3 Dentelia

Hector closed his eyes to think.

Talking to a demon by telepathy in a village destroyed by the flames, while his throat has been cut was... a little bit strange and disrupting, but he didn't bother to pinch himself to try to wake up, everything was far too real like is wound, for example.

He opened his eyes and stared at the sky whose stars were beginning to fade away. Only a big star seemed to continue to shine, like a ray of hope in the great black expanse of the sky.

[Nice to meet you, Balam.]

[Nice to meet you, young man.] replied the demon in a conciliatory tone. [Well, we can say that the original host of this body suffered a lot before he died.]

[Because of the wound, I presume.]

[You didn't notice it because the body of the original host regenerates much faster than the average, but you're covered in bruises, your left shoulder is dislocated and, of course, your throat is slit.]

[Wow, nice.] Hector continued with a sarcastic tone.

While trying to lift his shirt with his left arm, Hector noticed that he could not make a big movement, but he had almost no pain. There were bruises under his clothes, more or less large, that stained his body with a bluish color.

[He was beaten up before he managed to escape with a last hope, but someone managed to catch him and left him dead, just right here.] said Balam calmly.

[OK, but Balam, how do you know that?] asked Hector while coughing up some blood.

[Aaah… Noah told you, demons are the only remaining entities that can cross the dimensions.] he explained, taking his time. [In other words, I had to pass the dimension first to allow you to come with me. So I am the one who inherited the memories of the original host of this body: Krein Weiler, a young man from a low noble family.]

[I see… I could have understood it myself, but I don't have a right mind… sorry…] apologized Hector as he was attacked by a violent headache.

[After losing so much blood, it's no wonder, don't worry.] replied Balam, whereas Hector had thought he saw a dark, translucent mass pass right in front of him as if the demon walk.

In the distance, a cloud of birds flew away like a gentle wave. There had been no sound for several minutes, neither the sound of embers nor the sound of wind disturbed the man and the demon who was talking.

Only the rare hooting of the owls still awake added a subtle touch of strangeness to this silence, which was only animated by a discussion between two beings from another world.

[I'm going to ask another question.] said Hector while waiting for Balam's approval. [You told me I'll regenerate faster than average, what do you mean by that?]

[It seems to me that Krein Weiler was born of a mixed marriage between two different races of this world, his mother seems to me to be a distant descendant of demons, for his father, I have no idea, he looks like a human, but he obviously isn't one. But I can also say that these parents were also born of a mixed marriage.] he said quickly. [The energy signature of this body is far too strange to come from a simple mixture between two races… if I had to do an analysis, I would say there are at least 5 different races in your blood.]

[At least 5… it could mean there could be more?]

[Yes.]

Hector laughed a little bit about what his family might look like, but he stopped very quickly after he started coughing blood again.

Hector and Balam had a discussion about the world he found himself in as the sun began to rise. The original host, Krein, was part of a family of 4 brothers and sisters and was the son of Davis and Helena Weiler, baron and baroness leading to the village of Vaine with a masterful hand, which was and still is, the meeting point of all itinerant traders, by its strategic location.

As a result, the city has several large secure banks, many inns, hotels for the richest, relaxation areas with billiards, hot baths and even a brothel; at the back of the city, the Weiler family's small mansion was proudly enthroned. It was surprisingly small for a family of this renown, but it was nevertheless shining by its architecture and its many flowers that colored the gray stones of its walls. Orchids, tulips, wisteria, hyacinth populated the various gardens around the manor and throughout the city. Helena, Hector's new mother, had spent years structuring these flower beds. Trained as a florist, she knew the effects of all plants, even the magic one.

She had put them all over the place: the Galéias, flowers with such soothing capacities that they are capable of calming the craziest of men.

But that did not prevent these flower beds from being trampled on during that night without an ounce of pity. Having inherited Krein's memories, Hector could feel a kind of anger in Balam's voice, as if the personality of the original host mixed with the demon.

[Hey, are you all right?] Hector asked, scratching his head.

[Yes… yes, it's just... that destroying a person's ambitions and dreams in this way is just despicable. It disgusts me.] he replied, blowing. [Let's resume… The world we're in is quite strange… let me explain.]

This world, called Parar was governed by different forces. First, the 8 great families holding more than 40% of the world's wealth were trying to control the two big countries of this world.

However, these two great countries: Jerico and Dentelia, who do not let themselves manipulated by 8 families and want to be alone to lead, are in confrontation with the 8 great families.

Moreover, following a feminist revolution that shook the Pangea of this world almost four centuries ago, the Pangea broke into two pieces: Jerico, a country populated approximately by 80% of men, and Dentelia, a country composed of more than 90% of women, are constantly at war in the name of ideological conflicts and for parts of territory considered sacred.

The 8 great families were the only ones to override this childish battle of the sexes. Their staff were mixed and made up of different races, which is quite rare.

At the time, humans have almost wiped out the entirety of other races from the Pangea under discriminatory and politically incorrect principles. It was the feminist revolution that put an end to this oppression, but it did not help.

However, it saved the lives of the rest of the other races; most of the survivors were women, the men had died a lot on the battlefields. This created a big problem for the survival of different races. Not enough births, not enough people to satisfy their needs, this has created a huge imbalance in the world.

And now, the two countries, after having found a more or less appreciable solution, decided to enter into political and economic warfare. Where Dentelia wants total gender equality, even female domination and access to the Sacred Lands; Jerico wants the restoration of Pangea and the establishment of different exploitation on the Sacred Lands. As for the 8 great families, they struggle to revive the ancient kingdoms of this world, such as the kingdom of the Elves or the kingdom of the demons that ruled the world in the past.

Hector was quite amused by the situation of this world, but he preferred to keep this reflection to himself.

[We… we're on which side of the map?] asked curiously Hector.

[On Dentelia's side.] asserted the demon with conviction.