Alessandro allowed his body to ‘it’.
It wasn't that difficult.
It just opened its mouth wide and waited for the food to fall.
Just as 'it' in his body read everything about Alessandro, Alessandro also read everything about 'it'.
It was truly a ridiculous plan.
That kid?
How dare he save this child.
He gathered them all together with the power of 'it' that became one with him.
The alter egos of ‘it’. Hordes of demons have taken over human bodies and used them as hosts.
The moment everyone was finally gathered together, Alessandro's eyes widened.
At the same time, it brought out the sacred power that had been hidden. It was swallowed up in one go like an exploding flash.
"Bo!"
‘It’ ran away,
desperately trying to escape his body. It tried to go far, far away, but...
There is no way it can run away.
Alessandro looked at ‘it’ arrogantly.
'It', already engulfed by his holy power, was falling apart from the edges.
"Oh, no. No. ”
Alessandro finally saw the shape of ‘it’.
Very black, very dark.
The body of ‘it’ has ninety-nine horns, ninety-nine eyes, and ninety-nine wings.
'It' cried out in the light.
“Stop it! I will grant your wish! I, I!”
“This is my wish.”
“No, it’s a lie! I know you. I saw you. I know your desires!”
“This is my wish.”
In an explosion of light, ‘it’ shattered into pieces.
The ninety-nine horns, wings, and eyes are swallowed into the light and crumble like black dust.
“How long do you think you can be hypocritical!”
Did you have an intuition that something was wrong?
‘It’ burned and cursed with its last breath.
“Shall I make a prophecy? You will end up sinning again! You will throw yourself into the abyss again! No."
Then it laughs and shouts.
“You are already in the abyss!”
That was the last time.
The two eyes that remained in the air were soon engulfed in light and shattered into dust.
Finally, calm comes.
Alessandro gradually achieved success.
Only then did the pain explode.
Alessandro coughed up blood.
“Damn it.”
He feels annoyed.
He retired. He's sure he's retired, but he's doing this. Moreover, blood was flowing from his cheek as if he had been injured at some point.
He wiped away the blood. At that moment, an auditory hallucination struck his ears.
“You will end up sinning again!”
No. Never.
He was afraid that would happen, so he ended it with his own hands.
He's completely done with her. So that doesn't happen.
Because he will live his life without seeing her again.
But the next day his resolve crumbled.
He received a call from Sylvien.
The news was that Kanna had gone crazy after being hit by a relic from the southern continent.
'Fortunately, it doesn't seem to be a relic with 'it' in it.'
Alessandro, who gained all the knowledge about 'it', learned that if the artifact is destroyed, its power disappears.
When he went up to show Sylvien how.
“My name is Kanna Valentino.”
He ran into that child.
“What is your name?”
Alessandro looked at her blankly. He saw a woman looking at him with rosy cheeks and expectant eyes.
It would have been nice to have met her for the first time like this.
“You don’t have to know.”
But it is impossible.
“I am leaving soon.”
That's why it ended. Now that it's over, he doesn't have any more regrets.
Alessandro turned away resolutely.
He thought that this was the end of his long first love.
He believed so.
Alessandro returned to his daily life.
Life without her was peaceful.
It was so peaceful that he almost forgot he was alive.
One day, unable to resist the Lord's earnest request, he stopped by the Lord's Castle.
“Please cruelly reject my daughter. Only then will Alicia give up, I think.”
So he did that.
“I was divorced once and have four children. Moreover, the children have two mothers.”
Alicia opened her mouth wide as if she was shocked.
“Well, don’t lie! There’s no way you’re such a light-hearted libertine!”
"No. I am a libertine.”
"Lie! You look like my age, but you have four kids!”
“I became like this from a young age. If you don’t believe it, ask the Young Lady’s father.”
“No! My Alex can’t do that!”
“Please meet a young man of your age.”
After saying that, he was about to go back in the Lord's carriage, but he ended up riding with another person.
He was his old cooking teacher.
“Are you okay, Mr. Alex?”
It is said that the woman who was mistaken for his lover was a cooking teacher.
Alicia, who came to her senses, was very sorry and apologized, and it seems the two became friends in the process.
'I can't understand women's friendship.'
Inside the carriage, the cooking teacher asked with a worried face.
“Miss Alicia really regrets what happened earlier. She said she couldn’t understand why she did that.”
“..."
“I think $he may have been drinking. Either that or he's tried drugs..."
Alicia did not know that she was possessed by an evil spirit.
That was a fact that only the lord and Alessandro knew.
“Alex, you must have been having a hard time, too.”
Alessandro did not respond to the cooking teacher's words.
The cooking teacher couldn't stand the awkward atmosphere and kept quiet.
There was no further conversation.
Alessandro no longer speaks to this woman. He no longer takes lessons from this woman.
This woman was more uncomfortable than anyone else.
Because this woman knows.
Because he said it directly to this woman.
“I am that person... Yes. ”
Alessandro could remember that moment vividly.
A very brief moment when he returned to his younger self.
