Chapter 25: Unfair Contract
Darkness…it means someone put me to sleep…
Pain…it means I'm alive.
"Kyu. (Hi Luciel.)"
Oh…hi Pandora.
Say, are they going to put me back to sleep, or can I restart my organs without getting interrupted?
"Mimi. (Yes you can.)
...can you share your vision with me then?
"Mi. (Yes)"
Colour immediately invaded my vision and I could see that I was currently inside a hospital room, but it looked vastly different to the one I had previously administered on, as I could easily detect that the equipment here was much more sophisticated. And that wasn't even talking about the multiple medical plants around the room.
To my side I could see some weird tripod with a bag of blood hanging from it. I even noticed that a tube relied on the bag to my arm…which probably explained why I felt more blood inside my body than usual.
But then my focus was drawn to Nurse Joy sitting on a chair with a wet towel on her face. Her usual white apron was covered by small stains of blood, but the worst was her hand which was completely drenched in crimson. Despite having signs that she tried to wash aways the liquid, the stain still stayed on her hand.
…is she sleeping?
I wonder what made her so tired.
After finishing inspecting the scene, I finally started to look at myself, I could see that I was installed into a completely white bed with the sheet covering my entire body.
After asking Pandora to raise my cover, I realized I was naked, but I didn't bother with that, all that concerned me was the new scar placed right on my stomach. It was a deep red circle right below my lung.
Contrary to my other scars that were mostly unnoticed by my pale skin, this one left a deep impact on my body, creating a clear contrast with the rest of my skin.
Well, it can't make me uglier than I already am, but I'm more happy that it already healed to that point when I was asleep, it would be less painful to do the treatment.
I then looked at my arm and noticed they were bandaged by the same green bandana that now on closer inspection, could see a lot of similarities with one of the plants in the room.
Is that why I'm healing quicker?
I inspected more closely the plant used on me before coming to a realization.
It's a Revival Herb?! But the book said they were extremely hard to find, and even more impossible to cultivate naturally. Of course its effects were worth its rarity, as it was an extremely powerful healing plant that could cure most wounds from either human or pokemon.
But that is only its basic effect, its real effect comes from ingesting it, as it can easily heal any sickness, injury or tiredness in the body. Apparently it was so good that if an old man were to eat it, he could act as if he was in his youth.
But there was a side effect to it of course, on the body it caused an enormous rash on the skin that took years to go away, and apparently the taste was absolutely disgusting that some would rather die than take a single bite out of it…wait…
I decided to activate my sense of taste just to confirm my suspicion and…
… hrmph!
I didn't waste a second and removed my sense of taste and even went up in my memory to try to suppress the knowledge of the taste that was in my mouth.
That was clearly a taste worth dying for.
I won't be able to reactivate my sense of taste for today.
But does that also mean someone forced me to eat it?
Who?
…nurse Joy?
But why would she use such an expensive and rare plant on me? She couldn't have wanted to torture me that much right…and she doesn't even want to torture me, so why did she do that?
…well I should just ask her…but she's asleep, and she would be probably mad at me if I woke her up. No one likes getting wake up, not even Pandora.
*clank*
Hmm?
I looked toward the door just to see it opened and presenting the pokemon of Joy. In her hand was a tray with some teapot and three cups installed in it.
The pokemon delicately posed the tray on the table beside Joy to not wake her up, before looking expecting me with a professional look.
The chansey eye widened before approaching me with a careful attitude.
"Kyu. (Luciel is awake.)" Pandora revealed to Chansey, which made the pokemon nod before moving toward Nurse Joy and shaking her shoulder.
"Hrmm…" Joy pushed out a quiet groan, before removing the towel from her face and looked toward me before standing up with difficulty.
She looked exhausted from whatever she was doing before, but she was still able to maintain her calm smile before approaching me. "Good morning Luciel."
I verified that my throat wasn't blocked by anything, before taking a deep breath to take as much oxygen as I could before activating my sense of speech.
But when I attempted to do that, I realized how easy it was, and I didn't even feel any amount of pain nor resistance while doing it, which made me scream by accident. "Hello, Nurse Joy!!!"
But Joy didn't even react to my screaming. "You know, if you just wanted to speak to me, you didn't have to hurt yourself." Nurse Joy said jokingly, but I lowered my head in shame.
"Sorry…"
Joy's eyes widened. "Wait, that's not what I…" Joy almost started to panic, but she took a deep breath before calming herself again. "You will always be welcome here Luciel, as just want you to take care of yourself more."
