??/??/???? - Today 

Slowly my senses were returning, I could finally smell things, my ear was gradually picking up the sounds around me and my eyesight was getting used to them. I started to get up and the moment my eyes adjusted I was faced with a scene that infuriated me, that creature daring to lay a finger on my sisters? Unforgivable. 

"Hey."

As if this was unexpected, the creature slowly turned towards me. Ah, what a satisfying scene. That damn smile, when it saw me standing up, was gone. 

"I've prepared a little surprise for you."

Without any patience, I didn't give him time to react, I wielded Excalibur and leapt towards him. However, my target wasn't him. I kicked him, using him as an impulse to cut off the hand holding Urash, cut it into several pieces and carefully picked Urash up off my lap, placing her on the ground. 

- SISTER! You... you... - she grabbed my arm tightly

"I'm sorry Urash, I have something else to deal with right now" - I looked her seriously in the eye, she got the message and let go of me. The creature still hadn't been able to understand what was going on, so I kicked it again and jumped again, this time aiming for Chizuro. 

- Shiroh, just cut the hand, you don't have to get me. Focus on the creature. 

"Okay." - I easily tore the hand apart, and before Chizuro was even free I landed on the ground, facing the creature. "Listen here." - I pointed my sword at the creature's neck, which still hadn't been able to get up - "You messed with someone you shouldn't have messed with, I may have made a contract with you, but I'm still in charge of you. Come on, asshole." 

- With pleasure.

I smiled. As soon as the creature stood up, I kicked it in the stomach, pushing it away, then leapt towards it and attacked it, but it dodged, disappearing into the dust. I quickly drew my sword, looking around, he tried to attack me from behind, but I was able to block the attack. 

"You play dirty..."

- Look who's talking... 

While I was blocking the attack, I took the opportunity to cast a spell. Countless beams of light appeared in the sky, just above where we were standing: "CHIZURO, GIVE ME A HELP" - A few seconds after I said this, more beams of light appeared in the sky. 

- Your...

"Nah ah nah, no, you're not going anywhere, sweetheart" - He tried to pull away from me, but I advanced towards him, grabbing him by the head and throwing him to the ground, I stood up and put one of my feet on top of him, while pointing Excalibur at his neck. "3... 2... 1.." The beams of light started coming towards us, until the last second I was holding him back, and just as they were about to attack me, I jumped out. 

- Could it be? - Urash said, distressed

"No, don't let your guards down." The beams had barely ceased and I set off towards the creature, wielding my sword, I took advantage and conjured up my all-white sword, so that I now had a sword in each hand.  "Get up." - I stared coldly at the creature, completely torn apart in front of me. That smile no longer existed on its distorted face. The creature slowly stood up, it had several misshapen holes along its body from which liquid oozed incessantly.

- I see you're taking me seriously now...

I didn't let him finish his sentence by kicking him, but he grabbed my foot before I could. His smile gradually returned.

 "I'M GOING TO RIP THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACE!" - Taking advantage of his firm grip on my foot, I used my other foot to stand up and attack him with my sword, he was able to dodge, but let go of my leg in the process. Before the creature could regain its balance, I was already running towards it, attacking it. 

- Hey, Shiroh, enjoying the little present your mother gave you? 

His laugh was harsh, cracked and distorted, yet it echoed in my ears with pure debauchery.

- How many more people are going to have to sacrifice themselves to clean up the mess YOU made?

"shut up, shut up, SHUT THE FUCK UP!" - I went all out on him, using my white sword, and he skillfully dodged all my attacks. His smile became more and more distorted as he approached me.

- Shiroh, I control you. 

"SHUT UP, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!!!!!" - I shouted, as he grabbed my sword with one of his hands, breaking it into pieces. 

- I also think I'm going to have to take you seriously... 

It didn't matter, I still had another sword, which I took advantage of and wielded with both hands, again I tried to attack him. But it was no use, he dodged all my attacks, so I wouldn't get anywhere. Calm down, Shiroh, don't let his little games manipulate you. Take a deep breath. 

"I've already told you once, I'm going to wipe that smile off your face" - I ran towards him and jumped, falling behind him, immediately attacking him from behind, but he was quicker and blocked the attack. I held the sword in one hand, taking the opportunity to push him back while he blocked the attack, I used my free hand to use photokinesis and cut off one of his arms. When I did, he pushed me away in response.

