" Ahh the chair is comfortable " Karma said as Cain and Lilith sat on another " Oh right , Lilith you can talk now " Lilith quickly took a big gasp " Fuuh you never would appreciate talking unless you actually couldn't talk "
" So I heard about you wanting to have a one night with me because you want to get back to your supposed spouses " " Yeah but is the Count's lineage someone who likes gossiping ? " Cain looks at the tense atmosphere between the two .
" Yeah I'm geniunely curious about what kind of marriage you have "Lilith's face twitched looking at how genuinely curious Karma was " But I guess it's your private life " Karma took the ring out as Lilith was surprised .
" What are you doing ? " " Holding a proper conversation I suspected that you might hate it I honestly don't like it either " Lilith was too focused on why Karma let Solomon's ring out of his finger .
Cain was just as terrified to see how bold Karma is ' Even though no other users other than humans used it isn't he being a bit reckless ? ' " That thing can make me control you , you know ? "
" You have no proof it even works on humans " " and Neither do you have proof it doesn't work " Karma sighed as he continued anyways " So why and when did you leave hell "
" Of course , I left hell , while I did give birth to a lot of demons they can also reproduce like normal living beings . I no longer had to stay when there was enough I left after getting bored in hell and haven't returned since then "
" Sounds pretty normal is it because back then you only had sex and nothing else or is this because there was nothing else to do back then " " Oh are you curious about how we did it ? " " Obviously not I'm asking for some good gossip rather than pornography "
" Tsk " " Well I have no interest in that but how do you manage to have so many demons born from you and still look like that ? " " You think I am beautiful " " Yes but not someone I would marry I would only do that when I know them enough "
Cain was wondering why Karma isn't talking 'bout any business anymore " I don't have much to do on a plane considering the risk but we have privacy here this way I can ask other questions so for both of you why did you follow Godfather I don't want a flashback or a long backstory at all "
" I can tell you firstly it was just a one-night stand with a young man named William I somehow slipped but convinced him to be quiet " ' So in other words she is the one who drove Godfather to become the boss '
" You couldn't believe how much he was curious about it I thought he was better than my children but now he is using me like this you could say I still liked him enough to not kill him but now I want to avoid being in contact with him as much as possible "
Karma looks at Cain " I think I was contacted when he found me " there was a pause until Karma asked " What were you doing " " He found me when I was at my lowest like always , I was trying to make a living with the greater restrictions in this country to require an identity and clear background I was unfortunately homeless "
' Well it was supposed to be easy if there were no people around building a city or even working , but nowadays it's like getting the attention of several people when you do something big and even small things are given great attention ' " So I was given a job I kill people with the scythe and I get money "
" I see then I'll make sure you get a proper job also you Lilith " Karma stares at her and sighs " I'll figure out some way for you to be useful for now I need the bathroom " Lilith looks at the ring he left behind and took it .
" Oy " " Don't worry dear I won't use this on you " She quickly goes to the bathroom " It's time I get back at those two damn fools !!! " as the ring flashed Lilith fainted " What ? " Cain looks at the ring and takes it off .
" I guess that should mean only a human that isn't punished by god can use it maybe I shouldn't use it if I was the first murderer " Cain sighed and put it aside as he heard the door open .
" Oh she tried to use it I guess that is what happens when a non-human uses the ring or does this happen to anything other than a human that isn't punished by god "
" Are you not worried that I would use it ? " " For what ? The ring was given to Solomon after he was troubled by demons and I saw the description that the ring has only been used by god's favorite humanity from the network after all he did create humans in his image didn't he ? "
Karma ignores Lilith continuing " Also even when the demons used it they couldn't use all of it even when they held it or used it in the testament of Solomon . Moreover Lilith and you were once humans that went unpunished by god until you know what , yet she can't use it so you likely would faint like her "
" That's true but you are too bold " Karma laughed " Of course now get Lilith on a chair I don't want her body sliding everywhere like some kid in a giant bed " as Cain dragged Lilith to her chair Karma asked " Cain , is there anything you know about this guy ? "
Cain looks at the book of the Count's founder's diary on Karma's hands " That looks old " " It tells the tale of the Count's family founder they described some spirit that lives in a realm where everything forgotten is manifested "
Cain looks at the crude book that looks so cheap " From what I know this book is supposed to be cheap during your founder's time " " Yeah I should lend you this ability " "Truth can you transfer the ability you lent me to Cain" "Okay"
" Hmm what is this " " ahem Cain the sky is red " " You are obviously lying " " Then I had sex with Lilith and her scream was something that wasn't because of the ring " " I can tell you are lying " " Then you must be able to tell that the Count's founder wasn't lying when he wrote that "
Cain looks at the book and reads a little text "There is a great spirit beyond the realm of man , he looks like a man but said he could take the form of a woman or rather he could take on any forms . Make no mistake they are no demon for they only eat fallen fruits called forgotten memories and dreams"
" This is quite the introduction " " Yep I confirmed they were all true " " Someone beyond this realm I didn't think there was something that remained hidden for that long " " Seems to be an impressive feat "
Cain nodded and recounted what the bible of the god or the influence of the lord had caused .
