Chapter 1: A Monster and A Human

Mayumi, the Diwata of Mischief and Evil, an extremely beautiful woman with long purple hair and purple eyes. Having a fair skin and stood at exactly 165cm.

Despite her beauty that transcends age and gender, Mayumi is a mischievous woman who enjoyed pranking and scaring mortals to the point that they passed out of fear or peed their pants.

She can alter her appearance to whatever grotesque creature she can imagine.

Men and women, old and young, they feared her. In pre-colonial Philippines, she had an entire town trembling in fear and her name was used to scare naughty kids.

Yet why.

Why can't he scare this boy who still reeks of his mother's milk!?

"Pretty good, I'd give it 3 out of 10." Said a young man with a smile, looking at the grotesque creature that looks like it came straight out of a xenomorphic film.

The young man is Alexis Adlawan, the heir to the Adlawan family whose job was to maintain the existence of supernatural and purify evil spirits.

He has a short black hair and hazel eyes, light-tanned skin with a lean yet muscular body. He stood at 180cm, wearing a simple black t-shirt and black shorts.

"Why!?" The creature - Mayumi - glowed and transformed into a beautiful woman with long purple hair and purple eyes. "I would traumatized children with that appearance! How come I only got three!?"

Alexis shrugs, "I'm not a child. Besides, that looks is similar to a movie I watched awhile back, so it's not really that....new?"

"Darn those producers!" Mayumi cursed while clenching her fist, "When I see them I will swallow them whole!"

She glared at Alexis, who was staring at him in amusement and couldn't help but grit her teeth. 'I, Mayumi, the Diwata of Mischief and Evil, a being who brought fear and terror to people....is struggling to scare this guy.'

She crossed her arms, snorting unhappily, "Really, youngsters this days. Because of that social media or whatever, you all became boring. I swear that thing poisons you. The last time I tried to scare a kid they thought I was a cosplayer - whatever that means."

"Really?" Alexis perked up, "That sounds interesting. Tell me the whole story."

She huffed, "No way. I don't want to spend time talking to a lowly human."

Alexis grinned at her, "I'm not just a lowly human, I'm your dear husband. So you can tell me right?"

"You—!" Mayumi blushed in embarrassment before turning away, "You are most certainly not! We're not even married yet!"

"Yet?" Alexis tilted his head with a playful smile.

"We're never getting married ever!" Mayumi glared at him with a small pout, stomping her feet on the floor to express her annoyance, "I swear I will scare you so bad you'd pass out from fear! Just you wait! And, I will surely restore my notoriety without your help!"

Supernatural creatures like her are mostly born from "mystery". For example, a man talks about a ghost he found and the word spreads around.

Is it real? Fake? Is it just a joke? Or maybe its an alien? That mysteriousness will eventually give birth to that ghost and bring her to existence.

Supernatural creatures, after all is, in essence, a "Mystery". However, since the beginning of the Common Era, human history has been in the process of systematically expelling Mysteries.

To the same degree the light of science expands, the darkness of Mystery recedes. No matter how those supernatural creatures resist this fact, this law remains unbent.

Humanity has reached the point where everything is explainable with human knowledge, from the workings of nature to the operation of the cosmos that was once the purview of the heavens, anything that was once beyond the ken of man.

A Mystery is, after all only holds meaning specifically because it is a mystery. If they were understood, they lost that force; creatures born from them, will also began to fade.

"But didn't you agree to this engagement because it is necessary for you to keep existing? I remember you once told me that on the last century, you have been on the verge of fading several times."

"I was tricked into it by your father!" Mayumi groaned, narrowing her eyes at Alexis, "I'm a creature born to invoke fear and horror to human beings. I don't need the help of my prey. Our agreement is just my first step to regaining my lost powers."

"Agreement?" Alexis tilted his head in confusion.

"Don't play dumb you fool!" Mayumi grabbed his collar, "We made an agreement that if I scare you once before you graduate from college then you'll break off the engagement and help me!"

"Ah, hahaha," Alexis raised his hand in a mock salute, "I remember, don't worry. But you're the one who seems to have forgotten something, Mayumi."

"W-What is it?" She questioned.

Smiling gently, Alexis softly caressed her cheeks, "During those times, I will also make you fall in love with me."

The diwata blushed in embarrassment, "S-Stop it with your jokes! Don't tell me you're okay with this marriage? They literally forced you in this. Besides, your partner is not even a human."

Alexis nodded, "Truthfully, I hated arrange marriages since it basically just forces people to be together with someone they don't love for the rest of their life."

"Then break off the enga—?" Mayumi couldn't finish her sentence as Alexis put a finger on her lips.

"However, I made an exception this time. I don't want to break off this engagement Mayumi, you know why?" He lowered his head and whispered to her ears, "It's because I'm in love with you. And marrying the one you love, is best outcome, right?"

It took her a moment to process his words, and when she did, her whole face turned read it feels like steam was coming out of her face.

"W-Wha-Wha-Wha—?! Stop joking around!" She stuttered, taking a few steps but her waist was held by Alexis as he pulled her closer. Doubling her embarrassing.

"This isn't a joke," Alexis smiled softly, "Will you scare me and break the contract? Or will I make you fall for me and agree to the marriage? I wonder what's the outcome..."

"Y-Y-You—," she was too stunned to even speak, her teary eyes stared intently at Alexis.

Smiling at his fiancée, Alexis said, "Whatever it is, let's enjoy our time together, Mayumi."

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