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It was an enormous room, but despite its size, it still had a tense atmosphere, the lights on the walls had a gothic style and the bright chandelier illuminated Marc’s tense expression, who was sitting on a chair that besides being soft, just made him even more tense. He hated to be there, especially since he knew that he was there for the same reason as before.
"You know why I called you here, right?" His superior questioned. It was a tall woman named Vía, owner of the seventh circle. Her quiet voice frightened him, making his skin crawl. He just nodded, terrified to dare look or say a word to the woman in front of him. Even though her hair covered her eyes, Marc knew she wasn't happy with what he'd done. She sighed. "Look... I understand your reasons and everything, but this is what? The seventh time this has happened! This has been going too far for a long time!"
"I'm so sorry..." She raised her hand, which immediately silenced him, making him even more intimidated, his nails digging into his palms.
"If you were truly sorry, you wouldn't have done it again. I'm trying to help you. I can't keep turning a blind eye every time you do something wrong! I've already had to let someone go for this, and it was a hassle, do you understand?"
“Yes, your majesty”
"So why are you here then? Since you know the consequences”
“…I…”
“…Alright, I’ll give you one last change” A paper magically in his hands with a snap of a finger” This one is very simple, you’ll basically hunt the live of this person, and this one is for you to prove to me that you are able to follow a simple order…It has the duration of a year and when the time arrives, I hope that you had done everything that is written in here and NOTHING besides that, I don’t want his soul, I just want you to follow what is in here…are we clear?”
“Yes, your majesty…”
“Wonderful” Vía leans back on her chair “Sign here and you are free to go”
“Thank you, your majesty, I’ll…I’ll get it right this time” Marc replied while he wrote his name on the paper, already feeling a shiver running down his spine.
“I hope so, I don’t want any more problems related to this”
With that he gets up, bowing to his superior before he left, his hands shaking as he walked down the dark halls, taking deep breaths to calm himself down. It was the seventh time this had happened, it turned into a pattern to spare someone out of pity. It wasn’t his fault, it was unfair to hurt someone that did nothing wrong just out of destiny or because someone is selfish enough to wish the pain of others, but it was his job to follow orders even if he didn’t agree with them, there was nothing he could do, just follow the contract.
“Nathaniel Kurtzberg…” Marc sighed, another unlucky guy that did nothing wrong that was chosen to prove he could do something so simple as following a stupid rule “Its just one year…it shouldn’t be so hard”.
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It was already around 6 p.m. when he finally arrived at the front door of the house, it is pretty big, two stores, a beautiful design, it gave an exquisite feeling to the place, apparently, it’s a very rich family. Getting inside the house wasn’t a problem when Marc had magic, making him imperceptible to others. The inside was even prettier, the structure let the light naturally shine inside, illuminating everything with sunlight.
There are two people in the living room, a woman who was working, drawing on a canvas and a man on the couch reading, was that Nathaniel? Before he could answer his own question, another person arrived, it was a red head, he looked very alike the other people in there.
“Stayed until late at school today, Nathaniel?” The woman questioned, not even looking back at the boy, this must be Nathaniel then.
“Yes, I was studying with Alix for the test tomorrow”
“Of?”
“Biology”
“So you better go to your room and study more, mister. Your doodles are distracting you so bad that your grades dropped.”
“Yeah…I know…” The boy answered defeated, greeting the man with a simple “Hi” before going upstairs to his room. Marc followed him to his bedroom after witnessing the scene, none of them noticing his presence.
Marc hopes that this contracts flies by quickly… but he is already having doubts about himself towards the situation.