Chapter 146

Arc 14 - Absolute Wish - Part 27

Saturday, 3rd of July - Plymouth, UK:

It was very early in the morning, as in before the sun rose when Laura groaned. She sat up in the bed, scratching her eyes.

“Water… Water...” she said slowly as she looked around the room. “Hm?”

As she was looking around, her eyes lied on Nazar who was doing push-ups.

To be more specific, his feet were in the air and he was only using his index finger of his less dominant hand - left hand - to support his weight.

“What are you doing?”

“Nothing, just sort of bored.”

“So, you are just working out? Since when?”

“Last night.”

“Why not do something? Something more productive like… Uh...”

She thought long and hard about it but could not think of anything.

“Doesn’t matter, is there water here?”

“It is now.”

In her hand, a bottle of cold water appeared.

“Gah!”

The sudden sensation of cold caused her to shiver a little.

“Ugh, this headache is annoying.”

“Hm, odd.”

Nazar paused his push-ups and thought.

“I thought the energy would get rid of any pain you had. Interesting.”

“How is this interesting?”

“I think the energy might be reacting to your mind. It only gets rid of the pain you want gone. For example, headache from alcohol consumption does not go away because you don’t want it gone.”

“Hmm,” she took a sip of the water.

“Which is why you also feel other forms of pain when engaging in--”

“Dude, just say sexual pain.”

Nazar let out a sigh.

“Speaking of, you know what I find really, really, and I mean REALLY weird is how some people call their sexual partners “daddy” or something. I cannot believe someone sane would say that.”

Laura took another sip of the bottle.

“Yeah, well, people are very weird.”

“Glad we are nothing like that. Though,” she looked around a little with a secretive expression, “Emily gives me that kind of vibes.”

Nazar scoffed.

“Why whisperer? She can’t hear you.”

“Well, can’t be too sure. But does she not give you that kind of vibe?”

Nazar shook his head left and right.

“How did you pick that with just one visit?”

“Two,” she raised her middle and forefinger up. “Two nights. In a row. I can pick up the basics.”

“How?” he sounded exasperated.

“Well, when a conversation is about relationships and you pick up things almost instantly.”

“I see...” he did not understand. Reading people is hard for him.

“Yeah… Speaking of, I think I did something weird last night. But I cannot remember.”

He, however, did.

And Laura knew that.

“So, what did I do?”

“Well, you wrapped your arms around my neck and said; “Ooh, white hair and red eyes. Totally my type.” then immediately after gasped as you raised your to cover your face. Then after a little wait, you said; “Oh no, what am I doing? I have a boyfriend at home.” Made me kind of happy, I think.”

Laura scoffed.

“But don’t worry, I will never do something like that.”

“Hm?”

Slowly, the darkness faded as the sun started to rise.

Laura smiled softly as she looked at the orange sky.

“I can’t see the sun and there is no mountain, but still, it looks really beautiful from here.”

Seeing the blissed look on her face, he smiled softly.

Nazar followed the trail of her gaze and looked out the window.

“Hm.”

Holding his right hand out, a mountain erected not too far from the house.

The sun slowly rose from behind it.

Laura did not question why she was getting such a perfect view of the sunrise. But she could guess he had used one of his many powers to do that.

She stared at the rising sun from the bed for a few minutes.

Laura had seen many sunrises in her life, but this was different. It felt closer and beautiful compared to the others.

“Speaking of, what did you do to the world?”

“What do you mean?” he faced her with a confused look.

“The whole world shares the exact same time zone, with not even a minute of difference. Only YOU can do something like that.”

“Well, yeah it was me.”

“Knew it,” she snapped her fingers.

Nazar looked out of the window and held out his hand. The mountain vanished and the view returned to normal. If the sun was still rising, it would not look as beautiful.

“I just noticed… You really don’t sweat at all.”

Nazar glanced at his shirtless body and opened his arms.

“Oh yeah, I don’t. I can never sweat unless I personally change my body parts… but I don’t do that very often these days.”

“Is that so...”

She stared at him for a long time while nodding her head.

“Say, how often do you train to get a body like that?”

“Well,” Nazar inhaled while he thought, “back in the day, I used to train for ten hours a day since I had nothing to do.”

“Oh wow… But how? Wouldn’t normal dumbbells be useless?”

“It would be if I used the ones made on Earth. But the ones I made… It weighs heavier than the multiverse itself.”

Laura opened the bottle, took a sip, and then immediately spat out the water.

“What?!”

Nazar laughed as he asked, “Why would you do that?”

