The truth behind a veil of silence and purity.
Mefis arrived running shortly after the explosion.
-¡Hold on, Yuri! ¡oh, God! ¡Someone go get a healer! - screamed Mefis to another student as she hold Yuri´s body in her arms.
-Yuri…Yuri…-said Erin quietly with effort as he tried to get up, then he looked at Mefis beside Yuri with her eyes soaking in tears and pouring them on Yuri´s chest with her hands holding his head.
-¡Alok! ¡Alok! - (Arise) said Mefis while she was crying- ¡Please…you have to wake up!
Somewhere, somehow, Yuri was in some kind of kingdom painted white, sitting at the feet of a bonfire of black fire, it provided some kind of warm comfort.
-I wonder, ¿how did I end up here? - asked Yuri to himself inside of his mind.
-No idea, all the ones who arrive here do it through a different way- answered a hooded man sitting next to the bonfire- they only arrived before their scheduled date.
-¿Scheduled date? You mean…¿the reaper? - asked Yuri looking at the black bonfire.
-Something like that- answered the hooded man as he put more wooden logs in the bonfire.
-¿what will happen to me now? - asked Yuri.
-that´s up to you now- answered the hooded man- you can go back and wake up or go to sleep and luckily Karo may take you to the Original Plane, everything can happen- said the man like if it were a topic of every day.
-¿How about you? ¿how did you end up here? - asked Yuri as he extended his arms towards to the fire.
-I´m not sure, I just woke up here- answered the man with a quiet voice.
While Yuri was holding a conversation with a being even though he didn´t know if it was real in a place which he couldn´t ensure its existence, his body was moved to a room on a bed surrounded by curtains. Mefis entered through the window and stood beside Yuri´s body, watching at his body.
-So¿ can I go back? - asked Yuri as he looked up to the white sky.
-Of course you can, the question is…¿do you want to go back? You could stay or leave… you could find your father and mother…or go back and find out what happened to them and do something about it- answered the being with a sinister smile.
-¿how do I go back? - asked Yuri as he stood up from the bonfire.
-Easy, stand on the fire- answered the being.
Yuri walked towards to the fire and stood in the middle of the bonfire, the flames grew and covered Yuri, still they didn´t hurt him but swallowed him.
-Wait a second ¿how do you know so much about me? - asked Yuri as he started to disappear along with the fire.
The being let out a small laughter.
-I´ll answer that the next time I see you- answered the hooded man,
And then Yuri disappeared and the darkness enveloped him.
-So, you´ve decided to go back- said a female voice.
-¿what?- asked Yuri.
Yuri woke up on a bed, with Mefis´ head lying on his womb.
-¿what happened? - asked Yuri at the void with weak voice.
Mefis stood up quickly.
-¡Yuri! ¡Yuri! - exclaimed Mefis as she hugged the injured guy.
-¡ouch! ¡ouch! – Said Yuri, then he looked at his bandaged arms and asked again at the void- ¿what happened?
-The spell went berserk…your manna…made the spell to overflow…and it exploded…- answered Mefis holding Yuri´s hands.
The door of the room opened, Evangeline came in with another man, and the other man was wearing a white robe. When Mefis saw Evangeline she growled and turned quite aggressive.
-So he finally woke up- said the robed man.
-I´m glad you´re ok- said Evangeline getting closer to Yuri.
Mefis and Evangeline were watching each other´s eyes.
-the fire spell damaged your arms, they will be bandaged for quite some time- said the robed man who turned up to be a healer while he prescribed something to Yuri for the pain.
-Mefis…-said Yuri with shadowy eyes-please get out…
-But…-Mefis replied.
-Please…-Yuri insisted.
Mefis got out of the room puzzled. Tara and Erin were sitting on the waiting room, waiting for news.
-¿how is he? ¿is he okay? - asked Tara with a worried and distressed.
-He´s already up- answered Mefis with a stunned face.
Tara got up and got quickly to the door leading to Yuri´s room.
-Don´t, he´s talking to Evangeline…- said the feline with a sad look on her eyes.
Evangeline and Yuri were alone in the room.
-Tell me…-said Yuri with a cheerless voice and a dark face.
-Maybe it would be better if you´d wait for your wounds to…- said Evangeline, which caused Yuri to tighten his fists.
