Unknown level curse...
Jaune woke up that morning; he looked out the window; it was a bright day. It was finally Noah's 9th birthday; Jaune, Noah's father, went down the stairs and found Noah also looking out the window. He looked worried the clouds looked like they were running. "Hey, son, happy birthday," Jaune said, patting his son's head.
Noah let go of the side of the window. "Thanks, Dad." His hair was long, but he had a ponytail to keep his hair from becoming messy.
His mother was different; she jumped from the top of the stairs, and as she fell, she said, "Happy birthday!" As Noah caught his mom, she hugged him tightly she almost killed her son. "My baby is such handsome man now," she said out of nowhere.
"Haha, thanks ma." Noah said, smiling at his mother.
His mom placed a hand on her son's cheek.
"Forget that, ma, let's go see Grandpa and Grandma. They must be up already," Noah said, turning around and walking towards the front door smiling; they only took A minute to get to their grandparents' house. They were old, but his grandma still tended her garden, and the grandpa still chopped wood like a champion.
Noah remembers when he was younger, his grandpa would tell him about the outside world or what many called the world beyond the sea.
"Hey, granny," Noah said, getting his hand out of his sweater pockets and waving at the old lady. And jogged toward her and hugged her.
"Oh! There is my boy; he is becoming a fine gentleman, just like his father. And you have the same blue eyes as your mother. That will give you a plus with the ladies."
Noah looked down. "Y-yeah yeah, thanks granny," Noah said, looking sad.
"Baby, do you like boys? If you do, it's okay. You don't have to worry about that; we love you the way that you are," his grandpa said, placing a hand on Noah's shoulders.
"N-No, I like girls, is it not that, All the girls on the island see me as a problem because of what I do…" Noah looked up and saw his parents and grandparents with sad expressions. "No, it is not you guys fault. People can see me the way that they want to. I only care that you guys won't see me as a nuisance or a weirdo, and I chose to train. I know it was not my decision in the beginning, but I know if I told my parents, they would agree with me and stop any kind of training, but I decided to continue training." Noah holds on to his amulet the same that he used to kill curses. "I care about love, believe me, but I care more about my family," Noah said, smiling brightly. "S-Sory, I don't know how to explain my self"
At that moment, Noah's teacher showed up with a book in his hands. "There is the birthday boy," he said. "Noah, here I got you something I found searching for old books. I found these books when we were remodeling the church. It's supposed to be books about both the symbols in your hand. The blood symbol is weird. There is only one volume which makes no sense, it's in another language, and then I found these eight volumes of water, all for the birthday boy." Noah's teacher smiled, gave him a wooden box, and hugged him.
Noah looked at the books and put them aside. "I'll take a look later. Thanks, Mr. Lee." Noah looked at his dad. "I am 9 now. It feels unreal. All the experiences that I gathered from the moment I became an exorcist, nothing, and believe me, nothing, will make me regret what I learned. All the girls in this place might find me to be a weird person, and that hurts, but I care more about my family's view of me, and this is why I love you all. You guys don't see me as a monster or a weirdo. You are all too important to me, and I promise I will protect all of you," under his breath, he said. "Even if it kills me."
Oh…
Oh, poor Noah, what a naive little boy.
That night, that cruel and evil night was rather calm; the ocean was weirdly quiet.
It was a few days after Noah's birthday. All the books that his teacher gave him were all read. He learn that he can create red water at will and is able to blast this water at great speeds. Still, the only thing he can't do with it is make it ice. The water has to be attached to him to make it ice and that is bad because when he uses ice, his whole body freezes more like his arteries freeze slowly, but he found a way, punches, precise punches to the rival body.
He is able to hit the rival four times before his whole body starts freezing. He does this by covering his hands in water, and as he punches the rival, the water that touches him freezes.
He is able to use water to slow down the attacks from the rivals.
But nothing will prepare him for what's ever that monster that came from the deepest part of the ocean.
That night, steps were heard throw out the island.
Giant steps that came from the bottom of the ocean floor.
The only thing was the sound of the loud steps, everything else turned silent. The only thing else that sounded was the doors of every house on the island as they opened. Clouds in the night with thunder reverberated in the night. It was the only light that would cover the night sky for a few seconds.
