*yawn*
Satsuma Yatou tried his hardest to sleep amidst the sturdy tree trunks, but his conscious refused to sleep with him no matter how hard he tried.
He couldn't sleep more because of the blowing winds, which caused the leaves above him to sway left and right, allowing rays of light into his face.
At present, it was noon but by no means Yatou was trying to ditch the classes and sleep.
Ijou High School's class 2-1 has no teacher nor was there a lesson. All there is in it is freedom.
In the battle he had with his sleep paralysis demon, neither side could finish the other.
That was because he heard familiar footsteps along with unfamiliar ones. From the sound of it, the familiar one was walking in 'irritation' along with 'hurry'
Behind the footsteps were multiple footsteps that followed the irritated person.
From the sounds of it, they looked desperate.
Turning his head in the direction of the sound, he was satisfied with the answer to his curiosity.
'of course, it's you,' Yatou nodded toward the familiar girl and unfamiliar group of boys that followed behind her.
The name of this familiar girl was Amano Tsukimi. Except for her unparalleled beauty, there's nothing worth mentioning about her.
Yet, the moment Yatou saw her for the first time(?), he understood the meaning of 'country toppling beauty,' which his friend used to say from time to time.
As Yatou looked at her who seemed both troubled and annoyed due to the trouble her looks brought, he couldn't help but feel sympathy for her.
'you and I are truly alike...' it's not like Yatou had an unparalleled look or something. In fact, he was mediocre compared to Amano Tsukimi.
Yatou was talking about how their talents were similar.
In the case of Amano, her beauty attracted both males and females regardless of their will. Both of them brought trouble to either the owner of talent or to those around him
Unable to hold it, Amano turned back to the men but her head faced slightly off in the direction the men were in, "could you stop annoying me? I don't know you and I have no interest in knowing you guys."
A boy with blonde hair with a face that screamed 'I like NTR' asked for her, "Aww... Can't you work on it? Let us borrow you for one night, we'll get friendly real fast,"
He added, "If you're unwilling, I'll exclude these unnecessary people so just the two of us have a blast." Among the three-man group, he seemed to be the leader.
"Unfair! I declare my opposition" the person behind him exclaimed.
Unable to say anything, Amano Tsukimi bit her lip in frustration. A similar scene occurred before and for 30 minutes, they've been following her.
The discussion was repeated endlessly for 30 minutes. Playing with their words, the blondes seem to have millions of ways to invite a girl to have fun with them.
Blending in the chaos, the blonde haired man extended his hand to make physical contact with Amano Tsukimi to step up a level but was stopped.
The next moment, he checked his hand to see what had stopped it then gulped his saliva out of fear.
That was because he saw blood flowing from his wrist and his skin was scraped due to the force put into the thrown object.
To make it worse, the thrown object wasn't a heavy object like a rock or a sharp tool like a knife, it was a stick.
Before he could react in pain after being aware that he was hurt, his whole body shivered in fear and his hair stood up as if his survival instinct was screaming from danger.
If one were to put into words what they were feeling right now, it would be akin to standing in the middle of battlefields during the war. Gun point from every direction, there was no path for escape.
More accurately, they felt that 'death' was staring at them. Like how animals fear fire and instinctively know it's dangerous, the blonde-haired man felt that a single wrong move could cause his death.
Fortunately, before their knees give in to fear, the deathly stares subsided, as a muscular man stepped in.
"HELLO! Mr. Blond-haired man! May I know what problem you have with my classmate?" The muscular man laughed as if he owned the world when he asked the question.
"Ah, no... We thought she looked lonely so we tried befriending her... Now that we know that she has friends, th-then we will take our leave here." Afraid that death would return, the blonde-haired man excused himself and the rest.
However as a blonde-haired man ran backward, he tripped on his foot and fell to the ground. Unluckily, the spot where his face fell was exactly at the spot where the dog laid his excrement.
"Is he not aware of the rumors around this area?"
