Anyways, moving on from that. Since me and Zee have been in this city for a few days the residents seem to have gotten used to us. The people here have families but the problem is that they are all dead inside. These people live in agony for the rest of their lives despite creating a family within the nation itself. Usually, when someone comes to a city you would see children laughing and playing like they didn’t have a care in the world, here you don’t see it at all. Just like the parents, the children’s eyes are dead and impure. Their tormented day and night of whatever scares them the most, everyone here is. From what Zee said back at the mansion, this place is filled with criminals who refused to go back to the nation of freedom.

As to the reason why, I have yet to find out. I then stopped since I heard screaming and I looked to the right of me. A woman was screaming and crying her eyes out because someone dear to her just committed suicide. It then showed a younger male about the age of 12 or 15 lying against the wall with his hands nailed to the rock as his wings were cut off and hung up higher on the wall. The one thing I was mainly shocked about was what was above the boy. A girl that was no older than the age of 2 or 3 was tied to the cliff, her body was mutilated and stitched back together like she was some kind of doll. Her face was disfigured due to the ends of her mouth being cut into a smile. The problem is that, that same little girl who came over to our hotel room and asked Zee for help 2 days ago.

Even though I was unable to see at the time when she came, she generously told me what she looked like in case I ever wanted to see what she actually looked like. Without thinking I ran towards the woman straying away from Zee. As I did I felt something suddenly shift in my personality which made me stop running. My shock was gone, as well as almost everything else. I was no longer mad at Zee, I didn’t even have the energy to show a hint of care for the woman, I didn’t even have the energy to show emotions in general. I once again became indifferent to everything around me. I couldn’t even shed a single tear for the girl I was just trying to save. My skin started to feel like it was on fire and I quickly looked around for an umbrella. Luckily I found one, though the color wasn’t really to my liking. I quickly opened it and walked towards the crying woman. Without saying a single word to her as I approached, I used the chains I could summon to get down her son, daughter, and husband. I then gently handed the woman her sons wings and she took them holding them close to her chest as she cried her eyes out.

I mainly stood there observing her face when she was crying. I was envious of the fact that she could do that so openly. I was even jealous of the fact that she could feel the sorrow that came along with the emotion. Meanwhile, I was unable to have the luxury since birth. Though I just met the little girl not that long ago, I felt my happiness completely shatter. Part of it was already gone when a friend of mine ended up dying in front of me during my time in the black market, the death of this little girl just finished off that cake that was in the making. Within this very moment, 3 of my emotions were gone. My anger, my sadness, and now my happiness had no way of ever coming back to me. Only the acolyte is able to return what I have lost. However, I have no intention of finding mine anytime soon so I can join my sister in death.

If I’m honest I have always believed that the world would be a better place if I died anyways. I killed so many people throughout my lifetime, it’s shocking that I haven’t been caught yet. Babies, infants, toddlers, children, teens, adults, and even the elderly would go missing or would be found dead everyday. I don’t care who I kill as long as I can get some satisfaction out of it. Like right now I have the urge to kill this woman and let be with her family because she has the nerve to be able to cry right in front of me.

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I reached out and grabbed the woman by the neck with my free hand and started choking her to death. She gasped for air but she didn’t struggle one bit, instead she sat there smiling which got me annoyed and I ended up snapping her neck. The crack was so loud it echoed throughout the area we were at making the birds fly away. As soon as I let go of her the city's law enforcement saw me and was running towards me thinking I killed this ridiculous family. Well, I did kill the mother but not the other three. I then turned the corner and jumped onto a roof, which made it seem like I completely disappeared into thin air. Once I landed on the roof I sat down with my legs crossed twirling my umbrella as I watched the law enforcement search for me and look at the dead bodies.

Harpies are no different from humans in this world it seems. Both the humans within my own world and the harpies within this nation are nothing more than prey. They are the type of prey that is completely oblivious that a predator is watching their every move. When the prey realizes that there is a predator nearby it’s already too late for the prey to run away because the predator has already attacked. As soon as I thought that I heard a click from behind me and something like metal pushed against my head.

“You have some nerve coming to this nation and killing a family of four.” This voice was a woman's voice. It didn’t sound dead like everyone else here, so she must come from the freedom part of the nation.

“You have it all wrong missy. I didn’t come here to kill. Those three were already dead when I arrived. As for the mother, I thought it would be best to let her be with her family.” Like hell I did. I mainly killed her because she had something I didn't.

“You expect me to believe that when you just openly admitted that you killed the mother. That family of four was from the nation of freedom and it’s clear that you sir are part of the inferior part of the nation.” Ah this bitch is a princess.

“Inferior? My lady I am afraid you got the wrong guy who is inferior.” I told her unemotionally.

“Then give me one good reason as to why the fuck I shouldn’t put a bullet in your inferior murderous head right now.” The gun clicked.

“I was forced to kill the woman. This guy named Zakari made me do it even though I protested. He told me it would be better if I put her out of her misery then let her mourn the death of her loved ones.” I said as I stood up.

“And what does this guy look like?” She said pushing the gun against my head even more.

“My dear it’s really hard to miss him. He is freakishly tall, has skin as white as a corpse, hair as white as snow, an eye that is red as blood, and a body temperature that is as cold as ice.” I say as I stopped twirling my umbrella.

She didn’t say a word as she then grabbed both of my wrists and I willingly let her put the handcuffs on me. I dropped my umbrella in the process which made my skin burn and she took me over to a huge mansion. Not long after I arrived they brought Zee as well and I felt my personality change once more. My skin was no longer on fire and I looked at Zee who had gritted his teeth at me.

“What the fuck did you do this time Lumiere?!” He shouted angrily.

“It seems like I did something fun my dear Zaraki~” I said with a smirk as we then both got pushed through the mansion doors.