warning: this part contains a lot of w'rai'ter's outbursts and self-judge of her own work. now, into the narration!

No one's POV:
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She was swimming nonstopping, barely getting something to eat. But her fear and the outside far away from home were scaring her. She was thinking that someone was always hunting her. If she was stopping for long she was having the feeling that the invisible persuador of the hallucinations her fear was giving, would catch her.

Even if she needed rest, food, energy, she wasn't stopping, looking back. Even if the memories were hurting her and wanting to bring her to tears, she wasn't stopping to burst her pain that was making her even more tired. She wasn't even watching where she was going.

CQ was seeing nothing but darkness and dead ends around her. Except from fear and pain, she was getting desperate that no place in the ocean was ever going to be her lighthouse, her safe place, something to feel... supported. 1 year that journey of nonstopping wandering lasted. She travelled far away and to many places.

But even the wild independent creatures have their limits. She couldn't take it anymore, eventually the fatigue and desperation drained out her stamina completely. As she was swimming, suddenly she stopped. Just stopped swimming and let the waves move her.

The waves, soft and small from the calm wind, were pushing her gently all day, only God knows where. But near night suddenly they turned tall and aggressive. A storm, with lots of thunders and the loud wind started soon whiping the sea mercilessly, like they were holding a grudge to it and the waves only small and friendly they weren't now, but like huge threatening monsters.

Normally CQ would've been able to pass it without problem, or just dive to be more safe. But she didn't have the strength anymore and the waves, merciless and wild after the small calm ones, instead of stroking her, were slamming her down and bringing her again up to the surface only to repeat and hit her nonstopping.

The night was dark and deep and even the stars couldn't help with their light. Eventually, the waves brought her towards some big rocks. There, things became even more painful for CQ. One the waves were slamming her to the rocks, one they were dragging her back to push her again towards them.

The wild wind was covering CQ's screams she still had the strength to make everytime she was hitting her back on them. In the end, one big wave pushed again CQ and this time she hit the back of her head. Only a soft whimper came out of her mouth before loosing her senses.

-reader: rai, don't you think you make CQ suffer a little bit TOO MUCH?!

-rai: naaah, no, don't worry it's fine, i'll stop torturing her frooom... now!

The rocks she was getting hit, were near a small sandy beach. Land. A little boat was laying to the sand, away from the aggressive waves. And a house, protected from the wind, far away enough from the threatening waves to not get destroyed, was standing there...

"The time I was one breath away from death, the time I thought the darkness in my soul and around me would swallow me, together with sadness and desperation... That's when I met your father. My light, my savior, my escape from suffer and the one who softened my sadness and erased my desperation..."

The next day, the wind relaxed and the waves slowly got smaller and weaker. Now they were licking gently the sandy beach (also if anyone's cringing with the words i'm using, say it). The sun was about to rise from the sea when he opened the door of his house. He stayed at the opening and took a deep breath closing his eyesockets. When he opened them again he looked around him the sandy beach.

"Sea had a very bad mood last night..." He whispered once he saw the mess in front of his house. Seaweeds, sticks and other were laying at the sand. He stepped outside and walked towards the sea, with hands in his pockets, to see more clearly the mess around him.

"Tch tch tch... Welp, it's the season. But with day's light at least sea's not so aggressive. I'll be able to deliver the packets Boss wants, like always." He murmured and looked at the other stuff the sea was still bringing outside. More sticks, feathers, more seaweeds and- hold on...

Stephan got in the sea with his clothes without second thought and approached a bunch of twirled seaweeds and sticks. Between them he had seen something... no, his vision wasn't playing tricks on him, he saw something pink! He started throwing the seaweeds and sticks away to see soon, that the pink thing he saw was from a long, full of scales, tail.

And it's owner? A pink haired beautiful lady. Stephan looked at her shocked for a minute or more. He placed his palm very close to her face and then her neck. After some agonising seconds he sighed relieved, she was breathing. Barely and weakly but still. He could help her. But he didn't immediately. His look got stuck to her pink hair.