"…sorry…I wasn't able to follow rule number 2."
She looked at me in confusion before realizing what I meant. "Rule number 2? Oh, you mean the rule to always take care of yourself first?"
I nodded, which made her smile. "It's fine Luciel, I won't punish you for it, nor had I any plan to do so." She reassured me before moving her hand toward my head, but she stopped herself and looked at me as if she was waiting for confirmation.
But instead of saying anything, I just raised my head so it could touch her hand.
She looked surprised at me, before having a warm smile on her face and gently stroking my head.
I know she liked to do that, so it was a perfect way to calm her down, and it was way better than getting punched for making her waste her time on me.
Sadly I wasn't able to enjoy it as much as her, as I still blocked my sense of touch out of fear the immense pain would take over again once I reactivate it.
But suddenly, as I looked at Joy I could see an expression of shame slowly covering her face. "I'm really sorry that you had to wake up during the middle of your surgeries, especially when we promised to keep you safe…is there anything you would want that would at least help you forget the pain?" Joy said with a tone filled with guilt, which allowed me to understand one thing…she really didn't want to hurt me.
Yet…It seems me being in pain hurt her…well I just need to reassure her then that I am not in pain! "Don't worry Miss Joy, I usually send my memory of being in pain deep into my brain, so I can't remember it unless I make the effort to search for it."
I looked at Joy in the hope that she would be fine after my explanation, but she just seemed more complex…well as long as she's not hurt anymore.
"Well…that does reassure me…it at least shows a way for you to heal from your mental scar…but still, how are you feeling Luciel?"
How am I feeling? Well I'm feeling a little confused right now about why I protected Cynthia, but at the same time I'm also a little sad that someone knows about my old reputation and is using it to stop my future friendship…but there's one more emotion that is more present than any other.
"Joy."
"Yes?" Nurse Joy looked at me with anticipation, as if she waited for my answer, but I shook my head.
"No, I feel joy."
Her eyes widened to my answer. "Are…are you sure that the words you would apply after what happened?"
Hmm? It's true that I almost hurt Pandora when I was sent flying by Korrina, but I'm already taking all of his pain, so he shouldn't have felt it…maybe I hurt Korrina's fist when she punched me, I hope I didn't hurt her…but despite all that concern, I still felt joy deep inside me…
"I'm happy…because I now know how to become everyone's friend."
I didn't know how to proceed before, as I didn't have much to have friends, I didn't have any qualities either, making me unable to make friends for free.
But this accident allowed me to understand two things.
I am strong and they are weak.
Cynthia is amazing, a better person than I could ever be, but she's weak, unable to defend herself from other antagonist forces.
It was the same thing with my progenitor, he had no personal qualities, he was stupid and cruel, yet everyone considered him a deity for one reason only: he was strong, strong enough to protect them from any danger.
So I no longer have to look at what other people want, I just need to create a situation where the thing they want is something I can offer.
And this something is protection.
This plan is perfect because it will allow me to diverge from my previous reputation, and instead of running away from me, they will run toward me!
…I just need to find how to make them feel the need to be under my protection…maybe I should make scary noises around the dorm…it could work.
"That's…that's wonderful Luciel," Joy said with utmost happiness, to the point a tear formed around her eye as she launched toward me for a hug. "I'm so happy you're still able to trust others…you're very courageous!"
…but I'm not trusting them? Why would she say that?
Nurse Joy suddenly removed her arm from around me and coughed in her hand out of embarrassment. "Well it's good that you were able to leave out of this situation as a happy person Luciel, but I'm wondering, how are you feeling physically?"
I stopped thinking about my plan and concentrated on what she was saying.
I looked at her with hesitation. "I…I still haven't reactivated my sense of touch…because I'm scared of feeling pain like last time…I might not remember the pain…but I still know it was painful." I try to explain to her, hoping she won't be angry over it.
"The more I hear about your ability, the more I'm happy you were the one to get them." Joy said in a conflicted tone.
What does she mean?
"But don't worry Luciel, I made sure that all of you're injury were gone this time, and I was allowed to use the top of the top resource to treat you with your new statue. So all the injuries I couldn't treat last time were fixed."
…wait…she was healing me? That was her job?! I thought she was just here to make sure I stopped bleeding to not dirty their floor!
…but if she asks me to trust her…then I suppose I just have to reactivate my sense of touch…I just need to try to think of something else during the activation to mitigate the pain…in one…two…three!
