"What are you gonna do now?" (Jk)
"Explore the tutorial of course. I'm gonna suck this place dry. Everything useful to my goal, I'll take it. What are you guys gonna do?"
"Weren't we gonna follow you?" (Jk)
"Whether you follow me, stay here, or do whatever, you'll have to take care of yourself.
I can't babysit you all. If you follow me, you'll definitely grow more, but it will be immensely dangerous. In short its high-risk, high-reward if you follow me."
They didnt answer immediately, but of them both Su-jin answered first.
"I'll take my chances. I'll follow oppa!" (Sj)
Jungkook answered after a little more deliberation.
"Well I doubt those gangsters would let me in their group after all that has happened. Since I have no where else to go, I'll just go with you." (Jk)
"Ok"
Both of them made the choice to tag along.
Hopefully they dont try to run away as soon as the danger begins. That'll be disappointing.
"Oppa, I still have an unanswered question!" (Sj)
"Oh, ask away then."
"Do you have girlfriend?"
Ah, a question that hits the heart. Well, I didnt have one before being transported to the Horror world. But there is "her"....
We couldn't meet in person as she was trapped too, in a separate world at that.
She had been sealed in some sort of space.
For years she felt nothingness. She couldn't escape.
But in that time, she learned to move her consciousness outside her body.
She kept on spreading it in hopes of contacting someone. Anyone even.
By luck, she met me.
Well at first, I was shocked upon hearing a voice in my head. I thought I was finally going mad. It was near the start of my +500 years in the Horror world.
I used to talk to her and listen to her, even though I believed she was only in my head. She played along too.
As we continued to communicate, a mental link was gradually established between us. I was able to realize that she was another person, in a very similar situation to me.
Trapped away for life with nowhere to go.
Caged in despair, no one to interact with.
She was sealed in nothingness. No sight, no hearing, no scent, no taste, no touch– nothing.
She could feel nothing.Not even her own body.
Only her mind was left in a dimension where time couldn't be felt.
I, in a sense, was similar. Trapped in another world with no normal or sane living thing.
Fear and despair all around me. Eating disgusting horrid raw meat and blood. The blood and rae meat of a cow was fancy infront of this.
No sense of time, of day or night.
Only pain and numbness.
Vision was blurry due to constant twilight.
Hearing was dustorted due to the constant noise of loud silence.
A rubbery smell and taste always filled my nose and mouth.
And everything I touch was painful.
The fact that I survived in such a world, I don't think I was sane anymore. Maybe I wasnt even human.
This wasn't living. It was torture.
It was worse than hell.
In hell there was only burning and pain.
Here there was pain, madness, numbness and emptiness. For her and me.
We felt each other's pain. We heard each other's stories. We took comfort in each other's voices.
I don't know how she could stand talking to me. I'm sure I went insane.
After more time, I somehow broke free of insanity too. Going beyond insanity that you regain a sense of sanity. Does that even make sense?
I didnt think it did. On the contrary, she confirmed it was possible.
How did she know for sure, a thought surfaced in me. Did she go through it too?
To get drowned in madness so much that you wake up with clearer mind than ever.
I didnt know if it's true, but I think she went through this. Or atleast something similar to this.
I felt bad for her even more.
....
As time went on, I got used to that god-forsaken world. I grew stronger. And so did the link between us. At this point, we could feel each other's emotions too.
She often used to tease me. We often shared jokes. Talked about ourselves during the time I wasn't fighting for my life.
Over even more time, a sense of maturity was created in me. We shared our fears, our hopes and dreams, our memories, everything.
We became close. Very close.
Soon I realized, that I had developed feelings for her. I wasnt sure about her, but I gave it a try.
I told her how I felt. She cried.
I thought that I had said something wrong, offended her maybe, I wasnt sure.
But she reciprocated. She said she loved me too.
She told me how she thought that she would never be able to love, and how nobody shall love her.
She told me she was a demon.
Though we had shared our memories with eachother, we couldn't make eachother see them.
This was the first time she told me of her race/species.
She told me she was a demon that defied fate and was trapped for it.
She said she had killed many people, tortured even more. She was the a general to a demon lord.
They conquered whole worlds, even destroyed a few. And when the demon lord was satisfied after reaching ascendancy, he ordered her capture.
She told me she was betrayed, all because she gained some god's blessing when the demon lord was ascending.
They couldnt kill her. She was strongest among them, even the demon lord was afraid of crossing swords with her.
They were afraid.
So in the end, the demon lord made a contract with numerous gods and sealed her away.
And since then she had been trapped.
Now that I knew who she really was and what she had done before she was sealed, she then asked me if I still loved her.
I answered yes.
It didn't matter if she killed billions.
It didn't matter if she destroyed a few worlds.
I still loved her for who she was.
She cried even more.
And I comforted her as much as I could.
We had never met in person, but we were never this close before.
I loved her and she loved me. It was mutual.
Our mental link now connected our hearts too.
.....
I always felt her with me, by my side. Hopefully, she felt the same way about me too. I could only imagine what she was going through and her suffering.
Betrayal followed by being sealed. The starting years must've been filled with hatred and anger. Slowly those emotions would've changed to sorrow and gloom and then to misery and despair.
Following that was madness and repeat of said emotions. Eventually it would've ended in acceptence.
