Neraxis glanced at his phone for a mont before putting it away.
It didn't take long for him to arrive where Alice was, and frankly, he felt a bit uneasy.
What if she actually rembered the past? It would make killing her that much harder.
Nonetheless, he took a deep breath before sending a text.
While he did co off as a bit rude, the conversation they were about to have inside was definitely not sothing he wanted the girls to hear.
"Celina, you too. I want you to stay back. Don't listen in on what we're going to be talking about," he added in a whisper, receiving a nod from Celina in return.
"Okay. I'll wait with Aurelia then. Make sure to send a ssage if sothing goes wrong," Celina said and, with a wave, began walking away.
The other girls reacted to his ssage with a 'like' emoji, and he finally put away his phone.
At least they're understanding. Neraxis chuckled and approached the cafe.
It was empty, unsurprisingly. Not even the receptionist was present.
The only person there was Alice, with her long white hair and golden eyes staring at him with a half-smile.
He approached her table in silence and sat opposite her.
"Hello, Neraxis." The sa seductive voice he rembered rang out.
But it didn't hold the sa seductiveness as before.
Obviously.
"Alice." Neraxis nodded at her. "How's it been?"
"I wonder?" She tilted her head playfully. "I've been good. It's not every day you suddenly have an influx of unknown mories, after all."
Neraxis furrowed his brows. "So you do rember."
"Not all of it. I rember us hanging out and clearing rifts together. After that, it's been pretty blank," Alice replied.
However, thanks to his {Cosmic Sight}, he was able to tell that what she had just said was utter bullshit.
But since he didn't want to make that clear yet, he decided to pry for more answers.
"Nothing at all, huh?" Neraxis shrugged. "When did you start rembering?"
"Earlier when we locked eyes," Alice affird, taking a sip of her coffee. "I believe it was fate that I rembered."
And I believe you're full of shit. Neraxis thought.
Nonetheless, he needed to know one more thing.
"What about Lar? Does he rember?"
"Him? He rembers even less than I do," she replied, and surprisingly, it was honest.
"He doesn't... huh." Neraxis nodded before flashing a serious look. "Asher? Bale? Do they recall anything?"
"Not that I'm aware of," Alice said with a shrug.
Lie, he noted down.
"Anyways." Neraxis leaned backward in the chair and flashed her a poker face. "How did it feel to kill ?"
"..." Alice's eyes widened for a mont before she let out a giggle. "It wasn't easy. You know, killing soone like you was a challenge. Thankfully, we had it all planned out."
Neraxis's brows twitched at her words. "I guess you didn't look past that, considering you died shortly after killing ."
"Hm?" Alice tilted her head. "How did you know we died?"
"Doesn't matter." Neraxis stood up out of his chair and took out his sword, placing it directly on Alice's neck. "I don't like chatting with the person responsible for killing , so please, die for ."
He put pressure on the sword, watching as blood began dripping from her neck.
However, for so reason, Alice was staring at him with a smile on her face, not backing away.
"You know, Neraxis. I never really wanted to kill you, but when I noticed how perfect your body was, I wanted to have it for research purposes. Too bad I died." She let out a giggle as a wide smile appeared on her face. "But this ti, I can—"
Neraxis proceeded to put all his strength into the sword, cutting straight through her neck, and watched as her head fell to the floor.
But there was no killing notification.
In fact, she was still staring at him from the ground with the sa smile.
There was one suspicion—that she might have been able to regenerate fast enough. Therefore, he bent down and placed his {Aura of the Abyss}-covered hand on her face, disintegrating it.
He placed his hand on her body and did the sa.
Once again, no kill notification.
All of a sudden, the cafe's doors shot open as Alice walked in, flipping her hair back before sitting down in the sa chair she had been in when she supposedly died.
"You seem surprised," she remarked. "Almost like you've seen a ghost."
Neraxis narrowed his eyes. "What did you do?"
"I won't tell you~" Alice giggled. "But it was fun seeing you again, Neraxis. I'm healthy, you're even healthier than before. I'll wait until you're in the pit of despair like last ti, and then, I'll take you. I'll take all of you."
"Crazy bitch." Neraxis scoffed before slashing his {Aura}-covered sword downward, destroying her body in an instant.
But of course, she ca back through the door again, sa clothes, features, and everything else.
"I wanted to leave you a ssage..." She trailed off, slightly fidgeting. "I'm going to win this tournant, and I will transfer to your academy. Then I will kill all those wenches who are so close to you... then, I will—"
Neraxis cut her off again, just this ti, a bit differently.
"You said you can't die, right?" he asked with a smile and approached her before gripping her neck. "So what would happen if I just didn't kill you?"
Finishing his words, he suddenly spread {Aura of The Abyss} all throughout her body.
Instead of decay, however, he used Frost.
"Mm..." Alice let out a muffled groan as she placed her hands on the sides of her head.
Suddenly, she pushed, crushing her own head and leaving Neraxis speechless.
Nonetheless, he saw a silhouette outside the cafe, who waved at him before disappearing.
Neraxis tried chasing after her. However, the mont he went outside, she was already gone, not leaving even a single trace behind.
Fuck. Neraxis exclaid inwardly, punching the nearby wall.
[Stuff just got real.] Evangeline whistled. [I wonder if the other heroes rember as much as Lar, or are they just like Alice.]
She said her mories started coming back when we made eye contact, and she wasn't lying about that. Neraxis said before continuing, If anything, I believe they will soon begin rembering stuff.
Taking a deep breath, Neraxis took out his phone and opened a certain app.
It was the one displaying Bale's location—and, of course, the magic button.
No risks, no regrets. Neraxis sighed and pressed the "Yes" button.
For a mont, nothing happened. However, a new prompt soon appeared on the app.
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