Before I go on with the story, let me make something clear. This fanfiction was written purely for fun on my part... so expect slow updates.
By the way, I will crosspost this on Wattpad, Fanfiction, and AO3.
Disclaimer: I didn't own anything, including Touhou Project and Re:Zero. If I own these masterpieces then I wouldn't make this fanfic. The only thing I own is this fanfiction that I have written. I just learned about copyright law so that helps a little about what I can do and not do. But, if you still found something that wasn't supposed to be there, it would be appreciated if you tell me.
Any criticism will be read by me and will be fixed accordingly unless it is too late to fix it. And don't be scared of commenting on my fanfic as I like reading them.
This story will be 2000+ words per chapter, though the first chapter will be a bit longer, and this will be in Regulus point of view, so get ready for many long ass monologues. This story will focus on the plot, but not too serious, and the character development of Regulus, which will be sort of like how adolescence goes to adulthood.
Also, this story will have no harem of main casts, Regulus wouldn't be able to get girls without him forcing them to. Remember that Regulus has an average look, and his personality is shit, do you think anyone would want to talk to him?
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I thought so. Also, just keep in mind that this may not be a realistic take on any psychology or anything related to Japanese myth, as I had never gone in too in-depth on those fields of study.
Okay, enough with my rambling, let's get on with the story.
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Chapter 1: Consigned Through Oblivion
Regulus Corneas P.O.V
Water was everywhere, I couldn't see anything, it was so dark, I couldn't breathe!
There is no air, there is only water, my lungs are being filled with water, it's so suffocating!
Everything hurts! My lungs, my body, my limbs, my heart, and my head, it hurts hurts hurts hurtshurtshurts! Everything hurts! I shouldn't feel all of this. I am the most satisfied being so I shouldn't feel all of this. I don't need anything! I don't need anything! So make it stop… make it stop!
I don't deserve this! It is not me who deserves this, it's all those low-life evil greedy corrupted right violation pieces of shit, those who hurt me. Why can't they just not hurt me? Just don't look at me, don't attack me, just ignore me! Is it too hard for them to do what I requested? Those who can't follow those simple requests need to die. They didn't need to exist. They are right-violating bastards who ignore my feelings! So why, why can't I get rid of that bastard who swings stick, that monkey with stupid-looking eyes, and that silver hair bitch?! Why? Whywhywhy…
*ba-dump* *ba– dump* *ba— dump*
Huh? Did my heart slow down just now? No, nonono! I should have the right to not face such an outcome. I am already extremely satisfied so I shouldn't face such a humiliating death! Something as insignificant as death is below me. Those who face death mean that they are truly satisfied with death, but since I was already satisfied, I don't need death to be truly satisfied. It's supposed to be like that, so why do I have to go through this?! It hurts! It's painful! So make it stop!
This can't be my end! My authority, why did it hurt so much just to use it?! I cannot die! Not my right to live too. I cannot die, I don't need anything, so I cannot die, [Greed], do something, my [Authority of Greed]! I had never wanted anything so why do I have to be in this situation?! Those who dare to do this to me should all just disappear! Every single one of them should just die! So I cannot die yet! I can't let those who inflict me this much pain live when I die.
That is why I began to open my mouth to scream in utter hatred for those who had wronged me, but there was no sound coming out as water had muted my scream. With each silent cry, my hatred for the species as a whole who had wronged me had only grown.
If I were to be left alone from the start, I wouldn't be in this situation, I thought. And so with each scream of muffled cries, I wish for the time when mankind truly comes to an end.
And with that last scream of hatred, I have died.
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Wait.
If I'm dead then why am I still have my consciousness? It makes no sense. What is this? Is this death? It was like I was floating amid nothingness, is this what death feels like? I can't feel anything, my sense is all gone; my sight, touch, smell, and taste, all of them; and all my pain is gone also, yet I'm still capable of thought. And as far as I could tell, there is absolutely nothing around me, no air, no gravity ruling me around, no nothing. This place, whatever it is, seems to be better than the world I previously was in already.
