Mind Reality of Eclipse

Painted In Red ~ Chapter 37

Byleth walked down to the Mushroom Kingdom and took a deep breath. Teyvat was just past the mushroom kingdom. All he had to do was to keep his cool and stay calm throughout the entire way. He started passing by as he noticed the many toads talking with one another.

The princess lived in the castle, oftentimes Mario would come to save the princess. However, now that was no longer the case. It appeared that the kingdom was completely unaware of Mario's death. Since the princess looked like she was healthy and well. He continued walking when he went past the mushroom kingdom. However, he saw a group of bandits laughing with one another.

Byleth groaned, "Ahem, I'm trying to pass." The bandits were startled, took out their guns and pointed them at Byleth. "Why are you all afraid of me? Is it because I'm the one who has the goddess of Fodlan within him? Or are you just afraid because I'm a hero?"

One bandit laughed, "HAH! That's a very bold statement to say! Your cosplay is very nice though!" Byleth stood there standing in disbelief.

"A... COSPLAY?! So that's what they thought of me when I said that?! A COSPLAY IS ALL YOU CAN THINK OF ME?!!" Byleth thought as he looked down at himself. The bandits put their weapons away as they continued talking with one another. "COSPLAY!?"

The second bandit continued, "Yeah, you look like Byleth Eisner. Seriously, you cosplayers are so mighty impressive!" Byleth slowly took out his sword and tightened his grip on the sword.

"But... you got the color of the sword wrong, it's red not purple," A third bandit critiqued. Byleth took a deep breath and swirls filled his eyes. The bandits walked back as Byleth started laughing.

Byleth laughed, "Just a cosplay? Are you just shocked I'm alone and not with the team? Is that why you think that I'm nothing more than a fanboy who made a fantastic cosplay? That's what you think? THAT"S WHAT YOU THINK!?"

"Chill out! We understand you're the real deal now! What's with your sword and your eyes?!"

Byleth shouted, "THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!" Then he got himself ready. Soon the negative energy swarmed him whole, giving his body a purple glow. The bandits were all shaking, too afraid to defend themselves. "YOU DON'T HAVE THE GUTS TO DEFEND FOR YOURSELVES?!? HOW PATHETIC!!"

The first bandit shouted, "We do know how to defend ourselves! It's just we're surrendering to a hero because I think it's much better to be arrested than to die!" Byleth stared at them and smiled.

"Then you picked the wrong hero to mess with, unlike the rest of the heroes I'm here to go ahead and kill you for STANDING IN MY WAY!!" Byleth then launched himself into the air. He slammed his sword onto the ground and that separated the four bandits.

The first bandit grunted, "Just get your guns! If we shoot him we can get him weakened down!" They nodded as they grabbed their guns and began shooting. However, Byleth was able to counterplay them and block them with his sword.

Byleth laughed, "HOW TRULY PATHETIC MUST YOU ALL BE?! I mean honestly, I'm far more skilled than the heroes! Not even the heroes can withstand me, you're all just minor inconveniences compared to the heroes..."

"What side are you even on!? You sound like you're on the heroes' side at the same time you sound like you don't even work with them!?" The third bandit questioned. Byleth stood there in silence, suddenly he dashed through a bandit.

Byleth sighed, "You can decide that for yourself..." Then he dashed at the fourth bandit. Killing him instantly. The remaining two bandits got close together as they were too afraid to even do anything to Byleth. He was far stronger in every factor and they were just nothing more but weaklings.

The first bandit pleaded, "PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! I'M BEGGING YOU!!!" Byleth stared at them as he turned to the second bandit. They stood there shaking as Byleth dashed through them, killing that bandit instantly.

Byleth sighed, "And then there was one... would I be so generous to let you live or will I take your life away in one fell swoop?" He smiled at the bandit as the bandit saw how he was covered in blood; head to toe.

"You're... insane! A MONSTER!" The bandit shouted. Byleth smiled at him as he raised his sword into the air. The bandit sat there shaking in fear, and soon Byleth slammed the sword on him. But he didn't stop there. He started slamming the sword repeatedly onto the bandit.

Byleth laughed, "AHAHAHA!! AHAHAHA!!" He was smiling through the entire process as blood spilled onto his face. Soon he dropped his sword and looked down at himself. Covered... in blood. He was smiling so much he couldn't get the smile off his face.

He collapsed onto the ground, thinking about how beautiful it was to see blood everywhere surrounding him. While it was day, it was still a beautiful feeling to him. Each and everyday he grew in love with trying to harm those who surrounded him. He didn't care anymore, he wanted everyone that was less superior... dead. Even his best friends were on the chopping block.

Byleth laughed, "Oh... Oh how beautiful it is to hurt others. The bright red color of their blood... the after feeling of killing someone. I... I just feel fantastic." Byleth put his hands on his face as he soon felt himself growing more and more obsessed with the idea of murder.