scarlet

" WHA!? you don't know?! 36 minus the times I stabbed him... yeah, cmon say it...hmm? 11?... W.R.O.N.G! it's 2! cage #2... jeez, at least remember it correctly!"

"Okay"

'master stabbed 34 times, missed some' thought Scarlet

Getting her master's order, Scarlet removed the man's bind and picked him on her shoulders, carrying him to cage #2 as fast as she can, she didn't want to smell the man's acrid odor.

Scarlet stepped inside the cage and laid him on a slab that reached her belly. Among the various Cages here, Cage #2 is one of the biggest in regards to its size.

Lilith took the chains hanging from the metal bars and bound the man in the shape of 'Χ', his stretched hands and legs reaching the corners of the slab.

"*SLAP!* Hey! wake up now!" but he didn't, even if his cheeks became beet red.

"So, you aren't going to wake up nicely? well, that's ... sad, I guess?" Lillith made a frowned face and moved towards the corner of the cage, opening a small cabinet and took out some things from inside.

"Well...If you aren't going to wake up! then, I don't think I have a choice..." Lilith placed a large pointy nail on the man's left palm, "Yup! don't have a choice now... DO I!!! *CLUNK!" and stroked the nail with a hammer. The nail going somewhat deep into his palm's skin and the man immediately woke up with a horrific scream.

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"Don't! have a c.h.o.i.c.e, now DO I?! *CLUNK!" again a heavy strike on the nail, making the nail go even deeper.

"Ahhhhhh! STOP IT! STOP! STOP! STOP!" the man's desperate cries falling on deaf's ear as Lilith continued to strike the nail on his palm with a crazy smile and joy on her face, again and again.

"What!? can't heeeeaarrr~ yoOoOuuUUU *CLUNK!*"

"STOP! STOP! STOP!"

"Scarlet! do I hear someone speak? *CLUNK*"

"FUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKK!!" the rattling of chains and screams of terror filling the air

"..." Scarlet didn't speak anything, or it was more precise to say that, Scarlet was too afraid to say anything.

"Oh!? so you also didn't hear anything! *CLUNK*" Lilith interpreting Scarlet's silence as a 'No'

"PLEASE! PLEASE! STOP IT! HELP ME! HELP ME!"

"*CLUNK!* Ohoooo! This is Fun! Scarlet! wanna try it? *CLUNK!* you get these crazy hallucinations that someone's saying 'HELP ME!, HELP ME!' Aahahahaa♥ isn't that a nice effect?! *CLUNK!* *CLUNK!* *CLUNK!* *CLUNK!* *CLUNK!* *CLUNK!*" finally the nail dug through the man's palm, striking the cold cement below his hand.

The man desperately praying that this nightmare will end soon... but regretfully his prayers weren't answered.

"Your prayers won't work" Lilith's silly and joyful face suddenly turning into that of grave seriousness. All the sweetness in her voice got replaced with a wind chilling cold one. It was like she turned into an entirely opposite person.

This was the first time Scarlet witnessed this side of Lilith. All of the time, she was goofy, cheerful. This new side of her increased the fear inside Scarlet's heart, but at the same time, Scarlet also thought 'How Enigmatic', making her admiration go even further.

"You think that praying works, don't you? *CLANK!*" the nail going through his palm, now being a strike against the cement.

The man was terror-struck, he became petrified by noticing this contrast, he was unable to speak anything, cries reaching his throat but not coming out. He really thought that if he made any noise, then, there really will not be any hope.

"But let me clear your misconception, it doesn't *CLANK!*" the man's eyes becoming shut, to endure the pain.

"God is something that doesn't exist, I found it the hard way *CLANK!*" the man's face becoming scrunched, in order to endure this tense pain.

"Many people know that but they still try their best to deny the fact *CLANK!*" the nail making a small crack on the cement

"They try their best to cling, to this fictional entity *CLANK!* *CLANK!*...... They desperately try seeking help from this 'God', expecting something imaginary to help them *CLANK!* *CLANK* *CLANK*" the nail going deeper into the cement.

