The Strings Being Pulled

Ch 47

Liza's POV *1 week later*

"Stupid Mr Demon!" I shout as Anna, Peter and Catorce watches.
"Stupid love." Catorce laughs and rolls his eyes. Anna elbows him.
"Are you five even grown adults?" Azula questions, seeming annoyed. "I don't recall being a baby sitter."
"Yes we are, unfortunately." Peter sighs.

I tried to make Mr Demon flinch by opening the umbrella he bough me close to his face but now he won't let me take umbrella because he's a fire bender or something. How the fuck can he control fire to act like a kind of rope and move it around with just his finger!?

"How the hell are you even doing this!?" I question flying around like a maniac chasing the umbrella.
"Thank Asher for that." Harry glances over at Asher who appeared out of nowhere besides Azula.
"I fucking hate you both." I mumble.
"Language!" Asher yells from the ground.
"DO YOU HAVE SUPER HEARING?" I shout, like student like teacher, bleh.

I'm literally 12 meters above ground and was mumbling to myself, how the hell can he hear or do all demons have super hearing because Harry has good ass hearing too.

"Liza, I'd suggest catching the umbrella now." Harry states as I realize the umbrella is falling. I fly down to catch it, I catch it when it's just two meters away from the ground. I land on the ground safely but fuck my energy has gone down a lot from flying and we're literally outside in some kind of field.

"All of you are kids I swear." Azula sighs.
"Kids that can kill." Catorce shrugs.
"Kids that can beat up someone's ass!" Anna writes on a piece of paper.
"Language." Asher says but Anna sticks out her tongue. "I swear I'll give you another lecture."
"You already give plenty of lectures, fun facts guy." Harry states.
"Why are we here now again when Falker is late?" Azula sighs.

Falker...oh wait, mafia boss. Forgot he existed because I rarely see him...well today we're meant to talk about how to deal with the fact all of our lives are in danger right now, because of what happened with the black roses but why are we talking in a huge empty field when it's literally raining. It's not heavy rain so I can fly perfectly fine though.

"Speak of the devil." Peter says.
"Sorry for being late, just really busy." Falker says while walking up to us, oh wait, he has glasses?
"You really should tell me when work becomes too much." Asher says to him.
"You're constantly traveling and stuff like that, that's already doing a lot for me." Falker replies.
"Yeah but I'm co-boss so just tell me when you need help." Asher smiles.

You know what, I can honestly see a lot of similarities between Asher and Harry. It's wholesome to see, now I'm starting like Asher, respectfully because I can really see him like a father figure.

"Love is something I'll never get." Anna writes.
"Are you two...?" Harry looks at Asher and Falker.
"Engaged...long story but hope you don't mind." Asher says.
"No, happy for you." Harry smiles.
"Do you two know each other?" Catorce looks at Harry and Asher.
"Long story that I'm not explaining." Asher responds.
"Just know Asher is my former teacher." Harry states.

Harry told me everything that happened because I was honestly panicking over it from how Harry clearly seemed like he needed so love for himself. I've really never seen him like that but he seems fine now, just kind scared of the idea of him bottling up anger again.

"Ok so that's where you get your strength from, noted." Anna writes.
"Yeah, he's an amazing teacher." Harry states.
"Can see that." Azula replies and steps on a nicotine stick. "Considering the amount of lectures he gives."
"Coffee addict and smoking addict, then there's the fact I need to give you a lecture, Harry." Asher says.
"Not surprised." Mr Demon replies.

Falker suddenly holds his head and closes an eye as if he's in pain, Azula and Asher don't look surprised but more worried. Is he sick or something...?

"You overwork yourself too much, even though we are splitting up some of the work that's still too much for you." Asher says giving Falker a look.
"Says you of all people..." Azula shakes her head.
"Yeah but I don't mind getting some more work because of how overworked Falker is." Asher states.

Azula shakes her head, I'm just gonna call Anna, Peter and Catorce the trio. The trio are honestly just standing and watching looking a bit confused but not shocked. I open the umbrella and hold it above my head, everyone else has hoods except for the two demons because you know, demon horns and Asher's horns more like curvy.

"Why are we out in a grass field now again?" I ask.
"We don't think the hotel is very safe anymore, that's why." Falker answers, seeming less dead.
"It's just the 8 of us because the others are currently investigating a few things." Azula states. "I'm gonna hold a meeting with them later."
"Quick question, how does this mafia work exactly?" I ask.

I'm confused because this is a powerful mafia right? Though it's really not what I expected so I wonder if there's something special here or if all mafias work like this. Mother nature confuses me on this kind of shit.

"We're very wide spread, there are different like little groupings throughout the country, each of these groupings have a leader and work on different jobs depending where they are. Each grouping holds around 5 - 30 people and they sometimes work independently. Here, we are just 15 though you five are more of your own grouping, Asher is constantly traveling to make sure all groupings are doing well and to prevent traitors, Falker is the one who is the boss of this entire mafia and works on his own while I'm in charge of you here." Azula explains.

Well damn that's a lot though it doesn't feel like she's done explaining. My brain is barely processing this and I hate it, feels like I'm back in school again except it's mafia school...how the fuck did we go from arson to mafia?

"Sounds like a fragile structure." Harry states.
"Yes and as you know, we're lacking members at the moment with being an international powerhouse, 500 members may sound like a lot but that's not enough." Azula replies.
"Our best option is to eliminate rivals and such but the consequences of doing that are starting to show which is we're here." Falker adds on. "It's either it's a success or people hold a grudge against us."

Holy shit, just how the hell is this mafia still alive and I feel like this is just the surface.

"That's where I do most of my work, Falker is busy with trying to hold everything together while I go around eliminating, preventing traitors and interrogation." Asher states. "Trying to form alliances is difficult since there isn't much we can offer right now."
"The reason we still manage to hold this structure is because of bribery and corruption among the law, though we need to figure out how to recover instead of using these dirty tactics." Azula states.

I think my brain is gonna explode from this...

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Gonna be honest here, my story building, world building and lore feels too complex to fit in a book sometimes...BUT ANYWAYS, favorite things about this book?