My Soul card is a Reaper

All along the way to the village head's house, the natives were seen halting their work for a moment and went on their knees as they saw Azzy and Leah, who were accompanied by the villager named Soma.

It wasn't until they met the village head's second daughter, who coincidentally happened to be the only person in the village that knows the sign language, did neither of them understood why the villagers were revering them with great respect.

The pale white skin and the mark below the eye signify the royal blood in this world.

Now, they had no idea why these two individuals suspected to be a prince and a princess of some kingdom came to their village on foot and why they were talking in sign language, but it became obvious to both of them that the natives here extremely fear the royal family.

Azzy could sense fear in everyone he met on the way. Since he cannot even properly communicate with them while Leah can't convince the others that they are peaceful and kind through her sign language, he starts feeling uncomfortable about staying on the planet.

Because of their appearance resembling royal family members, they abandoned their plan to move elsewhere and decided to stay in the village for the night and leave in the morning.

With the village head accommodating them in his house, they secured a place to sleep too.

For the next few hours, Leah was on a mission to acquire as much information about this world as she could.

Their supposedly royal bloodline also helped her evade the doubts of the village head's family by using a simple excuse of memory loss and voice due to an attack from Aeni in the wilderness. According to the customs here, the commoners aren't qualified to question her. Hence, whatever Leah told them, they had to take it as the truth.

Meanwhile, Azzy, who couldn't play any part in a conversation, left Leah with the rest of them and went to his room using an excuse to take a rest.

Summoning the cosmic jewels, Azzy went on practicing his Aura sensing ability to improve their bonding as well as increasing his range by adding his natural energy manipulation, the Sage core.

As time passed, his range was steadily increasing. More and more auras of life were added but he was perfectly fine without experiencing any headache, unlike when he just learned the skill.

Soon, the night arrived and lanterns lit up all over the village, followed by the traditional dance music.

Wearing the villager's traditional wear, i.e. plain loose-fitting tunics and trousers made from magical plant fibers, practical headscarves made from the same magical fibers, and basic sandals from woven plant fibers, Azzy and Leah joined the rest of the villagers as they were celebrating the evening with wine, music, and dance.

This wine is different from traditional wine available on Gaia. Of course, Azzy didn't know how that wine would taste either way and since he is still not considered a legal adult, he couldn't touch the alcohol and just enjoyed it with other soft drinks.

However, the main issue is the significant presence of ethanol and heavy water in the water composition of this planet.

The regular water drunk by the natives of this planet is like a strong alcoholic drink for Azzy and Leah.

With his cosmic jewels resting in the mindscape and his Sage core sleeping, the water mixed in those soft drinks intoxicated Azzy a little bit.

As he drank more and more while enjoying the liveliness of the villagers, who eased up a little bit after seeing the supposed royals in common attires, Azzy felt more and more dizzy.

But, this dizziness is out of pleasure. He doesn't know the ingredients in the soft drink he was served but he liked it very much.

Meanwhile, Leah, who drank lots of wine that had over 82% ethanol, enough to kill a normal person, was drunk to the point that she was wobbling left and right like a pendulum.

Putting aside her worries for a while, the drunken Leah danced with the locals, in the same way they do. Azzy felt like she was relieving her stress, instead of enjoying the dance. His assumption has to do with her identity as the princess and her insistence on following him.

During the next couple of hours, she tried to drag Azzy to dance with her many times, but the latter managed to get out of it as he was too embarrassed to do such things.

In the end, he carried his wasted partner on his back while returning to the village head's house, alongside the chief's daughter.

Because he didn't know any sign language, he couldn't communicate with the woman and simply followed her to the house.

But then again, the atmosphere wasn't silent around them.

