Next Morning…
A dark room.
No windows.
No light.
Only a faint glow above a table placed at the center.
Three chairs.
Two of them…
Already occupied.
Click…
The door slowly opened.
Tatsuka stepped inside.
His footsteps echoed softly.
Then—
He stopped.
For a brief moment…
Even he didn't move.
The air felt strange.
Heavy.
Alive.
"…So it's true."
His voice broke the silence.
No response.
But—
The shadows around the table shifted slightly.
As if acknowledging his presence.
Tatsuka walked forward slowly.
Each step… careful.
Measured.
He reached the table.
Pulled the chair.
And sat down.
Now—
All three seats were filled.
Silence.
A long…
Uncomfortable silence.
Then—
One of the figures moved.
Just a little.
Enough to be noticed.
A voice echoed—
Low.
Distorted.
"You're late."
Tatsuka didn't react immediately.
A faint smirk appeared on his face.
"…Am I?"
Another presence shifted.
The temperature dropped.
"…We don't have time."
A pause.
Then—
A single name was spoken.
Softly.
"…Kael."
The moment that name echoed—
The shadows in the room trembled.
Tatsuka's eyes darkened.
But he said nothing.
For the first time—
His smile disappeared.
"…So it has begun."
Silence again.
Then—
One of the figures leaned forward.
Still hidden in darkness.
"If he awakens…"
A pause.
"…everything ends."
Tatsuka rested his chin on his hand.
"…or begins."
No one replied.
The tension—
Unbearable.
And just before anything more could be revealed—
Click.
The light above flickered.
And went out.
Darkness consumed everything.
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Kael going school alone.
Then suddenly Tatsuka par his hand on Kael's neck from backside.
Kael reacted it.
" What are you doing bro, it is paining."
Tatsuka smiled at him.
" Don't worry bro."
Then Kael saw that Shiya is standing there.
" Shiya!" While waving his hand.
Shiya saw him.
" Hi Kael!"
Tatsuka is watching them while they greeting each other.
" Did both of you forget me?"
Both looked towards Tatsuka while nervous.
" We are sorry."
They reached towards the school.
Kael looked Tatsuka.
" So today is 1st April. Our new session starts."
Shiya raised her eyebrows.
" Kael basically how many old are you?"
Kael looked her.
" I am… 7 years old. Why?"
She looked downward.
"N… Nothing."
Then suddenly A voice that only hear by Kael.
" Kael! I am Dark Smiler listen I am feeling something unusual like presence of demon or shadow something."
Kael talk him using telepathy.
" So what do you think?"
Dark smiler bacame confused.
"Hmm…. Meaning?!"
Kael look at the road.
" Oh…. Sorry I am lost in my mind."
Then his face became serious.
" So…. The Treaty is broken or they deceiving Gods."
Paused for a second.
" I think they are try to find their lord."
While thinking that Kael reached towards the School.
Then Kael notice that someone is watching.
Kael talk to dark smiler through telepathy.
" Did you notice something?"
Dark smiler replied.
" No now I can't even notice a single mana."
Kael was shocked.
" But I am feeling that any naturalpower is near me."
Dark smiler replied.
" It may be your hallucination, or some souls amd shadow's mana power is too weak to recognise them."
Kael raised his brows.
" Oh…. So that's the problem."
Kael entered to the classroom.
He saw that there are so many students who are talking each other.
He saw that Shiya is sitting on middle bench, and she is not even trying even contact her benchmate.
Then Kael saw that he will sit in front of Shiya mad his bencmate will be Tatsuka.
" Tatsuka may be we will sit there."
Tatsuka nodded.
But when Kael and Tatsuka enter to the class, whole class was staring at both.
While Kael has white hairs with golden sharp eyes, then Tatsuka has the bright blue hairs with voilet eyes.
Then teacher entered to the class.
She saw that 3 students are taking the attention.
Those students are:-
Shiya….
Tatsuka….
Kael….
Teacher then write (Session 2057-2058)
The school was going as usual.
Kael ask from Shiya.
"Shiya, Is there something wrong?"
She became nervous.
" Why do you think that?"
Kael put his hand on her desk.
"Because you are not talking to me directly."
She nodded.
"Nothing…."
Their first day was ended and the three were going towards there home.
When Kael was alone….. he saw that a shadow was staring at him from the roof.
Dark smiler took his physical form but he bend his neck downward , because he don't to see his eyes to the world.
Then he said.
"Kael that shadow want something from us."
Kael become confuse.
" But why a shadow want something from us?"
Dark smiler put his hand on his face and looked towards Kael.
" Listen shadows are only one thing that they want something from those humans who have their own powers."
Kael raised his brows.
"What power I have?"
Kael reached his home.
He saw that the sky was fully black even no star and no moon black as void but when he saw from another room's window the sky was normal.
" The Cursed…. What do you think?"
Kael take his physical form.
" I don't know? This is my first experience."
Kael looked at him.
"What the hell!"
So Kael remember one thing.
" So ,who was it?"
Dark smiler looked at him.
"Who's knows?"
At the day.
Tatsuka enter to Kael's house.
When Tatsuka enter to the house the window become normal. It is noticed by Kael who was laying on his bed.
" Dark Smiler! look what the hell is this?"
Dark Smiler was fully shocked.
" There are more creatures, those are above from your knowledge."
Then suddenly Tatsuka enter to the room.
He see that a guy is sitting with Kael.
Then he closed his eyes and open it there is no one.
Kael looked at him.
" Hi Tatsuka."
Tatsuka raised his eyebrows.
" Is anyone who was sat with you?"
Kael nodded.
" Yes….."
Tatsuka looked at him.
"So who was he?"
Pause for a second.
" And where he is now?"
Again without wasting a second.
" How did he vanished?"
Kael put his hand on Tatsuka's shoulders.
" Bro first of all we should sit and why were you came to my house?"
Tatsuka sighs.
" So you will not tell me, okay."
Kael closed his eyes with light smile.
" You can think that."
Then Tatsuka move towards living room.
Kael slowly turned toward Tatsuka…
And for a moment—
his eyes… completely changed.