Karma opens his eyes on the floor recalling the intense pillow fight they have ' Wow pillow fights are so fun no wonder that was the core part of a sleepover '
His head was not in the right condition to move or in the right place as his legs were on a higher mattress while the entire bedroom surface was covered with soft materials to allow space for their fights .
' I think Isir won how did they do it though ? Did they use some AI to move their body it was still fun ' the alarm rang loudly as Isir woke up under a blanket " Huh morning ? " " Do you greet some imaginary ghost when you wake up alone ? "
" Yeah it makes the room more inviting " " Sure it does maybe I should've done that before " their bodies were too wrecked from their messy sleeping posture to move beyond rolling around " I should invite a chiropractor to fix our bodies it feels so heavy for some reason "
" You want to skip breakfast ? " " Maybe but I am a little thirsty although I feel like I can't get up " Isir also felt the same and suggested " Can't you use your Halo to heal us ? " " Oh nice suggestion hold on for a while "
Karma with all his remaining will activated the halo and turned his body to lay on the higher mattress " Ow " Isir pushed themself up and turned their head " I sorta regret playing so late at night "
" I don't think anyone who has a hangover would regret the time they had during the party " Isir agreed as Karma yelled with all his will before gasping for air " Yes sir we will prepare a hot medicinal bath "
" It's separated right ? " they both said in unison as Sebastian 2.0's eyebrows raised a little from recognizing their intentions " Of course we will also make it so you can both talk with each other from separate rooms "
Karma turned to look at Isir and both nodded at each other " Good job " " Also young master , Sebastian has told me to contact you as soon as you wake up to have a word with you " " Alright " The TV screen opens as Sebastian appears .
" Good morning Young master " " Hello Sebastian what did you call me for ? " Sebastian looked at the messy bedroom and knew what they did " I see it seems you had a fun pillow fight " " Yep " the two said .
" Then I'd like it for you two to take care of each other , I heard about the news reporting variants of different diseases appearing in different parts of the world " they nodded as Sebastian continues .
" Then I also heard how quickly it was taken care of I believe you are involved " they both nodded as Sebastian sighed " I see , this should also mean you two have contingency plans for it right ? "
" Yep " Karma said confidently " Then I have resolved my worries please take care of each other from now on " the video ended as they both went to take a bath " It's so warm " Isir said as they doused on the warm bath field with herbs .
" I feel like I'm meat in a soup " " I think instant noodles on a soup makes more sense " " You're right " Isir said with a tone as they enjoyed the bath " This feels so nice do you bath like this all the time ? "
" Only when in the mansion if not I'd just enjoy a hot shower at my own house " " Me too although this feels more enjoyable " Karma's phone rang " You bring your phone to bath ? " " Yeah sometimes I get bored and play some music if I want to take my time dousing on warm warm water "
" You sound more like a phone addict than me " " What do you bring to the bathroom ? " " The usual except for a phone " " And how often do you bath ? " " Once a day ? And aren't you going to answer that phone "
" Oh sure " Karma finds that it was Diana who was calling " Hello " " HELLLO !!?? The hell do you mean hello !!?? " " Who is it ? " " My distant cousin , hold on I'll put you on speaker "
" What did you do this time I heard all that crap that you did involving yourself with the first murderer , the mother demons and now the angel of death !? "
" What does this have to do with you ? " " Of course , it had a lot to do with me as soon as I was known to have died and came to the witch court a few of the Count family called me " Karma gasped as he listened attentively .
" some of them were your parents " " Parents huh ? " " They were asking if you think of them as your parents ? " Karma wonders why such a sensitive topic came up as he thought of the answer .
" Ahh tell them I'm sorry even though we are related by blood as they were the closes person to me they felt more and more distant because of how I only heard stories about them , They were more like ancestors with great legacies that they left behind to me even the late grandparents I have and their parent felt the same way since they were long gone before I was born the same as my biological parents "
" Then do you think Sebastian was your parent ? " Karma thinks about his initial memories " He constantly distances himself from me to not associate me with him for my sake , plus I kept getting myself in trouble when I was young he was more like a really good babysitter "
Isir listens knowing why he says that " Oh I'll tell them that then " Diana said trying to hold back a sniff as she hangs up " Karma are you okay ? " Isir asked hearing him sigh " I'm fine , I already had initial memories in the first place I was like an adult when I was born "
" Kinda like those another world reincarnation protagonist ? " Karma laughed at how Isir relates it to popular media they know well " Yes , honestly I'm thankful for Sebastian looking out for me sometimes I keep forgetting I'm still young , sometimes I feel like I'm at the age for retirement from all these memories "
" Me too , I was really good at what I did , I thought I could be in a sci-fi world to suit my intelligence " " Really now ? " there was a moment of silence as Isir asked " Karma I want to ask about your connection to Reed and the giant "
Karma was surprised as Isir continued " It's okay if you don't want to " " No it's fine I already told Cain so that he could find the cut-off pieces for me " Karma told Isir about his birth on how he was digesting a lot of information .
