Alexandra's POV—
Father issues along with mental issues… I think it's pretty clear. I can understand his mentality now. It's a classic case of parental abuse, and it's his father here who abused him. It was his repeated abusing which caused him to become like this. I thought that he was the problem but his father was even more of a problem.
"I am not going to lie to you. I can feel what you feel. Parents are like heroes for us, childhood heroes if I say it more accurately. And I know, the approval of parents is something that every child desires. I desired it too once but not anymore. It may sound that I am trying to reform you or something—"
"You are trying to reform me but it's futile. Once you have power in your hands, you drown in it… to the point of no return," Henrich shook his head, "this world was already dead in its very core. This apocalypse was just a funeral for it. I will not change. What should I expect from this world?! A world who has always denied me everything. Now, I have the power. Tch! I can just take it. That's what this is all about. You don't understand it."
I looked directly into my eyes. For a moment, I saw him faltering when he looked back into my eyes. Spitting out the excess saliva on the ground, I cracked my knuckles. I said, "I understand everything you say Henrich. Your escapism? I experienced it first-hand. Family issues? I had plenty of them. But I am not depraved like you, am I? It's not about your dream of 'harem.' It's about you are doing to the women against their wishes. Everyone has some faults in them. You are not the Buddha; you are not a monk; you are not a godly entity who is the epitome of kindness. You are not… the same goes for me. We are humans bound by our selfish desires. If we don't act on it, then who will? But if we lose ourselves in that process, then there is no difference between you and a demon."
Henrich mouth parted in shock. His eyes held some remorse and understanding in it. Hah! It seems I have made him understand.
"I-I think you are correct. If I do these things, then there will be no between me and my father. I am sorry," Henrich said in a regretful tone.
"It's good that you understand. I—"
I couldn't complete my sentence as Henrich shot the fireball at me. Not getting any chance of dodging, I was directly hit by the attack. To save myself from its direct impact, I used my hands as a shield. It sent me flying in the air, and I finally stopped when my back hit against the wall. Fuck! He caught me off guard.
My hands are burnt. No, my both arms were burnt. The burnt spots had a whitish and charred appearance. I couldn't feel pain as the nerves in my hand were damaged. But even if I didn't feel this pain, I could feel the rest of my body to be hurting. I can hear Henrich to be laughing at my fate.
[Are you regretting now?]
'I am… my whole body is aching.'
"Ahhh…" A pain-filled groan escaped my mouth as I tried to stand up on my feet but I couldn't. This attack has almost depleted all my stamina.
[Your stamina is almost close to nothing.]
'It seems the end, I guess… I will miss you.'
The system sneered at my words. Even when I am going to die, it is not going to show me any compassion.
[Get up! You are not going to die here.]
'There is no fight this guy in my current state.'
[You can. You have a healing factor.]
'What! You haven't told me about it before!'
[It doesn't matter. What matters is, your healing factor is very slow. You are lucky that your arm is not completely destroyed. If your arm had lost its vitality, then it was game over for you. But for some reason, your arm can still be healed completely.]
'But it's slow…'
[Yeah. For that reason, I am going to help you. I will accelerate the healing in your right arm. Use this opportunity.]
My eyes flickered in surprise. I never though that there would be a day where the system would actively help me by itself.
'Thank you.' My words were filled with gratitude.
[Tch! Remember, it's just this one time only. I don't want you to be dead this soon. End this fight now. I don't need you to prolong it any further. As for killing, it depends on you.]
'You go it.'
"Ahhhh!!" I screamed in pain as Henrich stepped on my injured back. He pressed it even more, making me even scream more loudly.
"Hahaha… I am good actor, ain't I?" Henrich sneered in disgust, "you were a fool to believe me. I am not going to change. Do you hear me? I will repeat it for you. 'I will not change.' A few manipulative words from your pretty mouth won't make any difference at all."
He removed his leg and gripped my hair and made me stand up. I bit my lip to muffle my scream. "I will kill you. I don't need someone like you in my harem," snarled Henrich.
"I-I t-truly believed you m-might change… but I was wrong."
I glared at him in disgust. He ignored my words and raised his hand. At that very moment, I felt some sensation in my hand.
Henrich sneered, "Bye."
"I should be the one to tell you this." I grabbed my gun and shot him in his palm. He immediately released the hold on my hair and gripped his 'punctured' hand tightly.
"AHHHH!!!!! YOU BITCHH!!" Henrich howled in pain. He threw a chair to my face. I couldn't dodge it as my senses were already dull from pain. The gun dropped from me hand and slid to a place where I couldn't reach.
Henrich rushed towards me with fire swirling in his good hand. Fuck! There is no way I can dodge this. Suddenly, I spotted a knife. Yes! I should incapacitate his other hand. My vision was getting blurry with each passing second.
"HAAAAA!!! I WILL KILLL YOUUU!!! WHOREE!!!"
I gripped the knife and stabbed him with it as he reached near me.
Henrich tried to say something but all I heard was gurgling noises. I felt something wet touch my neck. It was his hand. My rationality was on the edge of snapping. I took out knife from his body and repeatedly stabbed him with it. The gurgling sound increased even more and his hold loosened. After stabbing him to my heart's content, I finally stopped. The last thing I saw before I lost my conscious was his dead body, full of stabs in his neck.