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4. Contract

As a messenger of the Gods, Arang has followed thousands of battles, saving thousands of worlds that make as the strongest messenger.

He had dedicated his entire life to fulfilling the command of the Gods, to the point that Arang felt a longing for peace.

Arang thought how pleasant it was to be an ordinary person, living quietly without thinking about the battle and the fear of death that could come at any moment.

The day he was finally killed on the battlefield, for a moment Arang felt the peace he so desired.

There were no more God commands, no more tasks that he had to fulfill. Everything melted into silence, so quiet and calm.

But all the peace that Arang felt only lasted a while.

Under the pretext of giving a reward for having completed many tasks from the Gods, Charcoal was given two choices.

Charcoal's first choice will get the chance of Reincarnation. Start a new life from scratch with a completely erased memory.

Then the second option becomes the Support System, Charcoal still has a memory and a small part of his strength, but he needs the host body to survive.

‘Then they chose me as your host?.’

Aurelia asked after hearing the story from Arang.

{It looks so} Charcoal answer short.

‘But why do they do that?. Putting you with me who's dying like this. Aren't many people with better circumstances than me, they are more than capable of bringing about a peaceful life as you wish!.’

Aurelia was so emotional, she felt the Gods had acted unfairly on Arang.

‘How could they do such a heinous thing, as if the Gods indeed deliberately wanted to get rid of you.’

{Maybe you're right. The battle I went through made me even stronger, until that power almost rivaled that of a God. It makes fear eat them slowly}

The power of Charcoal is so great, despite passing through the reincarnation of Charcoal but still too strong. If his memory is erased, Arang will probably live the same life as the Messenger of Gods.

Therefore, Arang chose to become a Support System.

***

As time passed, Aurelia began to feel pain all over her body. There was only ten minutes left until the healing effects of the meteor completely disappeared.

‘If you have a second chance, what kind of life do you want Arang?.’

{I always want to garden}

‘Gardening?. Sounds fun... Uhuk!’

Aurelia began coughing up blood, her body no longer able to withstand the impact of concrete. Charcoal looked so worried, yet there was nothing he could do to help Aurelia.

Amid the pain Aurelia tried to calm down, she knew it would all be over in a moment. The pain in his body will disappear, as well as Charcoal which will disappear due to the death of its host.

But does winning all have to end like this?.

Isn't this unfair to her?.

Hundreds of years of fighting, serving the Gods. I can't imagine how much he misses peace.

Until death, which is the scariest thing for living beings, becomes the only way for him to achieve the peace that Arang wants.

I want to help her...

“Arang, I want to make a contract with you.”

{Don't try to add to the suffering just because you feel sorry for me}

Arang looked at Aurelia with a serious face. In return Aurelia only laughed a little.

‘I can't possibly rest in peace if I let you like that.’ he said in mind.

{I've told you if I don't want mercy from you}

The contract that Arang was going to give would weigh heavily on Aurelia, she did not want the girl to take it just out of pity.

‘You're wrong Charcoal,’ Aurelia's voice begins to weaken.

‘Actually I felt afraid, ' Aurelia's tears flowed back. 'So many things I want to do, I'm not ready to die.’

In the end she could not help it anymore, the fear of death that Aurelia had been hiding was now flowing with her tears.

In a short time Aurelia let out all the hopes and dreams that she buried deeply because she thought if not possible she could get all of them.

But as death approached, Aurelia felt a deep sense of regret. Why did he not pursue what he wanted, if only he wanted to try harder it was not impossible that his dream would be realized.

“Arang, please give me a second chance.” Aurelia asked desperately.

Charcoal got up from where he was sitting, he stood behind Aurelia's head, looking at the girl as she tried to touch her head.

{You will lose your humanity}

He said while wiping Aurelia's tears, but of course he could not do it with the astral body.

Arang tried to warn of the effects of the contract.

‘If being human only gives suffering to me, then I will gladly throw humanity in me’

Seeing Aurelia was already so determined, making Arang unable to resist. Leak's mask returned to Arang's wear, seeing him back Aurelia felt that the mask no longer looked as creepy as before.

Charcoal continued to chant a spell that Aurelia did not understand, the girl's blood was drawn and then smeared on her face.

With only two minutes left, Aurelia felt the pain begin to increase until her vision grew blurry.

Charcoal's voice that did not stop chanting made him feel sleepy until the end Aurelia fell asleep.

{Good, it's going well. Lucky that spell I managed to finish fast time}

Charcoal's voice sounded satisfied looking at Aurelia who was asleep. A hand with black fingers full of horrible-looking stains touched Aurelia's head.

This time the hand touched him.

{It will hurt a little}

Charcoal pulled Aurelia's head tightly apart from her body which was squeezed by concrete.

Aurelia's face changed as if feeling pain, but it was only for a moment because the song Nina Bobo Arang sang back to escort Aurelia into the dream world.

{Sleep that's good baby, because from tomorrow our new life will start}

Charcoal carefully held Aurelia's head in his arms, as if she was holding a baby.

His mystical singing voice rang out in the area around the factory ruins until dawn broke.

***

(Connected)