The Search for Freedom

Lil There were many things about me which Cain didn't know, but why he needed to know them if it had nothing to do with him? I knew he also had a lot of secrets, and was hesitant to tell them, such as the place where he came from. What we should do was to respect each other's privacy, although that please seemed to be full of wonders, a place of powerful spirits.

I even remembered the empty place in my dream, that was always confusing me. But I was thankful that since Cain had shown himself again, I wasn't dreaming about it anymore. It was only a dream and it was totally a normal dream that sometimes shown repeatedly. I should forget them because they could not really help me solve my curse problem.

Those challengers? I believed I could defeat them all, especially since the power of hearing was always there to help me. Instead of fearing and worrying about the people I might fight next, I was feeling excited about fighting again. I was excited to use the magics I had learned.

It was cool to see my moves turned like the moves of a professional martial artist, moves which I had only seen on the television before. It was incredible that I could make my own professional moves when the power of hearing told me what I should do next.

The power of hearing-it wasn't that bad at all, especially since it didn't tell me anything wrong, just like how to kill the man. It was only telling me how to defend myself from his attacks. So be it. Even the power of hearing still helped me kill the man by telling me how to punch and kick him.

"So what should we do next?" I broke the silence where thoughts reigned.

"Don't you feel tired?" Cain asked back.

"I'm not tired, but if you're tired then you can take a rest."

"I'm a spirit, and spirits cannot feel tiredness no matter how they exert force."

"Yeah, I know that, so what shall we do now?" I asked.

"Train yourself if you're not tired," he suggested. "Someone who wants to die will show himself even if you didn't search for him. Those people will bring themselves to you if it's their time." "If you're telling the truth, then why we are here?" I queried.

"I guessed the first person you needed to kill was here, and I wasn't wrong, so that was the reason why I brought you here, but if you want to go back, I can bring you back to your home." "You will bring me back home after killing one man, only?" I asked as if I wanted to kill more although I was so tired already.

"Why? Do you want more, though you don't even know how to kill that man without my help?" Cain sounded underestimating me.

"But why won't you teach me how to kill people without your help and also teach me how to perform magic?"

"Do you really want to learn magic?"

"Uh-huh, so would you like to teach me?"

"Of course, I can teach you. Which magic do you want to learn?" "Anything, just like teleporting. Is it possible for me to do that?"

"Are you sure you want to know how to teleport?" he asked again. "Yeah, why?" I queried.

"It will take you a long time before you can learn teleportation. Every magic trick you want to learn isn't as easy as you think. You need determination, so that no one can stop you."

"No more words. Just teach me." I knew it could help me get rid of the curse faster and to fight against the strong and powerful enemies who were waiting for me.

In my surprise, the environment suddenly changed. Cain teleported us to another place in just a blink of an eye, and it would really be cool to know how to teleport. Someone could travel to many places without wasting their time and money. If I learned how to do it, I would not had to walk from home to school like how I used to be. I would have more time to do the other things.

"It's your turn. Try teleporting yourself," Cain told me.

"But what if I can bring myself inside an active volcano?" I asked. I knew that would be tragic, and everything would end like this.

"That won't happen if you're on focused and you know where you want to go. Let me ask you: do you have plan to go there?"

"No! Of course I don't. I'll probably die if I want."

"You said it. So focus on your intended place, and stopped thinking about perilous places like those volcanoes, underworld, inferno, etcetera, so that you can bring yourself back and alive." "Just stop talking. I'm trying my best to teleport."

I closed my eyes and tried to imagine I was a bird flying in the air, but when I opened my eyes I was still in the same spot and Cain was looking at me. I closed my eyes again and again, imagining I was with my beautiful teacher. (She was holding my shoulders and slowly thrust her face near mine.) But when I opened my eyes again, I was still there, and Cain was watching me with an annoyed face or it was going to explode of what I was doing.

It was absolutely difficult to instantaneously transport from one place to another without moving or using transportation. I seemed to be a fool in doing that. I should walk while my eyes were closed, so that when I open them, everything would changed. I didn't know how long I could endure my own foolishness. I would become crazy about assuming things which were impossible to happen.

Cain told me that I could not teleport to another place if I didn't focus on it. He went near and told me to look at the spot, familiarize it, put every detail in my mind, then close your eyes and stop imagine anything, even teacher Jayne. He was sure, I could transport myself to that spot.