"Does that hurt?" - I smiled. He was in agony, holding on with his remaining arm to the other one that had just been severed. "You know what?" - I threw Excalibur in the direction of Chizuro, who had been healing Urash until now - "Chizuro, take care of this." - I looked in the direction of the creature, which was still agonizing in pain. I snapped my fingers. - "I'll kill you with my bare hands." 

I advanced towards it again, and in response it threw some umbrakinesis spikes in my direction, but I managed to narrowly dodge them. It was noticeable that the creature was in despair, as it constantly threw these thorns to try to stop me getting close to it, and noticing this, I couldn't help but smile.

"WHAT? ARE YOU SCARED?" - I said this as I jumped towards the creature, pulling it by the arm so that it would be close to me - Come on, give me that smile of yours - As I said this, I used my other hand and placed it under his face, throwing him to the ground. He was completely immobile, as I held his only remaining arm. 

"Now, give me a show" - With the hand that was holding his arm, I slowly began to pull on it, while holding his head with my other hand. The creature began to scream in agony as I slowly ripped its arm off. When I had finished, I threw the severed arm away and got off the creature. 

- you will pay for this... 

The being mumbled something as it tried to pull itself together and stand up, which was difficult given that it was clearly weak and had lost both arms. 

"What did you say? I didn't hear you! - I smiled as I said it

Suddenly, his feet began to transform into something different, instead of being just two normal legs, they turned into countless tentacles, which launched themselves at me. I had no choice but to retreat, but they were faster than me and caught up with me. In just one attack, I was thrown to the other side, falling amidst the debris of the buildings. "No, I can't leave any gaps for that bitch to regenerate, or attack Chizu and Urash!" - As soon as I fell into the rubble, I again summoned several beams of light, which began to appear in the sky. They weren't as few as before, not even 100, maybe 1000? No. Much more than that. 

I slowly began to get up and walk, calmly, out of the dust caused by the concrete. I stretched out my arm, calling for Excalibur, which flew towards me, I held it in one hand. It wasn't 1000 or 10000 beams of light, it was much, much more. The beams of light in the sky looked very much like stars, in fact, in this quantity, it looked more like the entire galaxy, a galaxy just below where I was walking very serenely. Faced with this whole situation, I couldn't help feeling sorry for Nightmare, who was totally incapable of doing anything: "Ah~ just look at him, like a helpless little puppy. What a shame-" 

I didn't finish my sentence, I stopped walking, standing a few meters away from him. I raised my free arm high in the air, then calmly pointed at Nightmare. The countless "stars" all headed in his direction, hitting him like shots, like a machine gun, all those infinite beams of light illuminated the whole place, I couldn't help but smile at the sight.

I was just standing there, with Excalibur lying on the ground right in front of me, I put both my hands under its handle, totally motionless, just watching the scene. After the "shooting" stopped, a distorted image slowly formed in my vision. "Incredible that it's still standing" was the only thought that crossed my mind, even though it was totally dismantled, falling apart, with black sludge oozing out of every corner, it was still standing. I sighed.

I picked Excalibur up off the ground and, holding it in one hand, started walking towards Nightmare. In desperation, he tried incessantly to hit me with the thorns and tentacles, but it was so useless that I barely bothered to dodge them, I just cut them with my other hand, making as little movement as possible. I stopped a few meters from him, just far enough for the blade of my sword to reach him, and pointed it in his direction, aiming for his neck. 

"Last words?"

- Fuck off!

"Is that it? What a bummer" - I swung my sword, aiming to cut his neck, just like he had done to me. As my sword blocked my vision, something reached my ears. 

- It... doesn't end here.  

It was low, but enough to make me hear. In his last moments of life, I could see Nightmare's distorted smile as the blade cut into his neck. That image stuck in my mind. I lowered my sword and sighed. 

"Is it over?" - I didn't have long to react to that thought, because soon Chizuro and Urash came running towards me, hugging me.

- SISTERRRRRRRR! YOU CRAZY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE REALLY GONE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH MY HEART SQUEEZED! DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN! - Urash said, in tears, as she hugged me tightly

- Shiroh, you're reckless - Chizuro had a bitter expression on her face as she punched me in the stomach 

- I'm sorry. - I smiled awkwardly

Chizuro smiled back, but she couldn't take it, and before I could see her tears flowing, she hugged me, burying her face in my chest. 

- It's over, it's over - I said, as I stroked both their heads

They both stayed like that for a long time, screaming, sobbing and crying. And I kept stroking them. I couldn't help remembering that when I was in limbo, I also acted like that when I saw my mother. At that moment, my expression sulked. 

"Oh, Mom... should I be sorry that you're dead? I feel like if I were here, you'd scold me for dwelling on it." 

