Well, this is it. The final chapter! Sorry for taking so long...

Final Chapter - A Life Worth Living

I looked with emptiness at the being in front of me-No, myself. Better yet, my true self. At this moment, the one I faced was none other than the one I should have been, the one without restrictions, the true me.

However, even then, I couldn't accept such cruel reality. Over and over again I told myself that this was a lie, but the facts were laid right in front of me. I had no way of denying it. The mad monster in front of me was my true self, and I... was simply an illusion.

At that moment, I understood that he was the original Bell, while all I was a fabricated personality in order to contain the raw power of destruction that I originally had. Which meant... that, if we're talking about what's right or wrong, then I should be the one to disappear. Still, I couldn't accept that.

I lived my life, I did my actions... I was originally an illusion, but, slowly, I became the real deal. I don't want to fade away! I don't want to let this monster take control of MY body! I can't allow it!

So, I called him here, to the space that belonged only to us, a place where no one could interfere – our mindscape. In this place, what existed there weren't our original bodies, but instead, our souls. Which meant, that damaged done here wouldn't affect the fleshly body, but would harm your existence itself.

Currently, it looked a desolate wasteland, with empty mountains all around us. On them, all vegetation was withered. It probably was reflecting the original's state of mind... how fitting.

I then sighed as I looked at the mindless being in front of me. All it could do was slaughter. It can't think, understand, or even comprehend... It only knows killing, as it is the reason it exists for.

Since I knew that talking was useless, right after I stopped his barrage of attacks in my consciousness, I raised up my right hand. In the next moment, I closed my eyes. I then envisioned a sword... a sword that counteracted this being; a sword that went against destruction.

Slowly, the space around my hands began to distort, as the particles in the regions detached themselves from matter, becoming free. They then started to condense in my hands, becoming a cylindrical object.

The cylinder wasn't big, only slightly bigger than my palm, and thick enough for me to hold it with my hand. It was of a pure white color, with golden markings.

As the cylinder was formed, beads of sweat started to trickle down my forehead... This was more difficult than I thought. Still, I kept on with it, since I knew that this was the only chance that I had of slaying the monster that I was.

Soon after, above the cylinder, what seemed to be a blade started to condense. It build itself up slowly, and in a couple of seconds, a 1.1 meters long blade appeared above the cylinder, which by now had become the hilt of the sword.

Similar to the hilt, the blade was white, also covered with golden markings. It wasn't too thick, but certainly not thin. Furthermore, it was undoubtedly sharp. Just from looking at it could make a person wince.

"It's done," I smiled lightly as I opened my eyes to observe the sword in my hands. Just as I though, it was beautiful. However, I had no time to appreciate it, as there were more pressing matters to take care of. Forcefully turning my gaze away from the sword, I looked at the monster dead in the eyes.

It looked at me with a tilted head, most likely wondering what this doppelganger was trying to pull off. Doppelganger.. I gave myself a self-deprecating smile. However, I had no time to think about such matters. Either way, in the end, if I managed to win, I would no longer be the false one...

Taking in a deep breath, I charged forward, the earth beneath my feet shattering, as a huge crack appeared in the place I had just been. For this fight, I was going all out!

Within a second, I was already right in front of it. Without even giving it the time to think, I fiercely swung my blade down.

*Swoosh~! *

It was as if reality itself had been ripped apart, as the blade broke through air, shattering the dimension, going down on its shoulder. It didn't try to dodge, as just let the blade reach its destination.

*Crash! *

The moment it hit, a huge blade made out of wind that originated from my sword appeared behind him. In a single instant, three mountains were cut in half. However, his shoulder, the place that took the blunt force of the impact, was completely unblemished. Only the clothes that covered it were destroyed... the skin beneath was completely fine.

"Damn," I cursed as I did a back-flip while mid-air, increasing the distance between us, to make sure that he wouldn't be able to attack me. However, it seemed that my worries were baseless, as even then, it didn't make a move, its head tilted to the side, a curious look on its eyes.

"Enemy?" His voice was crisp and rough, as if it hadn't been used in decades. His eyes kept staring at me, burning with curiosity and blood-thirst.

Without saying anything, I raised my blade up again. I then closed my eyes, and when they were opened again, their red color was replaced by a golden one.