“Oh, for added effect.”

Laura sighed.

“Well, I was going to ask you to join me in a gym session, but I guess not anymore...” her shoulders drooped.

“I can change myself into a normal human, remember?”

“True.”

“We can do that now.”

“Huh, really?” she was surprised.

“Yeah, there are a few gyms where you pay for a single session. You can stay for as long as you like.”

“Nice. Let’s go then.”

“Now?”

Laura dangled her feet at the edge of the bed.

“Yeah, well, I don’t think I will be able to go to sleep again. So, let’s go now. We will be back before everyone wakes up.”

“Sounds good to me.”

“Alright! I will just wash off my face and brush my teeth.”

She went to the bathroom, leaving Nazar alone.

He saw his shirt on the floor and slowly picked it up.

In his hands, he stared at it for a short period of time.

Should I change my style? I have been wearing the same black jeans and shirt for a long, long time. Maybe I should permanently get rid of this look and wear something… But this is my favourite… Maybe I should start wearing something else once in a while and pretend this is my “professional” suit?

He laughed at his own thought.

Right. I will start wearing other types of clothes once in a while.

He put on his shirt very slowly.

Once he put on the shirt, he looked down at his body.

Hm, maybe I should change it right now.

The black jeans and shirt slowly changed at the atomic level.

The design was the same, but the colour changed.

He was now wearing blue jeans and a white shirt.

Hmmm. I can’t tell if this looks good or not.

The colour changed once more.

This time, he wore grey jeans and a white shirt.

“This looks better,” said a voice that caused his body to jump.

“O-oh.”

He did not realise that Laura was staring at him for more than a minute while brushing her teeth.

“Does it?”

She nodded with her eyes.

“Very fitting. It makes you look good. I mean, definitely not as good as the black one but it’s the second best.”

“Ah.”

“But don’t change it. Keep that special.”

Can she read my mind?

“Will do. Thanks.”

“Welcome. Anyway, what happened to my clothes which were on the island?”

“I teleported them to my apartment.”

“Oh great! Thanks, babe.”

She went back into the bathroom.

Nazar lied on his back on the bed and let out a long sigh of relief.

Solace… I wish you were here.

He did tell Laura he was doing push-ups all night, but that was not all.

He was searching for Solace all night. Again.

He has checked every planet he could think of over the last few nights and at the same time, searching for her using his higher powers. But she can’t be found anywhere.

He cannot think of any other way to find her.

There is nothing he can do.

He has never felt this helpless in his life.

No matter how much he went through, he knew he could overcome it. Even against these Gods whom he is fighting against, he knows he can win.

But Solace… No matter how much he tries, he cannot find her.

He has exhausted every method yet cannot find her.

And Aarin...

He does not know where she is either.

He looked for her too, but couldn't find her.

How is it that on the same day, two of the closest people to him vanished?

Ahh, what a pain?

After a few moments, Laura came out of the bathroom.

“Since my clothes are elsewhere, can you give me that thing?”

Nazar snapped his fingers and a small device appeared in his hand.

“I teleported the one from your belongings.”

“Looking through a girl’s belongings… How tasteless can you get?” she teased with a thin smile.

He sat up in reflex.

“You are not any girl, though?”

She froze in her place.

She was not expecting that. Instead, she was expecting his usual apology. So, this was surprising.

“But I did not check through your belongings. I just picked up the unique energy.”

“I see, I see.”

“Yeah, everything I make, I imbue it with a unique energy so it’s easier to pick up from across the universe.”

“That’s kind of boring, not gonna lie.”

“Damn...”

Laura equipped the device on her chest.

“I don’t get the tingling feeling like last time.”

“Oh, it’s a one-time thing.”

Nazar stood up with a soft groan.

“Le--”

He froze in his place.

The clothes around Laura had changed. She was wearing dark purple yoga pants with a black sports bra.

Laura noticed his gaze, so she raised her eyebrows.

“How does it look?”

“Oh, that looks perfect on you.”

“Of course,” she puffed her generous chest out. “Anything looks good on me.”

Nazar scoffed.

“So, does it make you jealous?” she smiled teasingly.

“??” his face twisted and squinted his eyes in a confused manner.

“Ugh,” she rolled her eyes with a groan.

“No, wait, what do you mean?”

“It was just a joke. What I meant was, “are you not jealous that others will see me in these clothes”. But I guess it was a terrible joke.”

“I see,” Nazar nodded with a stiff smile. “Right, shall we go now?”