At the count of three, I tightened my muscle for the sudden pain that always came with it, but after waiting some instant, I felt nothing…
No, it is not the right term, as I still felt the wind blowing on my body, my breath leaving my nose, my blood circulating in my veins, my heart beating to a regular rhythm, my lungs expanding and contracting…but I didn't feel pain the pain I was used to.
Usually the wind would burn my body, and I could only breathe after chocking every five breaths, I had to always control my blood to make sure it didn't escape into any hole inside my veins, my heart…nothing different on this actually, I still need to compress it myself…bit it currently my only source of pain after the one of Pandora, and finally, I didn't have to worry about any blood or other fluid infiltrating my lung that could make every breath even more painful, learned that the hard way.
…it almost made me feel…"Less death." I murmured, but Joy still heard me.
"One day I will find out how to make you feel alive, but for now, I hope being dead won't hurt you too much." She said while trying to reassure me.
But I was already extremely happy to feel this little pain while still being awake…it's wonderful!
"I just want to warn you, to completely heal your organ, muscle, bone and skin, I had to use an important amount of Revival Herb and other healing powder, so your body might feel extremely weird, and not even taking the fact that you need to be used to the change inside your new healthy body. This is why I set up a plan for you to get better even faster!"
She said while handing me a file of paper with extremely simple words written on it and multiple cute images to make the instructions even easier to follow.
The instructions were mostly composed of little physical workouts for me to fulfill to get better. Or some special diet to allow my body to handle more food with complex proceedings.
But what caught most of my attention was the last page. "What is this?"
I turned around the file to show her what I was talking about. The paper explained something weird, such as letting go of my emotions and illustrating them to make myself feel better, but I don't understand the process of it.
She grabbed the page to look at it closer, before looking back at me with a smile. "This shows how to deal with your psychological issue."
"Oh…how can I illustrate my emotion?"
"How much do you know about art?"
"…my progenitor says that any form of art that isn't used to represent him is a complete waste of ability." After answering, Joy looked at me with a face filled with disgust, at least it wasn't toward me it was placed on.
"Well you can add it to the pile of proof that this man doesn't know what he is talking about."
I expect him to be lying about it from the start because, for me, the only thing worth I made in all of my existence was to sew a costume for Pandora…sewing is an art, right?
Just to be sure, I asked for confirmation. "Is sewing an art?"
"Sewing? You like sewing Luciel?" She asked me in curiosity…but it also meant she didn't answer my question…
No, her question takes priority over mine. "…I think I like it?"
"You think?"
"…Well that's what helped me to heal my wound before…and it also what allowed me to have Pandora as my first friend."
I saw that Joy winched a little at my comment about healing my wound, but after that she looked at me more calmly. "Ah, so you have good memory with the action, but you think you only did it out of necessity, am I right?"
I nodded to her answer, which made her smile even more. "Well there's only one way to find out isn't it? You just have to try, and if you don't like it, you can always change."
Hmm…I wonder where I can find some tissues then…I already used most of my reserve to make the plushie for Allister, and I would need to use what was left to repair my…wait.
"Miss Joy…where is my kimono?" The moment these words left my mouth, a cold sweat left Joy as she try to look around for any form of distraction.
…why is she scared?
Joy looked at the floor to hesitate, but she took her courage and explained it to me with nervosity. "So…your outfit…well…we might have to cut it in order to operate you."
I wordlessly looked at her before lowering my head.
…my…my outfit…no…it can still be repaired…it was just cut…it survived worse than that.
I try to regain hope, but it was rapidly crushed as her Chansey approached me with what just appeared to be a torn rag. But I could distinguish some patchwork were once done on it disfigured figure.
…oh…that's my kimono.
I tried to grab it, but I wasn't even able to move my arm…probably because they were broken…so Pandora extended his own tendril to grab the clothes and show the disaster they'd become.
"Sorry Luciel…but the impact by your classmate completely blew up the upper half, and the other half was completely ruined by your own blood, so we had to cut it to prevent any infection."
"It's…fine." I try to sound normal, but the expression of guilt Joy showed right after showed that I even failed that.
"Don't worry Luciel, I'm sure that you can easily find a new kimono inside the academy or any type of clothes that you think would fit you better." She tried to bring up my morals, but I only absentmindedly nodded at her.
…she's right…they can easily be replaced…they have no value outside of my own flawed preference…it fine…I just have to dig up the trash to find some clothes to build one again…
*Tok* *Tok* *Tok*
I barely noticed someone knocking at the door it was already opened by an annoyed Joy. But her face immediately turned to dread as she saw who was on the other side.
