"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

-Author Notes-

Chapter 05: Awakened

A giant fist hit the boy's face and sent him tumbling to the floor.

Bill was not weak by any means, but compared to the carpenter's sons, he looked like a small child.

Before he could stand up, the other massive boy rushed at him and kicked him in the ribs.

Bill groaned in pain and rolled on the ground.

‘I need to do something!’ Zephyr thought with urgency.

Jumping in and fighting against those three would be impossible.

He was just a short fifteen-year-old boy, and he had never fought in his entire life.

If he went out there, he would just become something else for the twins to hit.

The only choice would be to call some of the adults, but other than them, the plaza was completely empty.

Most of the villagers were likely at home, resting for the day.

“Uhhggg…” Bill was hit over and over. His face was getting swollen, and blood was pouring from his mouth.

‘Thomas is going too far! he is not going to kill him, right?’ Zephyr thought with horror.

It was the one thing that was not allowed in this village.

Celestials didn't care if they stole or attacked each other, as long as they didn't kill anyone.

The only ones who had the right to take a human life were the Celestial beings, and no one else.

Even the son of the Village Leader was not exempt from this law, and even the twins, who were not the brightest, knew this.

They stopped the beating after a while and looked at Thomas, not sure if they were supposed to continue.

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Thomas grinned, looking very satisfied seeing Bill's current state.

“Are you ready to beg for forgiveness?”

Bill lifted his head with difficulty and looked at Thomas, his eyes filled with rage. “I will never beg anything from you!. You worthless spoiled brat!.”

Thomas's teeth were clenched to hard that they started to make noises.

“Keep going then!, beat him up some more, until the message sticks,” He demanded.

The twins looked at each other nervously before going back to their leader.

“Sir, if we continue to beat him…”

“He may die on us, Sir.”

Thomas frowned but then considered their words despite his enraged state.

“Yes, that could be a problem…” He knew that no matter how lofty his position looked, he could not ignore the Celestials' Law. This was absolute for all humans.

“Fine, I think I have another way to punish this pest.” Thomas gave Bill a cruel smile. “Bring me his sister.”

Bill's face changed from anger to fear.

“Don't you dare lay a finger on her!”

Thomas chuckled.

“Oh…but I already did that. Isn't that why you were so angry with me today? Because of what happened a few days ago in the market? I was only admiring her lovely curves.”

“Bastard!” Bill screamed.

“But now, I think I'm going to do a lot more… I was getting tired of my latest bed warmer. Yes…I think your sister will do just fine. Her name was…Clara, was it?” Thomas asked with a wide grin.

Zephyr was the first one to notice the change in Billy.

The air moved around him, and his eyes started to gain an eerie glow.

The twins also felt something was wrong and took several steps back to distance themselves from Bill.

“You!... I will never let you!...I'll kill you!”

“What are you going to...what?!” Thomas also noticed it now.

Billy's enraged eyes were starting to change color.

They became yellow at first and then changed towards a bright orange tone.

They shone with power as a current of air circled around Billy.

‘That's…that's magic!’ Zephyr's eyes were open wide.

He had heard about this event in detail when it happened to his friend, Dalia. But this was the first time he saw someone awakening magic in person.

“Amazing…” He could not help but say.

“Magic!”

“An Awakened!”

The twins took a few more steps back.

“A magic freak?! Shit, we need to go call my Da-ahhhh!” Thomas screamed.

Zephyr could not see how Bill had done it, but Thomas's robes erupted in flames.

Everyone stared at him with shock on their faces.

Even Bill looked surprised by what was happening.

“I… I did this?!”

“Help! Ahhh!” Thomas screamed.

This made the twins react, and they immediately went to help their leader.

They hurried to remove Thomas's robes, which continued to burn as if someone had soaked them in oil.

Thomas was still groaning in pain. His skin was covered in burns at this point.

“T-take me...to my Dad…hurry!” Thomas ordered with a weak voice.

The duo of muscular boys took hold of him and hurriedly took him away.

“What's going on here?!”

Adults started to arrive at the scene, likely attracted by Thomas's loud screams.

Zephyr could do nothing but stare at Bill, who was still half-kneeling on the ground, with a mixture of amazement and pity.

He knew what was going to happen to Bill…they were going to take him away like they did with Dalia two years prior.

“Is that Peter's son?”

“Oh no! Look at his eyes!”

More villagers started to arrive and noticed Bill's orange eyes.

The boy was badly beaten up and could barely move. He looked at the villagers.

“I… I didn't mean to…”

Someone came running and brought news.

“I just saw Thomas, the leader's son. He seems to have been burned very badly.”

“It was him!” A woman pointed at Bill.

“Orange eyes!”

“Fire magic!” Someone else shouted.

“Another Awakened?... This is not good… the Celestial beings are going to be angry with us.”

“It's not our fault!”

“Someone arrest that boy!”

“Yes, we need to turn him over to the Celestials!”

People started to panic.

No one wanted to risk offending their powerful rulers.

They all turned to the injured boy and, without even questioning who injured him or why, they rushed at him and restrained him with whatever they had at hand.