Footsteps unheard passed among the dead leaves. He was coming. In this place called Eves, no one could go unnoticed. Yet...the snake did, having made a long way in search of souls. "Walk no further, for this is a holy land." Before him stood a shadow. A towering shadow of the sculptor, the wonderful sculptor. "Am I considered to be such filth in your garden of angels? Or are your souls not worthy of being taken?..." He smirked. In reply came a rustling wind, "Among us we have no sinners. This is not the place to spill blood!~" The sculptor seemed annoyed by this wicked look on the sin collector's face. But the wind stopped. So did the noise around them. One step forward made the sculptor step back. Slower...and slower. He turned out of the way...to reveal behind him a staircase of stone. He did not understand how this was happening. Through gritted teeth he whispered, "You won't dare touch my creations-..." but in reply he saw the same old smirk. "Oh? But what have you to fear, mage of talent, you who has no daughter to watch over nor a wife to protect...you sorcerers have no treasures of such for me to take, just as I have done to ordinary men for thousands of years...yet your hesitation is simple! Up there stands the heartless marble statue, innocent like marble, and white like marble. Yet about her is a presence that makes you tremble. What's this I see...among the lifeless stone you carve, there is a figure with a soul trapped inside...and as far as time goes, you think its deadly secret will stay with you? Ah, dear sorcerer, you are already made a liar with your own words...and to think that you would keep inside her the most sacred of sacred demons that have raged across the world..." With this he passed the awestruck sculptor and stepped onto the cold steps...only to encounter a wall he could not see, but a wall he could not pass. He smiled even more, this time with a warning, "Those who hide their secrets from me do not know that they hide them from none other than Death itself..!" His words were powerful like thunder...but even thunder fades in a moment...just like his courage did...when he saw the face of the magic actor.