The conversation between Kanna and the cooking teacher overheard in the room. At that moment, his heart was shaking so much.
She loves him too.
The woman he loves loves him.
He was filled with joy at that fact. He lost his senses due to the passion he experienced for the first time in his life.
In the end, he ended up doing something he shouldn't have done.
For days, in that room, all the time...
Alessandro covered his face with one hand.
This was a habit. When he thinks back to that time, he always covers his face like this.
Because he wanted to hide his face as he remembered that moment.
So that no one can see. Even if it is her, she cannot witness it.
It must have the face of a very vicious beast.
It must be an eye driven solely by base instincts, without morality, conscience, or reason.
He felt like Ilhe would break if Ilhe looked at that face.
But he was already broken.
There was no more room for damage.
"Alex?"
It was the moment he got off the carriage.
Alessandro turned his head at the familiar voice.
At first, he thought it was an illusion.
But no.
It was Kanna. Kanna was standing in front of his house and garden.
But her gaze was directed behind him.
The moment he saw those bloody eyes, Alessandro realized that he had gotten off the carriage with his cooking teacher.
“Okay, then I’ll just leave.”
The cooking teacher noticed him and quickly disappeared.
“Are you two coming together?”
Kanna asked only after the cooking teacher disappeared.
"Huh? I’m asking if you two are coming together.”
Alessandro did not answer.
He didn't know what to answer.
It was just so sudden. And he was embarrassed. So much so that this moment doesn’t feel real.
"Yes."
So, for now, he answered. Just the facts.
Then Kanna's face became brightly cold.
"Ah. Is it so?"
Nervous anger seemed to swirl around sharply but was immediately suppressed.
“That’s right.”
However, she could not hide her trembling voice.
“I guess you had a good time late into the night?”
Kanna is being sarcastic.
Alessandro quietly stared at Kanna.
Kanna can't hide her jealousy.
Kanna despises herself like that.
Despite this, Kanna can't stop.
“According to Sir Claude, there are no more cooking lessons. Seeing you meet separately..."
Kanna said that and bit her lip. It was as if she was trying to make herself shut up.
“...Sorry. I'm not crazy. I must be crazy.”
After muttering that, she quickly passed by him.
Alessandro was about to follow her but stopped.
What if he follows her?
He looked at Kanna's back as she walked away with an expressionless face.
If he follows along, there's no way he'll miss her.
So?
What is he going to do after catching her?
'No...'
Alessandro clenched and unclenched his fists.
Today is dangerous.
At least not now.
He turned his back. He walked across the garden to the door of the house.
For now, he has to get over this moment.
Not long ago, 'it' turned his heart and desires upside down.
That's probably why. Because of ‘it’. That's why it shakes.
It's not that Kanna came to visit him and was shaken.
Didn't he end it so decisively?
There's no way he's an idiot who gets easily swayed just because a woman came to him first...
"Alex!"
It was then. He heard footsteps coming back again.
“Wait, Alex!”
She was running towards him.
Alessandro gritted his teeth.
'No.'
Kanna, no.
Do not come. Can not be done. You can't come now. Not as good as now.
You must not come to me. If you come, then, then...
“Shall I make a prophecy? You will end up sinning again! You will throw yourself into the abyss again! No."
Then it laughs and shouts.
“You are already in the abyss!”
That was the last time.
The two eyes that remained in the air were soon engulfed in light and shattered into dust.
Finally, calm comes.
Alessandro gradually achieved success.
Only then did the pain explode.
Alessandro coughed up blood.
“Damn it.”
He feels annoyed.
He retired. He's sure he's retired, but he's doing this. Moreover, blood was flowing from his cheek as if he had been injured at some point.
He wiped away the blood. At that moment, an auditory hallucination struck his ears.
“You will end up sinning again!”
No. Never.
He was afraid that would happen, so he ended it with his own hands.
He's completely done with her. So that doesn't happen.
Because he will live his life without seeing her again.
***
But the next day his resolve crumbled.
He received a call from Sylvien.
The news was that Kanna had gone crazy after being hit by a relic from the southern continent.
'Fortunately, it doesn't seem to be a relic with 'it' in it.'
Alessandro, who gained all the knowledge about 'it', learned that if the artifact is destroyed, its power disappears.
When he went up to show Sylvien how.
“My name is Kanna Valentino.”
He ran into that child.
“What is your name?”
Alessandro looked at her blankly. He saw a woman looking at him with rosy cheeks and expectant eyes.
It would have been nice to have met her for the first time like this.
“You don’t have to know.”
But it is impossible.
“I am leaving soon.”
That's why it ended. Now that it's over, he doesn't have any more regrets.
Alessandro turned away resolutely.
He thought that this was the end of his long first love.
He believed so.
***
Alessandro returned to his daily life.
Life without her was peaceful.
It was so peaceful that he almost forgot he was alive.
***
One day, unable to resist the Lord's earnest request, he stopped by the Lord's Castle.
“Please cruelly reject my daughter. Only then will Alicia give up, I think.”
So he did that.
“I was divorced once and have four children. Moreover, the children have two mothers.”
