Sitting on a comfortable sofa covered by black walls made of mana and elemental energy I am interrogated by my master. When she said she wanted to know the smallest details she wasn't exaggerating, she wanted to know everything I could see with my eyes about the demonic shadow, now I'm sure the master's motivation is more than just a personal duty she wants hunt and probably kill him with his bare hands.
"That's all you saw! Didn't you forget anything?"
"That assassin was covered by a huge and dense amount of shadow element, I can't see right through that element for me he was a black spot, only when he approached me, I could see some of his aura which was a dark red and had some shades of orange. I have no idea what that means, but his aura was really weird, it gave me a horrible feeling and her shadow element behaved like a wild beast."
"This orange you saw has nothing to do with his core level, this color must come from some blessing he has. I've seen some divine blessings that could change the color of a warrior's aura, and it's natural to assume that that orange you saw in mine of his aura is proof that he has the support of your goddess, but you shouldn't tell that to nobody, does not report that the aura of the demonic shadow has any color other than dark red. If it weren't for your eyes, you shouldn't have been able to see the blessing in his aura."
"Was that orange really divine power? I thought I couldn't see divine power, I can't see anything in the dungeons and they must be built with divine power, right?"
The master was silent for a few seconds as she processed my question.
"It's a shame you can't see the divine power, but maybe in the future you can more if I had to think of an explanation for you to see the divine energy in the demonic shadow aura and why this divine power was fused into his aura, you can see aura and mana very well so if something mixes with them like divine power, you should become able to see this new energy that was previously invisible to you when it is pure."
"Isn't there more walk that you've noticed from the demonic shadow?"
"He's a man, does that help? He was also able to use his aura and shadow element to sustain himself in the air for a long time, he doesn't use his eyes to see."
"How long was he in the air? Did he move through the air after he was already standing in the air?"
"Yes, it held itself in the air for half a minute and it moved to the roof of one of the houses, but it didn't fall on the roof of the house it slipped into it, is that something useful?"
"Yes, quiet, but what do you mean when you say he doesn't use his eyes to see?"
"His shadow element served as his eyes, the energy that covered him was so dense and constantly moving, it's impossible for him to see through the layer of elemental energy that covered his face, it wasn't a mask but complete coverage even the sound of his voice was transmitted by the shadow element and his aura."
"It would have been great if you were able to see his broken one, but if even his eyes were transmitted by his energy how do you know he is a man, Ulric?" She wouldn't hurt to just be disguising his voice."
"I wasn't denouncing your sex to you; I was your arm. When he was attacking the mercenaries, I could see the shape of his arm through the thin layer of shadows that covered him, the shape of his arm looked masculine to me it was a very thin arm, but it was a man's arm his body must be lean."
"Well, you helped a lot, Ulrci. Now you should rest, we'll have a nice chat tomorrow morning."
The walls that surrounded us were torn down and the mistress left the room, locking the door. Now I was being stared at by the other three people who were in the silent room, I think this room should be soundproof.
"What is it?"
"What did the principal want with you?"
"Why did she want to talk in secret?"
"She just wanted to ask some questions about the demonic shadow."
"But we were all there, Ulric. Because she would hide her talk about the demonic shadow."
That's a good point. I can't tell them the truth, but I just had a pretty good idea, as I was caught in the gaze of Raziel and Torris I made a subtle move to point at the mercenary who was recovering from her shock. She seems to still be processing what just happened to her.
After they both looked at her, I spoke without making a sound. 'She may be involved, the principal is suspicious of her and until you have evidence to the contrary, don't talk about anything important in her presence.'
With my warning Torris and Raziel's doubts were forgotten and, in their place, they got a little paranoid, and with that they're going to concentrate on the mercenary and not me.
"I think we should rest now, there is nothing else we can do today. Its tomorrow will be a boring day with a hectic start."
Not one of them disagreed with my opinion, they all went to bed warm, Raziel didn't even make a sarcastic or funny comment. Torris simply covered himself and slept on one of the sofas and the mercenary curled up in one of the chairs near one of the corners of the room and the only noise she could hear from her was her breathing.
It didn't take long for the lights to dim and then go out; I didn't exactly get a good night's sleep. A part of my mind always went back to what I saw today, one thing being one violent person and another and torturing your enemies for fun, the images of the demonic shadow slaughtering the mercenaries were the source of my discomfort.
I woke up with the room lights on and to my surprise the person responsible for this wasn't my teacher, it was teacher Frey with a reassuring smile on his face. It's hard to see him smiling, but a smile like he's giving me now is giving me the creeps, this act of him is really bad anyone who knows him realizes he's forcing that smile on his face.
This sight is more likely to give me nightmares than the bloody streaks I saw yesterday, one trauma after another.
"Good morning, everyone, your breakfast will arrive soon. I'm here to see what you need to stay in the next few days, as long as your request is not an infraction it will be granted and before you ask your families are already aware of your current situation, even your family Miss Pruma, a message was sent to your family in the capital I bet your uncle will be on his way here right now, but the problem you'll have to face and the church group coming into town maybe they'll still check in today or tomorrow morning at the latest. they will already be here, prepare yourself mentally for them."
"What do you mean by that teacher? We are victims, why would the church try to get in trouble with us?"
Finally, the creepiest friendly smile that was on the teacher's face disappeared with his sigh, it seems that this question hit a tricky point.
"It's protocol, you have no idea how the gods who are considered evil are extremely difficult to deal with. There is more than one case that those who survived the attack of a priest or demigod who serve the evil god became believers in that god or murderous monsters, especially when it involves a demon goddess who has the massacre attribute."
This is very weird.
"Teacher, how does a victim of a See priest become a new priest? Doesn't that make sense, shouldn't a victim turn against what the attacking priest serves?"
"This is because of divine power, as you know each god has traits or attributes that influence his believers. A priest who serves a good god who has kindness as one of his attributes spreads kindness that can make other people do the same, but that doesn't work so well because people are violent, it's not easy to be good just because it's good."
"But the evil gods have attributes that are much more transferable from person to person, if you hand a power over to a victim, she tends to want to use it simply because she feels she's been wronged or because she doesn't want to feel like a victim anymore to thousands of reasons for a victim or survivor to be seduced by an evil god. The gods like the demon goddess Aélis take advantage of this weakness of people and make the victims of their priests become devotees of her."
I feel that divine power feels more like a disease than a blessing.
"So, preparing for the interrogation will be quite unpleasant, but you don't have to be afraid of being hurt it will be more irritating and repeatable for you."