" That sounds like the theory of black holes , but would you die from that ? " " No I don't think so at least if we consider that black holes are a natural phenomenon the black hole in the realm where memories can be manifested is completely different from the material black hole , Count the family's guardian can easily control it . "
" Would you be able to absorb and deconstruct souls that way ? like how black holes condense all matter into one point ? " Karma thinks about Isir's idea .
" Maybe if it matures enough , my bloodline ability not only has the ability that I showed you of manifesting memories it also has the same type of gravity Count has , it bends the space of the realm a lot to cause the information to be absorbed into a body it's how my mother hallucinated once "
" So your bloodline ability is like a portal but also like a black hole ? " " Yeah but the portal is proportional to my body mass " " But it's still your special bloodline ability " " Yep it kinda works like a container too however this body wouldn't house a soul if there were no interference . "
Isir noticed how Karma had been playing with his words and asked " So Karma does that mean you are the family's guardian ? " ... " Hmm I'm glad you told me " " Yeah it's why I don't think of my biological parents as parents too "
" So I heard you could carry the heavy sin of blasphemy how does that work ? " " Bloodline ability sins and merits are very closely related to memories and soul although it isn't enough the fact that sins are a form of a soul makes it strange do you enjoy hurting people and it doesn't become a sin because you felt happy or did god impose a set of rules to define sin ? "
" Maybe god defines sins , if he didn't we might have a sadist who lives in heaven " " You mean mothers , teachers and doctors " " Karma don't joke like that "
" I know but it does make sense if you love watching people working hard it is a form of sadism because they are doing something painful "
" Yeah the fact that hard work is rewarded while suicide is punished because they gave up in life makes everything seem so strange " " You are technically throwing all the hardships into the trash and you would be wasting the life god gave "
They both submerged themselves deeper into the bath " Hmm but it does make sense for god to be the one to define sins is it not ? " Isir nods saying " If blasphemy is such a terrible sin it could tell us a lot about god "
" Someone greedy for power is it ? " " Or maybe it was meant to be heavy so that angels would fall " Karma thinks about it as he felt the weight of the sin he previously absorbed " But how can we define that ? Sins are heavy , merit is light that it lets you ascend to heaven "
" I don't know but from what I experienced if you were to ignore your sins you would ignore your merits too , it wouldn't be about what you have achieved anymore but just yourself " Isir felt no restraint on them , no sins weighing them down or their merits letting them fly .
" What does it feel like then Isir ? " " Like being someone who can go anywhere , down or up with no gravity to bring them down or wings to lift them up " Isir uses their powers attained from their soul seeing how they don't feel like something was moving them up or down .
" That sounds nice maybe I should try it too ? " " I don't think you need to do that " " Why is that ? " " Well your soul is very big probably because of all the memories you have , even though none of them were any form of experience but only knowledge they are still valuable "
" What about you ? " " You gave me a lot of oppurtunity so of course I had a lot of experiences plus I was able to create an AI that could imitate a human isn't that a really good achievement " Karma thinks about what Isir said .
" Hey does that mean we can have a kid without losing virginity " Isir and Karma blushed as they turned their heads as if they were talking face to face " Young master the time is up breakfast is going to be ready in five minutes . "
The two awkwardly ate breakfast and took a walk outside " So uhm " they both said in unison and sighed " Let's get to the point shall we ? " Karma said as Isir nodded " I'm up for it if you want to " " Me too if you want to I'll also go for it "
They had to stop to breathe back the air from the breathless talk " God Why did I say I want a child , No I mean I'm fine with having a child but there are a lot of risks , if my parents had half of my blood each died early deaths because of several body malfunctions "
" Oh yeah your dad did die of heart attack " " And then mom just died after pregnancy probably from the constant strain of having half of my blood " " You could just store it in the pods you planned to make the next heir "
" Yeah but in reality I was going to live long in the first place I just needed someone to take my place before I hide from the world unless that life extending project is successful "
" Oh yeah you did say that " " Forget that I'm just saying we can have a kid if you want of course we can leave the matter of nurturing the child from a single cell to the pods "
Karma said with a slight blush as Isir smiles " Alright then " Karma didn't know what to do next as he slapped himself " Why'd you hit yourself " " I just thought of work " " Ahh me too " they both looked at each other and sighed .
