In a small shrine many people had gathered. All of them were chained at the legs and hands, praying to a small statue of a god and begging for forgiveness and eternal peace. The shrine was inside a cave. It was small, old, and filthy. Its wooden walls are dark with age, chipped and soft from rot. The floor is uneven and covered in thick dust and patches of dried mud. The air is musty and still. At the center sits a small god's statue, surrounded by dirt.
Among all those peoples was kid around ten years old with long hair covering his face and dressed in dirty clothes. Beside him sat his mother, a slim woman with a wrinkled face and worn-out clothes. She was also praying, her voice trembling with hope.
"Mom, what is this?" the boy asked his mom and pointing at the statue.
She paused her prayer, gently patted his head and said, "This is God, my son. He always takes care of us, always helps us. We're all asking for his forgiveness. He'll free us from all our suffering and give us peace from these entities."
Despite her weakening body, her voice was soft and full of warmth.
"He will free us?" Boy said.
Pause...
"When?! When he will see our suffering?! When he will give us peace?! Are we even getting anything by praying him?! Tell me Mom?!" Asked Boy to his mom.
Everyone started staring the boy. An old, filthy priest stares at boy and his mom. His robe stained with age and incense ash. His beard is matted, skin pale and eyes sunken. "Please forgive my son, lord! He is just a child...i will take any punishment in his place!" His mom started begging priest in fear. Priest sinisterly smirked and takes her in a seperate room.
All the peoples started praying again, the boy was confused why the priest took his mom to another room. He slowly walks toward the room and sees through the small hole, his eyes widen. He saw his mom and priest doing something he shouldn't.
"What? What are they doing?" Asked the kid to himself. He then Sat down leaning on the wall, covering his ears to not hear the cried and other sounds of his mom coming from the room.
What is going on? I can't understand, not even a single thing. They prays, they gets punishment but no forgiveness and no peace. Why God is so cruel with us? Is he even Real? And if he is real...if we watched us...so why....Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?!
We have to suffer all this—do we human means nothing to him? What even this God is? An entity? I can't understand, WHAT IS A GOD?!
In the school, the Defence Council was marching toward the protestors. All of them had baton in their hands, the one who was in the front was Leon.Leon was confused by the sudden dream he got. Again a memory about someone i don't know.
They reached the Area where protest was taking place, "Give me that Baton" Leon ordered the president of SDC [Student Defense Council]. He handed his Baton to Leon. All the protesting students were dumbfounded after seeing SDC with Batons.
"All these Protesting Students will get punished!" Said Leon. All the protesting students started speaking against him, one of them said "You can't punish us, we haven't committed any crime or violate any rule". They were confident but Leon don't said anything, he moves his finger in air and arrow it to the window of Student Council office. A stone from the ground—floated in air and hit the window of Student Council office and broke it.
All the protesting Students along with SDC members get shocked by that, "What? How that happened? I know you did that bastard!" The same guy of protesting students said, pointing at Leon.
"Shut up bitch, did you forgot. Im 0 mana" said Leon, scratches his head.
All the protesting students goes silent because the fact that Leon was 0 mana boy, he couldn't do anything like that.
Leon arrowed at Protesting Students, "I order SDC for Baton Charge on these students for their 2 Crimes. First—they did noise pollution that disturbed all the other students, and second—they harmed school property. CHARGE AT THEM!!" Commanded Leon.
SDC members charged at them, started beating all of them in legs with Baton. Leon who had taken president of SDC's Baton, also charged at them. He beaten all of them ruthlessly, more than what is said in the rules. All the protesting students started running here and there in pain.
In the Student Council office, when stone hit the window and break through, it directly hit lucas in head. His head started bleeding, "What the Fuck was that?!" He said while rubbing his head. A girl bring first aid and treated Lucas. Alexia looked down and sees the Baton Charge. She sees how ruthlessly Leon was beating some particular students. Something comes in her mind and she leaves the Student Council office. She walks straight towards where the Baton Charge was taking place.
She reaches that place and saw Leon, kicking and beating a student. She walks toward him. As he feels her presence, he looks at her and she slapped him. Her expressions were unreadable and cold. Leon puts a hand on his cheek, all the SDC members stopped, protesting students also stopped running. She takes Baton from his hand and gives a hand to the student, Leon was beating.
Leon face darkened, his gaze was cold but not anger. Something was going on in his mind but couldn't tell what. Leon was not that stupid to fight back because Alexia could erase him in an instant. Alexia orders all the SDC members to leave and take all the protesting students to hospital of school.
She then looks back at Leon for a moment and started leaving but before, she said "Sorry for that slap, but your actions are not right. You need to change your childish behaviour, otherwise I will kill you".
After she leaves, leon stood there silently.