The Devil's way of business

Chapter 26 : Merits

Diana looks at James who was commissioned to kill her along with the witches to facilitate her death " The hell ? " Hecati appears and sees someone elegant which somehow calms her down " My name is Hecati "

" yeah and I am Diana pleasure to meet you " " You are taking this quite well " " Hell no I ain't , I have no idea what happened first I was beside some golden gates and now I'm back here I don't even know why that guy killed me "

" Well I did what I'm supposed to do I'll be telling Boss " " Is this boss Karma ? " " Yes he told us to welcome " " Yeah killing me and resurrecting me what a warm welcome " Diana said with a lot of anger as Hecati let her complain about Karma .

After a short while " May I say my side of the story ? " Diana looked at Hecati and nodded " Yeah sorry I had to let that out " " It is only normal to act based on your situation , Your cousin Karma told us to kill you but we were to bring you back "

" Wait so is this some kind of you sacrifice my soul to the devil ? " " Oh no we stopped doing that centuries ago , What we did to you may be called necromancy but also ressurection , your cousin wanted to do it for the benefits of what death does to a human "

Diana was confused by what Hecati said " I don't get it " " Death is what helps someone unlock the power of their soul with that they can do plenty of things " Hecati conjures an image giving Diana a little shock .

" See these are sinners they have powers that correspond to their life , our ancient ancestors could make powerful weapons but that's all they can ever do soon we have criminals being able to be invisible , Murderers creating sophisticated structures like controlling other sinners using their past life experiences like in programming "

Hecati's illusion demonstrates what she has said " So does that mean ? " " Yes as long with your knowledge of a medicine you can construct something but take caution when you are making it , you would be a chemistry lab rather than god you wouldn't be creating something out of nothing "

" So dying just gives me more powers ? " " It depends on the life you lived if you were strong enough to hold or control your emotions you would be able to however any power you can wield is highly dependent on your knowledge "

" So that's why he sent me here " Hecati nods and Diana ask " Uhm I'm sorry for this awkwardness I haven't talked to many people " " It's okay " " So that whole thing about internship ? "

" You can study with the witches we are communicating with the fae " " Fae ? " " Yes they are children of a great pagan god they were the ones who helped us remake our witchcraft " " What do they look like ? "

" You can describe them as the unwilling receiver of love and worship to some certain humans who are pleased to see their animal and humanoid appearance "

" Oh my god , that's what they look like ? " " Yes however you have to understand that they look like that because they like to eat their body parts "

Whatever innocent-looking image Diana had conjured was completely destroyed as soon as she learned that they cannibalize their own body " Why ? " she said with worry and confusion " They didn't need to eat breathing was enough for them , food was just a form of comfort "

' I better not ask for more '

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Karma receives a call " It's done " Karma smiles " Oh I'll call you back later " " Boss we need more supercomputers " " Sure you are producing more results " " Thanks but uhm about that blood sample you had us extract "

" Yeah it's amazing isn't it " Risana nodded " It is but because it's your blood can we really make any use of it " " That's too bad I was hoping we could make use of it some way " Risana continued to do her work after she handed the report which didn't give Karma enough results at all .