
The world is white, everything is colored as if the world only has one color. Where'sme?
Rigel doesn't know where he is at the moment, he can't see his hands, his legs or even his body. His voice did not come out of his throat, he was unable to feel his body. Only one can be sure that he exists.
Am I dead again? then this is in heaven? or hell? definitely not both. Then only a place with this eternal emptiness, only an emptiness.
The thought that he would spend his years in this kind of vacuum appeared. The worst, the most sinister, the bleakest, the saddest, the scariest thing is to spend time doing nothing, hearing nothing, feeling nothing, seeing nothing, without having any purpose, without having any desire.
He is there but he is not, he feels but he does not, he sees everything but he does not, he can clearly hear but he does not. An uncertainty of this kind, will only be found in the void.
".... gel.... Rigels... Rigels."
He heard a voice, a hoarse and heavy voice calling his name. A voice he recognized recently and slowly a black shadow formed before him. Form a recently recognized figure.
"It's me, Rigel. Me, Karaka. I came to tell you something you don't know."
The shadow formed a clear, a demon with four arms. Uniquely the legs are not formed and only in the form of smoke that joins. If he and Karaka were here, would I have died?
"Indeed, but you're not dead. I pulled you into my subconscious with the remnants of my powers." Karaka said as if he heard what Rigel had just said inside his head.
Rigel was about to return his words, but a voice did not come out of his throat. Even his body could no longer be felt by him.
"You can't talk, or do anything physical. Well, let's miss that. I'm here to give you information, just think of it as my gratitude for that incredible fight." Karaka let out a smile that was different from her usual one. Rigel remained silent, however he could only remain silent.
"It's about Lucifer, who goes to hell. The goal there is to take a weapon belonging to the god Hades in the form of a left hand. I don't know the benefits myself, but it's very powerful. From now onward, the fight you're about to experience is far worse than this. Many of your comrades will die, one by one the people by your side will disappear."
Whether it's a truth or just an ordinary bluff, there's no other story about what Lucifer did in Hell other than this. A dilemma occurs, to decide this story is black or white. There was no definitive answer, before he saw it in person. For now Karaka's story will only go gray. But his statement about his dead comrades would be well inculcated in his mind.
If the fact that Lucifer received Hades' left hand, then sooner or later Rigel would fight him as a fellow owner of the God Hand. Rigel has a Void in his right hand and it can be called a God Hand, because the Void itself comes from a god. Its power is very powerful and super destructive, can negate everything that exists, without exception God.
"You are the representative of mankind, and in the war you will be the one with Lucifer and the supreme angel, Michael. I don't know exactly about this, but it seems that you also have something terrible in your right hand. Remember this Rigel, you're more than you think. Understand carefully how big your potential really is..." Karaka's figure began to shadow and slowly disappeared from before Rigel.
"It's time. Don't forget what I told Rigel... God Requiem..." His figure disappeared before he finished his final message.
The originally white world slowly dimmed into an eternal darkness that enveloped him. A moment later, Rigel could feel the warm air enveloping him, especially on his right arm. He opened his eyes and needed to adjust for some time. He opened his eyes, greeted by the ceiling he recognized and the pain in his body immediately spread.
Rigel turned around to find out who was here. As he looked into his hand, he saw Tirith who made Rigel's palm as a pillow of his cheek. His eyelids looked bruised, it seemed that he was crying for a long time.
If Tirith has been here, which means it's been a while since my battle with Karaka. Rigel recalls the time of his battle with Karaka. Actually he is not a really hard opponent to deal with. At that time Rigel was filled with burning anger that reached his head, so he could not think really clearly. It was truly a fatal mistake.
Rigel also vividly recalls what Karaka had said earlier, about Lucifer receiving Hades' left hand. Whether it was a truth or not, but there was no way Karaka would bother to meet him to tell a mere lie. Even from his behavior, it was very clear that Karaka was acting of his own accord, not on the orders of others.
If Lucifer accepted Hades' hand, the battle between God Hand owners was inevitable. Rigel doesn't know anything about the angels, especially Michael. Whether he also had a God Hand or not, but the worst possibility was the first. Maybe the scale of the fight will be much wider and more devastating than I imagined. I alone am impossible to conquer war. It seems that not only I must become strong, but also other Heroes and soldiers of mankind. And also, Karaka said something about God Requiem.
A power that brings Rigel back to this mortal world. Rigel initially assumed that it was just a force that could resurrect him into this world. He ignored the fact that there might be something else behind it all. God Requiem is the song of hope of the gods. More precisely, what hope are they singing about?
Some thoughts about her instantly sprung up on Rigel's head, until something soft in Rigel's right hand moved. Rigel looked at him, it was Tirith who woke up from her sleep. His face and hair look dirty.
"Good morning, good sleep?" Rigel greeted him gently.
"... Yep... Good morning, Rigel..." He was still half-conscious, until he finally surprised himself, "Rigel?! Since when have you been conscious?? "
"Since you started salivating."
Hearing that Tirith quickly touched her cheek and realized that there was indeed a slight trace of saliva and made her a little embarrassed.
