-With Quinella-
"Hm? I see.....Dekarusu Sumisu has survived the Curse Mark... his moves had improve... his speed has skyrocketed... his System Ritual had improve twofold... adding an "Non-Element" with the Thermal Element....?! Now that's the results that I have wanted from him.... and I can't wait until the time comes to have him all to myself." Quinella said as she licked her lips seductively. "Now now... no need to be so excited.... now I need to summon Raios and Humbert~
SNAPPED!!
THUD THUD!!!
~"Yes m'lady." Raios said
~"Yes m'lady." Humbert said
"I've seen the whole thing... I saw of how Dekarusu was able to survive the Curse Mark~ More than survive.... and he was able to wipe the floor with Humbert.. and he slash his entire right shoulder off..... blood splatter... and his shoulder had disappeared." Quinella said. "How do you feel Humbert? You entered your First-Level of your Curse Mark and almost got your life status reached to 0?" Quinella's words had made Humbert angry
"I feel hatred.... towards that half-dead commoner... embarrassed me like that.... snuck up on me and grabbed my shoulders... and especially cutting of my right shoulder... leaving me there to die like that...... I really wanted to pay him back in blood....! I wanted to cut his head out of his body!! For what he did to me!!!" Humbert was filled with anger and hatred towards Dekarusu
"Hm? What about you Raios?" Quinella said
"I-I almost feel the same way as Humbert is right now... but with that commoner... he's really different... his power.... his presence were... Deep down feeling..... Lamented.... Full of Regrets and Sorrow. Somehow.. he's not normal... and that Curse Mark you gave him..... he's dangerous!!" Raios said
"Hm? Dangerous you say?" Quinella's words made them tremble in fear
"Y-Yes, m'lady. As he was shrouded by the Curse Mark.... he was determined to kill anyone who dared threaten someone who he'd cared for... just like Alice he cared about". Raios said. "But m'lady... why'd you gave Dekarusu the Curse Mark?! What do you see in him?!" Raios asked a question.
"Hm? Why did I gave Dekarusu the Curse Mark you asked? Let's say... I wanted to have Dekarusu all to myself as I planned on taking over this world... until he come and seeking me for power... he's my experiment.... as I researched his past.... his pain and suffering... full of regrets for entering a death game since Day 1.... his past is really entertaining me. His "Lament" feeling will taste so sweet once I've get my hands on him." Quinella said
"M-M'Lady... t-that's why you gave him the Curse Mark?!~
"You choose that commoner?! Just because of his pathetic past?! His past doesn't mean anything!! Just because he had a pathetic, lowlife past that doesn't mean he's special~
"Humbert...." Quinella had made Humbert and Raios shut their mouths as Humbert interrupt Raios' question. "Are you disliking my answer about my thoughts on Dekarusu?! His power come from surviving, having his friends and family by his side give him the willpower to grow stronger.... but his "Lament" feeling of his mistake is the key I need for this world to take over." Quinella said as the duo's was completely covered in fear.
"I-I apologized... m-m'lady~
"In fact.... thanks to you... that I seen the progress in his power... I don't need you two anymore...." Quinella said as the duo was shocked
"W-What?!" Raios said. "M-M'lady... w-we've done everything you've ordered us to do!" Raios said
"How can you do this to us?! We serve you like our queen and never complain to your orders once?!" Humbert added
"Hm?! True..... but after I seen the hellish aftermath... I only need Dekarusu to serve me. I used you two like my own worthless pawns who'll do anything for me to obtain power...." Quinella's giggles had frightened them. Then she called on someone. "Chudelkin." Quinella said as someone approached
"Yes Lady Quinella?" Chudelkin said
"T-The Chief Elder?!" Raios said
"I want you to perish Raios and Humbert.... their presence is no longer needed." Quinella said as Chudelkin smirked
"Yes Lady Quinella."
