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"Wait! Leave them alone! They had nothing to do with this!"
"Silence, Trickster! We have had enough of your mischief. It is time you suffer the consequences!"
"No! I didn't meant for it to happen! I swear! Odin! Don't let them hurt them!"
"Consider this your blood payment for the murder of Baldur!"
"No! Leave my sons alone!"
Tai Chi is an ancient martial art that originated in China. This practice involves a sequence of slow, gentle movements, physical postures, and promotes a meditative state of mind, accompanied by controlled breathing...
Mango had recommended Tai Chi to Bill Luz, emphasizing how it could help her relax. Reluctantly, she had to admit that Mango was right. Not only did it provide a sense of relaxation, but it also cleared her mind, effectively silencing those bothersome voices that had been persisting lately.
Tai Chi did help keep her focused too, especially when confronting hordes of vengeful demons and monsters. Recent events had brought about an influx of these creatures, all seeking to exact revenge on her by severing her head and subjecting her to unimaginable torture. However, Bill was not one to be easily defeated. Her previous preparation of increasing her power had paid off and allowed her to fend off these foolish adversaries who dared to challenge her. It appeared that news of her reincarnation had spread to her enemies from her previous life as Bill Cipher.
Thankfully, these adversaries seemed solely focused on targeting her and showed no interest in harming her idiots of a family.
Reflecting on this, Bill murmured to herself, "If they ever do decide to start attacking them, I may have to create protection charms to shield these fools from harm." As she spoke, she gracefully moved her arms and body in a fluid, circular motion.
Unfortunately her little exercise and peace of mind was interrupted by her annoying companions
"I'm bored!" Came Vee's bratty voice as She sat lazily on her bed. The little snake had grown mischievous. Gone was her shy personality having grown confident and unfortunately became the annoying younger sibling every first born despised so much.
"Ditto" Next to Vee was her friend tooth gap who commented as she was situated beside the bed while letting out a yawn.
Bill Luz had to resist the urge to curse them for interrupting her. She already let them stay in her room and they have the nerve to interrupt her meditation. She supposed this is what she gets for being too lenient with them. She should have just been the cruel abusive older sister but no! Her stupid brain just had to make her be tolerant and act like an actual older sibling. She hates this.
"If you're all so bored, then the door is right there you brats" Bill Luz said pointing to the door in her room "Go read a book or whatever it is you kids nowadays do just stop bothering me"
"You call us kids but you're the same age as us" Tooth gap pointed
"I know what I said" Bill Luz snapped
"What are you even doing? It looks dumb" Vee said having been watching Bill Luz do her Tai Chi the entire time.
"It's nunya" Bill Luz said
"Nunya?"
"Nunya freaking business" Vee pouted at her answer which she scoffed at "Why are you two even here?"
"We're bored" Vee answered as if her answer explains everything
"Yes you said that but why here?"
"Because there's nothing fun to do!" Vee threw her hands up dramatically
"Go to the playground then" Bill Luz suggested
"Too hot" Vee immediately said
"Watch some cartoons" Bill Luz said slightly irritated at her first suggestion being shot down immediately
"There's nothing good on" This time Tooth Gap answered.
At this point Bill Luz brought a hand to her face and pinched the bridge of her nose "So since you're bored you two idiots decide to annoy me by being an eyesore instead then? You couldn't have bothered Manny or the vile woman instead?"
"Dad is fixing the car and Mom is at work. Besides I wanted to see what you were up to. I thought you were moping in your room again and could use some company" Vee gave a cheeky smile
"You're lucky the parents would ground me otherwise I would have strangled you for that comment" Bill Luz said narrowing her eyes.
"Awww love you too sis"
"Love disgusts me" Bill Luz mimic a gagging motion at that "If you're gonna hang in my room then keep your mouth shut" she said before she went back to doing her little exercise.
Unfortunately not even a minute passed when just as she began to get into the flow of it she was again interrupted by Vee who blew a raspberry.
"Your dance is boring. How come you don't do any cool magic stuff like that thing you did from when we first met" Vee piped up at which Bill Luz let out an annoyed groan in hopes of sending a message for her to shut up. Unfortunately it didn't work
"Yeah, do one of your cool spells! Like when you turned that Curator guy into a frog the other day. Like why do you even dance? You don't have a boyfriend so why all the dancing?" Masha asked
"Ok first of all people don't dance because they have a boyfriend and second of all this isn't a dance! It's an ancient martial art meant to calm the mind and promotes a meditative state!" Bill Luz yelled, having enough of the two imbeciles with her. "And thirdly I am under no obligations to perform any magic spells for you brat just to sate your boredom, understood?!"
Vee who wasn't the least bit bothered by her outburst seemed to think about it for a few seconds "Well why don't you teach us instead?"
"What?" Bill Luz exclaimed. She was not expecting that
"Yeah what Vee said! It would be so cool being able to make fireballs or even make myself invisible!" Masha said eagerly
"Ooh! If we can become invisible we could prank our math teacher for giving us so much homework last week!" Vee said with a mischievous glint in her eye.
"We could even turn that jerk Clara into a frog! Or make her wet herself in front of the entire school" Masha let out a sinister laugh at her suggestion of messing with the school bully.
The two then turned to Bill Luz, with puppy dog eyes, and a pleading look "Please, Luz? Please teach us magic" Masha said clutching her hands together
Bill Luz who had managed to gather her bearings immediately shook her head "No way! I worked my butt off to get this far with my magical aptitude. You do not seriously expect me to just freely give away that knowledge?" she raised a brow.
However this did not deter the two "Pretty please?" This time Vee asked in a pleading tone as her mouth quivered as if she was going to cry but Bill Luz was perceptive enough to know the difference between her brat of a sibling actually crying and faking one which in this case was the latter.
