The Tale of the Alchemist and the Demon

This is another story.

Rem is a demon who was summoned in a deep cellar.A filthy homeless man was lying on the ground, and a little blond girl was kneeling on the other side.The little girl's name was Haisha, and soon Rem understood the situation.

Haisha grew up in a monastery. She is beautiful but not very smart, which makes the nuns who raised her feel very embarrassed.When she was more than ten years old, she finally couldn't stand the peaceful and boring life here, and left secretly.

A traveling entertainer named Geras adopted her.If this continued, the story would have ended.But when he came to this seaside city, Geras contracted a skin disease, his appearance became very ugly, and he could no longer perform.He took his own life in his cabin.

In some mysterious form among traveling entertainers—they know many, many ancient tales, including those of dealing with demons.

Haisha didn't feel sad for him, people like them can have very little sorrow.

Rem is very confused. As long as she appears, she should fulfill the wishes of human beings. Geras's wish is to make Haisha happy, and he has paid his own price.However, how does the devil make people happy?

"I don't know." The beautiful girl said to her. "Maybe, being a princess will make you happy."

This very superficial wish left Rem speechless.

It doesn't take a lot of mana to pull it off—Misa quickly emerges from the festivities, earning her a crown of flowers, the title of most beautiful girl, and the attention she wants.But it didn't make her feel any happy.After some time, a priest found her.

"I can see you breaking a taboo, girl," he warned her. "You have a demonic aura about you."

Haisha gently held the cross on her chest, which was once worn by the nun who raised her: "Mr. Pastor, what are you going to do?"

The pastor frowned slightly, and after a long time, he sighed slightly, looking old and tired.Haisha couldn't help being confused.

For her sake, Rem agrees to a deal with the church to trap a dangerous alchemist and his demons.It doesn't matter that demons betray each other, and they don't trust each other.However, the moment he saw that "demon", Rem felt that things were ridiculous.That guy was obviously a child of God, and he was even worried that Rem would point this out.

The truth is still exposed.She wasn't disturbed when she saw the alchemist fall for his lies.After all, lying was commonplace for demons, and an angel's death would only please her.

She only cares about Haisha's happiness.

The alchemist wasn't dead, she knew it.so what?Her deal with the church was done.

She greeted Haisha again and watched her wander among many suitors.However, Misa couldn't hide her disappointment.Rem could see that no one would really care for a girl who was raised in a monastery.But Haisha did not give up.

"Love changes everything," she said to Rem. "There must be someone who truly loves Haisha."

Rem just wanted to point out her stupidity, the man was dead.

Then, she meets someone and falls in love.

Rem didn't recognize him at first, he was different from when he collapsed in the warehouse.But when he spoke and looked at Rem, she recognized Yagamitsu.

This was a deliberate chance encounter, Yue smiled and said to Haisha, he saw that sex, she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

Rem's heart became very gloomy, and she watched from afar.Misa told her not to get too close to Yue, so as not to scare him.After meeting him once, she had already fallen deeply into this man's trap.

After parting with him that day, Rem warned her: "Stay away from Ye Shenyue, he is a dangerous person."

She couldn't listen.

During the date, Rem had already fully felt Yue's eyes, and he was watching himself.His goal is himself.A human being wants revenge on the devil.Because of her lie, the most important thing in him was destroyed.

Of course, she could also kill Ye Shenyue, and then, Haisha, who was deeply in love, said to her: "If Yue dies, Haisha won't be able to live."

"Why?" Rem was astonished at her change.

"Because I love him." The girl told her firmly.

So the demon could only feel deeply disturbed.Her goal is to make Haisha happy, but what Haisha thinks of as happiness is an illusory castle on the quicksand.They dated for a while.Yagami is well behaved, like a graceful and considerate relative, but every time he says "I love you", his eyes are looking into the void.

There is a person, Yue has never said "I love you" to him, but he is the only person in his life who wants to say this sentence.It's just that that person is no longer in this world.

Something else happened, but that didn't matter.In the end, Yue deeply won the trust and admiration of Haisha.That day, he smiled and kissed her, and said something in her ear.

Haisha found Rem and said to her, "Rem, please help me kill someone."

"Who?"

"The priest who found you. We should have killed him, shouldn't we?"

"...no problem. What more do you want?"

"That's enough," said Misa.

Rem repeatedly confirmed: "Are you really going to do it?"

"Of course it's true." The girl said without hesitation. "Yue said he would love me..."

"He doesn't love you at all!" The demon began to feel irritable and urgent. "He loves someone else!"

"No, he doesn't love other people. He just uses every other girl he knows. But he loves me."

"I cannot understand your blindness," thought the demon, once again deeply disappointed in humans.