" Quite a lot of natural gods were suddenly painted as a demon or evil because of that influence , a lot of other supernatural beings too but something that eats forgotten memories sounds like someone from a mental plane "
" So what do you think it could be ? " " As far as I know I wouldn't know anything about it , I've never been to heaven " " Have you ? Ooh, this the ride of your life " Cain turns to the speaker confused while it continues to play " Oh sorry I had that installed because I thought it was funny "
" Do you lose all your sensibility when in air ? " " You could say I'm high Pffft " Karma laughed as Cain was surprised to see this side of Karma .
" Anyways please read it since I will be the one giving you information to send to Godfather . So I want you to work on investigating this matter ,I read at the end that the founder said that he will lose all memories of the creature before they die because of a deal he made , so no way can we rely on him "
' Make the founder forget maybe that's why no one knows about this guy ' " Have you read it ? " " Of course although I don't think anyone in the Count family has read it other than me after all it was given a high security "
" Wait then how did you get the book " Karma looks up thinking " If I were to say , I was able to go to the same place the Count goes to meet with the guy that eats forgotten memories but spoilers for the story , The place beyond the realm of humans is actually "
Karma moves his fingers and points at his head " Here , would you believe me ? " " I don't get it " ' you're damn clueless ' " Basically the place he and I went is where you fall asleep like a dream I went there and found the passcode that was left by the Founder which opened the safe "
Cain couldn't believe it " But if you had known about supernatural things shouldn't you have investigated anything supernatural " " That's the thing when I went to sleep again I stopped going there so no opportunity to investigate further "
Cain couldn't believe it again ' You had a one-time ticket all you bought back was the passcode to a book ? ' " If you think my trip wasn't worth it , I'll have you know that it's a great story I would've published it if it wasn't the Count's personal diary "
Cain calmed himself and looked at the book " You have a lot of respect towards the Founder don't you " " Of course I do and you will when you read that book it'll be like knowing him yourself " ' Isn't that what every personal diary is about ? '
Cain looks at the book and starts reading it .
"I finally was able to buy a book today even though I'm an orphan I was able to earn some money with my friend's help I call them Count because that's our family name now and they do the same too"
"I should introduce them since I got this book because of them . They live somewhere close but out of reach they said that I can reach them because a lot of conditions were fulfilled they know a lot so I decided to learn from them"
"I did ask them if they know about heaven or hell but they said they don't know if they exist saying that it might just be a story . They can take any form too so I started calling them whatever there form's look like ."
"I asked why he takes a small form when he could be bigger and he said that parts of him were cut off a long time ago he doesn't know where it went so he chose to be small so he doesn't lose another"
Cain was surprised at how much information he was getting " Did you ask me to read about this to find them ? " " Let's just say that this other Count is somewhat like a guardian spirit and now that you know about the guardian spirit's problem what do you think a Count would want to do ? "
" Find them ? " " You're lucky you have that sevenfold payback of course don't find them but rather look for the pieces they lose you are cluelessly when it comes to hints and guessing "
' He is making the same face Lilith made when I couldn't guess the right synonym of alone how could I know ' " After all I went there once but didn't meet the guardian spirit at all so you should've figured I would rather search for the cutoff pieces instead "
" But how can I look for it if I never even know what it looks like ? " " Obviously just look into anything closely related to the other Count also try not to reveal this to the founder " " Why ? " " I said that he lost his memories when he died right "
" Yeah but why ? " " The Count doesn't know whether that deal was struck or not , the one where the creature guards his lineage , as for whether the creature is watching us you can never know they are so mysterious only the Count was said to have seen them according to the diary "
" You are giving me several deadends " " Yup I'll be getting that truth-telling ability now "
Cain looks at the book normally unable to tell if it is a made-up story or a diary but all the time using Truth's ability already confirmed the theory " Looking for a part of something that could change size how big would they be ? More importantly , what should it look like ? " Cain questions as Lilith wakes up .
