BXBX NOVEL Chapter 85 - Equality.
In the corridor of Leo\'s mansion, red and orange shadows were rushing at a very fast speed. They already crossed half of the mansion, but they still had no intention of stopping. Well, at least one of them.
"Wait!! Wait!! Stop!!!" Ritsuka, who was the orange shadow, was screaming because Nero was dragging her at a very high speed.
It has been 10 seconds, but Ritsuka already felt herself in a blender because of Nero\'s speed and sudden turns in the corridor.
"Hm? What is wrong?" Nero heard Ritsuka\'s voice as she stopped suddenly, which gave Ritsuka more headache.
"Don\'t give me… That reaction!" Ritsuka said while supporting herself with the mansion\'s wall. She is feeling that the world is spinning and everything is chaotic now.
"Ah, I forget you\'re still a normal human and a very weak magi" Nero said casually as it made Ritsuka glare at her and take a deep breath.
"Why did you drag me suddenly?" Ritsuka fixed her hair before she looked at Nero, who was in a good mood.
"Because I got a great idea that I need to do immediately!!" Nero pointed at the sky while saying with an exaggerated tone in her voice.
"Then why did you drag me?!" Ritsuka dropped her from helplessness, which made Nero title her head and said " You\'re the only one available and doing nothing now"
"Ugh…" Ritsuka was hurt by this statement because it was true.
Leo is spying on people with Assassin and probably preparing for a backstab, Merlin went outside, which most likely he saw something with his Clairvoyance, and Archer is guarding his fainted Master. Only Ritsuka and Nero didn\'t have something to do.
"Fine, I\'ll help…" Ritsuka gave up under Nero\'s gaze before she said " Are we doing something related to Caster, I mean, Sa-... Lucifer?"
Ritsuka was almost sure about Nero\'s plan, but Nero smiled meaningfully while crossing her arms and said " Lucifer? The morning star, why did you call him like this?"
"Eh?" Ritsuka was surprised by the sudden question before she said " I don\'t know, but I feel that Satan isn\'t good for him, even if he seemed okay with it. I don\'t really know, but I think Lucifer is better and… Polite?"
"*Sigh*... Is this a natural Master? Or the last Master of humanity?" Nero shook her head, which confused Ritsuka, even if she felt that Nero was praising her.
"Enough with this, and for the answer to your question!" Nero pointed to the sky before she said " This is something for me!!"
"Hah?" This answer shocked Ritsuka as she didn\'t know what to say.
"Umu! Are you shocked? Are you fascinated by my genius ideas! Don\'t worry, this is just a normal reaction" Nero was satisfied by Ritsuka\'s reaction as she narrowed her eyes.
"But, but…" Ritsuka cheeks were slightly red before she said " Don\'t you love him?"
"I do!" Nero said without hesitation which made Ritsuka redder, but Nero didn\'t finish as she said " But I also love myself, so… Cherish them both!"
"Eh!!!" Ritsuka was more shocked by this statement.
"Are you surprised? My love is selfish, If I give it, I expect something in return, so I also want to be loved too!" Nero said with excitement as Ritsuka felt she was burning passionately.
"For me, the one who\'s called a tyrant and the whore of Babylon, to find someone that somehow shares the same fate, beautiful, and great. Is something that I\'ll never give up on" Nero summoned her sword as it stabbed it on the ground and said " So, I\'ll love him, take his heart, and… Let him like himself at least"
Until now, Ritsuka realized what type of person Nero is. She is passionate about the things she wants and won\'t hesitate to do them or chase after them, which is something very different from her.
These words and statements made Ritsuka speechless before she took a deep breath and said " Honestly, I don\'t think he can love or return these feelings, you heard what he said. I mean, he isn\'t even aware of your feelings now"
"Hm? He knows my feelings and I can say, from a lot of beings in this world, he\'s one of those that can love a lot!" Nero said with complete confidence, but Ritsuka looked at her with a \'are you kidding me\' look.
"*Sigh* You should look into things more deeply and don\'t get tricked by the front he always puts on!" Nero shook her head with disappointment before she said " As an example, he loves you, humans, even if that love was more like a respect"
"Hah?!" Ritsuka raised her voice while remembering all the disgusted looks and words Leo kept saying about humanity.
"Umu! You have the right to be confused because this statement was for the humans back then, as for now, I don\'t know for sure, but it isn\'t all that friendly" Nero said as Ritsuka guessed that it\'s the humans in the past, but now, in this modern era, Nero isn\'t sure about his feeling for them.
"Respect humans" Ritsuka didn\'t find any comment on this before Nero said " You humans gave and taught him something very important, so even the prideful angel respected you. Although he\'s not satisfied at all with the current state"
"I need to slow down" Ritsuka held her forehead as she felt her view that was built in these two days was crushed.
What did we give him and what did we teach him? Ritsuka didn\'t know and she had a feeling that she wouldn\'t know even if she looked for an answer.
"This is why I said that his thinking isn\'t good at all, also his actions" Nero said with some anger as she muttered " For him to be so indifferent about himself, if this emperor eyes were bad, then she\'ll think that he even hates himself"
"...." Ritsuka gave up at this moment, but she couldn\'t feel help but to feel her idiocy and ignorance. If someone like Mashu was here, then she can see the best in people easily, like she did with her.
"Don\'t put that look!" Nero snapped at Ritsuka, which shocked the latter a lot.
"Don\'t try to think, if that person or maybe that person will do better than me! Just do what you\'re capable of, this is the most important" Nero said while looking at Ritsuka with a stern gaze.
Ritsuka clenched her fist as she looked at Nero\'s eyes, at this moment, she remembered Chaldea, Mashu, and how they all…. Disappeared.
"But… But… I know that they will do better!!" Ritsuka screamed in Nero\'s face.