I looked at Chizuro and Urash, who were hugging me tightly. 

"Got it" - I smiled. I hugged my two sisters back, very tightly.

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- So, let me get this straight, you lost all sense of place when the creature appeared because you heard a "call". And then you fought the creature, Urash and Chizuro came to support you, the creature killed you. And as if that wasn't enough, after realizing that your life had just passed through your eyes, you meet up with your mother, who turned into a SWORD and brought you back to life and then you beat the asshole? Who, by the way, was just the incarnation of your umbrakinesis? - Nakano spoke, and with every punctuation mark she made, her expression and intonation became more surprised, as if she didn't want to believe what she herself was saying

"That's right" - I said

We were outside the mansion, in the garden, where there was a large table full of food and drinks in the center, the whole place was decorated with party items, Lullaby and Ouhi were playing poker at a table in the corner, accompanied by Fuan who acted as a "referee", Urash and July were waltzing among the flowers, while Chizuro watched them drinking juice. Shiroh and Nakano were further away from everyone, chatting. 

- Well, it's all over now... finally? - Nakano looked at me, smiling

"Hoho how rare, you smiling..."

- Oh, shut up, Shiroh! - Nakano was embarrassed. 

I then decided to go and see how the poker game between Lullaby and Ouhi was going.

"Who's winning?" - As I looked at the table, I realized it wasn't poker, and I smiled a little sideways

- OBVIOUSLY ME! - Lullaby shouted

- Hehe, of course - Ouhi looked away, I realized she was hiding some cards in her clothes

- Ouhi! That's the fifth time I've told you that, without cheating! - Fuan said, as she snatched all of Ouhi's cards from her hand - Because of this, the match will be closed again, the current score is 6 to 0 for Lullaby. 

- SEE SHI? I'M WINNING! - Lullaby looked excitedly at me

- hmhm, whatever - Ouhi grumbled

"Hahahahah, I saw it, I saw Lu..." - I smiled. After having my mood lifted after that situation, I went after Chizuro - "What's up Chizu? Watching Urash and July?"

- Ah, yes. - Chizuro replied, seemingly lost in her own little world

I held out my hand, bowing slightly.

- What's this? 

"Would this lonely lady accept my humble request that we dance a waltz together?" - I took her hand and kissed it lightly

- Of course... - Chizuro smiled, joining in the fun

- Oh! Chizu, Shiroh! - Urash noticed us - Hey, that's not fair! I want to dance with Shiroh too! 

- No... she's just mine.  - Chizuro came closer to me

"Look at Chizuro being jealous, how rare!" - I smiled to myself at the thought

- What... Urash! You're dancing with me! - July complained

- Ah~ sorry Ju! I didn't realize you liked me SO MUCH!!! - Urash hugged July

- AH, GET OFF ME! - July screamed

- Hey Ju! Let's get a cake! - Urash took July by the hand and led her to the table in the center.

- Ah, cake! Don't you want to go there, Shi? - Chizuro asked, watching July and Urash

"Go ahead, I'll be right there" - I smiled 

- Okay - Chizuro ran after Urash

Shortly afterwards, Fuan, Ouhi and Lullaby also joined them to get cake. I could hear the screaming that Lullaby was causing.

- CAKE! CAKE! - Lullaby shouted

- No! LULLABY GET BACK HERE! - Ouhi tried to reach Lullaby - Damn, just when I was winning... 

- Come on, Ouhi, wouldn't you like a piece of cake? - Fuan asked, as she led Ouhi to the table

I smiled, observing the whole situation. I was the only one left to go and get a piece of cake, and noticing this, I couldn't help feeling a little lonely. I stared at the sky for a while, absorbed in thought, until I remembered a question Nakano had asked me earlier: "And now, what do you intend to do?". What do I intend to do? That's a great question...

- Oii Shirooh! - Chizuro called out to me

- YOU'LL LOSE ALL YOUR CAKE! - Lullaby shouted

- Lullaby, please keep your voice down! - Fuan said

- Yeah, shut up! AND SHIROH, COME ON! - Nakano added

- OH NOOO! LULLABY EAT ALL THE CAKE - Ouhi shouted, pretending to be surprised, trying to get my attention

- WAIT REALLY? - July was genuinely surprised

- No, silly - Urash laughed - SHIROH, COME!!! 

I ran towards them. 

What do I intend to do?

It's quite obvious.

In fact, from the very beginning I knew what I had to do...

It's obvious!

"Become Commander of Olympus!" - I replied, smiling, to Nakano

Fin.