"COUGH! COUGH!!.. Urkk.. You b- bitch– I swear i will fucking kill you!" Deon said with a shaky voice. "You think i'll let you continue doing this shit to me? D- don't underestimate me you fucking worthless lucky princess– If you hadn't awakened your aura early, your body would be eaten by maggots right now."
Hearing all of those insults made Calea's anger to reach boiling point, she was enraged, her crimson eyes trembled, and some veins can be seen protruding just beneath her skin on her face, without her knowledge, Calea accidentally spewed some of her aura out of her body, the entire room felt like it was under some pressure, it's as if a heavy weight just got put ontop of everyone's head.
Calea never guessed that Deon would have this much ego and stubbornness, even with all of her threats and bullying done to him, he still haven't give up, instead it only helps him grow his hatred and desire for revenge to her, and that fact pisses her off so much that she began to think whether or not she should kill him right here and disregard Scythe's words.
'SHIT! Did i go too far?.. Even if i hated her, i should've thought about the current situation first! Right now she is stronger than me! And if she decided to kill me and disobeyed Scythe, it would be her win in the end!' Deon curses in his mind, his brain was being filled with adrenaline, the pressure from Calea's aura was indeed intense, however it's still not enough to completely overpower him.
"CALEA!" Suddenly, Carsel shouted from across the room, he was the only one who seems to be unaffected by Calea's aura pressure.
Calea turned her head to look at Carsel after hearing her name being called. There, Carsel stood from the distance with a stern expression, he might have not said anything, but Calea could feel the emotion that his face was portraying, although silent, Carsel's face was enough to make Calea realize his intentions.
'Stop this nonsense now, or else i have to step up, i don't care about your problems with Deon, but if i also got affected by it, then it's another story.' Carsel thought, still keeping the same face, it was the message that he was trying to send to Calea.
After a brief moment of awkwardness, Calea then sighed deeply, but it wasn't a sigh of relief, but rather a forced one.
"Tck, i know i know.." She said annoyingly, her tense aura gradually subsided and the shack finally goes back to normal again, cold breeze from the night winds entered through a bunch of small holes and crevices before spreading throughout the shack.
'Damnit, Carsel really had to interfere, he can also use aura, so it's gonna be a pain in the ass for me to face him..' Calea thought, her eyebrows furrowed because of the frustration. 'Although i awakened my aura first, i still need to learn how to control and use it as i please, i can't just use it to enhance my body.. I need to be versatile, but how can i transfer my aura to my scythe?..'
It might be not the time for Calea to be thinking too deeply, since now everyone in the shack was staring at her, they were clearly feeling anxious and kind of scared, they who still hadn't awaken their aura wouldn't be able to compete against those who can use aura, and since this place is not the kind of place who will tolerate inferiority, many will fall into despair knowing that their demise might just be around the corner.
"What the fuck are you staring at?" Said Calea, holding her head up with confidence as if showing her superiority to others.
Everyone quickly turned their head away from her, now wanting to attract any attention that can put their lives in danger, everyone did except Zayn.
'Calea– You intentionally made everyone hates you, so that i can be left alone?' Zayn said to himself, his eyes sparkling with admiration? Or atleast that's what it looked like, it seems like he might've misunderstood Calea's action.
'Mmh.. I have to keep an eye on her..' Carsel thought, he previously wasn't very fixed on dealing with Calea, because even after she awakened her aura, she never really bothered him, but now that he had struck her nerves, he will need to watch out for future conflict.
'Huh—?..'
Like a light bulb flickering before shining its light, Carsel suddenly had a crucial realization, he remembered something from his childhood, when he was still at the mansion..
***
8 Years ago.. At Carsel's (9) Mansion..
At that time, he was still just a child who like every other, was burdened with the expectations from his parents and relatives, at the age of 9 where usually many child in Bloodheir family had already awakened their aura, Carsel and 2 of his brothers who were unfortunate enough to be auraless at their age, was taking part in a training at the training ground within the mansion vicinity.
They were all swinging their sword repeatedly towards the dummy made out of haystack, using their tough wooden sword, Carsel actually performed relatively well, he wasn't the best, but also not the worst, out of the three, he was second.
After the training, there was a short break time that is filled with studying from their mentor or teacher, Mr. Frem.
Carsel and the two others were sitting just outside of the training ground, they were sitting at a nearby staircase.
"Just like that, the patriarch was able to defeat the rampaging demon from destroying the capital, that's how he was given this mansion as a reward from the king." Said Mr. Frem with a smile, he tried to improve his student's morale and support them until they finally bloomed their talent.
Then, Carsel raised his hand for a question.
"Teacher, you said earlier than the demon made everyone kneeled using its aura before Father came to save them, Does that mean you can control someone using aura?" He said curiously.
The question asked by Carsel was actually good, and it surprised Mr. Frem, he didn't expect that to come out of his student's mouth, but it's not like he couldn't answer.
"Hmm, that's a good question Carsel, the answer is yes, BUT– We won't be able to use it." Mr. Frem responded.
Hearing that answer, Carsel tilts his head in confusion, he thought that Mr. Frem's respond was still not enough.
"Why is that?" Carsel asked again.
Knowing Carsel's thirst for knowledge, Mr. Frem then decided to continue his speech.
"Hmm, it's because that technique can only be used by a dark aura user, you know how aura can be categorized into the 6 elements right? One of them is a dark aura, so far.. There's only one who can use it in our family." Said Mr. Frem, all of his students are watching him intensely.
"Brother Adrik?" The one on the left from Carsel suddenly spoke.
"Yes." Mr. Frem answered, before continuing. "And someone who uses Dark Aura was given a unique traits from the other elemental aura, and that trait allows them to exude their aura into a radius and create pressure in their surroundings, everyone who couldn't use aura or has less aura than the Dark Aura user will be held down by the pressure as if their body weight just multiplied, that's why the demon can make everyone kneel, the Patriarch was unaffected because he has a stronger aura than the demon."
Carsel's eyes widened, he just received this fascinating knowledge from Mr. Frem, and the thought of him using a dark aura to control demons and everyone was awesome for his mind.
***
Back to the present.. At the wooden shack..
There was a vile grin, a smile that can only come from those who know exactly what they are thinking. That smile expectedly came from Carsel, who covered his face with his hands as he laid down to not attract suspicion.
'This is a fascinating piece of knowledge!..'