Deranged Writer's Afterword

A few minutes ago.

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Kirsi's POV

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I use my skill, [Soul Search] on the boy.

[ Soul Search] was a skill that let me see a glimpse of the 'inner eye' of his soul, the inner- eye was considered the crux of the soul, the center and the part that makes the person who they are.

Adam Creed looked nervous as I gently touch his forehead, I was a little skeptical when I first heard that the boy looked similar to the prince but looking at him now...the resemblance is uncanny. Looking at him made me feel excited, what if he was the second coming of the prince....

For the past week, everybody in the war council was trying to come up with believable reasons and this was the one that resonated with me the most.

If Prince Araceous returned in some way, then that would mean the end of this long and drawn out war. That was how strong he was... I still remember seeing him in action all those years back.

I remember feeling glad....glad that I wasn't the one fighting him.

If this young boy was truly the prince or at least related to him in some way...then he was the Demon Kingdom's hope.... an hope to end this senseless war and enter an age of peace.

With this thought, my mind goes blank.

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When I open my eyes again, I'm in a bedroom. From the looks of it, this room should belong to a human child. As I search around the room-

" You shouldn't be here."

A voice startles me, I turn around to find a little boy staring at me curiously.

" Hello there.", I say cheerfully trying to mask my surprise.

This young child must be the 'guide'.

A guide was a.... guide who led you on the 'right path' in the inner eye. The soul of any being was vast and to get lost in another's soul meant definite death. The guide won't hurt or more like couldn't..

But still I was surprised to see this young boy, he had brown hair and eyes of the same color. He did not look like Adam Creed... usually the person to appear as the guide was the person on whom I cast the skill on...but I suppose there can be exceptions.

" You can't be here.", the boy said yet again confusing me.

" Why not ?", I ask

The boy sighs and says,

" He might notice you.."

Now I felt even more confused, guides don't initiate conversations like this one. They usually just answer any questions the users had and then lead them wherever they wanted. I decide to ignore the irregularities and focus on the task at hand.

" Take me to th-...where are you going ?", I ask seeing the boy run out of the room without listening to me.

I run after him, outside the room...there was darkness.....never ending darkness.

" Hehehe--"

I hear the child's laughter echoing throughout the darkness. This wasn't right... a guide wasn't supposed to behave like this.

But I decide to ignore the obvious red flags and decide to brave my way through the darkness. As I walked, my feet get covered in water and slows me down, the further I walked the more the amount of water increased. It was like walking into an ocean.

Soon, the water had swallowed up my stomach and I was struggling to walk. Just as the thought of giving up entered my mind...I see a small light a few feet away from me.

I increase my pace but stop as I get closer to the light.

I could see the boy who now sat comfortably in a small row boat. The light was emitted from the small torch in his tiny hands. The boy smiled at me welcomingly.

" Come on in.", he says but I don't move...I can't move because I realized that I wasn't waddling through water....it was blood.. a sea of blood.

I walk dazed to the rowboat and get on it with the help of the boy. I look down at my body and it was drenched in blood.

Why couldn't I smell the blood ?..

Blood had a special scent, so the fact that I didn't notice this was ridiculous.

" Where are we ?", I ask leaving behind my fear.

I need to find an answer for my king.

The boy smiles but doesn't say anything.... I wait for him to speak and he does...but-

" I did warn you didn't I ?"

What ?.....what's happening ?

I hear sounds coming from the sea of blood... even though I was panicking the boy remained calm.

" You should know your place..", the boy said...that smile still on his face.

Suddenly a hand emerges from the sea and grabs on the edge of the boat, I watch in horror as a blood soaked humanoid being got on the boat. Soon another one that looked exactly the same got on and then another and another and another....

The ones that couldn't get on the boat were drowning in the blood, I reach for my longsword but find that everything I had on me had disappeared...even my clothes.

" I did warn you..", the boy says and for a minute none of made a move. The blood soaked humans pounce on me, I try to fight them off but as I thought I couldn't use my strength in another's soul.

I feel pain all over my body and I realize that these things were....eating me. I don't realize that I was screaming for sometime as I feel myself dying.

" S-stop it-t p-please.", I whimper out.

I felt like I was back in the streets of the demon kingdom, scared and praying to live another day...

"HahhhahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahhahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH---"

My pleas for help were drowned out by the maniacal laughter of the boy.

I felt my individuality slowly crumbling.

It was then-

All the monsters and boy cease all their movement. As one of my eyes had been gouged out and the other one had been scratched so my eyesight was terrible but I was pretty sure that all of them looked afraid.

I don't know what exactly they were afraid of but I was glad for the leeway. Before I could even move a finger, an intense pressure falls on me, it was such an intense pressure that I could feel my body tearing apart slowly. I notice that the others on the boat were on a similar condition as me.

I watch as the boy and the monsters disintegrate.

"!@*^$", I hear a strange sound before blacking out.

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" So that's what happened huh ?", Helmer says while patting me on the shoulder.

" What more did you want to happen ?", I ask glaring at him.

He raises his hands in the air and says,

" I didn't mean it like that.... you didn't see anything related to the prince right ?...that means he's in the clear...right ?"

" He's right.", Bal interjects.

I glare at the both of them and say,

" There are literal monsters inside his soul....he isn't al-"

Before I can even complete what I was going to say, Victoria says,

" In these changing times...a monster might be exactly what we need."

Everybody else other than me nodded their heads. I hadn't even noticed Victoria's and Lady Tania's arrival. I try to argue but stop when the king raised his hands to make silence.

" This has gone on long enough....leave me alone with Adam."

" But your maje-", I stop talking once I feel the king's glare on me.

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Adam's POV

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Well this certainly was a weird experience.

After Kirsi fainted, I thought that I was going to lose my head. But Tiana's arrival helped me avoid that. After that Victoria convinced everybody to wait for Kirsi to explain what she saw herself.

So, we waited for Kirsi to wake up. She wakes up quickly and starts recounting her story which sounds a little made up...I mean I'm not into cannibalism at all..

That is so not cool.

But the most surprising thing was that everybody is in my favor so everything worked out well right ?

The demon king asked everybody except me to wait outside and they do just that except for Tiana who refused to let go of me. Belial's gaze softens when it lands on his granddaughter.

" I'm sorry for all this.", Belial says sighing.

I smile and say,

" It's alright, your majesty."

" No....it isn't, is there anything you want ?", he asks

I think for a moment and ask,

" Anything ?"

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