“If you’re bent on taking my life, then I have no choice but to fight you until my last breathe!”

“Hmph. I guess threats weren’t enough for you. But if you’re wise, you’ll realize that you are no match for me, even if you call for help.”

“I don’t care! However, I’ll figure something out after!”

“After?! Hahaha you surprisingly don’t know when to give up, do you? But I like that in a man. However, let me tell you something, Rain. I know you love freedom so much but that’s difficult to have…”

Especially so for this world.

“If you are weak, you will get swallowed. This is the truth in this kind of world. I don’t know what kind of world you grew into but in this world, strength means everything. And right now, I’m stronger than you…”

“You’re right.” Rain immediately replies in a serious tone, “You’re certainly absurdly powerful, I admit that. However, there are tons of things you can’t just settle through fighting and killing!”

Leyla looks at him in surprised for two seconds. “Oh, by your words, are you afraid of dying?”

“If I was afraid of dying, I shouldn’t have played this game in the first place. And even if I won’t resurrect again anymore, it still won’t change anything. Living beings die off sooner or later; making it early doesn’t change a thing.”

“…Impressive way of thinking, however, you are wrong. I have already said this before Rain. You are mine and will always be. However, I also know that even if I kill you, nothing will change. You will just resurrect, so I won’t kill you, I promised you that. Besides I don’t like hurting my mate…”

“Then…”

“So you can rest assured that you won’t get hurt. But that doesn’t mean that you can escape from me…”

“… …”

“My family is one that has killed for over millions of years. I’ve been living in the dark side of human history. There’s no way, I’m letting you go.”

“Then what will you do? Take me into a captive? Put me into a cage somewhere, like a slave or a livestock until I agreed?” Just thinking of spending the time inside the game by becoming a captive princess, Rain couldn’t help but become apprehensive.

This isn’t a fairytale for heaven’s sake! I am not a damsel in distress and most importantly I am so not Rapunzel!

Looking into Rain’s murderous eyes, Leyla only smiled mischievously and stroke Rain’s cheek gently: “Maybe… but if I did that, you will just hate me even more.”

Rain snorts. “Hmph. You understand me too well, unexpectedly.”

Leyla ignores Rain’s sarcasm and continued speaking. “Besides, I don’t know why but I can sense a very familiar and nostalgic feeling coming from you. And because of that, I’m afraid I can’t let you back into a corner.”

“What do you mean?”

“In truth, I can feel something similar with the heroes of the past from you. They experience various tribulations and survive, becoming even stronger, more monstrous. I might be able to step your head for now, but I’m afraid in the near future, you will easily surpass me, change this situation and escape from my hand. I can’t let you do that, you are mine Rain. Mine!”

Rain looks up. Leyla was looking at him sharply, causing him to tremble a little, what is she trying to say with her eyes …… why is he scared = =

“W-Why are you so fixated on me, anyway? Although I don’t want to admit it but I’m neither handsome nor strong yet, so I don’t know why you’re so adamant on choosing me.”

Rain felt a little bewildered, why does this girl likes him so much? He’s just a human, much less not an outstanding human.

Just why did she want me so much?

Leyla looks at him and laughter flashes in her eyes.

Immediately her face turns cold and she says indifferently: “The one I want, is you, it’s something that’s impossible to change. For you, even if I have to fork out everything I have, I will not hesitate to do so.”

Rain is dumbfounded. Why? Don’t tell me this scary chick really fall in love with me? Just what is wrong with this game?

Leyla paused and thinks for a moment, then makes a decision, her eyebrows relaxing. “Rain, in this world, there is light and darkness. And for a million years, these two are completely separated…”

“… …”

“In other words, those who are living in the light will stay in the light and those who are living in the darkness has no choice but to hide their ‘Forms’ and disappear into ‘Darkness’… who do you think is pitiful?

The one’s blessed with the light or those beings of shadow that had no choice but to embrace the dark?”

However something had happened. And the day and night was mixed.

“What do you want to say…?” Rain looks without blinking.

Looking at a bewildered Rain, Leyla’s mood suddenly improves: “…My kind, has always been living in the dark…that includes me as well. That is why; I couldn’t help but longed for that light which was our hated adversary. The one we could look at but never have…”

“… …”

“Even if our greatest dreams and desires have finally been fulfilled; where the day and night was mixed and so we can finally show ourselves without concerns, do everything we wanted; kill, plunder and step upon other corpses. However, that’s just that. The path we walk will never change … it will always end in nothingness.”

