Overluck MC

"Saaya, get me a Hibernation Coffin." Sai said to Saaya while holding the unconscious Miu.

{Okay.} Saaya who knows Sai's condition, didn't speak more than necessary.

"Did you really think I forgot about you?" (Sai)

Sai didn't speak to Miu but to the three ornaments in her possession.

"The circ.u.mstances have changed. At first, I plan to use all of you as test subjects, but now that I see you in reality, that changed. I'm going to dispose all of you." As soon Sai said this, the three accessories begun to release more Evil Energy in attempt to wake Miu.

"Very disgusting. You three still cling to a frail girl to protect yourselves instead of doing it yourselves? It's useless. The sub-skill of my Lord of the Forsaken Land, Forsaken Land is holding that girl. One of the abilities of the Forsaken Land is to convert Evil-attributed Energies into its own energy. Unfortunately for you, its energy capacity is infinite. Forsaken Land is one of the Legendary Lands during the Primordial Era. Did you really think you can escape my land?" Sai ordered the darkness to destroy the Cursed Objects and to devour their Evil-Attributed Energy.

"Yukina, put out every Cursed Object that we found." (Sai)

{You will destroy them, right? Got it.} (Yukina)

As soon the Cursed Objects appeared, Sai did the same thing to them.

After that, he laid Miu to the Hibernation Coffin and put the coffin to his inventory.

{Kaiku-san may I talk to you?} (Sayo)

"What is it?" (Sai)

{About this.} (Sayo)

[Grand Quest: Preventing the Cursed Masterpiece to get out of the Sealed Forest. (Complete)]

[Hidden Quest: Sending off all the original Guardians of Temple of Martial Pursuit. (Complete)]

[Hidden Quest: Destroy all the Cursed Objects in the Sealed Forest. (Complete)]

[Hidden Quest: Kill all Corrupted Monsters in the Sealed Forest. (Complete)]

[Rewards: Nirvana Flame (SSS)

Ten Thousand Colored Stagnation (S)

Poison Pill]

"Not bad. I want to learn the three skills now, is that possible?" (Sai)

{It is. I have done it now.} (Sayo)

"It's time for me to get out of here." (Sai)

Sai didn't choose to use the teleport crystal nor did he use Godspeed. He is just walking now. He wanted time to think what he will do about those two. The choice he will make will certainly affect his future plans and path.

Sai knows himself best. He knew that if tried to save those two, he would take advantage of their condition to make them his own possessions. He is an opportunist at heart that will take advantage of anything.

That's why he kept his distance from others. When he read the records in his Akashic Records: Dawn, he also knew that the him in his first life did the same.

Once he wanted something, he will get it by hook or by crook. Especially the conditions of those two, is very appealing to him.

The situation is very convenient to Sai. But Sai hesitates. The root of this hesitation is his respect to the freewill of others.

This is one of the contradictions inside Sai.

"What should I do? If I save them, then it will be an avalanche, it cannot be stopped once started. Then, should I dispose of them? But I can't do it. Being human is difficult, suppressing one's d.e.s.i.r.e took so much effort. I want it and I can't have it. Dying is much better, I don't need to face this when I'm dead." (Sai)

{Why don't you follow that d.e.s.i.r.e?} (Yukina)

"Why should I do that? It will never produce anything good. It will only be a twisted product." (Sai)

{There it is, your usual self-control. The only reason you were able to reach the vantage of god, that the Old Buddhist describe, is because of the extreme self-control. You used everything that can be used as a reason to restrain yourself. It's the same as your second life.} (Yukina)

{You were picked up by Sensho Kaiku to be the Ninth Head. He raised because of the promise with the Seventh Head. His condition for you to inherit the position is to kill him. But all of that is a farce. In reality, it was just to buy time. He can't break his promise to Seventh, if he can, he already killed you. Why? Because he saw the darkness inside you. He determined you as human that mustn't exists, he thought of this when he picked you at the age of 4-years-old. In the end, when you achieved the condition, he already set-up a bomb. The deathmatch is just a distraction for you stay until the bomb detonates. You stayed even if you're aware because of the despair you felt when the person who take care of you wanted you dead all these years. You just wanted to die at that time.} (Yukina)

