Alessandro got up and saw the body of a girl, he did not know her name but his heart ached to see that body lying on the ground, pale as snow and immobile as a statue. The boy approached the girl and looked her in the face: he did not recognize her. Suddenly this girl's eyes opened, she took him by the throat and lifted him off the ground with inhuman force.
« You killed me. » She said in a ghostly voice.
Alessandro tried to free himself but was thrown near Westminster Abbey. The girl once again said:
« You killed me. »
« I don't know who you are. I didn't do anything to you! I swear! »
Alessandro was scared like a child and tried in vain to run away from the girl but his legs were like concrete and he couldn't move, she took him and forced him to look into the flames of the church. Among the fires and embers a girl with long pink hair and green eyes emerged, a girl with a gothic dress, Kumahira Yukiko.
« You created this hell. It's your fault that you are now suffering. » Said Yukiko.
« I'm the one you have forgotten. I'm the one you betrayed. » Said the unknown girl.
« I don't know what you're talking about. I swear! I do not know! I know nothing! Leave me alone! Please! » Shouted Alessandro, scared.
« In this game of life and death only the strongest will win. »
Yukiko took Alessandro by the chin and with a sadistic grin said:
« In this game of life and death, only one will break the cycle. But who will it be? »
« Let me go! »
At that moment Alessandro awoke in his bedroom in the Coven Abbey. He was sweating and agitated, got out of bed and took off the top of his pajamas which was completely wet, his hair was damp and his heart was beating madly. He sat down on the first available chair and tried to relax. He didn't know the girls he had dreamed of and yet he was sure he had seen them somewhere before but he couldn't remember where. Someone knocked on the bedroom door:
« Today is the lesson. »
Alessandro had to teach the Coven newbies a lesson, he had just remembered.
January 12, 2021
In a class with at least thirty-two students in front of the desks, Alessandro had to take a lesson, even if he wasn't an elderly member, he was still a very talented magus who was entrusted with the task of welcoming the new members of the Coven and in some cases he had to teach to beginners.
« Today we will talk about demons. Surely you have already heard of these mystical creatures that belong to another dimensional plane. Angels and demons exist but do not belong to this world. They are like visitors from other worlds that we call Heaven and Hell. »
« So they're like us? » Asked a student.
« Yes, they are living beings, and they are also sentient, but on the contrary of us they have a higher quantity of mana and in some cases even unlimited. Have you ever read Johann Weyer's demonology texts? He wrote the De praestigiis daemonum in which he classified the different demons based on their strength, their power, their sphere of influence and their ability to manifest themselves in the human world with or without human form. Weyer theorized the existence of at least 45 million demons. »
The class was shocked.
« According to Gregory of Nice, however, the demons are at least triple. Why? Because like humans, demons also experience emotions and like humans also reproduce, even if they do it much faster. »
« I read that according to the ancient Persians Angra Mainyu is the strongest demon of all. It's true? »
« Are you talking about Ahriman? Well, he's certainly a very powerful infernal prince but he's not the strongest of demons. Ahriman, according to the Persians and the Greeks, was able to present himself in this world, he was so powerful that he could break the chains of Hell and enter the human world. However, there are demons so powerful that they cannot even have a human form because it would be like trying to contain a supernova in a box. I'm talking about Abaddon, known as the King of the Abyss and Ruin, but there are many other even stronger demons such as Paymon, who are said to even have the ability to corrupt angels and command two hundred legions. »
« Two hundred legions? » Asked a confused student.
« It means that if Paymon were to enter this world, he would carry one million two hundred thousand demons. An immense army. But before, one of you had talked about Ahriman and called him "the strongest demon of all." well, this is difficult to believe considering that here in Rome we have texts by scholars who claim that Lucifer, the first fallen angel, and the first demon of Hell, is the most terrible being that has ever existed. And do you know why they say it? Because Lucifer is so powerful that he's almost as strong as a god, but at the same time he's charming, very beautiful and he is also the most intelligent of demons. So clever that it's almost painful to think that he's forced into Hell. Even Dante Alighieri pitied him. »
« But can demons materialize alone in this world? »
« Many demons must be summoned but others have been sealed in this world by some confreres of the Coven. Generally demons disguise themselves under human faces but we of the Coven know how to identify them. »
« And how will the priests and nuns defend themselves? »
« It's we who defend them. The pope has always used exorcists in the name of the Holy Church of Rome to fight demons even though we of the Coven have always advised not to send amateur exorcists to deal with demons. »
« Are you talking about Ahriman? Well, he's certainly a very powerful infernal prince but he's not the strongest of demons. Ahriman, according to the Persians and the Greeks, was able to present himself in this world, he was so powerful that he could break the chains of Hell and enter the human world. However, there are demons so powerful that they cannot even have a human form because it would be like trying to contain a supernova in a box. I'm talking about Abaddon, known as the King of the Abyss and Ruin, but there are many other even stronger demons such as Paymon, who are said to even have the ability to corrupt angels and command two hundred legions. »
« Two hundred legions? » Asked a confused student.
« It means that if Paymon were to enter this world, he would carry one million two hundred thousand demons. An immense army. But before, one of you had talked about Ahriman and called him "the strongest demon of all." well, this is difficult to believe considering that here in Rome we have texts by scholars who claim that Lucifer, the first fallen angel, and the first demon of Hell, is the most terrible being that has ever existed. And do you know why they say it? Because Lucifer is so powerful that he's almost as strong as a god, but at the same time he's charming, very beautiful and he is also the most intelligent of demons. So clever that it's almost painful to think that he's forced into Hell. Even Dante Alighieri pitied him. »
« But can demons materialize alone in this world? »
« Many demons must be summoned but others have been sealed in this world by some confreres of the Coven. Generally demons disguise themselves under human faces but we of the Coven know how to identify them. »
« And how will the priests and nuns defend themselves? »
« It's we who defend them. The pope has always used exorcists in the name of the Holy Church of Rome to fight demons even though we of the Coven have always advised not to send amateur exorcists to deal with demons. »
« Because people with a weak mind fall into temptation more easily and some end up becoming victims of demons. Men are possessed and women raped. It's always the same story every time. During the Sabbath women offered themselves to demons to get pregnant by them, it's a tradition of the witches that we condemn. »
Then Alessandro noticed that Marco Lombardo was also in the class, listening to him. The lesson ended and the boy had the opportunity to have a chat with the elderly man.
« How did the lesson seem to you? »
« Interesting. You are very good at explaining. »
« Newbies are always very careful. »
« I want to give you something, maybe it will interest you. »
Marco gave Alessandro a letter. He turned it over and saw the mother's name, gave the letter back to Marco, puffing:
« I don't want to talk to that woman. »
« But she's your mother. »
« I don't have a mother. »
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| Alessandro Serpi and Yukiko Kumahira by Bikowolf |
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