"Limit Break," I muttered, as power started to fill me. This power was not my power, but instead, the power belonging to it. I was simply borrowing it, and at the same time, purifying it, making it my own.

As more power started to flood into me, my original white hair turned into a deep-silver color, my eyes grew sharper and my face more dignified. This power... it was changing my soul. It was making me more powerful... more powerful than I had even been.

"Again!" I growled as I charged forward once more, my blade coming down towards it. This time, however, it didn't keep still, probably sensing some danger, as it raised its left arm, the left hand opened. After that, it grabbed my sword.

"What?" My eyes widened as I tried to pull back, but no matter how much I tried, I was unable to. Cursing, I released my grip on the hilt, jumping back to my original position. Back with my original self, it was currently looking at my sword, interest shining in his dull eyes.

After a while, he grabbed the hilt of the sword. The moment it did so, a blazing black flame sprung from his hands, covering the entire sword. When it died down, what appeared before my eyes was the same sword as before, albeit now black with red markings.

"So he has changed its nature..." I understood what just happened, a grim look on my face. Well, there's nothing that I can do about it...

I raised my hand once more, and a weapon appeared. It was the same sword as before, but this time there were two. Previously, I didn't have enough power, but now that I had been boosted, I was more than capable of handling two of those swords.

"Only one of us can come out of here alive," I glared daggers at the monster. "It's either you or me."

The monster, which appeared to have understood what I had just said, suddenly raised his head up to the skies and roared. It then got down on all four, the sword still in its hands, as it pushed against the grounds, disappearing from view.

Before I could even understand what was happening, I had a bad premonition and instantly jumped towards my left. What followed was a deafening sound. I slowly turned my eyes around, and saw that in the place I had just been was a huge crater, in the middle of it was the black sword.

Looking up, I saw the monster floating up in the sky, two more swords in its hands as it glared at me. It seemed determined to kill me.

I looked around, and upon noticing that there was nothing that I could use in this wasteland, also jumped up, using my power to float up into the sky. As soon as it saw me ascend to the skies, it looked at me with killing intent.

"Kill?" It asked as a crazed grin took over his face. At the same moment, the sky above darkened, and the mountains around us grew bigger. As I mentioned previously, this place was its midscape, and it was a direct representation of its mental state. At this moment, it was probably excited.

I raised up both my arms, both my swords in hand, as I glared at him. In the next moment, I jumped forward, it doing the same. Our blades collided together in the center, a shock-wave forming as it mountains around us crumbled.

I quickly pulled back, and so did him. Once more, we jumped forwards, crashing again, deafening sounds covering the atmosphere. We kept doing this for a long time... it could have been minutes, hours, days or even months... I don't know how much time passed, but by the end, I had already tried every move possible, only for them to be countered.

At that point, I realized that its existence was the same as mine. The moment I absorbed his power, I became as strong as him. That meant that we were equally matched, and a victor wouldn't emerge. The only way to win, would be to... absorb him!

For the false one to absorb the original.. the concept itself was already mad. However, I knew that either I did this or it would do it. Just as I said, in this battle, it was either me or it.

I nodded, as I understood what I had to do. I closed my eyes, and in the next moment, the swords in front of me shattered. Whispering by my ears was a wizened, archaic voice.

"Thou art free."

I nodded, and although I didn't know what this voice was, or who it belonged to, I knew that it was there to help me. It was a feeling that came from deep within... I could feel that this voice meant no harm.

"Thy power belongs to thee."

As soon as I heard it, a deafening rumbling sound filled my mind, as I felt even more power entering my body. This power... originated from the original!

"Thy soul become free."

Immediately, I could feel as if there was a string attached to me, which connect to the original self. However, at that moment, the string suddenly shattered.

Suddenly, a shrill voice resounded in the mindscape.

"How dare you?!"

In the next moment, right next to it, Death appeared in her human form. She had a fuming face, and looked incomparably mad. She didn't look at me, but instead at the empty space at my side.

Death then raised her index finger and cursed, "You bastard, I don't care who you are, but come out right now! All was going according to plan... yet you ruined everything!"

In the next moment, her body flickered, and she was now standing right in front of me, her hand outstretched, aiming at my face. Alas, just as it as about to reach me, it was suddenly grabbed by another hand.