"Pink hair... How odd, even for a mermaid like her! I've never seen such hair color..." He thought as his fingers twirled gently between her hair strides. He was looking at them for a minute, still shocked and surprised. Normally he would've just bring her in to take care of her. But this time he had literally spaced out.

And only when his hand went to the back of her head and felt something sticky, he came back to his senses. With terror he saw blood on his hand. He looked at the back of her head and saw a big bad wound like she had hit her head somewhere hard, probably the rocks near the sandy beach his house was.

Not wasting any more time than he had already waste, Stephan held the 'mermaid' bridal style and got out of the water, walking carefully and at the same time as fast as he could, towards his house.

"Change of plans a little. Instead of leaving now, I'll take care of her first and then I go. I've been late many times. How weird, what happened back there..." He thought looking at the 'mermaid'. But seeing her expression and again her pretty pink hair, he let a smile escape from him.

"Don't worry I'll help you. And when I come back..." He whispered.

5 hours later

CQ woke up and the first thing she saw was ceiling. She blinked many times before her vision get completely clear. Her eyes widened up and got up abruptly, only to feel her head ringing painfully. She left out a soft hiss pressing her hands to her head. When she felt better slowly she looked around her.

Unknown nature with things she have never seen, only some of them were familiar to her thanks to the stuff Morganna was stealing and showing her when they were meeting. She looked down and saw that she was laying in a big bathtub. She also saw that her body was wrapped with something white and at some points it was red.

Even her tail. She thought it was some kind of white seaweeds and touched it with her hands. It felt soft and much more different than seaweed. Slowly and carefully she started trying to untie it from her body.

Whenever the wind blows gently
I hear her songs repeated for eternity
As I'm travelling she's blessing
my heart and soul with serenity

From somewhere outside the room CQ was in, she suddenly heard a male voice singing a beautiful melody. Even more beautiful the voice sounded in her ears. Sirens, even mermaids always loves to hear songs, especially if the one who sings has a good voice. Excited, CQ stayed motionless to listen more carefully, surprised and impressed.

Whenever the wind blows wild
I never disturb her, I let her be
I say to myself, give her some time
to let her negativity free

Sea is my 2nd mother, my 2nd lover
The secrets I confess, she keeps them
When I swim, gently my body covers
And my love even more incurable gets

CQ closed her eyes and smiled, enjoying the song and without realising that the one who was singing was approaching and his voice was getting louder and louder.

Sea is my 2nd consolation and friend
If I stand in front of her a quiet day
I'll hear a message from her send
and my heart won't be of her afra-!

The one who was singing stopped abruptly before finishing the lyric. CQ opened her eyes surprised and to the opening she saw a monster, a skeleton, staring at her surprised. He was wearing yellow shirt, above it brown vest, dark brown wide trousers and boots.

Both his irises had white color, but his left had 2 rings of yellow and a smaller blue. Their looks stayed at each other for moments. Then, the monster smiled and started approaching, but fast and a little abruptly.

"You're awake. Thank God you-" Before he could finish CQ hissed and tried to move away from him as much as she could but her back collided to the bathtub. It was also the pain that travelled through her whole body and kept her motionless. She looked back for a moment before nailing her eyes again to the monster.

For a moment Stephan stopped, looking at her surprised. But then, bending a little so he could look smaller and less threatening and walking at the same time slower, kept approaching.

"Don't be afraid. I'm not going to hurt you." He said in a quiet tone and gave her a big bright smile. CQ still wasn't trusting him absolutely but his smile somehow relaxed her a little. She let him approach without hissing but still on guard in case that landlubber was doing something.

Stephan finally approached and without showing the slightest fear rested his hands at the bathtub, still smiling and looking at CQ. With the one looking at the other suspiciously but surprised and the other calmly, a minute passed. Until CQ broke first the silence.