"Ah…miss Geeta…"
Geeta saluted Joy professionally before looking in my direction.
"I see that you're awake King Luciel, glad to see that Joy's treatment did wonders on you." A soft voice made me look to my side, just to see Geeta standing as straight as a stick, as usual.
I threw a single look toward Nurse Joy, just to see a conflicted expression on her face.
She probably didn't want her to enter, but she didn't have the authority to stop her either.
"Hello Miss Geeta." I tried to raise my back from my bed just to give a bow to Geeta, but she stopped me with a hand gesture.
"You're the one injured by our negligence, please do not hurt yourself in an attempt to show us respect we don't deserve."
I looked confused at her, until I noticed she looked intensively toward my eye.
But why would she…ah!
My blindfold!!!
But before I could panic even more, Pandora jumped on my head, blocking the upper half of my head from the vision of Geeta.
Geeta's eyes widened when she realized the impoliteness she just committed and immediately apologized. "Apologize for fixing at your e…face." She awkwardly changed her sentence before she could mention my eye or rather the lack of them. "Well I suppose we've already done worse than that." She belittled herself before reaching for a chair and sitting right in front of me. "I suppose you already know me, but let me introduce myself. My name is Geeta Violeta, the only general of Paldea whom the war didn't stop my capacity to breathe, but currently you know me as the dean of the Zenith Academy."
Are we presenting ourselves?
Good thing Cynthia prepared me for that! "My name is Luciel, the local heretic of the Sanctuary, I'm sorry that you had to meet me." At the same time, I tried to smile, but I was once again faced with a look of fear.
But Geeta was able to hide her fear and looked as professional as before. "Perish that thought Luciel, meeting you is my pleasure." She raised her eyes a little and paused them on Pandora. "The pleasure is the same for you, Forgotten Sin."
"T̷̨̧͖͙̭̻̪̟̂̊͊͛͗̕̕H̶͙̭̭͍̘̖͐̈́̍̌̃̈́̕͠Ä̷̰̬̯̿̀T̵̨̧̧̲͖̜̘͔̜͛͂́̔̊͊'̵̥͕̮͕̭̥̖͎̩̀̽̓̍̽͂̓̈́S̸̬̣͆͋̀͒̏̎̓ ̵͙͎̰̻̑ͅǸ̵̤̦͂̿̕͝͝O̵̙͆͐T̵̗̟̅ ̵̧̢̪̭̼̬̬͛ͅM̵̪̭̟̮̫͈͈̑̌́̆̄̈́̃̂͘ͅY̷̜̝̣̫̩̪͈͈̏̿̆̕ ̴̯̩̠͓̔̓̐̍͊̈́̈Ń̴͓͓̖̱̗̄̍͒̃͘͝Ą̵̮͙̟̏͑͋̓̇M̴̝̠͔̣̈́E̶̛̘̱̭̙͇̖!̷̰̪̫̞̠̅͜!̵̰̥̀͌̉͂͑̎̚!̷̭̩̘̻͆̍͐̔͠͝" Pandora growled at the way she called him, making Geeta wince in pain.
I shook my head. "His name is Pandora."
Geeta's eyes widened and immediately apologized. "My mistake."
Pandora stopped growling, but he still looked angrily at Geeta.
Realizing this, Geeta could only sigh once more. "But I suppose you had enough of only receiving apologies, they probably grew useless at this point, this is why I'm here to take action and help you proceed with legal action toward the harm that was done toward you."
I could only tilt my head in confusion toward her declaration.
I knew what were legal actions, but I didn't understand how it could concern me.
Geeta also noticed my confusion, and threw a look at Joy for an explanation.
"Luciel just woke up from an extremely difficult operation, so he must be pretty tired, especially considering he was forced to feed an unhealthy amount of Revival Herb, as it was the only way to fully treat him."
Geeta's eyes widened at the explanation and tightened even more her tie. "How many blunders do I need to make before finally learning? I know they are now worthless to you, but I apologize again Luciel, I will resume this conversation with you when you're no longer tired."
But I shook my head before she could stand up from her seat. "I'm not tired… actually I never felt myself with so much energy…it like…I can think…better."
Joy stood silent for a moment before hesitantly procuring an explanation. "That's probably because you have less detail you need to worry about to maintain yourself alive as most of your body was healed."
It's true circulating my blood was easier now…so does it mean I can finally use my brain power to actually be used for what it's made for or does it allow him to finally take a natural break instead of just being deactivated.
