Chapter 7: Null Points
[You died.]
The second simulation ended, and Noel kept staring at those last two words.
This time he had lived longer than the first. The outcome was a little different too — though both ended in death, one by his own hand, the other by accident.
Equally pathetic ways to die, but anything was better than ending things himself.
That aside, who was stronger... Selena or Lilith?
Noel found himself pondering this, because the simulation hadn’t shown him the conclusion of their fight... he had ended up dying before any conclusion could be reached.
He considered, briefly, whether he should slow his progress with Selena, since rushing forward with her seemed tied to his deaths each time.
But he discarded the idea almost immediately.
No matter what, Selena was his woman. He wasn’t going to hold back, or let anything dictate the pace of their relationship.
It had only been a week since she’d officially become his girlfriend, after all his efforts to win her over.
... Did his efforts really win her, though?
Questions spiraled into more questions, but Noel knew one thing clearly: he had to find another way to survive longer, no matter what.