I had just finished one of the best games I have ever played, only to look up and find I was no longer in my room, but kneeling in the bloody sand of a colossal, sun-baked fighting arena.

How did this happen?

How did things go from playing a video game to being transported into the body of a background character within the game, who was exonerated and abandoned due to not having as much magical potential as the rest of the family?

…A character who was doomed to die a very horrible death right at the beginning of the game?

I watched as the demon drank greedily from the pouch, after which she resumed tearing into her meat skewer with rushed, focused intensity.


Then, all of a sudden, she paused and looked up from her meal to me. Her lips parted, but no words came out. After a few silent seconds, she finally spoke in a timid voice, "…You are very strange."


Lilith looked back down at her meal, then asked, "Are you not afraid of me?"


"Afraid? …Why would I be afraid of you?"


Lilith's blue eyes wavered for a bit, then she muttered bitterly, "Everyone who sees me either runs away in fear, tries to hurt me, or calls me a monster and a freak." 


Chapter 90 - Why Are You Different?