"You're... landlubber." She said in not so good landlubber language (to make it clear, in this book sirens and mermaids have different language from landlubbers'. It's rare (was *sniff*) for a 'Loyal' and impossible for a 'Devil' siren to know their language since they don't really like the surface and prefer to be in the sea)

(But mermaids, 'Bold' and 'Loner' sirens knows their language and surprisingly well enough if ya think that the 1st just spies and eats them without wasting saliva on chit chatting, the 2nd are learning from the mermaids (here, more information) and the 3rd are introverts and drown them)

Morganna had teach her many landlubbers' words and phrases. The skeleton looked at her raising an eyebrow(?) but then lowered his head chuckling.

"Aaah, yes yes I am." He replied. Awkward silence fell between them again for a while.

"What... happened?" CQ asked and looked around her confused.

"... I found you unconscious the morning. The sea got you out. I brought you in my house and tried to take care of you the best I could. I left for a while though. I hope you weren't waiting for long when you wake up." Stephan said worried and very slowly, signing at the same time because he had guess CQ wasn't understanding very well what he was saying. CQ looked down trying to find the correct words to speak.

"Not long. You... were singing." She finally said and to the last words she smiled, looked at him excited and little stars appeared in her eyes. Stephan looked at her surprised, feeling his face burning and looked away (w'rai'ter: 🤦🏽‍♀️😣).

"Sooo... Do you feel ok?" He asked. CQ nodded waveringly. But then suddenly, a loud growl escaped from her tummy and wrapped her arms around her. The skeleton flinched, realising what the growl was.

"Sorry! I should have prepared some food when you wake up! Give me a minute!" He said and turned his back. CQ didn't look at him, only curled like a ball and stayed like that with her eyes closed. After a while she heard him approaching again but only moved her eyes, still her stomach hurting from starving.

"Here." The monster said offering with his hand something. CQ stretched her neck curious to look at what he was holding, only to look away hissing aggressively and covered her nose.

"Woah hey, what's wrong?! It's just meat, aren't you-... aren't you mermaid?" The skeleton asked turning his head like a confused puppy. CQ looked at him with a dissatisfied expression and after some seconds she whispered something underneath her breath. "Come again?" He asked.

"S-Siren." CQ said. The other raised an eyebrow surprised and confused.

"Siren? How weird, mermaids usually are found near land."

"Siren." CQ insisted. The skeleton looked away.

"If you don't like meat then? What do you want exactly?" He asked. CQ lowered her head trying to find the correct word to help him understand.

"V-Ve-Vegeterian!" She managed to finally say looking at him. The monster got up and walked away again. After a minute he turned back holding a carrot. CQ, who had never seen this before looked at it curious. The skeleton offered the carrot and she tried again to move away from him.

"It's carrot. Eat, don't worry." He said keeping stably the carrot in front of her. After many seconds CQ moved her hand and waveringly took the vegetable from that kind skeleton's hand. She sniffed 2 times lightly and seeing that it's smell was ok, took a small bite at first. Damn. Although crunchy it had nice taste and she vanished it😂.

"Easy easy!" The skeleton said laughing. CQ stared at him, waiting for him to look at her. When he finally did, he was still smiling. What a beautiful smile he had, CQ thought. It was from the first positive things she had to see for a long time.

"You liked the carrot right? Want some more food?" The monster asked raising an eyebrow. Somehow CQ understood immediately what that was meaning and nodded, her irises dilated from excitement. She also tried to move her tail but she was wounded and hissed from pain.

"Don't move very much." The other suggested and got up to bring more food. He returned but this time he was holding a big green apple and a little knife. In front of CQ he peeled the apple and cut it to small pieces. Then he started giving her the pieces one by one and CQ was swallowing them, feeling the pain in her empty stomach retreating more.