Noah woke up not because of the loud thumping sound throughout the whole island. No, his mark was burning his hand. He woke up and went downstairs. He saw his parents outside.
They were frozen in place, their faces looking up at the sky. Noah started to walk towards him, then slowly his parents didn't notice. As Noah walked out he saw the darkness as he looked up.
Seconds pass…
A flash of light illuminated the night sky and he saw it.
An unsettling smile, eyes like those of cats looking at the island, the legs of this creature were long, and which Noah assumed could go down to the ocean floor.
"I— found— you." The voice reverberated through the whole island, windows shattering.
Noah saw one of the things' hands race into the sky and slam against a house close to Noah. The people close to the house tried to run, but the hand smashed them, making a pool of blood and human parts. Men, women, children. The thing didn't care. It started smashing every person and animal
The chapel got destroyed. What was Noah doing? He was in shock. Everything and everyone were destroyed. His eyes were wide open, and as he blinked, everything went mute. He saw his mother and father push him away, and that hand swiped the ground, destroying everything in the hand's trajectory, including every bone and organ in Noah's parents. Their death was instant.
Noah looked around. "M-Mom…" Noah saw the hand of his mother. Every bone was broken, but the worst thing was that he found her body a few meters from where he found her hand.
He looked around "da-" he stopped and saw the head of his dad... That is it, he found his head.
He was broken. Noah was consumed by despair, but there was one more thing; the exorcist who taught Noah everything. His lifeless body flew and landed where Noah could see him.
Noah looked around. Everything was destroyed, and everyone was killed except for him. Why?
Noah's tears left his eyes. "W—why? WHY ME! WHY HAVEN'T YOU KILLED ME!" he yelled.
It started to rain hard.
And the horrid and heartbreaking crying of Noah was muted by the thunder.
The thing started chuckling.
The hand of the monster swiped and slammed against him. Before making contact with him, a pillar of crimson ice formed and broke, allowing Noah not to take the whole force of the blow.
His power wanted him alive.
Noah flew and splashed against the water and skipped 3 times.
Like a rock in a lake.
When he stopped skipping, he started to sink into the water, creating a bubble around him, and began to heal Noah. His arm was broken, his lungs were punctured, and he had internal bleeding.
But he was special, the water loved him.
No one in the world was loved by water.
Just him.
For 4 days and 3 nights, Noah floated in the currents of the sea moving him around until he was dumped on one of the main continents.
This is where the story begins.
In the city of Euphra, one of the 3 greatest empires.
In a world abandoned by god—
On the island destroyed by a monster, a book is open to one single page.
the page said:
In my life, I have experienced love many times. Sometimes, love is intoxicating, and you feel that you can give your life to protect this person.
Other times, love doesn't last that long, and you end up forming a false relationship with this person that makes you hate them with all your soul; this is how curses get created the evil of the people, and where I found myself looking at, what picks my interest the most. People say I'm unique for being able to see this thing. But if you can see them, they can see you too.
I decided to avoid women.
I train and train for days and nights, my body and soul answering to the call of duty because, as you can see, I'm an exorcist,
In this rotten village on this rotten island.
Sometimes, I want to live alone outside this island, live freely, wherever this sea takes me; if there is an outside world, it must be beautiful. I sometimes wonder if there are more people and if there is a place where I can be happy, where life is calm, and where I can escape this curse, the curse of the exorcist, the curse that makes us see disgusting monsters. The eyes of an exorcist can see evil, they can see into hell and salute Satan.
I hate this world, the world of Able, the land of Able; they all say that I look like him, but they compare my intellect to David from the legend that there is a land far away where gigants and humans live and where they say that they are in constant war with each other.
On this little island where 700 people live, there are only two exorcists, and even if there were only one, the people of this island would be okay.
This is why I wish I could leave. I am smart enough to kill curses with exorcist tools, but I know nothing about myself. I don't even know much about my ability, the gift god gave to me on the day I was born.
It is just my teacher and me and the most extensive library on the whole island.
Someday I want to be free.
The book closes, and a chuckle leaves with the giant steps. "Little brother Able, where are you?... Oh, there you are?" The chapel is completely crushed by a monstrous hand, and every book is destroyed, but the only thing that remains intact is the statues of the two lovers. the monster makes roar that can be heard throw out the whole world, then the monster disappears in darkness.