Chapter 53: Twin Brothers

"Pour your power on your back. Gather and build small, fine feathers of ice. They should be just as light as this one."

Orphen made a thin layer of ice and handed it to Grimm. Grimm rested deeply. It is even thinner on the plastic cover and lighter on the real feather. He did not know what he could do.

"I don't know if I can do it." he hesitated to speak to Orphen.

"You can do it."

Orphen took off his green t-shirt and turned his back on Grimm. From behind Orphen gradually appeared thin feathers made of ice. They became more and more numerous until they formed full wings. They crystalize and glow brightly because of the sunlight. He really slowed down the formation of the winged ice for Grimm to see clearly.

"Remember that your wings have to be light for you to fly in the air but you just can’t use these wings to fly. You can also use these wings as a weapon and shield." explained his teacher.

Clemen smiled as he watched intently in the distance. It stands next to a tree and the front leans against the trunk. Grimm's first lesson was a different kind. Orphen is really serious about Grimm. The young man swallowed and looked at his teacher puzzled.

"D-Do I really need to build the feathers one by one? Can't I just do wings directly?" he asked.

Orphen turned to him.

"You can't fly then. The wings you can make are too heavy. And it won't be balanced. If you don't believe me, why don't you try?"

Because Grimm was challenged he immediately took off his white shirt. After that, he did what his teacher Orphen said. He passed his power on his back as he was doing a release of power in his hands. He did make a pair of wings directly and he was surprised when he knelt under the weight of them. He controlled the power he released. He looked behind him and saw the wings he had made. They are a little white. Meaning thick. He looked at Orphen's wings. He was shaken. The ice it made was very thin. He angrily removed the wings he had made from his back. He threw them away.

"How can I do that?"

"Creativity, Grimm. The secret to strengthening our power is creativity... You ask me how do i make designs on the things I create from ice? Creativity is the only secret there. It's like you're making a literal drawing. If you want to come up with something out of the ordinary, then they have to re-think their position. Understand well what I said. Well, get started."

After that, the feather-wings on Orphen's wings flew into the air one by one until its hind wings disappeared.

"Wow... It's really great."

"You will also be good if you practice. So best of all, start now. Because this afternoon, Clemen will take care of you."

"All right!"

Orphen walked over to the clothes he had thrown away and put them on again. He went to Clemen's place and sat down on the grass. He opened the paper bag with only custard pie. It was Grimm’s pasalubong for him. He gave it to Clemen and they both ate as they watched their student train. Grimm has already started training.

(Pasalubong-a gift is given by travellers from their destination. It is usually food or souvenir. Also, pasalubong is given when you visit your relatives home or your friend’s home.)

"Creativity..." he whispered.

He closed his eyes and remembered what his master had done. One by one it forms its feathers gradually until it forms wings. If it was just like creation in his hands, he could do it. He has already started to create hailstones and he is combining them one by one.

"Damn it! I did not say anything to Grimm there. He impressed me again. He can easily get what I teach ah?"

Clemen smiled.

"Since we came here last week, he has not stopped practicing making ice creation so that's it. Whenever his time is free, he practices, he also started studying drawing, he is already making simple sketches. Then, the drawings he makes are also his ice creation. He is so hardworking and determined."

"Uhum... Great! He won't waste my time then."

In the afternoon, Clemen trained Grimm for what academics say. Grimm rested on a sharp needle with his index finger in his right hand and a small pentagram was exposed around his hand where a mist was coming out. the area where Grimm was standing was already freezing.

"Another Our Father, Grimm and two more Hail Mary .."

As Clemen asks Grimm to do that, he teaches him to pray the rosary. Grimm did not complain. The academics that Clemen said were over. It teaches him to build and make his own pentagram as an exorcist. And he will need a lot of prayer to get past the training it provides. He started praying Our Father...

"O-Our Father in heaven, holy be your name, your kingdom come, you will be done on earth as in heaven... Give us this day our daily bread, forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Do not bring us into test but deliver us from evil. Amen."

Clemen smiled at Grimm and looked intently.

"I have something to tell you, Grimm... You probably won't get angry when I tell you that from time to time I train your Kuwarog boys to use their skills. You know, they have potential and the bracelet I gave them naturally comes out..."

Grimm suddenly looked sharply at Clemen.

"W-What-?!"

The pentagram almost disappeared and Grimm was stabbed with a needle but he recovered.

"You're not fair!"

"Just kidding... Go ahead. You should not be distracted. You lack concentration." Clemen laughed.