"N-No!! Y-You couldn't!!!~
"System Call! Integrator Unit ID's! Deep Freeze!" Chudelkin used a System Ritual to freeze Raios and Humbert's body
DISPELLED!! BODY STONE CRUMBLED!!!
"No no no!!! No!!!!~
"Y-You witch!! You'll pay!!!~
DEEP FREEZE!!!!
Raios and Humbert were completely frozen... as their body looked at stones
"Hm.... it's about time to get rid of these two... but are you about this Lady Quinella? After you gave these two the Curse Mark?" Chudelkin said
"I'm sure Chudelkin, it was a waste to give them the power of the Curse Mark to begin with anyway. And burn them into a pile of ashes." Quinella said as she left
"Yes my lady." Chudelkin said as he was using Thermal Element to burn Raios and Humbert.
-On Sunday, October 21, With Dekarusu-
"Sigh"
"What am I supposed to do now....?! There's nothing I can do now... since I've done everything in the house~
PHONE RINGING!!
"Hm? It's Yuuki....? Hello?"
"Heya Deku~Kun! How's it going?" Yuuki said
"Hey Yuu..... it's been going good. I haven't seen you since last Friday?!"
"Yeah I know, me and Aiko was over our grandmother's house, y'know to see how she was doing." Yuuki said
"Oh, that's good."
"So, what you're doing now?" Yuuki asked
"Nothing much.... just bored....."
"You wanted me to come over?" Yuuki asked
"Well, you ca~
BURNED!!!
"AHH!!!" The Curse Mark has active a bit and Yuuki heard him respond in pain
"Hey, your okay? You sound like your in pain?" Yuuki said
"I-I'm okay~
BURNING!!!
"I-I have to go Yuuki, bye~
HANGED UP!!!
"Huh?! Why he hanged up?!" Yuuki said to herself
"AHH!!~
BURNING!!!
"Damn!! Why's this Curse Mark is burning me?!~
THUDDED!!!
As Dekarusu had flopped on the ground... Alice had opened the door and see him on the floor
"Deku!!!" Alice said as she sees the Mark glowing. "Deku! Stay calm!! Don't let the Curse Mark take you over!!" Alice tried to help Deku to calm down as she comforted him
"AHHH!!!" Dekarusu groans as he used his willpower take stop the Curse Mark from spreading
RECEDING!!!
"Ok... the Curse Mark receding....." Alice said as Aoi had rushed upstairs
"Is everything ok here?!" Aoi said as Dekarusu looked at him and suddenly had a flashback
FLASHED!!
"Dekarusu....p-promise me and your other cousins.... to stay alive..... no matter what~
SHATTERED!!!
FLASHED!!!
"!!!" Dekarusu's eyes widened. "Y-Yeah.... I... had accidentally fell off my bed y'know." Dekarusu said as he lied to Aoi
"Oh! Thank goodness Alice is here to help you for anything bad happened." Aoi said
"Y-Yes... you do have a good point." Alice said as she smiled at him and he left.... then Dekarusu was silent
"........" Dekarusu was silent.. as he couldn't help but shed a tears.... and Alice noticed it.
"Deku, why're you crying?~
GRABBED!! SHOVED!!
Dekarusu had grabbed Alice tightly and came closer to her as he cried silently
"Alice...."
"What's wrong Deku?" Alice said
"I... I saw Akira......Soma..... and Aoi's deaths.... while I was unconscious..... and I saw the Administrator~
"W-What happened?!" Alice said
"S-She said.... my cousins....supposed to be.... dead!"
"What?! Akira, Soma and Aoi are supposed to be dead?! But... there are alive now?!~
"Yes... t-that's true but... I've seen it... with my own two eyes that.... all 3 of them had shattered right in front of me.... and I was all alone... and I couldn't do anything to change that...... but I keep trying to fight it... but it-it keeps haunting me.... and I don't face it anymore!! This Lamented feeling is like a curse to me!!" Dekarusu said as he cried more.
