Chapter 26: Cecilia

The air around her is distorted, almost like it's detached from the world, I have the feeling that if I even graze her with my hand the pain would twist against me.

"Cecilia." Jack stiffens as soon as her name goes out of his mouth, his eyebrows are tense and many wrinkles appear on his face.

*He is scared of her? I thought that he was one of the best mentors here, yet they look similar to each other as if they knew each other for a long time.*

The dagger vibrates under my clothes as if to make me notice something, *This dagger is strange too, it doesn't feel like a normal weapon. It's almost like it has a soul... But how can there be a soul inside a weapon like this?*

"And who is this girl?" 

The voice of the woman knocks me out of my thoughts, I try to introduce myself but I feel my throat burn as soon as I try to speak.

Jack somehow notices it and takes action by moving his arm in front of me, "Don't get close to her." He imbues his body with mana trying to threaten the woman in front of me.

"No need to be so harsh." In a blink of an eye, she is in front of me while touching my chin and staring into my eyes, I get chills on my whole body trying to support her stare, it feels like she is staring into my soul, analyzing it all.

Jack suddenly shoves her away for only making her fall gracefully to her feet.

"You're losing strength, Jack." Her smile doesn't show happiness, it looks challenging and provocative.

I gulp, "Who... Who are you?" I manage to mutter trying to know who is she and what are her intentions here.

"You're the brave type huh? I never saw a child your age resisting my pressure and even speaking towards me," My body trembles, and a part of my crimson hair fall in front of my eyes.

She crosses her hands together while smiling and humming happily, "Don't worry little one, I won't hurt you. Even so, you're gonna fight my disciple and I look forward to seeing the fight between her and you, it will be an interesting fight and you will show us the little weapon you got there?"

*How did she--*

"This," She pulls out her wand, on first look, it could look simple, but the details and the writings on it make it look valuable, "Your weapons resonate with my wand, what a funny coincidence isn't it?" 

"What does it--" I ask before getting interrupted by her as if she knew what I was going to say, "They are similar artifacts and are compatible." She responds excitedly.

"Sonia, come out," Cecilia says before I look at the figure who just came out from the darkness coming from an alley.

*Wait...*

The person whom I saved time ago, causing me to terminate some people's lives was here, she has the same stature as before and her eyes are not red anymore, instead, a fiery green replaced the dark red color of her eyes, her pupils looked like those that cats had in my previous life, she could be a beastkin, gorgeous black hair clashed against the wind, making them fall in slow motion.

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She is wearing the same black hood as the last time, though the blood isn't there anymore, she is wearing some gloves that take up to her elbows, they look twice the size of her arms and are made of black and blue colors.

*Are those artifacts too?*

As soon as the girl reaches up to us she mutters something, "Did I see her somewhere?" She pronounced all of the sentences fastly before shocking her head.

I glance at Jack as he stares sharply at the girl while analyzing her at the same time.

Cecilia cross her hands together while watching Jack, "I thought about making our disciples meet up before the match, isn't it a good idea?!" She says excitedly.

I give a better look at the beastkin girl, before seeing her pointed ears, *Huhh, she has vertical and shaped like slits pupils and pointed ears, she is a mix between races perhaps? It's my first time seeing a person like this, if she is a mix between races does it mean that she got the various abilities coming from them?*

 I gulp accidentally and avert my eyes from her looking at the ground embarrassed.

Although showing her that moment of weakness she doesn't show even a bit of expression.

This time my dagger didn't react to her artifacts, the gloves looked like artifacts and I could feel coming out the essence of those gloves, *What is their power? They look so powerful and if I get hit by those gloves will I end up being killed in just one hit? I don't think so. After all the training I've been through those gloves won't kill me so easily.*

I feel the fear dissipate from my body and my mind, my body stays firm and in position without trembling anymore, and my gaze is completely fixated on the hooded girl I met a time ago.

"Who thought that the one I saved from those bandits was actually one of the persons that I will fight in this tournament."

Her relaxed and nonchalance eyes open wide as if remembering something.

"You're... That girl?" She looks at me dumbfounded.

 "Is there something wrong, Sonia?" Cecilia moves and pose her left hand on Sonia's right shoulder, "You two met already?", Sonia suddenly shudders.

"N-no we never did," Sonia says unable to keep staring at me in my eyes.

*So she didn't ignore that I was the one who saved her, she didn't remember... How can you forget the savior who protected you and changed your fate.*

"Well, I think it's time for us to go away from here, goodbye Jack, and you child, prepare yourself." Her stare became a threatening one instead of a sympathetic one, they take some steps back and disappear into the shadows.

I glance at Jack and see his fists closed, with blood falling from his hands.

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