Indigo: The Hand of the Demon

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#Fix 2: The Club

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07.00

My body feels like it's going to crumble.

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23.45 Overnight.

"Your meditation lacks focus, add another 100 push-ups." Grandpa took a big iron ball from my head.

"Well, how about focusing if there's a ball that can't shake my head." I said ketus, I have been trained for 10 hours meditation, and I have been punished 5 times.

"Then do you want to laze around? That so?!" Grandpa started yelling at me.

"Sorry." I said, shit, cold sweat started pouring out.

"Rey, for the next 1 year, we entrust Nabilah to you. You have to guard it from all sorts of evil spirits, you understand?"

"I understand."

"Older, there will be many obstacles that you will face. Maybe you will be unable to control your emotions several times, if that happens, the devil can control you. Putting Nabilah's destiny into your hands is like putting a rabbit in a full tiger's cage. If the tiger is unable to resist hunger, the tiger will eat the rabbit. What then? Everything will be in vain," grandfather placed his right palm on my chest. "The key is here, in your heart, and in your soul."

I who looked into Grandfather's eyes immediately believed that what he said was actually for my own good as well. So, in order to calm him down, I need to focus more on meditation.

"I'm sorry, grandpa. Now I understand."

"Good, we all believe in you."

I took a strong breath, my hands, and my sitting position were relaxed again. Then, grandfather again placed the iron ball again on top of my head.

I will take care of him, and take care of this family.

My eyes closed.

As everything turned into darkness, suddenly a voice appeared echoing in my ear.

"The emotion is the fire in the human soul that will never be extinguished. Only a dead man has no fire in his soul."

This sound...

"I live, and I live in your body for 16 years. The one who understands you the most is me, Rey. Emotions stirring from within your soul are the fuel of your spiritual power. And you know where that power comes from?" Lucifer points to himself, "it's from me, the fire in your soul." Then Lucifer smiled revealing all his fangs in the darkness, from the top of his head was a burning ring of fire, in the middle of the ring, the two horns of Lucifer heated up.

"The human soul is not only made up of hot flames. But there is also a wind that gives calm, a land that gives vigor, and water that eases emotions. I was born in the year of fire, coinciding with your appearance. But, like man, I also have many qualities in the soul that can give me peace. The fire will not be extinguished, but the fire can be reduced... The fire will give you warmth."

I sat in front of the grinning Lucifer.

"Diminish the fire you say, all right, let's see how you shrink the fire."

Lucifer's bright eyes shot towards me.

"What are you... Not tired of being here?" I asked all of a sudden, I don't know why.

Lucifer's face suddenly changed in wonder.

"I? Somehow I say it, hmm... I thought I was hibernating in your body. Verily I am also rather bored, I wish you a rampage someday so that we can exchange bodies. I think I want to lock you in your own body, and then I'll have fun. I wanted to beat Joshua who yelled at me, wanted to step on William's neck for deliberately nudging me, then slapped him on the face because it made my body tired from studying. Oh yeah, I'm gonna punch your grandfather, too, he's a real bitch." Lucifer answered, without realizing he had lost his life.

"That's not you, damn it. Thatme! It's my body!" I nodded with an annoyed face.

"Little bastard, then get me out of here so you're content to control this body, you cunning, insolent bastard, motherfucker!"

"Your mouth must have been broken, huh!?" I was upset to point at Lucifer's face.

"Then what? You want to make the Devil speak politely?! Huh uh?! This asshole asked me to mutilate, damn it!" But Lucifer is even more sinister than I am.

I was so afraid I could choke on my own saliva.

"Sorry."

"Don't look at me, hey shit!"

"L-i-i-iya! Pardon me!" And my eyes immediately closed tightly.

In-he can be fierce too.

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07.50

Shit, I think I'm going to go to bed today. When I look in the mirror, my eyes look black.

"You look like a panda." Chirp Lucifer.

"Shut up, why are you being such a prick? Just disturb."

After the shower, I immediately went out of the room. But when I was about to get out, suddenly Nabilah was already in front of my room.

We were both shocked to the point that our faces almost collided.

"Sorry, your mother told me to wake you up." Say Shame. The mood also turned awkward.

"Breakfast is ready." He said again, and Nabilah passed away.

But... I said, "good morning."

Nabilah stopped, then turned, "good morning." He smiled thinly.

...***...

"Now you two become spirit consultant partners." Said the father while breakfast was going on.

"What?" Nabilah surprised.

"Well?!" I even choked.

"As long as you're training, I've replaced your job, Rey. But now I can't because I have to take care of Nabilah's residence permit to the organization. So from today, take her to work with you. Okay?" Dad blinked his eyes at me laughing.

"Consultant... spirit?" Nabilah looked at me confused.