If I were, to be honest at this moment, this world is perfect, perfect as it should be without impurity, without the annoying sound of the winds blowing along the wind, without the insufferable species called humanity, and most important of all, without anything intolerable.
Ah, such a perfect world.
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After a while of floating in the nothingness, I feel like the notion of time itself didn't exist in this world after death as I don't even know how long it has been since I died. And… even if I liked this world, it's just started to become stagnant without doing anything, you know? Don't get me wrong, It's not like I want anything as I am the most satisfied being in existence. It's just that as a human being, even as satisfied as myself, not doing anything is like forsaking the duty of a human being. Humans need to take responsibility, do they not? Even if those duties might be tiring and annoying, I would fulfill those duties to the best of my ability as not doing so will be almost like an insult to me and every other diligent person out there who is currently doing their job as a productive member of a society perfectly like they should've been.
However I will not complain, why should I? I'm already dead after all, that is why the duty of a living human is not something I should be bothering with anymore as I am already satisfied in this perfect world where I don't need anything. And of course, it's not like I wasn't already satisfied as I had lived a content life… Or at least I felt content until a couple of people decided to ruin it for me. Nevertheless, up until that point, I was fully satisfied. Why shouldn't I be? Life is finite and doesn't last forever, and death is something that will come to everyone eventually, that is why one shouldn't accumulate too much happiness in their life time as death is unavoidable and unpredictable, and because I know exactly that, I was extremely satisfied with my life as I had fully embraced and enjoy my modest life with my lovely wives that fate had graciously offered to me.
And if I were to voice out my opinion, the time I've spent here in this world is like a blessing as every moment here feels like a dream. A perfect dream, without getting bothered, without getting looked at with pity, without need, and without want.
This… might be what it's like to be a complete existence!
I feel complete like never before as I feel at peace in this void. I felt so content and satisfied, knowing that nothing could harm me. I didn't know that this was what I wanted all along… no, I didn't want anything as it is entirely within my right to feel satisfied, it makes sense, it definitely makes sense as a desireless me wouldn't go so low to want something like those greedy self.
It was supposed to be like that, it is supposed to be within my right to experience that satisfaction, so why? Why did in one moment of infinite, I get forcefully catapulted to somewhere I don't know, leaving this perfect world behind? The experience of transitioning out of the perfect world is no joke either, as the sensation is torturous to say the least, it was like my entire existence had fundamentally changed. Seriously, just why did this happen to me? Why can't I just be left alone and mind my own business in peace? I didn't know and I will never know as I disappeared from the void, and popped into existence a moment later onto a reality that I so despise.
Really, just who dares to violate my right to be at peace? I didn't want any of this, as I am entirely wantless, so just how dare whoever brought me here, took me from the perfect world I have long sought? Do they have no shame to spit on my desire like that? A long time ago right before I died, I had an unfortunate meeting with that mean-eyed marriage crasher scum who dared to steal my bride away from me, then now it was this!? How shameless can they be to forsake my desire for their own? How greedy can they get to bring someone so innocent, which is me, into their 'want' of getting me here? This is clearly a violation of my right to free choice and free movement. I should have the right to choose my course of action and where I want to be. Those bastards, just wait!
And as I had my internal monologue, I began to look around me, trying to figure out where I was in the four great nations. What I found is a forest that expanded far and wide beyond my visions.
Seeing that, you can say that I was beyond pissed as I was being separated from my ideal perfect world, and don't know why I'm back in this shitty place. I don't know how I got here in the first place either as I should be dead… Wait, if I'm dead then why am I still alive? That makes no sense, many things make no sense. Why am I even here in the first place?
…Wait, maybe this is what fate has given me, the second chance to live?
That's right! Maybe the reason for me getting thrown out of that perfect world I dreamt about, which I'll assume to be the world after death, is because I hadn't finished my duty as a living human being yet!