A sense of emptiness would remain in her. Trapped in time itself.
I want to free her.
.....
And then, the final day had arrived. I killed everything there. I killed their source. Their 'greatest origin'.
And although I wasn't able to manifest the full power of my soul, I was close.
But even then, I still wasn't able to return to earth.
Here she helped me again.
She gave me knowledge on how to travel between dimensions. But the problem was, after travel the link between us would be broken.
This was because Earth was who knows how far from the Horror world.
She helped me alot back then.
In the end, I made her a promise. To find her. And free her. And be by her side.
I would do that too. I won't stop until I do.
She was happy to hear my decision. But she also protested that I shouldn't waste my life trying to find.
Ofcourse, I'm not gonna listen. I loved her too much.
After all that, I absorbed all the energy of that world, using it with my newly gained knowledge of interdimensional travel, I returned to Earth.
And as she said I couldnt talk to her anymore. I couldnt hear her anymore.
It was a miracle I survived that jump through dimensions and even reached the desired destination.
The distance was inhumanly far.
And I also didn't know Earth's exact coordinates in space-time.
And due to this, there were setbacks. Most of my power became sealed and my body became a lot weaker.
It was my first time wilfully traversing dimensions. With all the conditions, this was bound to happen.
And even though I want to have fun and enjoy my life, I don't forget the promise I made her.
To search for her conscious. To grab hold if it, even if its thin as a thread.
To follow it to its source. And free her.
Because I still love her.
And always will.
— — —
"....."
It seems I got lost in my thoughts for quite some time now. Su-jin and Jungkook have become worried.
"Sorry, I got lost in memories."
I spoke to calm them.
"Uh, it's okay oppa if you dont want to answer but please dont make that serious face while being lost in thought. You seemed like a completely different, scarier person." (Sj)
"Haaa... little rascal. My answer is yes."
"Yes?" (Sj)
"Yes, I do have a girlfriend."
Even though she is so much more than a girlfriend.
"Eh?" (SJ)
"Wait a minute. What?!" (JK)
"What?"
"I dont believe you for one second. Even if that world changed you, I doubt you have a girlfriend." (JK)
"Fine don't believe me. You believing or not doesn't change anything. "
In my view, its possible.|
Ms fairy was back lying on my head. And she was siding with me. Thanks.
You're welcome. |
Other than Ms.Fairy, the other fairies that followed us here were flying all around me, observing me and discussing among themselves in their own language.
Of course, I could understand them.
I kept in mind all the secrets and stuff they talked about too.
Suddenly, a thought popped in my mind.
I remembered something important!
"Jungkook." I placed my hands on his shoulders and asked with a serious but hasty tone.
"Uh, y-yes?" (Jk)
He became flustered at my behaviour. He must've thought something big was about to happen.
Well it was a big deal for me.
"Did D*vil M*y C*y and G*d *f W*r games get a new sequel?"
Hearing my question he calmed down and made an annoyed face. He even sighed.
"Huu..... I guess you didn't change that much did you?" (Jk)
"Answer the question."
I implored him but he kept on sighing. Thankfully, Su-jin answered.
"Oppa, G*d of W*r 4 came out this year and a new R*sid*nt Ev*l game came out last year too.
Also there are rumors that D*vil M*y C*y 5 is coming out next year." (Sj)
"Thank you Su-jin."
I removed my hands from Jungkook's shoulder and instead patted Su-jin's head. She is starting to feel like a sister at this point.
This us a foreshadow, isnt it? We'll see.
I remove my hand from Su-jin. For some reason, she was trembling. Am I really that frightening, that you're afraid of my touch? I'm sorry Su-jin if that's the case.
"Come on, let's head out before those runts decide to pick another fight. "
"Yes." (Sj)
A squeak escaped Su-jin's mouth. I really am sorry Su-jin. Her entire face was red.
"But what about Park Namjoon, that ahjussi you helped." (Jk)
"He betrayed us, so I dont care about him anymore. If he finds trouble with us, his death will be slow and painful. Simple as that."
"..." (Jk)
Jungkook became quite while Su-jin began to tremble even more prominently. It can't be helped if I'm that scary, I dont intend to be atleast.
(Author: I dont think Su-jin is trembling in fear. It's some other emotion.)
"By the way, why did you chose Dante as your new name?" (Jk)
"You know how the story goes, a guy named Dante travels through the seven levels of hell to go to heaven or return back to earth, right?"
"Yeah?" (Jk)
"I went through a place that was literal hell. Darkness and pain everywhere, with horrifying creatures around each corner.
So I decided that the new name I would use, should describe what I been through to become who I am today. That's why I chose Dante."
"You sure it wasnt due to the videogames?" (Jk)
"No, it was a bit of both."
"Yeah, right. Just one more thing." (Jk)
"You know you're out of questions, right?"
"Still, last question." (Jk)
"Fine. What?"
"Killing all those people back in the train wasn't necessary you know. You could've just killed one and passed." (Jk)
"I killed them because that would've be easier and more beneficial for me, that's all. The trial message was kill one or more people each."
"...."
Jungkook became silent at my words.
With questions out of way, we left to explore the tutorial.
I was excited like this after a long time. I had a good feeling about this.
Hopefully things aren't too disappointing.