" Sure why not how about we look into how our couples are dating " Isir takes out their phone and finds out what they are doing " They are currently at a spa , they even made reservations in a barbeque for lunch , they plan to go for an amusement park after and then lastly dinner also I found that they spent a long time with the last on last night "
They both knew what they did as Karma thinks " It's all going together isn't it ? " Isir recalls the plans that Karma told them in secret " Oh yeah I'm sure it will go well " " Ziz will have to pay a lot if he wants what I plan to offer for Sally "
Isir wonders how they plan to pay for it as they asked " What kind of house do you think Sally would want ? " " Hmm I'm sure she wants one with all sorts of useful things , how about a condo in the tallest residential building "
" Sounds like you are picking a fight against Ziz " " Oh you think so too even Lilith probably feels like I was targetting Mammon when I said I would give demons salvation if they gave me everything under their name at hell "
" But you did it for free for the Nephalem " " Yeah I did for the method to make the nails , but Isir what do you think will happen if the Nephalem lost all of their sins weighing them down ? "
" Ascension to heaven " " That's right they would be refused in an instant don't you think " Isir nodded and asked " Is that why you asked if I could make a nail that is imbued with merit instead of sins ? "
" Yeah a nail imbued with sins to shame the son of god allowed the son to give salvation for humanity , if I were to change the nails with merit " Karma smiles as Isir also does one with a much creepier one " You would be doing damnation but they wouldn't fall to hell without the sins weighing them "
" Exactly the dark nails will turn gold and then the golden nails will be painted like ink , but the problem is this may be a little different " Isir nods agreeing that it will be much different than what the original crucifixion is .
" God created a vessel to carry the sins for humanity , I'm planning to use Abaddon to act as a catalyst but the sins have to be carried somewhere or someone " " We already have our two thieves ready to be sent to heaven so how would we go with the vessel "
" We could use the cross you got ? " " Yeah but it's history " Karma told Isir of his other abilities " Hmm that's true even though all of them are amazing they used to be just normal things until they took part in the miracle called the salvation of humanity "
Karma brings out the scales given to him as a gift " Maybe I should do it ? " " Huh you will ? " " Yeah I mean I do plan to carry them we also have to make sure Abaddon doesn't get it , if he were to gain the merit of bringing Salvation to demons he might ascend out of hell much quicker than three days "
Isir thinks about Karma's thinking process to think of that conclusion based on what they talked about today " Karma did you only think that the merit that the son gained from giving salvation allowed him only to take three days to go to heaven ? "
" Yeah but I also had to go through the technicals it's like trying to come up with the lore for a sandbox game with bits of info "
" Oh , so you had to make changes ? " " Yeah I was certain that it would take Abaddon three days to ascend to heaven but after what you said about Sins bringing you down and merit taking you up I figured that I might've done something wrong if I had used Abaddon as the son "
Isir nods " So I would like to thank you for being by my side " Isir smiles as Karma blushed " Yeah me too , So does that mean you don't plan to have Abaddon being an important part of the crucifixion ? "
Karma thinks about it " Hmm that's possible " " But then you also have to think about that despite receiving salvation humans don't go to heaven instantly " " It might be different for those who aren't human afterall "
They both nodded as they took a seat on a bench " This place looks so lonely " Isir said " Of course , it is I asked for privacy every time I go to the garden although I used to hold Grand parties here for celebration "
Isir knew what he meant " Hmm well I don't mind having a wedding here " " Aren't we ... Nevermind " " What were you going to say ? " " Setting my loss " " Were you going to finish with "Moving too fast ?" "
Karma nods " And then you would mention that talk we had about having a kid was much something that says "Moving too fast" even more " Isir laughed as Karma sighed with defeat that he served to himself .
