Heleina Cross Academy of Magic Part III: Alta Guild

Chapter Forty One: Ritual

Antropos' POV

"Damn magpapa-massage talaga ako pagkatapos ng lahat ng toh." Gretta said in annoyance pagkalabas na pagkalabas namin sa portal pabalik kay Lachesis.

Clothos and I gently placed the dead girl's body on one of the victorian sofa bed.

"This is weird."

A side smile appeared on my lips ng marinig kong lumabas ang mga salitang iyon sa bibig ng babaeng ngayon ay nakatayong nakatingin sa katawan nyang nakahiga sa sofa bed.

"Yeah. It is indeed weird that we have a corpse inside our manor." Clothos said in agreement as she stare at the girl and then to the body and then back to the girl again.

"Anyways. Lach said that she's done measuring the threads at kailangan ng masimulan ang ritwal before so she can finally complete the process of granting her new fate." Right after she finished saying those words, Lach marched out of the workshop and then towards the body.

She faced the girl who is practically a soul as of this moment first and placed her right palm on her chest.

"This would be really painful." She warned and before the girl can even ask why, Lach had already started the ritual, so instead of questions, screams of pain and torment pooled over the girl's mouth.

"You didn't even gave her the time to ask!" Clothos asked in disbelief as she dumbfoundedly stare at Lachesis who's now busy extracting the girl's energy from her soul form.

You see, hindi naman kasi namin literal na ipapasok ang kaluluwa ng tao pabalik sa patay na katawan nito. We ectract the energy first, connect it to the life thread and then bind the thread with specific fate. After the binding ritual, the thread shall now be cut depending kung anong klaseng tadhana ang ikinabit sakanya. I don't just cut a thread the way I want to. Kung ganun siguro ang ginagawa ko, ilang kaluluwa ang susugod dito para lang magreklamo.

Well not that they can easily find this Manor.

Ah. Before I completely forget it.

How did this girl found us?

The gods must have helped her.

"The Erinyes would surely be furios because of this." Gretta stated na ikinatingin ko sakanya.

Dang. How can I forget that!

But on the other hand though, kung natural at normal na sitwasyon ito, the erinyes would be here already pagkaapak na pagkaapak pa lang nya dito, but they are nowhere to be seen. It only means one thing.

They are directly ordered to let this go by a god.

"I doubt that. Normally and usually, they would have been here already pagkaapak na pagkaapak pa lang nya sa labas ng pinto, but there are nowhere in sight. The gods must have told them to stay away." Pagsasaboses ko sa naisip kong teorya.

"The gods surely are in her favor." Gretta replied na ikinatango na lang namin ni Clothos.

Clothos who was about to say something was interrupted when we all noticed the screaming stopped.

And there we saw Lachesis holding, in both palms, a luminous, almost blue in color, energy ball.

My mouth fell open pagkakitang-pagkakita ko pa lang sa energy ball na hawak-hawak ni Lach. Kahit sina Clothos, Gretta at Lachesis herself ay hindi din makapaniwala sa nakikita ngayon.

"This...this is impossible." Clothos said in disbelief bago mabilis na tinawid ang distansya nila ni Lach.

"Why is her energy like that? Diba normally, a mage's energy is gold or something in that shade? Why... why does she have a luminous white energy?" Hindi makapaniwalang tanong din ni Gretta habang nakaturo sa hawak ni Lach.

I composed myself bago dahan-dahang tumingala.

I have no idea of what's happening right now, but of this is your will. Then it shall be it.

Sighing, I walked towards Lachesis and took the energy from her.

"Let's get this done with. Now I know why the gods are in favor of this girl. But the more I know this things, the less I understand the whole situation. Nevertheless, we shall do what we are asked to do. She found us because they wanted us to be found. Now, we do our part."

"We don't want to let someone so speacial die without fulfilling her destiny. We don't want someone who's been blessed by the Moiragetes himself to perish." Pagtutuloy ko sa sinasabi ko making them understand how crucial this situation is for all of us beings created by the supreme gods and goddesses.

"That's why she has that kind of energy ball. She's not a god but is blessed by one, and by the moiragetes himself! By Zeus himself! The supreme authority of fate. I can't believe this. Whoever killed this poor girl would suffer greatly for killing a semi-demi-god." Clothos said making the mood a little bit lighter because of her last statement.

"Semi-demi-god? Where the underworld did you even get that word?" Kontra nanaman ni Gretta kay Clothos na ginagaya-gaya lang sya by making weird faces.

"Well for your info, demi-gods aren't immortal right? So she's one! But since she's no daughter of a god or a goddess, then she become semi-demi-god. One with strenght, has demi-god perks but not immortal and been blessed by the king of the gods."

Napailing-iling na lang kami ni Lach sa explanation ni Clothos sa self-made vocabulary nya, and instead of listening more to her nonsense explanation ay sabay na tinalikuran namin sya para ipagpatuloy na ang pagU-turn sa buhay ng babaeng ito.

"Anyways. What was her name again?" Lach asked as we walk towards the workshop, making me stare at her in a sarcastic way.

"Seriously? You don't know her name?"

"I wouldn't even dare asking you if I knew right?"

I rolled my eyes dahil sa sinagot nya sakin. Way to answer someone who you are asking for a favor.

"Fine, fine. I'll tell you but promise to cook us food after all of this. And oh! Since I would be the last one to work with this girl, can you call mom and dad for help. We need someone to control time~ her time." Tahimik na tumango na lang sya bago naupo sa couch ng makapasok kami sawakas sa loob ng workshop.

"And her name is Ireneia."