I touched the soulgem and deposited 20,000 souls. Carlyle then worked on the docunt for about five minutes, his entire body swaying from side to side. He then stamped the docunt, which suddenly created two separate copies.
He handed one as he folded the other.
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"Here is your copy, my lord. As of today, they are yours. However, if you do not pay the balance of 80,000 souls, I will inform the White Guard."
"Okay. Rember to have it notarized by Administration, okay?"
"Yes, my lord."
After our business was done, I cancelled my death resonance. Then I watched Carlyle's face go through the emotions of anger, disappointnt, and finally acceptance.
Instead of saying anything else, he simply bowed and said his farewells.
"It has been a pleasure working with you, my lord. I wish you the best of luck in your upcoming war. Pixie, D, take care. And know that you will always have a ho here."
There were a hundred things I could say, but instead I held out my hand to the receptionist.
"Do you want to leave? I will help you if you do."
"W-What?" she stamred.
"I'm giving you a chance to save yourself. Co with and join my army. If you want to be free, you must fight for it," I said sternly.
"I-I can't! I can't fight! I have no skills other than selling my body. This place is safer! You are crazy! Not everyone thinks like you!"
As the receptionist made excuse after excuse, I withdrew my hand and nodded.
"I see, then I wish you well. Goodbye."
Without another word, I walked to the door and left. Pixie and D followed behind , stunned by what had just happened.
[Exa, find out who's buying the kids. Ask Bella if you can't do it yourself.]
[I understand Limitless.]
"Brutha! Why didn't you stop Carlyle? How many kids iz he going to sacrifice if we leave him alone? That guy be trash!"
I stopped walking and turned to the Jamaican.
"I could have killed him, but would that have changed anything?" I asked.
"..."
"If Carlyle died suddenly, Arcus kiss and the prostitutes would be out of work. None of them want to fight, so they would just die. I do not want to take them all under my wing. As for the pedophiles, unless I kill them, they would just find another way to get slaves."
"..."
Probably understanding my words, Delroy frowned as he clenched his fist and began to shake. Pixie tried to calm him down by holding his hand in hers.
"D...you saved . At least I escaped such a fate because of you. Don't feel bad."
I see, Delroy had so kind of white knight complex. In this fucked-up world, those who had such an attitude would always be the first to die. But I guess as long as Pixie was with him, he should be okay.
We walked in silence until we reached the eting room that Phillip had reserved earlier. Everyone had already left, so it was just , Pixie and Delroy.
"Pixie, give my soulgear."
Hearing my words, the child quickly took off her necklace and ekly handed it to .
"My Lord, thank you for buying D and I. Please let do all I can to repay this debt."
"That remains to be seen. Are you two a couple? Aren't you too young?"
Pixie blushed scarlet as she stamred.
"M-m-my lord! I am already a lady! I am sixteen! I am from Nebraska! So there is no problem!"
The young girl suddenly looked at the Jamaican and blushed even more.
"Wait! D! I didn't an it like that! I like having you around, but I didn't say that..."
"I know Pixie. I am 26, you be too young for . We're not together, brutha."
At Delroy's clear words, I probably saw invisible arrows sting Pixie. Her face of love suddenly spasd with rage. Then she curled up her short leg and stomped on Delroy's instep.
"STUPID D! I HATE YOU!"
It was amusing to see them joking around. I wished they could find love in this hellhole. For people like us, it was one of the few pleasures we had.
I wore the soulgear {Day by Day} around my neck. It had a seven-pointed star and a bunch of symbols inside the lines. In the middle was a final pentagram, which made the thing look ominous.
"Pixie. I am short on ti. Your two hours begin now."
"Ah! Okay! My Lord, this soulgear belonged to my mother. Basically, I was raised by a single mother who lived and died from overwork. This soulgear had her fate, which resulted from her regret for living a aningless life."
"I see, so your mother wanted a body that would work for her every day of the week. That is why only six are created. How did you co to know this?"
"My Lord, my {Fate} {Compass} directed to people who knew her. My mother was a 1st generation Reaper, while I am a half descendant. When I arrived, I asked {Compass} to show how to survive. And she told to head to Arcus Kiss where I t D."
"Get to the point, Pixie. I wasted a lot of ti getting this. Tell what I know now..."
"Gee... you are heartless, my lord! Fine! {Day by Day} stored the bodies into it. You can bring them all out by calling the na of the Soulgear. If you want to call only one soul avatar, call it by the day of the week, starting with Monday."
Understanding her words, I called for a single Soul Avatar. "{Monday}."
A replica of my body appeared beside with it's eyes closed. I tried to will it to move, but nothing happened.
This must be what Exa said. It would be hard to move another body that wasn't connected to you.
"{Perspective} Limitless."
I felt the connection between and the soul avatar.
"Accept," I replied with my main body.
At that point, I felt a huge migraine pounding my brain. It made my temple throb with pain. I opened my eyes and saw my main body crumpled to the ground in pain.
Even though I was already in Monday's body, my brain felt the sa pain in my real body, although it had subsided sowhat.
Reflexively, I tried to crane my neck to look around. Unlike when I linked with Aki, I was able to control Monday. I raised my fist and opened and closed it. Surprisingly, I felt two sets of hands doing the sa thing.
I tried to focus on my main body and forced it to stand up. The feeling was strange, as if I was underwater. Wobbly and heavy.
"NO WAY! THAT WAS WAY TO FAST!" a child's voice shrieked.
"{Tuesday}, {Wednesday}, {Thursday}, {Friday}, {Saturday}."
Breathing raggedly, I summoned the other five Soul Avatars one by one. If before I felt a migraine, now it was like soone banging cymbals on the sides of my head.
I was dizzy and felt like throwing up. But seeing five copies of my body hunched over made the discomfort worth it. Even though my brain felt like a screwdriver had been jamd into it. I called my {Kist}.
"{Perspective} Limitless."
Similar to before, I selected one of the Soul Avatars and linked with it.
"{Accept}"
Monday, who was still looking at the sa spot, already shared my vision. Now another POV entered and looked at Monday and . Sohow the pain of the connection lessened the heavy feeling after I opened the Soul Avatar's eyes.
I repeated the process four more tis until my brain now had seven POVs looking at each other.
None of them were moving yet, just looking at each other. Still, I couldn't feel hopeful.
"Let's do this," I said with a smile.
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