Billows

" On the day that winter was closest, I lost you..."

Lucy was sitting in the balcony thinking about the closest to heart tribute she can pen down for Jude but for each time she came up with an event that occurred the day he died, she goes blank. The blankness, emotionless and numbness was as a result of Lucy not willing to accept that Jude was finally gone. She could trade anything to have him back but the only available trade would be doe her to die and spend forever with him. While Lucy was thinking about those moments and things that contributed to it, she suddenly stumbled into St Mary's kind of settings, she was quick to identify that what gave the clan sustainability for a long time is because they have St Mary's orphanage where they feed and recruit more members to join them. " The strength of an Army is both in tactics, training and in numbers ", Lucy thought about that and also concluded that she has no army to rely on if something serious should happen. Meanwhile, Lucy's friends had gone separate ways after they gained their freedom, they had agreed to converge anytime there is an emergency but they also hid their locations from one another for security reasons. Shiva and Zyana went to stay in same location, while every other person Like Lucy,Lie and seduction all took a different location after they all committed Alchemy of souls and shifted their souls. Only Lucy remained herself because she was hoping that Jude would miraculously come back and recognize her, but after a long time she decided to write a farewell tribute to him.

Lucy's dilemma about her school had continued and she desperately needed to build an army for herself, but in order to do this, she has to involve her friends at some point because she cannot carry the whole task alone. She dressed up the next morning and headed to the school, but on reaching the gate of the school, she was not granted pass to enter the classroom the reason is because she has not made payment for the new term. She was escorted to the principal's office and was questioned about why she came alone without her parents and why she was sabbatical for months.

Lucy's response was that they travelled to treat her mother and they could not leave her alone but now she (Lucy) is back to resume school. She further lied that her parents are in other country but she was sent back to be with a guardian but the guardian is very busy to come to school with her. The principal requested to call the guardian much later but then allowed Lucy to enter the classroom. Lucy had arranged with a young man who agreed to help her speak with the principal if he calls, so Lucy was not bothered about the outcome of the call. Lucy's mission was to be a student but more also to recruit people to be part of her, she planned to initiate as much as possible and then start building an empire of her own from there. After she broke free from the clan, the imminent danger stopped because they cannot harm her again and they cannot even find her, he freedom ensured that she is free from attack, it also means that her rank has increased and she is now guarded by armies of the underlings. The armies of the underlings can stop demons of the clan and other potential attacks that comes from the purgatory but there are limitations to their protections and that's why she needs an army for both herself and also to build an empire. She has not given up on revenge against the clan, so her ultimate goal is to flush them all out.

Lucy got to her class and the first thing she observed was that Jude's forms sitting position was empty, students were scared of sitting in his position because they heard a fairy tale that if one sits on same sit with a demon possessed person, the demon will ultimately engulf the new person. Lucy was shock stricken and she went straight to the sit and sat down comfortably. All eyes were on her, many were expecting her to turn into a demon but nothing happened and she ultimately surprised everyone by down playing on the myths of Jude's sitting position. Her target was to first find the naive and oppressed folks in school, she would offer to help but dealing with those people attacking them, then she would propose to be in a good with them, then she cam be their leader, she was to take about seven days to research and come up with substantial plan.

Lucy plan started with a strong manifestation after some days in school, she was heading out to the canteen to get some snacks for herself but she observed that one girl was lying down beside the block of the main building, she approached her and saw that she was beaten up by some bullies and she helped her up. She proposed to help her and continue to help her if she would be part of her big plans, she wasn't outright about her main mission but it did paid off, the girl named Malinda agreed to Lucy's help because she was tired of constant abuse. Lucy took her out and got her a drink and snack, she showed Lucy the sect that molested and attacked her and Lucy nodded positively to the identification. After school, Lucy hid herself in a hole and then possessed one other girls that hurt malinda, the girl she possessed offered to drop her friends at home and ultimately, Lucy led them to a serious accident.

The next person Lucy dealt with was the boy harassing Malinda, she went to his room and started disappearing and appearing, she possessed the boy and the boy inflicted injury on himself, the boy was trying to run away when she appeared in front of the boy with a knife, she proceeded to start cutting the boy open after using her powers to make the boy paralyzed.