“Uuuh~ It’s been a few days since we returned to heaven....and yet! Acil is inside the city with the other Gods and Than is in Hell managing all the troubles we did and fixing her castle that Acil ruined! to begin with, why was that bastard using Than’s castle?!”

Damn!

All of this is irritating me!!

I even requested Acil to take me inside the main city, but she refused!

And like that, As soon as we returned to Heaven, she left me while saying “I’m coming back in a few days.” while looking oddly serious.

“Come On Acidalia! Aren’t you supposed to be the person who’s mixed up in all this crap and complains in the end?! you even ended all of that anti-climatically!! you have no idea how much i wanted to kill him, and yet, you go around and arouse my sense of pity toward him!!!”

As i said that, i began punching the walls.

Even though i flinched, no sense of pain came around.

And Than.....that bastard, she left while looking regrettable enough......but!

She left me the gate of hell wide open and said “If Master e-ever feels lonely.....Ma-master can come along and....p-punish this one....”

Like hell i can go back to that heaven with this body!

“Ehh~ but didn’t you go there as soon as she left~?”

And.....to make matters worse, this bastard tagged along!

He said something about tagging along with Than....

“You....Why aren’t you with Than even though you came here for her?! shouldn’t you be back in Hell helping her?!”

“Hahaha~! Well, weren’t you shocked enough when you got there with your transparent body~? you were all like ‘Now that the God of Ranks--Hesti returned to heaven, Hell shouldn’t be under his influence!’ And when you got there, you were shocked beyond belief! i mean, who would’ve thought they would punish Hell as a whole and install the same system there~”

“I-I mean....n-no one could blame me right?! Why would they punish someone by increasing their workload anyhow?!”

I quickly began to shrink in my own seat, while that guy, changed his legs position.

He looked very seductive while wearing a black suit, as if he’s a bodyguard.

He looked like a girl, from every possible way.

Even if you look toward his chest, you wouldn’t think that it was for a guy, but would make people pity him, because of his beauty and the lack in the chest department.

Point is, he looks like a girl.

Point is, he looks sexy in that black suit.

Point is, he’s a fucking guy.

“Stop changing the subject!”

He opened his eyes a bit, and then, as if thought of something, his fist with a *Pon~* came in contact with his palm.

“You said you needed Karma in order to rank up, right?”

“Huh?! indeed i do, but don’t try to change the su--”

“--Then why don’t i give you a way to find gold?”

He quickly interrupted.

“I don’t trust you! so don’t even begin going into it!!”

“Ehh~ but it’s a method i bet you heard before~~”

“.......What is it...?”

Damn!

Curiosity got me!!

But if its a method i’ve heard of before, then why haven’t i tried it?!

The answer is simple.

I don’t know it.

........Yet!!

“Hahaha~ Well.....have you heard of Leprechauns?”

“Yeah, of course i have.”

“Then as i said before, you probably know how to get the gold!”

“By doing what, running toward the end of a rainbow?”

“Exactly!”

Ehh~ even if you tell me that, i haven’t seen a rainbow in heaven before...

rather, it never even rained here for the period i’ve been in heaven even once....

“Well, you can just go to The Rainbow Valley!”

“What?” [A/N: Wut r u talkin’ ‘bout?]

“So.....The Rainbow Valley is this place?”

Really.....

This is it?

Even though it had the name of ‘The Rainbow Valley’, a name every little girl dreams of coming to an existance,

Its simply the dirty old slums.

Correction, an empty, dirty old slums.

“Yes~! don’t you see the beautiful rainbows~?”

“Are you....on drugs...?”

“What are you talking about~? don’t you see this beautiful place~?”

“But this is just the slums....”

“Ehh~ Ahh! i know~ its probably because you don’t believe!”

And there it is.

The peter pan line.

It wont exist because you don’t believe~

But didn’t you know?

Peter pan is actually a character made to guide children to the afterlife.

That’s why the children don’t age.

“Anyhow~ just close your eyes and believe in the rainbows!”

“What are you saying...”

“Don’t you want the karma?!”

“Alright, i’ll do it!!”

I quickly close my eyes.

Rainbows.

Raaaiiiinbows.

RAAAAIIIINBOWS!!!

I then open my eyes to the fullest, and then hang my open wide in shock and amazement.

“W-what the hell...?! h-how did this dirty place turn....s-so beautiful....?!”

Before my eyes, countless rainbows shone.

The double rainbow, The full circle rainbow, The all rare Twinned rainbow and the illogical monochrome rainbow.

Of course, countless other types of rainbows were there as well, but the kinds i haven’t heard before.

