Chapter 121 - Live In A Beautiful Lie : Part 2

As Kiaran crossed the mirror, his red eyes turned blue from the enchantment potion that he created. Usually, people would buy from the witches, but Kiaran did not need them.

There was a reason why he was being called a genius. He could learn anything and everything he wanted.

He tightened the hood around him when he stepped out of the dead witch's mirror in her hideout. The black cloak that he wore covered his tucked wings as he arrived at the scientist's building.

Ah, the old lady's story was kind of sad. Kiaran sent that witch to the afterworld so she could reunite with his mother and the president's wife, so she really should thank him for that.

Though the one who killed her was not him, of course. He told Adreanna to do it for him. When he explained his plan to his father and sister, it was really a chaotic hassle. Because they had to work with the one who almost killed and hurt Axel right after his turning.

It was funny how his counterpart had no idea that he was not in control. He was also the marionette in his play—what a shame. However, the human would finally learn from his mistake after losing Axel.

The demon enjoyed his walk under the human world's moon. He hummed a few notes here and there, letting the breeze blow his cloak once in a while.

It was annoying that he had to walk all over to Axel's grave. He kept humming mindlessly when he got out of the woods. Kiaran went past his identical house in this world and frowned.

It was all ashes. It seemed like his counterpart loved arson way too much. He took the shovel lying nearby and dragged it with him.

He arrived at Axel's grave, frowning a little in distaste when he saw two guards guarding his little brother's ugly death bed.

"Excuse me, sir. You can't get in here. This is a criminal's grave." The left guard stated sternly.

Kiaran tilted his head. They treated Axel like this, huh? That irritated the demon, but he couldn't cause a scene here. It was a shame, really.

"Hello there, gentlemen. I just need to take my brother's body, you see. It's a family problem." He smiled at the two as kind as possible, copying Cain's famous fake smile.

"M-mercenary!" The right one exclaimed, trying to stay as calm as possible despite the apparent fear on his face. The two guards quickly aimed their weapons at him, ready to shoot at any given moment.

"Mercenary?" The demon cocked his head. His blue eyes glinted under the moonlight, showing the red part behind them a little. "Right. I am him."

"But better." He grinned, and the guards quickly shot their bullets at him.

Kiaran easily dodged by moving slightly, raising his eyebrow at the sudden attack. "Whoa. Can't I have my brother back? I'm his family."

"You're supposed to be in prison." The left guard growled and reloaded his gun. He quickly tried to fire another shot.

Kiaran jumped gracefully to the left and amusedly stared at the bullets that went past him. His hood flew backwards from the sudden gust of wind as he dodged another bullet.

He threw the shovel in his hand away and sighed. This was kind of annoying to face the two alone. He usually had someone to do it for him.

"Well, I'm here now. I think that's your problem." The demons smirked before running to the two head-ons and fast jabbed to their necks with both of his hands, leaving the two to fall face-first to the ground, unconscious.

He did not even glance at the two fainted guards and took the fallen shovel on the ground. The demon made his way to Axel's grave. He crouched down in front of the dirt, remembering how he did the same thing to his brother months ago.

But that time, he could not save or bring his brother back to life. Now, he would finally get him back.

"Hello, brother." Kiaran smiled at the grave as he shoved the shovel to the dirt.

"Don't worry, your big brother here will bring you back to life."

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"That is a god damn corpse," Zack uttered hauntingly, staring at Axel's pale body that was full of cracks, lifelessly hanging in Kiaran's hands.

The brunette looked around to Adreanna and Cain. They looked way too calm for the fact that human Axel's dead body was sitting right in front of them. Zack was the only one who almost had his heart go out of his chest.

He wondered if he was the only normal one or he was actually crazy because he was surrounded by flat face Vergessene family.

"Kiaran, for your information, he's dead," Zack whispered. The freckle adorned his nose as he wrinkled it, staring at the demon with a look that was screaming 'dude, I think you're in denial, but this is not how you cope with grief'.

"Yes. Just for a while." Kiaran answered while carefully putting Axel down to his bed.

"I'm sorry, what?" Zack quizzically stared at the insane family. Was he the only one who's confused here? Was this a normal thing?

"That's why I know your memory power will work on him. He needs to lose his human heart." Kiaran explained more while brushing the hair out of Axel's face gently.

"We are replacing his heart with a demon one."

Zack opened his mouth. He just did not know what the hell was happening right now. "Where did you get the demon heart?"

"From the dead witch. She has the best healthy heart. I killed her." Adreanna chimed in while Cain just stood there, watching Axel in silence.

"Right. Ha. Okay. This is fine." Zack chuckled pathetically to himself. "How do you know this will work?"

"I have an acquaintance that did this once. He was the one who planned this. He showed me the person that he brought back to life." Kiaran continued. Though, his face darkened at the mention of that certain 'acquaintance'.

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"I know you're probably sceptical about this plan, anarchist." The blindfolded man explained, spreading his hands in triumph as he turned around to face Kiaran.

"But I've actually done it once. I brought someone back to life." He continued as he snapped his finger.

There were butterflies that flew past Kiaran, coming to the darkest part of the alleyway. The butterflies surrounded a shadow there as someone emerged from the darkness.

A person with a white veil over his eyes and a white mask that covered his mouth appeared. The said person was wearing a cloak that had butterflies perching on his robe.

"Say hi to this anarchist, butterfly murderer." The blindfolded man proudly spoke as he introduced his murderer to Kiaran.

"I will fight that boy when he wakes up and kill him." He coldly spat. Eyes were hidden behind his white veil.

Kiaran's eyes darkened at the mention of Axel. His red eyes burnt bright, ready to chew the person off.

"Now, now. Don't be like that." The blindfolded man tried to separate them and laughed.

"I really like the way you used your own brother to fight. So I copy your way and have my own personal murderer." The mysterious explained to Kiaran as he smiled with his hidden eyes.

"This butterfly murderer here will be the one who'll overthrow your brother. He should be dead months ago, but I saved him." He gripped the butterfly murderer's shoulders and showed him to Kiaran.

Kiaran frowned and angrily stared at the two. The blindfolded man scoffed at his reaction and waved at him nonchalantly.

"Come on. Do you think I want to bring your brother back to life because I'm feeling generous? I need someone to match with my murderer so he could become stronger, you see."

"So good luck, anarchist. I can't wait to see whose murderer's better." The blindfolded man smiled one last time before disappearing to the void alongside the butterfly murderer.

Kiaran gritted his teeth.

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"This family is insane." Zack stared at the family that had fallen unconscious inside Axel's room. Cain was sleeping on Axel's left while Kiaran slept on Axel's right. Adreanna chose to sleep on the couch as her head rested on Zack's lap.

"I guess I'm unofficially part of them." The brunette sighed and caressed Adreanna's hair. He carefully put a pillow under Adreanna's head and stood up. He moved the couch closer to Axel's bed and sat on the chair in front of the desk.

He already used his memory manipulation on Axel while sending the three into Axel's memory. He could not do it alone if someone did not help him from Axel's subconscious.

"Do it for Adreanna, Zack. You'll be fine. That's just a corpse and you just have to rewrite the memory of that corpse."

"Well, a living corpse now." Zack eyed Axel's chest, which was heaving up and down slowly. The heart had already been replaced, and he was actually breathing right now.

He let his head fall onto the desk and grumbled. His hair fell onto his face, covering some of his freckles.. "I'm probably going to pass out for using this much power."