At this moment, I can't explain what is all happening at all.
"Can you explain these things again?" I asked Sakura about this.
"Well, I am sure you already got your explanation on Church!"
"Actually, I want to know about this whole thing you guys said!"
She looked confused.
"I mean how you guys got this shit level strong?! Also, how is he so powerful enough to make us shit?!" I added to make less confusion.
I wait for my explanation, "Oh, cultivation. I can't give you a full explanation except the fact is that you are on level 1. You should level up yourself before you got killed in this game"
"What game?"
"Ragnarok!" Kinjo back up.
"Wait…you are telling me that a freaking destruction war is a game for you guys?!"
"Well, yeah. A game of killers to see how much you can kill and destroy things" she stated that.
"Cultivation? That is something I don't understand!"
"You can say you have to cultivate yourself to grow stronger"
"But how can a person be stronger by farming!?" I told her.
"That's not what she wants to say, man! She meant cultivation like those in urban books!" Kinjo says it playfully.
"You mean like getting stronger by meditation?"
"Well, yeah" he took out a cigarette from his pocket and then lit up. Putting in his mouth, "Because it is associated with those damn freaks then of course, it is twisted in a demonic way. You have to eat human souls to accelerate your cultivation growth"
Before he can say anything more. Sakura kicked off his cigarette.
"What?!" He yelled.
"I don't want to take a risk to let you bomb up this whole city!"
"What?!" I asked this to Kinjo
"I am not that crazy, man!!!"
"Maybe, he is telling the truth," she added with relief.
I look towards her and him. I don't know but…why am I feeling like being left out from this?
"So, okay. Take a rest now. We will come tomorrow to check up on your progress" she smiled at me brightly.
Both of them take leave from the house.
I go around the house and check the house completely. It looks like senpai and Tora are not here. They went to school, I don't know if I should or not to meet with Morgan. I don't know if she is my mother or not.
I slide the door and enter into the room where she is sitting and looking at the photo frames. She looks very happy when she sees my pictures.
I cough a little to make sure I am present here. "Hello, mom"
"Oh, hello" she replied back.
This is embarrassing.
"You looked good when you were young! I wish I was there to see you all grow up!" she exclaimed excitedly.
"Then why not there at that time?" I ask her.
She looked down.
"I am sorry if it is not comfortable for you"
"No, it's okay, dear. I am all fine" she faced me.
"Well, so… can I ask some questions?"
"Anything for you, dear!" She smiled at me.
"Why? Why did you leave me when you are all fine and alive? Why?" I ask the question that my heart wants to ask.
"Your father'' she explained in one word.
"My father?"
"Yes. Your father told me to do that. I don't want to see you…in that position. So, yeah. I agree with him" she said without any emotion.
"Tell me, is my connection with my father the reason I am in this war?"
"Yes" she nodded.
"Okay…" I don't know what to ask later. "By the way, mom…do you know anything about the powers I hold?" I ask her. I want to know about it. Maybe my father or mom hold this power.
"Well, of course. I know about this," she took my hands in her. The warmth of mother's hands is something different. Maybe this is how Tora felt when her parents embraced her. "The power you hold is a gift from your father, dear"
A gift from my father to me? Is that bastard who never visited me too generous to give me a gift to survive?
"Don't think bad things about your father, young man! There is a reason for everything he does, Seig" she said in a calm gentle voice.
"What is this power that I hold, mom?" I ask her.
"This is the power of seven flames of hell"
"Seven flames of hell?" I ask her with confusion.
I know that in Japan, no shrine has an anti ghost protection system. But me holding demonic power is something else.
"Yes, seven flames of hell. Each belong to different devil king from the Bible"
"Like Satan?"
"Yes. Beezelbulb, Asmodeus, Leviathan, Lucifer, Satan, Mammon and Belphegor. Each one represents one of the seven deadly sins of humanity. Your power activate when you come across a sinner"
"I am confused. I am sure we all have sins in our body. Then I wouldn't be able to use all the flames?" I ask her.
She shakes her head. "No. Each human has a different sin level. Some humans are prideful and some are greedy. You got the flames based which sin represent your opponent perfectly"
"So, what are the flames that I used up?"
She smiled at me, "If you are talking about your fight against that guy who nearly killed your friend then that was Flame of Purgatory, belonging to the gluttony sin of Beezelbulb. An invisible flame that is too hot to even touch. And that flame was the Flame of Azure that you used up against Cain. Sin of Wrath which belongs to Satan. Powerful flame that can burn you both physically and spiritually" she added.
"It looks like I am too powerful but weak at the same time. What about other flames?"
"I can't tell you unless you activate them first," she smirks.
This is not fair now.
It is already night. Tora didn't come back. I am worried about her too much, especially after that incident.
A knock happened on the door. I quickly ran towards it. I opened the door and saw Tora in front of me.
"Hello! I forgot the keys at home. So, I knock the door" she tried to explain.
I don't care what she thinks. I hugged her.
"Wwwaaahhhh!!!!" She is shocked. I can tell from her yell.
"Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"
I look in her eyes. She is blushing. I quickly break the hug.
"What type of drugs, you start to take?!" She yelled at me.
"Nah, I am just worrying about you! I mean your chest got pierced by a blade!"
"Now, I am sure you started to take drugs!" she stomps her feet on the ground.
"Should we go inside or you want me to go to jail with charges of being a pervert?" I ask her.
"Fine. I have to cook that's the real thing"
I ignore her feelings about the fact that I didn't try to learn how to cook at all.
I look above the night sky. Should I visit the church right now? I don't know what Grigori is doing with senpai at all? I hope she is safe and I also hope she is not involved in this war. I don't want to cross the roads with her.
"Are you worried for her, son?" a voice asked me from inside.
This voice belongs to my mother. She is watching over me. She can manifest and disappear at her will which is a good thing because I don't want to explain to Tora how the heck my mom looks so young.
"Yes. I am afraid for her. I can't believe on that Grigori guy that she is fine"
"So, would you go there to save her?"
I want to but I can't go there. The church is no longer a friendly place. It is now enemy territory, going there would be courting death for now on.
"Are you coming here or not, Seig?!" I can hear Tora's voice from the background scene.
"I am!"