Journey of the Last Demon and the Female Lieutenant

Chapter 22

Lilly (grabbing Anna's ribbon blindfold): You're all done.

Anna (putting her coat on her shoulder): Thank you.

Lilly (when Anna touches her back hip): Your swords are still being made.

Anna (smiling while looking at Lilly): Make sense. I didn't hold back against the minotaur. I think they're trying to make a stronger sword for me so it doesn't break again.

Lilly: They must be used to it. (while thinking) Let me try to remember how many weapons you broke.

Anna (after laughing a bit): Too many. (start walking after taking the blindfold) I'll see you after the meeting.

Lilly (lightly waves): Good luck.

(hallway outside door)

Anna (while her door closes after exiting her room): Did I take long?

Keith (just move away from the wall while wearing his soldier outfit): You didn't. We're on time. However, you're still healing so I wouldn't dare rush you.

Anna (starts walking with Keith): But the meetings are important.

Keith: Besides the junk. Jack and the other lieutenants wouldn't mind. So how's your back?

Anna (while putting her blindfold on): It's getting better and the pain stops while I wash. How about yours? The cut on your chest was deep according to the medics.

Keith: I have no scar surprisingly.

Anna: Thanks to your demon abilities.

Keith (confused): Don't you have that ability?

Anna: Well it's hard to explain. In the other form, my injury heals faster but it depends on how serious or deep the injury is.

Keith: I see, but having the bleeding stop does come in handy.

Anna: It does. However that only works on the serious injuries in the other form.

Keith: Make sense. Right now you're human but in the other form, you have the basic abilities of a cat demon.

Anna: You have a point. (look at the window) How about we eat outside with Lilly after the meeting?

Keith: Sure thing.

(meeting room)

Lieutenant one (and the other two lieutenants sitting at their seats seeing Anna enter): You're late.

Lieutenant three (while Anna and Keith walk to their seat): Leave Anna alone. Remember she's still recovering from her injury.

Lieutenant two (Anna sits down next to the third lieutenant while Keith stands behind her chair): Don't listen to him. It's nice to see that you could still make it.

Anna (smiling): Thank you.

Jack (while entering): Good everyone here. (quietly look at Anna and Keith walking past) Welcome back. Nice to see you almost fully recover.

Anna (in Jack's mind): I can't even hide it from you.

Jack (in Keith's mind): Please watch her.

Keith (in Jack's mind): You notice that as well. Don't worry me and the third lieutenant are watching her.

Jack (sitting in his seat): So what do you have to report?

Lieutenant one (a screen of information in the middle of the table): What I was told from the mission was that the shadow minotaur had a rare ability. We don't know if all monsters have rare abilities but its weapon was able to damage someone's mind if they block an attack with magic.

Anna: I did warn the mages but someone made them stubborn forgetting that a leader of a few soldiers must make sure they don't die.

Lieutenant one: Listen here. Everyone teaches their own squad differently so don't you dare question how I do mine. Remember the strong lives during the war.

Jack (after clearing his voice): You two are getting off topic but (look at lieutenant one) never look down on the weak. You can make them strong over time.

Lieutenant one: I'll do better captain.

Lieutenant two (in his mind): If he did his job properly then he wouldn't get told off by the captain.

Lieutenant three: While watching the fight the minotaur was able to change its weapon shape to release a powerful attack however Anna was able to beat it.

Jack: Shadow creatures can do anything in their own realm. It seems we have to be more careful in picking the right time to enter the shadow realm.

While the meeting continued Anna suddenly started getting a headache before touching her head. However, the headache got worse while getting flashback memories of when she lost her eyes and the pain effect from fighting the minotaur.

Keith (whispers in Anna's ear): Is this too much?

Anna (whispering while moving her hand away): No. It was just a sudden light headache I got from overthinking.

Lieutenant one (before Jack said anything): Is this meeting too much for you?

Keith: Mine your own business.

Lieutenant one: If you're not well then you shouldn't be here.

Anna (crossing one of her legs): Someone with my injuries wouldn't be able to move until their injury has healed.

Lieutenant one: Your pain tolerance is high only because of the demon's eyes.

Anna (standing while her aura released after holding her right hand out making the lieutenant float feeling like someone squeezing his throat): My pain tolerance was always high during the battle.

Lieutenant two (standing): Please calm down Anna.

Keith (in his mind): Anna.

Anna (opens her eyes having them glow a bit after removing the blindfold): I think it's time to end your life.

Lieutenant one (struggles to speak): Not until I kill you first you monster.

Jack: Enough both of you.

Lieutenant one (smiling): With your soft heart you wouldn't dare (struggling more) kill me in front of the captain.

Anna: I killed many undead people. Killing someone alive isn't a problem to me.

Lieutenant three (in his mind shock): Anna is serious. She said that with a clear mind.

Keith (grabs Anna's right arm): Don't Anna. He's a jerk and disrespectful but if you lose him. The war will just get harder.

Anna (eyes stop glowing at the same time the lieutenant one falls): Right.

Anna suddenly felt a pulse before falling to the ground but when Keith caught her he could sense that Anna's magic was losing control.

Jack (walking to Keith after getting off his seat): What's wrong with Anna?

Anna (in Keith's mind while her eyes glow again): I can't move my body. (in pain) Something isn't right.