"They don't help themselves, just always running after someone else to save them *CLANK!*......I understand them, after all, I was the same *CLANK!*"

"They won't learn, always repeating the same mistakes *CLANK!*...... that's why I will help them *CLANK!*"

"If 'God' doesn't exist, then why not become one? *CLANK!* ...... I think so from the bottom of my heart *CLANK!*" the nail finally impaling the man's left hand to the cement.

"So, why did you betray me, Brother"

The brother, already unconscious from all the pain.

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After nearly two hours, the brother woke up again. Lilith just standing there with a joyful expression, coming back to her original self, but Scarlet thought 'What's master, real self?' 'About Master, don't know much'.

"Ohhhh!? you finally awake, brother Sam!" Lilith rapidly smacking Sam's chest.

Sam, too powerless to say anything. His own little sister, doing all these terrible things to him. At first, he had a tiny hope that in the end, she will spare him, but after hearing her silly aim to become a 'God', he now knows that she's finally beyond help and treatment.

"So? why did you B.E.T.R.A.Y me?"

"I... tried.... to....help you...." Sam, desperately trying to speak, even if meekly.

"Aaaaannnndddd~ how did trying to report me to the king. H.E.L.P ME!?"

"The....king...would have...*cough*...put you *cough*... under treatment... he could have *cough*...*cough* saved you..."

"Hmmm? but I don't have any illness, why do I need treatment?"

"You...are ill *cough* *cough*... your mind *cough*... is ill"

"No, it's not" Lilith spoke with a straight face, as if stating a fact.

"Yes...you are...*cough* you torture so many *cough* you kill so many!" Sam, putting all his strength into his words.

"Yeah, that's right! but I am not ill!" Lilith's face starting to twitch

"You are! You are a murderer! *cough* *cough!*" Sam's coughing getting violent, blood starts spurting out of his mouth.

"NO! I AM NOT!" her face becoming angrier by second

"Stop Denying it! You need treatment! You need help! *cough* *cough*" Sam, saying everything he had though so far.

"I DON'T!!"

"You do! I tried to help you! You would have gotten proper treatment!*cough* yet you did all these things to me*cough!*" Sam, also mixing in his grudge and anger in-between

"YOU DIN'T HELP ME! YOU BETRAYED ME!!!" Lilith screaming from the top of her lungs

"You Crazy Bitch! Stop denying it! ... OH WAIT! maybe, it's already too late! You wanna be a 'GOD'? BITCH! hahahah*cough*ahah*cough*aha! what a foolish dream!" Sam, finally losing it and blurts out whatever comes to mind.

"DON'T MAKE FUN OF MY DREAM!!" Lilith's face filled with wrath.

"Hahahah*cough!*ahaha! GOD! what a Fool!"

"SHUT UP! *stab*" and a knife was brought down on his mouth, entering his mouth and coming out of his back head.

"SHUT UP! *stab* SHUT UP! *stab* SHUT UP! *stab* SHUT UP! *stab* SHUT UP! *stab* SHUT UP! *stab* SHUT UP! *stab* SHUT UP! *stab* SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP! *stab**stab**stab**stab**stab**stab**stab**stab**stab**stab*"

Stab wounds were made on several parts of his head, some stab through the jaw, some neck, some eyes, some nose, some cheeks, some forehead, some ears, at the end of it all the man's face was filled with nothing but blood, his face too messed to recognize the entity as a human anymore, his blood mixing with the pool of dried blood on the Cell's floor.

Scarlet saw Lilith's heavily grunt breathing, blood falling to the ground from the tip of the knife. Lilith's face splashed with blood, spots of blood on her clothes, and a wide smile with eyes opened to their extreme. Scarlet didn't show any of her emotions on the face, her mind to chaotic to figure out what to think.

"Uff! that got a little out of hands. Scarlet! let's go fulfill those wishes now"

Scarlet's fear and admiration reaching the sky.