Geeta looked hesitantly at me before speaking. "I still think it would be wiser to give more space, you should have to concern yourself in the matter of adult yet…I suppose I try to end this problem as fast as I can because of stress without worrying about what you really need." She said calmly before standing up from her chair.
To the side, Joy pushed a sigh of relief, but there was still something weird to me.
"Why are you stressed?" I innocently asked, but it froze Geeta in place. She turned around with a fake smile.
"Oh, it's just because my plan didn't go as expected and I need to remake the whole plan, but it's nothing too problematic."
I looked at her more profoundly before shaking my head. "Lie. There more."
Geeta's brow narrowed. "Are you saying I'm lying to you? That I would throw aways my reputation just to tell a lie that give me absolutely no benefice to one of my student? For what reason?" Geeta still said in a gentle tone, but a slight aggressivity was felt behind her voice but it wasn't directed at me. The proof was what she said right after. "Maybe you think I just give an excuse to leave this room so I wouldn't have to force one of my students into a deal he probably wouldn't understand?"
"Ah?!" Joy pushed a gasp of surprise, but Geeta didn't even bother to react to it and looked seriously right toward me.
"The reason why I am currently stressed and making so many mistakes toward you is because you have the potential to completely destroy all of my plans and dreams with a single command."
…so once more, it's because I'm a curse. The context is just different, but my existence once more caused problems for someone else.
"And you know what's worst? I could easily stop this scenario with also a very simple action on my part, but because of the cahin I call value, I cannot bring myself to stop it. Do you understand now why I am stressed?"
I looked at her without uttering a single word, something she must have interpreted as a sign of being scared as she backed away in shame. "But I am not a curse."
Geeta's eyes widened in realization of what she was saying. "Oh…I know…I know… it's just we once signed a pack with the previous king of Danu, which promised him the right of sovereignty on this island, but as he was dead with his descendants sharing the same fate, we decided to build the academy here anyway…but then you came."
…I see…I still have the sovereignty of this island, which technically makes me the master of the academy fate…which also easily explains the solution she could employ to no longer make me a problem…murdering me.
Reading my thought, Pandora growled once more, but this time he made himself even more threatening by raising his claw.
But a soft pat on his side made him calm down.
"I do not wish for the academy, you can keep it."
This simple declaration was enough to make Geeta push an immense sigh of relief to the point where she leaned down up to her knee. "Thank you…thank you so much." She said sincerely before looking straight at me. "Of course, I do not expect you to make such a concession without expecting anything in return, so please make your demand. We already agree to give you infinite purchase power in our institution, but even this can barely compare to the cost of the academy. So please make your wishes clear so we can make them real."
I looked at her in confusion. "The academy is worthless to me…you can keep it."
This time it was Geeta who was surprised before nodding calmly. "Of course, you probably don't understand its true value…" For a moment, her face was plastered with guilt, but it was replaced by one of resolution as she handed me over a piece of paper. "Then you shouldn't have any problem signing this."
Instantly, Joy's face was full of dread, but even then she still didn't dare to say anything.
Pandora picked up the paper for me and placed it in front of me.
This contract had three closes, the first one being about me relinquishing all claims to sovereignty, ownership, and operational control of Zenith Academy, but I still kept the ownership of the island of Danu. In exchange, I gained multiple benefits, such as monetary compensation, lifetime compensation and protection as long as I remain on their ground, but most importantly, I have the right to participate as a council member to represent the country of Danu.
There were some close additional services offered to me, but the first were the most important to mention.
"Hrm hrm." Joy fake coughed in her hand in order to attract Geeta's attention, which worked too well as Geeta gave her a piercing look.
Her look was so intimidating, that Joy immediately turned silent under the pressure. "Be careful with your cough, I wouldn't want you to contaminate Luciel, maybe it would be better for you to leave the room?"
Joy clearly understood the meaning behind her phrase, but she took hold of her courage before facing Geeta. "I…I don't think Luciel should sign such an important contract alone…he probably wouldn't understand the meaning behind what he is offering."
Immediately after, Joy lowered her head in fear of the pressure she felt from Geeta.
Geeta wasn't an esper, she was as normal as most humans on this planet. But right now, Joy would disagree with this notion without any regard for what logic tells her. As Geeta felt more dangerous than any esper she had seen before, and there was an Archon right beside her.
But before Geeta could lash out toward Joy, I intervened. "It's fine Nurse Joy, I know how to read a contract, I was the one who signed and created the contract of my progenitor."
