Capítulo 7: Merzalfit

Early in the morning, he is just done eating a loaf of bread as his breakfast and is now waiting at his two members while sitting on the chair.

While waiting, he is operating the laptop in an idle manner. Not really going deep in it and just moving the cursor or going around the desktop and seeing the folders and apps within.

The default applications on the desktop are drastically different than the one he is used to, so he really have no idea what's really with it. It's like those specialty servers that have a vastly different system compared to regular desktops.

As he is just going to try the newly discovered function which is opening the, what he thinks is the document manager, the door slowly opens. He quickly closes the tab and put the desktop on the sleep mode before standing up and turning his attention on the door.

Behind the door emerges a frail looking hand, and within emerges a beautiful girl with peach colored hair. She have a large stylish pointy hat and clothes that are a bit revealing. The main color palette of her outfit seems to be light orange.

Just by her outfit and the sharp and mysterious gaze of her aquamarine eyes, he quickly manages to identify her.

'Merzalfit!?' He is shocked at the new person that emerges within the mysterious door.

Merzalfit. The Witch of Disaster. One of the characters from the Sin Factor, a mobile gacha game with a stunning graphics and great world building.

The game revolves around the Graia Continent, and the many world changing events within it. Most of the story talks about the fight between the Liberation and the Encroachment, the version of light forces and dark forces in this world. One of the most evilest thing in this world is something called the Sin Factor. Those who bears it are known to be capable to cause chaos on the whole world, and even destroy reality as it is.

Merzalfit is one of the characters there that is directly connected to a Sin Factor. Her mere presence alone can leave calamity in her wake, and her words can cause disaster to occur.

On the gacha game, she is one of the twenty one characters there who have a special rarity called as the Abysmally Rare. They are also the only character to start as six stars already.

This just shows how strong she is, that even the game developers didn't bother to balance her skills for it.

He is scared but also relieved that out of all the nine witches, she is the one who emerges. Unlike the other witches from the game, she looks more better than them. He just have to watch his words to her so she didn't decide to raze this whole city to the ground.

'I'll pass this one. I hope I can persuade her to leave!'

Despite her strength, he didn't want to recruit her at all. She is just that dangerous.

"Oya? What's this new place? I can feel a weird magic signature..." Her eyes pointed at him and lighted up in intrigue. "And who are you, handsome?"

She might sound lighthearted, but he knew that she is anything but goofy. This is already a test of his temperament.

He tries to hide his feelings with a grin of his face, his gaze directed at her and not trying to avert it.

"Hey there beauty. This place is not really that interesting so you'll end up disappointed!"

"Oh? Try me then!"

He felt his heart hammering on his chest as the witch dismissed him. She looks around the room without any regards to his feelings.

'Fuck! Did I mess up that early!? Should I have bantered with her at the start before trying to get her back!?' He curses with a mental click of his tongue.

The girl stops at the entrance door. She can hear the sound of some footsteps outside, and she grins. She holds the doorknob and tries to pull it, only to fail as it didn't budge.

"Oya? This is interesting!" Her eyes lit up at the new obstacle.

He tries to stop her but she is already done before he can think about it. The girl flicks her finger and the door suddenly explodes.

"Goddamn...!" He can't help but let out a curse as the smoke covers the whole room.

He coughs for a bit and moves his arms in a fanning manner, trying to take out the smoke in a futile manner. As the smoke slowly dissipates, he looks at the witch who seems to be kneeling at the door now and is looking at it a lot more closer.

"This is... an inviolable space..." The intense curiosity that she have has been fed, and now she wanted to learn more about this.

Before she could do that, the door opens slowly once again to show Elio slowly emerging behind. The blonde haired girl gazes at the witch with her eyes narrowed before looking at William.

"Ah... she is not a member! She's just a stranger who seems to be interested at my door!" He explained with his hands raised and a shrug.

"Oh?" She directed a bored stare at the witch. "What might you be doing on the door?"

"Hush. I am busy decoding how this inviolable space occurs!"

Elio seems to be a bit offended at the way she talks, but she decided to let it go.

"Suit yourself!" She said before going to a chair and sitting on it, waiting for the other member to show up.

The time passes before the witch seems to have given up. Without warning, she suddenly appears in front of his face and holds his shoulders.

"Woah!?" He unconsciously let out a yelp at her sudden intrusion to his personal space.

"Come on boy! Tell me how it is happening!"

He felt a bit irritated at the way she is just manhandling him. She have already caused enough commotion in the room, and he wanted her to stop.

"Isn't it obvious! Your a freaking witch, you can't go outside due to your heavy influence as a part of the Encroachment!" He yelled at her and outright lied.

The shaking of his shoulders stops and the girl just stares at him, processing what he just said. After awhile, the girl laughs, taking off her hold on his shoulders.

"Hahaha! I see it now! So it's a preventative measure for Encroachment!"

Elio, who is quietly sitting on one of the chairs, narrowed her eyes at the witch. It seems like she just realized that the witch might not be at the side of light.

"Now that you know, you should just scram!" He said while trying to return his composure.

"Oh. I like that. You got spunk!"

He glares at her for a moment and is just going to try and argue with her, before he suddenly realized who is talking to again. He felt a bit of a cold sweat falling to his cheeks as he dreaded whether he offended her or not.

'Please don't delete me in existence!' He hopes within his mind.

Not even caring about his feelings, Merzalfit sits on the table just on the opposite side of Elio and stares at him with a grin and a challenging stare.

"I'm sure your hiding something from me. Killing you will be a waste of this wonderful discovery, so I'll let you live for now." She said with a confident grin.

"You! Are you trying to threaten him in front of me?" Elio stood up from her sitting position and glared at her. There are water droplets forming on her surroundings as she did so.

Merzalfit glances behind her before grinning at her with a dangerous glint in her eyes.

"You wanna fight? I'll take you on if want it!"

"I'll put you down where you stand right now!"

Before the two can start going on a rampage, he shouted at them to stop.

"STOP!"

"Please not inside this room. All of these things are expensive, you know!"

That's the only sentence that came to his mind first, and in a panic have said all of that.

Elio is still glaring at the witch while the witch in question is just staring at him with a dumbfounded expression. Then she giggles before those giggles turns into a boisterous laughter.

"Wahahahahaha! That's so rich, hahahaha!"

He felt offended at her laughing at his half-ass reasons. Though he also felt embarrassed at it.

"Fine. I won't do anything. It'll be fun watching things too!" She said with a confident stare. "I don't know about the kid behind me." She added without her expression changing.

"You...!"

"Elio! Just let her be.... she is too strong!"

Elio turns her glare on his way before turning her head away.

"Hmph! This better be good!" Her eyes turned to the witch again. "If you dare lay a hand on that guy there, I'll destroy you even if I have to die!"

Now William is a lot more confused at her personality. She seems so, simplistic that she is trying to be a hero just for the sake of it.

"That's funny, I'm looking for a way to destroy myself!" She glances at Elio. "I'm interested how you will do it."

"Grr!"

As the two are becoming intense, the door opens once more, revealing Kiryo who is just entering.

"Good morning.... and what is happening here?" Her greetings has been interrupted as she notice the two staring at each other. Elio is glaring at the witch while Merzalfit is just gazing at her with an amused grin.

'Ugh... this is a chaos!' He thought while feeling a headache.