"Deku... don't let that get to you.... you and your family had survived the past... you wouldn't be in this situation right now if they didn't make it... but they did and your enjoying your time and life right now..." Alice said as she held Deku closer... and he's starting to calm down a bit. "And.... when the times right.... you should tell them... to let them know about how you feel about your mistake in the past. And this "Lamented" feeling will go away." Alice said as Deku started to calm down
"Sigh"
"Thanks Alice.... t-that had made me better now...." Dekarusu said as he started to loosen up his tight grip.
"Your welcome Deku, that's what friends for." Alice smiles. "And also... Uncle wanted the two of us to go to school for something very important... it's for the Curse Mark~
"........."
"........."
2 people were eavesdropping on their Conversation
"Ok... he wanted us to be there right now?" Dekarusu said
"Yes." Alice said as she got up and offered Dekarusu to get up as well.
"Hey Alice, thanks for comforting me." Dekarusu said as he smiles at Alice
"My pleasure Deku." Alice said
"Curse Mark.......?!"
"Curse Mark.......?!"
-Then 3 minutes later-
"I'm heading out real quick." Dekarusu said as he and Alice were planned on leaving but Akira and Soma got their attention
"Hey Dekarusu, Alice." Akira said
"Where are you two going today?" Soma added
"Um? I'm just gonna show Alice around the town again... we wasn't finished the last time." Dekarusu said as he lied to his cousins
"Oh... ok then...." Akira and Soma said. "Just be careful ok."
"We will." Dekarusu said as they left.
-Then later at school-
Dekarusu and Alice had made it to the school safe and sound... they were in a Nurse's office... and they seen Bercouli
"Dekarusu.... Alice..... are you two the only ones here?!" Bercouli calmly asked
~"Yes."
~"Yes."
"Hm... good.... before we begin.... Dekarusu.. how do you feel with the Curse Mark activated on its own?" Bercouli asked
"It feels like my skin is burning away.... like this Mark is turning my skin into ash... and it happened to quick that I wasn't able to see it coming. And I feel different... a little bit." Dekarusu said
"Does anyone else have seen the Mark?" Bercouli said
"Well... my friend Kazuto had seen it... but I've told him that it was a bruise." Dekarusu said
"Hm? Does anyone know that you even have the Curse Mark?! Have they talked you about it?!Bercouli said
"No sir. Not a single person of my friends and family know that I have a Curse Mark." Dekarusu said
"Ok. One more question. Once you've got the Curse Mark... how did the power feel? Did it made you seen your past? Anything that made you think or feel of any regret and sorrow?" Bercouli said
"Well... with the power of the Curse Mark.... at first I woke up... I was overflowing with that power... the Mark was already taking over my entire left side of my body... it spread to my right side... it didn't hurt... I felt like I could do anything with this Mark but thanks to Alice reminded me of who I am... the Marks receded away~
"Hm...." Bercouli hummed
"And... ever since I was unconscious... I saw my past... but I saw my cousins: Akira, Soma and Aoi..... I saw their deaths~
"Deaths?!" Bercouli said
"Yes... and I didn't wanted to believe it but.. I saw the Administrator.... and Alice told me her name was "Quinella" and she told me that my cousins were met to die... because of my mistake..... I only wanted to get me and my cousins out of that death game so badly... but ever since from Day one of that death game... I had a feeling that I was haunted for 2 in the half years... that everything could've ended with Kazuto beaten the game. But it keeps haunted me... this "Lamented" feeling keeps coming and I wanted slash it away so badly that I'll do anything to get rid of it." Dekarusu said
"Ok. Thank you for the information Dekarusu. I understand that you made a big mistake that you accidentally dragged you and your family to an death game and you wanted to fix that mistake and that mistake made you feel "Lamented" since Day one of that living hell. You and you family is still alive right now but since you didn't beat that game, that feeling still haunts you like a curse. But don't you think that made you stronger than you were before?~
"Huh?!" Dekarusu said
"I mean... you made a mistake and you did everything you can to survive with your family and you did. You learn all that pain, suffering, lamenting feeling had made you who you are right now. It's true that not everyone else has this problem before but people make mistakes and they learn from them. What you see may be true or not but at the end, you're strong enough to get through this. With your family still by your side, they forgive you and they still wanna be there for you." Bercouli said as Dekarusu understands what he meant
"Yes sir. Thank you Bercouli~Sensei." Dekarusu said as he bow to his Sensei
"Hm!" Bercouli smiled cooly. "Now then, let's begin." Bercouli said as they entered the room. "Now, Dekarusu... entered the circle and take off your shirt." Bercouli said as Dekarusu entered the circle and took of his shirt and hand it to Alice.
