Hello all shrimp people. I haven't touched Dek Dee website for a very long time. From university until now, I've been working as a salaried worker at this time, but that's not the point. The point is, as a shrimp person who likes Jin. It's not strange to ask to express it through writing a story and giving it shape through a short story.

Synopsis

Duties of the Angel of Death It is to take the soul that has expired to the hereafter. Without any personal matters involved. But the duties of the angel of death never take a break. must perform this duty endlessly This is the reason why the angel of death is immortal. But what if you were to encounter a creature that could die and resurrect endlessly, like a phoenix?

Will it be possible to take this immortal soul to a new realm?

Note: Some events and conversations may be based on the two people's live streams. Therefore, if there are any mistakes, we apologize here.

Life is a cycle that goes on and on without end. It's like counting numbers from zero to ten and starting again. everything in this world Nothing can escape decay. Like a flower, it grows, blooms, and wilts with time. Humans are the same. If there is found, there will be from [birth, old age, sickness, and death]

No one can escape these things. When one life is lost Another life will be born to replace the life lost.

It was probably a normal thing for those poor souls to encounter. Especially during the last moments of life Often encounter the thing that humans are afraid of, that is, death. and things that come with death who leads the soul to a better world Or even worse, it's the [Angel of Death].

Job after job I encountered The souls who had expired were on their knees begging for their lives. Making all kinds of claims because there are still many things to do in this life. Or even to the point of being bribed in order to prolong one's life. But the rules must be followed. For me there is no bargaining at all. The connection between the physical body and the spirit is the final bond of life.

The more coarse the body begins to deteriorate with age. The thread also became thinner. It was easy to use a weapon like a long-handled scythe. which is a symbol of death and indicates the identity of each angel of death, including me. Using a sickle, the thread was cut completely. To be able to take that soul to the underworld to determine if they will be reborn. Or go to heaven or hell, that's my duty.

When talking about duties Naturally, there are no personal emotions or feelings involved. Therefore, most people tend to view me as being insensitive. A heartless angel of death... Well, because I'm a god of death, how can I have a coarse body and organs like humans? At least each god of death has its own name.

And this is another one of my jobs. It was a simple job like every day. There's no need to repeat what my duties are. I picked up a book that listed the names and lifespans of people in the mortal world who were about to die, along with their various causes of death. There were many names whose names I had drawn with blood. To remember this name has already been taken care of by me.

Like the latest I still feel sorry for him. A sword stuck in his head and he died at a very young age, like grilled meat on a skewer. Hmm... If I have a chance, I'll tell you about it again. Now there's one more list left to deal with. And I'll get promoted soon. That's what I hope for, so that the teachers can be proud of what I've done.

But I let out a huge sigh of relief when I realized that I would have to go retrieve a troublesome soul that even the other gods of death were shaking their heads away from. Even Master himself refused to accept this job. I had come to receive this woman's spirit once. And it didn't end well for the soul reception back then.

An angel of death like me can know the location of every soul in the world. It allows me to go anywhere in just a few moments. My scythe is not only used to attack spirits. You can also open dimensional portals to travel where you want. Therefore, it is not difficult at all even if you are at the edge of the world.

In front of me right now is figure of a young woman He was leaning on a bench and breathing heavily. from head to toe The way she dresses and wears is said to be in harmony with the sun. Orange hair with blue-green tinges Her face looked pale in contrast to her orange dress.

But it seems like she still doesn't see me. My consciousness must have started to not be with my body. I noticed that in one hand she had a water bottle and a strange colored liquid that was more nauseous than drinkable was dripping onto the floor. Who dares to hurt such an innocent-looking woman like this? Let her suffer alone.

There were no passersby to help at all. It was like she was cut off from everything she knew.

“You seem to have been poisoned like that, Keira?” I know her name. And she knew that her lifespan was almost up.

"...." The sun-haired girl didn't reply. But there were some reactions. Her fingertips moved slightly. She heard what I said and just couldn't respond.

“It's a shame. To have to say goodbye to this cruel world But don't be afraid…” I walked closer, black mist rising above my bony palm. The mist covered it until it took shape. That's right, that's my soul scythe.

“Maybe you might like the next world...”

“...” Keira didn't even have the strength to raise her head or resist from being soul slashed by me.

“Don't be angry. Because to me, it's not personal!” The moment she was about to use the scythe, she cut the last fiber. Instead, there was something strange.

The girl's body suddenly glowed with blue flames. and spread throughout her body before dissolving into ashes in the blink of an eye. What is this all about?? Did someone cut in front of me to snatch the soul? Or is this the work of a necromancer? Damn it, they're all going to make me unemployed. Instead of letting them sleep peacefully...

