Chapter 195: Why am I scared of you? (2/2)

Layla shook her head. ”That's not what I mean. You can use any form you want. I just want you to fight me with your true nature.”

Arima's expression changed drastically. He stared at Layla for a few minutes then lifted his left hand. He covered his face with his palm and fell silent. Even the air around seemed to turn heavier as his presence darkened.

He rubbed his face and took out his hand. Layla shivered again. She couldn't help it. Lilis was the one who had given Elia her power to see emotions in the first place. She also could do the same. If that elf was here right now, she would've been frightened to death.

Layla was looking at Arima but she couldn't see any color. She could see those colors/emotions at any time, every time. But now that she wasn't seeing any, not even white, it made her extremely uncomfortable.

She couldn't see Arima's 'color' anymore but instead, an even scarier thing occurred. She felt like something invisible was coming out of Arima to literally consume her spirit.

His expression was far from a friendly one too. His entire face didn't show any kind of emotions whatsoever. But the real problem lied in his eyes. They were full of darkness like they had been filled with ink. There was nothing left of the usual silver pupils. Even the light emitted by Layla's body couldn't even produce a reflection.

”Is this what you wanted?” His voice even sounded like he was speaking to a stranger. Layla felt hurt inwardly but she nodded calmly.

”Yes.”

”{Fuck… I'm supposed to be your dark part. Why am I scared of you?}” Malum grumbled. If you thought about it. Elia wasn't the only one who had noticed what Arima was hiding.

Chronepsis had noticed it as well. When they first met, the Dragon King called Arima a 'madman'. The latter had even made a little speech similar to what he had just told Layla.

After Chronepsis, it was Evergreen. She called Arima 'crazy'. And even until this day, she still couldn't shake off the fear in depths of her mind.

”Here I come,” Layla declared and kicked the ground. She appeared right in front of Arima and her rapier was pointing right at his head.

Arima's eyes narrowed and he lifted Superore. He blocked the rapier with the frame of his gun and Layla seemed to have a strong grip as the blade didn't deviate at all.

He simply moved his finger and so did Layla. They both pressed the trigger and made their bullets clash.

***

Night stopped eating his crepe and Karma had already done so a minute ago. They looked at each other and saw the other's expression.

Night sighed. ”I have to be honest. Even I am scared of that,” he smiled bitterly. ”Well, if even that Malum is intimidated, who wouldn't?”

”{Obviously,}” Malum's voice resounded in Night and Karma's heads. He had isolated himself from Arima and managed to connect to the outside.

”{But don't be mistaken. I'm not scared just because he has a scary face. I'm not like you,}” Malum said and Night snorted. ”{I was right in the middle of it. Each time that guy kills… no, liberate his emotions, I feel so cold and terrified like something is going to swallow me whole.}”

”{I don't like to say it like this, but I feel like a kid who just saw a creepy hand sticking out from under his bed. And now I have to be silent and still.}”

Night didn't even dare to laugh. That actually sounded pretty scary. But he also understood what Malum meant. He clicked his tongue and put the whole crepe in his mouth.

”{…Hey, can I take control of your body to eat one? I never had the chance to taste something, as a spiritual being.}”

”I refuse.”

Malum grunted and asked Karma but she was eating everything on the menu to take Arima out of her mind so she didn't even talk back to him.

'Seriously, just end your lover quarrel. I can't even sleep as long as Arima is like that,' he complained inwardly and decided to spend time by bothering Night.