LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 27: 26 - A Tale From The Past (3)
When did things get so messed up?
No, it was messed up from the beginning.
After Louise opened the door, Ariadne greeted them and led them into the dining room with a smile on her face. A lovingly prepared meal was served before the three of them.
The good smells, the warm atmosphere and the laughter in the living room.
It should have been like this.
But now, in front of him, flies landed on his food, black water, a foul smell that made him feel sick. His eyes stared blankly at his plate, he didn't know what to do, but the disgusting dish in front of him was now being eaten by him.
He chewed until the bitter and sour taste was swallowed.
He wanted to spit out everything he swallowed.
He feel bad if the person who made the food sees him not eating it. His sin would grow and grow. When he stood before the 42 judges who would judge him, he might be punished immediately by Anubis.
"Eat well!" Ariadne smiled when she saw Eriu emptying his plate until there was nothing left. Ariadne handed him some corn soup. Eriu froze before smiling as he nodded. Before eating the soup in front of him, Eriu held his spoon and stirred until the white color was visible. He did this for a full 2 minutes before he put the soup in his mouth.
The metallic taste ate away at his senses.
"Cough, Kouhf! Uhuk, Huek!" Eriu covered his mouth as he tried to spit out the food in his mouth, a panicked Ariadne patted his back and Louise hurriedly poured water.
"-!"
Hahaha!
"Are you... good- you?"
He looks so stupid to me!
The sounds around him blended together, making it difficult to tell the real from the fake. Laughing, worrying, crying, screaming made his ears ache as his brain tried to distinguish each one.
His head felt very dizzy and his mouth felt dry as he wanted to curse the robot that brought him here.
Bringing him here as a victor without compensating him for anything they did. Having to endure all those feelings alone was very, very bad. If they wanted to leave him alone from the beginning, they should have given him some useful skills!
They once told him that he would not remember his past clearly and would slowly forget it over time.
But what is this?
Why is everything around him now projecting his past?
What a deception.
His hollow gaze and awkward demeanor were like a different person when he first met the protagonist of this world. Ariadne pushed the water Louise gave her, "Here." Eriu took the glass and swallowed it along with his vomit. His movements were stiff as he spoke, "I'm fine."
"I think I'm too full."
Full?
It was a complete lie. Anyone could see that his hands were so thin that if they looked at him, they would give him a loaf of bread. Ariadne bit her lip. She remembered how often Eriu ate, but all the food he ate seemed to disappear. Ariadne herself guessed that he had regurgitated his food several times when no one was looking, or perhaps when he went to Quella's house.
Worried, Louise, who heard Eriu's rapid heartbeat, knew immediately that something was wrong. He stood up and said, "Wait a moment, I'll get the medicine."
"Um, thanks, honey." Ariadne said.
Louise nodded and quickly picked up the stick that was leaning against the table as he got up. Eros paused before looking around. "Want more water?" Ariadne asked Eriu, hearing her, Eros picked up his glass, still full of water, and carefully handed it to her. Still with a hollow gaze, Eriu stared at the ground without saying anything, as if he hadn't heard Ariadne's question.
"Eri..." Before Eros could get close, Eriu shouted at the top of his lungs, "SHUT UP!" His hand covered his ears before his gaze caught Ariadne's shocked expression.
"Ahh...!" His eyes widened in shock, his mouth tightening as if he couldn't say anything else before he ran away, his hands still covering his ears. He quickly climbed the stairs and entered his room, locking himself inside.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO WIN!
HAHA, THIS IS SO MUCH FUN, KILL HIM, KILL HIM!
Even the room he thought was the safest now had someone hanging in the middle of it. The hanging man smiled horribly as he stared at Eriu, screaming loudly and repeating the same line over and over again.
YOU KILLED HER!
YOU ARE THE KILLER!!!
HAHAHA!
Eriu froze for a moment before rushing over to the hanging man. Picking up a pair of scissors from the table, Eriu threw them at the rope and immediately strangled him.
"Shut up! Die already!"
The corpse struggled, releasing the tight grip that tried to kill it. Unfortunately, it was only a child's grip that could be released at any time. With the rope around its neck, the man laughed as it watched him. All those black eyes forming a crescent moon with sharp teeth, smiling broadly, the corpse rushed out through the wall.
It was like seeing a lunatic laughing.
Eriu stared at the window where the man was sticking its face, hoping that Eriu would chase it.
"... Hahaha!"
"Just watch, I will make you experience the same death as in the past!"
Eriu unconsciously smiled broadly, as if he was happy with all this, before he stood up and took a step towards the window. The corpse quickly escaped by jumping down from the second floor and waited for Eriu.
