Chapter 9 - Return (2/2)
”Sigh* Okay.” The man finally agreed, although reluctantly. The reason why he rarely goes into the city was because his clan used to be heavily persecuted for their past actions. He has it easy with many of his features inherited from his mom who was a pure Eldian. However, his name and picture were known to many and he already became blacklisted by the higher-ups within the inner walls.
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Somewhere within Wall Maria?
Athanatos, no Athanatos Brichs Avolos was now going through a painful process of ȧssimilating his souls.
Ever since he came to this world, his soul was split into 3. While the three souls rooted from the same source, each has its own dėsɨrė. One dėsɨrėd total annihilation of all beings, for it truly believes that it was only then, humans are at its purest state. This soul derived from the bloodline of the Holy Devil, which was the reason for the transformation that has occurred during his battle with the God of Creation. It wants only the good to exist within the world. In order for such a thing to happen, it thinks that only annihilation can achieve such a goal.
The second soul came from the mysterious bloodline. It has no purpose at all nor does it has self-awareness. Its power is too unimaginable. No one should ever be able to possess it for the bloodline will destroy its possessor, no rather than bloodline, this thing should be called a concept. It is a concept of power. It holds all of the power that ever existed, existing, or will exist. Theoretically, it can just do about anything but because it is so powerful, no beings within the omniverse were able to obtain it. As to how Athanatos was able to obtain such power, that will be a story for another day.
Lastly, Athanatos's soul. It is the root of his existence. Ever since he was born, he was able to fully integrate all of his souls together into one. However, after traveling within the void for too long, his self-awareness becomes almost transparent. His soul started to split into three. But somehow, his will of becoming happy managed to at least hold them together so he doesn't cease to exist.
Bringing us back to the present. After the incident happened, Athanatos thought Mikasa was looking at him as if he was a monster. This created fear within his soul, causing the Holy Devil to corrupt his own reasoning. This wouldn't happen if he was in control of all three souls but unfortunately he wasn't. He subconsciously compared this fear to how people used to look at him in his past life. Because of this, he slowly started to accept the fact that his past life and his current is one and the same which, both are...
Monster.
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”Armin! I think there's a dead body in that alley! It's all bloody! Come here quick!”