"Anu... It's actually a job where we're going to consult with the wandering spirits so they don't flirt anymore, and go to the afterlife to be reincarnated." Reply stammered.

"That's one of the jobs of psychic families like us." Added mother.

"La-lantas... What's my role as?"

"If Rey is a doctor, then Nabilah will be her nurse!" Speak father quickly.

"DOCTOR, THAT DOCTOR IS JUST A FIGURE OF SPEECH!" I said screaming, I'm ashamed if anyone knows that I was called a doctor by the spirits.

"Then Rey was called a teacher."

"MOM!!!"

"Ups... Sorry."

Laugh at my behavior.

"You too?!"

"Ah, sorry."

"Don't mind Rey's careless nature, she's as sensitive as a baby's ass." Grandpa's chirps are flying from the kitchen to the room.

"KAKEEEEEEK!!!"

...***...

I must be very careful in speaking so that they do not get angry and actually become level 3 evil spirits.

The ensign items I brought were a place-sealing spell scroll, a sack of goat blood whose function was to weaken them, and a black chicken head to lure them. The spirits really like the head of a black chicken.

It was Nabilah who was still very ordinary just watched me pack from outside the room.

"We're really going to give a consultation to the spirit?" His face looked uncertain. I just nodded definitely to him, then immediately put on the backpack containing our equipment.

"Let's go" I said, "ah, but before that there's something I have to tell you."

"What about?" Ask Nabilah while wearing a hoodie.

"Maybe tonight there will be a lot of spirits whose shape is not intact, you should take anti-nausea medication." I answered, then from the right pocket of my pants, I gave Nabilah an anti-nausea drug, but he seemed to refuse.

"I'm fine" he said.

"Related?"

"Yes, they're just spirits. I just need to suggest to myself to keep a positive mind."

Both my eyes rolled, "yes, I hope."

"Calm down, according to psychology, if a positive thought has been embedded in your head, everything will look logical and mediocre. They're not spirits, how could they possibly be that bad?"

...***...

Arriving at the consulting practice building.

"HOEEEEEK... !!!"

"Say you bai—"

"UGH HOEEEEK... !!!"

"KAU—"

"DANISHOE..."

Ah drat.

"Come calm, don't—"

"UGH... HOEEEK..."

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Cobalt.

"Sorry Rey, I really don't know if they look real. Ah shit, I'm really sorry."

"Yes, anyway..."

"Then why are you upset?"

"BUT DON'T THROW UP ON MY SHIRT TOO DONG!"

Nabilah covered her mouth with a face of shock staring at my ugly face.

"Sorry, Rey..."

And finally...

We continue the consultation with the bare-chested me. Cold ~

Nabilah took off her hoodie, then she handed it to me.

"Pa-wear this, cold."

I wear it too.

"Thank you."

"By the way where is Shinta?" Nabilah looked around the room, but there were only the two of us and a few ghosts waiting their turn. I held onto my forehead, then tried to contact Shinta via telepathy.

"Callo, Shinta? Answer me."

"Rey... I feel a strange existence around us. I caught some astral waves that kept coming here."

My face turned serious.

"Are they spirits?"

"No! They have 3 people, and one of them is very powerful."

"You sure?" My tone was getting nervous.

"BLUR REY!!!" Shinta shouted, then I pulled Nabilah's hand to immediately escape from this building.

"Fuck shit shit..."

"Where are we going?!"

"We have to hide, we don't know who's heading this way!"

We both ran downstairs, but the three men were already at the door. At once I pulled Nabilah back to the 2nd floor, we immediately hid behind the cashier table.

"Who are they?" Bisik Nabilah's. I just shakes no idea.

Eve one of them is very scary, damn, if they are people from other psychic families who want to seize Nabilah it is very dangerous. I'm afraid I can't deal with 3 people.

"Say, if we get caught, I want you—" I haven't finished talking, suddenly Nabilah's body floated as if pulled by something.

"REYS!"

Then Nabilah was quickly in the ambush of a woman with a dagger ready to hurt Nabilah.

Goddamn bum!

I finally got out by raising both my hands.

"Hey, calm down okay? Please don't hurt him."

The woman in a black uniform with the star tattoo on her forehead looked straight at me.

"What can you do?" He said he strengthened his grip on Nabilah's neck.

Immediately I raised my left hand.

"Or you'll be punished by him." I who was very confident pointed my left palm at the forehead of the woman.

But...

Nothing happened.

"Huh? You're kidding me, aren't you?" Ledek the woman, she grinned amusedly at me who was getting panicked.

"Lucifer?" Call me.

"No way." He replied in an amused tone as if on purpose, the more annoyed I yelled at him.

"Strike him right now! Show her fear!" My atonement.

"Hoam... Lazy."

"What?!"

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