[08:38] 1 April, in Shiva, with Gherico
We were waiting for Abello at the closest square to that place; he reached us just a few minutes later. Abello looked a bit traumatized, but still full of…jokes.
"Now, let's go to my sister!" He exclaimed, marching in that direction.
"WHAT? Do you understand we just" Orite interrupted me.
"Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Guys, we forgot about the pastry" I was about to lose it when the older kid approached me.
"Thanks for helping me and my brother. I'm Cicaro, and he's Septum" A wave of emotion washed over me.
"Pleasure to meet you. My name Is Gherico, and these are my friends, Orite and Abello" I said, glaring at them.
"Abello, you were so calm, did you know Vins and the other guy?" Orite asked him.
"Well, they are called The Lethal Twins. Usually, they work on individual contracts. Both are descendants. The more absurd fact is that they don't share the same chain"
Septum stepped forward and said, "Oh, so you know about the Descendants?" (That moment, I realized that Abello made a big mistake using that word in front of them)
"Uhhh…" Abello stuttered while Septum replied, "Don't worry, we know the real meaning of Descendants; our grandpa told us!" We looked at each other, relieved.
"This makes things simpler" Abello continued "They are ranked as Unlinked. No wonder they were able to create that explosion easily" Cicaro raised his finger, to respectfully ask a question.
"I'm sorry, what does that mean? Our grandpa explained some basic concepts, but there are still many things we don't know."
Abello smiled and replied, "Sure, you have to know that usually, the Descendants are ranked by the amount of energy from their pools, and it's something that doesn't change during a person's life.
The ranks go from Unlinked to Hexa-link
Septum and Cicaro looked pretty confused.
"But, why are they called "Lethal Twins" if they are at the lowest rank? Septum asked, and Abello replied. "Keep in mind that among the descendants, only 11% is ranked. We are talking about the elite"
"How do you know the percentage is only 11%?" I interrupted him. But he didn't respond to me directly.
So Abello continued with his explanation.
"When a person is born, if they possess an enormous amount of energy, it's proved that they will present a Link-shaped birthmark. For example, the Lethal Twins should somewhere have one Link as a Birthmark, since that's their rank.
This concept of ranks is something we as humans created, but it's very old, and we don't know much about it"
We all looked at Septum in disbelief when he lifted his shirt, revealing a Dual-link birthmark on his left rib.
"Wait, so this is what you were talking about? I never knew it; my grandpa didn't tell me this" In that moment, I grabbed Abello by the shirt and dragged him a few meters away.
"We will be back in a minute" I said with a grin on my face
"Abello, you shouldn't have talked about this lightly. Now, what if the cult found out about him?"
The cult. I've already mentioned it before, and they are worse than you may think. They created the idea of the "Honored", the people really believe that they must bring to the cult all the children with the birthmark, just because these children can "interact with God and with the devil" so the cult must prevent the creation of more Descendants.
As you are probably thinking, newborns are their target, so they can brainwash them to work for the cult. It's a real military program.
Each family gets paid for every newborn delivered, and for every Descendant reported to the cult.
"You are right, Gherico. What can we do now? Do you want to try asking their grandpa? They said he knows something about Descendants"
"It's too risky. He may be a mole, but before leaving this city, we need to get them out of this situation" A mole is a person who works for the cult undercover, pretending to be a Descendants to attract them.
"I agree" As we were talking, Orite came to us. "Guys, good news. Septum and Cicaro want to repay us, they want to share their knowledge about the Descendants with us. Apparently, they note whatever the grandpa tells them"
"We should give them a try, Gherico. It's an opportunity to learn more" Abello added. While Septum and Cicaro were coming at us.