- Natsuhiboshi why are your eyes so red?
- Because~ I had a sad dream last night
- My eyes~ are red from the tears I shed
- Swolling~ as I cried
- Natsuhiboshi why've you lost your way?
-Natsuhiboshi why've you lost your way?
- I'm searching~ for a child who's gone afar
- He can't~ be found though I search all day
- My sad dreams come once more~
In a beautiful huge mansion, a mother was singing a lullaby for her child that she was cradling
The mother had a beautiful silky long black hair that reach past her waist and a smooth fine white skin
Her long black eyelashes covered her grey eyes as it warmly stared at her child
"Wahh~" The child made a soft yawn as it slowly fell asleep
The mother pecked a kiss on the child's forehead as she said "Goodnight my little one"
***
Whoosh!
"Sean, where is Gill?!"
The mother let out a ferocious scream as she glared at her husband full of hatred
"I threw him out, he's just a burden, I already found our true son" The husband sneered
"But he's still our son!"
"He's an imposter, he's not even your real son, they've been switched in the hospital didn't you already know?"
"How could you, it's not his fault he's just a child!" The mother couldn't stand it and barged straight towards the door only to be held back on her wrist by a strong force
"Where do you think you're going?" Asked by the husband with a frown
The mother struggled to break free from her husband's grip as she said "Let go of me!"
"I will take him back even if he isn't my real son!"
The husband's face turned cold as he threw her and ordered the maids to lock her up in their room
Bang!
As the door closed with a 'click' sound of the lock, the woman started to cry as she stared at her baby's empty crib
Staring out at the window, she saw nothing but strong blizzard snow storm as it mostly covered it
She stood up staggering, no matter if Gill was her real son or not, she does know about one thing
She loves him as if he was her real baby
Opening the window, she jumped off from the second floor of the building and fell right to a pile of snow as a cushion and so she was not able to feel the pain
Whoosh!
The storm got stronger and she kept staggering on and forth but she still walked forward trying to find her baby
Her hair and eyelashes was now also covered in snow as her white skin turned ice cold
Her red lips turned pale as her eyes were still red from her crying
Her eyes slowly closes as her vision turned blurry
Thud
She fell to the ground as her hands was still reaching forward, trying to crawl
At her final moments, her tears fell down from her cheeks and turned into ice
All that she thought was 'I'm sorry my sweet baby I wish I've been there...'
Not long afterwards, her body was covered by the pile snow as she died with regret, not having to find her baby one last time.
***
The woman flinched at Eru's words and a strong bloodlust overwhelmed the room as the monsters positioned to attack Eru
The woman gnashed her teeth and asked in an angry voice "You, just who are you?"
Eru still reminded indifferent and calm as he said "You don't need to know, I just need you to answer me if you are in or not in the deal"
The woman clicked her tounge as she shouted "Fuck off! If you think i would fall for such a trick then go burn in hell!!"
Roar!
Both the monsters roared and dashed towards Eru
Sigh
Eru let out a sigh as his eyes suddenly glowed and curly black lines appeared at the corner of his lips
With a magnetic voice he said "Stop"
Urghhh
Both the monsters froze on the spot as they groaned
Since the room was dim and small, their claws and fangs were just one centimetre away from Eru
"What...Why are you just standing there, kill him!" The woman shouted in anger
Unfortunately for her, the monsters only let out a struggling growl sound but still couldn't move
Disbelief filled her eyes as she stared at Eru and asked "What did you do..."
"Stop"
The woman then froze aswell as she couldn't move
Eru stood up from his spot as he slowly walked towards the woman, not caring for the monsters burning hateful gaze at him
Eru stopped inch away from the woman, since he's taller, it made him look down on her
The woman looked up at him and couldn't help but shiver
'T-Those eyes-!'
She fearfully looked at those cold eyes of Eru, looking down at her as if she was a peasant
Eru pinched her chin harshly as he said "I have a lot of patience, but since you ordered them to attack me I'm considering it as a 'no' to my proposal aswell as a threat"
"That's why I'm asking you one last time, say it properly wether you agree or not so that I do not misunderstood and accidentally kill you"
'This is not even a question but an order!' The woman screamed internally, shaking she was about say something when
Wahhhhhh!
The baby in her arms cried, Eru looked at the baby and the mother immediately felt frightened as her instinct told her 'Stop him! He will kill Gill!'
The woman exclaimed as tears dropped from her cheeks "Wait!"
Eru stopped his gaze from falling down to the baby as he slowly pulled it back up to look at the woman
He asked "What?"
The woman pleaded "I accept! Just please, please don't hurt my baby...not again...hik"
She started to cry as her eyes turned black from her ruined make up
Contratry to this, Eru only thought 'Why did she suddenly changed her mind? I wasn't even gonna do anything other than look at the baby..'
'Could she perhaps misunderstood it and thought I would hurt the baby?'