When the pieces ended, Stephan stayed to look at her as she was laying back, closing eyes and sighing satisfied. Stephan observed her more carefully. She looked so much like a mermaid. And yet she wasn't as she said and showed. Those short soft pink hair he saw when he picked her up unconscious, that now most of them were under bandages, had tricked him.

And once he saw her reaction with the meat, he started realising that he probably did some kind of mistake. It was also the fact that only mermaids were approaching land, only them were attacking landlubbers, only them were eating meat. The mermaids he had rescue had crazy bright hair colors, most of them.

And they were sure more aggressive when they were seeing him approaching them, after they've been unconscious. It wasn't rare for him to see a mermaid in front of his house, unconscious, bleeding or being heavily wounded, starving, or even tied with nets.

And instead of being afraid of them although he knew they were carnivores and killing mercilessly landlubbers, instead of giving them a fatal blow since they couldn't defend themselves, in fact he was helping them, feeding them, taking care of their wounds with his own hands and after they were fully recovering he was letting them free.

And those lucky mermaids, the ones he had rescued, were learning to trust him for as long as he was taking care of them. Instead of trying to eat or hurt him, that landlubber was their only exception to not attack and disturb him. But they were never returning back to his house.

They were leaving him with his loneliness. The truth was that his house was to the beach, isolated and far enough from the village he was living. But when he wanted to buy something, he was going to the village. The villagers that knew him were saying that he wasn't a bad guy but if only he wasn't rescuing the mermaids!

Mermaid friend they were calling him and not many people wanted to talk with him for long or visit him. Stephan wasn't caring about people's opinion and for as long as they weren't bothering him and at least weren't treating him badly, he was ok with everyone and their opinions.

It was also convenient for him to not have many relationships with the villagers. Everyone knew him as the Mermaid friend, or the distant fisherman. They were thinking this was his job. Or so they were thinking... Anyways. His accommodation with the mermaids had teach him a lot of things.

Interesting stories and small adventures he had hear everytime he was trying to start conversation with them or if them by themselves were starting talking, were giving him information about mermaids' habits, what they do, how they hunt, where they live. And by observing them he had learn a lot.

He had also learn some things about sirens. But from mermaids' tone when they were mentioning the sirens, Stephan had guessed that the 2 kinds weren't having good relationships and he never learned why.

"Don't ask to learn for things that doesn't bother you landlubber."

"What happened and it's happening in the depths between us, isn't the job of the landlubbers." Those kind of comments and more Stephan had heard from different mermaids when he was asking why they were hating the sirens and then he was preferring to keep his mouth closed.

His gaze was stuck to her pink hair for as long as he was remembering from his past experiences. Thoughtful still, slowly his hand approached and touched some of her pink hair. CQ opened her eyes surprised, hissed and turned to bite him. Stephan's reflexes were faster and pulled his hand back on time.

He had get a lot of bites from mermaids when he was trying to untie their bandages, feed them or just pat them and those experiences had make slowly his reflexes faster to avoid their bites on time. He looked at CQ calmly and stretched again his hand towards her.

"May I? Don't worry, I won't hurt you." He said and kept approaching. CQ started shaking and her face turned even more pale as she was seeing his hand approaching. When she felt again his hand touching her hair she closed her eyes and lowered her head, afraid of the upcoming pain.

But she felt nothing like that. In fact the soft stroke relaxed her soon and she opened again her eyes, staring one at monster's eyesockets and one at his hand.

"See? Nothing bad." The monster said and smiled again with that way CQ liked. He kept looking at her thoughtful as his fingers were twirling gently her hair. "I've never seen siren with pink hair. And I've never seen one near land. How did you end up on surface?" He asked suddenly raising an eyebrow.

CQ was ready to try and answer. But then, memories before Kingdom's destruction came actually back in her mind, 2 times more painful and haunting, good and bad. Memories when she was younger, games, mischiefs, the peaceful areas around the Kingdom, her parents' love, Morganna and all the good times she had with her...

