Once upon a time… there was a child. Born with an illness. This illness made it look like he was always smiling… or at least that is what they thought. But it was really a curse, not an illness. The child was ignored and treated badly, even by his own parents. After the birth of his little sister, the boy became jealous. So, on the night his parents were asleep, he tried to kill his sister… but he could not do it. When the sister laughed and held his cheek, she was not afraid of him. So… he started to like his little sister. He played with her.
Of course, his parents did not like this, and neither did the villagers. One day, the people of the village gathered and ordered the poor boy to leave the village, or they would torture him. He did not want to. He wanted to be there for his sister. Otherwise he would be lonely without her. She was the only one.
So he was tortured… and tortured… and tortured… but he did not give up. They gave up, but not completely. They slit his cheeks and his mouth, and sewed it up with black thread. But he did not care. As long as he could stay with his sister.
But… a few years later, when the sister got older, she became sick… and in the end she died… at the age of four. The villagers blamed him.
Villager: "It was you!"
Boy's mother: "You damn monster!"
Villager: "It was you!"
Boy's mother: "You damn monster!"
So they wanted to execute him… without proof that he was guilty. The poor boy managed to escape… into a forest. He looked at his reflection in the lake and was terrified of his smile. He could not stand it anymore… so he wanted to drown himself. Then a beautiful woman appeared, with long black hair and blue eyes.
"You poor little boy…"
She said it, and he stared at her. Her face, her figure, everything… She smiled at him and held his cheeks.
"You are so cute… hey… my little one… do you want to come with me… and work for me… hehehe. My name is Therresa Kafka. I am 20 years old. Do you want to come with me… I will treat you so well, better than you ever dreamed… so what do you say?"
He nodded. She smiled and petted his head and hair.
Therresa: "Hehe… what is your name?"
"Selbert."
Therresa: "Selbert? How about I give you a nickname? You were treated unfairly, and now you shall punish others who disappoint me or abandon me. And you were born with an unwanted curse… I will call you… The Foul."
Back to the present
The Foul: "Let me greet you again… my name is The Foul, one of the guardians of the library…"
Kisa: "Ugh…"
He looked at Kisa.
The Foul: "You seem shocked that a little girl was killed. Well, I am against letting someone live after they fail."
Charlotte: "Horrible… he made her organs burst… how did he do it?"
Nacht: "No idea…"
The Foul: "Oh… how did I do it? Making her organs burst? Very simple… let me demonstrate…"
He stretched out his hand and squeezed hard toward Mona.
Charlotte: "Huh?"
Mona: "Ugh… cough…"
Kisa: "Ugh… Mona, what is wrong?"
Mona: "B b b… blearggh!"
She suddenly vomited blood.
The Foul: "My ability is simple… I put that into your stomach."
He opened his hand. It was nails.
Mona: "Blearggh!"
The Foul: "How I did it… you can figure out yourselves. With Miss Natalia… I set fire, that is why her stomach exploded."
Nacht: "How… how does he do that?"
Charlotte: "I have no idea…"
Kisa: "We have to do something… Mona is bleeding badly…"
The Foul: "You will soon, too. Come on, attack me."
Diego attacked him.
The Foul: "Break the legs!"
Crack
Diego: "Urk!"
His leg broke.
Diego: "Aaaaaaaaaaargh!"
Kisa: "Ugh… Diego…"
Diego: "Ugh…"
His ankle popped out. You could see the bone.
Diego: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!"
The Foul: "Oh dear… oh dear… that hurts, does it not?"
Kisa: "How can you… ghhh!"
A spirit appeared. She grabbed it and it became a scythe.
Kisa: "Hahhh."
The Foul: "Eye!"
Press
Kisa: "Ugh!"
Splat
Kisa: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!"
Her eye was bleeding.
Nacht: "Kisa… no!"
The Foul: "Oh dear… oh dear… hehehe… your eyes were too beautiful… do you think because you are pretty, I will make an exception? Slut!"
Nacht: "Ghh… how dare you hurt her!"
Mona: "You are so dead."
They attacked him.
The Foul: "Kidney attack!"
Splat
Mona: "Urk!"
Nacht: "Blearggh!"
They fell to the ground.
Charlotte: "Ugh…"
The Foul: "Only you are left…"
He suddenly stood in front of her.
Charlotte: "Ugh… stay away from me!"
