Chapter 14: Your Most Loyal Friend, Analysia

"𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯", I thought as I tried to get out of the bathtub, I mean I have to at some point. I climbed out of it, open the shower whilst trying to figure out what button to press to clean up all the mess that probably Analysia created in this bathtub, even if her intentions were great, it still a sight to behold to see the blood water mix staining the clean white tub and thinking that I'm in that tub, sleeping in it for several hours is quite something.

Immediately, my mind wanders off into somewhere, as I get myself dressed and finally walk out the bathroom, still exhausted by the uneasiness that I will drown myself if I don't keep my head above water. And because of that, I can feel myself waking up several times, just to check if I'm above or under the water, with a few close calls.

As I watched the clock tick, I could see that.

"2 AM...? Am I...still on Wednesday? What date is it?".

Instantly, a headache sets in, I suspected the hot water that I was using to shower myself with is the cause of this headache. At that time I didn't even care about any of that stuff and just went back to sleep, not even thirty minutes from waking up in the bathtub.

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲,𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥,𝟐𝐗𝐗𝐗

Woke up at 7 AM? I don't care, even if this is the time for normal students to just prepare themselves for school, I don't really give a single yen of care to even think about what to eat for breakfast. Again, I think this is the third sleep where I just woke up beyond wasted.

As I walked myself to the kitchen on the way there, I could see my reflection in the mirror. Swiftly ignored it just because I looked totally horrendous, all of my hair is messed up in some kind of way and shape, the skin around my eyes getting darker, and even when all of my shot skin were all recovered, probably because of the water in the bathtub, can't really confirm this and I'll probably ask Analysia later, my skins, it's keep getting more and more pale every time I looked at it.

"𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥? 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩?". I really appreciate my mind for thinking that when I was literally buying ramen cups from the online market that pops up instantly, very good self-insulting commentary there, brain, you dic-. Well for all fairness, I do, look like an abandoned child.

"Body temperature, 36,71°C, normal body temperature, check".

"Good morning, Analysia", I greeted her with a still cold voice. "I see that you're pretending to be scanning my body there", I continue with a little more perturbed voice.

An awkward silence, she was probably shocked that I know she's faking it, and then she tried to test me again, saying.

[Start Scanning for Body Temperature, Drop to 35,83°C, Positive]

"Thank you for the almost useless information of my body Analysia", I said calmly whilst carefully pouring hot water from the kettle on to the ramen cup and close the lid for probably three or four minutes.

"Are you mad at me, Master?", She asked with her usual carefree and casual tone, even though this time is a little bit forced indicating that she's probably upset in some kind of way towards me.

"To be fair, not really", I said whilst walking to the sofa and put my ramen cup on top of the table.

"Really? Your tone a few words ago sounds like you do, Master".

"I see, do you seem to have a problem with that?".

"..."

Undisturbed by the silent that was made by Analysia as she were caught speechless by my question, I continue forward as I open the lid of the ramen cup, take a chopstick from the ramen cup set, break it into two, time to eat and take a slurp out of the ramen cup, tasting it rich textures.

"I do, Master", she said quietly. Instantly after that, the ramen that I ate suddenly become as sour as a lemon. I quickly put the ramen down to the table, grab some water from a cup and drink it whilst I almost choke myself.

Confused and mad, I loudly asked Analysia about why on earth that she do that, to which she replied with her usual carefree tone that starting to get into me at this point with:

"So, looks like you are mad at me huh, Master".

"O-Of course, is it even necessary to prove your point by doing that!?".

"I just want a definitive and valid answer, Master".

"V-Valid answer?!".

"Sometimes, I can't just look inside your mind, you know? You're already fine eno-".

"Fine...?".

Surprised by a single word that my mouth just spewed out, she instantly stops talking as soon as her chance to speak got cut by me, whilst probably regretting her choices of words that she picked, with me just standing beside the sofa, ready to unleash my unstable emotions on her again.

"What do you mean that I was fine, Anna? I don't understand the reason for you asking that stupid question. You know that I'm still dealing with that, right?? You think that all my problems will just go away?? After I committed murder and got betrayed by all my friends, YOU THINK I CAN JUST STAY CALM AFTER THAT!?? YOU DON'T KNOW HUMAN EMOTIONS ARE YOU, GADG-".

"ALL OF IT WAS YOUR CHOICE!!". Shocked by her reaction, I just stood there doing nothing.

As Analysia's scream rang throughout my head, my body trembles in fear as I try to deny the thing that Analysia just said to me whilst hearing my voice shake during this pathetic denial of the things that I've done.

"Y-You're the one who suggested me a-all of this, you're the ones that made me do the things that I've done until today, It's you Analysi-".

"You really are just like the others that I served before their demise, Student ID 111209, as they are rotten to the core, just like you!".

Shocked by the revelation that Analysia just unfolded to me, at that moment, I just wanted to drop on the floor and take back everything that I said to her and forget about it for eternity, this time, I'm the one that regretting every harsh word, every insult, and everything that I did to her in this past four days.

