Chapter 78 - 77

warning: triggering topics such as torture, suicidal thoughts, insanity, and cannibalism are mentioned in this chapter. Please skip this chapter if you feel uncomfortable reading such topics. Feel free to skip to Chapter 79 (Will be updated tomorrow) since this is a two-part chapter.

-YOHANN'S POV-

Everything felt like a dream just now. Like none of it existed. And that I was still stuck in that god-forsaken place. What exactly did I do to receive this kind of punishment? Tell me exactly what it was El. Why did you abandon us?

"He's showing some side effects to the potions"

A voice echoed in my head. Whenever I hear it, another follows.

"Just as long as he doesn't die, continue with the experiment" said the other.

I hated that voice. Sometimes that voice would pretend to care about me. But the next moment he'd be screaming at me blaming me for everything.

"YOU DEMONS TOOK EVERYTHING AWAY FROM US! YOU CORRUPTED THIS WORLD" said that voice.

It was painful. Their experiments. It was very painful.

They made me kill my own kind. They also made me kill innocent people. Even the children, no one was excluded. Whenever I try to end my own life to stop this suffering, they come back and patch me up.

"Now now Yohann... Your sister and friends would be upset if they found out that you did those things"

"Lord Matthew, please don't touch something so dirty"

"Rapeh, this much is alright. I can't have him die"

Right... My name was Yohann.

The reason why I ended up here is that I held back a horde of those monsters. Just enough for Amias to be able to escape. Otherwise, he'd be also here, or perhaps he'd be dead. Amias was a kind soul but he's not as strong as me. I knew that and that's why I stayed behind. Because I knew Amias would try to get help but it seems like the others already gave up on me.

Don't worry Amias, I know you tried. You looked so devastated when I forced you out of that place. I'm sure they were concerned for your well-being. I just hope that my sister would understand and won't be too hard on him.

"I want to try something on him"

When Matthew said this, I knew it wasn't anything good. I squirmed away in this tiny prison cage but I could only go so far. I'm still within his grasp. Matthew noticed this and it made him feel amused.

"Yohann! you're still responsive. I thought after feeding you all those sinners would make you turn into my pets" Matthew crouched in front of me.

The mush he had been feeding me. They were the corpses of the people I killed.

"Please kill me" I managed to stutter out.

How was I even able to speak in the first place? I'm this deformed creature now...

"Hah... In your dreams. Right now you're my prized possession. It's because of you I managed to learn more ways of making more sinners like you into something more useful" It's funny how all of Matthew's words sound convincing. Am I that insane now? That I'd believe this scum's words?

"What about humans then?"

"The moment you vermin crawled the earth, you corrupted them. But now they're able to be reborn into a new form free of your filth"

"The Half angels..." I wonder how he treats them. They may be half-human but they're still half-angels.

Matthew leaned in closer to the case and in a soft whisper he said:

"An abomination that should never exist"

The way he said these words with ease. It makes one's skin crawl. And the fact he even uses half-angels as servants with the promise of a bright future. Only for that future to be a fake and they either turn into food or they turn into monsters like me. He was turning me into a monster under his control. He is the true monster between the two of us.

Thinking about it, back then you weren't like this. What exactly changed?

"Enough talking. We have work to do" Matthew stood up and motioned for something.

A servant walked towards him carrying a bunch of knives and a bunch of half-demon children. My eyes widened in shock. No matter how many times I've seen them, I still cannot fathom how Matthew is able to do such a thing towards innocent little children.

"We'll be playing a game since these kids managed to fool one of my servants in order to escape. But alas, their attempt was futile" Matthew grabbed the chain that was connected to the metal collar around my neck. I was like a dog.

He locked it on the ground and added a spell to prevent it from breaking. Afterward, he walked up to my cage and opened the door.

"Don't try any funny business again. I'll set off that collar and make you writhe in pain for the next few days"

A shiver crawled down my spine. This damn collar had multiple layers of spells. One was to prevent me from using my powers. Another spell was to add pressure to my body. It's a burning sensation that makes me want to claw myself in order to relieve the pain. But the last spell was to prevent me from hurting myself. I can hurt others but if I tried it on Matthew or his servants, they would activate the second spell.

"Ok back to our game. Each child here will get a knife. The goal of the game is to be able to present to me his anatomy" Matthew pointed at me. What did he mean by this? Is this it? Am I finally going to be able to die?

"But the catch is.." Matthew approached me and kicked me in the stomach. I fell on the floor and shook a little from the sudden kick. He may have broken one of my ribs.

Matthew called for another servant of his and that servant saddled on top of me and held the collar. They added a new spell and Matthew looked amused. The servant got off and said that they were done.

"Very good" He patted the servant's head and told them to go look for Ari to get a reward. The servant rushed out happily. Matthew's expression turned dull as he approached me. He had a knife in his hand and he swung down.

Pain.

He just chopped off my fingers in one swift move.

I screamed in pain and I wanted to bring my hand close to me but Matthew grabbed my wrist and showed it to the kids.

"Look closely"

I felt something cold and slowly my hands recovered. In just a few moments, my fingers were back as if nothing happened. If it weren't for the decapitated fingers on the floor nearby, I would have thought I was hallucinating again.

So this is what he meant by "Present to me his anatomy"