For some reason, Nothing decided to start a conversation with Lucifer. But Lucifer didn't feel uncomfortable or anything, on the contrary, he was quite enjoying this conversation.
Thanks to it, Lucifer forgot about the pain that had been tormenting him.
"What do you mean, Lucifer?" Nothing asked.
"The owner of that orphanage told me that if both my brother and I wanted to enter the orphanage, our food, our room and a lot more would be divided in half, which meant our quality of life would be poor, not good at all. Doesn't that sound absurd? But sadly, it's the truth."
Lucifer suddenly stopped because he felt a little stinging in his nose before continuing:
"A person with neither money nor power and comes from the slums will not receive anything. And what's worse, my brother and I were already quite old at that time. So in order to give my brother a better life, I decided to leave."
"Then what about the other reason?"
Lucifer hesitated for a moment because the second reason was not what he wanted to talk about. But then Lucifer still decided to tell Nothing:
"You may not know this, my brother loves our parents very much, he doesn't know their bad side. Those people also hadn't touched my brother or asked him to do anything bad for them because he's still not old enough, so they pretended to love him so that they could force him to do more work for them when my younger brother grows up."
Lucifer gritted his teeth, a few veins popping out on his forehead in anger.
"But he doesn't know that. He was always deceived by our parents, and then he started to love our parents even more than before. Nevertheless, I was the one who killed them. Let me ask you, Nothing, how would you feel if the person you love was killed?"
Nothing didn't say anything, but Lucifer had already confirmed his answer.
"He doesn't know that I killed the parents he loved, and he's too young to understand what's going on. So I'm afraid that one day my brother will find out the truth and hate me."
Lucifer paused to take a breath before continuing:
"You know, Nothing, I'm willing to become the enemy of the whole world, to be hated by the whole world, but I can't bear it when my younger brother hates me. That's why I don't live with him…"
Lucifer finished his story, but Nothing didn't say anything. He didn't judge Lucifer's childhood but just continued walking forward.
A few dozen seconds passed but Nothing still didn't say anything, feeling that something was strange, Lucifer immediately asked Nothing if he was okay:
"Hey Nothing, are you okay? Answer me, don't make me worry."
But Nothing didn't respond to Lucifer. Something must have happened. Lucifer's only companion was acting strangely, so of course he was nervous.
Lucifer quickly jumped off Nothing's back, his body was still extremely sore, but Lucifer tried to endure it so he could check Nothing's current situation.
Even though Lucifer was no longer on his back, Nothing still moved as if nothing had happened. It was as if Nothing was a machine or a zombie.
Well, calling him a robot would be more accurate in this situation.
Lucifer immediately put his hands on Nothing's shoulder to hold him back, and indeed, Lucifer did, Nothing had stopped because of that. But Nothing didn't stay still but fell to the ground right after.
Exhausted and feeling quite annoyed, Lucifer moved closer to check Nothing's body, and he was shocked by what he saw.
***
Nothing was too badly injured, even many times more injured than Lucifer. Seeing the injuries Nothing had, Lucifer felt extremely guilty for making Nothing carry him even though he was in this state.
Nothing's handsome face was almost completely destroyed. He had lost his left eye and his right eye was about to go blind. His nose was gone, and his mouth was slashed quite wide. One of Nothing's ears was also gone, it wasn't there anymore.
Nothing's face was covered in so much blood that anyone who didn't know would think he had just poured paint on his face.
However, Nothing's body was even more damaged than his face.
One of Nothing's arms was bruised and showed signs of fracture, and both of Nothing's knees were bleeding profusely.
And the most horrifying thing was that Nothing's belly had a rather large hole, and because of this hole, some of Nothing's internal organs had spilled out. Lucifer couldn't find Nothing's stomach and liver anywhere. They had completely vanished.
The fact that Nothing could still move, talk, and carry Lucifer could be considered a miracle. If this was a normal person, that person would have died long ago.
Perhaps this was the price Nothing had to pay to save Lucifer from that Centaur.
Seeing his comrade who had sacrificed himself for him, Lucifer couldn't help but feel ashamed, choked up and lucky to have such a wonderful companion.
But the problem was that Nothing was dying by seconds.
Lucifer slowly held Nothing's arm that was shaking quite a lot. He choked up and said:
"Hey buddy...say something to me. Why...why did you sacrifice yourself for me like that?"
Receiving the question from his companion, Nothing slowly turned his dull, lifeless eyes towards Lucifer. Then, he attempted to smile even though his mouth had a huge cut:
"...You...need to live. If I die, at least I can revive...but you can't. If you die...I'll die with you...that's why...I saved you, you idiot. Next time, try to think before you speak..." Even when Nothing was about to die, he still decided to tease Lucifer.
And this time, Lucifer didn't feel uncomfortable or anything. He held Nothing's hand tighter, Volcanic Slime beside him also had a gloomy and sad expression.
A few seconds later, Lucifer received a notification from the system:
[Your servant has died. You will not be able to use By Your Side for the next 24 hours.]
And just like that, Nothing's lifeless body slowly sank into Lucifer's shadow. Lucifer could only stand there and watch, unable to do anything.
He knew that Nothing could still be revived, but Lucifer still felt hatred for himself for his weakness and helplessness. Why was he so useless? He also could not forgive the Centaur that killed Nothing. He would definitely kill it, he would kill Nea.
'Don't worry Nothing, I will…avenge you. Rest in peace for now, I'll see you in 24 hours.'