" I Damian Tempest, the eighth sin of Apathy pledge my loyalty and devotion to King Sylus of Greed, acknowledging you as my master which I shall have no other before him. May the pillars of Albatrou and the Gods of universes and conciliation be our witness " the cup was now full with golden aura, the salt and sugar turned red and mixed with it.
Damian got down on one knee and presented the glass to Sylus,
He took it and drank everything in a go the glass slipped from his hands and shattered on the ground disappearing, a heavy uneasy feeling settled in his chest it wasn't new, he has felt that before when he did the bond with asta. Back then lady Asha explained it as rebellions that his soul has with the contract,
" fear not it's the same feeling one gets when they do a sinful act and is well aware of it, it's your consciousness warning you to stop a deed you tamed the sin of Greed your consciousness naturally won't want any bond with a sin, trust me after everything is over you'd never feel it again."
Remembering her words he chuckled a little, she said he would never feel it again but here they are, about to go through it twice.
It tested sweet when it touched his lips but it became salty while swallowing, it tasted wrong.... insanely wrong not bitter not sour not weird or strangely off just wrong.
he left the circle and sat on the sofa
" bring me something to wash my mouth" he ordered while pointing at the dining table where leftovers of the meal Damien prepared was still there.
" yes master" he walked up to the table and poured him a glass of juice, no turning back now it's complete.
After drinking Sylus look at the new symbol that has appeared on his hand 'it wasn't here the first time I saw it could be because of the completed Bond'
" do you think you have the strength to complete my brother's " Damian interrupted his thoughts.
" yeah let's get this over with, I need to see captain as soon as possible unfreeze him this moment".
" yes my lord, but before that there is something I need to talk to you about"
" unfreeze Asta this moment when I'm finished with my bond you can tell me anything"
" of course anytime"
when Asta was unfrozen he instantly knew what just went on, he had been trapped in time,
looking at Sylus sitting in a chair with a half empty cup in his hand, he looked all right. Damians stood beside him. everything was fine accept the unmistakable mark on Sylus's hand where his symbol used to be, he felt uncomfortable just looking at it, in a few seconds the symbol disappeared.
he turned his focus to Damian, who was looking at Sylus.
"where is your mark, the master and the sin are marked so where is yours" he asked him.
"where it should be forever" he plays his hand on his chest.
"I want to see it" he added.
" if only my master insist then I will I don't take orders from you little brother "
Sylus frowned "I want to see it"he commanded .
"yes master" Damian unbuttoned his shirt and pulling his collar to review a perfectly built body but what they were looking for the symbol, as aspected the symbol of enslavement was on his left side of his chest.
Asta rolled his eyes, at least he knows Damian is now under Sylus's control which means he wont act against him or on is own.
what he didn't understand was why he was too eager to form a bond with him and why he felt like he should have stopped him.
" it's my turn" he said and shifted into his fifth form becoming the same size of a male adult lion, he gave a side eye to Damian to leave but he didn't.
" yet again little brother, I do not take orders from you "
"Damian..... leave us .... find something to do anything, I don't want you to be present in this room right now" Sylus commanded.
" yes my lord" he walked away leaving the two.
" he's going to be a problem" asta scoffed .
" and luckily he's not going to stay for long" Sylus replied.
" you have 15 minutes think you can redo ours"
" yeah I'm okay let's begin I need to get see captain quickly and I need to get myself to Albatrou as soon as possible this place is killing me and his presence is making it worse".
....
Damien walked away not to the kitchen but out of the house the sun was setting outside and the atmosphere was cool with orange and sunset gold everywhere he needed to do something in a different timeline and his master said to leave him and do something, anything so it's only obeying his order.
He took out his pocket watch, with just a click-clock the aura around him glow, a giant clock appeared on the floor beneath him with loud clicking he closed this eyes and vanished the next he opened he was floating in a white space with thousands of glowing threads flowing like water from that same clock that appeared earlier, he selected a thread after looking around and vanished yet again, he found himself standing on a balcony facing a glass door which was closed and curtains drawn down.
He could hear Asta's voice from inside so he waited till there was nothing but silence then did he enter,
Lady Asha was picking books" if you're going to drop by at least send me a notification" she said without looking back.
" I am to only travel in the years the Sinbound Chronicles exists so I'm hoping you would expect a visit from me anytime...what did the elders say this time around" he asked.
Asha turned around only to smile " I can see the seal on you, looks like you found yourself a master"
" how do you see..." Damian had his shirt closed.
" it's practical glowing, the seal looks like my handy work how long did it take you to find this master of yours" she asked while unbuttoning his shirt.
" a few thousand years from now" he answered.
" that long?" she uncovered the seal to see the three first letters of Sylus's name." who is that" she asked.
" Asta's master"
"you and Asta share a master? who could have thought, for a brother who wants you dead" she covered his chest and went back to her books Asha in this time line had her eyesight and nothing goes unnotice by those dangerous pair of eyes even Damian sometimes gets terrified.
" what brings you to the past, it's clearly not about the elders "
" past, present, future, why do you people use these teams, to me it's all time no past no present no future it will always be the time that tells the difference not the teams you use.....anyway lit's about this" he pointed at the blindfold.
"I have a master now I thought it would come off right after the ritual but it didn't, I tried removing it too, I wanted to talk to him but he shut me off,"
"I created the seal and the bond I'm sure I made the bond to cancel out the seal, right now the seal has been broken but you can't take it off because you haven't been ordered to let your master do that, I would advise you do it while the bond is still fresh"
" so you mean if he orders me to take it off it will come off" he whispered to himself...
" thanks I'll be leaving" he turned to the balcony
" Damian" Asha called out
" if you have a master that's probably your first and last take care of him with everything you got remember the eldests are watching your every move don't be surprised if they know you have a master I'm hoping they don't bother the future me on why I allowed you, " she sigh.
" the slightest mistake could be your dead sentence"
Damian look back at her he had a lot to see but to prevent the future from changing he has to stop himself even though he is no longer sealed in Asta's body, he still remains in hot oil, the elders just needed something, anything against him to forever banish him the future Asha knows how thin the line he walks on is,
But just because people are hoping to end him doesn't mean he had to bend himself to whatever they please, just the thought of that made him smile.
he is Damian Tempest and they know well what he is capable of, if they push him too far he'll show them the same power that made them tremble in fear years ago.
Capptain Asha saw the look on his face and side "whatever your planning be careful " she look at the gates sensing something coming.
"you should leave Asta is getting close" Damian looked at the door indeed Asta was getting closer he couldn't tell but he could feel the cosmic pull to the version of himself sealed inside him this was something he avoid whenever he travels. if two of himself get closer in one time line the one who doesn't belong is forcefully sucked into the other just like how a black hole works.
wasting no time he went out the balcony and traveled away he came back exactly 6:00 on time.
he entered the house Asta was sitting somewhere and Sylus was looking like he was dying, there were bits of sweat on his forehead his eyes were shut.
" little brother why does the master seems to be in distress" he rushed to Sylus's side.
"while turnes out your power and mine won't sit still without a fight"
" and you plan to leave him unattended "
" he's going to be fine he's a member of the Kings remember"
Damian gave him a dirty look... How is he even a slave if he acts like this with the master.