"I, THE ELITE STAR OF MUSIC, NOW NAMED LICT, WISH FOR MY THIRD MAGIC! STAGE 1, FORM 1, 1ST SPELL, VIVANA MUSICA!" Lict said and waved his hands. His hands started shining like a hot metal wire, completely bright and white.
"WAIT-I DON'T WANNA FIGHT YOU, HELP ME MILORD, STOP HIM!" Zenith shouted as he looked at his Demigod.
"I'm trying, but my magic isn't working on him, maybe it's because of that shield around you both."
"THEN, I'M BREAKING THIS SHIELD!!" Zenith said he emitted an ice beam on the shield but it just reflected back after hitting the shield.
"DAMN THIS THING!!!" He said and ran towards the shield but as soon he touched the shield with his hand, his hand got ripped from his body and fell in the opposite direction.
Vierne gasped and covered her eyes with her hands. Akagi moved her hands from her eyes and said "If you can see his good side, be brave enough to see his bad side too."
"But he looks scary." Vierne said.
"*Scary? That's not even his FOURTH SPELL." Akagi said.
"PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!" Zenith said as he got on his knees, with blood covered all around his shoulder.
Lict eyes still shined as bright and as he intervened his fingers, the shield from the opposite sides around them also started intervening. It passed through Lict but splitted Zenith into thousands of parts.
Lict's clothes were covered in Zenith's blood.
He just stared at the pile of flesh and blood for sometime. "Gross" He said and turned towards Vierne. "I have fulfilled your orders, Milady." He said as he bowed his head.
The blank space was again covered in smoke and soon they found themselves in the real world again. Vierne just stared at Lict as he stood in front of her.
"I'm hungry, let's treat her and then eat something." Akagi said and Lict followed him but suddenly they heard a loud noise. They turned back to see...
Vierne had collapsed.
Vierne slowly opened her eyes and found Lict screaming "ARE YOU OKAY, MILADY??!!!!"
Akagi was standing beside Lict.
"...What happened to me?" She said.
"You collapsed!!" Lict said.
"Oh... Really?" Vierne slowly got up but fell again. "What is this- my body...is sore and there's no energy left." Vierne said.
"Does it feel like you wanna vomit?" Akagi said.
"Yes... How do you know?" Vierne said.
"Just rest, maybe you overexerted yourself and you-" Akagi said as he turned towards Lict "Come with me."
Melissa was lying in Akagi's room. Akagi and Lict went to the terrace of the mansion.
"Why are we here?" Lict said.
Akagi lighted his cigarette and said "Strip."
"What? Stop joking I need to help-"
"I said strip. Now."
"You're so stubborn." Lict said as he removed his shirt. Akagi saw his name 'LICT' was engraved on his chest. "You have your contract mark on your chest?"
"Yes, got a problem with that? Now can I wear it again?" Lict said.
"No, turn back." Akagi said.
Lict looked at Akagi surprisingly and shouted "FUCK OFF, I'M LEAVING-"
Akagi threw his cigarette and paced towards Lict.
"WHA-"
Lict was about to say something when Akagi pushed him down and flipped his shirt. What he looked after that was horrible.
Lict's back was completely black as it looked as if it was made with charcoal. It felt rough to touch and some fragments of it withered away as Akagi touched it.
"SHIT! WE'RE TOO LATE!" Akagi said to himself.
"I told you, there's no way you're saving me, I'll soon become a-"
"SHUT UP, I'LL SAVE YOU, I'LL NEVER LET YOU BECOME THAT MONSTER!!" Akagi said.
"How? Can you undo such a powerful curse?"
"I can, I know how to undo the curse."
Lict smirked and said, "Oh really? And how?"
"Like this." Akagi said.
Lict was shocked and confused at first then he pushed Akagi away and shouted.
"HAVE YOU LOST IT?!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING??!!"
Akagi didn't say another word. He just grabbed Lict and whispered "I'm putting the tongue this time."
"T-T-TONGUE?? WAIT-I'M-"
"AKA-"
"Shut up." Akagi said and finally moved away. He looked at Lict for a while then said. "Did anyone ever tell you that you're terrible at kissing?"
"S-SHUT UP!! AS IF I OCCASIONALLY KISS ANYONE!!!" Lict said as he covered his face.
"Don't tell me you're a virgin?" Akagi said with surprise.
"SHUT UP!! UNLIKE MELISSA, I'M THE STAR OF MUSIC, I DON'T INVOLVE MYSELF IN VULGAR ACTIVITIES."
