The Extra's Odyssey

A young man was lying on Lily's lap.

"Miss, I have to do some wo-"

"Say ahh"

The young man's lips twitched when Lily interrupted him and tried to feed him an apple slice.

He wanted to refuse, but he knew her. If he refused, she will threaten him saying that if he doesn't eat it, she will kill him.

And with her crazy personality, she might actually kill him just because he refused.

Begrudgingly, he ate the slice.

"You like apples too, don't you?"

"Why?"

"Because I like them."

At her words, even he couldn't maintain his ever-present smile and his expression turned strange.

'What kind of logic is that?' He wanted to question her but didn't.

He had been working with Lily for a few months, so he knew better than to question her logic. Last time she slit her maid's guts when she asked who eats apples with citrus jam.

He couldn't help but look back at the past few months and lament.

Originally, the time he was going to work with her was supposed to be for one month only.

The young man's goal was to kill all of her family with his own hands, but they had too much security. Despite being the mediator for quite a few wards, he had only met the gang leader, Lily's dad, only on the day of his appointment.

Despite Lily's notoriety for killing every under her within one month, the young man dared to aim higher.

He believed that if he could seduce her, killing all of them will become easier. But it was easier said than done.

He failed spectacularly.

'This bitch doesn't have a single piece of common sense that makes her a girl!'

With his top-of-the-world seduction skills, or so he thinks, it should have been easy to woo a normal girl!

He couldn't even comprehend how her mind worked. Even now, he had no idea why she was making him work under her after all the one month have long passed by.

Besides, she had become… obsessive.

Sadly, it wasn't in the romantic way he had been trying for, but obsessive, nonetheless.

Lily cupped his face and stared into his eyes.

"Are you thinking something bad about me?"

"No"

He broke eye contact and looked elsewhere. Her scarlet eyes were too unnerving to stare at.

"Why are you avoiding my eyes? Aren't they pretty?"

"They are."

He wasn't lying.

Those blood-red eyes were the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen. Not that he was going to tell her this. It wasn't like she would even think of it as a compliment with her strange common sense.

Lily, seeing his expression change, smiled.

The young man saw her smiling and was thinking about his own plans.

'Should I just kill her? I can make it look like the work of other gangs.'

But he quickly decided against it.

It was too risky to assassinate her and, even if he succeeded, the returns weren't worth it.

*

Wooooooo-

The noises of the crowd entered my ears, forcing me awake and my eyes snapped open.

"Huff…huff…Where am I?"

I looked around- beds in systematic order along the walls and some medical equipment at every bedside- and felt a pungent alcoholic scent enter my nostrils.

"I'm in the infirmary but wh-!"

Just as I remembered what happened before I lost consciousness, I retched.

Immediately running to the restroom attached to the infirmary, I removed the mask that was still on my face and leaned over the sink.

Blergh-

A strong citric taste spread through my throat.

"Haahh..Haa-Blergh!"

I looked back at my pale reflection, but it only worsened my condition.

I shut my eyes, not wanting to see my red eyes. They reminded me of Li-

Thump-

Thump-

"Ughhh.."

I grabbed my chest. Remembering her eyes only made the pain flare.

(Wear your mask)

"Are you okay?"

"!"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind me.

I fumbled to wear my mask. Even I could guess where I was right now. It would spell a disaster if someone saw my face.

Sadly, I was shaking too much, and I dropped my mask.

"Hey, don't be so hasty I'm not trying to see your face!"

(Use [Domination Decree]!)

'[d-domination decree]'

"You shouldn't res-!"

The intruder was wearing a grey robe and a black mask.

He stopped speaking and looked around, aware of the change in the atmosphere, but seeing as how he was unaffected it meant the pressure didn't work on him.

Though he shouldn't be able to recognize me now.

While he was warily glancing around, I forcibly composed myself.

"…what are you doing here? And where is my partner?"

"I was just here to check on you. I don't know about your partner, though."

My brows furrowed at Leon's words, but before I could question him, he continued.

"Was it necessary to do that?"

"..What?"

"Provoking everyone, tanking all those attacks, and then overwhelming everyone with your presence. There is no, it was as easy as you made it look and…."

He stared at my shivering figure.

"It seems I was right."

"It has nothing to do wi-"

"Though I'm thankful that at least you are okay."

My frown tightened.

He shouldn't know I'm Nathan. Why was he bothering himself with a stranger?

Wait!

'Did they remove my mask?'

(No, Miller made sure that they didn't.)

'Then what about my arm? If they saw Nether in it, then I will be exposed either way.'

(They didn't find any Nether.)

(When you lost, were about to lose consciousness you used [Domination Decree] )

(The skill made you unrecognizable and hid the presence of Nether.)

I didn't remember much before losing consciousness but, with my cautious nature, I might have used the skill.

But it didn't explain how I kept the skill active while being knocked out.

'You are saying I kept supplying Ether for the skill the work? That is only possible if….'

(If manipulating your energy is second nature to you, to the point you channel it unconsciously. A feat that is only possible by those who have trained for decades.)

(….did you really kept training for all those years? Why shouldn't it b-)

'We'll talk later.'

I cut the mental connection between us before Eth could ask more.

Just remembering my past life was too much for me. I don't think I can handle remembering what happened back there, too.

"I didn't want to get the person who saved us to be hurt."

Leon clarified, taking my silence as a question.

'Is he worrying about me because he thinks I'm a good guy?'

"Why do you think I saved you? You believe in others too easily."

"Hehe..I just do."

"Haa…."

'Can someone be more naïve than him?'

"Besides, why did you eliminate four people if you didn't want to save us? You could have eliminated only 2 people."

T..that was a valid argument.

"tch..Anyway, you can see I'm fine. So, can you leave?"

"Okay."

Leon turned back and was about to leave, but I stopped him.

"Wait. I'll come with you."

I picked up my mask and deactivated my skill after wearing it.

Leon and I left the infirmary together.

I chatted with him, desperately, and it helped me forget about the things I didn't want to remember.

A hollow chuckle left my mouth.

Even though this was a different world, I was still depending on Leon to keep my sanity intact.

'I am still the pathetic me.'

'But…'

'This is fine. As long as I can live, I don't care how pathetic I am.'