Chapter 184 - Asking For Help

Just then, a shadow drifted across the ground in sync with the cloud that covered the surface of the moon, blocking out some of its light from touching the spot where the three were. 

It stays there for a while but then it passes over, leaving the three of them standing still. Sunday still furious and angered, while Shino and Aderonke stare on in surprise.

The air becomes awkward, resulting in Aderonke shifting her weight from one leg to the other. Shino on his part, licked his lips and then squeezed his fist as he blinked on to the Irunmole who he had jusyg come to know now. 

The sudden outburst was uncalled for, he reasoned. Or was there something that he was trying to hide that the Sage had felt? 

He did not know. And he did not feel the need to make hasty assumptions. After all, since they did get here, Sunday's reaction to the Sage had been biased been that she was but a Girl.

Perhaps, it was this reason that he had acted this way now. And now, the Wole place was dead silent. Shino could swear, he could literally hear his breath rattle against the soldified tense airs.

'But you know she is right!' Bane said to Sunday, from within his soul space, making the Irunmole frown and ground his teeth.

'Whether you like it or not, there is a limit now in place. This is not Orun where everything is in perfect conditions. But then again, it is rather perfect because someone as pompous as you would learn your place with me.' Vane gloated much to the anger of Sunday at his words.

'Just shut up!' Sunday ordered Bane.

'Listen, at this point you relaly have to consider having to do without me. Not like you can amount to anything without me. You're pretty pathetic. But if you have to draw large amounts of my energy in that Sage Mode thing, be ready for the side effects and consequences of that.' Bane said.

At those words, Sunday lowered his head, his eyebrows tightly knit together. For the first time since he was told about this, he made to think about it extensively.

If it was only the Sage girl that had said it to him, he would not have really considered it. But here was Bane saying the same thing to him. There had to be a way the facts related to each other.

If that was how it was going to be, that meant, the power boost he enjoyed from the Sage Mode was something he was going to neglect now. He would have to rely on his personal wit and skills most of the times because according to him, his own level was too low.

So, definitely, with a low skill level, he was pretty sure that this side effect would not be there. And he was sure about it. After all, when he had to combat the Imps right after Bane's summon expired, he had not experienced a thing like this.

In essence, what this mwnat that if he was going to be really strong now, he had to ensure that he did that on his own terms. That is, he got by, living here on Earth using his power which was weaker than Bane. Bane was Ascendancy Classed so it made sense for that amount of pian he had felt as the side effect of it. This meant that lower level skills wich he was capable of would cost little to no side effects when compared to this one he had just experienced.

"Heh!" Aderonke heaved out, looking up to the sky again.

The night as far gone already. It seemed that in just a few hours or even less than that, the first streaks of day break would be seen.

Knowing this meant that she had spent quite the time outside already. And there was definitely no way she was going to avoid the scowling and bashing she was to get from her mother based on the som facts.

One of them had been that she lied that she was going to the kitchen to get a drink. She was pretty sure her mom would have called her name a couple of times, name calling which she could not answer because she had being here, all the while, fighting demons and meeting these people. She smirked. 

If that was the only thing her mother would scold her for, then it would be rather lenient of her.

Her mother, that she knew well, would no doubt scold her for even stepping out of the house, for daring to use the key and for not returning immediately after. The list that her mom could bring up would be literally endless. Something she was sort of used to now.

At least before dawn broke out, fully.

Just then, she jerked her head to look at Shin and then raised her eyebrows, ignoring the presence of the Irunmole. 

"You said you knew me. How come?" She asked.

Before she was going to retire home, she would try at least to know who this person was, that claimed to know her.

At least, if she was able to find that out, it would truly make the sneak out worth it in the long run. She knew only so little, the main source of information being the Story Teller, as he called himself, who was petty much nowhere. And nowhere for her to find him.

And so, to truly discover herself, she would come out on nights like this, to understand her powers even more. And then to understand the more concepts and possibilities that this spirit world had.

"Oh!" Shino oohed out, looking to her with a blink of his eyes.

He squeezed his lips, pouting to the side as he appeared to be rather thoughtful. It does take a brief while but after that, he straightens up his face and looks her in the eyes.

"Like I mentioned, you would not readily know me but I happen to know you. I have come along this street route many a times." He said.

"The first time we met was the time when you were being treated into recovery. That time your powers went berserk. I observed as you were treated from the background."

Aderonke frowned now.

The fact that she had been watched and she had not known made her uneasy. How many more people knew about her that she had no idea about them?

And to think that all that happened when her power went berserk and even then, she had been watched.

Did that mean the reason why the Story Teller had used a spell that eraded her presence from the air at her house, instead of just placing protective measures and spells there? Was he trying to simply erase her presence so that those who kept tabs on her would not be able to find her so easily.

But then again, she was not so special so what was the matter with that? 

She frowned. Did that also mean the demons who she had glimpsed then were also watching her too?

She was not sure. Still, it made her feel so much uneasy.

"We need your help, Aderonke. Myself and the Irunmole there, Sunday!" Shino said just as Sunday walked to the front of them.

The Irunmole did not look so mad now but his eyes seemed to carry with it some danger laced glitter in them.

Shino shrugged, his hands to the side of him, the elbows just lodged at the mdsection of the upper torso as he did shrug.

"The thing now is that we are running so much out of time but we need this mission done with already. I- we sought you out because you're just about the only one who could help with that." Sunday said now, putting his hands in front of him as he implored.

"Uh? What?" Aderonke's eyes paled as it widened at the request of Sunday and Shino. "Just to be clear, you are asking me to complete your mission for you?" She took a step back.

"Well," Sunday looked down. "I need to get this human girl healed. But I ran out of cleansing orbs. So, Shino suggested that you being a Sage might be able to help with an orb."

Aderonke shook her head in refusal.

"Or maybe, if you can't, can you come to heal her?" He asked, imploringly.

Aderonke's eyes widened even more. She gasped and shook her head vehemently now.

"You don't get it. I- I can't!"