Chapter 103
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"So we meeting the others? . . " Jay asked .
"Sure . " Helen smiled .
"Sure . . . " I replied but a part of me really wanted to start reading on inferno contracts . . . "I might leave early though . . . . . Training with Scarlet in the morning and stuff . . " I replied .
"I wonder if we can join you . " Jay wondered .
"You wouldn't enjoy it… . . most of it is physical exercise . . . " I chuckled .
"Yuck . . . " He replied physically pretending to gag .
"But I'll ask her tomorrow morning . " I smiled .
"That would be so awesome!!!" Helen hugged me imagining .
"Scarlet thinks I might have a chance against Calista . . . . but some reason I'm not hopeful . . . . " I added .
"You'll be alright!!!" Helen replied .
"Yeah!!! With personal training from an S class I'm sure you'll beat her . " Jay added .
We all slowed down a little seeing a shadowy silhouette knelt down rustling some bushes as if looking for something . Causing us and several other students walking past giving the silhouette a wide berth .
"I think that was Morgana . . . . " Helen whispered to us after walking a fair distance away from the figure .
"Are you sure?? . . . " Jay asked .
"Yeah . . . . most of her was hidden but from what I saw it looked like her . " Helen replied .
"Ohhh well we can ask her later . " I said opening the doors to the dorm building .
"I guess so if she meets up with us . " Jay said following me in .
"Do you think Grace and Daisy is done by now?" I asked Helen .
"Yeah they are normally done by sunset . " Helen replied .
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"That's great!!!" I smiled as we made our way up the stairs .
We knocked before entering letting know Grace and Daisy that we've returned . "Hey guys!" They greeted us as we entered Daisy sitting on the floor and Grace lying on the bed .
"Find any cool books? . . " Daisy asked us .
"Yeah a couple, what you two been up to?" I replied .
"Just some running and push ups and squats . . . . . Then Grace asked me about my armour . . . . and we talked about out childhood a little . " She answered .
"Ohhh cool!" I said taking a seat next to daisy leaning my back against the wall . "So Daisy . . . . . What other interests do you have aside from training? . . " I asked .
"Hmmmmm . . . . " She pondered for a long while .
"Paul of course!" Helen smiled causing Daisy to go extremely red funnily extremely noticeable through her blue skin .
"Ignore her . " I said noticing Daisy quieten .
"Ummm . . . . . Back in the Church we had many chores . . . . . We would heal the sick and wounded, help defend the mistreated, Pray to Goddess Serra and spread her word, Normal chores like cooking and cleaning . . . . " She replied with a smile . "It was a quaint life . " She added .
"Could you tell me about Serra? . . " I asked .
"Ohhh yeah . . . . she's the Goddess of Life, Healing and light . She is one of the many Good deities also one of the oldest beings in the current pantheon . " She explained .
"Ohhh I see . . . . . " I replied nodding in understanding .
"Do you believe in a God? . . " She asked me .
"Ummmm yeah but it seems way different to what you guys believe in . . . " I replied .
"Ohh what is it? . . " She asked extremely interested .
"It's a religion called Hindu, we believe in one true God called Brahman who encompasses everything in the universe . " I answered trying to explain to her .
"Ohhh I get it . . . . . So stories say that a God names Inos created everything from nothing . " She explained .
"Yes that would technically be same or similar . " I replied . . . . "But Paul told me that there are Things that predates the Gods . . . how is that possible? . . " I asked curiously .
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"Hmmm . . . . . no idea . . . maybe you should ask him… . It sounds pretty interesting . " She smiled .
"Hmm yeah I'll prob ask him when I see him again . " I replied .
"Yeah . . . . . Maybe he meant that some things are older than newer younger Gods . " Daisy added .
"Ahhh that would make more sense . " I agreed .
"So was it Serra that gave you your tattoos?? . . . " I asked .
"Ummm . . . . no . . . . when I was in the cult I went under a ritual which gave me these tattoos . . . . they would normally glow black . . . but when I embraced the warmth of Serra they began to glow golden and yellow . " She smiled .
"Ohhh wow . . . " I said in amazement .
"Yeah normally followers of deities are given blessings and boon to the followers . " She added .
"Ohhh I see, fascinating . " I said learning more and more about this world .
"Yah there's loads of Gods here . . . . for example . . . there's a good and dark Elven pantheon . . . . . So Elves like Helen and Grace . . . good elves will believe in a group of good Elven gods . . . . . And dark elves would worship a dark pantheon of Elven Gods . " she explained . There's also a pantheon for most races such as dwarves, human and gnomes . " She added .
"Ahh interesting . " I nodded, "it's the same as back where I'm from . . . . several other religions as well . " I explained .
"So our worlds are similar?" She smiled .
