Chapter 44: Prostrating.
A nine year old Okimodo entered into guyus’s house where he saw that the place had been turned upside down. Everywhere he looked he saw smashed pottery and furniture, in the corner there were even a bunch of broken bows and swords. The wallpaper had been maniacally stripped away to reveal the bare wood underneath.
Okimodo had been here countless times before, after all Guyus had been his role model since forever and he’d do anything to hang out with him. Yet today something terrible had happened in his house and Okimodo didn’t know what was going on.
From behind him footsteps could be heard and when Okimodo looked he saw none other than the clan head stroking his beard.
The old man didn’t pay him much mind and simply smiled as he walked past Okimodo on his way towards Guyus’s bedroom.
Okimodo being a curious boy couldn’t help but follow behind the clan as he entered into the bedroom.
It was there where he saw Guyus lying on his smashed bed in a fetal position.
He was whimpering to himself in a deranged manner before he noticed his two visitors and screamed at the top of his lungs. The clan head then turned to face Okimodo before saying. “Allow me to have a word alone with him. Please leave the house until I’m finished.”
“What!” Okimodo pouted. “Why can’t I get in on the secret? He’s one of my best friends…”
“Listen to him boy!” His father Shikimodo said suddenly appearing behind him. “Come with me.”
As Okimodo left the house he saw several woman looking on towards the inside with grave expressions. Many of them were older Ionoon school women who appeared to be anticipating something.
“Poor thing!” One of the women said. “I tried to warn him. I told him not to join the MFF. His heart is too big to be doing things like that. Poor thing…”
As Okimodo passed the woman by he looked at his father and asked. “What’s so bad about the MFF?”
Joining the MFF had always been one of his dreams. To become one of the flagship warriors of the Azurai and to be smothered in layers of money and prestige. It would’ve surely been a great footnote on his journey to becoming an archetype whose story would go down in legend. Among the clan boys being in the MFF was essentially seen as achieving godhood, if a person from the MFF spat on the ground they’d all run to lick it up and chew before swallowing. All of the most talented and beautiful of the Ionoon school women were married to shang rokai in the MFF. They were quite simply the pinochle of the Azurai clan which was expressed in the golden robes they wore over the usual shang rokai red robe. The children of MFF members were by default the hot shots and the popular kids who would often grow up to be prodigies. Okimodo himself was one such youth and he intended to join the MFF as soon as he got his shang rokai robe in four years.
“Listen to me my son.” Shikimodo looked down at his youngest son with a serious expression. “The MFF is not something a boy your age should be concerned with. Look at what happened to that Guyus boy. It broke him just like it does a lot of naive young men in our clan. The ones who come back and are able to live normal lives like me are rare, it’s because we lack a certain spark that people like you and Guyus have. Please don’t worry too much about the MFF understood son?”
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Okimodo nodded but on the inside he was only more motivated to join them now. All of that stuff about it breaking people just made it sound cooler.
In the blink of an eye Okimodo was once again home and as he entered into the living room he saw a figure sitting on the main couch.
The entity wore a business suit and tie and had a cigarette for a head. As Okimodo got closer it turned towards him and said. “You need to wake up, your body is being possessed as we speak. Try your best to remember.”
At the next moment the environment began to disperse into an illusory mist as Okimodo slowly returned to his senses.
“Damn it…” Cassandra suddenly froze and gritted her teeth. “I really can’t wait to get rid of you…”
At the next moment Okimodo’s body fell limp to the ground with a thud.
Rosa quickly covered Shannon’s eyes and embraced her tearfully. For a few seconds the crying of the mother and daughter was the only thing anyone could hear.
As Okimodo came to his senses he slowly got up to observe where he was.
The first thing he noticed was a headless corpse sprawled out over the ground infront of him.
“Bastard!!!” Shannon screamed. “How could you…”
Okimodo looked at the screaming girl before observing his hand. Seeing that it was covered in blood he stood up quickly before looking around saying. “Did I do that?”
“So you’re back to your senses?” Shipo who was finally able to move freely again approached Okimodo alongside Rineamodo, Ivan and Sharron.
Rosa clutched on to her daughter while glaring hatefully at Benjamin who lingered on behind Hiruru like a complete coward.
“MONSTER!!!” Rosa yelled at the top of her lungs. “This was all because of your vile contract!”
Benjamin’s eyes widened with terror. “Wait!”
“What is she talking about?” Ivan raised an eyebrow at Benjamin after hearing the woman’s words.
“You bitch!” Benjamin retrieved his dagger and held it to his throat before glaring at Rosa, daring her to speak further. “I’ll really do it. Even if I die today I can still make sure you lose the last of your family that you have left so you better shut the fuck up.”
At that moment all of the eyes in the room fixed themselves on Benjamin completely forgetting Okimodo.
“Hey buddy put that thing down.” Rineamodo immediately stepped forward before removing his mask to reveal his identity to Benjamin. “That’s an order from a Dianary surely you won’t disobey me?”
“Fuck…” Benjamin stared at Rineamodo as if he had seen a god. “You… you’re a prince…”
Ivan shook his head. “That was a rash move. You shouldn’t reveal yourself so casually.”
Benjamin was at a loss for words. To encounter one of the beings that he had idealised so suddenly and in such a bad situation simply wasn’t something his brain could handle. The Dianary were none other than the direct descendants of Diana herself, they were beings whose affection he had long desired. In that moment he got down on all fours, prostrating before the bewildered gaze of Rineamodo.
Benjamin cried silently as he spoke. “Noble lord Dianary, I shall now prostrate myself before you. Please, allow me the honour of confessing my sins.”
Hiruru looked at her employer shocked, an expression that was shared by everyone besides Rosa and Shannon who were busy grieving Judus’s death.
“Umm…” Rineamodo was Unable to conceal his awkwardness. “Sure… buddy why don’t you let whatever’s bothering you off your chest.”
Okimodo circled around to stand next to Shipo where he asked. “What the hell is even going on? And why is our cousin here?”
“Beats me.” Shipo said. “To be honest I don’t really care anymore, I just need to make Benjamin sign my job request so I can get out of here.”
“Forgive me lord Dianary, for in my cowardice I forfeited the child’s life for my own benefit via this contract.” Benjamin retrieved the contract he used to ensnare Judus without razing his head even an inch.
“What the hell?” Rineamodo recognised the contract type immediately and quickly snatched it away.
The hairs on Hiruru’s neck instantly stood erect as a lust for Benjamin’s blood began to boil over. Once the contract was destroyed she could unleash all of her pent up anger at once.
“You made him sign a contract offering up the child’s life?” Rineamodo’s eyes grew sharper as he drew forth a pistol from his black coat before throwing the contract on the ground. He then fired several shots into it startling Benjamin greatly. The contract then simply faded into ash leaving not a single trace left.
The contract had been destroyed and Shannon was now safe.
End of chapter 44.