Yagami dumbfoundedly looked at the woman in front of him.
She called him a mortal? Furthermore, are red pupils even real?
Why was she talking so weirdly? Did she come straight from a cosplay event?
But how did she know his name?
Who was she? He didn't remember chancing upon a cosplaying girl before.
"Yes, I'm Yagami Noriyuki. Can I help you in any way ma'am? "
The emotionless face of the woman softened as she nodded.
"Would you like to have another go at life? "
"What? "
"I said, would you like another chance at life? "
The woman replied, slightly annoyed.
Yagami felt confused, was this woman drunk?
The rain fell more heavily than before as Yagami's sight got blocked by it.
The woman seeing this, waved her hands and a red light appeared before Yagami's eyes.
The rain was instantly blocked as the red light formed two little domes around Yagami's eyes.
"W-what is this? "
"Magic."
"Chaos Magic. "
"What are you even saying? "
Yagami's scratched at his eyes, searching for any kind of plastic or something but found nothing of that sort.
The woman snorted as she once again waved her hands.
A black light surrounded Yagami as he dissappeared
Yagami felt as if air was under him, he looked down and found himself surrounded by clouds.
What the fuck?
"N-nooo let me down!! "
"I don't want to die yet!! "
Yagami fearfully tried to walk up and down but found that he couldn't move.
He didn't even fall as a cushion like yellow light surrounded him.
"Relax. I won't let you die this soon. "
The woman once again appeared, this time, she lied down on a cloud on her stomach and smirked at Yagami.
Yagami didn't know why but he felt that he could trust this woman in front of him.
Yagami gradually calmed down as he relaxed his body and let go, he felt as if his body was in a pool of water.
Yagami thinked about what happened in these five minutes.
A horned girl comes up to him and says that she can give him another chance at life. Okay.
Then, she waves her hand and voila! His eyes are covered by an otherworldly energy. That's… okay too.
Then, she waves her hand once again and here he is, in the middle of the sky lying down on a yellow cushion…
Was he dreaming?
"No, you're not dreaming. "
As if she could hear his thoughts, the woman dryly smiled and answered his inner question.
Her pleasant yet dry smile felt as if it was a flower, a flower that bloomed recently.
He didn't really know why, but he felt as if he was really close to her.
A connection you might call it.
"Should I take your silence as a yes to my offer?"
"Wait a second! "
Yagami put a hand in front of him as he thought about the recent story once again.
"What is this… return to your youth? "
"Do I get to return to the year when I was a youth with this old body or do I return to to my youth with my young body? "
"Even if I did return back to my youth with my young body, will I retain my memories? "
Yagami didn't know why, but he felt that this was slightly plausible.
After all, this girl could even launch him into the air with a wave of a hand, she even wielded what she called 'chaos magic'.
He felt that it was slightly mysterious, did magic truly exist?
The girl rolled around on the cloud and pouted at him with annoyance .
"You'll return to your youth with full memories. "
She coldly replied and once again began to roll on the cloud with delight.
"Hmm… "
"Before that…"
"Who are you and why did you choose me specifically? "
A sharp glint flashed in Yagami's eyes as he smiled.
The girl stopped rolling on the cloud and smiled at Yagami.
"I could just lie to you about my identity and you won't even know. "
"That's true… then tell me, why did you choose me? "
"Why are you asking so many questions? People like you would jump at the slightest mention of going back in time! "
"I guess I'm not like those fools then. "
"Nonetheless, are there any conditions to this? "
"Of course there are! "
The girl jumped and left the cloud and came closer towards Yagami's ears.
Her delicate lips spat out hot wind towards his ears.
"Guh! "
Yagami felt embarrassed and shaked his head, trying to get rid of the tickling sensation in his ears.
The woman giggled and smiled at him.
A cruel smile.
"One year. "
"I don't understand. "
"Your whole lifespan will be devoured, only one year will be left. "
She malevolently laughed at the sky as she spat out the last sentence.
"Isn't that a bit… too less? "
A fearful expression appeared on Yagami's face, only one year to live?
"But I guess that fine. "
Yagami grinned at the woman.
"After all, a fat and short life is better than a thin and long life! "
"Haha!"
Yagami laughed, his sight falling on the sky above him.
The woman smirked and waved her hands, a white parchment and a quill pen appeared on her hands.
The light under his feet contracted and encased him, it then slowly moved him towards the woman.
"Sign here, mortal. "
She gazed at his eyes and offered him both the parchment and the quill pen.
"I have a request… "
"Say it quickly mortal. "
"Can you make me return to a specific date? "
"Of course I can mortal. "
"Then, make me return to February 8th 2017 9:45PM"
"Huh… "
"Sure. "
"Thank you"
Yagami stretched out his hands and grabbed the qull pen.
He looked at the parchment and tched.
"I wish I could read this. "
"Hah! "
The parchment had unknown words written on it, pity that he couldn't read it.
"Don't worry, I won't scam you. "
"I doubt it. "
The woman wryly smiled at pointed at a certain part of the parchment.
"Sign here. "
Yagami tightened his grasp and wrote his name at the place mentioned by the woman.
"Now what? "
Just as he he questioned, the parchment abruptly started to burn with a yellow flame.
"THSSSSS! "
Crackling sounds came from the parchment as the ashes fell and went into the body of both Yagami and the woman.
The ashes were as if it was invisible, they entered into the body of Yagami and the woman and disappeared.
"Since I'm the one signing the contract, why are the ashes also entering your body? "
Yagami glanced at the flying woman and asked.
"Mortal, why should I tell you? "
The woman appeared speechless.
"… "
Yagami shrugged and once again loosened his body, effectively making him once again lie down on the yellow line.
"And stop calling me mortal. "
"Why should I mortal? "
"Ah, forget it! "
"When am I going to return to my youth? "
"Now"
The beautiful woman clapped her hands and darkness enveloped Yagami.