Destroying My Own Novel

“Mykel, how long are you going to sleep? It’s noon already,” A woman’s voice was echoing throughout the pitch-black space. The ones who recognized that voice were Mykel and Lucifer, it was Nasha’s voice.

“Hey, come on, wake up,” Nasha said as she chuckled.

Mykel opened his eyes and saw a woman with black fringe and short hair down to her shoulder. She had brown eyes and was smiling at Mykel and snuggled him to wake him up.

Hera and Nyx were curious about that woman, and who she was. Hera could tell she was someone close to Mykel and wanted to know who she was.

Mykel scoffed as Nasha kissed him over and over until he decided to wake up. He then got off the bed and he rubbed his eyes while Nasha went to the desk and opened her laptop.

The sound of the clacking of the keyboards was the first thing Mykel heard whenever he woke up. He walked to the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror. He was totally a different person from his current self.

Messy long hair, a skinny body, and most of all he hadn’t had his tattoos. He looked so fragile and might get knocked out by a single punch. It shocked Nyx and Hera to the core as they watched Mykel wash his face.

“That’s you?” Hera asked in disbelief.

“Yes, I was different back then,” Mykel answered and he wasn’t ashamed to admit it. In fact, he was too focused on Nasha and her habit of waking him up every day.

“I made the same reaction when I read his memories,” Lucifer scoffed and chuckled as he smirked.

Nyx looked at Lucifer and realized he was totally different from the Lucifer she knew. She didn’t hate it at all, in fact, she found it pleasant because he seemed approachable now.

Mykel walked out of the bathroom and wiped his face with a small towel.

“You pulled an all-nighter last night, right? Can I see it? Your new work?” Nasha asked as she leaned her head on the top rail of the wooden chair and looked at Mykel with a huge grin on her face. “I’m an editor after all,” Nasha continued as she watched Mykel walk toward her.

Mykel opened the drawer under the desk and pulled out a book. He gave it to Nasha, and she immediately looked at it with full enthusiasm. She grabbed it from his hand and opened the book to check what he wrote.

“You shouldn’t read it now since you’re working right now. You can read it once you’re done working,” Mykel said as he tried to take the book from her hand.

“No! I want to read it now, and I can still work since this is just a draft,” Nasha answered as she tried to bite his hand.

Nasha read the draft thoroughly, and she really loved the idea of towers, Demon Kings, and the worlds that existed inside the tower. Although she loved the idea, she was a bit skeptical about one thing.

“This main character, Asmond Redfeld. His personality is a bit off knowing that the world he’s living being invaded by demons,” Nasha said as she bit the back of the pen in her hand as she looked at the book.

“What do you mean?” Mykel asked as he went on his knees and rested his chin on the desk.

“He’s too calm and collected. You need to make him a bit more realistic,” Nasha answered. “There would be blood and death around him during the first breakout, right? There’s no way anyone would be that cool about it,” Nasha explained with a contempt look.

“What’s wrong with that?” Mykel asked.

“Well, he’s just a normal guy who has never seen blood before, especially seeing guts hanging and scattering on the ground. Everyone would panic or at least be anxious about it, except for psychopaths of course, or people who got used to seeing stuff like that. But in this case, he’s not, right?” Nasha looked at Mykel with her eyebrows raised.

The conversation went on and on while the four of them watched Mykel’s memories. Nyx and Hera were shocked when they heard Asmond’s name, the towers, and the name of the Demon Kings that Mykel wrote in his draft.

“This is impossible…” Nyx shook her head and she was still in denial about it.

“This is my memories, Nyx. I don’t even know how to manipulate my own memories. Even if I knew, I would have changed some of them,” Mykel said as he glanced at Nyx. “We can keep watching since we are not in a hurry,” Mykel continued.

Nasha helped Mykel remove the flaws and made sure the story and all the characters were in the right spot. Nasha helped him to build the characters and made them look alive and realistic.

“Okay, I did what you told me,” Mykel said as he looked at the book in his hands. “And I have been thinking, Nash,” Mykel looked at Nasha. “I think I can’t do this on my own, so, do you want to create this story together?” Mykel asked.

“It’s your idea and your story, I don’t think I should be doing that, but I will help you until the end,” Nasha answered as she looked at the book.

“I don’t care. I want both of us to work on this. I remember you want to make your own story, but you never had the time for it. You can make a short story of some of these worlds that are conquered by the demons while I will make the plot for the original story,” Mykel explained and he was serious about it.

Nasha was reluctant, but seeing Mykel so determined and serious about it, she couldn’t say no.

“Okay… but you shouldn’t put my name on it. This is your story after all,” Nasha replied with a gentle smile.

“Fine by me, I don’t have a high expectations about this story anyway. There are so many good novels out there and would be buried among the other decent and bad novels,” Mykel answered as he sighed.

“Hey! Don’t you dare underestimate my ability as an editor! Don’t think about popularity, just focus on writing the story as good as we can. Success comes later,” Nasha said as she pinched Mykel’s left cheek.

They both worked really hard day and night for a whole week. Mykel finally decided to post the first chapter of the novel on the internet.

“Now you have started it, you should finish it no matter what,” Nasha said as she looked at the laptop and the first chapter of the novel.

“Of course, I’m not planning on abandoning this one,” Mykel answered. “Let’s eat, I’m hungry,” Mykel said as he rubbed his stomach.

“Since this is the special day of your first published chapter, I will make your favorite food!” Nasha smiled as she jolted from her seat.

Hera and Nyx were quiet as they watched Mykel and Nasha eat dinner together in their small apartment. Hera then looked at Mykel, and his eyes were focused on Nasha, and didn’t blink his eyes for a second.

“So all of us are just a character of this story of yours…” Nyx’s eyes were empty, and everything wasn’t a coincidence at all. She listened to the plot of the story, how the system work, the Constellations, and Major Arcana. Everything was discussed by Mykel and Nasha.

“Looks like I don’t need to show you more,” Mykel said, and he sounded glad.

“How did it go? The novel?” Hera asked.

p、A,nd A-n、o、ve,1 “It was a miracle because the first week after we both published ten chapters, my novel went viral. It was all thanks to her,” Mykel answered and he didn’t sound happy at all.

“I see, you both worked really hard after all,” Hera smiled as she looked at the memories.

“Yes, but it didn’t end well,” Mykel answered with a blank expression. “At least in the middle of finishing the story,” Mykel continued as he snapped his fingers and deactivated the [Nigh-Omnipotence] skill.

Mykel walked to his desk and sat down as he lit his cigarette. Nyx was still shocked by the revelation, Hera as well, but she already knew about it so she wasn’t that shocked like her.

“For now, you should stay here, Nyx. She looking for you right now,” Mykel said. “She’s planning on using you to fight against me,” Mykel continued.

“How do you know?” Nyx asked.

“Because I can read her intention and thoughts,” Mykel answered as he puffed the smoke. “Why don’t you use this opportunity to live here with Lucifer?” Mykel asked with a smile on his face as he looked at Lucifer.

Lucifer glanced at Mykel, but he didn’t say anything or even complain about it.

“You can use my apartment, so, have fun,” Mykel said.