The attack, the destruction, her parents' death, the Kraken, the last goodbye with Morganna... All the wandering she did in the Oceans... Tears formed to CQ's eyes and very soon started sobbing, hissing lightly at the same time covering her face. Stephan gathered his hand back surprised and looked away, regretting for the question he did.

He didn't know that she would have that reaction though. For a minute he stayed motionless, hearing CQ crying, feeling unable to help her. There was only one thing he found to do, to try and help her. Very gently he wrapped his arms around her, closing her to a hug. CQ felt his arms and still crying stayed motionless from surprise.

"I'm sorry for the question. If you can't answer, that's ok. But please, relax." Deep inside, CQ needed right now some consolation. And that monster was giving her. That hug was the nicest contact she had to feel and the warmth she felt in her soul immediately after he hugged her, had started helping her.

She closed her eyes with tears still running, but slowly relaxing. And to Stephan's surprise, he felt her arms wrapping around him. But he didn't move and stayed close to CQ until she stop shaking and relax.

"What's your name?" Stephan asked as they were still hugging. CQ stayed silent for some seconds.

"... CQ." She finally said.

The next days the program was mostly the same. They would wake up, Stephan would take breakfast, feeding at the same time CQ. Then he would take care of her wounds and change the bandages. After those little tasks, he would go to work for a while. Waiting for him to return was for CQ the worst. Not because she was bored but... scared.

To be alone like she was for a whole year and more after leaving the Siren Kingdom. From the 2nd day she broke from loneliness, especially because Stephan didn't come the time she was expecting him to come from the last time. And so, when Stephan returned, a crying CQ was waiting for him.

Although tired, he ran towards her and sat next to her asking what was wrong. CQ hugged him tightly, almost broke his bones (knavish sirens! you're very strong!). Stephan understood.

"You missed me?" He asked smiling and trying to breath. CQ didn't reply, whether she understood what he said or not, she just snuggled closer to him, relaxing her grip. Stephan chuckled. "I'm sorry for coming a little bit late. There there, come on, you don't need to cry now. I'm here."

What was Stephan's job really? In fact he was... a smuggler. Yep. He was working with smugglers. At first, some years ago in fact, he was actually working as fisherman. From a young age he had that job. But one day by very bad luck he saw some humans and monsters carrying boxes, bringing them in a boat.

And from the words they were saying, Quick bring the last ones!, Damnit, faster before anyone else sees us and calls the guards!, Shut up, this village doesn't have many guards, we'll prevent to leave without any delay!, he understood they were smugglers. He tried to run away, maybe warn guards, police.

But a smuggler was already behind him and knocked him out. When he woke up again he realised he was surrounded by more smugglers and their boss was looking at him with crossed arms. He was a very tall, somewhere 25-30 years old skeleton, with 2 cracks at his face, the one above his right eyesocket, the other under the left one and one more scar was passing through it.

He had sharp teeth and red irises. Perfect characteristics for Boss. Stephan, got afraid and with his right, he was thinking that he was going to die. But instead, the Boss started asking him questions, like the state he was, his job, the position of his house. Confused but still afraid every single second for his life, Stephan answered to all of his questions.

When they finished the Boss was looking at him now interested, with his hand at his jaw and smiling cunningly. Stephan gulped, he didn't know if he had to relax or feel even more scared.

"Fisherman's job doesn't help anyone's state. It doesn't help yours if I have to judge from how you look. I have something better, an offer for you, poor, miserable fisherman: I was looking for a 4th storage for my team. The position of your house sounds perfect for more stuff to hide."

And he offered him the job, in exchange of more money than he was getting as fisherman. At first Stephan didn't want to participate into something illegal like that. But the Boss prevented him.

"And if you refuse, you die, since you saw my smugglers carrying stuff." Huh. Pretty convincing (which expression ya are? this 😕, or this?😓). Still, Stephan 'had the guts' to ask how was he so sure he would get what the Boss was promising him so 'mercifully'.

