5 CHAPTER 5

'So, what they did to me was a form of entertainment for them? Telling others to rape innocent people and watch them do it gives them thrill', She felt a myriad of emotions anger, disgust, sadness, hatred, fear, hurt which started forming a storm inside the orb. It was a small storm but a storm nonetheless.

Corson and Asmodalius were still discussing when a crack formed on the orb. A pale white mist started to leak through the crack. The speed at which the mist was coming out started to increase which caused more cracks to appear on the surface of the orb.

They heard cracking sounds and saw the mist coming from the orb. In an instant the orb shattered and a small but powerful storm formed in the center of the room. The storm was enough to rattle the windows of the room.

Asmodalius mumbled and a spell formation formed beneath the storm. The storm was restricted to that area of formation. Despite the room being in disarray both of them were fine.

"Stop!", Corson said in a deep low voice. The storm that looked like it wanted to destroy everything despite being small and weak subsided. It went back to being a mist again.

The mist took the shape of the girl. Her body was translucent. She looked fragile like she will collapse any moment. She was standing there stark naked. The marks of the ropes were still visible on her hands and feet. Blood could be seen between her legs.

A stab wound was on her chest and it appears to be like she was stabbed a few times. It was a gruesome sight.

After looking at her there was no change in their expression. This sight was pretty normal for them as they were used to it.

'She's quiet young', that's the first thought that came to their minds.

Most souls will become hysterical and begin screaming but she's calm. Corson looked over her from head to toe. 'Maybe she came to terms with her death and got used to the situation after living under the drawer', it was a foolish thought but there was no other explanation on why she was so composed.

"It's a good thing all of her limbs are attached. She's also not acting deranged like the others".

"Your Highness, she's very young what if something unexpected happens---"

He was cut short, "we'll use her and that's final. Unless you can find someone, who have no connection to anyone and is trustworthy enough".

Asmodalius kept his mouth shut, "Judging from your silence it seems like there is no one that fits the description. Find her a teacher and tell whoever that is to train her well".

"What are you doing standing there? weren't you busy? Leave".

He bowed, "yes, Your Highness". With a twist of his hand a new orb appeared in his hand. He mumbled a spell and a magic circle appeared on the surface of the orb which sucked the girl in. He bowed once again and left the study.

'And it is us who are notorious for being evil', Corson thought the image of the girl still fresh in his mind.

Asmodalius was in his office but he was not alone. A man was sitting on the opposite side of the table.

The man had short black hair with grey eyes like moon. A set of wolf ears were on his head. He was wearing a black turtleneck and black overcoat.

'You looked disheveled. Is everything okay?", Shax teased him.

"Look around. Does it seem okay to you?".

Asmodalius always wore a black suit and a set of matching gloves. He was the epitome of perfection. But now his hair was messy, his shirt untucked there were stains of ink on his hand and shirt.

The whole office was filled with documents. Files were strewn everywhere. It looked like a pigsty more than an office. Shax found this quite amusing.

"So, what is it? why did you call me? looking at you, you didn't call me here to chat".

"I called you here because I have a job for you". Asmodalius leaned in his chair.

An Earl assigning a job to a Marquis. Shouldn't it be the other way around".

I know how ranks works", Asmodalius was annoyed. "To be exact it's a job from His Highness Corson. I called you here to tell you that".

"Nope, cant do. I'm very busy. Whatever its about find someone else".

" it's a job assigned by His Highness himself", he sighed. "Look I know you're busy everyone is busy".

Asmodalius looked haggard and said tiredly, "Look I was told to find a teacher by His Highness and I recommended you. So, listen to what I have to say first before declining".

He waved his hand and an orb appeared on his hand. Shax examined the orb when, "You remember the reaper who was murdered 100 years ago. Of course you do, you were in charge of that murder case".

"How can I forget? It's the only case that I couldn't solve", his mood turned sour. "Whoever it is its someone out of my league that's why I couldn't find him".

"The balance was disrupted because the souls that the reaper collected were lost in the human realm instead of being here and we cant ask for help from the… you know who", he pointed upwards.

Demons are very prideful creatures they will die before asking for help from anyone especially the party the lives above.

"Its been a hundred years we still don't know where those souls could be".