He stood there silently, waiting for Eriu to jump.
Without hesitation, Eriu opened the window and jumped in.
Crack!
The sound of breaking bones was heard and blood was everywhere. But Eriu stood up as if he felt no pain. He followed him into the depths of the forest.
Caw! Caw!
The whispering grew louder and the cawing of the crow, which sounds like laughter laughing at him.
While Eros embraced the crying Ariadne, Louise knocked on the door of Eriu's room, "Eri, can I come in?" There was no answer before a hoarse voice said, "No, you can't." His voice was similar to Eriu's. The sound of sobbing made Louise want to open the door. Both Louise and Ariadne knew that Eriu hadn't done it on purpose.
His behavior must have been due to his hallucinations.
CAW! CAW!
Suddenly, the loud cawing of crows could be heard everywhere before everything stopped as the cawing sound disappeared. Everyone stopped moving except for Eros. Eros' gaze instantly cooled. He felt a familiar power.
"..."
"Void."
"When they appear, bad things will follow them... right?"
Eros walked to the backyard and saw the normally creepy forest made even creepier by the fact that there were eyes everywhere in the darkness. Their pupils moved everywhere, confused by everything.
And above, crows were flying out of the forest, trying to get away, along with butterflies clinging to them.
"Then she's here looking for the flowers."
Maybe it's not only him who can move where time stops, but butterflies as well.
***
Eriu felt his breath get short and his vision get blurrier and blurrier, "YOU COWARD! HOW DARE YOU CHASE ME AND NOW RUN AWAY AND DISAPPEAR!"
"DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE SCARED?"
"YOU WERE A COWARD FROM THE BEGINNING!"
Eriu laughed as if delighted by the memory, his heart beating faster and faster. He laughed and laughed to block out the whispers.
Eriu, who was in a state of alertness, immediately noticed the rustling sound of the grass being stepped on, Eriu quickly picked up the stone next to his foot and played with it, throwing it before catching it again and preparing to hit the person's head.
Before his form could be seen, Eriu threw the stone hard. However, the rustling sound could still be heard and finally, Eriu could clearly see the person.
"...Eri."
"!"
"Let's go home." Eriu froze when he realized that the person was Eros. His consciousness was pulled back to him and immediately he felt pain everywhere. Eros came over and held Eriu's hand, "There's nothing here.
"It was all just a hallucination."
"Listen, it was all just your hallucination."
"You better forget it."
Eriu clenched his teeth when he heard what Eros said.
Hallucination?
This was all just a hallucination?
Of course, he knew that all the events he saw were just hallucinations!
It was all just his past.
But for him, it wasn't just the past.
This is his sin. Even though he denied it many times, this was the reality that kept him alive until now. He didn't belong here from the beginning, he should have died with his past.
In fact, he was the one who killed them.
"Haha, you're ridiculous." Eriu chuckled, feeling himself already fed up with people who denied his existence.
"Even if you are an impostor yourself."
This person already knew that he was someone else. His strange behavior and habits were definitely different from his best friend's. Eros must have noticed this from the beginning, and that was why he looked at him with a murderous stare.
Because he did not accept this fact.
"Didn't you know from the beginning that your best friend was dead?"
Isn't that the same as hallucinations?
"Approaching me and trying to make me look like him?"
Ridiculous.
"That will never happen!"
His attitude really annoyed him.
"It will never happen even if I die!!!"
Eros was silent for a while before opening his mouth, "What do you mean it will never happen? Even though the world has never forgiven him for his behavior, but he wants to die?"
"Aren't you the one who said nonsense from the beginning?"
Eriu brow furrowed even more when he heard that. If I hit him once, it wouldn't be a bad choice.
"Move your hand."
"I don't want to."
"Oh, okay." Eriu forced his broken hand to move and hit Eros, instantly a flower petal scattered everywhere before turning into a colorful flicker. Eriu's hand stopped when it almost hit Eros' face. Eros stared at him with a cold look that made Eriu's skin crawl, even though his voice was calm.
"Don't lay all your sins on me."
The glitter that fell slowly gathered in Eros' hand and formed a beautiful knife engraved with small details, like a lily of the valley.
Stab!
Eriu moved his pupils to see that the knife Eros was holding went straight to his neck and stabbed him deeply. His immobilized body was soon able to move again and his blood spurted everywhere. Before he could do anything, he fell to the ground and stared at Eros, who was crouching down and trying to touch him, and instantly his vision went dark.
In that darkness, Eriu could hear the song from the game