" Yawn , why is this book shining ? " " I practiced embedding merit on it and while looking through the collection of the founder I found this " Karma held a bible turning the pages surprising Lilith as she looked at the image of a beautiful woman .
" This is ... the real and original bible !!! " " That's right I didn't cared much about it until you came your reaction tells me that this bible was the first bible to be written " " That's right it is said that this bible was the one that the god wrote it was the real original "
" Yep and I plan to sell it " Lilith froze and yelled " Do you understand the weight of those words !!! " " I know but obviously wouldn't the angel have to give me some form of compensation for keeping the original text of god's works safe moreover "
Karma grabs the original bible as the pages start to turn " Take a look at this the bible seems to be able to contain merit and a lot more than the count's diary " " Diary ? " " You are not allowed to read it " Karma said with a smile .
Lilith looks at the ring " Oh I won't alright , I'm not some creepy pervert who reads someone's personal journal " " If you phrase it like that you'll make it sound like sexual assault is a less severe crime than reading about someone "
The original bible shuts as the glow stays with it " Nevertheless I'm gonna have to do something about calling the angel hotline or something close to it " " I don't think angels are that easy to call " Cain said with a worried expression " It is even those angels keep calling me "
" Don't they kill your babies according to the bible ? " Cain pointed out " That is true but do you also think I go harm every human being out there , there are so many humans nowadays I can't do a lot and I can't go without any free time so I quit being the biblical Lilith "
" Yeah but you still have that backstory " Cain said " It's still a problem I can't exactly get any form of compensation from the angels if I can't call them best keep this here with me " Karma puts the original bible away .
" But I still have to know more the only reason why I could embed Merit is because the original bible is suitable for containing it so Lilith do you know anything about using the dark vestiges " Lilith was surprised .
" Why ? " " I have a demon in hell wanting to mine affected ores I thought the way they get rid of it is inefficient so I told them to find a way to extract them " Lilith looks at Karma surprised " I thought you were going to use some sins of yours "
' I will but ' " I would use it for extracting the sins from the affected ores , I'm also curious about a lot of things the natural demons that try to kill and do all sorts of atrocities because they come from the residual sins . "
Lilith nods " If it is the natural demons you want to take care of , then that is hard but if it is just extracting sins then it's easy for me " Lilith starts to instruct Karma on how to use sins of different origins while Cain reads the rest of the diary .
' So much to learn but I think I understand the one behind the count guarding it . It can eat memories even if they are forgotten but just choose to eat them when they are forgotten because they can't get it back '
Cain sighed looking at them talk ' I can't tell but I hope lightning doesn't strike us but then again he showed his halo so we shouldn't be struck by lightning right ? '
...
Lebo was having troubles himself ' I don't even know how to extract sins at all I don't even have any sins I committed I only got the sin of having this bloodline ' but not wanting to lose an opportunity given to him by the Count himself .
" For now I should check the stock of ores " Lebo stares at the big storage of ores being concealed and contained so they don't produce any natural demons .
' Now that I think about it I only got to the plan of increasing land value by clearing the mines I only sold a few but I just thought of holding on to these ores it's pretty inefficient , isn't it ? '
Lebo thought of himself as a fool for not figuring this far ' But thankfully he forgave me ... is this what criminals feel when god forgives them ... But this is different in so many ways I made a business mistake '
Having his own conflict with himself and mistakes , Lebo takes a jar containing a single ore ' It's a bit on the smaller scale but the first step is the biggest step now how should I do it I don't want to end up cracking it because they are so different '
Lebo picks up a tiny piece that fell out and uses a microscope to look at the flows of the sins ' So many have different colors it's like rolling countless dice all at once ' Lebo was worried about not being able to extract the sins and losing the oppurtunity .
Until a portal appears ' Ehh is the deadline already here ? ' Lebo shrunk as he flew through the portal nervously and sees the three becoming more nervous as he identifies who the two are " M-mother Lilith ? "
" So you are the demon Karma talked about why the cute form " " I-I just thought it would be easier to move around like this " ' There is so much pressure here ' " Lilith will help you in extracting the sins " Karma said .