Leah was busy scolding people, like cussing some guy who was trying to woo her, cussing the ministers for making things harder for her, cussing her aunt who left home and happily married the eldest princess of the Triastal kingdom (Claire's elder sister), cussing her uncle who went missing three decades ago and had his duties fell on her, and even scolded their master for irresponsibly leaving her in the middle of her training, etc…

While the girl was taken aback to see that Leah hadn't lost her voice but just speaking in some unfamiliar language, Azzy couldn't help but constantly sigh upon seeing a different side to the girl, who is said to be one of the most perfect women on the planet (Gaia).

Being the princess of the oldest surviving kingdom, Leah was already quite popular in their world.

Her appearance, her participation in charity activities, her battle prowess, her soul realm, her intelligence, and her knowledge of sealing techniques, everything about her is considered one of the best in the world.

If someone wants to point out flaws in her, perhaps, it will be her low knowledge of science and technology, and the fact that she remained single so far.

Of course, for Azzy, who absolutely had no interest in her, none of those things truly mattered; well, atleast until they reached her room and his name and then Claire's name came up as he placed her on the bed and turned around to walk away.

"Azrael, you dork… you bastard… Why don't you look at me in the same way as other men do? Am I that insignificant in your eyes? Now, don't say you think of me as family or sister. I'll kill you. You got it? Let me tell you something. You are Claire are never destined to be together.

To be with her, *hiccup*, you will have to go against the Celestial Empire. Then, there's her father, an Archangel who is powerful enough to destroy you and your entire clan with a snap of a finger.

*hiccup*

Even after you survive every challenge, in the end, heartbreak is inevitable. Heartbreak is inevitable… there's no escape from it… there's no escape from that hell.

Your past incarnations went through the same thing but they don't have a friend that could help them. But, you have nothing to worry about."

With her eyes continued to stay closed; she beat her chest with a smile, "You have me, the chosen one who is destined to rule. As the host of the legendary sacred sword that defied the heavens, I'm super confident that I will become strong enough to drag you out of that abyss. *hiccup* I will drag you out when the time comes… I'll drag…"

She eventually stopped talking and went into deep sleep.

Azzy couldn't help but stare at her in confusion. "heartbreak? Abyss? Past incarnations? What was that all about? Ugh…"

Soon, his dizziness increased to the point of forcing Azzy to stop trying to analyze Leah's blabber and sit on the floor in a lotus position and meditate.

A surge of natural energy gushed through his body, destroying all the toxic substances that entered his stomach and making him sober.

Once his head became clear, Azzy went on practicing his Aura sensing while staying there to guard his vulnerable friend.

However, the calmness on his face didn't last long and was replaced by a frown, "this… damn our luck. How could this happen on the same day we arrived here..."

***

Meanwhile, far away from the world;

On the planet of Xula;

At the castle town of Rogan, located deep beneath the ground, about six humans in traditional mage outfits gathered in what seemed like a dim-lit cave.

The fire torches on the wall burned brighter as they sat down in their respective positions on the ground, where something like a circle with mystical images was drawn.

All of them started spouting the words of an incantation.

Zaroth k'hulthra Beelzebub, darkened lumthra Zythoros,

(In the shadows of Beelzebub, where darkness reigns)

R'lygorn k'vathrak, n'ghaoroth shalthrak,

(Awaken the ancient power, let it course through my veins)

Vor'kalthor Beelzebub, lord of the abyssal moros,

(Beelzebub, ruler of the abyss, I call your name)

Thulgron malchathor, Beelzebub, come forth!

(By the forces of the underworld, to this realm, you I claim)

The incantation kept on echoing throughout the cave until the empty circle in the middle glowed brightly, followed by the appearance of a humanoid figure with obsidian skin color that is adorned with mystical markings, and massive wings that resembled a raven's.

As the rest of the five mages kowtowed to the demon prince they summoned, the leader of them spoke, "Revered Abyssal Sovereign, help us change the tides of the war and claim the cosmic jewel of darkness as your prize."

"Did you just say the cosmic jewel?" A grin escaped from the demon, followed by his laughter filling the cave.