If that were to be the case, which is definitely right, then I will make the most out of it by following what I had long contemplated after I had died by those disgusting excuses of a human being, and of course, this is not out of 'want' as I had already embraced life as it is and don't need anything else to be satisfied, instead, it is because I had been given a second chance by fate, and so I have to make the most out of it, no? As by not doing so, I wouldn't be living up to the expectation of this second chance I'm being given, and for that, I will make the most out of this by doing the world a favor and cleansing the world and eradicating all those that I deem unfit for this world, leaving only those that rightfully ignore my satisfying self alone! This must be the reason why I'm here! This is a chance I refuse to let go!
Ah, talking about fate, as I was contemplating things about life and had been walking absentmindedly for a while now, I saw a young-looking girl nearby with blond hair, who wore a red ribbon on her head all while spreading both of her arms wide open as she's… floating mid-air? I have to say that it is pretty impressive, for a human that is, to fly, as no known magic user can fly other than that jester who performs tricks I heard somewhere.
Still, I have to admit that she is a bit too young for my taste, but either way, this must be a fateful meeting, as I don't believe in coincidences, like how I don't believe that those who had violated my right didn't mean to do so. Those who had violated my right in some way or another are just insufferable beings that couldn't help but be selfish, and take pleasure in violating people's rights. It's disgusting, it's revolting, and in truth, I hate fighting, but sometimes those kinds of people just leave me with no other choice.
I'll just have to hope that the blond little girl in front of me wasn't that intolerable, and that is when I started to walk calmly toward her with the purpose of acquiring my current location and killing her right after unless she is unexpectedly not greedy.
Needless to say, I took my sweet time walking there, as I wasn't in a hurry. This is only natural as I am the perfect existence who is in charge of [Greed], as [Greed] I'm without a doubt without any need, as to be appreciative of the things that I have, I need to be an existence without the need or want. Without want there came simplicity, it was a gift that I have that allows me to enjoy every simple thing in life. Simplicity is a quality of patience, and being patient is a virtue, so it's the key to a truly satisfying life.
So in the end, from a supposed ten seconds walk, it had turned into thirty seconds as I took my oh-so-sweet time walking toward the girl's location. If the girl didn't see me before, she probably sees me now as when I was near the girl, her head snapped toward me immediately, looking at me.
Rude, did this girl know that looking straight at me, or anyone for that matter is disrespectful? Looking at me also means that she unconsciously classified me as someone who she could look at me, face to face, like we were standing on equal ground, which can be interpreted as a challenge to my authority. That is why this girl had already given me a bad first impression, as in my perspective, that is clearly a violation of my rights. However, since I'm both patient and kind, I will gracefully ignore that rudeness in favor of establishing a basic acquaintanceship with her. Who knows, maybe I wouldn't have to kill her in the end and actually be acquainted with her.
And so I began to introduce myself with my arms spread wide open, emphasizing my presence, starting with my title followed by my proper name, as that is the most refined form of civility, "I am the Sin Archbishop of the Witch's Cult, representing greed, Regulus Corneas. I'm here to ask you for the way out of this forest. Ah, don't get me wrong though, it's not like I particularly wanted to get out of this forest as I am entirely wantless, it's just that living in this forest seems to be too improper for a decent human—." Before I could finish, the blond girl interrupted me, which annoyed me greatly.
"Human? Can I… eat you?" The young girl spoke simply, while still spreading her arm wide open like she was mocking me.
Hearing and seeing that disrespect, I couldn't help but curse in my mind, 'Crap, is this girl the gluttonous sibling long lost sister?'. But even if that were to be the case, I wouldn't let that personal offense go, and so I said, "How vulgar, I was here talking to you and acting like a decent human being, wasn't I? And then you're here asking me whether or not I'm a human? Of course, I am obviously a human, what would I be if I wasn't human? An animal or a beast? Wait, did you just insinuate that I'm no different than an animal? That is why you question me if I'm human, aren't you? That is why you ask me if you can eat me, didn't you? Didn't you?!" Getting to this point, I have a veins popping on the side of my forehead and began to jab one of my fingers toward her, pressuring her to silence.