I turned my head around, and saw that right next to me was a woman. She was young, only a couple of years older than me, with white hair that reached her back, along with pure golden eyes. Her hand was latched onto Death's wrist, not letting go.

She then glared at Death imposingly, speaking in the same ancient, archaic voice that I was hearing, which made a stark contrast with her youthful appearance, "We can interfere as We sit fit."

The moment Death saw that young woman, her eyes widened, and a look of fear flashed on her face. "O-Order?" She stammered. Her body quickly disappeared, reforming back next to it.

The woman that apparently was named Order simply hmphed, as she raised her right hand up and pointed it towards Death. "Begone."

Death looked glared at her, a troubled look in her eyes. "Order... why must you do this?!"

Order, however, kept her right hand extended, the same look on her face as she repeated, "Begone."

Still, even then, Death still seemed unwilling. She then glared at the original and commanded him, "Unseal your powers! Kill her!"

However, it seemed like it had turned a deaf ear towards the primordial entity, as it kept its gaze locked on Order, a look of fear on it.

This... just what is happening?

Before I could voice my questions, Death suddenly cursed, "Order, this time, you may-"

"Begone." Order interrupted her, repeating the same word.

Enraged, Death could only shake in anger as her presence slowly faded. After seeing that she was gone, Order turned around and looked at me. Instantly, the look in her eyes softened.

"How are you, Brother?" This time, her voice was no longer the same old, atavistic voice, but now seemed to be one fitting of her physical appearance. She also spoke in less archaic words.

But still... brother?

"You mean...?" I was about to ask, but before I could finish, Order ended my sentence in my stead.

"You."

I could only look at her with disbelief. I had no recollection of ever having a sister, never mind one so strong that could make Death itself like that... Just what is happening?!

Noticing the evident confusion in my eyes, Order sighed and kept quiet as she turned around to face what I though that was the original me.

She then put on a thoughtful face as she looked at the deranged being, who was currently looking at her in utter fear. Order looked at it for quite some time, as she mused about something, before she suddenly stopped, a look of enlightenment in her eyes.

"I see..." She nodded as she took a step forward. In the same moment, it stepped back. Seeing that, Order walked again, which caused it to once more step back.

"So, it's just as I thought..." Order then turned around to face me. "Come here, Brother."

Even though I wasn't so used to be called "Brother," I still followed her order, and moved to where she was. When I reached her, she smiled lightly at me and placed a hand at my forehead, "I believe that Death unsealed some of your memories... which caused that thing to appear?"

I nodded, wondering where she was getting at.

"However, you can't remember anything before your childhood, right?" Order asked again. Like before, I nodded.

Seeing my confirmation, a bright smile appeared on Order's face, as the hand on my forehead started to shine brightly.

"Awaken, my Brother."

In the next moment, it was as if a seal had been broken, as a huge influx of memories flowed to my mind. Memories that weren't mine, but at the same time, belonged to me. Hundreds of millions of years worth of memories entered my vast sea of consciousness, filling it up. This time, in contrast to the last, wasn't painful, and it actually felt quite pleasing, as if I had regained some part of me that I had lost.

By the time the influx of memories ended, a couple of minutes had gone by, but to me, it felt like it had been ages. I slowly opened my mind and looked around. The first thing I saw was Order looking at me with a beaming smile. A smile that I finally recognized.

"I'm back, Sis," I said with a warm smile. While I did so, I closed my eyes lightly. When I opened them again, they returned back to their blood-red color. My silver hair also became white once more. My features grew duller, and in a couple of minutes, I had the same previous appearance I had before.

The form that I had before wasn't my true form... it was a result of me fusing with my power. The form that I have right now... is how I truly look. In fact, that form was created because during the battle, Order was lending me her power of Order. It wasn't my own power, but hers, so it caused my physical appearance to change.

Anyhow, Order nodded slightly upon seeing me transform back, clearly pleased that I had gone back to my true self. Seeing her smile, I finally turned around to face the being that I initially believed to be my true self. However, now that I had my full memories left, it turned out that that wasn't true.

