Jens just lost too much blood and lost his life, but again, his consciousness appeared in the shadowy world, however this time, he was able to see the silhouette of her body. He saw her hair wavering to his right.
??? : "Jens..."
Jens : "Guess I'm back here again. So what do you want... Shadow... lady?"
??? : "Kill... me..."
Jens : "What?! That's a bit––"
Those words left Jens in a shock.
??? : "I'm doing this, you can die as many times as you want... until you kill me..."
Jens : "Why me? I'm just Jens, a boy with no memories of anything! All I want is to protect those outside of this weird shadow dimension. Why do you want me to kill you, I don't even know who you are, and in this world my potential is pretty limited. I can breathe and talk, but it's different as this isn't the reality, right? Also, I don't even know what you look like, I can't see your face because of the shadows after all."
??? : "I... It's because I love you..."
Jens : "You... love me? Sorry... but I don't know you."
??? : "I---"
Jens : "At least tell me your name."
Satella : "My name... is Satella."
Jens : "'Satella', that's a pretty name, to be honest. But who are you, why are you here, and why can't I die?"
Satella : "You might recognize my title..."
Her voice intensified, and this time, he actually heard her female voice instead of an echo of a voice. He noticed, that her voice was the exact same as Emilia's.
Satella : "I am the Witch of Envy, Satella. I am the one that destroyed the half of Lugunica and the one that devoured other Witches of Sin. I am the one that was hated for eternity and the one that was sealed away during The Calamity. I am the one that was alone her whole life. But you are the one that taught me how to love and showed me the light."
Satella was crying, and while crying, the shadows started to form a hurricane and Jens started to have trouble with hearing her lovely voice.
Satella : "I still–– can't meet you, not yet."
And right then, Jens returned to the actual world. The shadowy dimension started collapsing and color appeared. A small crack in the shadowy sky allowed the colorful light to come in. Jens regained his consciousness and noticed that he was again in the slums, however, he didn't return to the same place as the previous time.
Jens didn't return to the place where Emilia was crying. He appeared in a couple houses next to the motion cafe. Nathan and Felt stood in front of Jens with Emilia and Angel standing next to him.
Nathan : "Hm... I like you."
Jens : "Uhh... yeah. Thanks--"
"What the... now I woke up here... I guess that shadowy lady keeps moving start point everytime I pass a problem or something like that."
Jens : "Everyone, send a signal when you see Elsa. Felt and I will both use Mana Stones to show a signal or a sign. Nathan use your magic, Emilia use your magic and Kanade use yours. Nathan and I will stay at the cafe, Felt, and Kanade, you two should stay on the second floor of the cafe. Emilia and Pack, you two will hide in the closet of the cafe."
Felt : "There is no closet in the cafe though. There is a second floor but we don't use it that many times, except for sleeping."
Jens : "I know there is a secret passage Felt."
Felt : "Ggr... how do you know about that?! That's a secret!"
Jens : "I'm not sure how I know that, but it feels like I've... already been in this cafe."
"I can't say shit about that lady nor about my Return by Death ability."
Nathan : "Fine, let's go then."
Jens : "Yes. Everyone, don't let your guard down. If you see Elsa, scream or just give us a signal."
Angel : "Hey! But if we stay in the same building, why would we need the two Mana Stones?"
Felt : "Yeah indeed."
Felt opened her small backpack and grabbed the two Mana Stones and showed them.
Felt : "This one is filled with Fire Mana and this one is filled with Yang Mana. I can see the Fire one being useful, but the Yang one?"
Jens : "We can use the Fire Mana Stone to give us some time. What does the Yang one do?"
Angel : "If I remember correctly, Yang Mana Stones heal everyone near the Mana Stone after its destruction."
Jens : "So... breaking the Mana Stone will heal everyone?"
Nathan : "Yeah, that's correct. But let's go inside and go stay in our positions."
Emilia : "Right!"
The group entered the Motion Cafe, Kanade and Felt went upstairs, Emilia and Pack entered the closet near the window, only Nathan and Jens were sitting at the bar in the cafe.
Nathan : "A beer?"
Jens : "Oh I'm not eighteen."
Nathan : "What? What does your age have to do with if you want to drink a beer or not?"
Jens : "Uh...No thank you, excuse me."
Nathan : "Okay then, you're acting weird Jens."
Jens : "What do you mean?"
Nathan : "You're thinking too much, at least, that's what it looks like."
Jens : "Do you really think so?"
Jens asked while looking at Nathan taking a sip of an alcoholic cocktail.