“Hey…” The girl's body was no longer there. Only the clothes that were once worn remained. It was stained with her dust. So she tried to scratch it with the handle of the sickle, but her spirit body could not be seen. Or will it dissipate along with the rough body? If you lost your soul, it would be a big problem.

The hand of the woman who had just recently died suddenly shot up from the pile of rubble. Grab the handle of my scythe tightly. I was so shocked that I immediately withdrew, still holding her hand. Plus a lot of power, wrong with such a thin body.

From the struggle for a long time This allowed the girl to finally rise from the ashes like that. Just like the first day we were born. We have nothing with us from our birth mother. Yes, this woman is in her birthday suit!!

“Just, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,” my mouth is full of these ashes… yuck…” She choked on her own ashes. I'm still amazed at what's going on right now. How did you get back to being as strong as before? When I opened the life expectancy book, Keira's name was missing!? How is this possible??

“....It's you....” I greeted boldly, afraid that Keira finally saw me. And she doesn't seem to realize she's still in her birthday suit.

“Scream!!!!” She screamed at the top of her voice while spewing all sorts of curse words until she had to quickly turn around and not look at her directly.

“I swear I didn't look at anything just now!” At the same time, something was pointed at my throat. Keira's Emerald Blade Why haven't I seen this before? Or is it because I didn't notice it?

“Don't even think about turning around, you ghost bone!”

“Hurry up and get dressed!!!” Keira slowly lowered her weapon and hurried back to her outfit. From listening to my voice She was shaking off the ash-stained cloth before putting it back on.

“Oh! You can turn around!” I turned around and looked at her face again. Her clothes were still stained with dust. But even so, the orange outfit still stands out.

“What was this just now? Why do you…”

“Huh??” Keira stopped and looked at her ragged self before saying no. “I'm used to these things. Don't pay any attention!!”

“I didn't mean any of that. Why was she who should have died but came back to life?? What does that mean?” I asked, pointing at Keira with my eyes widening in utter surprise.

“That's right! Because I am an immortal bird!!” Keira raised her thumb and pointed at herself as she proudly introduced herself. Immortal bird or phoenix A legendary creature that can be endlessly reborn from its own dust. Or... something that the other gods of death didn't dare to mess with because of this or that?

Looks like I'm definitely going to find trouble for myself.

I picked up the life expectancy book and examined it again. It's just her name Life expectancy and cause of death were not specified. Something was starting to feel wrong now.

“How old are you?” I asked her. The young woman looked down and counted on her fingers to calculate her age. Her eyes and expression clearly revealed that she was confused about her age. Before confidently speaking, he spread both his arms.

“Forever!!!!!!” I said that she had lived too long. Until I couldn't remember my own age anymore.

"look for ?"

"this ! Ask me this and that, and then you won't introduce yourself, Mr. Bonphee?”

“Hmph!!! Who am I? We are called by many names. Some death? What about the soul snatchers? Or some representative of darkness and evil? We are the angels of death who will come to take your soul.”

Keira scratched her head and raised her eyebrows, “Ah.....what is her name exactly? It's really long. It'd be better to just call it Ghost Bone like before.”

“I have a name, Grilled Chicken. And it's not a ghost bone.” Keira immediately glared at me when I called her Roasted Chicken.

“Huh??? What did you just say!?” Those purple eyes It was as if a fire was coming out. Her voice immediately became harsh to me.

“Grilled chicken, are the ashes stuck in your ears?” It turned out that a fire of anger suddenly shot out from Keira's body.

“How dare you call me? This immortal bird is a roast chicken!!!!!!!” Keira was on fire. Meaning her body was engulfed in flames, she was approached and cursed with every imaginable insult. But I probably can't tell you what words there are.

“Uh... Hey! You are on fire.” Keira looked at herself again. The hot woman herself only realized that the fire was on.

“Wow!!! Hot, hot, water, water, where is the water!?” The grilled chicken girl ran up and down and jumped into the nearest water. Water splashed everywhere. And the fire subsided as soon as her body touched the water.

Keira walked out of the pond in a rather dull state. Even though it looks pitiful, it's actually quite funny.

“You don't have to laugh, Ghost Bones!” She said behind her throat, as if reading my mind that she wanted to laugh. At the same time, he walked back to the same bench, feeling tired. So he picked up the same water bottle that had once died from its poison. Lift it up and drink it with a straight face. One part of me wants to stop it.

But if I let her die I will be able to finish my duties once and for all.

“Ouch!!!” She choked out blood as soon as she took another drink. and sat with his head bowed like that Not moving The moment she died I picked up the water she was drinking and sniffed it, even immediately lifting it away from my face. This drink Is there venom from tarantulas and black scorpions?

