Chapter 26 - Book Of Code: Memories Of Nobody

"What's wrong, sweetie?" asked a woman with green eyes and black locks who came out from the house.

"Benny thinks something's wrong with his wings," said the girl as she flew towards her mother.

The woman's eyes increased in size as she looked at her daughter's abnormally huge wings.

"Not even the Empress's child has such a large pair of wings," she murmured.

This time, it was the girl's turn to cry as her mother was frightened.

"No cry, no cry, Mavy," comforted the boy who had stopped bawling his eyes out.

He patted his twin as the woman composed herself. Then, she scooped her children using her a.d.u.l.t pair of wings which were shining gold. The memory then ended as the mother took her children in for supper.

"Was that too much for you, Mav?" asked Raiyen, worried that he might have stepped out of line to suggest Gillian to target Mavislin.

"It's not too much," she whispered, in between sobs.

Her tears came down like a waterfall as the group went closer.

"You didn't hurt her. You gave her hope. Sometimes it takes a little bit of rain to bring out a rainbow," said Gillian, smiling sweetly.

The Valkyrie quickly wiped away the tears of the memory that she had revisited.

"Even as a child, the wings already that big?" asked Ysabeau.

Her thoughts replayed the earlier scene of Mavislin's crimson wings which dwarfed the child's tiny body.

"Nope, that is abnormal. Benjamin's one is the accurate size," replied Mavislin, eyes fixated at the boy.

"Benjamin, huh?" mumbled Ysabeau. Her eyes were filled with worry.

"So what other spells have this thing got?" asked Gillian.

He grinned as he made a suitable moment to break uneasiness of the situation. For the very first time, the Time Boy's expression was serious.

"There is only one more spell within this book. For the flashbacks, you can manipulate it to however you like. But never use this incantation that I've given you on your allies. It will break your target mentally and physically. It surpasses Law as well," instructed Raiyen with sheer fervor in his voice.

The rest shuddered as they heard that sentence. He was never one to act so deadpanned. Especially after the mischievous act that he carried out with Z's Ancient Relic.

"Then why did you place it in there?" asked Gillian, undeterred by the youngest Mage within the group.

"Because it was created by accident. I had no intention of creating that spell. It happened in the future which destroyed your enemy completely. After I had caught a glimpse of it, I knew I had to fix that condition to an incantation to make sure you can never activate it on your allies. Trying to get rid of the spell entirely wasn't an option for me."

"What happens if my allies are my enemies?" challenged Gillian.

The tension among the Founders was suffocating as the two delivered defiance to each other.

"Then I believe you have the correct judgment on whether your targets are your allies or opponents. There is a fine line between killing and torture. I am well confident you are capable of knowing the difference between these two," replied Raiyen, confidently.

Gillian smiled as he kept the Ancient Relic.

"And what are the effects of this spell?" quizzed Gillian, flipping through the Ancient Relic's pages.

"It shows the target's darkest secret within their mind," said Raiyen, pointing at his head.

"Isn't that one of the skills within all our Ancient Relics?" asked Baldwin.

"Let me finish. Taunt allows the enemy to only see the illusion. The spell within the Book Of Code breaks the enemy's mind apart. Depending on the target, each victim has a different way of handling the illusion. I've seen some just go insane, while the one that Gillian destroys merely rip his entire head apart. So, go figure," explained Raiyen.

He raked through his fringe using his bony fingers. Mavislin looked concerned yet fearful of seeing her partner casually mentioning the last part.

"Oh, that spell can only be called using the incantation. Not your feelings," stated Raiyen as he prepared to use his Ancient Relic next.

"Aww, not even if I tried?"

"Not even if you are devoured," answered Raiyen, rather quickly. He then sighed and turned towards Gillian.

"The way I see it, I don't know about you lot, I've never wanted my enemy to suffer. Either live or kill. Give a bit of mercy when dealing with the enemies is what I would usually do. Sure, I'm no angel but at the very least my finishing blows are swift," said Raiyen, brandishing his Ancient Relic.

"I detest those that use Berserk Element to go around slaughtering others. You've already taken their life, who made you the judge to take away their sanity as well? I don't care if the enemy took away your family or something precious of yours, they deserve to keep their sanity. Be the better being by not stooping down to the enemy's level of mentality."

With that, Raiyen gave a small smile, in preparation of his Ancient Relic.