Chapter 75 - 76. Zie (1/2)
”Zarina made a pact with what or who, I don't know for sure. She will live one life in the expense of another life with some conditions to fulfill by the one who requests it, one of which is to hand in the fire lily flower,” I felt I was really cheated now, and I promised I would kill him if he dared to do again to me, twice.
”Then, what is the difference with you?” I asked curiously, You did the same thing, you should be aware of that. You break the laws, you will also affect the balance!” I said angrily.
”Listen to my explanation first, okay?' I nodded in reply. ”I just transferred without using other people's lives as victims. The bodies of the dead are unusable, so I need another place to transfer the spirits—”.
”Into the marionette?!” I cut in, ”You told Mickey to do it, didn't you”
He looked confused, while I was getting sick of waiting for him to explain to me, ”How do I explain it to you?” He said in confusion, looking into me deeply.
”Now I know why your father wanted to kill you. He hated you so much.” Antonie looked so confident in saying it, ”Even for me and Azalea, you are very difficult humans to subdue.” I was very surprised to hear that.
”You don't even master any magic at all, your body is weak too, but I don't know there is something in you that makes you so hard to break. Honestly, if I were your father, I would give up.” I just looked at him in confusion. I understood nothing.
”What do you want to say?” I urged him urgently, ”So it is true that my father killed Zie? Tell me!”
Antonie did not answer me right away. He smiled wickedly. To be honest, I saw another person in his body. He was not a juvenile boy who was noisy and friendly.
”Maybe,' he was ambiguous, later he burst into laughter as if something was really amusing him.
I took advantage when he was off guard. I drew my knife to his neck, ”Tell me the truth, or I will cut your throat,” I threatened him, trying to seem intimidating.
Antonie was silent in a while before he finally laughed more hysterically. I turned to be warier especially when he lifted his hand one hand, and suddenly my body bounced against the iron bars o the cage behind me.
”Tha, let me in!” Naar shouted from above the cage. I was struggling to get up with a numb back, ”Tha!” My ears buzzed very loudly when I heard him scream mixed with Antonie's laughter.
My head felt so dizzy and my vision turned blurry. I pushed my consciousness back when I felt something covering my body. jet-black grain of sand swirled around me, while the others formed the shape of an old woman standing not far from me. I knew who they were, but I did not know why they always showed up on time when I was in danger.
Antonie kept laughing so hard that it echoed in the prison, while I was still trying to stand up and focus on myself as the grains of sand shaped into an old woman.
”Thief!” said the Manji in unison. One of them walked slowly towards Anthonie, ”Thief!” they said again.
”Fine, I will tell you what really happened,” He struggled to stop his laughter. ”Your father was born without any magic, just like you,” I just stared at him blankly, as the Manji walked closer to him, drawing a blade made of grains of sand.
”But you are very different. You have uniqueness that no other wizards have. You have beautiful eyes and strong instincts. It is even more frightening with your determined nature.” I did not know if he meant to praise me or mock me, but I did not want to bother myself to respond to him.
”Your father already knew that one day you would be very dangerous to us, so he asked me to kill you,” The Manji who by now was in front of him--directed the sword right after he finished his sentence. The man raised his hands signaling surrender.
”Thief!” Said the Manji.
Antonie just smiled in response to their word, ”I am indeed a bad person since my childhood, a troublemaker and the most unruly among four my brothers, but believe me, I could not dare to kill any humans, His words sounded so calm, so much different from the current situation he was facing. ”Tha, did you know that we could kill a person without separating the spirit from the body?”