Strena The Youngest Dark Lady Arc Part Two

 Dark Lessons

Strena woke up early the following morning from her usual nightmares. She looked around at her new room, which would be her home until it was time to leave. It was narrow and had one single bed with black covers and pillows. Beside it was a bedside table where she dumped her bags and there was nothing else in the room other than her.

She reached over to her bag and pulled out her book, quill and ink. There, she wrote down the previous events, using her magic to dry as she wrote. Once she was done, she put away the book, cleaned the quill and put the lid back on the ink before putting them all away. She then put on a pair of black trousers and a grey top. She put on a black belt to keep them up. After she opened the door and stretched and looked around. She heard Zaryb moan, almost like he was in pain.

"Stop it. Brother, please no! I don't like this place! NO! Don't do this! Please don't do this!" He wept in, to her surprise, her native tongue!

I didn't know that he knew my language. Then again, he does look like he was from there. He must be from the Desert Planes.

"You're up early!" Remarked Grasharlo.

She looked to the side.

"I always wake up early. Now do you know where I can pee?"

"Oh, come with me."

They walked down the stairs and walked to the door next to the chimney. She opened the door and her eyes met a large tunnel. She then followed Grasharlo to a large chamber with light coming in from a hole in the top, revealing lilac grass and trees with maroon leaves. There was a stream in the centre.

"Take a leak in the stream."

She walked up to it and let all the urine out and pulled her trousers back up. She then looked break to see that her urine was completely gone!

"What?"

"It's gone! The urine is gone!"

"Urine and dung eating algae. I invented them myself! Mainly so that I could take a leak or dump any time I want, without any fear of the water getting dirty."

"Oh!"

That's actually genius! I didn't know that magic could do that!

"Come along."

She followed Grasharlo as she did, she did not take her eyes off the woman for one second. Watching her every move as she rubbed to the main room.

"Tell me, can you cook?"

"Yes."

"Can you do it with magic?"

"I don't know. Never used it to cook."

"Alright. Then let me teach you."

They walked to the kitchen area, where Grasharlo started her cooking, using magic to light her fire. Then moved all the meat and vegetables with her magic too.

"Tell me, do you know the name of the first recorded Dark Lord?"

"Danstainv Darlor."

"Good, good. Not the first Dark Lady?"

"Dalay Darco."

"What was the name of the kingdom of Dark Lords and Dark Ladies?"

"I don't know."

"Why is that?"

"I saw the posters of Danstainv and Daley on the poster on the Assassin's Guild's board. I read their profile and saw that they were both recorded to have been killed by Phorap The Mad. Yet there are rumours that they are alive somehow. I would have taken them if I had the skill and experience."

"Alright. The Kingdom of Dark Lords and Dark Ladies was called Kingdarlalor."

"Pretty name."

"Not a pretty place." She commented as she took out the plates.

"Which spell is the most forbidden to use?"

"I don't know."

"It is the soul destroyer." She said as she shared the meat and vegetables equally.

"Do you know what it does?"

"Destroys should?"

"Good girl."

"Logic."

"Good girl. Now, onto a basic history. Dark Lord Danstainv was a royal born out of wedlock during the First Age Of Gods. He studied directly under them sling with twelve others, of which he was the oldest. They were able to trick them into telling them all the dark secrets that they hid. He then soon saw a woman that he liked and stole her from her family and used his dark arts to marry and made sure that she bore him an hair. After he taught her all he knew while leaving her mind with love. She fell for him only for their son to kill them both. Yet he was able to come back, somehow and was then taken down by Phorap Philosopher The Mad. 

"Yet there are those that believe he is still alive somehow." Strena commented.

"Yes, there are. Do you know why that is?"

"Because when his son gave birth to his daughter, he and his wife died under suspicious circumstances which came after the battle between him and Phorap Philosopher The Mad. Also there were people who say that they saw him give a baby girl over to a King and Queen who raised her."

"And you know who that baby was?"

"Dalay Darco, who married into the family when she came of age, which was twelve then."

"Yes, and house older was she when she became a Dark Lady?"

"Twenty. However, she only studied the dark arts that her grandfather had ticked the gods and goddesses into telling him."

"And when she gave birth to fifteen princes and princesses and taught them all she knew. This was how Kingdarlalor was formed. Yet none of them killed their mother and took all her power. Yet they didn't graduate as a Dark Lord or Dark Lady until they were sixteen."

"And how do you graduate?"