“Yes, let’s go. But not in these clothes. You have to change, my dude.”

Nazar rolled his eyes.

The clothes around him changed.

It turned into a black tracksuit.

“No.”

“Take the top off.”

A soft groan escaped his mouth.

“Wear a black vest with it.”

The top vanished and was replaced by a black vest.

“Happy?”

“Yes! It looks amazing on you.”

“...I will take your word for it.”

A portal appeared.

“Wait… what?”

“It’s faster.”

And just like that, the two of them were swallowed by the portal.

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A few hours later, in the gym, Laura drank a mouthful from a water bottle as she fanned herself with her right hand.

“Is there something you love and hate at the same time?” she sat on the floor near where Nazar was doing pull-ups.

“A lot. Why?”

“Summer. As much as I hate it, I also love it. It’s nice. But the heat is fucking unbearable.”

“Huh, I see. Never bothered me much to be honest.”

“...”

She stared at him blankly for a few moments before elbowing him in the leg.

“Fuck you.”

“Haha!” he laughed.

He stopped his work out and stretched his arms.

“I just realised how pointless workout is. After 3 hours of straight work out… I don’t even feel tired.”

“Yeah, well, you can lift planets. Didn’t think this would do much anyway.”

“No, no, it’s not that. I am in my human form. But that’s not what I meant. I mean, for the last twenty years (ten years for you), no matter how much I work out, it’s pointless.”

“Hm. So, why do you still do it?”

“Because I am usually bored.”

“I see.”

Laura stood up and wiped her butt with her right hand, just in case there was dust on the floor.

“How much can you lift in this form of yours? Is this your real real human form or…?”

“No, this is the modified one. The weakest version of myself.”

“Ah. How much can you lift in this form?” she stared at him curiously.

“A few tons.”

“...”

She blinked a few times.

“For real?”

“Mm-hmm. I mean it is supposed to a “normal” human form, but when I was on that other planet for ten years, the gravity was much greater so it adapted to it.”

“Ah… So, your body adapts automatically?”

Nazar nodded.

“Interesting.”

“Yeah.”

“Anyway, let’s head out. I think I am done for the day,” she said tiredly. “And I sweated a lot.”

She saw Nazar staring at her abdomen.

Laura placed her right hand on her hip and a teasing smile spread across her face as she narrowed her beautiful brown eyes.

“Do you want to lick this off me?”

“Yes,” he replied immediately, with a somewhat excited tone.

“...”

Laura froze in her place with disgust. She was taken back by his excitement and honesty.

“I think I might be developing a sweet fetish,” he spoke with a weary face. “Can, uh...”

“Sure, I don’t mind. You go along with mine.”

“Which ones?”

“I would rather not talk about those in public,” she said slowly. “Hm.”

She examined the gym around them.

“Speaking of, why is no one noticing you? Are you invisible?”

“No, they just don’t look at me. Their brains are programmed to avoid looking at me. It’s for their own good.”

“Uh, alright. So, you wanna check out if your fetish is really real?”

Nazar thought about it for a moment.

“You don’t have to force yourself.”

“No, no,” she waved her hand. “I want to see how it’s like to have my sweat licked off.”

“Great. Let’s go to the changing room. There should be no one there.”

“Wait, here?!”

Nazar nodded with a thin smile.

“It’s up to you.”

“...” Laura pursed her lips and started to think.

“Or you can go inside my mind and we can do a billion things like this among others. A whole year there would be no longer than a second here.”

“Oh?” her eyes opened a little, interested in it. “Can you feel it though? You know what I mean, right?”

Nazar nodded with a chuckle.

“Yep. It’s a pocket reality. Move your existence from this plane to another. Everything works the same.”

“Huh, is that so?” she did not understand it too well, but she had an idea what he might be talking about.

“Yes. I haven’t tried this out before, but I am 99.99% it will work.”

“So, I am your guinea pig?”

“...No.”

She laughed.

Laura found his actions amusing whenever she teased him.

“Fine, let’s check it out.”

“I hope you won’t be disappointed.”

“Of course not. It’s just spending a whole year with you… while also not living it. Nothing can go wrong with it. Should be fun.”

“Yes, of course.”

He placed his hand on her forehead.

“Ready?” he asked with a soft smile.

“Yes.”

“That world will be no different from this. Just to not alarm you, alright?”

She nodded as she sucked in a breath.

Her heart was beating in excitement and fear.

This seemed new to her, so she was kind of worried something might go wrong.

As her existence was pulled into another plane and then back within a second, nothing bad happened to her body, so she let out a sigh of relief.

