Chapter 270 269- Distant mory
Void— where nothing existed.
Zach's eyes were open, at least he thought so. But he couldn't see anything. Everything was dark. He could feel he was standing on a hard surface, but he couldn't walk forward.
His body was stuck in one place with nothing else to do. He started to doubt if his eyes were truly open, or had he beco blind.
Suddenly, a bright light enveloped Zach and blinded him for real.
The episode reminded Zach of what happened when he logged into Gods' Impact for the first ti.
He was confused, but he eventually gathered his thoughts and rembered the last thing he was doing; sleeping on the bed and waiting for the night to end.
CRACK!
Zach felt sothing break inside him, but that made him able to move his body freely. He touched his face and chest before moving his hand between his legs to confirm sothing.
Zach's eyes were still closed, and he was afraid to open them, as he didn't know what he would see. Sure, it could have just been a dream, but Zach didn't want to wake up in a dream either.
He wanted to hear Aurora's voice, maybe Aria's too, and perhaps, Victoria also.
"Zach," a female voice called Zach's na.
Zach couldn't help but open his eyes after hearing that voice as it sounded awfully familiar.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Erza standing in front of him, staring at him with a judging look on her face.
"Mother…"
"Zach," she called Zach again.
"Yes, mother?"
"Zach! Listen to !" she yelled.
"I am listening, mother."
Erza frowned her face and said, "Zach, this is your last warning. Don't cry if I scold you later."
"What are you talking about—"
Erza walked forward and passed through Zach's body.
"...!" That's when the full scenery ca into Zach's sight.
He was standing in his house, but not the one he currently lived in before the Gods' impact occurred.
Zach turned around to see what Erza was doing, and his eyes widened in surprise after seeing the kid version of himself.
"What's happening?" Zach asked himself.
Zach turned 8 that day, and he was playing a ga on his PX69.
Erza has been calling him for minutes, but he was so imrsed in playing the ga that he didn't respond to her. Naturally, that got her furious and caused her to snatch the controller from Zach's hand.
Zach imdiately jumped on Erza and tried to get his controller back, but Erza easily pushed him away by flicking her finger on his forehead.
"Stop playing gas all day!" she yelled. "And I have been calling you for minutes!"
However, Zach didn't care about the pain he experienced after getting his forehead flicked, nor did he care what Erza just said. He simply wanted his controller back.
"Be glad that I only took the controller. You can resu playing anyti I want. If you keep this up, then I will pull the cord, and you will never be able to play again. I will also sell the console," Erza warned.
'This was the last ti I ever played a ga, after that, I started hating them. Rather than mories, it's bringing back my traumas.'
"Give it back!" he said as he jumped on Erza again.
"What's all this commotion about?" a hoarse voice asked.
Zach's face imdiately turned pale after hearing that voice, and he pulled the power cord before dropping to his knees in front of Erza.
"..." Erza shook her head in disbelief after seeing that.
"Hmm?" the voice walked into the living room.
It was a man who looked in his late twenties, wearing casual clothes and a cool hairstyle. He was carrying a one-year-old girl in his arms, who was Zoe.
"Deus, look at Zach. He was—"
Erza stopped when Zach suddenly grabbed Erza's leg, seemingly trying to beg her to not tell Deus about Zach's behavior.
"Hmm? What did he do?" the man asked as he looked at Zach. "And why are you on the ground again?"
Zach gulped down in fear and slowly looked up at Deus, but he couldn't make eye contact with him.
"I was helping mother sweep the floor," Zach uttered in a low voice.
Deus glanced at Erza, whose face told him everything, even though Erza didn't speak a word.
SIGH!
Deus let out a weary sigh and handed Zoe to Erza. Then, he slowly moved his hand towards Zach.
Zach closed his eyes in fear, thinking he would get punished, but instead, he received a pat on his head.
"Get up, my son. It's your birthday today. You can do whatever you want today," Deus said with a gentle smile on his face.
Zach's face cheered up after hearing that. He imdiately looked into Deus' eyes and said, "I want to play the ga with you."
"Uhh… why a ga? I don't mind playing outdoor gas, but video gas are not exactly my expertise…" Deus stopped when he saw Zach pouting.
"Why do you want to play video gas with you? You know I am bad at them and I will simply hinder your progress, nothing else," Deus said in a calm voice.
"Everyone in my class talks about how they play gas with their parents. I also want to do that…" Zach uttered in a low voice.
"But we are different from them, Zach. We are not ant to be part of human society," Deus stated.
Zach bit his lips and said, "Even though you promised you would do anything."
"Okay, fine, sheesh~" Deus groaned. "You are just like your mother— Lilith when it cos to being stubborn."
"Uhhh…" Erza judged Deus with a troubled look on her face.
Deus didn't get it at first, but then he realized what he had done.
Zach sniffed and wiped tears from his eyes, but more tears just kept rolling down.
"Even though it's my birthday, she didn't co. She doesn't care about !" After saying that, Zach ran out of the room.
SIGH!
Erza shook her head in disbelief and said, "You had to say that, huh?"
"I forgot about it, okay."
"Can't you do sothing, though? I am sure you can pull so moves and bring her here," Erza wondered. "Even for 5 minutes."
"I can't. I closed all the gates between hell and the mortal realm. No one can enter or leave hell to enter the mortal realm. And besides, I went to visit her a few days ago, she is busy ruling hell," Deus stated.
"..." Zach, who watched all that from a new perspective, listened to their conversion and muttered, "Why am I seeing this? What's happening?"
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