Joy was in the form of a twenty-eight-year-old man with bluish-black hair. He wearing a beach shirt and beach shorts. He was at a beach with a five-year-old girl. The girl had bluish-black hair with black eyes. She was making a sandcastle with a smile. Joy checked his status.

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Old Joy - Growing Arch Demon

Race: Armstalker Demon

Str: 124

End: 124

Agi: 124

Demon Energy: 300/300

Demon Essence: 0

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After checking his status, he checked the little girl's status.

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Juju - Hatched Great Demon

Race: Deceptor Demon

Str: 2

End: 2

Agi: 2

Demon Energy: 10/10

Demon Essence: 1

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Two men wearing black suits with black glasses came up to Joy. Joy followed one of them while the other watched over Juju. Juju looked at the man watching over her and went back to making a sand castle.

Under a palm tree, Joy and the black suit man came to a black-haired woman wearing a fancy dress. The woman looked very rich and had sunglasses on.

Joy spoke with calm as a breeze passed by him. “Are you ready to fulfill your end of the contract?”

The woman seemed to be a little fearful and nodded.

“Close your eyes.”

The woman closed her eyes. Joy placed his palm on her head. The woman felt her life being drained. Soon, she fell to the ground as if she lost her soul. Joy felt and saw that he gained 10 demon essence.

“Siel!” a man screamed and came rushing towards Joy and the black suit man.

Joy looked calmly at the man. Fear and terror engulfed the man. Looking at Joy, the man seemed to see a demon. Joy and the black suit man left. The man came to pick up the woman and started crying.

Joy came back to Juju and the two black suit men left. Joy and Juju had been in this world for five years. During the time Joy had been living here, he had made soul contracts with many people.

In exchange for him giving them what they wanted, they would give him what he wanted at the end of the contract. With these contracts, Joy had obtained many demon essences from souls.

In another place high up in the mountains, AE was sleeping on a bed inside a warm cabin. Everything was silent except for the crackling fire. The voice of a boy spoke inside the cabin.

“Got any food?”

AE opened his eyes with surprise. The world around the two started collapsing into a white dimension. AE looked at the voice and saw a boy with diamond hair with diamond eyes. AE at first thought it was Eszero but the boy did not seem to be Eszero.

“Who are you?”

The boy smiled at AE, “I’m future you, got any food?”

AE checked himself to make sure he wasn’t tripping. The boy laughed at him. AE used his powers to make a bunch of french fries and the boy started eating them.

“Can you tell me about the future?”

The boy replied while happily chewing, “Yeah, what do you want to know?”

AE stared intently at the boy, “Everything.”

The boy smiled happily at AE, AE found the boy weird. The boy seemed too nice. AE compared himself with the boy and found that the boy was like passing time while he was like a deep ocean.

“I can tell you everything but I don’t quite feel like it.”

The boy made a small laugh as he saw AE wasn’t pleased.

“What I can tell you is that you should stop everything that you're currently doing.”

AE looked weirdly at the boy.

“Why?”

The boy continued smiling at AE.

“Can I tell you a story?”

AE fell into thought and nodded.

The boy smiled happily at AE and started his story.

There was once a boy who was free. He was so free he was the freest of all. All of Everythjng wanted him. However, no matter what Everything or Anything did, they could not catch the boy.

One day Something hatched a plan, a plan to catch the free boy, Something went to the free boy and told the boy he would become freer if he let Something catch him. The boy did not believe Something and continued being free.

Something didn’t give up and continued making plans to catch the free boy. Something tried over and over and would always fail but Something would never give up.

One day the boy spoke to Something. The boy told Something to should give up as Something would never be able to catch him. Something knew the free boy's words were true, however, Something did not give up and continued.

One day, Something was becoming Nothing. As Something slowly become Nothing, it became scared. Something stopped chasing the free boy and felt itself no longer becoming Nothing

Something asked the free boy why Something stopped becoming Nothing when it stopped chasing the free boy. The free boy told Something that as long as Something kept chasing the free boy, Something would one day become Nothing. Nothing is free so Something would become free.

Something wanted to be free, so it kept chasing the boy till it became Nothing. As Nothing, it was so free it could be everywhere it wanted.

One day, Nothing was tired of being Nothing and it wanted to become Something. As Nothing was free, it could do and become Anything and Everything. Nothing became Something. As Something, it was no longer free. Without being free, Something could not do and become Anything and Everything.

The story ended and AE looked at the boy as he tried to process the story. The boy spoke and brought him out of his thoughts.

“As an Externity, you are only an Externity as long as you continue being an Externity. Everything you do affects others and yourself. As long as what you are holds true, then you will be able to do what can and will be done.”

The boy disappeared and AE's eyes became clearer. AE smiled to himself as he understood something.

“Honor is worthless and meaningless, yet it’s held in such high regard.”

Reality formed and the white dimension disappeared. AE appeared in a land filled with golden wheat. The golden wheat covered the land as far as the eye could see with the sun hanging in the sky.

“I see and understand,” AE said with a warm voice.

All around existence, every self of AE except Jolly returned to him.

“Jolly, as the Externity of emotionless emotion, I will be waiting for you.”

AE’s words traveled through existence and reached Jolly. Jolly felt a warm shiver down his spine.

AE thought of what to do next and decided to go hang out with his little brother Tai Shen. After Tai Shen grows up enough, he would give Tai Shen the option to remember the horrendous childhood the two of them and their siblings had.

Speaking of which, that fake Externity almost pulled him down. AE set his gaze on a faraway. The gravity holding the world together started becoming stronger. The world shrank and condensed into itself.

The old man who Eszero had met didn’t realize anything. The world condensed into a point and he was extinguished.

The condensed point of energy exploded. A new world was formed. AE turned his gaze away and disappeared.

AE appeared by Tai Shen who was stuffing his face with noodles.

“What are you doing here Jules?”

Jules shook her shoulder, “I don’t know.”

The two of them were at a bamboo noodle shop. Jules ordered some noodles and started eating.

Tai Shen looked at Jules curiously, “Do you like it?”

Jules nodded with a smile and continued eating.

“Why do you take the form of a girl?”

Jules paused for a moment and smiled at Tai Shen. She didn’t know the exact reason she took the form of a girl, but if she had to answer, it would be because her little sister Reese helped her grow and learn, so she wanted to do the same for the Tai Shen.

“I take this form because it’s light.”

Tai Shen nodded and continued eating. The two of them kept eating till they were full. After they paid the shopkeeper, they went on their way.

“Where are you going next?”

Tai Shen replied thoughtfully, “I don’t know, but I hope it’s somewhere new.”

The two of them continued talking and kept walking.