Alex opened his eyes and found himself at the front of a school building. "What am I doing here?" He asked himself and just that moment, he felt a sharp pain at the back of his head. "Arrgh!" He groaned while holding his head."Oh, are you awake?" A male voice asked him. Looking around, he didn't see anyone, and that got him scared. "Who are you? Show yourself," he asked while looking around. "Okay," the voice replied and soon, Alex was able to see a young man with red eyes standing before him. "Can you see me?" He asked him."I can see you though you look faint," Alex replied."This is interesting," the young man replied with a grin."Why? Who are you?" Alex asked him "Because you are the only one that can see me in this form," he stated. "And my name is Arthur.""Do you by any chance know how I got there? I can't remember anything," Alex grumbled with a worried look on his face. "I can help you with that," Arthur said and touched Alex's forehead. The moment he did that, Alex c

It was as though they were waiting for the right opportunity to strike and the moment the teacher left the class, one of the students who could no longer exercise his patience slammed his fist on the desk in front of him and stood up. "Hey!" He said, glaring at Alex and drawing the attention of all the other members of the class. "Who do you think you are? Acting all high and mighty, even making Master Kelvin like you especially, just who the fuck do you think you are!" The boy yelled in anger. Because his hate was pretty much obvious, Alex had to turn to look at him, wondering why the boy didn't like him. He was not much of a talker so after staring at the boy for some seconds, he returned his gaze to the board in front of the class. No one liked being ignored so the boy got so upset that he left his seat and stormed to Alex's own. Standing in front of Alex, he rolled his sleeves, ready to engage in a fight."Stand up and fight me! If you don't, I'll beat you to a pulp!" He said t

Raphael later left the room after making peace with Alex, and when he returned he saw the boy sleeping soundly under his thick blanket. He sighed and went over to his bed to wake him up but just as his hand touched him, the latter caught his hand from under the blanket. Raphael gasped and dragged the blanket off but to his surprise, Alex was still sleeping. ' What is this? ' He thought in his head and tried to free himself but the sleeping boy was firmly holding him. He began to tap him to wake him up because it could seem that he wasn't aware of what he was doing."Huh?" Alex grunted as he opened his eyes. He looked by his side and saw that he was tightly holding Raphael and that the latter was frowning in pain. He abruptly let go and stood up immediately. "Damn it. I'm sorry, I didn't know," he said to him and looked at his hand. Seeing the bruises, he frowned deeply. ' Arthur! ' he yelled in his head because he knew that was his doing. "I was only playing with him," Arthur replie

In the middle of the night, Alex got up and sat down on his bed. He couldn't sleep despite that he had been lying in bed for an hour already. He glanced at Raphael and the boy was sleeping soundly, remembering the boy's problem, he sighed with a frown."Arthur," he called to the demon inside of him."I know what you want to ask but the answer is no, I won't," Arthur replied instantly."You won't, that means you are capable of lifting the curse from him. Tell me, what do you want in return?" Alex asked him. He was bent on helping Raphael break the curse no matter what and so as long as the demon was able to do it, he is ready to do anything. "As it is, I do not want anything in return. Lifting a curse that isn't placed by me is not an easy task, even though I am a demon lord. Everything in life has its course, you don't expect me to change that just because of some measly personal feelings. The kid is fated to live and die with the curse, I am in no position to change anyone's fate,"

Jerry's body lay twisted on the ground, his glassy eyes still frozen in shock. Alex stood over him, chest heaving, red glow fading from his eyes."How do you feel after killing him?" Arthur's voice slithered into his mind, smooth and curious.Alex stared at the corpse, face blank. "I don't feel excited. It's not fun."Arthur chuckled darkly. "Well—""But," Alex interrupted, "it serves him right. He crossed the line too many times.""Mmm. I assure you, it will become fun, Alex. Once you make it part of you.""I don't think it ever will." Alex turned away from the body, walked to Raphael, and began untying his chains. When the boy collapsed into his arms, Alex's gaze hardened at the bruises covering his skin. "If I had come sooner… this wouldn't have happened," he whispered, regret heavy in his voice.Arthur's voice cut through his guilt like a blade. "Is he worth it? You killed someone because of him. Tell me, Alex—does he deserve that?"Alex's grip tightened around Raphael's limp form