The Search for Freedom

Lil Sitting on the long wooden chair while looking at the tall grass The bees were flying close to their beehives hanging from the tree's branches. The wooden gate had become weak and decayed after being there for a long time. The green grass on our lawn and many other things around our house. Everything around me was aged. Even me.

The curse wasn't just a simple thing that would leave voluntarily. I needed to do something, but I didn't want to talk about where and how I got that thing. What I wanted to think about was how to get rid of it. Though I didn't want to trust Cain again, I couldn't deny that I needed his help, for he knew a lot of things, and he was powerful. He had told me the only way to be free, and I didn't know if I could do that thing, because it wasn't as easy as I thought.

I needed to kill a hundred people to be free, and I lost hope that I could. It was hopeless; I knew I couldn't even kill an animal, but how much more human? Cain told me to try. My decision was needed, I needed, and whether I was willing to sacrifice a hundred lives or not, everything would change the direction of my life, especially since the curse might become active and would control me at anytime.

It was true that the curse would suddenly control my body without showing any signs. It would attack me in every way it wanted to, and it would take a long time to leave me. What was more horrifying was that Cain also told me that if my whole body was controlled by the curse, it would not leave me anymore.

Consequently, I needed to act before everything was too late. Because it was like a virus which required a vaccine to stop damaging my cells. I was so young to die because of this. I would survive for myself and for my family. There were many dreams I wanted to achieve, but first I needed to conquer this cruel curse.

"Are you sure there's no other way to get rid of it?" I queried.

"You can do one more thing, but I'm sure you can't do this, especially since you want to survive. But if you only want to get rid of the curse, then kill yourself so that you can be free." "You're right," I agreed.

"Right? Will you kill yourself to get rid of it?" Cain was stupefied.

"Of course not! I want to conquer this curse and I will never want to commit suicide. If there's no other way, then I have no other choice but to accept that I'm destined to be a serial killer." "Does that mean that you are willing to kill a hundred people?"

"Uh-huh." I replied with a nod.

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"Are you sure? Are you willing to sacrifice a hundred lives without any hesitation?" He barked again.

"It seems like you don't believe nor agree with my decision. If you don't want me to kill people, then you didn't put this curse on me, right?"

"Exactly, I want to admit, it was the reason why I accidentally put you under that curse, because you can also help me go back to the realm of spirits-by killing a hundred people," Cain admitted.

"Do you mean that their lives can help you go back to where you came from?" I asked.

"Their lives are the key to the realm of spirits. I will offer their souls to one of the most powerful demons, and he will help me go back to where I came from. I swear to you, I will never go back to this world once I enter the realm of spirit, and I won't trammel you again."

"Why won't you do the other way to go back to your place instead of trammeling me now?" I asked.

"Once you get rid of that curse, I can also go back to where I should be."

"But why did you put me under this curse if you knew there was another way to go back to your world?" I asked again.

"Have you forgotten that you told me that you wanted to be a superhero because you didn't want other children to bully you?"

Cain explained that he was thinking there were many people who oppressed me, and it would be easier if I would terminate them, which could also set him free. He said he knew the bluish cloud wasn't totally a curse, for there were times it could help me. However, I didn't know how the curse became a power if it had only brought misfortunes.

"The bluish cloud can bring you anywhere you want. What you need to do is to learn to control it, because if you can't, it will be the one to control you. It will take you anywhere it wants, even to dangerous places, like inside a volcano, and you'll automatically rest in peace," Cain added.

After I heard those words, I had realized it was all my mistake. I could not blame him for everything because he only wanted to help me, and I was so mediocre at that time, that I only wanted to become a superhero. It was me who wasn't thinking about what might happen before dealing with something. Everything was my mistake, and I needed to fix what I screwed up.

What kind of curse was that? There were too many things I needed to know about it, though I only wanted to be free. I could almost give up right there, thinking that it would be better if I ended my own life, for it was definitely the best solution to my problems.

However, I knew nothing would happen if I blamed myself all day. I had already blamed myself a hundred times. It had already happened, and there was nothing else I could do but solve my problem. I was willing to do anything to end the curse and get rid of it. I didn't need to think about my decision because I had been thinking about it all day. If I did not decide quickly, the curse would attack me again and it wouldn't hesitate to hurt other people.