"I'm in a quite good mood today and hearing where your house is, makes my mood better. Instead of killing you I'm offering you a job. And us smugglers, we might be doing what we're doing, but at least we're having some level and understanding. My men didn't kill you immediately when they realised you were watching them, because I say so, bring the stalkers like you, to me first and then I decide what to do. And we have some fairness to our words. You'll get payed of course, but it'll depend on how well you'll cooperate with us and if! But because I see that you're thinking about it and you're not so sure, I'll let you return to your home, yes, we'll return you to your village. I give you 2 whole days to think freely. But better not say about us to anyone. I have eyes and ears everywhere! If you try to betray us, even half word escapes from your mouth about us, I'll learn it. Then I will find you. And I will kill you."

The need of money changes minds. In the end Stephan agreed to make his house hiding place for the stuff the smugglers couldn't carry and then bringing them to specific days, hours and places. At first it was difficult for him, the job in general and his relationships with the smugglers, he wasn't really trusting them.

But his new Boss wasn't so wrong when he said smugglers had some level. Despite the job, they weren't bad guys really and they were good company. Just tough and many times doing very bad jokes. The Boss was very strict with his team and many times shouting even for the slightest mistake. But he was like that because he was perfectionist and wanted everything to be perfect.

Later Stephan learned from the other smugglers and many rumors that his Boss, W.D. Gaster was his name, was actually from the most dangerous, in fact the top smuggler, not only for the villages but also for the aristocrats themselves. And not only that! He was way more before becoming smuggler.

His story, from smugglers' comments and later as the Boss by himself told him, was that he was once, one of the richest and greatest scientists, in aristocrats' class. He was living in the 'Capital', the biggest island the aristocrats had dominated. He was one of the cruellest and toughest, even though he was monster (someday it'll be explained what's the meaning of the underlined words exactly).

And not only with poor humble villagers, but with the aristocrats he was also very sarcastic and rude. The aristocrats weren't liking him very much because of his attitude but the bastard was so smart, everyone, even the king himself who wasn't having problem with his attitude, could count on his opinion.

Because except from scientific knowledge, Gaster had excellent politician, strategic, economical, ruling and in general to almost everything, opinion. Almost no one could encounter his combat skills and magic. He was the smartest monster aristocrat everyone knew and could remember from his generation.

So it had logic for the king of the 'Capital' to give him big honor. But that kind of honor made others from aristocrats' class get jealous and hate even more Gaster. A monster get so much more honor than them?! And they were trying to find how to get rid of him, or find a crime to blame him for, even something fake.

And they found it someday sadly. Another rebellion was taking place and again the aristocrats had to face and stifle it. The jealous human aristocrats managed to find fake proofs, they even made them and when the rebellion ended ingloriously, they managed to convince everyone that Gaster was helping the rebels.

The blame was very heavy and serious but they described the 'proofs' they 'found' so well, that even the king believed it. And he ordered the soldiers to bring Gaster. The punishment for the aristocrats was to put them in jail, torments (such as flogging, beat up the traitor etc.).

And after those, the most usual penalties were decapitate, hanging (both of them are happening to open area), but sometimes, some of the rebels were getting displaced. When the soldiers came to Gaster's big house and literally broke the door, the monster welcomed them unexpectedly calmly.

They told him for what he was getting blamed while the slanderers behind them were smiling triumphantly. When the soldiers finished and asked him if he was admitting or denying those heavy categories, again Gaster stayed calm. Only when he looked at the slanderers he snorted.

"I always knew you were hating me bastards. But blaming me for things I never did?" He asked and chuckled sarcastically. And in a way threateningly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9euSKPCjkI

(and it was at this moment the slanderers knew... they f*cked up😂)

"And here I thought ya got late to do this already! In that case, before leaving ya and what I had forever, first..." And both his irises glowed even more bloody red.

