See, You Are In A Different World

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Small droplets fell from the moist ceiling to the grassy grounds, it was continuous to hear droplets to fall and echoed in the dark chamber. The atmosphere here was eerie and if an innocent soul came in here, nightmares would visit them on every sleep he takes. Despite how this place is filled with nightmares, someone dwells among this abandoned mansion.

As the smoke began to clear, Ampate looked around as she hurriedly ran away from something, she continued running until she stopped at one large room, it was a hall. The place has couches but weeds and other plants already grow and take shelter on this abandoned site. As she walked into the halls, a voice echoed in the room, it felt like someone was giving a pleasant talk with a medium voice range.

"Ampate, you seemed to arrive very early." Said by one of the people living in this environment, he was wearing full red while he cleansed his dagger.

"At least better than you in every way," Ampate said in her comeback, there was no fighting between the two or even they stared at each other. The person continued cleaning his dagger and then spoke in a deep cold voice.

"Your mask seems to be broken." He said, Ampate speechless as she looked at him, he wasn't looking at all, he continued cleaning his dagger. She just ignored him and continued running through the hallway.

'What an asshole.' Ampate cussed in her thoughts as she continued running. She finally stopped at the end of the hallway, in the middle of it was a Throne and two pillars were standing beside it.

"Sir," Ampate said as she kneeled from the throne, someone was sitting there and looking at her. His body couldn't be recognized because of the lack of lighting and just giving him a silhouette.

"Ampate, any status to share?" the man behind in the shadows said while he was comfortably sitting on the throne.

"Just some bad news sir." Ampate fearfully said. The man didn't sign or was disappointed, he was sitting there and had no reactions, just like a statue.

"I was defeated by them and Hässlicher was with them," Ampate stated, she was afraid of what to happen but it didn't. It was quite in the throne room, there was no sound of any air or anything.

"I see, you can leave now." The man said, she nodded and stood up as she thought she would be punished but no.

"Thank you, master." She said as she left the throne room with embarrassment. She knows she is a goddess of trickery but from what happened, she was tricked.

As she walked through the hallway, the humiliation was on her back and her title was ruined, she knew what to do now, anger was now the fuel of her revenge on why she wanted to end all of the four. Back in the throne room, the man stood up and the doors were closed. He began walking back and forth and his heavy footsteps echoed in the small throne room, he was thinking of something and then he touched one of his scars. He recalled the pain from the past week after his near-death experience, luckily he survived from the river and left for the United States.

"So they are here as well?..." The man stated as he realized his safe zone was no longer safe as fate twisted its turn and decided to run after him.

"Our battle was the first of the many Troy, but I am always one step ahead of you." He said as he began morphing a nearby plant into a monitor of a live CCTV footage of the five in the hotel, split up in different rooms, and saw Troy, Hasslicher, and Ayame were looking at the map.

“So they are trying to find me then, good luck if so.” Tachibana laughed after looking at it as dark clouds began bursting out from different holes and winds slowly became stronger and stronger as he continued laughing. With the dead souls, deities, and spirits he has, it would be no problem.

Meanwhile, back at the group, they were in their room and locking the doors while Heather rebuilt the broken glass after what Amis did earlier. In what was a surprise, Ayame slowly felt guilt as she realized she slowly became weaker and weaker for some reason. 

“You okay?” Tro asked as the succubi gradually weaker, without a second thought, he then told Hasslicher to carry her and bring her to Heather’s. He kicked the door as they saw Amis drawing out his sword while Heather was fixing the glass.

“Heather, can you heal Ayame?” Troy asked in a hurry.

“Yes, of course, what’s the matter?” She said as Hasslicher then show Ayame who was feeling ill, the angel stopped and went directly to Ayame. The succubi were groaning as they realize she was having a fever. 

“What happened?” Heather asked as she tapped her palm to Ayame’s forehead to heal her from the sickness, this was the first time an angel healed a succubus [who is the opposite of each other]. 

“I don’t know as well,” Troy said as he wasn’t sure how did that happen but there was one thing that sparked in his mind and that was Tachibana.

“After this, we have to find Tachibana. Now.” Troy said in assurance, after the healing, Ayame slowly stood up in relief as they started to agree, knowing that he’s close to the succubus as a friend, and he doesn’t want to see anyone he cares to get hurt.

“We’re leaving, now,” Heather said as she stood up after healing the succubus, the four looked at each other as they started agreeing on this dangerous task. 

They look at the window, which is half done, Heather then grabbed Amis as the group jumped out and started the journey to a road with no assurance for their safety but would price something very important for them, a life.