The Two Petals of Demons

Chapter 9.5 - The Other Side of the Apple

While the reality bubble was on the verge of causing the extinction of three individuals, we enter the scene as Kars-Nars and Nanami were monitoring the students that were in the hospital along with the two fainted "strangers". Nanami knew them very well though.

Alastor and Wellester, a duo that was so powerful on this planet that they shook the very foundations of what was possible and what wasn't possible. It's no surprise that Alastor the King of his entire legion. Being the avatar of Bael, he certainly lives up to the name of a sadist. Wellester is the one who seems to be always caught up in Alastor's instincts, but she's more like the king in this case.

If we were to compare these two individuals as chess pieces, the movements and skillsets of Alastor suit more of the everchanging and evermoving queen, whereas Wellester's moves are more like a king... Therefore, both individuals continuing to stick together shake the balance of power in their world. Very few individuals or even groups are able to rival their combined power. However, I am not able to demonstrate or showcase their powers at this point in the story. I can only narrate whatever the writer asks me to narrate. This gets annoying at times.

Continuing the stroll of Nanami, as he sees the bodies of eight individuals, he reviews the condition of each of them in the underground hospital that Kars-Nas and Nanami immediately transported them to after pulling them from the incident.

Nanami takes a small diary and takes a note of their present condition.

"Firstly, we have Adoren. She seems to be breathing, there's no serious damage anymore and she will recover. She can easily continue her work after this incident and there's no real threat to her wellbeing. After she has woken up, we can take a look at her mental state after the incident."

"Secondly, there's Arjun. He's alive, but extremely fatigued. There's labored breathing movements and irregular intervals of continuous gasping for air as if he is drowning in his own saliva. Kars, I feel like you knocked him out too hard. It will take him some time to recover, but I feel once he recovers this hot-tempered child will begin to resent us and might turn against us. I'll take a decision on what to do with this child later."

"Thirdly, there's Shikith. Servant of Frinia certainly does have its advantages."

"It sure does Sensei. I am glad that I am being able to walk at this point. I am looking at the state of my fellow servants and friend avatars. Do you mind explaining me what happened in the short time frame that I was out?" replied the Servant of Frinia.

"There's no time right now child. I'll just impart you a simple dossier-isk summary and directly attach it into your mind. Please take care, and don't turn against us." warned the concerned Servant of Benzaiten. Shikith was the one of only 3 individuals who was actually conscious and not either sleeping or in a comatose state.

"Moving on there's fourthly, Ramiel. I don't think that we can salvage his body Kars. He looks fully useless. Even if we were to bring him back up and attach robotic limbs and parts, he would still not be able to function in society properly. He'll be shunned by regular people for making sacrifices and shunned by us for losing such a terrible matchup battle. Fighting head on trying to break the dimensional fabric against someone who can light our atmosphere on fire and another who can set your soul's judgement to stone, I really don't know how someone's going to continue surviving with so much backlash."

Kars-Nas took a deep breath and sighed extremely heavily. "I feel like I should end his misery with the way you're speaking. But I also don't think he'd die that easily. He's like an angel. We'd need one of the deadly gods to pull that off. Which reminds me, who is monitoring the reality bubble?"

"I left the servant of Njord to watch over the region until I return. That newbie is still experimenting with his powers, so I left him with this simple task. I guess I can continue. Fifthly, we have Larnia..."

"Yo sensei, I'm up now. I want to sleep for some more time though, would that be okay?" Larnia asked with the most eager expression. With the cute face of almost a cute kitten, the already frustrated Sensei reluctantly agreed.

Hmm... I wonder, if I irritate the writer of this story too much, do you think that I will be able to get whatever I ask?

"Sixthly, there's Clara... her eyes... I don't think we can save her eye."

"It pains me babe. I don't want to feel this pain. I feel stupid." with tears and mucus covered face, Egoister just held her hand. He gently held her hand to comfort and provide her warmth in that cold and desperate time.

"Don't worry Clara. I was able to defy the world when I wanted to attain you. I am willing to keep you safe. I'll break my promise with Yeux if I am unable to protect you, even after all the sacrifices have taken place. Therefore, don't worry, we'll get through this." Egoister was nervously trying to calm his fiancé down.

"Having a strong partner sure does have it's benefits. I am glad that Clara found someone like Ego..." Sensei just exclaimed to the avatar of Astaroth.

"I would say it's the opposite, but both have grown extremely close. It is one couple that I am genuinely not jealous about and I am genuinely rooting for them. On the other hand, we have the disaster couple. I am intrigued and at the same time absolutely terrified about these two." Kars-Nas stood silently next to the fainted couple.

Both Allastor and Wellester were holding hands and lying on the beds next to each other. Even in an almost comatose state, these two were still holding hands.

That's cute...

Meanwhile, a few minutes prior to the hospital sequence, we move to another location to discuss.

Here we near the reality bubble created by Wellester to control and keep the two deadly gods, with the servant of Njord guarding the the bubble. He has to make sure that the bubble doesn't burst, and absolutely doesn't shatter or spill its contents to the real world. A dimension within a dimension.

Bharaj was truly intrigued by the entire concept, and wanted to toy with it.

Then as a normal story would go, a mysterious shadow loomed from the background.

Scary, and the pinnacle of chilling.
The aura emitting from this person was enough to even frighten the wind god...

"Dangerous bubble, isn't it?" replied the hooded figure that emerged.

Slashing his daggers, he tore the bubble extremely carefully and just jumped into it.

wait what?

huh...???

...

I am as confused as Bharaj. Someone just randomly tore the bubble ever so carefully and then jumped into the same space as two pseudo-humans trying to kill each other.

"H-hAHAHHAA"

The figure ominously laughed.

"The hunt!" it spoke.

"Never underestimate your seniors, little ones."