Nathan : "Yikes, it's so strong..."
Jens : "Uhm... did you hear me?"
Nathan : "Yes I did, and yes I do think so. You look like a strong-willed person, but your mind isn't as strong as your body. I guess you are the strongest one here. I saw you on the bridge fighting Ton, Chin, and Kan. You're good."
Jens : "Thank you, but what does the former mean? I'm not getting what you're trying to say."
Nathan drank the whole cup of alcohol and put the glass on the table.
Nathan : "Let me ask this differently, do you actually think we will win against the Blood Hunter with our current circumstances?"
Jens : "Well, yes I actually do."
Nathan : "You're wrong, if you're telling the truth and she actually appears here, we are all going to die. It sounds weird, but I've survived many duels. Our future isn't chosen by the world, but by fate. The world is useless, it's brutal and cruel–– but it taught me and Felt one thing... to live... is to fight! Because only what moves, only what lives, only what believes will survive the cruelty of this demonic world."
Nathan looked away and grabbed the bottle of alcohol and stared at it with watery eyes.
Jens : "What...? It sounds like you and Felt have encountered a lot of bad events."
Nathan : "I did, Felt didn't. Her parents gave her to me, and since that day, I kept protecting her with my own life as her shield. I won't allow Elsa to kill her. That's why I want you to make a promise."
Jens : "Ah... A promise?"
Nathan : "Yes. We've lived here for over ten years. We kept hiding of the royal guards and the Lugnician Mages... as they would steal this house from us because we don't pay the bills."
Jens : "That's... That sounds really rough Nathan. What is your request for a promise?"
Nathan : "Please... take us with you after we defeat Elsa... I don't want to live here and have my future being stolen away from me and Felt."
Jens : "Go with me? Sure! That's a promise!"
A tear fell of Nathan's face and a silence fell.
Nathan : "Thank you... you are a good guy Jens."
Jens : "Can... I have a sip of that thing."
Nathan : "Oh of course, this one is called Valgalib."
Nathan gave the white bottle to Jens. It was at least a one liter bottle.
Jens : "What is it?"
Nathan : "It's liquor––"
Jens took a sip of the yellow transparent
Nathan : "with 55% alcohol."
Jens spat everything out of his mouth and started coughing.
Nathan : "Hey are you okay?"
Jens : "Blegh... it's disgusting. I'm fine... Nathan."
Nathan : "Yes... what is it, Jens?"
Jens : "Please, don't cry. It makes me quite sad. Also, Elsa can appear every second."
Nathan : "Yes... sorry. Don't tell Felt I cried, she'll be worried."
Jens : "I won't."
Nathan wiped his tears away and grabbed his sword.
Nathan : "Let's kill the Blood Hunter, Jens."
Jens : "Yes! But I want to talk with you about something..."
Nathan : Oh, sure, what is it?"
Jens : "I want to talk about the Witch of Envy, Satella."
"I think I'm actually crazy. What if Satella's going to throw that spear thing through me again?!"
Nathan : "Satella... I haven't heard that name for ages. May I ask why you want to talk about such a person?"
Jens : "Well, I'm not sure if I already told you, but I had a really serious Amnesia, and I can't remember anything of my past... and everyone keeps mentioning terms I'm not familiar with."
Nathan : "I see, you want me to explain a bit about Satella, right?"
Jens : "Yes, I know a little about her. I know that she devoured the other Witches of Sin, not sure what those are though. I know that she looks like Emilia. I know that she destroyed a half of the world. I guess that's it."
Nathan : "Well, most of it is right yeah. Satella was a half elf who became the Witch of Envy and devoured her fellow Witches."
Jens : "Fellow Witches? Who were they?"
Nathan : "That's already forgotten through the centuries. Every Witch represented a sin. Satella was the Witch of Envy, there were six other Witches. Witch of Sloth, Greed, Wrath, Lust, Pride and Gluttony. One day, Satella destroyed half of the world and destroyed 60% of the total population. Then, a hero appeared who called himself Flugel. Flugel, The Divine Dragon and the Sword Saint fought against Satella, but they weren't able to kill her, so they sealed her and she's currently being watched over by the Sages. Sometime––"
Knock Knock Knock
Suddenly, a silence occurred. But the only thing the two teens heard was a knocking on the door of the cafe.
Nathan : "That... has to be her."
Jens : "I'll get the others, talk with her!"
Nathan : "Alright!"
Nathan ran towards the door while Jens ran to the closet where Emilia and Pack were talking with each other.