"In some aspects I guess . . . " I replied, "What about the lights in the sky?? . . . " i asked wondering what they think space is here .
"Hmmmm I don't know actually . " She replied, "I've never really thought about the light in the night sky . . . . " she answered .
"Well where I come from . . . . through Science . . . . we discovered that each light in that sky is a sun . " I began to explain . "And each of those stars would have a solar system each with planets like the one we live on . . . . . " I explained .
"Wow . . . . so there's so many earths around?? . . . . " she looked at me in amazement .
"So we discovered there are as many planets as grains of sand on a beach . . . . . But not all of them are habitable . . . . there are so many requirements for a planet to sustain life . " I explained .
"I see . " She nodded slowly in understanding but looked completely lost .
"Don't worry . . . . some things are hard to understand or even fathom . " I smiled .
"So does your God bless you with anything?? . . . . " Daisy asked .
"My faith gives me confidence and strength of push forward and how I should live my life and treat others . " I smiled .
"Ohhh that's great!!!!" Daisy switched to a giant smile .
"Yeah . . . " I smiled in return .
There was a sudden knock on the door, "It's me Morgana . " She shouted through the door .
"Come in . . . its unlocked . " Helen shouted back .
"Hello friends!" She said smiling walking in taking a seat next to me .
"Had a good evening? . . " I asked her as she sat down .
"Yeah was good . . . " She replied .
"You got something in your hair . " I said taking a leaf from her hair and pocketing it, being too lazy to picket it up if I missed throwing it into the bin .
"Ohhh yeah . . . . . I was scavenging for reagents . " She replied .
"Ohhh . . . . . We thought we saw you earlier . . . but we wasn't sure . " Helen added .
"Find anything good? . . . " Grace asked .
"Not really . . . . . I couldn't find anything!" Morgana huffed .
"Nothing at all? . . " I asked Morgana .
"There was some Mushrooms and flowers but the effort to make them anything useful is too much effort for little to no effect . " She answered .
"Well . . . . I guess they wanted the school to be safe . . " I replied .
"Yeah . . . . but I was hoping something at least a little potent . . . . so poisons are off the table sadly . " She shrugged .
"Ohhh you wanted to make poisons? . . " Grace asked .
"Yeah . . . . something to have if the need arises . Not to be used on anyone of course . " She said defensively .
"No . . . I didn't mean it like that . . . I was wondering if you could teach me some Basic poisons . . . " She replied .
"Ohhh sure . . . but again I haven't found anything useful yet… . but when I do I'll let you know . " Morgana smiled .
"Thanks . " Grace smiled .
"So what is Voodoo Effigy? . . . . " Jay asked Morgana .
"Ummm . . . My mother calls its Black Magic . . . . So with a piece of hair of the target . . . I make a Doll and link the target's soul, so when I inflict a wound on the doll it will do the same to the Targets body . " She explained .
"What the hell magic is that . . . . " He said in shock .
"Yeah Mother told me its Old magic . . . . highly illegal to use . " Morgana replied calmly .
"So what does Black Magic do? . . " He asked .
"Well . . . . . Black Magic deals with spirits . . . I can request spirits to help me Haunt, Curse, Hex and many other things to people . . . . . It's not really good in the middle of combat it requires Time and rituals and request assistance from spirit . " She explained .
Jay remained silent, speechless seemingly unable to comprehend what she was saying to him . "It's weird stuff . . . to do with spirits, ghosts and Loa's . " She explained .
"Loa's? . . . " Jay ask completely fascinated .
"They are basically very strong spirits . . " Morgana explained .
"So how does it work? . . " He further questioned Morgana .
"So . . . If you want to curse someone or give them bad luck or something . . . I would set up a ritual and talk to a spirit requesting them to curse my target . . . If your relationship with the spirit is new you'd tend to need to give something in exchange . . . . like an Offering or a Task . . . " She explained .
"Interesting . . . . " Jay replied .
"As I said before . . . . . A voodoo effigy . . . . all I would need is a strand of hair and with a small ritual I'll bind the targets soul to the doll spiritually . . . . so any wound inflicted on the doll is also inflicted on target . . . . . But it won't kill them outright . . . but it can cause minor wounds and inflict injuries to hinder them . " She added .
"Her magic is really creepy . . . " Daisy whispered quietly hoping Morgana doesn't hear .
"Yeah . . . . " I agreed with her but not really surprised .
"I see . . . . " He nodded in understanding . "So . . . . . How are you enjoying life in the school? . . . " He asked her .
"It's okay I guess . . . a little boring . . . . don't really know what to do with my spare time . . . . Most my day used to be spent doing chores or collecting reagents . " She sighed, "Also trying to adjust to 'normal society' has been very hard . . . " She added .