Stupid Steps to End
Chapter 8: Syringe

I can no longer spit out all those hearts. Everything he gave me was already fused with my body by force.

I felt a floating sensation. My energy feels drained. My hands held the static dripping blood from my nose and ears. I felt something was eating me from the inside.

The hearts of the demons refused to fuse and be digested by my body. They rebelled with this body as if they were guarding their house from being entered.

If this continues, I might end up losing myself and die again!

KRIETTES...

"!! Hey, are you okay?!"

A brown haired woman ran in in in panic when she saw the mattress I was in covered with blood.

He held my neck, feeling my rhythmic tone inconsistently. Aghast with horror, his pupils narrowed. He stood beside me trying to process what happened.

Seeing her face whiten, my hand reflexively patted her on the shoulder so that she would not faint.

"You.. okay..?" I asked, checking her condition.

The woman was a little jolt. Nodding his head, he asked me to wait before running out of the room to call his father.

Not long after, I saw an old executioner approaching me. Without further ado, he pulled my hand over to him and pulled out an injection of red liquid from the box he had stored under the mattress.

"Hold on. It won't be long"

".. H, Stop..."

I shook my head, begging him desperately not to stick the shot on my skin.

However, as if he could not see my fear, the syringe in his hand still penetrated into my arm.

Instantly, my body screamed from the pain. A hot sensation burned my head. I could faintly hear the sound of rain. Blurry, I could see a red-horned demon grinning in my mind.

"YARGH!!!"

Closing my ears, I felt that my eardrum would break from the sound of the heart bursting from a demon. I feel like everything around me is spinning at high speed.

"P, Mr. Algo-"

"Calm down. You can't control that heart if you don't know the owner. Look at their faces well"

The old executioner stroked my head, bringing me back to calm down. Taking a deep breath, I closed my eyes and focused myself on the silhouette of the demon that appeared.

I try to see behind the hail in my mind. At first glance, I caught a pair of tiny fangs hanging over the top of his jaw and scales around his neck.

I saw the demon walking towards me. His appearance did not look messy. Rather, this demon had a face that approached modern humans.

He gave off a mysterious, calm aura. Everything became silent and numb in the rain of mist the more he walked towards me.

Watching me, he brought his head closer to my face. I shuddered as her cold hands touched the back of my neck. He made my body numb so I couldn't escape from him.

Giving a sharp look with her golden eyes, her mouth moved telling me something.

'... Noe's'

THUMPS!!

A strong stomp I felt suddenly. Resisting the pain, I took a deep breath and opened my eyes. My heart is more stable. Everything looks normal again.

"Young man, are you okay?" Ask the old executioner. He helped me get up from my position and let me lean on the back of my bed.

I who was still half in a daze became silent. My head feels light. I no longer understood how my condition nor the meaning of the phrase was alright.

"I can hear you" I responded ambiguously. "There are so many things I want to ask you, executioner"