99 Salty (2/2)

Vidio snapped his fingers.

Bzzz

Something that felt like a shake made Cori let out a faint cry: ”Ahhh!” She didn't realize what had happened. She felt some kind of a calling though, that lead her gaze afar out of the window.

As she gazed into the gloomy view, Cori caught sight of a silhouette whose back was taking firm slow steps. It walked towards the horizon and show no sign to be about to turn back. Suddenly, the silhouette stretched up the right arm, thumb raised, without stopping walking away.

In that move, Cori recognized her Vidio. She could hear his voice tell her: ”Everything's gonna be alright,” as if he had seen her cry and tried to comfort her. The woman wiped away her tears and rubbed at her cheeks. She smiled. Even though he could not see Cori, Vidio felt her gaze and her smile fixed on him, and his heart melted.

The scenery changed again.

Vidio was fiddling with a skull that most likely had once belonged to some wild beast. He was walking through a forest. ”Fuck this Quest. It's a bore. A Dungeon filled with Demons, huh? Why can't they be Succubus for once?”

He threw the skull through the air and kicked it to shatters. Then he cleared his throat as an evil smile spread over his face. He turned left and right repeatedly before digging some kind of book out of his Interspace Ring.

Helial leaned slightly forward to read the title of the ancient volume his master was studying. It must be some manual on the Dungeon or some Skills.

”How does the title go? Pic collection of naked milfs - All pics are sneak pics.”

Grug

Helial fell to the ground, cursing.

As one memory of his Master's followed another, Helial couldn't help wondering what kind of Skill could have led to his exile in Floralivory City. For how much he pondered though, he could only say to himself that his Master's memories would lead him to any answer he sought, eventually.

”With this pace, it's just a matter of time before he acquires this famous Skill.” A sudden idea flashed in Helial's mind. ”Damn, this means that fucking Devil wants me to see the Skill that got Vidio exiled. How could Vidio have created something so interesting?” Helial pondered how things might unfold, but in vain. He still had too little information.

Meanwhile, the kid had gone back to Helial's Soul and was scrutinizing a string of pots suspended over gliding flames. He was wearing one of his bizarre chef hats. It was a rabbit pattern one this time. The pot was simmering with vegetables. It smelled very nice. The Devil kept stirring. From time to time, he would take a sip of the sup with a wooden spoon. ”Not very salty,” he said scornfully, ”but I can't say the same about Vidio's language for sure. Well, so much the better for Shithead. He's already grasped a great deal of stuff really...” The Devil seemed to get lost deep in his thoughts: ”Have you come to an answer about the Skill?”

With a clap, the Devil made his cuisine tools disappear. He had just grown bored of cooking. Another wave of his hand, and the scenery changed drastically around him. Now the kid was standing on a hilltop overlooking a clearing whose only ceiling was a sky full of stars.

”Another million years like this and I'll be a nostalgic too…” the Devil said gloomily.

He took a few steps forward. He set himself at the right centre of the clearing. He lay on the fresh night grass, his hands under his head like a pillow. He heaved a sigh. ”I tried to deny Destiny all my life, but I didn't really do a good job, did I? Vidio, huh? Very, very interesting.”

The Devil stretched an arm beside him, expecting another hand to hold his. He did it instinctively. It was an habit he just couldn't help, even after a million years. No hand touched the Devil's. He clenched his fist and shook his head helplessly. He kept star-gazing. Those stars had witnessed every change the world had undergone beneath them. And still, after millions of years, they dazzled unchanged.