Chapter 98: Agreement with Seraphina

“THE ART OF LUST, NINTH POSTURE: ULTIMATE ECSTASY!!!”

I screamed at the top of my lungs. An attack I had never made before and would be impossible to achieve if it weren’t for the particularity of the 14 legacies.

From the tip of the spear, a horrible and dangerous energy was emitted. There was no explosion of energy or any striking effect, only the tip seemed to distort space itself by existing and began to form small cracks in this dark place.

Its power was awesome and I only had to make one forward motion to execute it completely, destroying both the tangible and the intangible, the existent and the non-existent, all would be destroyed by the authority of the completion of this art.

But, even before I could complete the art, I saw a small speck of light appear at the tip.

It was so small and insignificant that I thought it was simply a residue from my attack, but strangely enough, when that tiny, delicate speck of light touched the tip of my spear, I felt all the horrible, chaotic energy being engulfed and simply disappear.

“eh…what happened…I can’t even do it in my mind, I shouted that stupid name in vain?”

I wondered what had happened, but at that moment I realized the origin of that tiny speck.

From the broken glass of the three mirrors surrounding me, the three annoying figures emerged, standing outside the mirrors.

I wondered if they wanted more, and to continue this examination, but the old woman, who was pointing her hand at me and was possibly the source of that stain, spoke first.

[[Calm down, you already passed this examination, it is not necessary to do this…. Well, what can I say, I believed in myself, in the end I knew you wouldn’t fall here. It’s like you said, no one in this world can tell you what to do. Everyone fights for their own reasons, selfish or not, it’s what drives them.]]

I was surprised because now that he wasn’t fucking with me I noticed that he spoke with a kind of…humm…conscience could you say?

[[Never forget it and keep your head held high….. a person to the end and at his highest point never ceases to be weak. You just have to accept it and do your best not to let that weakness consume you. You can make up for those weaknesses with those around you. Don’t realize it too late like me and don’t let something like this happen again…. and please save Emilia and Miyuki this time]].

“Hey, wait! Who are they? What’s this about saving them, who’s Em…hey!?”

I asked, but the old lady started to disappear before I could ask for those names that I didn’t remember anything important, among my memories.

“Hey old lady you can’t just say those things and disappear…, weren’t you an image created by the mirror?, what was that information that seems to be important fuck!!!! If you are going to say something important, say it completely..”.

Now I began to worry about what exactly was that old woman, who disappeared after saying those names that seemed random.

Without time to think too much about it, I saw how cracks began to form in the sky, slowly but steadily.

Next to speak was my former life self, the guy who pissed me off the most of the three

[You know, certainly our life sucked until the end, and we didn’t accomplish anything, but still, we shouldn’t forget that for others it can’t be like that. Maybe many people cried for us, unbeknownst to us.]

I wondered if to get out of here I had to listen to the speeches of these things that now are bothering me in a different way, but still I saw the darkness crumbling and I could not do anything, I had no choice but to listen to he.

[It’s good to look forward, but don’t forget the beginnings, you are right there is no need to go back to being a bad version of yourself,, our soul was never broken and worn out we just needed someone to support it and you have found it, keep going you are on the right track go and do what in our life we never could and leave a trace of our existence].

“Tch, I told you not to tell me what to do, you bastard. Still, I’m going to do more than that, I assure you.”

[Well, in the end we are the same person. Somewhere inside you I’ll be waiting to see that moment].

Although this bastard was the one who almost screwed me over, he was certainly right on many points, and I have to admit some things.

Still, he was still nasty to the end, saying something like he’d be inside me until the end. Well, whatever. the old lady already gave me a bad feeling and now this one too,…well, I just won’t think about it….

In the end, he slowly disappeared, like the old woman, so I waited for Seraphina’s words, which by logic, should be the last, I wondered if he would say something like the other two but worse things came out of his mouth, which confirmed a bit of what I was thinking.

{Hey, you bastard, who did you call a bitch…? Haah, whatever. Let me tell you, unlike the other two, I’m not a reflection of you or something. Fuck, let’s make a deal. I’ve seen your plans and I want you to help me out a little bit when you go to cheat on the goddess… }

I thought about it, but in reality, she was somehow the original Seraphina or a vestige of her. inevitably I had to listen to her even though I honestly didn’t want to.

“…”

Not to mention that I actually had a tenant, living with me, Apparently, her situation is more screwed up than I thought.

Although she had found a way to save herself, because she shared my memories, even those of my alternate self, so she knew more or less what I had planned and asked for my cooperation, it was all so unexpected that I didn’t even know what to say as I listened to her plan.

Finally, we came to an agreement. This was something that had not presented itself in my alternate self and was a new variable, but for me, I felt a new and unexpected opportunity appeared.

I certainly had my doubts at first, as I said her personality and way of thinking did not please me, but in the end I had to accept as it seemed reasonable and beneficial what she was proposing and her threats of why ignoring her would hurt me a lot were also very persuasive and something I had not thought of.

Also I didn’t want to have someone else inside me and I started to worry about the other two, and about their real existence, luckily her told me that there was no one else…at least not where she was…which doesn’t take away my Anxiety not at all, but as before it’s better not to think about it, I’ve already spent a lot of mental strength for today.

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{Remember, we have already agreed. Be a man of your word}.

“…”

{hey!, idiot why don’t you answer}

“You know, if I think about it, your way of thinking still disgusts me too much. I have to think about it some more.”

