Chapter 42: EXORCISM

He looked around but did not see anything strange.

"Is there a problem, Grimm?" Mikee asked him.

"Ahm... Nothing. Earlier I saw a white light in this place so I came here. Didn't you notice anything strange?" he asked curiously.

Mikee shook his head and stood up.

"I didn't notice anything. And what white-light are you saying? I didn't see anything here." his friend said.

Grimm violently scratched his neck. He was just imagining maybe what he saw. Maybe he was just too upset about what he found out about Rusty. He took a deep breath and smiled at his friend.

"I'm sorry, it looks like I’m just imagining such thing. Come on, let's continue selling." He just said.

"All right, come on!" Mikee said cheerfully.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Grimm almost knocked him down. In the end he was not very careful... Fortunately he was able to get through that thing.

The next day... Grimm and his friends were having a good time talking when Rusty arrived. Everyone is in the waiting shed. They had just finished their class that day.

"Sorry guys, we are the cleaners now so I'm late." Rusty explained to everyone.

"It 's okay. You arrived just right because we are talking about your newly opened carnival in the other village. They're having a fiesta there today. We plan to go after the exam. And its timing because we save a lot of money from our extra job." Mikee said with a smile.

Rusty was glad to hear that. She wanted the idea so that they could all have fun. It was also a long time since they last bonded as friends.

"All right! I'm fine there. Dad will definitely let me because he knows you won't leave me alone. I will let him know."

"That would be nice then." Rodel smiled.

After that everyone sighed at once. Rusty frowned and looked intently at her friends' faces.

"Why? I thought everything was fine?" she asked.

"If we are, our parents will definitely allow us. The problem is Grimm. It is doubtful if he will be with us." Ricky said.

"Why?"

"You know that he is often criticized because of his appearance. Then, when a fight challenges him... He is really going into it. The rope is short..." Mikee said.

(The rope is short-meaning short tempered.)

"Aaah... I get it. How about now?"

"We thought that if you will ask Grimm’s parents a permission about our walk, they might allow him..." Rodel said hesitantly.

Rusty thought... There is probably nothing wrong about their request? So, it seems like the other way around? Grimm should be the one who is asking a permission from her Dad but never mind. Grimm must be with her in her walks... She sigh deeply at that thought.

"All right, I'll take care of it. I'll ask Grimm’s parents!" her smiled language.

Grimm was embarrassed to look at her and smile.

"Thank you?" its shy language.

They even talked about their plans in their walk. They laughed happily when Father Clemen arrived.

"Ehem! Looks like your topic is fun?"

Everyone looked at it and greeted. Rusty approached her uncle and immediately mano at him. (Mano- a gesture of respect to elders)

"What do you need?" she asked.

"As usual, Grimm. I'll take him to the other town. It is said that a woman there was possessed. I need to do something about it. Exorcism."

"EXORCISM?!" ejaculation of men.

Everyone was amaze.

"Wait, it looks like we did that when Salv was poisoned?" Grimm said innocently.

"Wrong!"

"Eh what is that?" Salvador asked curiously.

Clemen sigh as he look at the teens.

"Exorcism is a process in which the evil spirit or demon that merges with its body is removed from the human body. They do not merely merge with the human body. It has three stages before the complete conquest of their victim's body..." Clemen began.

Everyone listens intently to his explanation. Grimm's older brother Andrey arrived exactly. He stopped walking and listened to what the priest was saying.

"The first stage is the so-called Intersession — this is where the souls or demons feel like merging with man. They will confuse it and scare him to weaken his mind. They do that thing so that their victim will not be able to fight them if they are already inside its body. That is necessary for them to have control over the person they belong to. Second is Submission — it includes physical harm to their victim in order to weaken his body and make him lose strength. And third, the final stage is the Possession — or the final fusion of the human body. He is in control because he has completely conquered the mind and soul of the person he has joined. But there is still hope to get rid of a soul or devil that merges...

That is through exorcism. This process is quite difficult because the person who has joined must have to help himself to remove the element that surrounds him, he must fight so that he can regain his body. The member will die if he gives up and eventually loses. The devil will eat his soul and that... At that point, I can do nothing."

Andrey was stunned after hearing everything Father Clemen said. Only now did he realize that the thing his younger brother was doing was so dangerous.

"Grimm... Don't come!" Andrey said suddenly.

Everyone who looked at him was shocked. They were unaware of his arrival because they were busy listening. Grimm stood up and approached his older brother.

"Brother... I have nothing to do there but accompany Father Clemen. I'm just carrying his things. That's all." Grimm explained awkwardly.

"Even so, it's too dangerous." Andrey said emphatically.

Clemen scratched his neck. He glanced at Andrey's bracelet. He approached the young man.

"Son, don't worry. Grimm will not be harmed by any creature. I gave him protection. That was the necklace he was wearing. As long as it is in him, your brother is safe. I assure you of that. So you, also do not take off the bracelet you are wearing that your brother gave you... That is the purpose of why Grimm made me do that for everyone."

Andrey calmed down and looked at his bracelet. He saw again the strange marks of the beads there and the white-stone in the middle of the cross.