"Now listen here you little shit, who told you that it was okay to degrade people like that? Because in my point of view, it was incredibly wrong and is not okay in the slightest! So just how dare you see me and label me as such?! I'll let you know that this has greatly violated my rights and identity as a human being! Do you know that my identity was something I was proud of, and is one of my most sacred possessions aside from my right? So just how dare you viciously take that away from me and put an identity of that of an animal on top of my head! Do you even take my feelings into account, or did you just not care? It's true that we just met but wasn't it indecent to dismiss my feeling like that? All I did was be kind and nice to you, offering my name first like any normal person would do, but what you did is beyond the limitation of arrogance! Do you think you are high to treat me so low? But that is not the only thing you have done, you also even have the audacity to say 'can I eat you?'. Bitch, I'm not a lump of meat that you can eat! How dare you lump me in the same category as a slaughtered pig that is about to be eaten. Don't you see that you had just trampled on my human dignity and rights by doing such? You are not the hunter and I'm definitely not the prey! Don't think so highly of yourself—."
"You talk too much, human... I can't follow what you're saying at all, but I know that you are insulting me… No matter, I will eat you anyway~." The young girl spoke her last couple of words with glee and lunged toward me at a decent speed, and without uttering a single word, she opened her mouth wide, ready to take a bite out of me. However, the moment her teeth hit my flesh, it shattered like it had hit an immovable object.
The girl covered her mouth reflexively from the new sensation of pain she is feeling, clearly not in a good position to talk. And so, brushing my clothes off a little, I decided to take that moment upon myself and speak up with a satisfied, yet angry expression on my face, "Huh? Don't you see I'm talking? I was talking, ain't I? I was talking so wasn't it natural to wait for me to finish? But you didn't do that, and even insulted me by saying that I talk too much, cutting me off in the process. Who do you think you are!? Don't tell me what to do! Don't you mouth off to me like that! I wasn't talking too much, I was talking as long as it is necessary to make my words get through that tiny brain of yours and make you learn your lesson! Instead of insulting me, you should thank me for giving you such a valuable lesson! However, you didn't do that and also proceeded to attack me! It was entirely unprecedented actually. Attack on my person is something that I cannot overlook. This even makes me wonder what in the world you have been thinking to attack me out of the blue like that. Don't you have any shame to attack a fellow human being like that? Not only did you attack me, but you also tried to eat me. Eating me could be considered cannibalism! So it is only right that I shouldn't consider you as a fellow human being. Every action human made always follows logic but your action didn't show anything but, so you are nothing but a cannibalized beast! So, don't you agree that someone like you, who has such disgusting and vulgar greed, should be punished accordingly?" After I said that, I swung my hand in a horizontal arc in the direction of the slumped form of the little girl that had bitten off more than she could chew earlier, cutting her in half in the process.
Sigh, did people not know that I also didn't enjoy needless killing like they do, right? As I'm not a sadist. It couldn't be helped I guess as, "That is what happens when you violate my identity, my humility, my hospitality, and my rights. Seriously, is it too hard to ask you to not attack my personal capital, and just answer my goddamn question? Well, it's not like you can answer me anyway so I'll just leave it at that, as I don't have any intention in the slightest to speak to a corpse." With that, I had finally calmed down after all the violations that had been done to my person.
That is also when I finally noticed something odd about the girl's corpse. The girl's presumed dead body didn't seem to be spurting up as much blood as should have been expected from a decapitated body. In fact, there is no blood spilling out from her decapitated torso at all. What I saw instead of blood was darkness. Yes, darkness within her body, replacing all the blood and inner organs she may have. It's weird but I didn't think much about it as it could be magic in the category of yin, though I don't know what it is for. And so I turned around and began to walk toward a random location, as I didn't care nor did I wish to know. There is also the fact that there is no normal decent human who would want to be around a dead body for too long.
But before I could leave, I heard a sound of a body twitching from the direction of the young blond girl that I had just previously cut. Turning my head slightly, I saw that the girl's body started to mend together with a disgusting sound of fresh fusing together.
