Place: Unknow
Time: ???
Asmodeus: This has been a complete failure! I can't believe you were so incompetent! They killed you so easily that I now had to go to the trouble of reviving you with magic!
Shiro: I'm sorry sir I won't fail you again...
Asmodeus: Silence! It is the second time that you fail me! I warned you! From now on you are on warning! If you fail me again I will smash you!
Shiro: But-
Asmodeus: Do you want to make excuses for me? Asmodeus? Don't try to persuade me with excuses when I'm the greatest when persuasion comes!
The demon stirred with anger and through its meat came out heads of animals such as horses, lions and goats, each with macabre teeth and looking with their bloodshot eyes at the semi-demon...
Asmodeus regained his composure and the heads disappeared again into his flesh and bones...
Asmodeus: Still, at this point we can no longer return to Behemoth-sama, he will destroy us after this failure so we have to make one last attempt ... they are heading to Raion no Okoku so we must annihilate them when they Be as far away from the kingdom and from anyone who can help you ... so while I will replenish my power annihilating the nearest village... reviving you is not so easy when you have to revive two bodies at once...
The demon Asmodeus disappeared in the darkness of the night while the semi-demon, who had serious injuries due to the fall, lay down on the ground due to overwhelming exhaustion...
The mask lost power and the poor girl who was possessed by it, regained control...
Shiro: How did I end up like this?
The memories of the beautiful redhead came back ...
Shiro: Ricardo, my beloved, had cheated on me with another woman ... he had told me that I was the only one for him, that we would be together forever! I believed him ... he was my everything, but then ... that day I found him cheating on me and not only that! The cynic was having sex with that woman in our bed!
Shiro covered his face in shame, tears still running down his face and splashing on the ground ...
Shiro: I killed them both, tried to get their blood to spill all over the room and got out of there as fast as I could ...
The Shiro Hannya mask began to have slight cracks as the beautiful lady regained her sanity ...
Shiro: I was furious, helpless and jealous... But I wanted him back, he meant everything to me after all... That same night I heard a voice ... he was lovely, he had told me that he would give me my dear Ricardo back if I was doing him a favor... when I realized, I had this mask in my hands...
Shiro looked at the moon, it was shining as always...
Shiro: I can't remember what my real name is... I don't know who I am anymore, who should I be ... Those guys... The few times that I had control of my body, I was able to speak to them, I was able to speak to him! That otherworldly boy wasn't interested in dying as long as he could help someone... maybe I can redeem myself doing so... maybe I can do something useful for me...
The girl bent down thoughtfully while the moon lit her... It was as if it had helped in the redemption of a person...
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Log of September 9, 1945.
I had awakened, judging from the darkness in the environment, it was barely early morning... I was covered with bandages and a blanket... Tokage was asleep near me while Hekima hugged her... they looked like sisters.
Takamoto was asleep next to his horse to try to get warm on a cold night like this... I got up and tried not to get away from the rest.
The sky was clear, it was beautiful... I couldn't remember the last time I had seen a night sky so serenely ... without being in a trench, without being on a combat field... It was very calm.
I heard footsteps behind me so I quickly turned around. It was Tokage, covered by the blanket that I left ... Her face showed some anguish but also relief.
Tokage: I'm glad you are well.
Giorgio: Thank you... I'm sorry about what happened last night...
Tokage: Okay, I think I got a little shaken too... But, the thought of seeing someone else die just saddened me...
Giorgio: You've been through a lot ...
Tokage: Like you, we could say that we both hit rock bottom, don't you think?
Giorgio: I guess ...
I sat down on the grass and Tokage sat next to me, so that the blanket provided warmth for both of us.
Tokage: But hitting bottom doesn't mean you have to throw in the towel, it's the perfect excuse to rebuild your life!
Giorgio: You're right ... that was something I didn't contemplate for many years...
Tokage: You may not see it that way, but since we met I felt safe when I saw you...
Giorgio: Even though I made a very stupid mistake that day... I can't believe we almost died that day... and I'm supposed to be a retired military man... how humiliating...
Tokage: *Laughs* well i'm supposed to be a mighty warrior but look at me!
I just lowered my head, completely thoughtful... Tokage got up and left me with the blanket...
Tokage: I'll return to sleep with Hekima before she and Takamoto wake up and think we got in trouble again. Try to think what we are talking about and if you can, rest well.
Giorgio: Thanks.
Tokage's footsteps sounded farther and farther away leaving me with the melody of crickets and the soft frosty morning breeze.
Giorgio: Sometimes... hitting the bottom is a wonderful opportunity to remake your life...
The moon kept shining more and more intensely... I looked at the sky... it was as if it illuminated me specifically... Brighter than a jewel, brighter than a pearl... the moon had a beautiful color that was reflected before my eyes and that prevented me from looking at it.
Was this the moon that so many Gingetsu legends told? Would this be the supreme deity of the place? Have it brought me for a specific reason?
Giorgio: Did you bring me here? If that is the case, what would be my role?
I heard other steps, these sounded different from Tokage's...
Hekima: *Laughs* I don't remember legends where the silver moon speaks...
Giorgio: I thought you were sleeping...
Hekima: Well, I was watching while pretending to be asleep.
Giorgio: Tomorrow will be a long day, things will be more difficult...
Hekima: They will be, but we'll find a way to overcome whatever comes our way.
Giorgio: I don't understand how you can be so calm about it...
Hekima: Well, I would say the same about you, you don't talk much... I think we differ in that you don't smile.
Giorgio: I made a promise...
Hekima: I know, it's just that for me a day without smiling is a wasted day *laughs* so as worried as I may be, I don't forget to smile and stay calm.
Hekima looked at me with a big smile on her face and she proceeded with the conversation...
Hekima: Well, life doesn't have to be easy, it has to be a great experience! Sometimes happy, other times it lasts, but in each rise and fall you learn lessons that make you strong! You cannot get stuck in what is bad, think something like "today I will be weak and I will cry, but tomorrow I will be strong again!"...
Hekima looked at the moon as she sighed... Her face showed complete tranquility like that of a child whose level of concern is zero.
Hekima: And I really appreciate it.
Giorgio: What?
Hekima: I appreciate that you have decided to help us, even knowing that this place has nothing to do with you... I thank you from my heart.
Giorgio: I should be grateful to you, I think my life gained more meaning with this mission...
Hekima: You know? Even if I hadn't been drunk, I think one way or another my first kiss would have been with you...
Giorgio: What do you mean?
Hekima: Well, it's not easy for me to say it, but I think I feel good when you're around...
Giorgio: Do you really feel that way?
Hekima: Yes... I think this sounds absurd despite the fact that we met almost a week ago but... I feel that meeting you was not just a good thing, it was the best thing in my whole life...
Hekima came up to me and kissed my cheek, then slowly pulled away and we looked into each other's eyes for a while... Love at first sight is spoken of as an infatuation that occurs immediately between two people. This occurs because people identify in the other the idealized partner, that is, a set of stereotypes that we associate with the ideal life partner. Is this Hekima's feeling towards me? How would i know it...
Hekima: Well... I think we should go back and rest, tomorrow will be another day.
We returned with the others and each one returned to the place where they slept. I must say that tonight was a great advance for me ... before I believed that my life could only be redeemed by dying by doing something good but it is not dying that exactly redeems you and turns you into a good person.
In the end, a good person is one who makes something extraordinary out of the ordinary.
End of the log.
To be continued...