They went to the priest, and when he saw the sea sand, he showed a kind of extreme surprise.But Rem didn't wait for a word from him, pinning him to the wall with her bone spurs, blood splattered in crazy patterns.

Haisha watched quietly, with a crazy smile.

That's enough.She thought happily.She can get Ye Shenyue's love and the happiness she wants.

Orphans like her have been displaced and neglected by the world all their lives.Rem wouldn't understand such emotions.However, Yue understood her, understood her lack of feeling of being needed.He thinks she's unique—a sentiment that makes her willing to be used by Yue.

However, after returning, the alchemist suddenly disappeared.He never gave Rem the chance to face him face to face.He left a letter.

"Misa, do you know what his real sin is? About 20 years ago, this pastor made a mistake that should never have been made. He had an affair with a nun and let her give birth to a blonde girl. In order to keep In his own honor, he sent the orphan to a distant monastery. But at the end he left her a gift, a silver cross. I'm sure you'll find a similar one in his room. Guess what , Why did he know about you and Rem in the end, but easily tolerated your crime of summoning demons?"

Haisha stared at the words in shock.She ran back frantically, and saw the cross that the priest was holding in his hand.

Exactly the same as the one she always carried.

"Also." The letter also included the last paragraph. "I don't love you at all."

She stood trembling, tears silently soaking the letter paper.She really can't live anymore.Although Rem was still watching all this, there was nothing he could do.Ye Shenyue finally took advantage of an innocent girl and pushed her to a dead end.But what else could she say?Are you accusing him of corruption?Would it be too ridiculous for a demon to say such things?Obviously, Misa's happiness is so important to him, but Rem can't realize it at all.Demons do not appear in the world for the happiness of human beings at all, they are destined to devour human souls only.

Misa commits suicide.

A black demon gradually emerged from the void.A person stood beside the blood-clotting circle.

"Make a contract with me, devil." The alchemist approached the magic circle. "I want to exchange something as precious as you."

The demon opened his mouth and laughed.

"It's straightforward, Yagamitsu. What exactly do you want?"

"A soul. A soul that cannot be produced by any alchemy."

The demon inspected his experiment and nodded approvingly: "I see, if you get an important soul, it is indeed possible to create the legendary Hormon Cruise."

"That's not Hormon Cruz, but a specific person. Like ordinary humans, he has a physical body, can be born, grow old, get sick, and die." The young alchemist said calmly. "I now understand the meaning of those prophecies."

He looked up at the new black demon, the one he had seen in his dream, but he himself was more determined and mature than when he was 17 years old.

"Do you think it's worthwhile?"

"Among the things I want to do in my life, only the resurrection of human beings cannot be done by relying on my strength, and the rest can be done by myself."

"You should be clear that there is only one thing that can be exchanged for a soul, and that is another soul. You give us your soul, and the contract is established."

"can."

"You should also know that what to do with you after that will be our freedom. God can't save you either."

"Of course I know." Yue was very upset. "Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

"I'm warning you, there are not many good demons like me." The black demon spread its wings and flew around him. "This is the first time I have met a human being who sold his soul so simply... More importantly, after you surrender your soul, you and the guy you want to resurrect will never be together. You can neither go to heaven , and you won’t be able to go to hell, your fate will probably be to rot in a long time, but you will never be able to truly die. At that time, you will feel that eternal death will be more merciful.”

"I don't care. To me, life is certainly less scary than death."

"That guy went to great lengths to stop you from doing it, and you've now betrayed his ideas."

"...I betrayed him from the very beginning." Ye Shenyue's eyes flashed a moment of tenderness.

Tenderness turned into determination in an instant.

"Come on." He raised his head. "I have worked so hard to summon you, not to give up halfway."

"This gamble, you failed. You sacrificed an angel, but you couldn't stop the demon's call."

"In addition, we also obtained a very perfect soul - the soul of Ye Shenyue."

The king of demons, laughing wildly in hell.

"Luke, you are indeed my favorite guy. I look forward to the moment when you bring back that guy's soul."

The prophesied disaster finally came.In all the forests around the cursed castle, the trees withered, and the infernal flames burned the whole building to pieces, so that people can only see its charred shadow appearing in nightmares.That land suffered a seven-year drought, and countless people were forced to leave.The king was assassinated and the churches were avenged by unknown people.The forces that worship the devil are rising one after another.

After all, history will never record who is manipulating all this behind the scenes, and for what reason.

Years later, the cursed field has turned into a bloody swamp, and the farmers are no longer seen.A man in a gray cloak walked among them, and a black demon flew slowly behind him.

"I really didn't expect someone to completely destroy the faith of a country. You are now more like a devil than us devils."

