The bell rang, marking the end of today's last period. As usual, Ren began gathering his belongings and putting them into his bag. The classroom quickly filled with noise—friends talking, desks and chairs being moved, and students preparing to leave. Everything was as normal as it could be.
As Ren finished packing his bag, two boys approached him.
One of them was tall, with black hair tied back in a ponytail. His face was clean and handsome, with high, prominent cheekbones, a strong and well-defined jawline, and a well-shaped chin. He had a beautiful pair of black eyes. His name was Takeshi.
The other was Ritsu, the class representative. He had an average-looking appearance, dark green hair, and a pair of black eyes. Despite his ordinary looks, he was the smartest student in the class and a good friend of Takeshi.
"Hey, Ren. Did you manage to write down all the notes?" Takeshi asked, looking embarrassed. He scratched the back of his head and stood a step away from Ren's desk.
Ren understood what Takeshi wanted and immediately reached into his bag. He took out a notebook and handed it to Takeshi.
"Give it back tomorrow."
"Ah, thanks."
Takeshi replied as he took the notebook.
Ritsu, who had been watching them the whole time, finally spoke, scolding Takeshi.
"You always do this. When will you learn how to take notes on your own?"
Ren had seen this same scenario countless times. Whenever there was an important note at the end of a period, Takeshi would come to him and borrow his notes, and Ritsu would scold him for it.
It was troublesome.
After exchanging a few more words, Ren took his bag and left the school building. Watching the yellow sky, Ren walked all the way back home.
The house stood as a quiet study in efficiency, a two-story structure of light wood and pale cream stucco squeezed narrowly between its neighbors.
Ren took out his keys and opened the door. He looked behind him before taking off his shoes, then headed to the second floor and opened the room on the left. It was his room.
The afternoon sun filtered through the white linen curtains, casting a soft glow against the dark wood study desk. A low-profile platform bed was pushed tightly into the corner.
Ren lay down on the bed and looked up at the ceiling, thinking to himself about how boring his life was.
"What now?" he complained.
He stayed there for a good ten minutes. What followed was the usual routine: taking a shower, making dinner, studying, and doing his homework, all in an empty house.
And now it was 10:30 PM. It was Ren's bedtime.
The room was completely dark, and the only light came from Ren's phone as he scrolled through social media.
It was a normal night for Ren when suddenly, a strong wind began blowing through the curtains. Ren felt a chill from the cold air.
'Why did the air suddenly become so cold?'
He turned to the other side and continued using his phone, but the wind only grew stronger.
Finally, after stubbornly trying to ignore it, Ren put his phone down, got out of bed, and walked toward the window to close it.
That was when he saw something behind the window curtain.
He couldn't see it clearly, so he moved closer and pulled the curtain aside.
Ren could now see it clearly.
A tall, floating figure with long hands, its body covered in dusty white ropes. Several belts were tied around what appeared to be its head, completely covering its face.
"AAAHHH!"
Shocked by what he saw, Ren jumped backward and fell onto his back.
"What the hell is that?"
It took several seconds for Ren's mind to calm down. He finally stood up and began thinking about what he had just seen.
'What the hell was that? Is this some kind of prank and puppet? If so, it's not funny at all.'
Ren slowly began walking toward the window to see and confirm what it was.
But before he could reach the floating figure, it entered the room through the window and began looking around.
"This... this thing is moving. But where are its strings?"
"REN, I'M NOT A PUPPET. AND NO, YOU'RE NOT HEARING MY WORDS. YOU'RE JUST UNDERSTANDING THEM IN YOUR MIND. I HAVE NO MOUTH AND NO LEGS."
Ren was shocked for a moment. He had definitely heard something, but at the same time, he hadn't. It was as if a voice had simply formed inside his head.
"This thing knows what I was thinking... and..."
"REN, YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING, 'WHAT IS THIS THING, AND HOW DOES HE KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT?' SO LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M THE DEVIL OF DESIRE AND CORRUPTION. MY NAME IS LEGSFORFE. AND NO, I CAN'T READ YOUR MIND. I JUST GUESSED."
"What?"
Ren's eyes narrowed. The whole situation sounded ridiculous.
'This prank is going too far,' Ren thought.
Then he asked, "Okay, Mr. Devil. If you're real, and what you're saying is true, why don't you show me some proof?"
Hearing Ren's challenge, the devil tilted his head and looked at Ren for a moment.
"I SEE. IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT, THEN SO BE IT."
As the devil finished speaking, he pointed his finger at Ren and began moving it in a straight pattern, leaving a colored trail with each movement.
Ren watched, worried that this entity might actually be a devil. When the devil finally stopped his finger, the colored trail started taking the shape of a naked girl a slim body with pale, smooth skin, black hair, soft lips, rounded breasts, and a curved waist and thighs.
As Ren saw the person that emerged from the colored trail, his heart began beating faster. He was shocked; it was a person he knew very well.
"Aoi?"
"SO THIS IS THE PERSON YOU DESIRE MOST. NOT BAD. ANYWAY, ARE YOU CONVINCED NOW?"
The person Ren just called Aoi started walking toward Ren in a seductive manner. Each step ignited something in Ren's mindhe felt thoroughly excited and stunned. After a few steps, Aoi was in Ren's personal space, and without waiting, she threw herself at him. As her body fell toward him, he reached out with his hands to catch her.
For just one second, their bodies touched. He felt all of it her soft skin, her breasts, her heat and then it was gone. The body exploded into a million particles of colored dust and returned to the devil's hand.
Ren stood there for a moment, processing what had just happened. After a while, he looked up toward the devil, one word coming to his mind as an answer to the devil's question, ARE YOU CONVINCED NOW?
"Yes."
Ren had always been a closed-off child. His family situation was a complete mess: his father, who worked away from them for long periods and was only able to come home on special occasions, used the excuse of loneliness and being away from his family to cheat on Ren's mother and start another family elsewhere. His mother, lost and overwhelmed, took her own life. Feeling guilt, his father kept sending money for bills, but never showed his face in the house again.
Ren, filled with silence, now lived alone. What made it worse was that while he had friends, he never connected with them on a deep level; he was always hesitant to reveal his true self. So when the devil showed up and conjured Aoi's body, all of these experiences were completely new and strange to him. Ren believed it, even when it seemed too hard and ridiculous to accept.
"Mr. Devil, what do you want from me?" Ren asked with determination.
"HUH. YOU SEEM EXCITED. GOOD. I HAVE AN OFFER FOR YOU."
"An offer?"
"AS I TOLD YOU, I AM THE DEVIL OF DESIRE AND CORRUPTION, AND I HARVEST THEIR ENERGY. I WILL GIVE YOU A DEVIL DEAL SYSTEM TO CORRUPT GIRLS. FOR EVERY GIRL YOU CORRUPT USING THE DEVIL DEAL, I WILL CONVERT THAT ENERGY AND USE IT TO ERASE ONE THING YOU WANT ME TO."
"WHAT DO YOU SAY?"