The Book of Voltaire 5 VOLUMED BUNDLE

Book II - Chapter 2

Chapter 2 - Bearer of Light Amongst the Beasts

I headed outside of the gates of the neighborhood of Santo Nino and started walking around the Public Markets. It was quite boring and my boss told me it's too dangerous to linger around here so I left for Guagua Plaza. I went to Barney's Burgers and bought 2 burgers and headed home. I gave father one burger and ate it for myself. I said I only came back to drink the pills except for the sleeping ones. As for my mother and father, they promised me I can go outside whenever I wish and come back home whenever I wish. He asked me what my purposes were if I was outside at night. To drink? I told him not to drink. To spend time with my newfound friends waiting for me at MatchBox Kebab Restaurant in the underground club bar. I promised not to drink no matter what. Because I know I have a stomach ulcer. And told him I am not a kid anymore. I can take care of myself from here. I have so much money to spend here in one night. I was expecting he'd ask where I got my money from but he knew that it was from the bet Uncle Alvin and I had. He laughed at how wisely deceitful I was. And so, I left. I told him I will come back by dawn. Since he's still asleep at that time I might be staying over at my old classmate's house Ashley from Santo Cristo. If I am not there I might be in Alex's house. I have many friends in Santo Cristo. My father knows that himself well. And I damn well know that on my own more than he does. So, I went outside and headed to Guagua again. I told him I only come back just to take the pills and give him the burger before I could be tempted to eat it.

The other thing I said to him was a lie, in order to lie convincingly, you have to tell most of it the truth and one lie. And for the most important part, believe in your own lies to make them convincing enough. Being Deceitful is full of mind games and it's easy to play as the illusionist.

I have no newfound friends yet but I will have some anyway. It's easy to manipulate people. I went to the underground bar of the Kebab Matchbox Restaurant and then ordered cranberry iced tea, a pitcher of it. The waitress asked me if I needed anything else. I told her nothing more nothing less. Just cranberry iced tea, oh, and a lighter with an ashtray. She went to get them and put them on the table. For the love of God. She gave me an entire pitcher of Cranberry Iced tea but did not give me any glasses. I went to the counter upstairs and asked for a glass. They gave me one and I went downstairs. Then I started sipping on cranberry iced tea. I was outside of the underground, where no one can see unless the people from the bridge above this shop look down. They will definitely see me. This is where I used to hide when I smoke while wearing the student uniform of Saint Mary's Academy. When I used to be a student there. A lot of fun and trauma together. Terribly mad I've gone to that point I might say. But that is the past now. Must not look back to the shadows and keep moving forward into the light no matter how far, the darkness will keep chasing you down and will devour you but remember to keep running to the light, the path to the light! If that light fades away it means you devoured yourself of your own darkness. Eventually, your alter ego will consume your mind and take over you without your control.

That is where Evil is incarnated. The darkness of the terrible past. No one was born evil unless they're actually total sociopaths. There is something wrong with their defective minds.

The Good, however, is incarnate in our humanity, because we were born to be human. And die as a human, the greatest gift God can reward us after our good works in life is death as a human. If you live forever, the rest of your loved ones will die, cursed to walk the earth without a path aimlessly and blindly. There are no directions but humans do have directions. Cain's curse, the curse... of the vampire. Which were the first murder on Earth ever in history was committed by shedding blood. Blood. Blood is the reason why we are vampires, child of Cain has to survive on Blood more than any food in the world. For us, it's more addictive than alcohol for blood is an opiate, and our venom is a libido-inducing sedative.