“Knowing nothing other than battle and bloodshed. We had become too used to the cold battlefield while building our nests where the soft warm light couldn’t find us. But little did we know that in the end, we will, with our own hands destroy everything we desire… and then just like always, we ended up alone.

Truthfully I’m sick with this all; I want someone to stay with me, to be my light… However, I realized, even if we are now free to do what we want… it was all worthless.”

“… …”

“We are feared, hated and despised. Fighting without end, and here I thought that we had finally freed from the darkness but in truth we are still the shadows. We are still the beings of darkness that will never mix with the beings of light.”

“… …”

“However, if I managed to have you, a man who was shining like the golden sun, then it would mean that I would finally grasp that which we couldn’t have. And to do that, even if I will become your greatest hated monster, I will do anything I can to have you.”

After finishing her speech, Leyla let out a hateful voice, still wearing a smile.

“…That is why; I want to apologize in advance… my light.”

Rain instinctively trembled. She will do something! Rain thought and became even more fearful. But Leyla was almost indifferent to his reaction. Her body’s aura swelled and she inhaled powerfully.

“Let the rain swept away your sadness. Let the rain fall to cover your tears. Let the rain be the witness for our union…”

“What are you doing!?”

Rain shouted dumbly. But he realized his voices seemed faint and non-existent, and that shout became the final sound he heard.

His vision narrowed and his perception thinned. His heart accelerated – he seemed to feel that, but the feeling also began becoming murky.

Then suddenly, Rain’s entire body even started to burn.

Enveloped by blazing fire, Rain’s whole body turned into a mass of flame, suffering the onslaught of super-high heat that almost drove him insane.

Hot. Hot hot hot hot.

Turned into a burning effigy, Rain screams his lungs out!

“Ahhhhhhhhhhh!”

Just as Rain was struggling in pain, the girl’s voice could be heard overhead.

“This is just normal because the fire element inside your body is a little bit strong compared to the other elements and so, this was what happened. But no need to worry, this will just take a short while in order for you to be baptized by the spirits.”

Rain heard the familiar voice echoing inside his mind but he has no time to care for it. All his attention was focused inside his body.

He has no idea what is happening to him. But he was assured of one thing; he couldn’t resist, as if his consciousness was being forcibly stripped from his body. He didn’t know if he was still hanging in the air or if he had already collapsed. All of his senses left him, and the only thing left around him was the buzzing, resounding incantation and the aura surrounding him.

Stop—

Would that word he wanted to give voice to be able to become sound?

Rain, who endured the pain, started swaying and soon fainted after shouting “Ah”, collapsing powerlessly.

— —

“…Ugh, what happened to me?”

Rain woke to his own voice. His vision was dim. It seemed he was in an exceptionally large space. It felt as if he was outdoors…eh, outdoors?

Looking around, he realized he was indeed in a dark place.

And most of all, it seemed like he was inside a cave.

I can’t remember anything before falling to sleep. What was I doing?

With a heavy head, he woke his body up.

“Why…am I sleeping at such a place?”

He murmured to himself, tilting his head.

His body was as heavy as a lead block, for he was sleeping on a hard place. It did not seem as if he had just napped at all.

“You’re awake.”

A clear, beautiful voice rang could be heard from behind, ringing his head that was yet to be fully awake.

He looked back, and saw an angelic face just inch from him, and inadvertently reared his head back.

Her gold dazzling eyes of precious stones were staring right at him.

Seeing the breath taking beauty beside him, as if struck by lightning, his memories linked together.

“… L, leyla…”

With that, Rain recalled everything. At this moment, he finally realized his current predicament.

With a ‘Hiii!’ scream, Rain’s body jerked back while protecting his head. Needless to say, this was all reflex actions. Recalling how terrifying this girl in front of him despite of her out-of-this-world beauty, Rain’s body couldn’t help but trembled in fear.

Leyla look Rain’s reaction with an amused expression. It seemed like she doesn’t mind it even a bit.

“Are you okay?”

I’m not alright.

I’m not alright at all.

To his heart that was currently constantly jumping, as if it was about to shatter, you cannot consider it alright at all!

And how much shamelessness do you need to have to ask that when you were the one who caused it? How thick is her skin to ask as if it was nothing?