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Chapter Twenty - Fireflies and Memories

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      A World without Misery (Interitus 1: Book 0) Chapter Twenty – Fireflies and Memories   “People have been doing what you’re doing since the beginning of time. You’re nothing special. Everyone believes that their actions are justified. Every man who’s ever become a monster believes at some point that they are a murderer with good intentions. But murder is still murder no matter how you disguise it. There is no difference between us,” said the familiar voice of the villain.               Ashes and cinders drifted faintly in the air as the weak breeze swept through the city streets. The houses behind Hatasuko and Vaida had been reduced to embers. The glow of smoldering flames reflected on the white walls of the canyon and stained the starlit city with a beautiful color. Hatasuko stood defensively in front of Vaida with his sword in one hand and his shield in the other, but he stayed completely motionless. He did not watch the cinders as they drifted by. He did not watch the fireflie

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Chapter Nineteen - The Second Astrodeus

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     A World without Misery (Interitus 1: Book 0)             Chapter Nineteen – The Second Astrodeus               Thousands of voices screamed from all directions. Countless incoherent cries choked the hollows of the abyss. The few pleading voices which had somehow strung themselves together were eclipsed by the volume of the endless misery. As Hatasuko stood with his feet in the pebbly sand of the Fons Vitae, he kept his nose just above the colorful water so that he could breathe. He kept his eyes closed tightly as he contemplated the anguish in the tempest. He could practically feel the lost souls writhing in his brain, destabilizing it with their misery. He felt more desperate now than ever before to somehow find a way to end the Interfecti, but every time he let his mind wander to the future, he replayed the crushing memory of his most recent failure.            As the calm waters of the Fons Vitae slowly healed the bruises and cuts which scattered his body, Hatasuko remembered t