"Ok. What's next?" Dekarusu said
"All you have to do is sit there while I~
SPINNING KNIFE!!
~"Huh?!~"
~"Huh?!~"
SLICED!!!
Bercouli had cut his right arm, the blood was dripping from his arm
"Uncle!!" Alice said
"It's alright Alice, it's part of the "Evil Sealing Method". I need my own blood for this to work." Bercouli said
~"Your blood?!" Dekarusu said
~"Your blood?!" Alice said
"Yes, the preparations needed for this are quite arduous: the users write several long lines of symbols in their own blood, which trail from the cursed seal through the surrounding area. Once this seal is complete and the technique is activated, the symbols converge and surrounding the cursed seal, the blood react like chains that'll prevent the Curse Mark to activate." Bercouli explained while he set up the "Sealing Method" and Dekarusu's body was covered up by blood signs
"Alice... stay back...." Bercouli said as Alice took a few steps back. "Your ready Dekarusu? Once I set this seal, you'll be unconscious for a while... there's no telling how long you'll be knock out." Bercouli said
"Yeah.... I'm always ready for anything..." Dekarusu said
"Very well." Bercouli did the hand signs. "Get ready! Evil Suppressor!!~
TOUCHED!!!~ SUPPRESSED!!!!
"AHHHH!!!!" Dekarusu shouted from the pain as the blood signs were entering inside the Curse Mark
SURGING!!! STEMMING!!!
"*Pant!* *Pant!*" Dekarusu was hardly breathing
"There... it's done." Bercouli said
"Deku... are you alright?" Alice said as she walked towards him
"Y-Yeah.... I feel different... it's really hard to describe this feeling......" Deku said as Bercouli was surprised that Deku wasn't unconscious.
("Hm? Impressive... it took everything I had to make sure the Sealing Method to knock him out so he can rest... but it seems he's got a bit stronger than before?!") Bercouli thought to himself. "So you're not tired Dekarusu?!"
"No.... I don't feel tired at all." Dekarusu said
"Ok then. And remember what I said, I know it's painful, but you learn your mistakes and use them to make you stronger.... and I'm sure your family forgives you if you talk about it to them and things should be fine by then." Bercouli said as Alice handed over Dekarusu's shirt.
"Yes sir. And thank you for this Bercouli-Sensei, it really means a lot to me." Dekarusu said as he bowed his head.
"No problem kiddo. That's what Sensei's are for and some people had a bad pasts and that made them stronger in the future." Bercouli said
"Yes sir!!" Dekarusu said
Then later
"So.... Alice said something about this~ "Curse Mark"?! What she means by that?!" Akira said
"I don't know.... she said that they need to go to school and to see Bercouli~Sensei for it? And Sumisu has something to do with it? And this "Curse Mark" sounded really bad?" Soma said
"Yeah.. it really does... I guess that's why Dekarusu hangs around with Alice so much?! But... it feels really different now?! It's like we don't even hang around a lot like we used to anymore?!" Akira said
"True.. I bet that's how everyone else feel as well.... and I think we should tell Big Bro Aoi about this...." Soma said
"Yeah.... it'll be better if the 3 of us keep this low key... until the time is right." Akira said
"Yeah... cuz I feel like things are not gonna go well...." Soma said