Lebo was surprised with fear rather than joy from having someone like Lilith so close to him " Telling me to go to hell already don't you know what border patrol will do when they realize I'm in hell ? " " Would they realize the moment you passed through it ? "
Lilith thinks for a while and looks at Lebo " I don't think they can because that is a lot to keep track but if you hide your presence then you might avoid it "
Lebo answered " I don't want to break any laws at all but I'm sure it's fine if we use the loophole of requiring an invitation to a private property " Karma said .
The three don't understand what Karma meant " Lebo did you buy the entire property yourself ? " " Yeah I did most of the land I bought is entirely mine , it's because they were very cheap and nobody wanted to hold on to it "
" Then that means you are the only owner , anyone who tries to exert their authority over your property is guilty of trespass so if you let Lilith entire the storage with the ores and let her extract the ores then we break no laws "
Lebo thinks about it as Karma asked " By the way when you phrased affected ores doesn't that mean those ores can be used " " That's right but I never extracted the ores so I honestly don't know what they are "
" Then we'll find out maybe you can get some analysis on how much each ore can contain think of it as the start of learning how to extract without Lilith " Karma suggested " You're making me work a lot " " I'm not asking much but for you to extract them all yourself queen of demons "
" Sigh You know how to flatter but just because I can doesn't mean I would , do you know how hard it is to hide I tried my best as the queen of demons to avoid heaven's eyes but adding more to hide it " " If you are worried about divine punishment just let these original works absorb the text "
" HUUUH ? Are you risking your entire fortune " " As far as I know the count's founder held these books for a long time yet they have only been getting anything but misfortune and look at me I already have a lot of influence that Lebo felt compelled to tell me everything "
' Wouldn't that mean he used the ring ' Cain and Lilith thought " Fine if you die or lose all your money don't blame me for anything " " Yep I'll leave the portal open for you when you are done " Lebo followed Lilith into the portal as Cain says .
" You are bold " " I know but the kind of bold you would be surprised of is the pilots of the plane when they learned I wanted privacy , They chose not to ask more questions else they wanna risk being mixed in something they can't handle . "
' That's true if I didn't have the sevenfold payback I wouldn't want to know how he managed to rope in a hacker who can hide themselves to the point people are driven insane trying to find them like wasted effort . '
Karma stirs some wine and gives some to Cain " It's not spike " Karma takes the phone Truth is in to talk "Don't worry I won't hurt myself I can easily chain them" "Is it okay for Cain to use my ability he might've caught lies from you"
"Thanks for worrying but I have a very good way of speaking without lying even if I say a lot of truth I can still hide my secrets , this is how I was able to be worthy of the Count's lineage" "But shouldn't you be careful about what you saw when you look through the authenticity ?"
"That's true but I know why it's like that of course I don't intend to reveal it because it's my trump card but people have to believe it and I can't exactly use you all the time " "So you are going to use that commandment ?"
"Maybe , but I'm concerned for you I was able to avoid spilling secrets while telling the truth with you a promise keeper of an abstract concept the truth unable to find out . But you're not safe you have to learn to be dodgy with your words after all there are a lot of bad people in this world who can take advantage of you"
"I got it I'll try to keep it a secret" "I'll make sure Cain doesn't tell anyone what he reads too" " Cain just in case don't tell anyone about what you're read okay ? " " I know that much if the guardian spirit could hide very well it might be their intention too "
" Yes you discovering the lost piece can let me use the trump card I have I just hope that I can keep it hidden for a while . " Karma sighed about the several problems he is facing organizing the books into good and evil in case something about the merits and sins they absorb .
" First I'll make the books closer to good full of merit it'll be good practice " Now everyone is occupied , Karma embeds merit to the books while Cain is busy investigating more about the guardian and Lilith is in hell with Lebo extracting all the sins from the affected ores .
In the middle of embedding Lilith returned sweating a lot " I need a change of clothes " " My suitcase only has my clothes maybe get the pajamas and dry your clothes somewhere else " Lilith having no choice takes the clothes to get changed while Lebo was about to leave .
" Lebo about those ores I want you to organize them " " Eh what for ? " " I would say buy them but then again I'll just give them back to you to sell in hell . So can you tell me what the uses for the ores that you have that can be processed on this planet "
" Uh uh there are some ores that you can find in the living realm and some precious stones , they all have their uses like for weapons against the natural demons " " Alright then I will search that up "
Lebo leaves as Karma smiles at the plan ' With this I can invest in Lebo without having to use merit '