It's been a week after the Dark Event of Academy. Rei had been together with the Shadow Legend.
But she didn't interact with any of the Shadow Legend. She's like a corpse with no emotions.
Ateta tried everything she could to make Rei eat but they were all in vein.
Rei just didn't even move an inch from where she lied the whole week.
Ateta finally gave up on Rei. She was preparing to go for collecting rations when one of her followers come running to her and told "Rei got up!"
Ateta ran to where Rei is. Rei was looking away from Ateta.
"Ateta, what is the goal of the Shadow Legend?" Rei was stuttering.
"To follow the the heritage stone's saying, now the reaper" Ateta answered hesitatingly.
"I said what is the goal of the Shadow Legend!" the impatience in Rei's voice become more obvious.
"We... we were... just some bandits... making the stone letter as an excuse for... the Shadow Legend's existence." Ateta said quietly.
"So do you trust that," Rei slowly and calmly spoke, " I'm the Reaper that you guys were after?"
Ateta nodded.
"I'll give you the reason for the Shadow Legend's existence. Will you follow me?" Rei asked.
Ateta with blazing eyes nodded her head over and over again.
"Then prove me, that you're all worthy to be my followers. Go to the highest mount of the Nethoria and bring me the Sun." Rei said without looking at Ateta.
Ateta didn't understand but told the good news to the other Shadows. After that they all parted from Rei and went to the highest mount of Nethoria, the Mount Himalayas located in the far south of Chronos.
Rei also went into her Pocket Realm to train and recall her memories and skills of her last timeline.
On the other side,...
After taking the lives from Academy's incident, Celeste went back to the Hell Border. She seems to be in a good mood.
"Well well, isn't it a rare occasion for my lady to be in a good mood?" Reus welcomed Celeste.
"Shut your damn fucking annoying hole before I tear it up!" Celeste denied Reus's statement with a harsh reply.
Reus was a Reaper not belong to Celeste, the Lady Death. He didn't really pleased to talk about his Master.
Some rumours said Reus's even a lot older than Celeste.
But Reus wasn't wrong when he said Celeste's in good mood.
As soon as she got back to Hell Border , she went straight back to her bed and began to think about her meeting with Rei.
" Interesting Girl." She thought, " I wondered where I've met her. I can't recall but I somehow felt like she and I had done something big."
She blushed as she thought something nasty.
"She's kinda cute too. Awwwh... I wanna meet her again. And I need to know about how she got her scythe. A fine, fully blood fed scythe" Celeste suddenly got an idea.
She want to make a unholy Scythe just like Rei's. Celeste went into the Spirit Art: Pocket Realm.
As soon as she went into the pocket dimension, Reus called out every reapers to gether at the Null Canyon of Nullity.
"Now... Let me begin "Offering" "
Celeste got into the Realm and immediately noticed a living being who's giving her a sense of familiarity.
"Hum! How can a living being able to get into a Goddess' pocket Realm?" Celeste confused a little bit. "Even Reus can't get in."
As she walked in her realm, she found a very pleasing scenery.
Boom!
All of a sudden, Nightfall flew with a heavy force to Celeste.
"Hey Hey. Is that how you greet your guest?" Celeste shook off the dust on her butt as she stood back after falling when she dodged the scythe.
"There's no need to polite at someone who I considered as an enemy!" Rei shouted angrily and ran toward Celeste.
"Awwn... That breaks my heart. Why are you so harsh?" Celeste mocked back at Rei.
"Fuck you! Don't fucking move!" Rei put up a fight with Celeste but she didn't get anywhere near to give a scratch on Celest.
Rei felt disappointed at her own power at the moment. She had killed every famous and mightiest Gods of Nethoria except one but she couldn't even lay her hand at an unknown God-like person who claim herself as Lady Death that took the whole academy's life.
"Hey! What's with that look?" Celeste said while avoiding Rei's slashes, " Tired? Come on! disappointing look doesn't suit your pretty face, Rei"
"How could you take the person I admired and I lost once, again?" Rei stopped swinging her scythe and cried, "Why? What have I done to deserve this?"
Celeste stood in front of Rei and hugged without even realizing herself. " Do you feel it?"
"No. I don't know. I had confident with my skill when I got back but even than I couldn't save everyone again." Rei kept on crying.
"Hey, it's not your fault." Celeste released her hand from hugging Rei and looked her in the eyes, " I wanna know more about you but I guess this is not the right time. You can't save the souls from the academy."
Celeste walked away from Rei and said, "You're a unique person. Do you think I want to take those lives by myself? No, Rei. Even Death, myself don't want to take lives!"
"Then why?" Rei asked with tears in her eyes.
"A voice! A voice that I can't deny!" Celeste gazed into the void and said.
Rei wiped her tears of and continued, "Well, I don't want to know. It seems that I just can't save them."
A silence took place for awhile.
After a few minutes passed, Rei broke the silence "You said you're Lady Death, then what happened to "Thanatos"?"
"Who?" Celeste replied like she didn't know that name, " Do I know that "Thanatos"?"
Before they continued their conversation, Celeste felt a massive life force coming back to her. She jumped stood back and said, "Rei, you're a Reaper right?"
"Uh yes? Why?" Rei replied.
"Have you been to Nullity?" Celeste seemed to be shaken.
"Yeah, what's wrong? You seem to be shaking. " Rei asked.
" Then come with me," Celeste summoned a door to Nullity's Entrance. "Something big is happening."