Guardians Of Magic

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Ichi

"Signing these papers mean that you accept being a guardian. What do you say?

Xael's Point of View

"Wahhhhhh! Why didn't you tell me that Bree has some incredible power?" Kichi gaped as he reminisced what happened. I didn't respond to what Kichi said and continued to treat Bree.

We were now back in the shop and Bree wasn't close to waking up. The couple asked us to treat her wounds for the mean time before they can question me. They didn't ask any further about Bree being a demon since it was obvious to everybody that it wasn't the right time to talk about it-well except Kichi. I understand that he doesn't know how serious the situation was so I let his question slide and decided to keep my mouth shut.

Demons are feared across the whole land because of their nature. All the races lived together thousands of years ago but the demonic race decided to side with Kratos. Kratos was the parallel realm of the mortal world where the evildoers reside. Anyone from any race who seeks destruction, power, and all the selfish vices of men goes to Kratos to commit their one main purpose-to have one realm where power-hungry beings reside on the top.

"Thanks," I mumbled as Mizuki threw away the water that we used to clean Bree. We already changed her clothes with one of the maid outfits she bought here in Cerulean. I told her that she can buy normal clothes but she insisted to buy those instead.

I burned her blood-stained dress and the used cotton balls since her ability revolves around blood manipulation. Anything that comes in contact with even a tiny drop of her blood can be manipulated by her like how she controlled the King. I'm just making sure that she won't be going berserk next time.

Hiro was leaning beside the door frame with his arms crossed while Sir Magnus and Lady Raven left the room and went outside to give us a little bit of privacy. I know this was sudden for them but I just didn't really know when to tell them. In reality, Bree actually saved my life when I was a kid but it seems like everyone doesn't like the word demon whenever they hear it. Only my parents and Lady Solaris knew about her being a demon. My mom over reacted at first but after a quick talk with Lady Solaris, it seems that she calmed down. I wonder what she said to her.

This is so frustrating. I don't know what to say to them. Maybe a breath of fresh air would calm my mind.

"Where are you going?" Kichi curiously when he noticed me grabbing my green hood from beside the table.

"Outside," I shortly answered. He didn't ask any further since he might have noticed the thick ambiance inside the room. The silence was so uncomfortable that even when the floorboards downstairs creak when I step on it made me anxious.

"You talked to him? Didn't you?" I quickly paused and held my breath when I heard Lady Raven's voice from outside.

"Yeah," I heard Sir Magnus answered. I could smell the smoke from his favorite cigarette that it almost made me choke. I tried to not make a sound since they were just by the other side of the door.

"What?!" Lady Raven scowled. I could sense the anger vividly revolving on her word. I was able to see them when I peeked on the glass pane on the door.

"You did what?!" She repeated and walked closer to him.

"It's fine, honey." Sir Magnus calmly responded as he stepped on the burning cigarette butt which he just finished using.

"What do you mean by 'it's fine'? It was part of our truce with the last Arcarums that they will no longer cause havoc as long as we don't engage with them. What if Lionel tells the others and decide to break the truce? We're still outnumbered in Kratos and if they side with them it's game over. We don't have Alex anymore. He clearly instructed us to never, under any circumstances, make connections or contact with them. It was his last command before he-oh you get what I mean!" She whisper-yelled with controlled voice but you could tell that it was making her frustrated. When Sir Magnus mentioned the word Arcarum on our ride back to the shop, he explained to us that they were the most elite forces in Kratos. They form the group everytime a power of a new guardian awakens and their main purpose is to kill each and every guardian that they find.