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I...
It was like a distant memory...fading away.
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I sigh.
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My name...is not Akuma...i can't remember it.
Or do I even have a name?
Yes, I don't have a name. I was born for the sole purpose of being a slave for the church of axis...
It is more accurate to say that my parents sold me to them. Of course, I want revenge but how can I do so without even seeing or knowing them once?
However, at that time, I don't mind...or we don't mind.
After all, i had a roof over my head and three meals a day. I also had some friends who slowly disappears due to some reason. After some time, my only friend is Camila.
She created that name for herself and created a name for me too. Ao. Which means blue in Japanese as I like the colour blue and the sky back then.
It was the most blissful time in my life.
However, that did not last long. One day, the church of axis themselves abandoned the church. It drove the nun to anger and madness, blaming everything on us, saying that we are not producing good results.
In the end, she went on a killing spree and Camila sacrifice herself to save me. I...after the first time seeing blood in my life was somehow attracted by it. I wanted to see more blood, smell more blood.
I looked at the nun and she was panting heavily, letting go of the knife and falling to her knees. She started crying afterwards.
"Why are you crying?" I ask.
She looked at me and hugged me.
"I...I'm sorry... let's go and leave this place together."
At that point, I had two choices.
Anyone...would have chosen to choose to follow the nun and live happily with her. But for me, it was different.
With her hugging me, I took the knife to the floor and stabbed her from behind.
"...I...see...sorry...for...killing Camila."
And her body fell aside, soulless. The blood from her created a river.
I smiled.
It was not for revenge that I did that...it was simply because I enjoy it.
At that point, I'm already beyond saving. This inner desire of mine can never be satisfied. And so, I burned the whole place down, not leaving any evidence.
Merchants, slave traders, anything. I baited all of them before killing them by acting weak like a child. The loot is one thing but seeing the despair...ah...that was on a whole new level.
Although that's what I said, I was captured by the guards one day. And was taken into custody. I was somehow released from the prison because of lack of evidence but every single part of Lupis has a guard patrolling here and there. I can barely even survive as I could not steal and kill.
And that leads to meeting the daughter of the Baron in Januar and so on...
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"So are you here to haunt me?" I ask Camila, who is a little girl like the past.
"Not exactly, it's the opposite."
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"Take me with you...i...can't ascend to Nirvana yet because...i still have unfinished business in this world." Says Camila.
"Oh? And how will I benefit from that?"
"I will tell you the positions of enemies, treasures, basically anything as long as it's within my capability. To others, I'm just a ghost and they can't see me...priests are a different story though."
I look at her. Her eyes are determined.
I sigh and smile at Camila.
"Fine...and it's great to see you again."
Camila looks surprised by that she smiled back. "Mhm! It's...great to see you again...You have grown..."
Tears can be seen welling up in her eyes.
I pat her head and left the spatial dimension with her.