【Beginning】
- Todd: Thank you. If not for your help...
- Army Veteran: You don’t need to thank me. If I hadn’t gotten your help back then, I would probably have died on the battlefield.
- Army Veteran: Everyone in this town are comrades from the war. If you need anything, just ask!
Todd bade farewell to his friends. Upon locking the door and blocking the window with curtains, he isolated himself in the darkened house. Only then did the craving for souls in his heart slowly die out.^ Since escaping from the Demon army, Todd had stayed hidden. Only when the war ended did he settle down anonymously in a little town with help from old friends.
Todd sat in the sparsely decorated room with his head down. In the darkness, he stared down at the ring on his finger. The dim glow sent shivers into Todd’s heart; he clenched his fingers as his originally cold heart showed gaps in its indifference. That sense of reminiscence drilled itself into Todd’s heart —
Back then, Todd did not know his wife was pregnant. He held his wife’s icy hands as the pair stood in the falling snow...
【Before Battles】
- Todd: ‘Hungry...So hungry...’
【Enemy Dialog】
- Army Veteran: Todd, stop!
- Army Veteran: You lunatic!
【End】
His wife liked snow and Todd shared this feeling, believing that it was the only thing more beautiful than she was. When his wife returned to Todd after being abandoned by her lover, Todd brought her to the north to distract her, in hopes that the sight of falling snow can resolve the troubles in her heart. The two walked hand-in-hand with the mittens their sole barrier. However, the coldness of her hand still pierced through to Todd’s.
- Lucy: ‘How beautiful...this pure and white snow. It is not filthy like me...’
Todd pulled his wife into his embrace from behind, and smelled her sweet scent.
- Todd: ‘Lucy, you are the love of my love. My most precious!’
- Lucy: ‘A woman like me...’
Todd moved in front of his wife. In her eyes, he could see bemusement on the dreary expression. In the white snow, Todd lifted her cheek and kissed her hard. He hoped that this would allow him to suck out the discomfort from his wife’s heart —
- The Midnight Joker: Foolish Human. Do you really think you can escape like this?
- The Midnight Joker: All I did was imbue some dreams of reminiscence into you, and do you see what you have done?
Todd lifted a dying warrior, sucking out his terrified soul.^ After just a few years of seclusion, Todd was discovered by the Demons. The Clown general stimulated the curse on his body. Rendered insane, Todd slaughtered everyone in the village, and pillaged each of their souls...
- The Midnight Joker: Are you satiated? Then, wake from your dream! The most painful instant is awakening from dreams!
At the Demon’s command, Todd returned from his dream, snapping back into blood-stained reality —