"No! No means no!" Bill Luz crossed her arms and turned her head away from them "Nothing you say or do will make me change my mind" She added with finality.
"Oh come on. What do we have to-" Vee began to when, suddenly a demonic creature appeared in the room. It pointed its claws at Bill Luz who simply raised a brow unimpressed at the new arrival. Oddly enough, Masha and Vee doesn't seem surprised at the demon as well as if it was a normal occurrence
"Dream Demon! I have come to-" The demon began to say but never got to finish as Bill Luz simply chanted a spell to eliminate them
"Pyromaniac00 Kee Oth Rama Pancake" Bill Luz chanted followed by hand symbol which instantly engulfed the demon in blue flames, instantly killing them before they could even get the chance to scream
"Anyways!" Vee spoke up choosing to ignore what just happened "Please teach us magic"
"Are you deaf or something? I said no. N-O"
Seeing her sister not budging Vee narrowed her eyes and reached into her pockets "Well if that's the case then I have no choice but..."
"Hey what are you doing" the former demon girl narrowed her eyes which immediately turn to horror when she saw Vee pull out her phone
"...to call mom and tell her you're being mean again" Vee said as she dialed the vile woman's number
"You little snake. You wouldn't dare" Bill Luz growled in a threatening manner. Her situation made her wish she had invested in that realm shift spell a while back which could have allowed her to slow down time enough to get the phone.
"Try me" Vee gave a smug smirk at her sister
Bill Luz growled as she considered her options. She could try stealing the phone which she knows she still has a good shot at doing but that still wouldn't stop Vee from telling on the stupid parents who would probably force her to teach Vee anyways.
If only she never lost the opportunity to get the Asmodeus grimoire(which she still needed to wait a long time before he could try again) otherwise she could simply mind wipe Vee and tooth gap.
"Fine! Have it your way brats! But you will do everything I say to the letter. Understood?!"
Vee and Tooth Gap simply let out a cheer.
While she felt very annoyed at the situation she found herself in, a small part of Bill Luz couldn't help but begrudginly respect Vee's stubborness to get what she wants. It reminded her of Od-
Bill Luz shook her head. Stupid memories. She might as well blow off steam by showing these two morons magic isn't quite as fun to learn as they think it is.
"Like this, father?"
"Yep. Stay focused. You don't want it to blow up in your face like Narfi did"
"I got it. Oh! look I did it father!"
"Well done, Váli"
It was nostalgic in a way, Bill Luz acting as a teacher to hapless mortals who wish to learn how to harness the intricate ability to harness magic.
It reminded her of some of her previous disciples like that carpenter guy who learned how to turn water to wine and walk on water. Then there were those humans during the dark ages who she will admit did pretty well...until they got lynched by paranoid people calling them witches and servants of the devil which wasn't entirely inaccurate but still a small part of her was disappointed mostly because she saw a lot of potential for them in being her servants but oh well. The dead exists in the past.
Then again pretty much every magic disciple she had was disappointing due to how they didn't live up to her standards at the time for her plans.
The only difference this time was that she wasn't teaching these stupid girls for some to take over the universe(as much as she wants to) . She was pretty much blackmailed into it which now was kinda amusing to think about, not that she would let the two brats before her know about that.
While she had mostly come to terms with her predicaments she still missed the various magical abilities she used to own before the damn Pines family inflicted their Pineness on him. Before she had wanted to find them again and torture them until they beg for the sweet release of death but nowadays she doesn't have that urge that much anymore.
Of course she still feels a great annoyance whenever she remembered them. She's not sure what she would do if she actually bumped into them again. She might not kill them but maybe just maybe she would curse them with something that would greatly inconvenience them. Like an itch that moves around whenever one tries to scratch it.
Bill Luz cracked a smile as Tooth Gap and Vee screamed as they avoided a fireball she threw at them. She had told them that in order to unlock their magical potential they need to be exposed to it first so that it can open up their magical nodes in their body and soul.
"Ah this brings back old memories" Bill Luz said nostalgic as she threw another fireball this time towards Vee who jumped out of the way
"Hey! You could have blown my head off!" Vee complained
"Nonsense. I powered that with mostly concussive energy. At best it would have knocked you on your butt. Of course you have the option of giving up" Bill Luz taunted
"Never" Vee growled at her before letting out a yelp as she threw another energy blast at their annoying face.
"Um, how exactly is this supposed to help us learn magic?" Tooth Gap piped in while hiding behind a tree in an attempt to not be hit.
"I already told you. This is meant to open up your aura nodes" Bill Luz explained
"I thought you said it was magic nodes" Tooth Gap pointed out
"Yeah that's what I said" Bill Luz said before forming what looked like a boomerang made out of energy. She threw it at tooth gap behind the tree who got hit and then knocked to the ground "Bullseye"
"Masha! This isn't magic training! You're just using this as an excuse to hit us!" Vee pointed an accusing finger
Bill Luz feigned a thoughtful expression "Can't it be both?" she then formed a whip and used it to tie up Vee who fell to the ground after losing her balance
She then walked up to Vee who made an attempt at looking intimidating but it only comes off like a puppy trying to intimidate someone "Relax, brat. Consider this the first step of your training. After tooth gap there wakes up, we'll get to step 2" she patted Vee on the head "Now if you'll excuse I'm gonna go get some ice cream from the stash Manny thinks I don't know is behind the food stuff in the fridge
Vee and Masha were nowhere near competent level yet but she has seen their potential. Maybe there might be some benefit to this arrangement in the future
Oh boy we're so close to the end now. Sorry that this update took way too long Hehe.
Hopefully this update wasn't disappointing