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CHAPTER 8 : Silence
Fuka comtemplate one of the orange stones. She turned the shiny rock around to see it from all angles.
Hmm... I don't remember getting these stones, so where did they come from?
"Ohhhh it's so pretty ! Where did Big Sis find it?" says Desco.
She lowered her gaze to see her little sister marvelling at the object she was holding."Uhhh yes somewhere, I don't remember the place..." Fuka lied and hastily put it back in her pocket. "Don't you have practice today?" Fuka asked.
"Nope ! Today is a day of rest! Desco can play with Big Sis all day long!" The petite demon responded with a big smile.
Fuka can't help to be a little worried for her little sister."Are you sure you don't want to rest instead? I don't want you to faint,you know."
"No it's good ! Desco rested well! Besides, a final boss always has to be on the lookout!" the purple demon says as she slammed her tail on the floor.
"Well if you're okay with that..." says the teenage girl, insisting no more on the subject.
They were at the Blight House, in one of the many unused rooms. In the room where they were, there was only a sofa for 3 people and a large table with chairs. Fuka was in the sofa while Desco was standing.
Someone enter in the room and they turn around and see the newcomer.
Emizel, a little surprised to find them in the Blight House."Oh, there you are, wait what are you doing here?"
"Oh hey Emizel ! Hello Emizel !" says Fuka and Desco simultaneously, completely ignoring the question of the Grim Reaper.
The human girl notices he was holding a lot of documents. "What are you doing with all this?" She pointed at the objects he's holding.
He replied a little tired. "These are administrative documents that I have to fill out, and proposals from this week's senators."
"Oh yeah that's true, you became The President of The Netherworld. You have to take care of all this paperwork." Fuka replies
"Being president is not only be a symbol of fear and power. He must also be able to handle the demands of the people." The Final Boss in traininng stated.
The rascal responded . "Of course he has to ! I have to manage all the projects of all the residents. Do you what they says. Great power implies great responsibility!" He says the last part,a bit proudly.
The young demon goes to the table and puts all his material on it."If you stay here, you'd better not disturb me, I need to be concentrated. Understood?"
"Don't worry! No worries !" answer the sisters at the same time.
They flip through the documents carefully, ask questions and have occasional discussions with Emizel.
2h afterwards, Desco fell asleep on the couch, covered by Fuka's jacket.
Fuka still awake, watches Emizel working seriously on a document, sitting in front of him. He seems very preoccupied by the paper which holds in the hands seen his expression.
After a long silence, she lets out a long sigh.
She says in defeat. "I don't know how you manage to work so much!"
"Are you able to work at all?" Emizel responded a bit sarcastic
"Hey! I can work seriously too!"
"If you say so ..."
Complainning, Fuka says , "Besides, you've been working the same thing since earlier!"
"I'm trying to think about the budget of this project and the necessary conditions to realize it. So it's kinda hard."
"In your place my head would have exploded!" Fuka says slumped on the table.
Emizel sighs, not having the energy to argue with the brunette, returns to her document. Another silence gives way in the room.
Fuka puts his head in her arms. Her thoughts derive from everything and nothing. The only sound you could hear was the back and forth of the clock and the sound of Emizel's pen every time he marked young human girl was playing with a strand of her hair, which framed her face.
"Say Emizel."
"Yeah."
"Magic can only be used by supernatural creatures like demons or angels, right?"
Emizel looked up to see her. He glanced at her and silently asked her to elaborate on his question.
She continued. "I mean ... humans can't produce any magic, can they?"
The Grim Reaper answered him by sorting through his documents, which were in a mess, before studying another one. "Indeed, it is impossible, since they were born without any are still exceptions such as heroes. But otherwise, no, they are incapable of controlling it, nor grandmother of manifesting it throughout their lives."
Fuka thought an instant."And if we admit it, a human does not know how to use magic. And one day it happens that a spell is cast, no matter how powerless or not and that human is not a hero. Is there an explanation?"
