Chapter
2: Existence
The people walking down there, did
they truly exist? All we know is that they disappeared without a trace shortly
after the encounter with the Aku No Ferō. Later on me and Nariko met at my
place to discuss what had happened.
My mother had put us some tea in my
room and left us alone. She’s very calm and trusting. Therefore she questioned
nothing, even though this is the first time Nariko has been in my room let
alone a girl who is not in my family.
“So..what do you think that was all
about Nairko?”
“How am I suppoed to know? I asked you
the same question when that ‘thing’ appeared!”
“Well…for starters…those people…they
disappeared...”
At that time we didn’t know of what
was to come in our near future…and how Nariko would be left behind and I would
have to join a world not known to humans.
All of a sudden there was a thunder
storm and the power went out. I and Nariko sat there calmly talking about
casual things waiting for the power to come back. My mother brought a candle
into the room, sat it down, and then left. About 10 minutes later the power
flicked back on and suddenly we were greeted with an unfamiliar face from the
darkness of my bedroom window. Nariko, still shaken from today’s encounter
instantly backed off and hid behind me.
“Who are you? How the hell did you
even get to the second story window?”
“Rude. Is that how you greet
everyone who is just trying to help? I come from Ten jōki no jinrui, in simpler
terms what humans call ‘Heaven’…although it’s not what they make it out to be.”
“So you’re not here to do whatever
that ‘thing’ did to them earlier?”
“No, do I look like a fucking
monster? No. I didn’t think so”
At that time I couldn’t even begin
to imagine that this girl was going to be my partner in the future. She began
to explain everything that happened today.
“So basically, that ‘thing’ you saw
today is known as an Aku No Ferō or Fellow of Evil. They consume the human soul
for more power, since all they believe in is that however is stronger should be
their leader…although they rarely move in groups. When the human soul is eaten
it must be quickly replaced with a substitute. They continue to live for a
short time. During that short time everything that involves them slowly
disappears including memories with that person. Eventually no one will remember
them and they will disappear from this world without a trace. There is no way
to save them since they are already dead”
“Basically, me and Nariko are lucky
that the Aku No Ferō didn’t spot us? Otherwise we wouldn’t be living right now?”
“Maybe Nariko wouldn’t live, but you…you
have a strong soul… its possible you could be of some use to me. Get ready for
the rest of your life to be hell.”
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