There’s one in the shape of a triangle, one in the shape of a doughnut, with a huge circle rainbow with a smaller one in the middle.

Simply put, its an amazing sight that would drive any painter or photographer into believing in the miracle of God.

“Now then, how about choosing a rainbow to go after?”

His words returned me back to reality, i pointed toward the closest rainbow from my perspective.

“H-how about...that one?”

“Alright! that one seems like its quite close, so how about we start walking toward it now?”

“So....how do we go about sharing the karma....?”

I wanted to make this clear while we walked, rather than fighting it out later.

Because, i didn’t bring with me any weapons.

“Ohh~ don’t worry! you can have it all~”

Huh?

I somehow start to have a bad feeling about this.

No one ever rejects free money.

C-can it be.....would he assassinate me?!

Having Than’s powers, luring me away without weapons....it must be that he’s going to kill me..!

No wonder he didn’t follow Than to Hell.....

This bastard!

He waited until my defenses thinned out of boredom, and stroke at the moment of weakness!

“And....we’re here!”

He was walking a bit ways ahead of me, so i couldn’t see in front because he was blocking the view.

I began to have mental simulations about how to go when he attacks, and concluding that its useless, i walked to his side, prying to the Gods for my safety.

No....Gods are useless, and devils don’t exist.....

T-then...who do i pray to?!

As i walking forward, and about to pass through Him, he said “This is....Gold.” while drooling.

I wondered why he was drooling, and soon found out.

“Hey...don’t you think their hip work is amazing?”

Those before me were.....two male leprechauns doing it!!

“FUCKING HELL!!!!”

As i screamed in the top of my lungs, my senses began to scream with me as well.

My body began to slowly turn into that of a human, and unbelievable pain began to overtake me.

All my senses, those of a human, began to kick in at the same time.

my heart returned and starting to pump burning hot blood throughout my now human body, which made me feel even more pain.

i broke down on the ground screaming.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!”

I began to shake uncontrollably, getting seizures which made my limbs move in unnatural ways, further worsening the pain.

I began to gasp for air.

But Alas, a futile effort.

The shock soon turned to shift my consciousness, and then turned dark.

“Pfft~ To think nothing would turn you awake beside a pair of male leprechauns having their fun....aren’t you a sick bastard?”

A voice i never heard proclaimed.

As my eyes began to adjust to the darkness, i began to look toward my arms.

And as expected, they were transparent.

I then focused on the voice that was laughing.

Although i couldn’t focus hard enough, and after a while, i began to perceive his figure.

And as if doing it on purpose after getting used to the darkness, He turned on the Lights.

Although i say lights, they were nothing but lanterns.

The sudden bright lights forced me to close my eyes and shriek in pain.

And as i slowly opened my eyes, i began to see Him

It was a familiar figure that i’ve seen before, and yet, i can’t remember where.

It is as if i’ve seen him from a dream, but as all of us know, ghosts can’t dream or even sleep.

I Also seem to have a gap in my memories.

Where am i?

How did this happen?

Questions like these popping out everywhere in my blank mind.

I only had my last memory to call upon, and that was when we blew up the blob of filthy flesh and those bastards attacking me.

I knew for sure they couldn’t have hurt me....but what the hell happened?

And soon enough, The man before me began walking.

He had a handsome face, that which could rival those who are best in the entertainment business.....no, he could easily put them to shame.

He had strong Blue eyes, that shined in the dark like those of a cat’s.

The man then said “Really.....how could you’ve done so much trouble for me? you first took my future wife, and then began picking off my pets...one by one, until you left none....really, how could you? if not for Thanatus’s disobedience, you wouldn’t even be alive you know? well, for now, stay here and regret what you’ve done.”

It couldn’t be....is this guy the God of Ranks?

Of course he is.

He even mentioned Than’s name.

Wait a minute....can’t i just get out of this with my ghostly body?

“Oh no you don’t.”

And just like that, my human body returned.

The chains that bound my arms rattled, and my body began to feel the coldness of the room.

“Now then, i wonder how much you’ll rote in this place until you go mad? keep in mind, i’m not going to feed you or give you a single drop of water.”

And as he said that, he walked off into the darkness.

After a few steps in the darkness, the sound of a door opening and closing could be heard.

“That bastard.....what did he do?! Status!”

Alison AlexRankN*

*No Rank. You Have Been Denied The Access To The Ranking System. You Are No Longer A Citizen of Hell or Heaven, A Wandering Soul. Until You Are Acknowledged By Either The God of Ranks or Those Who Represent Him, You Cannot Leave Your Current Realm.