9 Chapter Nine

I walked into the living room of the mansion and saw Rickhel scolding Axy, they both looked in my direction and I could still see the look of terror in Axy's eyes.

"Go get some rest we will talk in the morning", Rickhel said. I was surprised by the statement because if it had been Haz he would have chewed my ears out.

I didn't even bother to respond I just walked toward the stairs and walked up to the guest room.

Sleep came faster than I could comprehend.

"Casto! It's Strig", I heard the voice echo in what seemed like a dream.

"Strig is that you?", I asked. My voice was like a whisper into the void.

"Open your eyes Casto, we are in your subconscious".

I opened my eyes and I almost laughed out loud, it was me and Haz'a old but now destroyed house which I never considered home. Way to go subconscious.

I turned to see if I would see Strig but still, I couldn't see him.

"Strig?", I called "Where are you", I asked.

"You can't see me all you will hear is my voice, I want to show you what happened during the fight".

"Can we do it tomorrow? I think I need to be resting", I asked.

"Don't worry your body is resting this is like a dream, you will feel rejuvenated in the morning", He replied.

Strangely in this state, I didn't feel tired at all, "Okay then show me please, I want to know why they were so terrified of me".

"Look in the mirror", He instructed.

So I walked toward the mirror that was hanging on the wall close to the shelf of books I never touched when the house was still standing.

A cloud of smoke began to swirl in the mirror, it made me take a step back, I'd never seen that kind of magic before, well I hadn't seen any type of magic before.

"Strig how are you doing this?", I asked.

"I'm not doing anything, since you agreed to see what happened, your subconscious is doing the necessary things to show you what you need to see, I'm just here to guide you", he answered.

I looked back into the cloud swirling in the mirror, and I saw Rhyo standing on the opposite side of the arena, he launched the fireball at me which was the last thing I remembered then the view turn red, it was like I was looking through red glasses or binoculars, I remembered that burning sensation in my eyes very clearly.

What happened next was too fast to see, but what I could see was that I zipped toward Rhyo so fast that he didn't see me coming, it was like the world slowed down. I grabbed him and smashed him into the nearest wall, I lunged after him and before I could get to him a bull suddenly slammed into me knocking me away from Rhyo.

I just kept staring at the mirror with fearful concentration.

I stood up from the strike and faced the bull, it just stood there like it was waiting for me to make a move, that's when I noticed that it was Axy controlling the bull, I started charging toward herald the bull came to block my way again, this time I was prepared, it was coming from my left side with full force, I hit the brakes on my legs so fast and turned toward the bull, grabbed its horns and jumped into the air. I'm not good with measurement but I'm sure went at least a hundred feet into the air then I started descending with my arms around the bull. I smashed into the ground so hard that it cracked the arena in half.

That marked the end of the show because it was at that point that Strig's voice woke me from the trance. I moved away from the mirror and stared down at my trembling hands.

"What is inside me?", I asked in pure terror from what I just watched. I understood why they were so afraid of me after I opened my eyes and in the mansion's living area how Axy had looked at me.

"As I said before, I felt that power and I can assure you that was power from one of the strongest books that I ever witnessed, but I have never seen that kind of thing happen before".

"So you are saying that the book of wrath that we didn't know where it was has been inside me all this while?", I asked.

"No from the time I agreed to lend you my power up until when you blacked out, I didn't feel anything like that in here. The only explanation is that maybe it was sealed and asleep, and when it felt the rage of its wielder it awakened, it must have felt that you were in danger or you wanted to punish someone who wronged you, that's what it must have acted on". Strig replied.

I just kept silent, thinking to myself that what was supposed to be a happy memory for me when it happened had just become a total nightmare.

"I've got a lot of questions right now, I always carried on with life without knowing everything but I think it's time that stopped. I need to ask, how exactly do these books work?, why I am the one the book chose? why did my mother seal the book of wrath? what happened to my parents? and how was it possible for me to have been admitted into the college of magic without any papers? I have a lot of questions and I'm not sure who can answer them all, it's driving me crazy".

"Don't stress yourself about the details when the time is right you will get all the answers you need, but maybe start with how you were admitted into the school I don't get it either", Strig advised.