Difference between Curses and Blessings

"Let's go sit down.. please" Max saw his mother almost begging him to distance himself from the door.

"Let's go.." He accepted his mother's request. He was dazed as once he entered his house he found himself in front of this door with his mother holding him by his hands trying to get away from that door.

What he couldn't understand was the strange feeling he felt while looking at that door. It was a compelling feeling that made him want to get closer but seeing his mother crying beside him, trying to get him away, he didn't even think twice about it as he followed her towards his room.

A clicking sound was heard as his mother closed the door. Max slowly laid on his bed while looking towards his mother. "What happened?" He asked, worry had long been engraved on his face.

"I think you should be aware of this Max... your father told me not to tell you but maybe you can refrain yourself" Amaya told Max, she was feeling scared of going against Igor's words as he would normally know what was best to do, but now, seeing her son so compelled towards that 'thing' she can only hope for his understanding and cooperation.

His mother began telling him about what his father thought about the item and the fact that it is special. Max didn't interrupt his mother while she was explaining to him and he digested every information she gave him. He understood the situation a little.

Cursed or blessed weapons or items are special items stronger than any of its peers as they contain at least a soul inside it. The nature of the soul and the way it died influences the nature of the item. If the soul was pure but died in resentment, anger, or any negative emotions, depending on the level of those emotions, it will have a bigger or smaller chance to become a cursed weapon.

If a pure soul was sealed inside the item on its own accord or if the item had the forgers soul inside of it then it would be characterized as a blessed item. Blessed items didn't have any strings attached to them, they were highly powerful weapons with their own conscience.

If the user proved himself to the item and the item acknowledged the user as its master then they would for a pact which would unseal the powers of the blessed item. This would benefit both the item and the user. The user would benefit from a power increase while the item will begin growing along-side its master.

Cursed items would work approximately the same but they were different as well. A cursed item would have one or more conditions depending on the cursed item. They were more powerful than blessed items and they even grew stronger a lot faster than them, the problem was the contract that the user and the item would go through. The weapon will begin absorbing the user's power until it died, and once it did it would search for another user.

The only advantage for a cursed weapon is that anyone selfish enough would be able to use the cursed weapon while only one person amongst thousands would be able to use a blessed weapon.

Max stared towards his mother with wide eyes this would be the first time he was hearing about cursed or blessed weapons. "So mom is this a cursed shield?" Max asked anxiously as he looked towards the door, he still felt the compelling feeling from before.

His mother cracked a small smile on her slim face. "It is not necessarily you see? Be it cursed or blessed weapons they would attract their user towards them, that is why neither I nor your father know what type of shield it is. You have been traveling with it for the duration of the way back right? It would be a chance that during that time you proved yourself for the blessed weapon but at the same time..." Amaya looked towards the door as well, ".. we don't want to take any chances."

Max nodded in approval towards his mother. He didn't like the feeling that the shield gave him, he felt compelled but he lost control of his body because of it and so he didn't feel safe anymore.

"Mother, dad had already asked for someone to come, right? I just have to not be anywhere around it while that person is not here, I can just sleep at Ken's house!" Max thought that he found a solution to his problems.

"No! Once you have been chosen the further away you are the stronger the feeling becomes! You might've lost control of yourself only because you went out of the house for a while." His mother tried to remain hopeful, a blessed shield would be truly a blessing for her son, she wanted the best for him.

"So I am supposed to stay inside for the time being?" Max asked a bit annoyed, well.. he already knew the answer to be honest.

"Yes... You know that if there weren't any risks I would've already let you off.." Amaya said apologetically.

"It's okay mom, I'll see what I am able to do around the house for now."

As he said that his mother got up from his bed and opened the door, she glanced back at her son then left the room.

*Click* The door closed behind her and that is when Max felt something heavy pushing on his chest. He gasped for air but nothing would enter his lungs, and as he passed out he could see words imprinted on his mind. `Come`. It wrote in an unknown language but Max was able to understand what it said. The word disappeared and Max was left staring into a black void.

Max gasped hard for air as he suddenly woke up. He looked around panicking, he examined his surroundings. He had awoken from where he had fainted before but Max could remember the word he saw inside his mind. `Come` 'What was that? Is it calling for me?' Max continued inhaling deeply as he looked towards the door with a difficult expression on his face.