Transformation(1/2)

an almost destroyed city burned beneath a serene blue ocean almost completely transparent. Some dark patches were polluting the ocean preventing it from being completely transparent.

That was Alecs' inner world. And by the way, he was sitting in a clear part of the ocean with his legs crossed and looking like he was meditating.

His body was full of black tattoos that seemed to be made purely out of darkness itself. A black aura came out of his body, the aura was horrifying to the point of making anyone with the slightest bit of high preservation shiver.

His eyes were closed not showing any kind of sign of being awake, he looked like he was sleeping.

Until the Sounds of footsteps and light laughter heard around him. Alecs slowly opened his eyes, Bright red was the colour of his eyes.

Not the red with a cold glint of homunculus eyes. They were wild reds that looked like the ferocity of a hungry predator that would destroy everything around it for food.

"You finally showed up, I've been waiting for you, Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern" Alecs words were cold and emotionless.

A few meters away, focused on Alecs' eyes, blue and black smoke began to form. The smoke soon took the form of a white-haired woman very much like Alecs.

She had the same red eyes as he did, just cold bright red eyes. Despite having the same features as Alecs' eyes, her eyes had the red of a homunculus.

Her body is like the body of alecs completely possessed by tattoos exactly like Alecs.

Justeaze smiled gently as he walked over to Alecs and sat down across from him.

"I was finally able to talk to you again my descendant-- after so long hiding from Angra Mainyu, as you thought you could control it, I was wrong." Alecs face with a look of sadness.

Alecs didn't react and accepted Justeaze's touch with a completely comforting warmth as if something that made him very happy had come back to him after a long time.

It didn't take him long to recover and he touched Justeaze's hand with affection and declared

"We were both foolish, you for letting me know of the dark's choice and I for accepting-- leave it, in the end, we would be corrupted just the same," Alecs declared shaking his head.

Justeaze nodded to him confirming her suspicions, even if Alecs had chosen the path of light he would still be corrupted by Angra Mainyu

"Yes, my descendant, it might have taken longer, however, you would have been corrupted-- the point is, now you have a chance" Justeaze declared

"A chance?" Alecs asked, "I have become an apostle, I thought it would only give me a few days of a healthy life, could it be that becoming an apostolic healed me?"

Alecs blushed, imaginary smoke began to come out of his head as he wilted in shame. The declaration of love he made to release his last moments as a human… Would he survive even after saying all those melancholy things? How would he look to Lancer after that?

"No, my Descendant. Becoming an apostle didn't save you, at most, it left you a few days, maybe weeks more to live… did you sigh with relief?" Justeaze looked at Alecs in confusion after seeing his descendant sigh

"Thank the gods, I won't have to be mocked by Lancer" Alecs declared with a relieved sigh.

"my descendant…what are you?" Justeaze asked not knowing how to understand the situation

"Love things, my ancestor" Alecs explained "You know how it is!"

"Love? What's that? this is to eat" Justeaze asked tilting his head to the side

Alecs felt his knees shudder at Justeaze's question and nearly fell over laughing.

"No, Yeah, No! I mean..." Stuttering Alecs stumbled backwards almost falling in surprise and after a second, bit his lip and came back to himself "Yes, In a sense when you love you want to eat! but, so metaphorical of course"

"Metaphorical? What is this?"

"My god…" Alecs sank into despair at not being able to explain. He then took a deep breath and returned to his cool, "shall we get back to the main topic?"

"But, I want to know what this love is, what is metaphorical"

"Commendable ancestor, I'm afraid we've run out of time, let's get down to business"

"But..."

"Commendable ancestor...please"

"But...."

"Oh! my pancreas" Alecs suddenly yelled falling to the ground and screaming. he rolled on the floor holding his belly"my ancestor, be quick, Angra Mainyu is coming to get me, I can feel it entering my soul"

"No! He shouldn't have appeared now, His transformation into a dead apostle should have weakened him, it just shows how foolish we were to think we could control Him. My descendant, our conversation is for later, first we have to deal with… "

Alecs opened his eyes and woke up in reality