"But you just did." Akagi said with a smile.
"THAT WAS PRACTICALLY YOU FORCING YOURSELF UPON ME!!!! HAVE YOU LOST YOUR SEX DRIVE BECAUSE OF STRESS??!!"
"No, I was checking something." Akagi said seriously.
"AND MAY I KNOW WHAT'S THAT SOMETHING?!!" Lict said.
"Your curse, I know how to break it, legend says that if you have sexual intercourse with a Demigod, you'll pass the curse to them."
"HOW IS THAT HELPING ANYTHING??!!"
"A Demigod's body is resistant to every kind of curse, once it enters his body, the curse will die on it's own." Akagi said.
"Isn't there any other way?"
"Now's not the time to be picky, y'know Vierne's condition, right? It's because you're a cursed star spirit, so if you'll use your magic too much, it'll negatively affect the contracted Demigod's health."
"Then, why did you kiss me?"
"That was to test if this really works and seems like it does, see, the marks around your stomach got lighter, just by a little kiss, didn't they?"
"ARE YOU A MONSTER?? That's a f#*king curse you just took in!!!"
"If this worked...Just imagine what the real thing could do."
"That's means I'll have to do it with you?"
"Of course not, you idiot! As if I'm ever gonna do it with a guy, I told you I'm straight." Akagi said while he lit up another cig.
"Huh...thank god, your kiss smelled like smoke and ashes"
"I'll kill you, star spirit!" Akagi said.
"Then, that means you won't do it, right?" Lict said with a look of relief.
"Of course I won't do it, cause you'll be doing it." Akagi said as he exhaled a cloud of smoke.
"I? With whom?"
"Your Demigod, of course."
"My demigod, MILADY?!!!" Lict shouted.
"Naturally, you'll do it with Vierne."
"NO-NO-NO-NO, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE IT!!!" Lict said.
"You pervert, why would you start imagining it the moment I tell you something like this?" Akagi said.
"SHUT UP!!"
"But I don't see the harm. Personally saying, she's quite good looking, I'd go for her if I were you. I'd literally bang her all night."
"STOP!!! YOU'RE MAKING ME BLUSH!!!" Lict said as he covered his face with his hands.
"Why? Aren't you sexually attracted towards her?" Akagi said.
"I don't know, I've never seen Milady that way."
"Then, start seeing her like that, it's for your own good, besides you're contracted, it's not like it'll be a one night stand, although I prefer them, there's so less drama in that."
"YOU ARE TALKING LIKE YOU'VE HAD EXPERIENCE ABOUT THIS!!!"
"Oh, trust me, I do." Akagi said.
"What?"
"HONESTLY, YOU NEVER TOLD ME." Melissa said. Vierne was standing beside her.
"You're the only person I don't wanna see right now." Akagi said to Melissa with a sigh.
"LICT!!! YOU HAVE YOUR CONTACT MARK ON YOUR CHEST?!" Melissa shouted and ran towards him.
"Oh shit! I forgot!" Lict said and quickly closed the buttons of his shirt.
"Yes, I have the contract mark on my chest, near my collarbone." Lict said.
"What's a contact mark?" Vierne said.
"Lemme explain!!" Melissa said "A contract mark is a written proof for a star spirit that you have formed a contract with a Demigod and hence you cannot form it with another Demigod. They are formed at places where your fated demigod touches you for the first time after you've made the contract."
"Really? That means, Lict I touched you on your chest for the first time? Man, I surely did forget." Vierne said.
"That's because we slept right after we formed the contract." Lict said.
"YOU WHAT?!! OMG!!! That's so-" Melissa said.
"ANYWAYS, where is your contract mark?" Vierne said, trying to change the topic.
"Oh mine? It's on the inner side of my upper thigh, see!" Melissa said as she raised her skirt.
Vierne and Lict gaped in awe and then both of them covered their eyes.
It was engraved there. Melissa's name.
"A-Akagi, what did you do when you first met her that her mark ended up over there?" Lict said with a pale face.
"Vierne, I forgot to tell you, you have your school tomorrow." Akagi said.
"WAIT!!! DON'T CHANGE THE TOPIC!!" Lict shouted.
"And they still didn't find a replacement for the magic teacher." Akagi said.
"Huh? We're taught magic there?" Vierne said.
"No, not all students, just the Demigod students." Akagi said.
"Ohh...then, what then, who's gonna teach us?" Vierne said.
"A substitute teacher." Akagi said as he turned back.
"Do you know him, Mr. Akagi?"
"Unfortunately, I do"
-To be continued