After a few seconds I decided to open my eyes. When I open it, I see a universe under construction, lights and substances intertwine in a chemical ballet that would make anyone cry.
"The world was not made in a few days, but in an unbelievable amount of time, however the universe came began in a few seconds. See, the world was not created but manipulated by years of events millimetrically manipulated by the Great Creator."
The planet earth appears, or at least it looks like it. At an unbelievable speed, before my eyes, the planet develops with thousands of events one after the other. Between burning and freezing phases, the planet is molded into what is now our home.
"When the place was already inhabited by creatures, the seed of life was placed, which one day would emerge and generate what the Great Creator wanted, a being in his own image."
The principal suddenly taps his foot on the black floor. I stop feeling the ground beneath my feet, and before I know it I'm plummeting through space. My screams are so high-pitched my throat nearly bursts. The air passes by me at high speeds, or rather I pass through the air at high speed.
The principal falls beside me, he laughs at my screams.
"Hey boy try to enjoy it a little bit at least, it's not every day he can do that."
I can barely hear his voice over my screams. The environment begins to turn blue, we approach the planet closer and closer. I see something white, I think it's some type of floor, I scream even more.
We pass through it, It wasn't the ground but clouds, I feel very relieved. Cutting through the cloud we arrive at a beautiful place. In a blue sky covered with thousands of clouds. It's so beautiful that looking at Principal Nakayama I can't help but laugh along with him, I finally see the fun in it all, my laughter stops when I look down again, I now really see the floor.
"An almost perfect world inhabited by problematic but very struggling creatures. With that the Great Creator brought allies to help his new children."
Angels passed by us, going up and down, cutting the skies with their huge and beautiful wings.
"Watch out for the landing."
I look down and see a large lake, I prepare to fall but I see that I'm slowly slowing down as if I were starting to float. Near the river my body almost stops in the air until I'm dropped for a dive in the water. The school principal descends as if he were descending a ladder, taking steps in the air until he reached solid ground. I emerge from the lake wet, with a disapproving face.
"Calm down boy, I'll help you."
Nakayama walks up to me. He blows in my direction, which makes a very strong wind hit me and instantly making me dry.
"Much better isn't it?"
"Yes thanks."
He walks away, I follow him down a path through a forest. Nature is beautiful, many animals pass by us. Some bugs try to sting me so I wave my hands to scare them away.
We pass through a city in the middle of the forest, people help each other, angels descend to the ground of the place, the local people greet them by hugging and holding hands.
"As you can see angels are quite popular around this time."
"What time? On second thought, what is this all about? Where are we exactly, and how is this all happening?"
"Boy, didn't your teachers tell you that asking too many questions can sometimes be bad for learning? Just relax and listen to me, and don't worry this is just illusion."
"Illusion...."
Now I'm convinced, all this is as he said is really fantastic. He's what, a wizard maybe, or some kind of sorcerer. I touch a tree trying to see if it's real.
"Hey, be careful there, you don't have to touch everything either."
"But you said it's all an illusion.
"That's right, illusion in the human concept is something very limited, I think I chose my words poorly. Look, that water there was pretty wet, wasn't it?"
"I think so...."
"Everything else here is the same."
"Is everything wet?"
"No, I meant that..."
Principal nakayama sighs, adjusting his crooked hat, thinking of some answer.
"Think of this place as a place that doesn't exist, where everyone is puppets, but which generally acts the same as the world.....Beware of spiders, those of that time killed instantly."
I turn pale and start pushing the bugs further away from my side.
"These years here were perfect and all, but as usual nothing lasts forever. The Great Creator and Angels helped humans a lot, many individuals were helped and even punished, but after some time things changed. The Great Creator sent his greatest messenger, after his message was sent a rule was placed, humanity should not be helped."
"I'm not that big of a believer, but miracles a lot of people still say that miracles happen."
""I didn't mean to say that they still don't help individuals, but humanity as a whole. Of course miracles there and here they happened but in the big picture humanity now have their lives in their own hands. Wars, genocides and everything bad would not be prevented, if destruction is the ending chosen by humans then this would be their ending. And look, it looks like they are managing everything right."
The same humans in the city now fight with kicking punches.
"Who is controlling all this isn't you? All this is very simplistic, humanity is not like that."
"Sorry, you are right. Things are always on larger scales, right. I'll tell you the creation of laws, and things like the concept of right and wrong are very good, but in the end they only predict that some people will try to harm others . Humans only live in society for a price, and the price..."
He walks over to me, grabbing me by the shoulder.
"....it's blood."
The world in flashes shows thousands of war events. Men with bows and arrows, now with rifles, then with tanks, kill each other. Blood spurts across the floor. Hundreds of wars, thousands of battles, millions of deaths, and at the end of it all I see the beginning of an explosion, which, in the form of a mushroom, terrifies my mind with its destructive power.
We return to the forest, where two men fight each other throwing punches and kicks.
"Your comfort is paid for with the blood of your ancestors, but I tell you one thing, it doesn't have to be that way. We have a way to resolve this."
"How ?" I say in a low voice, still freaked out by all the shocking images that happened.
Principal Nakayama goes to the two men. Running he jumps doing a split, kicking both in the face at once.
"See, with an external intermediary it is possible to put an end to all this."
The two confused men are greeted by what appears to be their family members. Families fight with the two men, I don't understand the language they speak, but they clearly say how stupid it is to fight.
"That's what we are. An external agent that acts secretly to ensure life, or rather, the continuation of death for many more years to come.
"We? We who ?"
Everything starts to catch fire, the whole forest goes up in flames. The principal takes off his coat and rolls up his shirt sleeve. It shows off a tattoo on his arm that goes up until his shirt covers his shirt. The tattoo is similar to the symbol or the girl's face tattoo.
"Our mission was not that you know, it was changed sometime by our master. It was very drastic, imagine go from corrupting life and generating tragedy to some type of hero. The continuity of human life is our goal, and we want you to help us with that."
He spreads his arms looking up, the glow of fire in his eyes transparent the thoughts running through his mind.
"Wait, you mean you and all those others...."
"Hahaha...DEMONS. DEMONS BOY, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE. WE'RE DEMONS IN BODY AND SOUL, IF WHAT WE HAVE CAN BE CALLED THAT."
"Demons...."
My face closes up completely.
"Now what do you say, do you want to have a mark like this for yourself too?"
Among all the complicated thoughts, empty life and lack of focus, when I ask for help, what comes to me are demons and not saints, a curse and not a blessing. Could it be that in my desperation trusting such a figure is just the same as jumping off a cliff or the only chance I still have?