Emizel takes a time to answer the question.
"In this particular case, I will not be able to say since it must have unknown specific parameters. But put it this way, I would say that this human was not even human at the beginning."
The Grim reaper answer makes Fuka's eyes widen.
"W-what...how is that possible?"
"Since his powers manifested themselves very late, he always thought he was human because he was never told and throughout his life, magic was never part of his daily life."
Desperately wanting to understand, the human girl puts her arms brutally on the table and leaning towards the young President. "Why would they only manifest themselves now, if there were always here!?". She didn't know herself why she absolutely want to understand.
This action startled him. "Whoa...I don't know! Why are you reacting like that?" The young demon replied,a little scared by the sudden action.
"Sorry, I got carried away..." She excused herself as she sat back down.
Emizel puts himself in the right place and continues what he was doing before this conversation began.
"Maybe some event must have activated them... But magic doesn't just happen in a snap of the fingers. Even before the magic must have manifested itself. Humans must have noticed certain things changing in their lives before. In these cases, after it has manifested itself, it is also likely that the magic does not appear for a while, only to come back afterwards or to be always present but not visible to the human himself."
"I see..." The brunette understands even less what is going on. "And what would push them to reappear, for example?"
"Hmmm...a significant memory that comes to her mind? I've heard that some memories block the powers, because they were too much for the person to handle because of the trauma that brought, to the point of wanting to forget them. They can come back in dreams sometimes." He responded.
Fuka's eyes widened. Shivers ran through her. Little by little, fear invaded her, starting with her heart. Her breathing accelerates. Tis vision of a burnt forest, her mother bleeding, her crying in her dad arms became vivid in her mind. Everytime she thinks about it, she only feels fear.
Fuka rose abruptly, which challenged Emizel in his work. "I need to take some air, I don't feel well... I entrust Desco to you, while waiting. I return in 30 minutes." She says as she rushed outside.
Emizel doesn't even have time to put one in that she had already slammed the door in his face. He stood there, speechless, before what had just happened. He breathed a sigh. It's the second time she's done the same thing to him. He hopes that she hasn't passed on her strange illness she have recently to him.
His eyes resting on the little figure lying on the couch. Desco was still sleeping peacefully, unaware of his sister's absence from the room.
Her peacful breathing could be heard,filling the silence of the room.
Fuka was a little further in the building, in an unused hallway. Now she is alone again. She had the peace of mind to clear her mind. No one to disturb her.
She closed her eyes and began to breathe softly.
Every time she thought about her mother, her heart tightened. She looked out the window, the dark landscape before her. Only silence could be heard.
She never doubted for a second that this silence, this peace would be interrupted again.
"How much time is left before the kick-off?"
A voice responded. "Only 3 minutes left, Sir! We are doing some last minute checks!"
"Good...Keep working" says a male voice
"Don't be so nervous. You'll get wrinkles if this continues!" responded a female voice, quite cheerful.
The man sees the woman,smiling to him."There can always have a last-minute problem. Besides, I don't care what I look like." He says with seriousness
"But you don't want to be ugly,don't you? No woman would want to be paired with an old man! Moreover, we have been preparing this operation for months! No need to worry, come on!" The woman declared.
A another voice interrupt their conversation. "Sir, everything is ready! There are 20 seconds left before the switch on!"
"See?" The woman says happily.
A countdown could be heard 19...18...17...16...15
The man listened attentively to the countdown, with his throat tightening.
14…13…12…11…10…9…
The young woman stood next to the man, looking straight ahead.
…8…7…6…5…4…
The tension was at its peak, and everyone who was there could feel it.
…3…2…1...
After the countdown, nothing.
The only thing you could hear from afar was the deafening sound of a huge explosion.
Heyyyy guys !
I am BACK! It's been a long time since I posted! But first of all, happy new year ! I wish you happiness and succes this year !
I wanted to let you know that I corrected Chapter 2, so feel free to check it out!
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