As he expected, Qualia hacked the ghost. But unlike with magic stones, the information of the magic energy was not simply listed.
The memories and feelings of the beast person known as Liebe oozed from the root of that magic energy.
“Initiating learning of Liebe’s memories and emotions.”
Qualia accessed the crimson life decorated with anger, despair, and sadness.
The hatred he needed to unravel was surely beyond it.
‘Big brother…’
‘Ina! Hide behind…!’
The first thing Qualia read was a scene in a slum. Liebe held a club in front of him, and protected a young Ina behind him.
There were no dark circles under his eyes, and he did not know Stealth. He was just a brother who cared a lot about his sister.
Qualia existed outside Liebe’s memories, and could not save them from the enemies after them.
And since Liebe caught them all, that was not necessary anyway.
After that, Liebe grabbed Ina’s shoulders, and looked terribly worried.
‘Ina… Didn’t I tell you not to get close to the grounds of the fair skies church? If they find you, you’ll be lucky to just lose your life.’
‘I-I’m sorry…But everyone in Azure Skies is working hard… So I wanted to help too…’
Ina was holding a lot of food she stole from the Truly Wonderful Fair Skies Church in her right hand. They were leftovers, but there was no doubt that this would be a feast for them.
‘And today’s your birthday, so I wanted you to eat something tasty…’
‘Ina…’
Truthfully, they were so poor that they did not have enough food for the next day, but Qualia still detected ‘tasty’ between them.
As Qualia’s heart became a little warmer, Ina and Liebe walked past him. They were unable to see him. All Liebe could see was the same thing he always saw.
The sunset gently enveloped them as they walked while holding hands. The young girl and the boy looking after her chatted casually, which could be read between the dark matter.
‘Big brother, I have a dream.’
‘Eh… What kind of dream?’
‘To open a place with lots of food.’
‘A pace with… You’re a good cook, so I’m sure it’ll always be full.’
‘Hehehe, thank you.’
‘Just don’t let the humans get in the way.’
‘Well… I’ll do my best.’
‘…But where did that dream come from?’
‘If I do that, even hungry kids like us can eat lots of tasty food. And they’ll say it’s tasty all the time.’
‘I see. You’re a nice girl, Ina.’
‘What kind of dreams do you have, big brother?’
‘I don’t.’
‘Really?’
‘I just want you to live, Ina. I don’t wish for anything else.’
Right after, the world turned.
The red sky gently embracing them as they walked away was transformed into a dim cage.
The siblings laughing freely were now screaming each other’s names as they were restrained by multiple men.
‘Ina!’
‘Big brother!’
They stretched their arms towards each other, but could not reach. They simply became covered in bruises caused by the violence of the men wearing blue habits, until they could not reach out anymore.
Qualia could do nothing but watch this tragedy play out, as he was unable to interfere with memories.
And then, a big body passed by Qualia’s
‘Cardinal, we finally caught them.’
The one called cardinal looked down at Ina and Liebe, who could not resist in any way, and threw them words.
‘So it was you. The troublesome kitties that have been sniffing around lately.’
‘…I take responsibility for everything that was stolen… I’ll give everything back… My sister had nothing to do with it!’
Liebe struggled to speak, but after hearing it, the cardinal showed a smile.
It was a face that cared little for the will of god, and a lot about his own amusement.
‘The avatar Ubiquitous does not forgive thievery… These unsavable individuals need purification.’
It did not take long for them to know that purification meant torture.
Days, weeks, months, the torture lasted.
Layers of static called pain ran through Qualia’s mind. Although it was not happening to him, just learning of this torture that was neither life or death caused a slight bug in his calculations.
And then, a guillotine was readied in front of Liebe.
And on the other side, was an Ina that was visibly wounded by the merciless torture.
‘Ina…!’
‘Big… Brother…’
The shackles on his arms and legs prevented Liebe from running to her to help.
And the cardinal declared with excitement, as he grabbed Ina’s cat ears.
‘To cleanse this girl of sin, she must shed tears over her brother’s death…’
Therefore, the guillotine. This human called cardinal was at the top of the Truly Wonderful Fair Skies Church, which meant he could use the name of god, and was a dangerous weapon that clearly felt excitement over breaking a young girl’s heart.
‘Stop, it doesn’t matter if I die…! Just don’t hurt Ina anymore…’
‘Don’t worry. After you depart, I will take the responsibility of sending the girl cleansed of sin to god’s side.’
And then, the blade of the guillotine fell.
As Liebe became just a head, his eyes saw a despairing Ina, who was denied everything in the world.
But after that, the world abruptly cut.
“Confirming stoppage of Liebe’s vital activities. It is assumed that from this point forward, his hardware is that of a ghost.
‘Have to save… Ina…’
When the world that gradually turned dark became vivid again, it was all over.
The human called cardinal, his subordinates, everyone had been cut to shreds.
And thanks to Stealth, no one even knew what hit them.
After meandering, Liebe reached the cage where Ina was locked.
And then he saw it.
Multiple torture tools. Dry red blood on them.
There was nothing left in the cage. His dear cat eared sister was nowhere to be seen.
‘Ah.’
Liebe wailed.
He was all alone, and his vision was painted red.
‘AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
Quiet!’
Dark matter overflowed, as he activated his skill as a ghost and began to transform into Quiet Ghost.
‘Why why… Why did even my only family!? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!’
I just want you to live Ina. His one wish was negated, and Liebe despaired.
His heart was ripped beyond repair.
Something touched Liebe from behind. Qualia.
“You are wrong. Ina is not dead.”
And it was from there that he began to hack Liege’s heart.
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