True, scorpion venom may not be very strong. When I smell it again I was sure there must be something that could cause this much pain. The poison from the leaves

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“Special drink recipe, made fresh and hot~~~ Do you want to try drinking it~~~~~~” I think I see the culprit in this matter. The packaging of that drink The same way Keira drank. But one funny thing is That girl just drank it to make her look dead. Plus it's nothing. That blonde woman poisoned Keira? It probably isn't.

The moment I didn't notice Keira, who had died, was resurrected. This time, her body was once again covered in dust and ashes.

“Why is the ashes always stuck in my throat? There's still enough water left to rinse your throat..." Is this stupid bastard going to drink it for the third time!? with some instinct So I immediately used my hand to sweep away the water bottle she was drinking.

“Don't drink!!!!”

“What is this? Why are you suddenly doing this? People's throats are dry!”

“Trust me, it would be better if you didn't drink it!”

“What else are you talking about?? I don't even know you. Suddenly acting like this is rude. I really don't like it. Ugh!” Keira folded her arms and turned her head away in frustration. But what she said was as if She doesn't even remember what happened just now. Do her memories disappear every time she resurrects?

My face was full of distress. It seems that this task is really not easy.

“Ah... I'm sorry for being rude to you, Keira...” Her expression became surprised that I knew her name. But now my work definitely won't be able to use softwood.

“Kiara…” I called her name again. His right hand holds the handle of the sickle tightly.

“What are you going to do? Do you cut grass?”

“Would you please just die for me!!!!?” I shouted as loud as I could, using my scythe to hit her body.

Until evening, Keira and I still hadn't gone anywhere. I'm trying to pull your soul out But no matter how many times I kill you You can always come back to life. But she herself was beginning to grow weary from the resurrection as well.

“Sigh.... What an unlucky day today is...” My hand right now doesn't have the strength to even make a fist and hit this damn bird in the face. The other side also didn't have the strength to get up and carry their swords and shields to continue fighting with me.

“That should be my sentence!” Keira leaned against the same bench and looked up at the sky as the sun was beginning to set. I sat down on the floor and looked up as well. while also thinking, If Master saw me in this state What will you say?

“Look, I won't remember anything. But there are still faint memories, like we've done something like this countless times before... Right?” She asked in a breathy voice.

“Normally, my job doesn't involve fighting like this, but...yes, we've done this together before. Maybe a million years ago?” I was as tired as she was.

“Millions of years...but it sounds like it happened just a few days ago.” To me, it seemed like it happened yesterday. When I was just starting out as a god of death

Keira came closer and held out her hand to me and said, “Come on, the sky is getting dark.” She led me to her house. No one invited the Angel of Death to their own house, but anyway, the opportunity to kill her didn't escape him, so he complied.

“Fine, but if I were to walk back to your house like this, people passing by would definitely panic.” Now I would have to use another form that I usually use when I mix with humans.

Just snap your fingers once. From a body that only had a skeleton Starting to have more flesh The full length robe turned into a black dress. and the edge of the shirt is golden yellow. that looks the most striking It was a torn veil with thorns pointing up.

“It's time to introduce myself, Calliope... that's my name. Nice to meet you.” I introduced myself formally. But Keira seemed to have a different attitude. Her eyes stared at me. Those eyes were like light shining on me. It was brighter than the sun.

"this ! You're staring at me too much!!” Her expression looked like she was about to shout out loud, Damn you, you're so cute, something like that. She stared without blinking. It made me feel more and more uncomfortable.

“I had no idea that a god of death like you was a woman like me, and…” His eyes stared down at my chest. At the same time, her hands were starting to become mischievous, and suddenly they grabbed a fistful of palms, comparing them with her own. Startled, he immediately retreated and cursed loudly.

“What the hell are you doing?! Even if it's a woman. But that doesn't mean you can do this!!!!!” Keira didn't seem to care at all about my insults. She's still obsessing over the size of my breasts. And her face turned pale.

“Double B... Bigger than mine,” she said in defeat. and suddenly dropped her neck as her breasts became smaller than mine. While she was drowning in despair I distracted her by calling her name.

“Keira…”

“What?” A fist slammed into the face of this damned bird. Until her body was flattened on the ground and she lay there like that. This is for the punishment for daring to insult me! But...I hope I don't die.

“It might be a bit messy. Normally, no one has come to visit here for a long time. Please take it easy.” Kiara, whose face was still puffy, opened the door and invited me into the house. Inside the houses, various things were arranged in a simple manner. and a little dusty She placed her weapon near the door before taking off her shoes and walking inside.

If you walk straight until the end, you will come across the kitchen. I sat waiting in a living room that didn't look much like a living room.

“Do you want to eat something? There's frozen pizza!” Kiara shouted from the kitchen. A god of death like me doesn't need to eat food to survive. But that doesn't mean you can't eat a little. What if you have to hide in a group of humans?