'I have plenty more of ways to make her accept it, the baby was only my last resort which is still very far away'
Sigh
Eru let out a sigh as he thought 'Imaginations can really harm someone'
"Fine then, follow my orders then I can free both of you and your baby"
Saying that, he let go of her chin and with a magnetic voice he said "Release"
The glow in his eyes and the curly black lines on the corner of his lips disappeared as if it was never there
Gasp!
The woman gasped and let out a deep breath as she stumbled on the floor
Those few minutes felt like hours.
Wahhhhhhh!!!!
The child cried even more as it face turned more red
The mother looked at the child and was about to sing when Eru first spoke and said "You're gonna sing?"
The mother stopped and hesitantly nodded
Eru nodded and said "Then sing"
The mother flinched and blinked a couple of times, staring at Eru
She thought that he would stop her from singing and let the child cry but it was the complete opposite
She was then woken up from her thoughts when she once again heard Eru's cold voice
"Are you just gonna let the child cry? It's getting noisy"
"Ah-!" She gasped as she stared at her baby and started singing
"Natsuhiboshi why are your eyes so red?"
'Her eyes were very red'
"Because~ I had a sad dream last night"
'She dreamt of something that hunted her every time she sleeps'
"My eyes~ are red from the tears I shed"
'She couldn't help but cry over and over again from the fear and sorrow'
"Swolling~ as I cried"
'Underneath her eyes were huge eyebags as the corner was surrounded by black makeup ruined by her tears'
"Natsuhiboshi why've you lost your way?"
'One day, she woke up and was not able to find her baby'
"I'm searching~ for a child who's gone afar"
'Even amidst the strong blizzard storm, she walked out the house, she searched over and over again for her child'
"He can't~ be found though I search all day"
'In the end she was not able to find the child'
"My sad dreams come once more~"
'The dream that hunted her, finally came true'
'Her child, disappearing from the crib, and her, not being able to find him'
'This was the story of the mother and the child who now turned into ghosts that are binded to the [Abyss] game'
Eru stared at the woman who was gazing warmly at the baby that is yawning and on the verge of sleeping
'She is trapped, chained here, getting pulled once again into the Abyss, that's why she probably won't believe me when I say I can free her'
This was never known by any players, constellations, even the systems has no idea about such a thing
Because Eru hasn't made it possible yet
In the prologue of his novel, he explained that since this has no scientific explanations, anything is possible
Just like when he mentioned in the novel 'Maybe, even the monsters, ghosts, and every beings in the game can also be freed...maybe, there might be a way...'
Eru purposely made it that way not explaining the steps or the name of the way to freeing them, he wanted to wait until Samur and the rest meets their 'pet' monster and then they'll find a way into destroying the bind to free it
Even now, Eru is not yet certain if it is possible since he hadn't added it yet, but, he is a man of his words
Even if he is not able to free her now, he would do it later
He's not doing it because of sympathy or guilt, but because it was a deal
'But for Samur...'
Eru recalled Samur saying playfully as if it was nothing - Promises and deals are meant to be broken
"..." Eru changed back his focus on the woman, not wanting to remember anymore nonsense
After seeing the baby fall asleep, Eru opened his mouth and said "Then you can leave now"
The woman looked up at him with a suspicious look but Eru just nonchalantly walked back to his bed, ignoring even the monsters gaze at him as he said "I only need you at the very last day, you should only appear at that time and do what I told you to"
"Actually, I'm not certain that I would be able to free the both of you..."
The woman's head dropped as she thought 'I knew it...ofcourse it was a lie...'
"...yet" Eru added.
"What...?" The woman became dumbfounded as her mouth was slightly opened
Eru: "I can free you but, I'm not sure about the specific time I would be able to do so"
"I don't need you to trust me, you just have to do as I say"
"The system might get mad but they wouldn't be able to do anything to both of you since the constellations would sure enjoy a different type of story no?"
- Ding!
[System999: The time for the blocking is now over dear host!]
Eru nodded and said one final time to the woman "Leave"
The woman slowly got up while still gently caring her sleeping child in her arms
She stared one last time at Eru before she disappeared as her body turned into black smoke aswell as the monsters
[Constellation 'Abyssal God' wonders your identity]
'Like I care'
Eru wanted to sleep and take his coat off but the temperature is so freezing that he felt his hands were numb
Drip
'What-...*Sigh* not again'
A sound of liquid dripping was heard, he placed his hand on the corner of his lips as red stained blood spread from the back of his palm
'It's understandable why I have such a side effect when using my skill, but it's really troublesome'
Eru first wiped clean the blood on his lips before pulling up his quilt over his body as he laid on the bed and closed his eyes
'Tomorrow should be a much more relaxing day...'
With that thought, he fell asleep.
***
The Next Day
[9:01am]
"Good morning!" Samur greeted Eru with a bright smile on his face as he stood outside his door
Eru: "..." A nosiy morning, great...
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From Author: This chapter was a little shorter than others sorry about that T_T
But wow! Thank you everyone I didn't expect that my novel could get this many viewers (*Surprise Pikachu face*)