"To think that someone who tries to hit on that girl around here still exists."
"I'm sorry..." the muscular man helplessly apologized to the man who tripped on his own foot.
"Jin, is that you?" Hearing her classmates' usual catchphrase, Amano Tsukimi guessed it was Jin.
"Yeah, it's me, Amano." Jin Myouken answered.
"I guess the unluck kicked in again, didn't it?" she teasingly asked with the corner of her mouth raising.
"Urgh..." Jin reacted in pain.
"Anyway, tha- thanks for helping." Amano was a little embarrassed when she expressed her gratitude.
"No big deal. Are you searching for him like usual?" Jin said while changing the conversation.
"L-like usual? I'm not always looking for him... You see, I had no choice! If I wasn't told to search for him and if it wasn't for you guys to get used to the scenery of me searching for him, I wouldn't have looked for him!" Amano complained.
'Yeah, sure...' Jin recalled how she was the first one who raised her hand when the principal asked someone in the class to search for Yatou.
"sorry about that." Without making a sound, Yatou's voice echoed behind Jin.
"Woah! That surprised me. Couldn't you really do anything about that step of yours? It's disturbing suddenly hearing your voice when I think you're not here." Jin complained about Yatou's surprises that never failed.
Yatou exclaimed, "nothing can be done. it's instinctive."
"You! It's that part of you! Even if I can't see, I can usually tell what someone feels but I can't feel anything from the sound you make! I hate it so much! I can't understand you!"
Amano said angrily, "I hate everything about you!" but soon regretted it.
She took things too far with her words, so she plugged her mouth but what was said was said and it couldn't be deleted.
"yeah, I know," despite being insulted to the core, Yatou was unfazed rather than angry.
Bumping Jin's shoulder who was eating popcorn again, Amano walked past him and raised her hand.
Just as she was about to place it between his cheeks to pull it out, the ground rumbled and the sky turned dark all of a sudden.
Soon the earthquake occurred and due to the tremor, the popcorn fell from Jin's hand.
Afraid of the sudden change of landscape and the earthquake that is occurring along with it, Amano tightly held Yatou's arm.
Similarly, Yatou unconsciously brought his body in front, before questioning his own action. "?"
Yatou along with Amano shifted his position to Jin's back to reduce the danger he will face.
As the earthquake continued, multiple pillars of lights covered the landscape and the space in front of them changed at great speed.
Finally, the light shone brightly, causing them to give in to their urges to close their eyes.
The next moment they opened their eyes, Yatou, Amano and Jin found that they were in an incredibly familiar yet different place.
The buildings were of the same type as the world they were in, down to their style and materials, but as if a hundred years had passed, the buildings were incredibly worn out.
[Found You.]
While the two were busy distinguishing the changes in their world and Amano wondering what had happened, a transparent-blue interface appeared before Yatou's sight.
[Hell Mode has been activated]
[Hell Mode: Regardless of your classes, the allocable stat points you can gain per level are limited to 2]
[You gain 50% less experience points and require 50% more experience points.]
[Buff is 50% less effective and lasts 50% shorter of their original duration.]
[You won't be provided assistance from the Tower when learning skills.]
[You can't be a deity.]
'what?' Yatou thoughts to himself confused.
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Chaos Encyclopedia:
NO.???
ENTITY;DEATH:
Even though he was one of the earliest chaotic beings to exist, he was at the lowest rank until his death.
He is the only chaotic being that actually died!
The only chaos who has gained emotions!... for now?
This being has no gender but it must be a 'he' as per the history of him falling in love with a goddess.
He has no actual appearances but he likes appearing as a slender young man with black hair with a bang that half-covered his purple eyes.
It can cause the death of those around him without taking any actions!
Despite being a chaotic being whose duty is to cause death, he became feeling guilty of taking lives haha! Outrageous!
This was also one of the reason why his position remained in the lowest rank in what humans call a society.