"Come back to me," I ordered it. The moment it heard my voice, it trembled slightly, obviously shaken. However, it seemed to have no indication of walking in my direction. I sighed, already expecting that.

"Then so be it," I raised up my left hand and pointed my index finger at him. In the next moment, a black ball of darkness, similar to the one it had used to kill the Goliath appeared on my finger. This time, however, it seemed to be much more dense, and a thousand times deadlier.

I then released the ball, letting it fly in a straight line towards it. The ball's speed was so fast, that before it could even understand what was happening, it had already reached it.

The moment they collided, it was engulfed by the black ball, and in a couple of seconds, ceased to exist. What remained behind was a heap of dark, chaotic energy.

I waved my right hand, and in the next moment, the chaotic energy left behind flew towards me and entered my body. The moment it did so, a black streak appeared in my white hair, and my blood-red eyes dulled a little, becoming wine-red.

At that moment, what I had absorbed was the part of my power that had gone astray. You see, in reality, what that being was wasn't my true self, but instead, a portion of my power that had gone berserk. As for the memories shown to me by Death, they were all made-up. There was no such as slavery... but, at the same time, the original memories I had from my parents were also fabricated. In reality, both the past memories and the memories that Death unlocked were wrong.

In reality, I wasn't human. I was born countless millions of years ago, right beside my sister, Order. I was none other than the most destructive, oppressive form in existence, Chaos.

What had happened before my arrival at Orario city? Order had sensed that the situation wasn't really good, and instead was troubling in the realm of mortals, but couldn't interfere, as she was too busy. So, she asked me, her brother, for a hand. I accepted, but in doing so, I had to seal my powers, or else the mortal realm wouldn't be able to handle me. Order, while sealing my powers, deciding to spice things up a bit, sealed my memories, and gave me new ones. In reality, the moment I came to be was a few minutes before arriving at the gates of Orario.

The feeling that I had got when passing though the gate was probably because it had sensed some of my powers, but since they were sealed, didn't find anything to unusual. As for my exaggerated stats, it was all due to Order's interference. Much contrary to the force she represented, she liked to mess things up.

In the end, it all added up. As for Death, it was probably trying to make use of the portion of my power that had grown chaotic to cause strife in the world, which would lead to the death of many. As the ruler of death, Death obviously liked the prospects of reaping souls, so she wanted to make use of me to up her harvesting. In the end, her plan black-fired completely.

I then turned around and looked at my sister, smiling lightly. "I gotta go now, Sis."

She nodded slightly, "I know, Brother."

"See you later," I smirked a little, and in the next moment, exited my mindscape. When I opened my eyes again, I was facing the crystal-like ceiling of the 18th floor. Around me were trembling adventurers, all looking at my fallen figure in terror. Not too far away, stood Aiz, Hestia, Ryu, the girl I had saved the day before, and Asfi.

All of them, especially Hestia and Aiz, looked like they wanted to approach me, but didn't dare to do so. The moment my body moved, everyone suddenly winced, as they realized that I had awakened.

Immediately, everyone took a step back, except for the girls. I slowly got up from the ground, and turned around to face them. The moment they noticed that my face wasn't the plain, blank one like before, and seemed like I was back to my usual self, their eyes widened.

"Bell-kun?" Hestia muttered in shock.

I nodded slightly as a bright smile appeared on my face, "Sorry for taking so long," I stopped, my smile brightening up even more,"Kami-sama."

The moment she heard my words, Hestia's eyes broke out in tears as she rushed up to me and jumped on top of me, pressing and rubbing my face against her breasts as she cried non-stop.

I could only smile lightly at her antics, knowing that right now, everything was over. The troubles were finished, enemies defeated... everything was dealt with. Now, life could go on again.

Currently, I had no intention of going back to my own realm. I wanted to stay in the human world, interact with humans and live my life, as if I didn't know of my existence. On the way, I might even get a girlfriend or two... or maybe, get myself a harem?

Well, only the future can tell. All that I know now is that what awaits me is a lively life, a fulfilling and fun life...

A life with my friends and loved ones...

A life where I can live to the fullest...

A life worth living.

[THE END]

So, it has been a long journey... Although this is kinda rushed, I thought that you guys needed closure, and this is it. Once more, sorry for the inconvenience.

Kind regards,

Breaker12.