Annoying, a healing ability? Did that lust slut and gluttony brat have a kid or something? Regardless of that, How dare this girl violate my right by not staying dead? By not staying dead like she should be after I gave her my full judgment as [Greed], she practically denies my judgment, my right, by not receiving the reciprocation from her own ignorance that's full of greed! I can't let this slide, so I said, "Now listen here you ungrateful piece of shit, I just deliver you my judgment, haven't I? So wasn't it unjudged of you to not face the consequence of it? I don't see it acceptable in the slightest to have you let out of this unscraped. This can be said to be a violation of my right to my justification and credibility as [Greed]. As [Greed], I can say for sure that your obscene greed can never be justified, so drop dead would you, as my satisfied self wouldn't allow you to keep existing any longer in this world." After saying that, I inhale and exhale toward the direction of the little girl who seems to be fully mended. The wind that came out of my nose caused the wind to turn into a shockwave of unstoppable force that shredded through everything in its path, including the girl which could be seen blowing back in a messy gore of flesh.
Seeing that, with a satisfying smirk, I looked at the prone form of the little girl. But that quickly turns into a frown as the girl starts to heal and stands back up again with no lasting injury. The girl also decided to speak up at that moment after all the beat down she took, starting with a giggle, "... Hehehe, I can feel that, human~. But it's no fun if you're the only one who got to attack, you know~? So I'm going to attack too." After she said that, the surrounding light began to dim giving way to many balls of light that started to form in the air, and then those balls of light started to shoot toward me at an incredible speed, seemingly vaporizing everything in its path. When it hit me however, it dissipated in the air like water evaporating in the face of flame.
"Tck, you didn't die? Why didn't you die? Why do you stand back up again like it was no big deal after everything I said? Don't you think that is a violation of my right for you to not listen to what I have to say? You dare not to break three of my rights, but four?! How low of a scum can you be!? How many rights do you have to infringe upon me until your greed of a pig can be satisfied huh? Just how many times will you force my hands to attack you for your aggression? Such twisted mind, coming from a person with twisted greed. To force me to this extent, when I don't even know who you are. Learn some basic human decency, would you?" I said angrily while standing there facing the attack head-on, not worrying in the slightest against something that many would consider as their grim reaper.
"... Is that so~? I am the youkai of the dusk, Rumia~. I don't know what greed has to do with this, human. But I will have my meal eventually~." While she said that, the beam of light that had been produced by her previously started to turn into hundreds of blades, and all of them started to head toward me at a speed that normal human eyes could barely be able to perceive.
Seeing this as a minor inconvenience, I swipe it away like I swipe a fly, this simple action causes an unstoppable air pocket that swipes all the blades away. "You see that? You have no hope of touching me or eating me in that matter with those weak attacks of yours. So give up, would you? It was a waste of effort, you see? Someone as insane as you would understand, right? That this is such a waste of my time and yours, so just follow my request and die, would you? And what is that weird title you're spilling? 'Youkai of The Dusk'? Are you trying to challenge my authority by flaunting your title?! I'll let you know that is a violation of my authority! Just how dare you violate another one of my precious rights huh!? And what is a 'youkai' anyway? Is that a word that you made up? If that really was a real, actual, word, then I would have heard of it, no? So, from that, I will assume that your title is also nothing but a lie that you made up. Just how dare you spew such lies?! Do you know that by lying to me, you are violating my right to my understanding?!" After I said that, I swung my hand down violently in an arc, with the full intent of killing the girl. The result was the girl splitting into two parts, but it seems that her flesh is capable of stitching back together, as she became whole again a second later.
"I don't know what you mean, human... I don't see why I can't eat you either~, your attack just doesn't have sufficient meaning[1] behind it to actually kill me, so I can definitely eat you if I tire you long enough, even if it was going to be a pain to do so…" After she said that, a couple of invisible air pockets struck her into pieces, but those pieces quickly healed back to Rumia. "Ahhh, I got cut into pieces again... And what do you mean by not knowing what a youkai is, human? You are fighting one right now. I am a being that takes form from the darkness~. That is what a youkai is, a being that takes on a form. You should—."