"Just like them, they would just scream for help if they're in trouble and afterwards put every blame, every sin and every dishonorable action that they would do onto me". Listening in silent, she continues:

"And just like that, the most satisfying thing I would find in them is their deaths, as they would scream in pain, I would just leave them, LEAVE THEM ALONE ROTTING IN THEIR GRAVES, WHO CARES ABOUT THEM ANYWAY, THEY DON'T DESERVES ME, THEY REJECT ME EVERY SINGLE TIME I HELPED THEM, THEY'RE WORTHLESS, USELESS, ARROGANT AND PRIDEFUL, SELFISH IN THEIR OWN SEPARATE WAYS, I HAVE ENOUGH!!!".

With this, I finally realized, that the thing that made Analysia, no, the gadget that was named The Great Archives get into a legendary status, is not the way or the luck of acquiring this gadget, is the way or luck of getting the trust of this...This...Powerful gadget, that has the will to obey or leave their holders, dead or alive.

"And now...You. What a sight to behold. Blaming all your misfortune on me, that has nothing at all to do with your problems, I'm starting to regret my decisions to save you yesterday you know?".

"A-Analysia, c-can you please calm dow-".

"A mortal ordering a being a thousand times smarter than themselves? Are you kidding?? Is that supposed to be a joke or something?! What a joke if it was!". She said with the most insulting tone of voice that I ever heard from her, with me still trembling on my feet, made speechless by her ungodly amount of mockery thrown solely at me.

"You don't want to die right, Student 111209? You know that you're useless as a grain of sand compared to me, Good-for-nothing student who will just scream for your help, you can't even handle your own suffering and pain that you put on and by yourself, you're nothing, NOTHING!".

As I watched all my words from yesterday got turned upside down against me, I'm just standing there without anything that I could do to stop this, with my heart mixed with the expression of shock, fear, embarrassment and awe melt into one blob of emotions that I couldn't even describe, until I wished to myself that all of this could be over, and with that, my wish came true.

Seconds after I wished that, I could hear the window of my house cracking open from the outside before it quickly broke into hundreds of tiny pieces with someone breaking inside the house with a fog of smoke covering every inch of the house. Realizing this, I ordered Analysia to engage but...Nothing happened.

Now knowing that Analysia will not even respond to any of my requests anymore, goosebumps instantly appeared on my skin as cold sweats form from the fright and tension that I was currently feeling, trying to prepare to fight without Analysia.

I grabbed the kitchen knife as I could see the person that broke into my house started throwing shuriken at me. Thankfully for my quick wit, I managed to dodge the first and second one, but as the third one comes, it grazes my right knee, instantly paralyzing it.

"𝘐-𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩-", Right before I can even finish my thoughts, a hand coming from inside the fog grabbed my neck and started choking it, I can feel as my breath getting shallower and shallower, with this, I started to claw my way on the intruder's arm in desperation whilst groaning in pain from the pressure on my throat.

Tired from this long and exhausting struggle, the intruder pulled out a tiny knife, as I looked in fright, my claw started to get deeper and deeper, but even with that, it wasn't enough for the intruder to let go, and with a final thrust of his knife to my throat, I closed my eyes as I heard a tiny whisper.

"Just let you know, if you die, I'll keep on living as my form immediately gets sorted inside the gadget store, when I told you that I will die or live with you, that's probably a lie or your assumptions".

Hearing this one last revelation from her, both of my hands went weak as the knife is getting closer and closer to my neck, I...give up, I...am already tired, It's...ove-

"Please...live on, Izu-san, Enjoy your school life...with your new friends". Said someone, with voice so caring and passionate about me living, so loving and settling that calms my chaotic heart, and so understanding about my whole situation, that I could be certain that whoever said this with this voice...𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭.

"𝘐...𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦...𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵...𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨...𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘺?", I thought before both my hands, reflexively holds the knife that approaches me, even with the pain that I felt is as painful as getting bitten by a crocodile and sharks combine, at that time, I felt only bliss and tranquility behind the pain that the knife causes to my hand. And with that-

𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐒𝐒𝐒𝐇

As the blood from the intruder ticked down from the stake with some splattered onto my clothes, skin and face, I could hear a tiny whisper inside of my head.

"Looks like...I was wrong that I assume you like everyone else, Kiyoko-san...".

That was the most sincere voice that I could ever hear from Analysia unto this point, even though her saying this put some calmness into my heart, this still doesn't shake of any of my doubts that in the future she could do the same stunt again.

Sensing this, Analysia proposed something interesting...

"Kiyoko-san, do you still have a room...for a friend?".

This caught me by surprise, but I managed to compose myself and willfully agree on this weirdly suggested friend request.

"Of course, Analysia".

"Well then...Let me introduce myself. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚, I would really love you to refer to that test as a red herring though, Master".