"By killing a Dark Lord or Dark Lady and taking their power for their own. Now this lesson's over. Fine for breakfast."

Zaryb came down and they started to eat.

"By the way, why is the soul destroyer so forbidden?"

"Why? It's there someone you hate that much?"

"No. I just wanted to know. I mean there are worse things like that or there."

She felt her fingers touch the Artemis Pendant. Grasharlo looked at it for a moment. She cocked her eyebrow and took a glance at Zaryb with a smirk.

"Maybe, yet when it comes to the soul destroyer, the price for the caster is that they will always feel a torturous pain for the rest of their existence. Yet it will always increase once you get used to the pain. There have been many, many Dark Lords and Dark Ladies that have been rendered useless because of that spell. Also, don't think you can chicken out of it by dying. Another price of that the caster is pointed to their bodies until they are killed by an immortal killer."

She nodded. They soon finished eating.

"Now, fine for your next lesson. Blood magic."

She frowned.

"No. Why that now?"  Zaryb asked, worried.

Grasharlo smiled.

"Stay out of this. If you interfere again I will pay you a little visit tonight!" He sang as she walked up to him and sat on his knee.

He suddenly seized up.

"And make you do all those things you don't like." She said leaning back into his chest.

He looked away as he looked as if he was about to throw up as he became submissive.

"Good boy!" She purred, kissing his neck.

She then got back up and skipped over to the black board. She picked up a piece of red chalk.

"Now blood magic was invented in the Fourth Age Of Gods, with the appearance of Goddess Clohida who taught the Dark Lady Darbloa. When she returned to Kingdarlalor, she was able to teach the residents all that she had learnt on the subject. This includes the different potencies of blood. Animals, aside from magical animals, have a low blood potency taste, meanwhile infants, family as well as royals, especially ones with magic, have a high potency rate. Nobody knows why it is that way, but it is." She said as she took out a knife.

Suddenly Strena felt her blood run cold and suddenly she felt completely afraid. That she was about to slice her and this all had been a ride to get her blood to just for her own nefarious means. Then she gave the knife to her.

"I want you to use this, think of something and cut yourself and put you will into it."

She nodded as she looked down at the blade and her arm and the cuff.

"Girl, I would like you to know that the cuffs are too blood magic." Zaryb said, sternly.

"Good boy! But I told you not to interfere! So tonight I'm going to visit you!" She sang.

He let out a deep breath as his eyes looked down. His body shook slightly.

Ignoring this she nodded. She then thought of the necklace around her neck. She thought of how much she would like to get rid of it. So she thought about that. She cut herself and drove this thought into her blood. She felt pain rise up in her hand. Then the blood started to flow but it stopped before it even reached the ground. Then it shot at the necklace. Then it fell after the blood cut it. She then looked down at the necklace as it hit the ground. Then another thing she wanted nothing more than it to be completely destroyed. Then get blood to it. The blood burst into flames and the flames spread thought the necklace and devoured the necklace until nothing but ashes remained.

Then she felt herself become drastically weak and she fainted. Zaryb zoomed at get and caught her. Then Grasharlo clapped.

"That girl has talent! In fact I know someone who would love to meet her. You should be proud. Yes, I can tell she will make a very powerful Dark Lady."

"Glad to hear it!" He said, bitterly.

"You know, I have an older brother who would find what she did very exciting."

"In what way?"

"I'm the stirring king. Although I don't like him much. Yet I guess we are alike." She said leaning in. "Our lust is something that is very powerful."

She kissed him on his lips. He then froze.

"I hope that list of yours will be your fall."

She let out a laugh.

"Maybe. By the way, the last lesson of the day will stay once she wakes up."

He nodded as he looked down at the girl.

Looks like I will have to keep this brother away from her.

She smiled.

"You can try but once someone's caught his eyes, he usually follows them until it comes time to kill them."

Even more of a reason…and stay out of my head!

"No! But tell me, are you hoping that she will do it?"

"Leave me alone."

She then wrapped her arms around him.

"No. I guess I'm glad that you interfered. I guess that you have been feeling very lonely."

"Stop it!"

She leaned in close to his ear.

"And maybe I can help you with that."

"No. Just stop it!"

"But you like it, don't you?"

"I really hope that list of yours gets you killed."

"Me too. Although, I hope it won't be a disappointment. But don't deny me. Just imagine what I could turn her into and what I could make her do."

Sure smiled as tears fell from his eyes. 

"Better."