Alen ran like the wind. Within a few minutes, he reached the banyan tree and started inspecting the area.
The banyan tree was countless years old.
Alen closed his eyes and spread his spiritual perception to scan the area. Within seconds, he found two anomalies.
There was an old rusted nail on the tree, and a special stone at the bottom of the tree.
"Ohh... Looks like the seal has degraded over time. If I had failed to find it, it could have escaped from the seal and created havoc." Alen murmured as he put a finger on the nail.
"What a marvellous evil aura!" Alen murmured as he happily giggled like a little girl.
Then, with delight, he started absorbing the evil sealed in the nail. He was the Asura who fed on the negative emotions of mortals. So, the evil sealed in the nail was like chicken soup to him.
"I shouldn't absorb it completely. If the evil part completely disappears, it might affect Maala. I will leave about a tenth in the seal." Alen absorbed 90% of the evil.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to repair the seal. To him, this was a completely unexpected snack.
"To think that I will get to harvest such a pure evil aura... This was definitely a good idea to let the little ghost live." Alen murmured as he returned to the school.
Alen was late to the class and got scolded by the teacher.
That evening, Abhi skipped private tuition as usual. Since it was Maala's first day at the school, she decided to buy her ice cream at the usual store.
"I am very excited to eat ice cream from the store." Maala skipped up and down as she followed Abhi.
"Yaa... Before that, I have to get the photocopy of the notes for me and you." Abhi went into a Xerox shop and gave the owner the notes. Since there were many pages to be copied, the owner asked Abhi to return the next day.
The next target of the girls was the bakery. As the two girls neared the bakery, Abhi noticed something unusual.
The entire bakery was crowded.
Some were even loitering outside the bakery. Mostly girls.
"Ahhh... Crap. I think there was a discount sale. We are late." Abhi said as she grabbed Maala's hand and ran inside.
"Hi uncle... I want two chocolate ice creams." Abhi ordered as soon as she entered the bakery.
She looked around after giving her order.
The bakery was full of girls. Arya was sitting on a chair with a very mature pose. She was looking far into the sky while slowly sipping a cup of coffee like an elegant lady. It was quite weird to see her like that.
The other girls weren't any better. Some of them were in a dreamy state, while some others were even drooling. There were even a couple of boys who were acting weird.
"Sorry. We are sold out." The manager at the bakery apologised.
"Huh?"
"This gentleman here bought everything." The manager happily pointed at the guy who was standing in the corner near the refrigerator.
Abhi was so excited about the discount sale that she completely ignored the huge man who was standing at the refrigerator.
She looked at the man who was happily picking up boxes of ice cream from the refrigerator.
Soon, she realised why all the teenagers were acting strangely.
The stranger who was buying all the ice creams in the shop was pretty handsome. He was more than six feet tall and had perfect black hair that reached his shoulders. His clothes failed to hide the bulging muscles on his body. His eyes were deep like an ocean, and there was a mesmerising smile on his lips.
"Thank you, young lady." He thanked the server who packed everything for him. It was the mother of the owner.
"Wel... welcome." The old woman was blushing.
"Hey," Abhi called unceremoniously.
"Yes?" The young man met Abhi's gaze.
"Why the hell are you buying all the ice creams? Are you bullying us, little innocent girls?" Abhi fearlessly questioned the young man.
Instantly, the gazes of all the lovestruck teenagers in the bakery became hostile. They were all thinking of ways of starting a conversation or getting the phone number of the young man. But then a dumb girl went and questioned him!
"Young miss, I am in urgent need of..." The young man politely started talking. But then his words got stuck in his throat.
He was so excited about the ice cream he bought that he completely forgot to get a good look at the person he was talking to. He stared at Abhi in disbelief.
"I asked you a question," Abhi repeated.
"I... I.." He started stammering. He felt like his legs were going weak.
By then, the teenagers and the bakery owner noticed the unusualness. The young man looked scared.
While others were confused, the young man was cursing himself for not being careful. Not only did he buy all the ice cream in the store, but he even treated the scariest being in the entire universe as a little girl.
Yes. He was none other than Young Six, who came to buy ice cream under the orders of the other Gods.
"What are you doing here?" Abhi asked.
"I... I came to buy ice cream." Young Six murmured.
"Louder. I can't hear you." Abhi scolded. This was something she learned from the teachers.
"I came to buy ice cream." Young Six was almost in tears. He was a young, unnamed God with lots of dreams and ambitions. Even in his wildest dreams, he never imagined that he would offend God of Death.
"Did that shit head order you to do it?" Abhi asked. She was worried that the three old men whom she had punished days ago would come looking for revenge. So she naturally thought that the tall man was sent by the three to take away all the ice creams. Young Six wasn't using any divine power. Also, Abhi had never met Young Six personally. So she didn't recognise that he was a God.
"Ye... Yes." Young Six felt extremely bad on hearing someone referring to the King of the Gods as 'shit head'. In the entire universe, there were not many that could call the king of all the Gods a 'shit head' and live to tell the tale. Poor guy had no idea that this was all a misunderstanding, and Abhi was talking about some old pervert.
By then, the onlookers were going mad.
A handsome young man, more than six feet tall and with gigantic muscles, was getting scolded by a little girl. The young man's face was extremely unsightly. His legs were visibly shaking. Sweat was rolling down his temples. It was a weird scene.
'Did she make his thing disappear?' Arya wondered who had stopped sipping the coffee wondered.
'She is too scary. I should never offend her ever again.' Tina, who was hiding in a corner, made a mental note.
"Fine. Give me two." Abhi decided to let it go.
"Five. I want five." Maala interfered.
Abhi looked at Maala in surprise. 'Looks like she is an expert when it comes to extortion. I should learn a few things from her.' Abhi silently complimented Maala.
"Yes. Sure sure..." He immediately took out a box of ice cream and respectfully passed it to Abhi.
"Get lost."
"Yes. Yes. Thank you." Young Six grabbed the bags and ran out as fast as possible. He cursed his parents for not giving him more legs to run faster.
"Am I that terrifying?" Abhi murmured as she happily walked out of the bakery without any idea of the misunderstanding. Maala grabbed her sleeve as she followed her excitedly.
That evening, a new rumour started in school.
According to the rumour, Abhi was a mafia boss who once single-handedly defeated 20 armed goons. If one were to look for the origin of the rumour, they would reach Arya.
At the same time, Abhi and Maala were happily licking the ice creams they extorted from the poor Young Six.