Although Fable had successfully managed to kill herself without causing any suspicion, to be honest, for her, escaping from hell was easier than escaping from heaven. Even though Selene was performing the resurrection ritual, there was no guarantee it would succeed. And even if it did, that didn't mean it would be on time.
Unlike hell, the Star Constellations could influence heaven to a certain extent. If possible, maybe one Constellation might even enter heaven to take care of Fable. Of course, nothing like that would happen if Fable just lived quietly in heaven for all eternity without doing anything eye-catching.
If Fable hadn't made a few mistakes, she wouldn't be in such a situation. Like letting Corin do as he pleased. Instead, she should have made him a double agent to gather information about Cassandra's attack on her. With that, she would have had a better idea of the situation.
Another mistake was acting too great. When the fight happened, she fought to her limits like she desperately wanted to survive at any cost. But there was no need for such in-depth acting. She should have focused on dying instead. Only because she didn't die early, her Constellation ended up possessing her body. And even at the end, she made her shout "RAMA" with her last breath to send her to the Judgment Gate instead.
There were many other small mistakes she had made, and the most impactful result of all this was her being here in heaven instead of hell.
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"Would you please shut up? Nothing was according to your plan!" Esdeath's voice came directly inside her head.
Fable almost jumped back from the shock. "You're still in my head?"
"What? You're the one who keeps talking in my head," Esdeath replied. "And I know we're dead, but what is this place anyway? A big, shiny double door with wings? So weird!" she asked, her voice full of confusion.
"Door?" Fable looked around and saw nothing in front of her. But then, a sudden realization hit her. "The Judgment Gate?" she thought.
"Wait... so are you saying you can control your body, and only my voice is coming in your head?!" Fable asked, a sense of panic rising in her.
"Y-yeah. Well, more like whatever you are thinking, I'm thinking with the back of my head. Like you just thought 'Judgment Gate,' so this is the Judgment Gate in your memories of FLF?" Esdeath asked.
Fable was slightly taken back again, but she didn't show much sign of shock. She immediately realized it. "Now that I think about it, I got her memories too. So it's only logical that she has mine!" she thought, but then immediately shook her head, realizing Esdeath might be hearing it too.
"But why can't I hear your thoughts?" Fable asked, as if talking to herself.
"How should I know? Maybe try hearing for once!" Esdeath replied.
Fable didn't say anything and closed her eyes, trying to connect herself with Esdeath. At once, numerous thoughts started flooding inside her mind.
"Sigh... I wanna go back. Lortell is waiting for me. She must be missing me. Selene is alone too..."
"Okay, okay, enough! No more hearing!" Fable immediately unfocused herself. But the next second, the thoughts started coming again at the back of her head, like another personality was talking inside her head.
"Ohh, fuck, I shouldn't have done that in the first place!" Fable sighed to herself in deep regret.
Fable looked at herself. Even in her astral form, her body was the same as Esdeath's; there was no difference.
"Sigh... now even my astral projection started looking like Esdeath. Being one with her greatly influenced me!" she muttered to herself.
Of course, the look was only a small outer layer. She wasn't alive. She didn't have flesh or bones. If she got damaged enough, her soul body would become visible.
"Why are you so sad about it? You should be thankful that you got to live till now because of me," Esdeath replied in her head.
Fable's lips twitched as she clenched her fist. "You! I was thinking of not holding any grudge since we weren't going to meet again anyway, but now this situation has come. I guess I should take out some of my frustration too!" Fable said, her voice dripping with frustration and anger.
"You're a fucking idiot for a girl. You literally have no bottom line at all. Even a masochist is more of a sadist than you. Always thinking all about her, harming yourself like you're doing something great. Fuck you, you even drank a poison because you were too afraid to confront your parents!" Fable said, as if her speech would never end.
"Just how down bad are you for her, anyways? If it wasn't for me, you would have only dreamed of having Lortell. Even then, because of your overwhelming feelings, I always have to be the bottom because of you! Do you know how humiliating this is?" Fable scolded, taking out all her frustration with memories of flushing every time she met Lortell, not being able to say no to anything, and so much more.
"I'm not gonna help you. So go fuck yourself while thinking about Lortell like always!" Fable said her last sentence and decided to walk inside heaven to explore.
"So what? Like I wanted your help anyway. You know how much it hurt me whenever Lortell asked something from me for the first time, and you refused her!" Esdeath replied with the same intensity.
But after several seconds, no reply came. Fable had completely ignored her and wasn't even thinking about her anymore.
"Hmph, fine!" Esdeath pouted to herself and looked at the giant door, which was more like a divine gate.
"I didn't do any evil. Why should I be afraid?" she thought to herself and decided to open the gate and see what happens inside.
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Meanwhile, Fable walked further inside heaven. Being in her spirit body, she didn't have any essence stones other than the Soul Piercer essence stone. And that was only because the Soul Piercer was a soul path essence stone and was absorbed into the soul, not the body. Of course, there was a fifty-fifty chance Esdeath had it instead, but thankfully, Fable won the gamble.
Although it was only one essence stone, Fable had one great advantage over anyone else here. Her soul foundation, although it had dropped very much because Fable and Esdeath's souls were splitted apart, was still way more powerful than the residents of heaven.
"All the people of heaven drink or bathe in the River of Salvation. Even if someone was a soul path awakened in their lifetime, sooner or later their soul foundation drops. Their mind becomes peaceful and selfless over time!" This was the power of the River of Salvation that flowed in heaven. It could make many turn kind and selfless, with no malice left in them.
But their great flaw was that they would lose other feelings as well. They don't have love, greed, envy, gluttony, or desire. Nothing.