-¡Tell me! - Exclaimed Yuri, his change of mood caused the room to quake and his eyes to turn crimson.
-Fine…-said Evangeline with cheerless voice- your father died because of the "VulLah"…
VulLah is the demon´s manna, energy so dark and corrupt that it could turn anyone´s manna against its user. It is stronger than normal manna, but it changes so quickly and is so sensitive to emotions that any kind of change of mood could cause the user to die.
-¡My father was a pure and holy sorcerer! ¡He would never deal with dark energies! - exclaimed Yuri incensed.
-so that´s what you believe, then tell me what you know about your mother- said Evangeline turning her back to Yuri and sitting on the bed.
-I know nothing about her…- answered Yuri with sad voice-…my father never liked to talk about her…he would only smile and change the topic…
-Well then…let me illuminate your dark mind…your mother was…- Evangeline was interrupted.
-I´ll handle that- said a female voice.
A woman of young age was standing next to the open window; she was wearing a hood and a silver robe.
-¡Headmaster! - said Evangeline turning to her and bowing.
"Your father and the headmaster were couple", remembered Yuri.
-She is the headmaster, In Kro- (her name means master sorcerer), said Evangeline.
- I understand you want to know more about your parents- said In Kro as she took her hood off, revealing her pale soft skin and blue eyes with golden hair.
-Tell me everything about my parents…- with certain fire in his eyes as he tightened his fists.
-Your mother was a demon- confessed In with coldness in her eyes.
There were no words that could express Yuri´s feelings in that moment…his sight trembled….his heart flipped…and only rage and sadness filled his mind.
-My mother…she…-Yuri couldn´t finish the sentence, the shock was way too much.
-Officially talking, your mother died over 50 years ago, or at least her body, then a demon, for unknown reasons took her corpse like a vessel for her spirit- revealed In without mercy.
-That means…- Yuri whispered without energy.
-Your father fell in love with her and became a couple…but your father had no knowledge of your mother´s nature…and because of that relationship Evan got some of her manna…Then you were born…-she said without stopping.
Evangeline could only keep silent and watch the mental slaughter. In Kro turned her face to Yuri with a sinister smile.
-That means that I´m…-Yuri was still shocked.
-Yes…a hybrid…a Melez…a tool of war and destruction…Nevertheless, your "mother´s" body wasn´t able to stand the labor, in that moment she confessed what she really was…and then she gave him all of her manna…all that power inside a mortal man…you, for being a Melez inherited that manna without problem…that´s the reason why the fireball exploded…that manna woke up way too suddenly- explained In Kro.
-I admit I´m guilty in that matter.- confessed Evangeline with fear to make Yuri release more manna.
-it was a matter of time- commented In Kro – it was meant to happen anyway- ¿did you really never realized about those changes during the night?¿during those moments when you go angry or sad? That skill you possess to learn practically any discipline in such little time…¿and never suspected about it?- asked the headmaster with sarcasm.
Silence flooded the room and any happiness faded. In got close to the window and opened it.
-¡wait! ¿what about my father´s death? - Yuri asked.
-Evan tried to use his dark manna to cast a level 6 "Vul" (Vul in draconian means dark) spell, but his body couldn´t bear such power in his state, so it blew up… something like that happened to you, but because of your nature, but for being a Melez you have a natural endurance against manna- she answered at the same time she disappeared.
-Be careful with it, don´t trust it too much, you could be consumed by it…and then die, bye- bye- said Evangeline with a cheerful tone and a smile, then got out of the room.
Yuri was left alone with his mind.
-¡Yuri! – exclaimed Erin has he got in the room along with Tara and Mefis.
Erin got close to Yuri.
-Hey, ¿ are you ok?-
-Yes, I´m fine- Yuri answered with a fake smile.
-¡Of course you are! ¡ You are a whole man!- said Erin with a cheerful tone and poke on Yuri´s arm.
Yuri felt a sting going through his left arm which caused him to let a small scream out, then hold it with the right one.
-¡Stupid! ¡It hurts him! - exclaimed Mefis as she punched Erin in the back.
Yuri weakly laugh while Mefis kept punching Erin. But Tara realized there was something wrong with Yuri.