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[cursedtolive]

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[hououji]

I got angry. Of course I got angry. I'm human.

[cursedtolive]

I live in a world of people.

I tried to kill a bunch of people to find an immortal. So I--

I deserved it.

[hououji]

[A beat.]

I killed a pair of lovers whose only crime was being in love.

[cursedtolive]

... Oh yeah?

What for? Jealousy?

[Czes knows that's not true.]

[hououji]

Because I was stupid. I was selfish and I wanted to go home.

[cursedtolive]

What did you do?

[hououji]

What do you mean?

[cursedtolive]

You killed people for the exact same reason I killed you.

Why? What happened?

[hououji]

Before I came here, I was in a similar situation. I was summoned to another world, along with [She lets a beat go before she swallows and keeps on] Umi-san and Hikaru-san. We were told we were the magic knights of legend and in order to go home, we'd have to save the princess from her high priest.

But Emeraude... was more than just the princess. She was the pillar. The world needed her and her prayers to survive. Her willpower literally held the world together.

We killed Zagato-san without even thinking about it. Like it was... some kind of game, or a story. We didn't put together the obvious pieces. And he died, trying to protect her. And when Emeraude found out... we killed her. She would have destroyed the entire world. She would have killed us.

She died just because she wasn't allowed to love. They both died because we didn't stop and think. We just wanted to go home.

[Does Fuu's "won't hurt anybody fuck you" attitude make more sense now?]

[cursedtolive]

[Czes is quiet while Fuu talks, and quiet when she is done. He doesn't say anything for a long time before he closes his eyes one, leans back, and responds:]

What happened to the world that lost what was holding it together?

[hououji]

... Thousands upon thousands of people died.

There is a special kind of terrible for people like me.

[cursedtolive]

... I see.

While I probably ruined a few lives during my two hundred years, you ruined an entire world with just one fight. I see why you were so adamant about it now.

[hououji]

What was once a thriving and beautiful country became almost nothing.

[She takes the ring off her left hand and sets it gently on the table for him to see. Don't touch it though.]

Princess Emeraude was his sister. Everyone who dies... Every single person, has someone who cares about them. I won't kill anyone in Santa Destroy. We don't know why they do what they do or who they have waiting back home. I won't take that risk.

[cursedtolive]

... All right.

[It's a good thing he's been staying with Charon. It's mellowing him out.]

What can you tell me about the person who would come after Charon?

[hououji]

Very little. Brown haired, glasses. Gender is unconfirmed. Fights with a knife.

They'll ask his name.

[cursedtolive]

I'll remember that. You should be careful, too. Why don't you stay here until it all calms down? It's safer here than an old house.

[And Umi and Danny have already been killed so it's not dangerous for them so he doesn't ask about them duh.]

[hououji]

... You're planning on selling me to them in exchange for Charon-san, aren't you?

[She's only half joking?]

[cursedtolive]

No, because they won't listen and come after him anyway.

[hououji]

... I'm waiting for the catch.

[cursedtolive]

Do you want one?

[hououji]

No, but I lived with you for quite some time and you constantly seemed to hate me.

[cursedtolive]

I did. I didn't like you at all.

But I don't think I'm going to go back to that. It... made me tired, too.

[hououji]

[Her shoulders sag in relief, and she looks away a little, uncomfortable.]

Thank you. I don't like being at odds with others.

[So right now she hates herself.]

[cursedtolive]

I didn't think so.

... I'm sure it'll be fine.

[hououji]

... I hope so. I don't think I can take Santa Destroy alone.