Reino woke up with an uncomfortable feeling all over his body
the clock on the wall showed 9:43
and of course Reino's favorite morning radio show finished long ago
Reino's entire body and mind refused to sleep because of the letter sent to him last night
conjecture and suspicion focused on the photos sent to him
the last time he saw his parents was 15 years old or 5 years ago
The letters and photos sent are not fake nor are they magic items
which means the photo is definitely original without any manipulation
"small village in the western part of Umta"
the task given by the sender to Reino
without a clear goal
there are many cases of false gods roaming the world
but for some reason the sender was interested in this case and asked Reino to do it
but there was a problem so that Reino could go there
the first is that the location is too far and it may take around 1 month to get there. Calculating the time when Reino goes home, Reino will spend around two months there.
the second was the fact that reino was a member of umta official magical
spending about 2 months outside the work area will violate the rules and not to mention the mission that will be given to Reino will be another problem
The sender also didn't want this information to be given to anyone who would really interfere with Reino's plans
However, if Reino gave Priq the task of going to that small village as a long independent assignment, perhaps Priq would consider sending Reino there, even his application letter had been written and prepared all night by Reino.
However, Reino knows that there is a possibility that this request will be rejected and will instead be given to an official Umta member who is near that place
This is Reino's gamble. If he is successful in the application then he will be able to go there, but if the opposite happens, Reino will still go there and violate the Umta Official Magician regulations with the possibility of being jailed and fined.
or even execution
With a spare key to open the office, Reino will go to Priq and ask for permission to go to the village
and what happens next is between the two possibilities above
At that time the sun shines over the city of Kroval making some people prefer to stay in their homes
the prehistoric heritage museum is not yet open at this time
after making sure no one saw Reino using the spare key that most members had
the lock gave off a faint glow as a wooden door magically grew from the ground
Reino stepped in and of course didn't forget to close his eyes for 3 seconds inside
a room that he remembered well after being here several times and an office that was certain to have a priq in it
Priq is reading today's newspaper while drinking his favorite coffee
After Reino entered, his gaze turned sharp
"what are you here for"
Reino's hand handed him the paper onto the table in front of Priq
For 1 minute the room became silent when Priq read Reino's paper
"I see, you were told by someone to go there and if you don't do it or even report it to someone else something bad will happen, am I right?"
"how do you know"
Before continuing his words, Priq's mouth slurped the last drop of his coffee
"Under your soul has been placed a curse"
curse? when and how as far as I know I never let go of my observation
"I can see a small contamination in your soul, this type of curse is the type that allows the victim's location to be detected by the user."
In Priq's eyes behind Reino there is a large eyeball which has spikes and leaves in it besides that there is a kind of rotating wave in his pupil.
"Before we talk about your paper further we better break the curse"
"how to do it? use the cleaning method"
"The cleansing method is to remove magician mutations, but to remove the curse there are people who are more appropriate for that."
Priq guides Reino towards the room where Reino fainted when he was first given the cleaning method by Priq
just like the last time Reino was there there were 3 simple mattresses with medicine and food next to them with old Zawan mopping the floor
For Reino Old Zawan is a plain and naive old man who can't fight
but Reino's intelligence knows from Priq's words, Zawan is the person Priq means as someone who is more expert in curses.
"Zawan, Reino is cursed"
zawan dropped his broom and with shocked eyes he shouted
"reino!"
"well he received someone's threat and that person gave him that curse"
priq explained what happened when I gave him my paper
"So that's how it is, okay I will remove the curse"
"how do you move it"
"There are three ways to move the curse"
The first is if the sender wants to remove it, but this method will be useless if the sender is dead
the second is if the curse expires
then it will leave your body by itself
the third manually
"what is the manual method"
To remove the curse you have to destroy the barrier that protects it. If you succeed in destroying all the barriers that protect it then the curse will go away
the number of barriers can be more than one
and the curse can also attack physically to stop the attacker from destroying the barrier
"curses can attack physically?"
"Yes, if you focus your spiritual energy into your eyes, you will be able to see the physical form of your curse
but the victim cannot see his own curse."
That means it's impossible for Reino to see the physical form of the curse within him
"Now I will start breaking your curse"
In order for the process to be successful, Reino must not move or even help Zawan attack his curse
Without realizing it, Priq had been out of the room for a long time
Zawan began to gather his spiritual energy in his hands
Reino's curse in the form of a giant flying eyeball looks into Zawan's soul
From Zawan's perspective, the barrier that protects Reino's curse in the form of an eyeball only amounts to one
Zawan began to launch his attack to destroy the barrier
but before his attack reached his hand was pulled by a rope of flesh and skin that came out of the pupil of the giant eyeball
Small eyeballs form and surround the eyeball
Fire came out of Zawan's mouth but his throat was crushed by the pupils which grew and enlarged on Zawan's skin like giant pimples
The eyeball split in two, half attacking Zawan while the other went back into Reino's body
A dark aura came out of Reino's body before Zawan finally withdrew and collapsed on the floor