She attacked him with her dagger. He held her face.
Charlotte: "Ugh…"
The Foul: "Let us see… what do I want from you… oh… how about your vagina."
Charlotte: "Ugh…"
Slash
Charlotte: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!"
She fell to the floor, holding her crotch with both hands.
Charlotte: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!"
The Foul: "Hehehe."
She grabbed his foot.
Charlotte: "Bastard…"
The Foul: "Let go…"
Charlotte: "Ghhh…"
She was bleeding heavily.
The Foul: "Oh, do not worry. You can still have children. My lady… I am not that evil."
Charlotte: "Ugh…"
She passed out.
The Foul: "Hehehehe…"
Then he heard someone stand up behind him. It was Mona.
The Foul: "Oh… you can still stand."
Charlotte: "Ghh…"
Kisa: "Ghhhh…"
Diego: "Arghh."
Nacht: "Tsss."
Mona: "Hahhh."
The Foul: "Huh?"
Suddenly an eye appeared on one of Mona's arms, and on the other arm as well.
Mona: "Oh… looks like I have to use this power… the power of Asmedeos…"
The Foul: "Ah… yes… break leg…"
Mona suddenly appeared right in front of him.
The Foul: "Ugh!"
Slash
He dodged quickly.
The Foul: "She is so fast…"
Mona: "Well well… what happened to your arm?"
He looked at his arm. It was gone.
The Foul: "Ugh…"
Mona: "I see it… you are not human… you are a puppet… a decoy. Your real body is somewhere here, controlling this one. You are only a copy of The Foul."
The Foul: "Ghhh…"
Mona: "Asmedeos sensed it and told me… but everyone was already hurt."
The Foul: "Oh yeah… hehe… do not get cocky. I can still hurt you. How about your nose."
Splat
Mona: "Ugh…"
Her nose started bleeding.
The Foul: "Hehehe."
Mona: "Hahh."
She pulled out her hunting gun and fired at him.
Bang
He fell.
Mona: "Alright… where are you? Where is your real body?"
She searched. She heard running.
Mona: "Hmm…"
She fired.
Bang
The Foul: "Ghhh."
Mona: "Do not worry… I will find you… I will find you…"
She kept searching.
Mona: "Hmm…"
She pulled out her fairy tale, Grimm: The Four Town Musicians, the dog Rufus.
Mona: "Rufus… track him."
Rufus: "Mhm."
He sniffed.
Mona: "Hmm…"
Rufus: "Hmm?"
He looked in a direction. Mona looked too, and saw a foot. He was hiding, but his foot was visible.
Mona: "Ah…"
She aimed and shot.
Bang
The Foul: "Aargh!"
He fell to the ground.
Mona: "Hmm… got you."
She walked slowly closer.
The Foul: "Wait… wait… I can heal your friends…"
Mona: "Oh yeah?"
The Foul: "Yes… by using my magic… puppet magic."
He showed puppets that looked like Kisa, Charlotte, Diego, and Nacht. And of course, one that looked like Mona too.
Mona: "Good. Then do it."
The Foul: "Okay… okay…"
He started repairing them.
Kisa: "Ah?"
Diego: "Huh?"
Nacht: "Hmm?"
Charlotte: "Huh?"
Mona: "Oh… you are okay."
Nacht: "What happened?"
Mona explained everything.
Nacht: "Ah… so that is how it is."
Kisa: "Wow… you are really amazing."
Charlotte: "Hmm…"
Diego: "And what do we do with him?"
The Foul: "I… I give up… I did what you wanted."
Kisa: "Can you heal her… Natalia?"
The Foul: "She… she is already dead… I cannot revive the dead."
Kisa: "Ghhh… she was your comrade… you damn monster!"
Nacht: "Kisa… calm down."
Kisa: "Mmm…"
The Foul: "Ghh… you can all… I… I did what you wanted… let me go… before he comes…"
Mona: "Who?"
The Foul: "Damn… him."
Ding
Splat
Mona: "Ugh."
Nacht: "Ugh."
Ding
Music… they turned around.
Ding ding
A figure appeared. It had no head. Its head was attached by a chain. It was almost naked.
The Sleeping Man: "Hahhh… what is this. I wanted to sleep."
Four arms… two instruments… and the other hands were empty.
The Sleeping Man: "Aaaaaaaaaaargh… damn!"