My answer made Joy panic, but Geeta only seemed more interested in me. "Every contract you said…so by all hazards, were you the one who wrote the contract for the sovereignty of Danu?"
I simply nodded to her comment which made her look at me more professionally, as if she stopped talking to a pitiful child and instead faced a professional.
"Then I must say your work was impeccable, all the council members spent an entire hour to find a flaw in the contract, but we didn't find a single one."
I looked at her in surprise before hiding my face with the contract out of shyness. "Than…thanks you…I worked hard on it…"
I didn't get praised for it usually…so I'm happy to be praised, despite it being done by the person who wish to trick me with this contract.
After all what good would it be for me to be all alone among the council members? Or infinite funding and care yes, but I must remain on these grounds or else the Solar Point will lose all of its value. I will still be treated as a student, so my status as a council member could be eclipsed by my actual standing. This was clearly made to exploit my possible naivety, and it important to mention they made a single line about what I should give to them, yet they but single offer I would receive after, surely to make me think I was the one scamming them. But in actuality, I could easily gain these same benefits legally by forcing myself as the highest ranking member of the school, as their entire funding was technically in my jurisdiction,
But I would only concern myself on these details if I was actually giving away with value.
Geeta nodded with enthusiasm. "I can see that, where did you learn these skills?"
"From getting whipped by my progenitor each time I made a single mistake…he still whipped me when I got it right of course, but he forget to do it more often when I have it right."
This time Geeta wasn't able to respond, as she was reminded that she wasn't talking with a professional, but me, making her guilt reappear.
"…how did it happen?" Geeta said through her grim face.
"Wait Geeta, you can't ask that!"
But Joy's warning came too late, as I was already digging up inside my memory to respond to her question. I always remembered that my progenitor hated me, but it seems I hid the reason why deep inside my memory. So of course, to answer her question, I must first dig up through the other memory I hid deep within my mind.
'Stop stealing my oxygen! Why must your whole existence be based on stealing the rightful what is theirs?!'
Oh right, this memory was from when I learned how important it is to inhale oxygen, without it my blood remained stuck in their vein and started to solidify.
'Oh stop screaming…oh you know what! I just know how to make your annoying voice shut down for good!'
He wasn't able to shut me down of course, as I learned how to sew back my tongue, but I stayed completely silent for at least a month after that.
'What is that? Art? You call this disgusting piece of clothes art? Art is supposed to be beautiful you imbecile…well, I suppose it fits you perfectly then.'
…right, I just talked about that, that was when I sewed my first outfit…I was so scared he would just tear it away, but I was able to keep it in the end.
'Please…please Luciel…we…we just want to live…let us…'
…
… that's not my progenitor's voice…
…yet why does this memory bring me more pain then?
…I should look deeper inside it.
'…go.'
"KYU!!!"
My whole head suddenly shook which made me leave my memory.
I looked around the room in confusion, just to see that most of the plants fell on the ground, and Joy's skin looked extremely pale as if she had just seen herself die.
The only looking normal was Geeta, well except the expression of guilt that covered her. "I'm sorry to have forced you to think about that…I won't do it again."
…thinking about that?
…did I already seal the memory of whatever she asked me?
…what was doing again?
I threw a look in front of me and remembered I had to sign the contract in front of me.
"Do you have a pen?" I asked innocently, and Geeta just handed me one casually.
Realizing what was going to happen, Joy chassed away her fear. "Wait…WAIT! Luciel, you don't have to sign it right now! You should take more time to think about it, it's your whole heritage you're going to throw away!"
This time, Geeta didn't look at her angrily and just continued to look at me with pity, and for some reason she made sure her tie was as tightly around her neck as possible.
"Miss Joy…it a heritage of pain, it worth nothing compared to my joy." My answer stumped Joy as she could only look at me with regret before looking away as I wrote my name on the designed place with the help of Pandora before looking at Geeta. "I just want to be happy, everything stopping me from happiness is worthless."
…I really hate that word.
I don't know why, but I had the urge to just leave…so that's what I did.
I stood up from my bed with the sheet still around me to cover my nakedness, no one wished to see my body filled with scar after all.
I don't know why I was leaving…I just felt in a really bad mood presently…and I think I just wanted to see my friend again to make this feeling disappear
In fact, not even Joy tried to stop me, and Geeta looked at the contract with guilt.
"…I'm sorry." Geeta said for the last time as I looked back at her.
"You said previously that apologies are worthless…they are not…so say them as much as you want."
That was the last thing I said before closing the door behind me, that was the polite thing to do.