“As you wish…” If there was a little red wine, that would be nice… But I don't dare ask her directly. Wait! What am I doing here? Why do you have to sit and eat at someone else's house? Didn't I come here to take her soul?

“There it is…” Keira held up the tray of frozen pizza, looking delighted to have something delicious to eat in the evening. But the pizza that was given As the name suggests, it's still really frozen, so I actually made a sad face towards her.

“Is this... is this really how you eat?”

"So frozen pizza? Why?" Frozen pizza, frozen pizza... Um, is this damn bird a relative of the ancient god?

“I...well...I'm not really good with hot things. Plus, eating it cold like this is delicious in another way. Try it!”

“Wow, a little is good.” Seriously, frozen pizza like this isn't bad.

“Then I'll eat it~~”

She and I ate the pizza in silence without saying a single word. Until the poor bird asked me one thing.

"Cally, I have a question."

“Huh? Say it.”

“Every time I die. I won't remember anything, right?”

“As far as I have observed her, Yes, but only sometimes. But most definitely Every time you die You will become stronger.”

“Um, I don't even know what it feels like to die.” Keira looked down at the glass of water, her reflection reflecting off the surface of the water. It was an expression that made her feel quite sad.

“Death is nothing. The pain and suffering received from death. It is something that the human mind concocts itself. It was like we were just falling asleep,” I comforted her so as not to make her feel any more sad.

“That's all... Is that so? It might be true what she said. But sometimes it feels bad to live forever like this. It was more painful than death. If I die and am reborn, all the good memories will disappear and I'll have to start all over again. My family and friends I know. I don't remember anything at all.

So what is the point of me becoming stronger?” I felt the same way too. Immortality isn't always a good thing. I got to see people suffer loss. and the soul that still cares Therefore it is difficult to let go. I sensed that Keira had always been alone.

“I, too, must live immortally like you. To lead various souls to a better world. It is like this forever.”

“It seems like we were born to be together. The immortal duo is waiting to see the day when this world will end.”

“Ugh! Today it's like the world is ending. Besides, I don't need a partner. If you need a partner, try asking at a private detective agency. I can give you some advice.” I folded my arms and leaned back on the chair. That detective I know very well. That girl is like a cockroach of the spirit world. It seemed like I was going to die, but in the end I didn't die until I had to bring my soul back to the original body until I died.

“Do you see me as a detective, Callie?” She raised her arms on her chin and looked at me. Her expression began to look lively again. That's a good thing.

“I feel like that girl wants to join a team and do something. But I wasn't really interested, so I wanted to present it to you.”

“But I'm more interested in you.” Her eyes stared at me without looking away.

“What do I have to interest you in?” I asked as I picked up the water and drank it.

“Before that Where we first met She brushed aside the glass of poison. Because you're worried about me, right?" I choked up as soon as she finished asking. Damn it, I just don't want to see her die over and over again.

“Just...what the hell are you talking about? I did that because..." Damn it, why can't I just say something simple like this? Just say that I don't want to see you die. But it was as if some thought was keeping me from speaking out.

“For what reason? Or because you want to protect me, right?~ Even though I'm immortal, I also want someone to protect and take care of me. Hmmmm, it must be quite romantic!! From now on we will be friends. And get to spend life together. Unknowingly, our relationship may become stronger and stronger until we say, "Ahahaha" when it's like this.

I promise with my life I won't give up I won't let you be disappointed. I won't let you be sad. I won't run away. And I will definitely never abandon you.” Don't talk to yourself like this!

“Who...Who told you!? Because of the person who can kill you It's just me, this damn bird!!!”

“Your mouth is very inconsistent!” The damn bird tilted her head and smiled sheepishly.

“Hmph...I'll definitely kill you!” I stood up and said firmly.

“Alright, from now on I would like to take care of you too!” She didn't seem to care about what I said.

“Cally can stay here!” My real home is the afterlife. I should go back to my place. But if you refuse, it will hurt your manners and your feelings of wanting someone. Damn it! I really hate myself for rejecting other people.

“Alright...if you let me stay with you, let's be careful. Your head will definitely fall off your shoulders one day!” A long scythe appeared above her palm and resting on her shoulder. and stared into her eyes as if devouring her flesh and blood

“Ummm, if it were you. I'm willing to let you slaughter as many times as you want!” Keira embraced death without hesitation. Because she already knew that she could resurrect as many times as she wanted.

“Ugh! You damn bird... This way, I'd like to introduce myself as well." I suspect we'll have to stick together like this for a long time...

 [1] Gympie-Gympie 

It is a plant in the elephant family that grows in forests in northeastern Australia. and the Maluku Islands of Indonesia It is a poisonous plant that is extremely dangerous. causing severe pain Until it was called the suicide plant, its poison was very strong. Even humans cannot endure the pain from this poison and have to commit suicide to escape the pain.