Chapter 49: Demons (3)

"And I'm supposed to stop that? Is this voice thing out of its mind?!" Perseus raised his voice "I'm like 11 years old!"

"Trust me, we're a bit surprised ourselves that the guardian is still a child" Draven responded "Of course, you seem talented, when you got your talent measured, you probably even cracked the crystal, proving that you have unmeasurable talent. But even with talent and good quality equipments, you will need actual battle experiences outside of training"

"I'm doomed, aren't I?" Perseus sighs

"Oh big time" Urie laughed as Ace and Siege tried to comfort Perseus

"Why can't I just live a regular life?" Perseus mumbled

"Even I feel bad for you now" Emma said "And I love to see you suffer, maybe it's not so bad being average, ok maybe slightly above average"

"What about the angels? Do they know about this?" Damon asked

"Aren't you a part of the angelic race yourself?" Draven asked

"I wouldn't be here if I loved it there" Damon shrugged "And let me tell you, calling them angels are definitely an overstatement, they are more mean than demons"

"Mean? That's an understatement" Urie chuckled "And I'd never thought that I'd hear it from an angel's mouth. But the angels are a much more domineering race, they would either kill him or make him their slave, so if I were you, I wouldn't visit the spiritual world too often"

"Duly noted" Nova nodded "And I don't think we can even afford a trip to the spiritual world either, it's expensive"

"Now, I'm sure you started hearing the voices after you found a jade fragment, there's 8 in the physical world and 8 in the spiritual world, your job as the guardian is to separate them as far from each other as possible and guard them with the best security." Draven informed "If all of it was to be assembled, both our worlds will be at risk, and your job when that happens is to unite all the worlds to eliminate the threat."

"Is there a way that I can just, I don't know, give away this role? Cuz you have to understand, this is too much even for me" Perseus asked

"Well there isn't, but see our point? The lesser you know the better" Draven replied

"It feels like I'm more of a side character than ever" Elliot commented "First he becomes the favorite child, then he got deemed to have the most potential and talent for success, stole my potential future lover and now he's some hero of an unknown prophecy, do you guys even need me at this point?"

"You just realized that you're the side character here?" Siege asked "Took you long enough"

"Yeah, beside Eliza think of you as her as an annoying hindrance at most" Dabria added

"You were even the last of the Silvers to be introduced, you should've seen the flags" Ace agreed "You're a side character"

"Please stop" Elliot pleaded "It hurts, your words are too ruthless, why am I the one who has to be bullied all the time?"

"Maybe it's because you're quite pathetic?" Cordelia guessed as Elliot cried in his heart

"You really are one of us" Emma laughed "It really was a right choice to get you in our guild"

"I like you guys" Urie laughed "You all get along well and with your chemistry, you should be able to make it far"

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"Really interesting, the guardian is nothing but a child, is he the right one to be chosen, I wonder" Urie chuckled as the scourges left

"Well if it isn't, then we're all dead, but to unite every species in the 2 worlds is a monumental task, even if we support the statement and cause, the others will not think the same" Draven responded "Especially the angels, they think that they can do it all by themselves, they even hold a tournament every year where winners get the guardian title"

"Well now it belong to a boy named Perseus Silver" Urie's eyes gleamed "They must've sensed it too since we sensed it, even if we get demons to back off by showing my interest publicly, the angels will not think the same"

The left the restaurant and decided to explore the city.

"I'm stuffed" Emma said "I'm gonna gain a lot of weight after this"

"You need to eat a lot if you want to grow" Cordelia said as she patted her head "Maybe we should get more dessert when we explore the city"

"I'm just going to forget everything that I heard today, because- oh no not again" Perseus held his head

"The voices?" Ace asked

"Yeah" Perseus nodded as Nova supported him

"4 have been gathered, we will warn you again when they are close" the voices said as Perseus passed the message on to the others

"That's already a third of the way there, isn't it?" Dabria asked