"I know, and I feel the same way. That monster disguised as a woman had to suffer endlessly before he knew death. I hope that someone, whoever he is, would succeed where we had all failed. His only quality, as well as that of his repulsive fellow creatures, is probably not to pretend to be good. On the contrary, displaying it for them, this monstrous nature, is like a mark of pride. But the price to pay for these obscene thoughts and especially these obscene acts is far too cruel. Miron, you have to do something, please. I don't want to end up like this. Like all our companions before us. I wish I had a choice, even once in my life."
Miron stared at Kei for a moment with his large, unfathomable eyes before turning and straightening with a fierce look, filled with a newfound determination and cruelty that made his friend shiver even more than the coldness of their cage.
"Don't worry Kei, and calm down. Whatever happens, I'll make sure we get it. It can't be otherwise. After all, if we look at the truth as it is, we are the ones who came from the real monsters."
Yes, Miron thought, for only true monsters would ever dare abandon helpless children at the foot of that mountain of evil, especially since most of them were their own flesh and blood, and that, being fully aware of the atrocious fate that would be theirs if they were dragged into the immortal mists. And those cowardly and hypocritical people who, after their unforgivable deeds, probably still dared to claim to be good or at least better than the black mages who populated this cursed and repulsive land to which they abandoned their innocents. Thinking about this never failed to make him feel nauseous.
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Chains clanked together, making irritating, sinister squeaks. Waves of shadows growling in agonizing ways filled the place, enveloping the two boys' cell in opaque, suffocating veils. Kei trembled, frightened, but Miron stiffened, ready for the affront. Tiny balls of black light appeared and filled the place, emitting ear-splitting high-pitched sounds, forcing the two boys to plug their ears and scream in pain. The two guardians now materialized in the black light. Huge beasts with scarlet, bloody eyes also emerged from the mass of shadows, growling wildly and circling the two boys. Young Johes opened the cell, a cruel smile on his lips and his eyes gleaming with unhealthy pleasure.
"Good evening, ladies. I hope you slept well."
Despite his pain, Miron smiled wryly at him.
"Like two orphans who were put in a cell to be let loose in a deadly battle."
Johes let out a sort of contemptuous growl, while Köel shook his head in annoyance, then concentrated, releasing a crimson magic that he spread all around, so the cold water that flowed tirelessly along the cell walls cooled even more to swirl around Miron and envelop him in their icy canvases.
"No, stop!" Kei shouted, upset and angry. "Leave him alone. You already went after him earlier, enough now! This is too cowardly and petty!"
"Shut up, you little brat." Johes replied enjoying the show. "Your friend, so insolent and arrogant, needs another lesson."
Kei stood up and approached the two guardians, trembling with fear, but still finding the courage to confront them, alas the beasts easily stopped him.
"He doesn't need a lesson! Unlike you, who should take lessons every day even if it would never be enough! You are monsters, worse than those big black beasts that you enslave and that drool like hungry and lost creatures. You, you only dare to pick on those you can beat... physically!"
Terrified of what his torturers might do to Kei after what the latter had just mindlessly thrown at them and seemed to have pissed them off, Miron resolved to surrender and let the terrible cold of the water completely overpower him.
He slid to the floor, his head humbly bowed to the ground, showing by this a mark of absolute submission. The cursed waters of the old guardian penetrated his skin and made him shiver like a dead leaf lost in the gusts of wind that shook the black forest of Stanys. At this most pathetic sight, the two tormenters laughed greedily and disgustingly, seeming to be having the time of their lives, and Köel crouched down in front of Miron, murmuring in a suave voice,
"You can't imagine how much I enjoy seeing you like this, so helpless and vulnerable, cursed child. But don't worry, it's not over yet, for we will now take you both to a sumptuous feast that has been prepared just for you. You will eat and drink like you never dreamed possible and as much as you would like, in preparation for an irredeemable fall."
Though feeling undeniably weak and numb from the magical water, Miron lifted his head and faced his jailer's icy gaze.
"I hope so. For it will take all my strength to make you understand what genius means. "
Köel felt a muscle twitch in his cheek as well as an almost irresistible urge to indulge in the torture, while Kei, still restrained by the scarlet gleaming-eyed animals, swallowed his saliva with difficulty.
"We need it, for sure. Yes, we need it."
Johes ordered the animals to retreat with a snarling grin. He relaxed a little when he saw Kei's tormented face. As for Koel, he stood up and finally freed Miron from his magical water prison, suffocated and almost petrified.
"Get up you little shit, come and stand in front of me, feet and arms apart, and let us put the chains on you".
The boys had a hard time carrying out the orders, so Kei had to help Miron stand up, so that the two dormitory managers could chain the two orphans. Then the beasts took the bits of black metal in their sharp jaws, so a terrible magic wrapped the metal chains around their huge and stinking bodies, and when they were perfectly tied on both sides, the beasts only had to wait for their master's order to drag the boys into the sea of darkness. When they received it, they obeyed with as much brutality as possible. The two boys, surprised, screamed in pain, disappearing into the mass of blackish liquid.
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