As promised, his training increased greatly. Being able to hold his own before at the steady pace they were going; now he found himself having trouble learning what was being taught. Knowing that it was his damn dependency of the hallucinations that have seemed to stop, every chance he got he would scan the room in hopes to see a glimpse of his new companion.
Never being there he would continue his sessions while being distracted, few months till the end of his next year he felt something shift in his teacher during a lesson. Coughing up black blood he looked down and then wiped it on his shirt. Ignoring the fact that had happened then snapped at Cedric.
"My health is nothing for you to worry about now redo it, and concentrate."
Cedric nodded and continued, there session had started coming even more distracting with the amount of coughing he was doing. Unsure on what was going on he would dismiss it and continue his lessons.
His second year was coming to a close and he once again stood in the middle of the room on his knees, his teacher walking around him like a vulture.
"Somehow you were able to manage squeaking by to be able to get your next set of tattoos, choose wisely for this next year will be even harder than the last."
Cedric had already been debating what the next one should be, and finally deciding he looked up.
"This time I am going to go with a simpler one."
Pointing to the middle of is body, right above his stomach.
"I want an encasing circle, which to store my wand and to infuse it into my body so I no longer need to worry about needing a wand to unleash my spell, my body will be my wand and I will only need to look or point and say the words to unleash the spell I want."
Stopping in front of him he smirks,
"Taking the way of the sloth I see, not wanting to waste time."
Smirking back at his teacher,
"Correction only taking part of the sloth, I have another one that will also include the sloth."
His teacher eyebrow rises in curiosity but doesn't ask. Waving his hand a table and bowel appears. Just as last time he filled the bowel up with his blood and pulled a feather from his head. This time he has a larger table appear for him to lay on to make his work easier on him. Cedric goes and lies down and all to knowing what pain that is going to happen he tenses and braces himself.
He watches this time as he sees his teacher dip the tip of the feather in the bowel and coming over to start the session. Drawing what he requested, Cedric hands clench together making his knuckles go white, biting his lower lip. The smell of searing flesh fills the room; he concentrates on not losing control.
Half way into the session he had closed his eyes taking slow deep breaths as he started feeling the magic that came along with this tattoo start to course threw his veins. Having his eyes closed made him more sensitive to the sensation it bring, then notices a second pair of hands on his body feeling like they are lifting themselves up on the table.
Opening his eyes he saw Sofia sitting on top of him straddling him, in her, riding uniform? He was confused at the choice in clothes this hallucination was in. Pondering about it, it clicked to him. Lust Deity + Riding uniform = Signaling that she was currently riding him. Before he could let out a laugh her hips started to rock against him, he gasps and his teacher looks at him but does not stop.
Cedric looks back at him and manages to ask,
"Are you able to see the Hallucinations?"
That got a small laugh from his teacher,
"There Hallucinations, only you can see them. I am assuming your friendly neighborhood Hallucination buddy is here with us."
Rolling his eyes at him he nodded,
"Yes she is, making this situation very uncomfortable."
Sofia just smiles continuing to just roll her hips over his, Cedric closed his eyes again trying to ignore her. Needing to concentrate on the course of power going through him, one small misstep and he could lose himself.
Finally coming to the end of the session his teacher cleared away the mess this time and gets up.
"Just like last year we will let you rest for a bit, to see if this new power will consume you or not."
With that he left the room, Cedric now was left in the room alone with Sofia still moving on top of him. Pulling her down catching her lips in his, seconds into the kiss she fades away. Leaning back against the table he covers his eyes with him right arm and sighs.
Getting use to Sofia just fading away he then moves off the table and sits on his bed, pulling grabbing his wand he points it at the center of the circle that is now on his chest saying a few words it glows and the wand gets pulled in. A charge of magic flows through him, feeling his body becoming an even more extension of his wand, he leans over grasping his chest.
Having not coughed up blood during the session he thought he was good now but having this rush of energy made his chest heart. Gripping at his chest more he tries his best to control it, after 10 mins he gives up saying the words and then his chest glows and he pulls his wand out.
Coughing up blood onto the floor he wipes his mouth with his sleeve, hissing under his breath. He wasn't ready for this. His body hadn't mature enough, his powers still hadn't fully unlocked. Wondering if they knew a way here to help fully unlock his powers, deciding it wouldn't hurt to ask.
The door opened and his teacher came walking in but he wasn't alone, there was someone in a cloak. There face was covered and they were short. Both of them stopped just a few steps in the room and Cedric walked over to meet them. It was his teacher to talk first.
"Your sacrifice to come here wasn't enough to lend you enough time to stay here. We use the remainder of the life span that your sacrifice has left to live to assist you in mastering the dark arts. Yours had 2 years left; you have been here for 2 years. From what you have already notice, my form is starting to weaken, and soon will turn to dust and be back with my master.
Thankfully for you though, your deity has taken a shining to you and sent a replacement teacher for when I do turn into dust. She hopes it is to your liking and that you learn well and gain great powers."
Cedric looked confused at this, and then his eyes focuses on what is going to be his new teacher. Small white hands come from the sleeve to grab the hood, pulling it off reviles a young lady with auburn hair, crystal blue eyes. It was Sofia; his new doppelganger teacher was to look like his hallucination.
Looking back at forth between them unable to say a word, his facial expression looked pained. Looked at Wormwood he was about to say something but he look mortified as the man turned ash grey from head to toe and fell to nothing but a pile on the floor.
Sofia smiled unclasping the cloak she wore his face turned red with the choice of outfit she wore, nothing that he had ever seen on the real Sofia or the Hallucination. Feeling everything shifting, and knowing that he no longer played by the same rules as before. He is in there playing field and his original contact was done, he gets to play with the Deity's and her toys.
Note: I will give a full description of what Sofia is wearing in the next chapter xD I just changed the rules on Cedric! I hope you enjoyed this chapter!