"... I'll make sure that at least you won't be the ones who will put their filthy hands on my generations axioms and riches." And he killed all soldiers and the slanderers mercilessly. And they begged for mercy. How ironic. And how cowards the human aristocrats can be.

He had lost everything, axioms, riches and comfy easy life. Gaster ran away, without taking anything with him to survive. Fall from the aristocracy to poverty that abruptly and without any supplies, not many people can take it. Even for the toughest, who knows how to tolerate difficulties.

But there are moments where the intelligence can be more capable to save you. And W.D. hadn't only excellent strength, as we mentioned, from intelligence he had also a lot. Managing to hide his identity and keep it hidden, he knew that the only way for him to escape from the 'Capital' the fastest without the danger anyone from aristocrats' side see and recognise him, like soldiers, he wasn't caring about villagers very much, the only way for him to have anything he needed, like money and food, was from smugglers' path.

Although that job was from the most filthy in aristocrats eyes, it was the only one that had access to all aristocrats' islands and even more outside their domination. They could pass unnoticeable from aristocrats galleons many times and dissappear like they never existed.

That was the way Gaster thought and in order to survive, he could do anything and not hesitate even get in smugglers' 'filthy' job. For a success there has to be sometimes sacrifices and consequences, like in a chess game. And he knew that. But from the day he got blamed for nothing, he didn't want to have any relationships with the 'Capital' and the aristocrats anymore, he was disgusted.

He was going to annoy them, sting them with different ways. But he was going to keep his identity hidden for as long as he could. He just needed to find where the smugglers could hide exactly. And also if those days of his 'hide and seek' there were any smugglers hiding near 'Capital's' ports. He had to be lucky and he was actually.

The days he was trying to hide, after being patient, the 4th day  as he was standing in a corner near the port, he saw a monster running away from 7 soldiers, holding a box. Suddenly he tripped. He couldn't be sure if the one with the box was actually smuggler. But who knew?! It could be his only chance!

He walked and stood between the fallen monster and the soldiers, who stopped seeing another monster with hood standing between them.

"Good morning my good *cough* *cough* soldiers. It's better for you to turn around and leave that monster alone, or else the situation is going to be very very interesting to me." He said very calmly doing that thing with his hands:

The soldiers obviously laughed hearing 1 monster only, threatening them. But then, behind Gaster, 7 huge hands appeared and immediately soldiers' faces turned pale. Gaster chuckled and shook his head left and right.

"The 1st time I'm saying something, I'm in forgiving mood and give chances to let someone live. Now ya lost your chance. Chances of surviving for ya now? Null." He said the last word with his creepiest smile and his hands in less than 10 seconds had grab from one screaming soldier and squeeze them to death.

"Oooh f*cking-! What the hell?!!!" The monster behind him said shocked. Gaster turned his attention to him smiling while his huge hands were throwing the corpses in the sea. He approached and kneeled near him. The monster tried to get up but he gave up, he had break his ankle.

To his even bigger shock and surprise, instead Gaster kill him like he did with the soldiers, approached both his hands near his ankle. His magic flowed towards the broken ankle and after some seconds he stopped.

"I think you can walk now." He said 'friendly'. The monster tried to get up and managed to stand. But when he tried to take a step he almost fell again, his leg was numb.

"Are you a smuggler?" Gaster asked. The monster shook head left and right, trying to deny. "Ah, fear not smuggler, you don't have to lie!"

"Why did you help me? What do you want?" The monster asked raising an eyebrow.

"I would like to see your boss. I want to join the smuggling. Do you know where's he hiding? Don't worry, this is not a trap, after all I killed 7 soldiers for your sake!" Gaster said still smiling.

"Fine. But don't try anything weird." The monster snarled and tried to approach the box that had fall from his hands. But one of Gaster's big hands grabbed it first and once again he got surprised. "Your magic is so powerful! What's your name?!" He murmured.