Rigel decided to change the topic, "Well, just ignore it. More importantly, how long have I been unconscious? what happens while I'm unconscious?"
"u, um. It's been almost two weeks since you were unconscious. The demon army has stopped attacking thanks to the Heroes. The damage from the fight had slowly been recovered. For the death of the Blade Hero, it is still not decided whether to reveal it to the crowd or not. Then, for one of your colleagues named Nisa..." Rigel interrupts before Tirith finishes.
"—Enough. I have understood the outline of the story. So, how did Misa react after learning of her twin brother's death?"
Tirith put on a sad face, "Um, she looks so sad that she shut herself up for a few days. But now he was fine and could slowly let go."
"Then, what about you, why are you here?"
"I heard that you were unconscious, so I forced your soldiers who were about to return to take me with them to meet you and be the one to take care of you." His face was slightly flushed as he said that.
"That's fine if nothing else happens."
Rigel breathed a sigh of relief.
"There's one more thing." Hearing that, Rigel again glanced at Tirith with interest.
"The Wand Hero has regained consciousness. But why is he now so much wiser and more authoritative. Now, he's helping His Majesty Asoka clean up the mess."
"uh? are you delirious? there's no way the Monkey can rule a country." Rigel really can't believe that. His judgment of Ozaru is that of a foolish Monkey who knows how to speak and use weapons.
Rigel tried to get out of his bed, but the pain stabbed his entire body like it was rained down by hundreds of needles. Tirith frantically stood up and laid Rigel back down.
"You can't get up first! the wound on your body is still quite severe despite having been aided with magic. As your personal nurse, I forbid you from moving, no matter what." Tirith puffed out her chest with a pride that Rigel did not understand.
Which got Rigel interested, "Personal nurse, huh? then you'll help me with anything that has to do with physical action?"
Tirith excitedly nodded, Um! tell me what you need then I will prepare it!"
She seemed very enthusiastic about playing the role of Rigel's personal nurse. An evil smile grew on Rigel's lips.
"Then can you help me take off my clothes? it feels really hot in here, and my clothes are probably full of sweat."
Right now the clothes Rigel uses are just his trousers. Her upper body was filled with bandages so she did not use her clothes.
"M-ma-you mean, the clothes on the b-down there?" He was shy and blushing.
"of course. Take it easy, 'it' won't bite you all of a sudden." A happy smile reappeared on Rigel's lips. It was such a fun pastime to tease Tirith with such a dirty thing, "Why do you have any doubts? didn't you ask me to do that last time? where was your confidence at that time?" Rigel continued to tease her nonstop until Tirith's face was completely red.
"B-b-b-well..." Embarrassed and closing his eyes, Tirith grabbed Rigel's trousers and was about to lower them until the door opened.
"Wah-wah, it seems that I came at an inopportune time huh. I'll be back in half an hour."
"Tu-wait! you misunderstood me!" Tirith stopped Ozaru who was about to close the door and leave. Hearing that Ozaru turned around and walked into Rigel's room.
"Well, I won't say anything because it's spring. It's only natural that the females want to grow crops with the man she loves." Ozaru said nonchalantly while smiling little.
Rigel silently looked at Ozaru who was walking calmly towards his side. It is true that there are major changes happening to Ozaru, especially the presence and charisma he emits.
Ozaru begins, "You seem to have heard and realized that change is happening to me right, Rigel." Ozaru smiled, seeing that Rigel had confirmed to himself that what Tirith was telling was true.
Rigel snorted, "It seems to be true. So, there's no way you came here just for that, right? could it be about your tail disappearing? Rigel smiled slightly mockingly. He did not have that theory about his tail was related to his change. This is based only on Rigel's instinct and sharpness.
Ozaru snorted happily and slightly amusedly, "Haha, I didn't think you were still this sharp despite being on the verge of death."
"Well, that's how it is, and also, this is the first time I've heard sarcasm from you, Ozaru." Rigel also laughed amusedly and looked at the girl next to him, "Can you leave me alone with Ozaru, Tirith? it doesn't seem like a conversation outsiders can hear."
"Y-yes, okay. I'll keep it in front of the door, maybe someone's approaching." Tirith without saying anything else went outside Rigel's room.
The room became quiet since the sound of the door closing. Rigel just kept quiet and waited for Ozaru to say first. There are some concerns growing in Rigel's mind. Ozaru today is different from what he used to know, he is now probably much smarter than he used to be. The proof is that he can rule the Region, although Rigel is not sure what he is doing.
There are also concerns about Ozaru rebelling or opposing Rigel. If that was the case, then it would be very troublesome to pull him back to his side. What is worrying is that Takatsumi exploits Ozaru's rebellion and pulls him to his side to fight Rigel. Well, chances are it didn't happen, from the look on Ozaru's face and the atmosphere, it's serious talk.
Rigel continues to wait for Ozaru who until now has not spoken. It seemed that this was not something easy for him to talk about. After some time in silence, Ozaru finally opened his mouth.
"As you may have guessed, the thing I want to talk to you about is this change in my nature. This change is not something without an unclear cause. It has to do with my tail and the curse I've been carrying since birth."
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