As she was thinking about it, the River of Salvation was already in her sight. It flowed from high up, like it had no starting point, going down below and flowing into the main heaven.
"Since the River of Salvation is here, I'm not so far away from the heaven city!" she thought as she walked without stopping.
Now that she was here, she had to find one more thing about her constellation, and that was by meeting a resident of heaven. She followed the flow of the River of Salvation.
The river didn't look extraordinary. The water was transparent and clear, but it was just too big in both length and width. The shine of the sun poured on it, making it glow. Since night never happened in heaven, this was a 24/7 look. One could not help but have the temptation to drink it.
Fable clearly ignored the temptation to drink even one sip and walked along with it. But then, a thought suddenly came to her mind.
"Now that I'm mostly free, I can finally curse Lortell, right?" she thought to herself. Although it was a very unnecessary thought, from her perspective, it was like having a taste of freedom.
"Lortell is a bi—" she started to shout, but her throat immediately stopped at the last second. She tried to move it with difficulty, but nothing happened. In the end, she gave up and sighed.
"I guess the side effects are still there. It'll get off in no time!" she thought to herself.
But then, a voice came directly from in front of her.
"You there, girl, why are you alone, shouting to yourself?"
Fable immediately looked over. It was a middle-aged man around his early forties. He wore a simple white cloth with a crown, a very thin circle that had wings on each side. He immediately walked over with a polite smile.
Fable smiled back. "My name is Fable. I'm kinda new here!"
The man's expression immediately turned to one of sadness and concern. "To die at such a young age, it's really unfortunate!" he said softly.
Actually, whenever one enters heaven, they'll be in the appearance of their prime. The man in front was in his prime when he was in his forties, even though he died at the age of seventy-one. Seeing Esdeath barely looking nineteen years old, he knew she had died at a young age.
The man shook his head. "Well, there's no need to worry about it. From now on, you'll get the joy of heaven. Ohh, I still haven't introduced myself!" the man said, shaking his head.
"You can call me Dustin!" he said with a smile. "Let's go and meet others!" he added.
Before going, he walked closer to the River of Salvation and drank a mouthful of water from it. His expression turned even more peaceful and relaxed.
"Do you want to drink too?" he asked.
"No, I'm good!" Fable replied.
They began their journey for the heaven city. Fable had already come a long way; it was not so far away. They soon reached the outskirts of the heaven city. It was very big. The walls were either white or golden.
While on the outskirts of heaven, Fable saw multiple weird creatures floating around. They were like white balls with one big eye in front and two wings attached to it. They looked quite scary.
"Lesser angels!" Fable thought, and her steps slowed down. She was nervous that these lesser angels could detect that she was an evil spirit. But after walking past them, they didn't seem to realize Fable was an evil soul. They completely ignored her. This made Fable more confident, and she calmly entered inside.
Inside, people were helping each other out. Many were dancing while many were singing. It was like everyone was doing whatever they felt like, while the rest praised their works. Heaven city had literally everything, from pleasurable things to entertaining things. There was no concept of money. One could eat whatever they wanted and do whatever they wanted. Since there was no one evil, no one lied or took advantage of it.
Even in many places, beautiful females were dancing in seductive clothes that could draw anyone's attention. Many were sharing drinks. They were special spirits that were born in heaven called 'Nymphs.' Their duty was to entertain and give pleasure to the residents of heaven.
"Everyone, welcome our new friend, Fable!" Dustin shouted, drawing everyone's attention.
At that very moment, every pair of eyes in the crowd turned to Dustin and Fable. A wave of people surged towards them, their faces bright with joy. Some called out warm greetings to Dustin, while most of them rushed to Fable, shaking her hand with welcoming smiles.
"Welcome to heaven, the Land of Happiness!" one person shouted, bouncing with excitement.
"There's literally no land here," Fable thought to herself, a bit amused. "We're literally standing on thick fog!" But she kept the thought to herself and just smiled back.
Swirl... swirl... swirl... Suddenly, the sky filled with brilliant firecrackers. They burst into a million shimmering particles, creating a breathtaking sight. It felt like a grand festival was being thrown, and all of it was just for her, a person they didn't even know.
But Fable's attention wasn't on the beautiful celebration. Her eyes were glued to the status screen that only she could see. It was completely still, with no new notifications at all. This was wrong.
Normally, whenever she met new people or they acknowledged her existence, she would gain SP points. Yet, even with all these people recognizing her, the screen remained unchanged. What was stranger was that they were residents of heaven. Being recognized by them was like being recognized by heaven itself, but she didn't get even a single point.
On top of that, even though her 'Scyth Mode' was finally unlocked and she have gained many new skills, she couldn't see any of them. It was very likely that her other skills wouldn't work properly here, or would have serious limitations.
A small, triumphant grin spread across her face. "So this just proves my suspicion," she thought, her mind racing as she connected the dots. "My Constellation isn't a normal one. She must be from hell or somewhere else, and she's definitely related to the demon king."
She reasoned that since this was heaven, a star Constellation couldn't enter directly, but they could still influence things to a certain degree. If her Constellation had been one of the normal ones, her skills would work fine and she would be earning SP points without any problem.
Of course, this was a disadvantage. But it came with one huge advantage: freedom. Right now, as long as she stayed in heaven, she could talk about her Constellation all she wanted, and her Constellation wouldn't be able to hear or see her. This was the perfect place to plan her revenge. The only flaw was that she was completely alone, So there was no point in it.
"My best theory right now is that, Somehow, one of the demon king's daughters survived, and she is now my Constellation!"