Chapter 312 - The Solution (1/2)
”---Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal, Immortal---”
Mercury sat himself up in the bed in the middle of the night, he could not ignore it anymore so he muttered
”Quite down will you..?”
Even though it was near midnight he had not rested yet, as the word 'Immortal' kept repeating itself inside his head
'I need to do something about this soon…'
Mercury swung his legs over the side of the bed before he remembered his promise to Marie and shook her shoulder until she woke up
”Mercury..? What time is it?”
”It's around midnight, I can't sleep… Want to go hit the bar?”
”...Sure, just give me a moment...”
Marie got up and dressed before she showed Mercury a smile
”Thank you for remembering your promise”
Mercury showed a smile and gave Marie a kiss before he spoke
”You are way too good for me Marie”
The two of them walked downstairs and began drinking in a rather slow tempo while flirting until suddenly a little before sunrise Mercury got an idea and muttered
”I should tell Party about this...”
Marie tilted her head and asked
”Who..?”
”My parent, one of the 33”
”...Yeah, if anybody knows anything about it's got to be one of them”
Mercury nodded before he asked Marie
”Do you mind taking care of Max while I go to the temple?”
Marie shook her head before she showed a soft smile
”Please take care”
”Sure”
Soon Mercury was walking down the main street, the roads were relatively empty as it was still early in the morning, soon he arrived at the temple and got a prayer room without any troubles, he breathed a sigh to calm himself down before he touched the crystal ball
[SUBEJCT #5 CONFRIMED, REQUEST DESCEND Y/N?]
”...Yes”
[DESCEND REQUEST CONFIRMED, POWERING UP ISOLATION BARRIER…]
At that moment it seemed that the room got isolated from the rest of the world like it became its own space, then the robotic voice spoke out again
[ISOLATION BARRIER DEPLOYED, HOLDING STEADY, DAILING ACHANGEL NUMBER #26… DIAL-UP COMPLETE, CONTACT ESTABLISHED: REQUEST GRANTED, STARTING DESCEND…]
”It's unusually chatty today..? Not that I've tried this so many times…”
Soon a formless pressure began descending into the avatar and soon it opened its eyes and showed a jester-like smile as it greeted Mercury
[Hello, Mercury~]
Mercury showed a tired smile, Party picked up on this and frowned before she asked
[What's wrong Mercury? Did you get dumped~?]
”No… At least I hope not, no the thing is I am having thought clutter”
[Thought clutter?]
”Yeah, I amuse it's from my past life”
[Wait… Mercury you remember your past life?]
Mercury sensed that Party was being a lot more serious than her usual self so he nodded
”Yes, though only bits and pieces… The word 'Immortal' keeps popping up”
['Immortal' huh… Well, I'll be frank with you Mercury, you remembering your past life in such detail is… Abnormal, one moment I need to contact Light...]
The avatar waved its hand which made a chair appear then its eyes went dull, Mercury sat himself down on the chair and waited like he was told… And waited… Soon the avatar gave a set and spoke
[Sorry for the wait Mercury~ I am back~]
”...Did Light say anything?”