Legend of the Immortal

I Call It

After minutes of deliberation, the headmaster left to find aid while the task of guarding Belle from breaking free was entrusted to the three.

They each decided to split it into one hour each until the headmaster returned.

First up, it was Lucia.

"Lucia, Lucia, Lucia. Such a pretty name innit?" Belle sang words of praise.

"Shut up. Your compliments mean nothing."

"Ouch!" Belle theatrically held her chest,"You wound me!"

"..."

"Hey, why so glum chum? Aren't we all just a happy, rowdy bunch?"

"Happy?! How am I supposed to be happy when I've just saved my friend from my other psychotic friend who actually turned out to be a psychotic freak too?!" Lucia shouted.

"Psychotic? Please, I'm not psychotic. I'm eccentric! Really, you need to learn the difference!" Belle replied.

"You're fucking delusional. You're just someone who has taken over my friend. You're just a leech." Luciahissed.

"Blah blah blah. Ironic innit that you call me a leech? Aren't you leeching off the headmaster? She's the only one that ever believed in you, y'know?"

"...What are you talking about?" Lucia asked.

"Oh quit faking it Lucia, I'll tell you a secret about myself, okay?"

"I deliberately sealed my power. I deliberately lost my memories. But now? I know every single person on this planet. And Lucia, oh you are one strange girl. Abused by your dad, your mum left you for dead, cast away by friends, hum~hum."

Lucia froze, unable to respond to those words Belle had said with casual indifference.

"H-how do you know?"

"A person and ignore something. But it will always be there. And I, I'll be the person who solves these pieces. You see, I usually don't kill normal people. I like killing unique people. People who intrigue me. Say, a mob boss in the underground magic business that's about to light off a deal that's going to go sour leading to his death in...Two minutes. Then, police will find eight dead dumped in a sewer ten minutes away from the killing site. Don't believe me? Wait for tomorrow's morning news. They'll find it at five in the morning and it'll be unsolved until next year."

Lucia shook her head, her mind burning away what Belle said,"That's all a pile of bull. That isn't profiling. That's knowing the future."

"Ah, pardon me. Let me rephrase myself. My true power does not lie in magic, but my knowledge. I know everything about everyone. And I mean everything. I know how you die, when you'll die and how your fate'll play out. But telling everyone wouldn't be fun, would it? Everything about the world's tucked neatly in here." Belle knocked on her own head,"Cures to every disease. Ways to make an infant a god. The weakness of every person, the strength of all. The path to immortality, the way to achieve invincibility. But all that doesn't even come close to the one thing I can never understand."

"The one thing?"

Belle pointed to herself, smiling slyly,"Me. Every decision I make is on a whim. For fun, as your headmaster puts it. I don't like absolute control, yet I l rule over all. I am an outsider, yet I wish for the inside."

"Ah, and I love making deals. I don't enjoy taking things by force. I make deals. Just like the one I'll make to you right now."

Lucia was taken aback,"A...deal?"

"You see, I've taken notice. You're not into men."

Lucia's jaw dropped.

"And the only reason you've stayed this long is because of-"

"Stop! D-don't say it!" Lucia shouted.

"Oh? I've hit the jackpot haven't I? Your pressing point. I guess i'm a little rusty. Took a few minutes to figure. Anyway, I've a deal to make with you. You let me out, and I'll make sure everything is smoothed out and you'll be with her together and forever~" Belle sang.

"Forever?...And ever?" Lucia mumbled.

"That's right champ! You'll be with her for as long as you want! And and you need to do is let me out!" Belle nodded innocently.

Lucia was silenced, her mind whirring to think, on one hand, she would be with her forever. On the other hand she would be held responsible for letting a psychotic serial killer loose.

In the end, common sense ruled.

"No...I can't...I can't let you kill anyone..." Lucia shook her head.

"Too bad then. Could you pass me that phone then?" Belle pointed to the hotel phone just outside her cube.

Lucia complied, pushing it in.

Belle pressed a few buttons,"Trinity speaking. Ah, director. It's time yeah? Hope you haven't forgotten our deal yes? Two hours? Right. Alright, I'll lock myself in for the job. Seven yeah? Good, good. Okay, see you in two Svenson." The phone clicked.

"Who was that?"

"Just another contact on this planet. I've decided to lend my services for a price. I'll just sit tight and wait I guess. No point breaking out anyway." Belle sighed.

"Break out? Hah! Okay now you're exaggerating! How could you possibly break out?" Lucia laughed.

Belle yawned and got up from her bed.

Grabbing a part of the metal frame, Belle whispered,"Compress."

The metal frame disappeared as the bed fell to the floor with a thud.

"What?!"

Belle opened her closed hand and within it was a floating ball.

"Axe." Belle said, the Ball instantly expanding to double, then triple its previous size, forming the shape of an axe.

"Split." Belle yawned again, the axe splitting into five separate axes, circling Belle."Zero sphere."

The axes slowly started rotating both individually and in a circle around Belle.

Then, in a flash, it expanded, a heavy blow of air blew Lucia back as the cube was destroyed into nothing but dust.

Lucia stared at the horrifying sight,"What?..."

Belle sat back down, the bed back to its original position.

"How?...The headmaster is st-"

"Stronger in the level sense? Yes, for now anyway. Stronger in the element sense? Far from it. You see, before I decided to forget everything I didn't use any element besides one. It's an element that uses every single element...Combined." Belle said.

"Combined?..."

"Mind you, it's impossible for anyone to get all the elements. I made it that way. And this element, it has zero drawbacks." Belle smirked.

"Zero...drawbacks?"

"Well for it at least. If I were to say let you try out the power, you'd die from mental overexertion. At best, you'd be forcefully sent forever into a vegetable state."

"No mana use. No weakness. Flexibility that allows for any fighting style. It's an element that cannot be traced or recreated. Even a pseudo-element that acts like it would be near impossible to create with a single- or even ten countries' funds."

"Such an element...Exists?" Lucia whispered, horrified.

"Ah, I'll tell you about it...For a deal of course."

"A deal?"

"I'll need your necklace right there." Belle yawned.

"My necklace? This?" Lucia decided the information was worth more than what a single necklace made from cheap metal was worth.

She chucked it to Belle who caught it deftly with a single finger.

The necklace seemingly melted down into a bell shape that Belle played around with,"I call it the Divinity element."