Ah, shit, why am I still conscious? No, that's not it. I'm in the void of darkness again. Every time I'm here I meet that god. Well, though he's practically a god, he claims to be a god-like being.
'Now that I think about it, who was the god of that world?'
I said out loud.
["Who is the god of that world?" That should be the way you phrase the question.]
'Oh, you're here, not like I could tell since you've never shown me your form before.'
Zyn chuckled slightly. In front of my eyes, something formed into the shape of a human. It was white, but once the whiteness broke away, I could see his form. It was me. He was using the Tatsuya Kimihiko version of me to communicate with me.
[This good enough?]
He said with a slight smile. I nodded. I recalled the way he said I should rephrase my question. Changing the past tense, "was," to "is" which is the present tense. That could only mean that...
'I'm alive?!'
Zyn snapped his finger and pointed at me with a cheesy expression.
[Bingo.]
'Man... The plot armour is insane. Ah, that reminds me. What would've happened if I died again?'
I asked.
[Oh, that's simple. Both of your souls would've disappeared. Both Altair Nox and Tatsuya Kimihiko.]
'There's no heaven or hell?'
The god-like being shrugged.
[How am I supposed to know? I'm not God, but I'm a god-like being.]
I guess that kind of makes sense. Now that I think about it, when Zyn talked to me last time, he told me that I'd die in two weeks, but I died a week, or so, earlier. What's that about?
'Well, I have another question. How comes my turn at death came earlier? I know I didn't die, but does that mean that next week, I'll die?'
Zyn floated around and shook his head.
[Your death was interrupted.]
'By my sister?'
[By your sis–wait, who are you talking about?]
The god-like being stopped floating around aimlessly and faced me. He then slowly started to glide toward me. Stopping right in front of me, he intensely stared into my eyes. It seemed kind of weird being stared at so intently by myself.
'Kei Hasegawa. She's the one that nearly killed me, or so I think. Anyways, she was the last one I saw before I died, though I don't think she knew it was me.'
[Kei Hasegawa... Oh, her. I won't tell you anything about her, but once you wake up, ask the blonde beauty about her. She'll definitely know.]
Blonde beauty? I don't recall knowing anyone like that. Maybe I was brought to the castle or something. Maybe it's a princess. Oh, that'd be nice.
[This blonde beauty is the one who stopped you from dying. She's a neutral person, but I'm sure she'll be willing to tell you, though that kid would probably tell you to help her with her problem.]
Zyn said, lazily. He sighed.
'What about the others? Are they fine?'
He glanced at me.
[Sirius and Arcana were attacked by the D.O.C and–]
'What's D.O.C?'
I asked, interrupting Zyn. The god-like being seemed slightly irritated.
[You don't even know that? D.O.C stands for Divine Orthodox Church. They're led by the White King, and they basically hate monsters, demons and anything or anyone unholy.]
That does sound orthodox.
[Anyways, Sirius and Arcana were attacked by the Divine Church, but Sakurako saved them. When they were in a predicament, that blonde beauty saved them. And you, mind me say last.]
Wow.
[Time for you to wake up. Get ready for a weird time at the mansion.]
Mansion? Is this girl rich or something? Oh, I don't really care, I mean, that's better for me. I'm happy as long as I'm alive.
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'You did well on that clean-up mission, Kei.'
Artemis sat on a crystal-white icicle throne, as she looked down on Kei Hasegawa. She fiddled with her parasol, which was right beside her. Kei's long hair was black and so were her eyes–natural for the Japanese. She was clad in white and wielded two swords.
Kei bowed slightly.
'Thank you, ma'am.'
'There was one person I was slightly interested in.'
Kei brought her head up and asked.
'Pardon me, but who was that person, Lady Artemis?'
It was almost like Artemis was waiting for that question to be asked. She licked her lips and looked down on Kei.
'I don't know his name but it was a Demon, an Archdemon, with the body of a child. He had black hair and eyes, just like you.'
The girl in white shook.
'Ah, don't worry, he's still alive, Kei. I won't get mad.'
Artemis said with a solace smile.
'I don't know how he survived though. Those two Oni, who were escaping, called him... Altair... I think.'
The White King looked up as she tilted her head upward with her index finger. Kei suddenly bowed and laid down her two swords.
'Lady Artemis! About my mission!'
'You mean about your brother?'
'Yes! Has there been any progress on finding him?'
Artemis looked downwards and kept on fiddling with her parasol. She looked serious.
'It's weird. When I "Search" for the name, Tatsuya Kimihiko, it shows him everywhere but nowhere. Almost like infinity. There's no way of knowing whether he came to this world or not.'
Kei glanced upwards at her. Her eyes then went downcast.
'I see...'