Transcending Realms With My Leveling System As A Demon-Chapter 114: A Blossom of Emotions

Zylus took a moment, opened both his hands out wide, then stretched out his palms. It just felt odd. He knew where he was, well, not exactly, simply the Demon Realm. He understood the current situation; they were mad at how he mistreated Emilia.

But, more than that, the individual who helped him now was also apparent to Zylus; it was Frey, Frey Fross.

Zylus breathed in and out. Frey began to command the removal of her barrier technique as the green glow circling down began to disperse into small particles falling to the ground.

Zylus exhaled, shaking, and he felt a sense of the unknown. He hadn’t just transcended simple powers at this point; he transcended his own emotions, guilt, and fear.

Now Zylus couldn’t feel either of those emotions; thus, he shook, because he hated himself for that reason. He didn’t feel bad, which spiked the tingling sensation in his skin even more, painfully so.

Zylus felt something, a soft arm tap onto his shoulder, "Explain, Zylus, you’re free to speak."

Frey again attempted to assist him, while narrowing the gaze of his red eyes, staring around at where she took him.

"Interesting," Zylus whispered, "I don’t know what just occurred to me, but it feels like I’m back."

Frey shook him back and forth; he didn’t do anything to retaliate, "Tell me! What’s wrong with you?!"

Zylus looked at the singular sink, large bathroom stall, and the mirrors that glared back at him, with that same shocked expression he made earlier. It was evident from that ’family’ sign near the inside of the door that they were in the family bathroom.

"Nothing," Zylus raised both her hands onto her shoulders, looking down with a calming gaze, then took a look in the mirror.

It reflected him, not just who he was physically, but also who he had become mentally. He didn’t have ambition; Zylus had one goal, and that was to take vengeance. Using people or not, he knew, at this point, he could use anyone.

Even the people he loves.

Frey shook her head left and right. Five seconds passed until she stopped, getting slightly dizzy.

"I’m not having it!" Frey yelled, "I took you out! Just tell me what happened!"

Tears began falling from her eyes, "Or, is it that I’m not good enough to tell?" A calming whisper left Frey’s lips, the tone simmered through Zylus’s spine, causing him to feel even more pained than he had originally been.

Zylus was suffering; he was made to suffer.

Zylus breathed in, looking around before pushing Frey back, "I pushed Emilia to the floor, and made the others mad because she’s a noble and I’m just some random who came suddenly into this realm."

Frey angled her head ninety degrees to the right, "Why would you do such a thing?" Then she paused to think again, "Why were both of you together? Alone?"

"I thought we were alone, but realized that wasn’t the case." Zylus responded, breathing in and out before continuing, "And then something led to another, and I unconsciously pushed her back. Emilia’s frail bones couldn’t even last it, so she fell."

"Huh?" Frey got slightly angry, "Why are you being so rude about it?" She asked, "Do you not feel sorry?"

"I don’t," Zylus answered with a serious expression, "I can’t feel-"

Shank!

Just then, as Zylus was about to tell Frey what he had lost, his ’guilt,’ one emotion that kept him stable as a normalized Demon in this realm, his heart screamed; it was like his permission was denied, which, it literally was.

[Permission Denied!]

[System Error!]

Zylus was heavy breathing again, creepingly so, even after he had finally reached his sense of self once more.

"What was that?" Frey leaned in closely, and Zylus continued to breathe harshly as he moved back into the wall of the family bathroom’s door.

"I said," Zylus whispered, stabilizing himself as the pain washed away, "I lost-"

Shank!

[Permission Access Denied!]

[Denied By Both Cores!]

[Human Core]

[Demon Core]

[System Error!]

More and more messages began displaying, as Zylus finally realized it.

’I can’t speak of it.’

He felt it again, his heart’s painful pounding, Zylus’s eyes opened wide in shock once more, and he had once more lost the idea of being ’normal.’ 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Zylus’s facial expression darkened. "It was nothing," he smiled, hiding away the pain as he fixed his posture. Frey made a curious expression before Zylus continued, "I just had a headache, then accidentally pushed her."

Frey had an angered expression that ran across her entire face, "How could you not feel bad for what you did?!" She yelled, "Ever since you went on that mission, ever since we found out who Michael was, you’ve changed! In an ugly way!"

Zylus tightened his fists as she moved towards the door behind them. He paused, then pulled Frey by her collar towards his face. She stared upwards, at Zylus’s painfully irritated look, towards her.

"I don’t know!" Zylus yelled, "I don’t know who I have become!"

His yells felt painful and aggressive at the same time. Frey got the chance to see Zylus’s true self for once, his pain, and who he was, and it all felt genuine.

"Everywhere I go, it’s just constant fighting and battling to the death, and when I die I come-"

Shank!

He let go of Frey’s collar, as he felt it again.

[Permission Access Denied!]

[Denied By Both Cores!]

[Human Core]

[Demon Core]

[System Error!]

[Pain Increased 2X]

It was even clearer now; he couldn’t speak about it, even if he tried going around the specific aspects, his own heart wouldn’t allow him to.

"What’s wrong, Zylus?" Frey leaned in closely, her chest pressed Zylus’s abs, "If you’re not going to tell me, then I’m gone."

Frey averted her gaze rudely, then fixed her posture before moving towards the door’s handle. Zylus tried saying something else; he attempted to put words together, to say something more suited for the current situation.

But unfortunately, it just wasn’t his day today.