Maybe it was the pressure or what she witnessed these days, Ritsuka wasn\'t calm as she screamed again " I\'m just a failure, a weak magi, and not even a fighter, I even failed as a Master!! Do you think I didn\'t do all that I can!! But no matter what I do, it\'ll never be en-..."
*Swing!*
Nero waved with her sword as he pointed at Ritsuka\'s head with the blade tip and said "It\'s not enough because you didn\'t do enough! Look at yourself now, do you think you can\'t do anything?"
Suddenly, Ritsuka was speechless, but Nero didn\'t stop as she took back her sword and said " Everyone is not equal. Do you know? The genius you\'re wishing to be isn\'t something with talent, no talent is still desirable, but it\'s just icing on the cake"
"The real genius is someone who understands the difference between him and others! When people compare themselves, they tend to fix the idea that they fundamentally equal" Nero shook her head before she said " Sadly, that isn\'t right. Everyone is different. What is impossible for someone is easy for another"
"I\'m almighty genius, but I never dreamed of others to be able to do something like me, or for me to imitate them, no matter how weak and average they are" With every word Nero said, Ritsuka lowered her head as she couldn\'t even look at her now.
"Everyone wants to believe they\'re equal, but that\'s a very far away dream, a beautiful and warm dream that\'ll never come true" Nero looked down from a moment before she said " We have our problems, weakness, and sadness. Don\'t expect everyone to know what you feel because they\'re different from yourself, so if you want them to understand… Face them and tell them directly!"
Ritsuka looked at Nero, who was smiling, as she bit her lips and didn\'t know what to say.
"Let me give you an example, your servant also believed one day he\'s equal to his creator, but an angel isn\'t equal to God, no matter how he lied to himself" Nero words shocked Ritsuka as she continued " Now, he let go of God\'s plan and that idea. He\'s just doing what he can with all his might without thinking about anything else. This is his pride, a true pride only for him, something that made him more brighter than the morning star itself"
"This thing was taught to him by you humans, and sadly, it appeared in him now more than most of the humans in this era" Nero shook her head with sadness as she recovered her sword.
"Do what I\'m… Capable of" Ritsuka muttered those words as she was able to see a girl holding a shield and defending her, this weak master, who couldn\'t do anything. That girl was just pseudo-servant, but she didn\'t hesitate to protect her.
"Thank you…" those words came out of Ritsuka as she raised her head and stared at Nero smiling.
{Ding! Bond level up!} Suddenly, the voice of a woman appeared in Ritsuka\'s head as it shocked her. She looked around, but it found out that Nero didn\'t hear it.
"Umu! Don\'t thank me. You\'re a beautiful person, and it\'ll be a shame to let your beauty be buried here" Nero waved with her hand before she said " Now, let\'s go back to the subject"
"I want to become an idol!!" Nero raised her fist with excitement.
"Haaaaah??!!" This was the biggest confusion Ritsuka received in her life before Nero caught her hand again.
"I saw this when we were in the city, I believe this is the best stage for me to show the world my almighty genius abilities" Without waiting for Ritsuka to answer, Nero ran away as the corridor was filled with Ritsuka confused screams.
Meanwhile, in the main hall. Leo was covering his face as Fou wasn\'t able to see his expression.
"Fou?" Fou asked what was wrong with him.
"Nothing, but can she stop stabbing my floor? Also, if she wants a long monologue, she can do it away… How does she know all that?" Leo sighed before he muttered "... That was embarrassing"
This guy felt his mansion was stabbed by Nero as he looked with Clairvoyance to see her monologues, which he wished if he didn\'t see them.
Removing his hand from his face, Leo decided to stop using his Clairvoyance this casually.
"Hm?" Suddenly, Leo received a call in his spiritual link before he said " What happened, Merlin?"
{I might have found something interesting… Very interesting} Merlin\'s voice was slightly wrong as Leo said "What did you find?"
Leo heard what Merlin wanted to say before he said "I don\'t know if you\'re lucky or unlucky…*Sigh*"
At the bridge of Fuyuki city, Merlin was on top of the bridge, looking at a battle happening in front of him while looking at a servant hiding with magecraft, it was a woman with a long robe.
"HA!!!" Cu was smiling while rushing towards his opponent as his spear was glowing red.
"AAAAAAAAAA!!!" Cu\'s opponent was a servant in a black armor, holding a black sword while screaming with rage.
However, for some reason, the servant was looking in Merlin\'s direction, even his sword was somehow trying to aim at him.
"... Am I hated this much?!" Merlin couldn\'t help it while looking at Lancelot that somehow appeared and tried to fight Cu in Fuyuki bridge.
Ignoring Lancelot\'s screams, Merlin called Leo as he found something very interesting indeed, especially the woman, with a hooded bluish-purple robe.
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Servant: Leo L.M. Arisaltek.
Biography:
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The angel that dared to claim to be equal to God. Banished from heaven and fell into hell.
The Angel that was brighter than the morning star now has another name, Satan, and called the source of all humans shortcomings.
Mentioned in the revelation book as the beast of Babylon, a monster that will destroy everything because of humans greed and desires.
Holding the Ten Crowns that spell all the evils that can exist in this world and beyond, something frightening, yet in another look, something very heavy as a mortal mind won\'t comprehend its meaning or its true form. Even if it was for sure, this Crown was given by humanity.
However, as the history written by winners, what was hidden in a tale that had never been told?.
Bond level 1:
Height/Weight: 180cm ・ 66kg
Source: Christianity, the book of revelation, ???
Region: Heaven, Hell, ???.
Alignment: Chaotic ・ Good
Gender: Male
An Angel with the name of the Devil, yet not evil or good, his actions don\'t follow any principle except doing what he wants, which may bring a lot of confusion.