{you piece of…}

Well, it was true that she still seemed incomprehensible to me even with all her memorys in me, but I only said it to tease her about before, nothing really obliged me to keep the deal.

But weighing everything she told me, in the end I think that helping her and eliminating this latent danger to my plans is better.

Just as she was about to complain to me, she finally began to fade and the world came crashing down, shattering into pieces and releasing a light so intense that it blocked my view.

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[C-congratulations you have passed the last examination {The Confrontation of the Dark Soul} in maximum difficultycompassed the crystal key(4)].

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I opened my eyes again and saw some people around me. I was about to analyze the surroundings thoroughly, but my sight landed on Elena, and I felt an urgency I couldn’t ignore.

Excited, I stepped forward and headed towards her.

Without thinking about anything, I embraced her and gave her a long and intense kiss while hugging her tightly. At that moment, I found comfort and felt relaxed, I knew I definitely loved Elena.

“…”

“Get away from her!”

“You bastard, what do you think you’re doing, die!”

As I was enjoying my moment with Elena, who, although she didn’t understand what was going on, unconsciously reciprocated, I felt two unfriendly attacks coming from behind me.

I had no choice but to block them with my hands. I looked back and saw Alice; I almost jumped on her too, but I calmed down enough to realize it wasn’t a good idea.

I also looked at Selene and realized that there shouldn’t be any problem, if it’s with her.

So I hugged her, finishing relaxing from that damn examination that almost killed me. Finally, I sat down and pretended nothing had happened.

The previous attacks, one of them was from Eira, or rather, both of them were from Eira. There was no way that merciless arrow came from my precious Alice. It was definitely just Eira, that damned one.

As I sat and petted Selene, ignoring the look of bewilderment from everyone around me and Eira looking at me angrily, at this moment I wanted peace of mind and I didn’t want to deal with her.

I felt my mental strength diminishing after that experience. But I was surprised to see that everyone seemed calm and did not seem to have passed an examination like me.

At that moment, Eira, who had calmed down, perhaps noticing my mental exhaustion thanks to the resonance.

Unlike these sisters who leave it passively active to share emotions and locations, I totally shut mine down.

But, after such an intense mental fight, I had simply forgotten to turn it off, and Eira and Selene noticed my mental state easily.

“Well, tell me what happened, why are you acting so over the top? The test was just fighting against a mental copy of you, No?. it was certainly difficult, but not to die for. why are you acting like this?”

“…”

I could not answer. I might be paranoid, but Eira, the one who a few seconds ago just sent me two murderous attacks from behind, seemed worried about me, and the resonance that every time I activated sent confusing signals from her , now clearly told me that she was worried.

I couldn’t believe it, and she noticed my disbelief, with the same skill, which is best turned off at this point.

“Hmph… if you don’t want to tell me, that’s fine. but don’t ever do something like that again,”.

’Hey, why are you acting like a tsundere…’ ’or wait, that’s the personality she adopted when she liked William in the future, and the most cliché attribute of her?.

I didn’t know how to feel about that. I don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing at this point, so let’s just not think about it for now.

I had calmed down completely by now and noticed many faces still looking at me funny. Elena was watching me as if wondering why I had done that.

Alice, well, Alice would never give me that kind of look, so I must be a little confused still.

Finally, the moment I had been waiting for had arrived. Despite what had happened, I must always keep my goals in mind, and this was one of the foundations of my future.

So I whispered to Selene and then to Eira something, to which Selene simply nodded and Eira looked at me strangely, but in the end agreed since it was not difficult at all.

At that point, as I expected, the center of the room was luxurious, with plenty of seating and couches to accommodate everyone.

I could not appreciate it before, but I have to say that it is even more luxurious than my house, and everything was of unknown material, including the artwork and paintings.

Everything was exotic, but it preserved the culture of the kingdom.

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fwihh!

At the end, from a flash of light, on the center table appeared a golden raven that was bigger than a normal raven and with a thick and deep voice began to speak. Honestly, I didn’t know whether to be impressed or not:

“Welcome, dear guests. Now that everyone is present, it only remains for me to apologize. I am sorry for the abrupt arrival in this domain. It was an unexpected event for you, but I assure you that everyone present has passed the examination of the first king.”

At that moment, I looked around and realized that the numbers didn’t add up. I saw how the other team looked disconsolate and sad and realized the reality of the situation.

Apparently, Ban and Mike failed. Haaaah…., well, what can you do. They were the fools who didn’t take proper advantage of this opportunity. Rest in peace.

“Oh, wait, I forgot… now they’re all here.”

Saying that, suddenly Mike and Ban appeared in a flash of light, safe and sound. Well, this I already knew; in this domain it was supposed to be impossible to die and, if you failed, you simply couldn’t accumulate any more points and your rewards wouldn’t be as good.

That’s why I wasn’t worried about Elena and the rest. But that last examination was definitely something I wasn’t expecting and it almost really killed me, which I don’t understand. There’s something fishy going on here and I plan to find out.

“Right. What was I on… oh yeah, this is a legacy test. I’ll tell you. Your friend and colleague William was blessed by the god of light and is especially favored by making him his agent. You who came here will become his companions, and this examination was to test whether you had the minimum required. Everyone here is worthy to be proclaimed your companions. The god of light gave his approval, even if you failed, you proved yourselves worthy and deserve reward.”

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