La Sorcière Jouet

Meraki and Zion have been studying nonstop since they received files from the Miskatonic University affiliate in Helium. Their father insisted on the dean, Varien Falcon to provide them with study materials. They coped well but the only one who did not study subjects that were not of interest to her was bothering her and it was Cydonia.

The hundreds of books and notebooks had been reduced to a kind of transparent rectangular glass of about 8 inch that was turned on by touch or voice and displayed all the library files in the form of a tactile hologram. The artifact could also collect information from other physical books and store them in its memory, making it easy to have to come and go to the personal library. Ray was surprised by this and asked for more digital books for his group.

Access to the university library was limited to certain senior staff, but it didn't matter as they got what they were looking for. Thus the other inhabitants of the house were instructed in history, economics and politics by Zion, Ray or Vlad while Tanji and Iston helped Meraki in engineering and mathematics. Cydonia from her side had become very proficient in chemistry and biology in conjunction with Patrizia, Jia and Akeem.

-It seems that you are training the future leaders of this world. I still wonder what it was you gave to the Crystal Clouds so that they would choose to help us safely get killed.- Barnaby was curious, waiting for the answer

-I would rather say that they will be the perfect weapons, as for the other ... let me know when you want to die so I'll tell you hehe- Ray shows the most perverse look, while he watched his children from the first floor of the library.

-Yes you are crazy boy-

- Madness or not this is unique. I did not believe that the energy of the sun and the air could be used for cultivation and as a battery, thanks to the gods you made a more than satisfactory deal- Jia is grateful

-You are not the only one, today we received a message from our allies. Leto was able to solve the plague issue in his crops and Mario was able to use the optical implants on his people without problem. Wednesday thanked us that she was able to stop the births in her town for the next ten years, that will prevent someone from taking her people away-Tanji looks satisfied

-Without gods bothering them, they are more likely to be well regarded by the inhabitants of heaven-

-More than that, Helium plans to use them for her benefit in the future. Do not look at me with that face, they are not going to experiment with us, take that absurd doubt out of your head, they are not wild like the retrograde plagues of this world- Ray looks angrily at Vlad who was narrowing his eyes -They have eyes in all parties, who does not assure you that they are not watching this conversation. They only want that thing as part of payment when finished-

-We'd better eat, I'm hungry. Iston and the others have already returned- Tanji urges everyone to leave

*

Winter was about to end in Orsys. In half a month, part two of the plan would begin. Darius trained with Vlad and Barnaby in order to perfect himself as a member of the Red Sugar. Darius would accept Bubblegum's invitation to join his ranks and when his uncle returned, he would steal the one thing that kept him in the leadership position to make him look like an idiot in front of everyone when his time came.

Gideon was a ward of Tanji. He followed him as a loyal admirer as Tanji saw potential in the art of stealth and information gathering from him. He convinced him to set up his own faction in his country and run it as a Red Sugar affiliate. But not everything was rosy, Gedeon no longer complained about his grandfather, on the contrary, he saw more terrifying being under Ray's tutelage. He decided to get stronger after Ray left him at heaven's gates after calling him father-in-law and asking to woo Cyd. Gideon swears that he won't stop and make them recognize him, despite everyone making fun of him for believing him a stubborn child.

Meanwhile Salma was returned to Kardeleen for her birthday and Aurelio would return with his father to continue his training. Ringo remained on the island under the excuse of studying abroad, at the exclusive Lucine Academy, so that he would avoid the attacks that were aimed at his head. Her grandmother would visit every so often to accompany her. Today was one of those days.

-I'm glad to have you here Mrs. Wednesday, I was hoping to have a deeper chat with you. I hope you have found everything in order and that it is to your liking- Ray was the most polite to the witch

-Ahem ... I don't know what they did to my granddaughter, but not only did she grow more but she is happier than ever. She kept talking about her classes and her friends. I really appreciate the effort to make her stronger and more self-confident- Wednesday began to get excited- Please, call me Wedny, and on that matter, if I can be of use to you, do not hesitate to ask-

-I'm glad to hear it, in that case just call me Ray. What I want to discuss is how to deal with a "sorcière jouet" in the most painful way possible-

Wedny's face darkened. Sorcière jouet was a degrading way of calling women who practiced witchcraft without being one. Born witches were dedicated to helping others with their power, whether with healing potions, love problems, palmistry, or turning one animal into food. They seldom attacked others by transforming them into hideous beings or by casting curses and spells. They used their elemental powers for self-defense and their staves served as transporters and channels of their power. They were lovers of nature and despised those who destroyed that greenery.

La Sorcière Jouet set out to ruin the concept of witchcraft. They attacked life and nature, making sacrifices in the name of a nameless dark god for power and glory. The notoriety towards witches spread like wildfire after a coven of women were found performing "taboo magic" using fresh corpses. Nothing could be further from that, that incident made them feared and had to live almost in seclusion in their country.

"Taboo magic" was seen as something disgusting and repulsive. The body of the deceased being an empty shell could attract any type of energy of the parasite type to end up consuming the mana of the perpetrator of the ritual until consuming it if care was not taken and it would devour the people whom it was desired to eliminate.

The hatred of the born witches increased towards false witches, calling them Sorcière Jouet. They were seen as cheap scum using the little "magic" power they were all born with as an excuse for misdeeds. There were also sorcerers and magicians, who were crosses between witches and these. But they only surpassed witches in power and sense of duty out of knowledge alone. Their paths never crossed over a matter of honor and codes.

The query of the day was on how to eliminate a sorcière jouet. Wedny echoed why and decided to help Ray. He now he had a way of dealing with a certain phony and his followers.

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Ray and his children were in the mirror world. Zion had practiced so much with his gift of creation that he went so far as to make realistic-looking golems. The golem that he had created was the identical copy of Ray, only that it would only move if Zion ordered it. A golem without programming unless he had that something, that energy that drove him. Cyd had taken the soul of a weasel and implanted it into the golem. It began to move by itself like an animal on the ground.

It wasn't enough, the new automaton needed a new soul to advance to the next level of the plan, one that could understand the orders of his programmers.

-I think it's time to pay Emily a visit, don't you think? Cyd prepares your toys, Zion tries to make golems, the most unfortunate possible and Meraki you know what to do when we get there- Ray was on his back looking at the red void while he gave the work guidelines