Blossoms of the Dark

XLVII Selene: Creature

Language Warning:

- slightly crude insults

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Thankfully, the Pro-Hero is still asleep when I come back to the mansion.

I desperately need that to collect myself.

As I silently climb back into bed, I reflect on the events from last night.

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"I have a proposition for you, Shigaraki-sama."

He looked stunned. He stopped moving entirely and stared at me with widened eyes. Giran whistled a low tune. "She's got guts, too." And Kurogiri-sama remained silent, eager to hear what I had to say.

After a few moments of this tension, Shigaraki-sama very irritatedly prodded me. "What is this 'proposition' of yours?"

Still maintaining that smirk, I cocked my head to the side. "I'll tell you, only if you answer a few questions of mine."

He frowns. "I have been answering your questions since you got here."

My smirk only widens. "Yes, that you have. I just have a few more. They're very simple ones."

"What's the first one?"

"What is my quirk?"

"That's a stupid question. You have lots of elemental quirks. Fire, water, earth, air, light, shadow, lightning."

I didn't bother correcting him. I made the mistake once of telling someone my actual quirk. Look where it got me. Besides, this lack of essential information may have been beneficial to me. "Very good. Do I suffer any backlashes from my quirk?"

"Yeah. You develop cuts along your body and your arthritis flares."

Another detail I didn't correct. "Last one about my quirk. Does my quirk affect my appearance?"

He huffed. "Yes, it does. Thanks to your light and shadow quirks, your hair is black during the day and white at night. During twilight hours, it's a mix."

I shook my head a little to toss my hair back. "Now, onto the technical questions. What guarantee can you give me that you won't kill me here and now?"

"Did you not hear us the first time? We want you to be our spy. So why the hell would we kill you?"

I raised both eyebrows at that. "You expect me to take that at face value. I'm not so naive. A written agreement is not possible and mere words are not enough. I'll say it again: What guarantee can you give me that you won't kill me?"

"If I wanted to kill you, I would have done the minute you showed any sign of resistance. You see, my quirk is called 'Decay.' I can destroy anything and everything I touch with my hands. My fingerprints won't even be left. Death would have been inevitable for you. If you still want more 'guarantee' ..." He enunciated the "ee" sound of "guarantee". "Then I'll say it loud and clear." He raised his left hand and intentionally coughed as if mocking a pledge. 'I, Shigaraki Tomura, swear on behalf of myself and the other members of the League of Villains not to kill Hanada Selene unless she betrays the League of Villains." He dropped his hand and grumbled, "Happy?"

"I'm not entirely satisfied, but I'll take it."

I saw him roll his eyes behind his hand mask. That brought me to my next point. "If I'm going to be working the three of you-"