The Demon Saint is Missing, so I Ran to Another World

Madness (Side Chapter)

**Maddie**

"Maddie..."

Once again, my 'mother' stood in front me, amidst the vast darkness, typical of my recent dreams...or nightmares. Perhaps this was what Natasha told me...that Kuro's future was uncertain. That he was bound to get erased, forgotten, even though he gave a lot to this world, and to the others as well...

Anyway, I have to deal with this apparition.

"What are you doing here?" I asked, activating my god-powers just in case the need for it arises. "I banished you already!"

"Indeed, you have!" she chuckled, "And I think, that's too disrespectful, considering I created you, your mother."

"My apologies, whatever creature you are," I raised my guard, "You may have 'given birth' to me, but I believe respect is earned, not given. And you—for all that you did in the past and in the present—can't and shouldn't be accorded that."

A smirk appeared on the Seductress' face, "Well, no matter. I came here not because I want you to respect me. In fact, you can lower your guard; I won't do anything to you."

However, I ignored her words and cast a spell on the Seductress, "Begone! Go back to the Void in which you came!"

My mother—no, the monster from the Void—winced just as she was about to be hit by my god-powers. Out of desperation, she shouted, "Are you sure you wanted me to disappear even without listening to my words?"

"I don't need it!" There she goes again with her seducing words. She won't fool me!

"Even if it's about your man, Kuro?"

"I...I d-don't care!" I increased the intensity of my magic. "Begone, I say!"

"You stupid girl!" she screamed. "You just care about yourself even as your lover is suffering in Cherflammen!"

I shouted too; I never want to hear anything from her, "I don't need to hear your words!"

"Kuro is suffering! The demon princess, Noir, is keeping him prisoner! Yet one word from your saint 'friends' and you believe their lies! Natasha is a demon saint; of course she does whatever works for her!"

"Shut up!" At that moment, I put all my mana in the spell, and within minutes, the Seductress' form disintegrated. Then, the darkness crumbled, and I found myself sitting on one of the couches in the Holy Palatial Gardens.

"..."

This dream. This is the...I guess I can't count them now, it's been recurring lately. All with the exact chain of events. It's exhausting my mind...but I will endure. I know that her words are only a ploy to entice me to conflict against Cherflammen. I will not fall for it.

"..."

But what if her words have a sliver of truth in it? And Natasha's been hiding a lot of her thoughts from me lately. Is she conniving with that demon princess to hide Kuro after I nearly took him last time? Argh! I'm overthinking again.

"..."

Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt if I go there to see my Kuro.

"..."

Yes, Kuro...he is mine. And I'll make sure that he's fine in Cherflammen! There's nothing wrong with it. I'm just claiming what is mine.

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***Gaius' garden***

"That was hard," Natasha quipped. "You know, convincing Maddie to stop on her self-destructive behavior."