“Wow… Time hasn’t passed here at all.”

“Oh yes,” he smiled widely. “I told you, it will work.”

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The next day, something happened. Something terrible happened.

On Wednesday, ten people entered the universe. Some defeated, some dead, but a few stayed behind.

They did something terrible.

But what exactly?

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Then on Monday, the world gasped in surprise as something unexpected happened.

Nobody knew why, but the news channels suddenly started talking about Nazar.

However, to the surprise of everyone, it was positive.

They were talking about all the good things he did and talking.

They also talked about how Nazar’s existence can move humanity’s science.

He did not like that, but he just sighed and waved his hand, ignoring all of this.

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And then on Tuesday, Nazar stood up from his throne.

He left behind the throne and the empire.

He was no longer Nazar, the King of Chochica Empire, who ruled over thousands of star systems but just Nazar, the criminal from Earth.

As he was flying fast from Chias in the dark space, he suddenly came to a halt.

That bitch…

He sighed.

Wait, wait, wait… First the Seven Deadly Sins, then the God Eater… But in the middle, there was someone else. Alice. Why did she make her remember? What would she gain… Ahhhhhhhhh.

He realised something.

However, too late.

He did not think about it too much before, but now, he cursed himself. Why did he not realise this earlier?

Why would you bring back the most powerful weapon against angels? It only makes sense if you want to kill an angel… Oh no...

“KILL AN ANGEL?” he screamed in space.

But who? Which angel? She cannot kill the Gods, so Arael, Esme and the others are fine… But who? Lucifer? I do not think Alice will be able to kill Lucifer. Michael? Nah, he is working with her. But… But then who?

He bit on her nails as he looked for answers. Who could it be?

What angel would the Queen of Virrasil or that other person want dead?

“Aarin?!”

Yes, to hurt him, Aarin would be the most logical choice.

However!

Aarin is weak, you don’t need a powerful being like Alice to kill her. And even if she were to die, the damage to the universe would be minimal and can be fixed quite easily.

“Lucifer.”

He spoke a name.

“What do you want?”

Although the distance between them was as great as trillions of universes, they were talking as if they were standing in front of each other.

“You… You can sense any angel anywhere, right?”

“...Yes.”

“Where is Aarin?”

“She is… safe.”

“WHERE IS SHE?!”

“Lower your voice, vermin. You don’t get to order me around. So, stop pretending I will listen to you.”

Nazar sucked in a breath.

“I am sorry. Please, where is she?”

“She is safe,” he replied angrily.

“How can--”

“Do you think I will ever hurt another angel?”

Nazar did not say anything for a moment.

Then he let out a sigh.

“Thanks, please continue keeping an eye on her. I think Alice - the Angel Killer---”

“She is back?”

“...Yeah...”

Nazar had kept that hidden from Lucifer.

Lucifer grunted angrily.

Nazar could tell that he was grinding his teeth.

He wanted to ask again about Aarin, but he dared not. He had already angered Lucifer enough for keeping this secret and asking him further will make it worse.

If he says Aarin is safe, she is.

“Yes, I will keep an eye on your precious sister,” Lucifer spoke angrily.

“Thanks. Anyway, Alice is back. And if you can keep Aarin safe, then I guess everything’s good… On my end that is. But that leaves a problem to you.”

“...”

Lucifer went quiet as he thought.

If not Aarin, then I guess it would make sense that they want to get rid of a powerful angel. But which one? Esme, Arael, Chronos and the others are out of Alice’s range. And so is Lucifer. Then who? Who? Who? Who?

“Ah.”

“Ah.”

Both Lucifer and Nazar said at the same time.

They knew who it was.

“Azazel.”

“Azazel.”

That’s right, 「Azazel, the Angel of Death」.

“Among the higher echelons of angels, Azazel is the most important one,” Lucifer explained. “He is one of the 「First Four Siblings」, responsible for a primal attribute of the creation - Death.”

The First Four Siblings refers to the first beings created by the Supreme One.

Lucifer, the creation itself.

Michael, the authority of creation, meaning the successor the Supreme Being.

Esme, the life of creation.

And lastly, Azazel, the death of creation.

If Azazel were to die, death will vanish.

Death is an important aspect of creation.

“I… I can’t sense him anywhere,” Lucifer spoke slowly.

“What?!”

“This is… Oh.”

Both Nazar and Lucifer widened their eyes at once.

“It’s… too late.”

Like a glass breaking, the Ultraverse shook as death itself died.