"Eh? You are not human? I see, I see. That makes sense as you are so eager to eat me and that is not what a normal human would do. But that's still not enough of an excuse for your previous action against me! Also, can you stop addressing me as human? I just told you my name, hadn't I?! So wasn't it natural for you to use that name to address me?! Calling me human is like you putting me on the same pedestal as other humans out there, and wasn't that rude? I am my person, you know? So I am entirely different from those other humans you had just labeled me with! Don't you think that by labeling me with everyone else, you're violating my right to my individuality?!" As I said that, I breathe aggressively, causing Rumia to be grinded and broken into bits and pieces thanks to my authority imbedding itself to the air I exhaled. At the same time, many beams of light from Rumia had dissipated upon contact with me.
After a few seconds, Rumia healed back up again like nothing had happened, "Ahhh, this is getting annoying~. You are the most annoying meal I have ever met..." After she said that, she opened her arm and spread it wide, like she didn't already have, and produced many more small orbs of light that lighted the night sky. With those orbs suspended, the surrounding light began to dim as well, making the night darker than it actually is and effectively camouflaging the many orbs in the sky. With that being set, they all fall at me at the same time causing a rain of light shower on my person.
With that bombardment, the dust had risen. When the dust subsided, there came a perfectly fine me, with not a single damage shown on my person. It seems the bombardment is ineffective, though the only thing that seems to be affected is my face being twisted into one of extreme anger and one of extreme dissatisfaction.
"Ark! Annoying! You're so stubborn, you know that?! Don't you understand that your attack is ineffective against me? So why bother to keep attacking me, me, me, like it was no big deal?! And how dare you say that I'm annoying? Shouldn't I have the right to freely express my opinion? So the annoying one is you who is opposing my opinion, no?! And what was that unrelenting attitude against me? Just drop dead already as that should be within my right to ask you to do so. Is it too much to ask you to just die for my satisfied self!? Actually, you know what? This is simply enough! To make me reach my breaking point had already told me everything about you and how greedy you are! I will not allow someone like you to exist and roam the world any longer! Your existence up until now is nothing but inexcusable, so I will personally get rid of your presence as just your mere existence is a violation to not only mine, but anyone right at that matter! The fact that you had yet to stop your continuous violation against my person says it all!" After I shouted that, I grasped as many grains of dirt as I could possibly take with one hand and threw it at the girl, all while imbuing it with my authority.
This causes all the particles of dirt that had been previously thrown to be stopped midair, then a fraction of a second later in one instant, it moved again at an incredibly fast speed through the girl, completely shredding her in the process, and turning her into nothing but a mist of something that was previously her flesh.
With that, my expression had shifted into one of satisfaction, as if that simple action had satisfied me in the same way as if someone had killed that one fly that had been bugging them for hours, "Ah, that is how things should have been. Those who didn't leave my satisfied self alone should die and disappear so that they can't violate my rights again. It's only fair, they denied my rights, I will deny their rights to continue living. It is only fitting, after all, every action has its own consequences, and this is the consequence of denying my right." With that being said, I turned around with a satisfied smirk on my face, confident that whatever a 'youkai' is can't possibly survive that attack.
With that self-assured thought, I started to venture through the forest all while the sound of a flapping of wings grew prominent in one instant and disappeared with the sound of a click.
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Explanation [1]: This refers to the fact that youkai can heal itself from any injury, unless those injuries were caused by magic(spiritual power). Meaning that Regulus' way of attacking things can't do shit against most youkai as he uses the environment as his weapon, like wind and dirt, which are in no way spiritual.
AN: If you don't like something, don't hesitate to comment. For those who don't like those long ass monologues in Regulus' mind, you are in luck as every other chapter will have less of it as I've only tried to establish Regulus as a character in chapter 1, but that doesn't mean it didn't exist though. And for those who are wondering, I will not reduce Regulus' dialogue when he talks to people as that is his character, without it, he isn't Regulus.
And if you see any out of character moment in this story, comment.
And for those who notice the lack of time limit on Regulus authority, it will be vaguely explained in the next chapter.
That is about it for this chapter, have a good day and sleep well.