Grimm did not realize that his joke was true.

Meanwhile... Rusty was stunned when suddenly someone covered her eyes. She was in a garden in a park.

"Guess who-"

FZZZZRT!... There was a strong electric shock and Gaunt let go of Rusty in no time. He looked at his hands, it blushed with burns. Rusty was shocked to face Gaunt and she looked guilty at the young man's red hands.

"A-Are you alright? Oh, I'm sorry." she apologized.

Gaunt looked at her and hesitated to smile sparingly.

"I-I'm fine. Don’t worry, it's just a small burn..."

But Gaunt suspected that he thought... Why did that happen? Rusty simply grabbed the necklace she was wearing. Gaunt is a demon. At first, she wondered why Grimm, was not opposed to the sacred things and other uses of the exorcist. According to the young man it was because he was baptized and blessed. She suddenly remembered what the young man had told her.

"In those days, I was desperate and had nowhere else to go. Sure, I was an innocent baby to look at but I already knew everything and I could clearly understand the words. I said before that when the Lord they say fully accepts me, I will accept Him too and when the time comes that He will need me to serve Him, I will. And maybe this is the time. Nothing happened to me when I was blessed with holy-water so there I proved that the Father hated and opposed by my father Belphegor was truly loving and forgiving. I don't understand why he does things, against heaven..." Grimm added a long story.

"They say, because that's power. They want to be more than anything. They are rebel angels who rebelled against heaven and started an ancient war that continues to this day and the end is not yet certain. Maybe, you are from the enemy side but you do not fit in there, Grimm." Rusty commented.

The girl suddenly blinked and she looked at Gaunt's face who seemed to be looking at her earlier.

"Is there a problem?" this question suddenly.

She rested deeply and simply shook.

"No. What are you doing here?"

"I want to see you." Gaunt answered without hesitation.

Rusty sighed and mustered up the courage.

"Gaunt, it would be better if you stopped me. B-Big trouble will only happen when you come to me." her courageous language.

The young man's eyebrows met.

"What do you mean?!"

Rusty swallowed and looked straight into Gaunt's face. She finally faced it.

"I already know your true identity. I know you are a demon. And so you approach me because I have something to look like. I come from an exorcist family... Gaunt, I am a different person. I just look like Kristine but I'm really Rusty. We're different people."

Gaunt blinked and was shocked by the words he heard. He clenched his fists tightly and he smiled bitterly. He bowed slightly and simply closed his eyes. He think his heart was broken.

"Ouch... The pain of joking destiny. You just don't remember me, but I know you are Kristine's second life."

"She's not me." Rusty answered quickly.

Gaunt open his eyes slowly. He looked closely at Rusty's whole being. This is really a younger version of Kristine. Even its aura and speech, Kristine. So it is impossible for her to say that they are different people. In the name, maybe, Yes.

"I have no bad intentions." his language is still short.

"T-Thank you then. I know you are kind and hopefully, you will understand me why I am keeping you away. You have been a good friend to me and I do not want you to be hurt because of me."

Gaunt took a deep breath.

"I-I can defend myself and I will do everything I can to keep you from getting hurt. But just a request, Rusty... Don't tell me to stay away from you. Don't force me to promise that thing because I can't afford it. It hurts me..."

Rusty felt sympathy for Gaunt. Tears welled up in his eyes. That's all, it prevents falling. Kristine is lucky because for a very long time, Gaunt did not stop loving her.

"I-I'm sorry... I just don't want to give you a false hope that’s why I’m saying this to you. You can just be my friend, that's all. I'm sorry."

"D-Do you like somebody else that’s why your saying that to me? Is that so, I have no hope?" Gaunt asked bluntly.

Rusty took a deep breath to gain courage. Her cheeks warmed as she remembered Grimm. Even though sometimes he looks stupid and a little numb, it 's cute when it suddenly becomes sweet.

"I-It looks like that." she hesitated to answer.

Gaunt's face was serious.

"Well, I will not give up. I will do everything, I can only take your heart away from the person you are saying. I will make sure your heart falls on me. Don't worry, I am not the type who uses violence as you think. You are right, I am a demon but I have it and I can love..."

Gaunt pointed to his heart. Rusty glared at Gaunt's face. This is serious in saying. And if she was just someone else, she would have fainted from the tremors. But there is none... Yes and her confidence increased because of what she heard but her heart did not jump. She did not know what she should answer or say. She could not speak. She backed away slightly. But Gaunt walked quickly towards her and she looked up in amazement.