Everything in this world has a distinct odor and color. The living souls smells like peach blossoms and looked as white as a lotus. On the other hand, the souls of the dead have pungent and rotten smell with a sickening sweetness to it and their color is black like an abyss devoid of life.

Despite demons having sharp eyesight and acute sense of smell. They couldn't retrieve them. it seemed like someone has masked their presence.

"Well, the murderer is among us for sure because whoever we send to investigate the matter was end up dead and killing a full-fledged reaper is no easy feat. We lost a handful of good reapers because of this matter. Whoever it was knew who we were going to send, when and where. Just what is it that 'He' is trying so hard to hide'. Shax was deep in thought.

"We found a way to collect them".

"You do!? How!? The presence couldn't be felt".

"Have you heard of an EMF detector? It's a gadget made by humans to detect the 'supernatural'".

Yeah, I have seen humans use it. it was so hilarious hahaha It was during when I got suspended and ended up with a graveyard shift. A bunch of high schoolers who called themselves 'Ghost Hunters' were holding a device and moving around with it asking 'Is anyone there? Give me a sign?'. Hahaha", Shax was laughing so hard while recalling the events.

Was it that funny? Well humans were always curious about the unknown", he said in a casual manner. "Valack made something similar or you can say he brought an EMF detector from the human realm and fiddled with it a bit".

'He said that he fiddled with it but we all know that Valack is a lair. He only did this to get on the good books after breaking several rules', both of their thoughts were the same.

So, what you're trying to say is that this EMF can detect those souls which no reaper can detect. A reaper… whose one and only job is to collect souls. Are you serious?", he scoffed.

"The concept of soul is something that we can't comprehend. Our job is to collect them and pass judgments that's it", he explained. "I know that it sounds ridiculous that we have found the souls that even a veteran reaper couldn't. Maybe we wouldn't even need this EMF detector in the first place if instead of sending reapers we could've send a high tier demon. Because than we would know what type of spell was used and who used it. But as you know the waves that is emitted by the spell dull after a few days and we can't track the caster".

All demons have their own sigils that are engraved in their core. Its like a signature. Demons are quite showoff and whenever they cast a spell they left their signature behind for all to see. It is done unintentionally whether they want to leave their trace or not. But the signature vanishes after some time.

"The spell that was used to mask the presence of these souls were put there by a demon in a first place. Our kind. And you know that 'we' always have a roundabout way to everything. So, the answer to your question is Yes, it can. And besides we have already found some but its too difficult to collect them at this age and time. So Valack suggested that we send someone back in time when the incident actually occurred".

Its not like they didn't tried this before but whoever they send ended up dead. Asmodalius shook his hand and an EMF detector appeared in his hands. He tossed it to Shax.

'Who knew that this thing made by a mere human could be useful', he thought looking at it.

"If you have already found some of them. why not send someone?"

"That is why I called you here today". He pointed at the orb on his desk. "She was chosen by His Highness himself. We'll use her to gather the souls. Lucky for us she is half demon so it will be a little easy for you teach her".

"Hmm. Oka----wait? What!? Teach her. Who? Me? why me? Why not send someone who is experie-------".

He was cut short, "His Highness wants this matter handled discreetly. No one except His Highness, me and you knows of this girls existence. He chose her because she hasn't been registered in the records yet. She is no one".

"I understand why His Highness would choose her".

'its good to send someone who no one knows of. After all whoever we sent in the past ended up being dead'. Shax thought.

"But why me? is it because I handled the case".

"Ding Ding Ding. And we have a winner. You know more about this than anyone else. Now that everything is settled why don't you take her with you. Train her well", he cheered him on.

"But—"

"If you have any complains visit His Highness and tell him yourself", he replied looking at his documents.

At the mention of His Highness, a pair of blue eyes came to Shax's mind. The eyes looked so cold that it gave off a feeling like you were standing in the middle of Cocytus. Despite living in the north all his life he couldn't help but shiver whenever he thought of His Highness looking down at him with those ice blue cold eyes.

"Hahah. You didn't let me finish. I wasn't complaining at all. It's an honor that His Highness chose me for this important task. Well, you look busy I shall take my leave then".

Asmodalius shooed him away. Shax took the orb waved goodbye and left his office. He looked at his desk and thought 'ugh, I hate paperwork. If we can use EMF why not computers then'.