The Contract

…. At night, when it seemed that no one was doing their daily activities, we left the house and walked in the darkness while avoiding the potential to be seen. After a while, we passed the building where the incident took place.

"Is this the place of the incident? It seems that there is no one here." Remi asked, seeing dried blood stains outside the building. I only nodded my agreement knowing that the 3 bodies that were supposed to be there were no longer there.

We entered the building with lighting from Remi's phone, it seems that my phone had disappeared somewhere.

"So, what do we want here?" Remi asked after being curious for a while.

"I want to check something." I replied while opening the door to the 4th floor. When it was opened, the door was very difficult to open because it was not supposed to be opened by anyone yet because the incident was different. I found all the rooms to be dark and without light, at the intersection I walked to the left and found a door with the sign of exit above it, seeing the open door I became convinced that 'he' had fled.

"Let's get out from here." I said after feeling I had gotten the results from the inspection.

"Huh? Okay." Remi replied who had been quiet all this time.

As we descended the emergency exit stairs, we could see that the door leading to the first floor was already open.

As we passed through the door, suddenly I heard a voice in my head, "N e e d... m o r e...", immediately my head feels hurt, I felt dizzy and wanted to faint, I fell to the floor and lost consciousness.

When I opened my eyes, I found myself in floating in a dark place, like being in an endless darkness.

"M a k e . a . c o n t r a c t . w i t h . m e..." the voice echoed again and this time a figure in a black cloak appeared with his eyes glowing red.

"Who... who are you!!?" Recognizing the voice, I started asking about his presence.

"Ha ha ha... I am you . because I have chosen you . we are destined to become one ." He replied in an unpleasant tone.

"Don't tell me you're!!! The one who controlled my body that time!! You're the one who killed Vanessa!!" I shouted angrily.

"I don't know what you're talking about . but it wasn't me who controlled you to kill her . it was yourself ."

"L..Liar!!!" I shouted in disbelief, even though I felt that he wasn't lying, or he was very good at lying.

"I'm very confident about that . especially since I can't forcibly control someone who hasn't made a contract with me ." He tried to reassure me.

No matter how I checked, I couldn't find any signs of lying from his words, so I calmed down and asked, "Who are you, what do you want?"

"I am the spirit of a reaper . I used to have a name . but it's been a long time and I've forgotten my name . would you like to listen to my story?" The spirit asked after introducing himself. I just nodded because it seems there's no other choice.

He then explained that he used to be a Grim Reaper, which means the Soul Reaper who was once in the highest position among his peers. However, due to some problem, he was expelled to the human world for breaking the rules of his fellow Grim Reapers. Someone set him up to break the rules. Despite being expelled, he still performs his duties as a Grim Reaper. I was surprised because the 'tasks' he performed were different from what I heard.

From what I heard, Grim Reapers are tasked with taking the lives of living creatures to strengthen their own life force, and the souls taken by Grim Reapers are said to suffer forever.

But what he told me was different. He is only tasked with visiting people who are worried about ending their lives but are afraid of death. So, he visits them with the intention of accompanying them on the journey to the purifying fire and calming their fears so that they have no worries in undergoing the test in the purifying fire.

I asked him a few questions. He replied that Grim Reapers also have the power to torment a soul, but he prefers to make it happy. He also stated that when he made a contract with the 'killer', he unknowingly accepted it without realizing that his mind was not ready, so the killer could only think about killing someone for his own 'satisfaction.'

"So . do you want to make a contract with me?" the spirit asked.

Hearing its story, it seemed like he was telling the truth.

"But am I capable?" I asked, unsure after hearing that the last person who made a contract with it lost control.

"I'm sure you're capable . I can see it . you've had a sad past . you know... killed sadistically twice? But in your heart . you don't want the same thing to happen to others ." The spirit answered, and this time I could feel a friendly feeling coming from the spirit, even though its voice was not very appropriate.

I started to think for a moment, "I know you think you're a grudge-holder . don't worry . we've experienced the same thing . This time . I need someone reliable to take back my throne from my underworld... I can also help you in your life . and you can help me with my mission." The spirit tried to convince me.

After thinking for a long time, I finally agreed, in an instant, the spirit entered my body, and I woke up from my sleep.

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"Now this is getting interesting." S interrupts.

[It is indeed.]

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…. When I woke up, the back of my head felt very soft and when I opened my eyes, I saw Remi's worried face,

"A-Ah! Finally, you woke up!" said Remi anxiously. I realized what had happened and quickly got up from my sleep.

"... Are you okay? If you want, you can sleep on my lap again." Remi joked. I just made an angry face in response to Remi's joke.

"What happened? Did you have a bad dream? This time I couldn't see your dream." Remi asked, wanting to know.

"It's nothing" I said to make Remi not worry about me.

Remi just looked even more suspicious and knew that something strange had happened to me, but she chose to remain silent.

"Come on, let's get out from here." I said while getting up and looking around.

"... Ah, okay!" replied Remi, who then followed me.

We stopped for a while at my apartment to pick up some things and equipment that I wanted to bring.

We went to the airport to return to Japan, we had booked the tickets through Remi's phone, thankfully there was still a flight at this time of night.

We boarded the plane and sat in seats near the window, there didn't seem to be many passengers on the plane, knowing this was a nighttime flight, I sat in the seat closest to the window and Remi sat next to me.

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