AN: Dialogue : "...", Thoughts: '...', System :<...>, but I will change it to [...] later
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"Do you think I will just accept it like that and act like nothing happen?"(Tatsuya) I said while raising my voice.
I can't just accept being told that I'm a whole new person now and forced to live like that.
"*Sigh* Give me a break here, I know that's the fault is mine, that's why I willing to give some compensation to you to make up for it. I will add some crucial information as well for your well being, how about that?"(Blaze)
"I'm don't care about that compensation or anything like that, can you turn me back to normal?"(Tatsuya)
"*sigh* No, your soul has fused perfectly and it can't get separated anymore. I will give you an example, there's a human who ate a steak 6 days ago, can you ask that human to spit that steak out, no right? The steak has already processed to be nutrient for the human body. In this case you are that human, and the other soul is the steak. You had already consumed that soul and it already strengthen you soul, the downside is that your personality is affected by it."(Blaze)
"Then should I continue to live like this then? Letting that personality control me?"(Tatsuya)
"No, you're the one who control your own personality, action, behavior. Stop denying yourself, I know that deep inside you already knew that what you did from the first day till now is all done by your own self. Building your empire base, stealing from the bank, your relation with that devil girl, your decision to become a devil, it's all your own choice."(Blaze)
"That's..."(Tatsuya)
"Don't you think that it's strange for you to accept that new family of yours like that, without any hesitation or weird feelings? You even helped your parents and tried to change your brother to be a better person. You made those choice because you felt that's the normal thing to do, after all they are your FAMILY."(Blaze)
"How... How did I not notice this?"(Tatsuya) I started to waver.
"Because deep inside, you are already a new person, a young man called Hyoudou Tatsuya. Do you even remember what's the name of your closest friends and family in your past life?"(Blaze)
"Of course! My parents, their names are..."(Tatsuya)
'What...? No, no, no no, no! I can't remember their names. My father, my mother, y best friends, my sister... wait do I even have a sister? What's wrong with me, why can't I remember anything?'(Tatsuya)
"Can you even remember your own name?(Blaze)
"THERE'S NO WAY I CAN FORGET MY OWN NAME! I AM HYOU-..."(Tatsuya)
'Wait! Did I just about to say my name is Hyoudou Tatsuya? Why? What's wrong with me?'(Tatsuya)
It was then that I thought of one possibility. Someone must have tempered with my memories. That's the only explanation for this.
"Did you do something with my memories?"(Tatsuya)
"That is one of the requirements for a soul to be transmigrated. The memories of your family, friends, or anyone you have relation with must be wiped out."(Blaze)
"Why??"(Tatsuya)
"We learned from past mistakes. In the past, most of those who got transmigrated always tried to go back to their original world, and to achieve that, they tried every possible way to do it, praying, conducting magic experiments, to sacrificing other life for dark rituals. And when they failed, they always went down to the dark path, losing their minds. Since then, the One Above All made this rule to erase the memories about family and friends of all reincarnators and transmigrators."(Blaze)
I don't know what to say after Blaze told me that kind of information. It is to much for me to handle right now.
"After we use that method, the problems of reincarnators and transmigrators trying to go back to their own world was solved completely. After all, except for the memories of their family and friends, they still remember about other things that they had learn before, and they can use those information to have a better life in their next life."(Blaze)
"But your case is special. Because of the fusion between your soul and his soul, you somewhat become a whole new person. Not the strict, hard working general in your past life or the lazy young man in this life. You have become a new person with the name hyoudou Tatsuya. And because you have the memory of how you act in your past life and how the previous Tatsuya behave before you transmigrated here, you found out that there's something wrong, and that brought us here now. This is the very reason why I called you here."(Blaze)
"Is that so..."(Tatsuya)
"You now have a new life, why don't you try to live in a new way as well? Your past life is only a shadow that binds you to the past, you should accept it and use it for your own benefit, don't let it control you. Your current situation is quite unstable right now, that's why I want to propose a way out for you. Let me erase the memory of your past, at least. I will leave all the knowledge you have learned but anything beside that will be erased. That way, you can use your past life like an information book and use it freely without any trouble."(Blaze)
"... Let me thought about it first."(Tatsuya
I took a deep breath and let the air out slowly. I repeat it a few times to calm myself. After I have calmed down, I started to think about Blaze words, over and over again, and after a while, I found it, my own answer.
'Being bounded by my past life huh... Blaze is right, rather than being troubled because of this attached feeling with my past life, I should live this new life my own way. Not being controlled by my past or anything like that, I will carve my own path and use everything that I have to do it, even my past life knowledge.'(Tatsuya)
I looked up and face Blaze, staring at his eyes without wavering anymore, showing him my resolution.
"hmm...It seems you have found your answer."(Blaze)
"No thanks!"(Tatsuya) I said with a new kind of vigor.
"Hoo... can you tell me your reason?"(Blaze) He asked with interest.
"Let my memory be. Even with my past memory intact, I will carve my own path. You don't have to worry about me anymore. I will live and do as I like from this point on."(Tatsuya)
"Ha ha ha!! You are really interesting, well I look forward seeing your future then."(Blaze)
"Thank you for your help, Blaze."(Tatsuya)
"Don't mention it that's my job after all."(Blaze)
"Well... Let's talk about what kind of compensation you will give me now."(Tatsuya)
"Eh... Didn't I already helped you just know and you still asked for another compensation?"(Blaze)
Looking at his troubled face, I can't help but grinned evily.
"You, as a god, won't take back your own words right?"(Tatsuya)
"*sigh* Alright ,alright! I will give it to you."(Blaze)
"Thanks a lot man, now I will forgive you for your mistakes. Anyway, what kind of problem happen in that other... reincarnation room?"(Tatsuya)
"I remembered that you know Aqua before, so I think I can tell you. You see, there was a problem with the goddess in charge of that reincarnation room. She got tangled with a soul for to long and that cause the other souls in queue can't get reincarnated in time. So the higher up called me to help those souls instead of the supposed goddess in charge.*Sigh* I hope she won't repeat that kind mistake again."(Blaze)
"Well, thanks for the hard work I guess. Let's continue with our previous topic, what kind of compensation will you give me?"(Tatsuya) The thought of me getting a new power makes me very excited.
"Well first, I will give you this information first. Your choice to join your girlfriend peerage is not a good choice. Don't cut me yet, I will explain it to you. That evil piece inside your body actually can be said like a slave collar that give you the power to turn into a devil but in exchange for your own life. That means you have to obey your girlfriend from now on and if you somehow refuse to do it, then you will turn into a stray devil."(Blaze)
"What the fuck? It's actually work like that? Then why did Sona hid this from me? Does that mean she didn't trust me fully?"(Tatsuya)
"Alright, stop right there young man, at least I can say that she didn't mean anything bad to you. You still remember about how she told you about becoming a high rank devil right? There's actually a way to remove the evil piece in your body, and that is to raise your rank to be a high rank devil. After becoming a high rank devil, you don't need to rely on that evil piece anymore to stay as a devil, instead by becoming a high rank devil, both in power and rank, you had naturally turned to a devil but not a pure blooded one."(Blaze)
"I can't understand it at all."(Tatsuya)
"Did accepting your new self turn you into an idiot or something? *sigh* I will explain it to you again slowly this time, listen carefully."(Blaze)