Alicia opened her mouth wide as if she was shocked.
“Well, don’t lie! There’s no way you’re such a light-hearted libertine!”
"No. I am a libertine.”
"Lie! You look like my age, but you have four kids!”
“I became like this from a young age. If you don’t believe it, ask the Young Lady’s father.”
“No! My Alex can’t do that!”
“Please meet a young man of your age.”
After saying that, he was about to go back in the Lord's carriage, but he ended up riding with another person.
He was his old cooking teacher.
“Are you okay, Mr. Alex?”
It is said that the woman who was mistaken for his lover was a cooking teacher.
Alicia, who came to her senses, was very sorry and apologized, and it seems the two became friends in the process.
'I can't understand women's friendship.'
Inside the carriage, the cooking teacher asked with a worried face.
“Miss Alicia really regrets what happened earlier. She said she couldn’t understand why she did that.”
“..."
“I think $he may have been drinking. Either that or he's tried drugs..."
Alicia did not know that she was possessed by an evil spirit.
That was a fact that only the lord and Alessandro knew.
“Alex, you must have been having a hard time, too.”
Alessandro did not respond to the cooking teacher's words.
The cooking teacher couldn't stand the awkward atmosphere and kept quiet.
There was no further conversation.
Alessandro no longer speaks to this woman. He no longer takes lessons from this woman.
This woman was more uncomfortable than anyone else.
Because this woman knows.
Because he said it directly to this woman.
“I am that person... Yes. ”
Alessandro could remember that moment vividly.
A very brief moment when he returned to his younger self.
The conversation between Kanna and the cooking teacher overheard in the room. At that moment, his heart was shaking so much.
She loves him too.
The woman he loves loves him.
He was filled with joy at that fact. He lost his senses due to the passion he experienced for the first time in his life.
In the end, he ended up doing something he shouldn't have done.
For days, in that room, all the time...
Alessandro covered his face with one hand.
This was a habit. When he thinks back to that time, he always covers his face like this.
Because he wanted to hide his face as he remembered that moment.
So that no one can see. Even if it is her, she cannot witness it.
It must have the face of a very vicious beast.
It must be an eye driven solely by base instincts, without morality, conscience, or reason.
He felt like Ilhe would break if Ilhe looked at that face.
But he was already broken.
There was no more room for damage.
***
"Alex?"
It was the moment he got off the carriage.
Alessandro turned his head at the familiar voice.
At first, he thought it was an illusion.
But no.
It was Kanna. Kanna was standing in front of his house and garden.
But her gaze was directed behind him.
The moment he saw those bloody eyes, Alessandro realized that he had gotten off the carriage with his cooking teacher.
“Okay, then I’ll just leave.”
The cooking teacher noticed him and quickly disappeared.
“Are you two coming together?”
Kanna asked only after the cooking teacher disappeared.
"Huh? I’m asking if you two are coming together.”
Alessandro did not answer.
He didn't know what to answer.
It was just so sudden. And he was embarrassed. So much so that this moment doesn’t feel real.
"Yes."
So, for now, he answered. Just the facts.
Then Kanna's face became brightly cold.
"Ah. Is it so?"
Nervous anger seemed to swirl around sharply but was immediately suppressed.
“That’s right.”
However, she could not hide her trembling voice.
“I guess you had a good time late into the night?”
Kanna is being sarcastic.
Alessandro quietly stared at Kanna.
Kanna can't hide her jealousy.
Kanna despises herself like that.
Despite this, Kanna can't stop.
“According to Sir Claude, there are no more cooking lessons. Seeing you meet separately..."
Kanna said that and bit her lip. It was as if she was trying to make herself shut up.
“...Sorry. I'm not crazy. I must be crazy.”
After muttering that, she quickly passed by him.
Alessandro was about to follow her but stopped.
What if he follows her?
He looked at Kanna's back as she walked away with an expressionless face.
If he follows along, there's no way he'll miss her.
So?
What is he going to do after catching her?
'No...'
Alessandro clenched and unclenched his fists.
Today is dangerous.
At least not now.
He turned his back. He walked across the garden to the door of the house.
For now, he has to get over this moment.
Not long ago, 'it' turned his heart and desires upside down.
That's probably why. Because of ‘it’. That's why it shakes.
It's not that Kanna came to visit him and was shaken.
Didn't he end it so decisively?
There's no way he's an idiot who gets easily swayed just because a woman came to him first...
"Alex!"
It was then. He heard footsteps coming back again.
“Wait, Alex!”
She was running towards him.
Alessandro gritted his teeth.
'No.'
Kanna, no.
Do not come. Can not be done. You can't come now. Not as good as now.
You must not come to me. If you come, then, then...
Then...
Shouldn’t he just avoid her? But he didn't avoid her.
He stood there and waited for her. Like a tree. Like forever. As if waiting is karma.
He savored it on the spot.
The sound of her footsteps approaching faster and faster, her breathing, the rough fluttering of her hair.
As she got closer, he felt his own heartbeat beating wildly.
He waited for her.
"Alex!"
She came.
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