" But still I do like to have a wedding too but maybe just one under the stars and just the two of us " Isir said as Karma smiled " We already know each other very well anyways I'm kinda thankful for being able to learn of the higher society to get the opportunity to talk face to face "
Isir smiles too nodding along with it " So what should we do until our wedding ? " " Probably make sure that I get the world " " Aren't you greedy ? " " You would have the same thoughts when you learned what I told you a while ago "
Isir nodded " Yeah I would think so too after all people are comfortable when nothing drastic happens in their life " " Something like revelation will be traumatizing , the separation of hell too , then there are the Fae who I'm related to , the taboo union of humans , demons , angels and then there is that god up there "
They both look at each other " But it feels like a challenge we'll have to go through " " You're right we all will die soon and if we learn of the hidden workers behind the scenes it would be extremely stressing "
They looked at the bright sky " It's kinda cold here " " Because I planted a lot of tress and brought a lot of nature to cool the air " Karma said as they both wondered leaning on each other " Do you think you'll ever find the Faes again and try to feel like you have a family ? "
" Maybe I would find them but Beelzebub intended to cut off his siblings from our world and there are still other worlds " " Sounds pleasant to know we aren't alone " " I'm kinda curious why their souls also start to disappear too "
Isir thought of it and says " Are you thinking a god like ours also appears in those worlds ? " " Hmm maybe why you got other ideas ? "
" Of course , from the diary , I expected that the Skepticism may indicate that death is the way their souls disappear so that someone can pick them up before the former predator can take them"
" That's true after all the only reason souls stopped appearing in that realm was because they were being taken with secrecy " Karma said as he looks at Isir " Do you think the death department has a similar ability as you ? "
" To hide their activity from that realm ? " Karma nods giving Isir a reason to think it through " That's possible I haven't checked it for a while now " Karma was hit with a dilemma now " Oh well it doesn't matter we at least know another fact about the death department "
" I can confirm it if you want ? " " It's nothing too important the fact that we know someone can hide their works with souls is already enough " Isir noticed why he planned that and smiled " Okay okay should we just keep talking like this for now ? "
" Hmm sure why not , How was the work of death ? " " Really easy all they needed was some processing to get everything compiled into one paper to help people get jobs "
Karma nodded as Isir continues " But the part about collecting souls was different it seems like you can get two or a whole bus if possible "
Karma recalls a recent incident he heard as well as the war Isir ended " There are people whose life was extended because of medicine so they had to compensate by waiting for them to naturally die "
" But the ones of Rochester's business were interfering with their work so I figured it would be a good chance to get the scythe for you oh and speaking off I'm supposed to use that thing we made last night "
" Ehh really ? " " Yeah apparently after I handed Rochester to Azrael he told me that Rochester's life was too long and asked if I could shorten it after he released him back "
" Ahh that makes sense but do you have to do it now ? " " I mean I will be back for lunch " " Hmm alright some free time for each other I guess , so do you want anything for lunch ? "
" Kaarage with lemon , grilled tuna , sour soup with bowl pork , beef wellington , avocado shake and matcha ice cream "
" Wow that's fast should I also get you Belphegor's power of skipping exercise " Isir nods " we can save time with that after all " " Then let's decide what to do after lunch during lunch then ? "
Isir nods as they take their leave while Karma returns ' Now as for Crucifixion ' he summons the scales of judgment as he removes the sword as it goes through his hands being absorbed into his soul as the scales weigh the sins and merits he has .
' This will be a suitable vessel to carry the sins I don't need the sword so I'll have to absorb it ' Karma smiled at what he was going to do to something that wasn't memories .
' My bloodline consumes memories , I can control that power and something like this which can influence the world in a way through the sword but without that , all it does is measure a limited amount of sins and merit yet this could be something similar to a manifested memory to this material realm '
Karma smiled as he looked through the information on the scale as the realm of mind a giant eye opened staring at the scales's information ' This is truly a beautiful set of laws you have written god '
Karma could see a lot of words written understanding what they mean as pictures of samples were made ' Even though this was a gift I feel like it's part of god's plan , can they see the future and how far would it be , how detailed would it go ? And is that how the revelation was written ? '
He absorbed the scales with his body as he molded the sword influenced by it and created copies of the scales he dropped the sin of Blasphemy on one of the plates to see how much it weighed .
" Hmm that's gonna be a big load to carry , should I offer Lilith some insurance ? "
Countdown until Crucifixion : 5 days