"Ruke, you don't have the right to say that... However, the devil is quite fair to the laws of our world."

"Of course, what the devil wants is only the human soul... Human desires are endless. Therefore, human beings are much more evil than devils."

"Haha, after you get to know me, can you become a little more evil?"

"... Our old man is looking forward to your future performance." Luke muttered behind him.

In front of Ye Shenyue's eyes are the ruins of the town of his boyhood.Abel and those townspeople don't know where they fled to now.Although the town was not cursed, the ominous legends of the area eventually made it impossible for them to live in it.Now the place has completely collapsed, and only carrion crows still pass by.In a few decades, this land will be completely lost in legends.

The month walked quickly, but also very easily.The closer he was to the familiar place back then, the more excited he looked.During this time, although Luke learned about his past, he couldn't understand why he was so happy now.When human beings revisit their old places, they always embrace sadness and grief.

Not to mention people whose souls have already been traded.

They crossed the deserted town and walked up the hill beside it.The mountain is not high, but it has a steep side, and many vines climb on it.The higher you go, the sparser the trees become, and the scene becomes more and more desolate.

They climbed to the highest point, which was surrounded by a large expanse of white rock that was completely exposed.There Luke saw the stump of a large tree, which must have been dead for many years, but whose annual rings were still faintly discernible.Considering what this dead world has been through, it's nothing short of a miracle.

And another miracle was nearby: a young sapling grew beside the dead tree, apparently growing from its remaining nutrients.Although it is not as beautiful and magnificent as the original big tree, with new green branches, it is still swaying in the wind.

Life is immortal.

- That's the whole story.

A story about how an alchemist summons a demon and loses his soul.It is believed that he has long since degenerated into a new demon.Evil, in the end, triumphed.

20 years later.

"It's really unexpected. After these things happened, the town can still be rebuilt. Human beings are also very forgetful." The new tavern owner sighed to the traveler.

The world has changed several times, even the location of national borders has changed, and the story of the alchemist has become famous.However, after so many years of dissemination, it has become completely unrecognizable, just like many stories that have been handed down, some enlightenment meanings have been imposed.People can't always understand the horror and beauty of those truths.

The traveler smiled and said nothing.He is gray-haired and has an old but kind face.It was the first time in his life that he had visited this small town.

"Thank you, Du."

When walking out of the tavern, a young man greeted him.

He has a pale face, slightly messy black hair, and unhealthy dark circles under his eyes.The walking posture always makes people feel a little sleepy.

No one would have thought that this young man was the hottest alchemist in the country recently.The inventions he and the old man jointly researched have greatly changed the lives of people in this country.He didn't want to be disturbed, so he only used a pseudonym to deal with people. Everyone only knew him as "Ryuzaki", and he was the most powerful alchemy genius in recent years, perhaps the most powerful in history.

He has no parents. More than 20 years ago, someone brought him to "Du", the former Gursh Huami, and asked him to adopt the child.After that, he was brought up by Du.

Du's charitable deeds undoubtedly brought them a good reputation, but people always speculated about Ryuzaki's mystery with awe.Some people also thought that maybe this young man had summoned a demon before possessing such wisdom and power.

"I've already looked for it. There is no one named Abel in this town. No one knows where he moved to."

"That's right...it's a pity..." Ryuzaki subconsciously bit his finger and muttered to himself.

"Will this change your plan?" the old man asked with some expectation.But with how much he doted on his child, he would never interfere with Ryuzaki's next decision.

"……Won't."

"Did he already know you would do this?"

"I don't know." Long Qiping stared at the front of the road and walked quickly in the direction he identified. "I've forgotten a lot of things, only the notes left by Yue Jun still retain some memories. I can only be sure... If he doesn't want my soul, but just wants to take revenge on those people, he really doesn't need to summon demons. "

That direction was the house they had lived in for a while and then burned down.The place adjoins the river bank, and water is easily accessible.When it rained, the river would swell and overflow into their foundations.The owner of the house would complain and nervously go into the basement to check.When there is no wind, the entire forest is like a silent band, brewing the next melody.On some nights, the nightingale would fly to the window sill to sing, and the moonlight could pass through the window unhindered and projected onto the ground.

Now it has been completely encroached by trees and rivers.

"I owe him my life," Ryuzaki said finally.

Every alchemist tries to summon demons during his lifetime.

After bidding farewell to Du, Ryuzaki found the warehouse of the experiment in the first month and the summoning record that had been buried.Most of them are still well preserved.There are also some crystals, which are extracted from those animals.

that's enough.

The casting of the spell lasted for quite a long time, and the demon appeared from the void, with black wings, but with a certain brilliance that even the angels could not match.

"...Long time no see. L."

The beautiful demon smiled at him.

END