"I'm sorry, Father... I was just too worried about my brother after I heard your explanations about your work. You know that he is my only brother." Andrey apologized.

Grimm smiled. He was very happy with what he heard but at the same time his heart pounded with guilt. He still did not know about his true identity. He looked at his friends. Even them, had no idea who he really was.

"People who are possessed by spirits or devils are people who gradually give up the faith and lose hope . They are the reason why different creatures are able to merge and do not worry about your brother because he is strong so nothing like that will happen to him. He is brave. And that courage of his, I better benefit from him fighting, right?"

Andrey smiled. Father Clemen did have a point because since his brother joined him, he has not been involved in any quarrels. Even its friends are pretty sober now. He took a deep breath. He turned to his brother.

"Go ahead. I will tell Dad and Mom."

Grimm smiled and hugged his older brother.

"Thank you, Brother!"

Andrey never spoke again. He turned to Father Clemen and Grimm's friends again. He said goodbye to them and went straight home. Grimm's friends smiled at the scene.

"Your older brother's behavior is really far away from you, Grimm. He really is." comment by Rey.

Grimm just smiled at his friend.

"Guys, I'm leaving first ah? I need to be with Father Clemen and Mikee, it's up to you to take Rusty home first."

"Okay, no problem!" Mikee smiled.

Grimm said goodbye to everyone and then he and Father Clemen walked to his owner type jeep. They immediately rode there. It started the car and drove away.

"What am I going to do if you commit exorcism? I can't fight back." Grimm said suddenly.

"You will stop the action of the woman being abused while I make her exorcism."

Grimm was confused.

"Just wait? How do I do that? Shall I cover her body with ice? Isn't it before she recovers, she will harden in the cold?"

Clemen laughed softly at Grimm's reaction. Just yesterday he suddenly decided to point out the use of this chain.

"Do you think I just gave you a spell on your body?"

Grimm frowned. All he knew was that it was a spell in his body so that in case he was caught by the demons hunting him he would not be dragged to hell.

"And what else does spell do to my body besides protecting me?" he asked curiously.

"Because you are a demon born as a human being... You can do exorcism with your ability as a demon. Try to make the oration appear on your skin."

Grimm was confused. I don't think he knows how to do that?

"Wait... How am I going to do that? It's been a long time in my body but not once... It never occurred to me that I could make it appear in my body? You, why did you just say that?!"

Clemen shook his head and laughed softly.

"I'm sorry. I just remembered eh. Try to let your whole power flow through your whole body. Just make sure its just weak and controlled. Make sure you wrap every part of your body..."

Grimm just looked at Clemen. He did not speak anymore. He sighed and did as he was told. He did not struggle because he was constantly training to extend his power. Now it looks like Father Clemen is going to teach him something else. He was surprised and stunned as the letters of oration gradually appeared on his body... They were shining white and they looked like tattoos all over his body. Clemen smiled when he saw Grimm.

"Excellent. Now, try to gather all the spell in the palms of your hands. Let your power flow in your hands. Keep the power you release."

Grimm swallowed. Is that a bit difficult?! He concentrated again and he did what it said. he flowed his power into his hands. He releases a little aura but he feels that he is slowly weakening in what he is doing. His lips parted as a circle pentagram gradually appeared. It is forming.

"Pour out your power more. Stretch out your hands." the language is Clemen.

Grimm did stretch out his hands. It was very difficult for him to do that because there seemed to be chains around his hands... When he stretched out his hands he poured out his power. There was a blue light and from the pentagram came out small chains. It was like the chains that Father Clemen used. Father Clemen's chains are silver and his are white and freezing. He is panting as he can release the chains. He was tired of what he did.

"Those are your chains. You can use that to bind your opponents. I suddenly thought that I would not just make you my assistant, Grimm. It would also be nice if you could be a student. I have a lot to teach you. But we need to be careful. Exorcists will surely hunt you down when they find out you are a demon."

Grimm was surprised by what he heard. He lost his concentration so suddenly the chains also disappeared.

"M-Me? I’m going to be your student?" his language shocked.

"Sure, Grimm. Get on board!"

Grimm felt excited and looked at his companion. He will serve this teacher from now on.

"All right, I like that!"

"Good. Be thankful and you no longer have to memorize orations and pentagrams. I put it in your body and you just have to do nothing but study its use. We will combine your power as a demon towards the ability of an exorcist. Now, repeat as many times as you did before. You need to release a few chains before we reach our destination. We will use your chains to bind the possessed woman."

Grimm was stunned by what he heard. He guess, his first lesson was a bit difficult?!

"Wait, I'm just a first timer. I'll memorize it right away?! It's so hard what you're asking me to do. Just being not on focus, the chains and pentagrams are disappearing." Grimm complained.

"Do it if you don't want me to tie you up." Clemen said emphatically.

"Yes!" forced Grimm's language.

He did everything again. And like the first one, the chains and pentagrams he released easily disappeared. How many times did he do everything over and over again. He had no idea what they were going to do. The previous missions that he accompanied Father Clemen were directly fighting the devils. But to cast out the devil belongs to the human body... He has no idea!

(CONTINUES ...)