{Despite of your wish to die, you survived. And after you inherit the position, you were assaulted by Sensho's loyal subordinates. He already predicted that you will survive and left his subordinates to finish you. You encountered countless assassinations, it is not those bounty hunter or enemy clan that wanted to finish you off, but Sensho's subordinates. You trusted them at some degree, so you weren't able to pinpoint them early. Even so, you did your duty to protect your country from hidden threats. No words of gratitude nor sing of praises, only poisoned wine and bullets at night are the things that you received. Playing games or spending carelessly is your stress reliever. You make it look like you were having fun or content at the things in the present. You never attempted to get a lover nor seek a friend, not because you don't need them but because it will endanger their lives. You only live for your duties and responsibilities. You deceived others and yourself, that you are doing what you want. This is the origin of your Trickster Skill.} (Yukina)

{You deceived yourself over and over, until you lost your emotions and the satisfaction of doing your duty became the truth. Your principles, they are only chains you used to chain yourself. You forgotten your original d.e.s.i.r.es along with your emotions. You slaughtered the threats for the society, you ruined those who are corrupt, and reduced yourself as cog in the machine known as society. The society that time can't live without the Ninth Head.} (Yukina)

{But the present is different. The society that needs the Kaiku Clan is gone. The Kaiku Clan that needs the Ninth Head is gone. Isn't it time to do what you truly d.e.s.i.r.e?}

"Then turn my back on everything that I built and make it a lie? You know that isn't the right choice." (Sai)

{No, I don't have the concept of good and evil. I only want what you d.e.s.i.r.e. I know how much yourself hold back. I know how much you curse yourself because of your nature. I know how much you sacrificed to gain the ability to perform those duties. I know how much did you endured for the sake of others. But every time you do those things, you will always hurt yourself. You endured the pain that you lost your sense of pain, emotionally and physically.} (Yukina)

{I know that I don't have the qualifications to say this. First of all, I'm just a machine that barely knew human nature. Everything I saw is from your memories and I didn't experience it myself. And you only view me as a partner that you can trust and we only be together for 5 days at most. However...however...…} (Yukina)

[Congratulations your System Terminal#000 is the first to gain the human nature. Your System Terminal has been awarded by the Personification Ability.]

Sai ignored this announcement because he is being shaken by Yukina's attitude.

He didn't notice the particles of light materializing. He only noticed the strange happenings when a girl appeared in front of him.

She has sharp gold eyes and her long silver hair. Her long forelocks rest over her shoulders and her bangs just reach her eyes. Her attire is a white buttoned up shirt with frills and knee-length black pencil skirt complimented by a black butterfly hairpin on her hair and black bracelet with a rose design.

She held her hands in her c.h.e.s.ts while her eyes are about to let out tears. She struggles to speak and finally she speaks:

"The five days, the five days that we are together…is something that is irreplaceable to me. Even if our interactions are short, even if you think as casual one, that is special to me. And before I knew it, I loved you. Even though the Yukina that you love is from the fiction and not me, the memories and your fantasies that has Yukina on it as my base, I'm not the real thing. Even so, I loved you. You, have given me my name. You, have given me a personality. You, who have given me human nature. You, who have given me a human heart. You, who have given me love. I have fallen in love with you." (Yukina)

"That's why I hated the times that you were hurt. I hate the people who hurt you. I hate the people who isolated you. I hate the people who betrayed you. I hate the people who made you a machine. I hated the people who forced the everything on you. I hated the world because it didn't give you happiness. I hate the world because it deprived you of your emotions." (Yukina)

"I hated all of them because they made you suffer. I hated your self-control because it already took everything from you. I don't want to see you suffering because I love you. I'm only saying these things for one reason." (Yukina)

"It's because, I want the person I love to be happy." (Yukina)