Ryoen? Hmm... I had heard the name before.
"Now then, what do you want?" What do I want? Like... a wish? Could I trust this guy?
"Why the heck should I trust you?" Without giving him time to answer, I thought out loud. "Well, if I'm really specific, then you'll have trouble messing it up... Now, what to wish?" I thought about it. Money, power, maybe even the resurrection of the dead! My head swam with all the thoughts. I couldn't help myself from thinking of the pleasure, all I could do if I was the richest person alive! If I could bring people back from the underworld! If I could rule the world! What to pick!
"I-I want..." I stopped myself. What was I thinking?! A wish?! I could wish him and the other demons away! Tell them to leave and never come back! ... But what would that do for me? I get a few thousand dollars, and it be all gone before I could find another job. Did I really want to keep roaming around, looking for work, getting laughed at when I explained what I did for a living. So what did I want? Money? That would satisfy my constant wandering. For people to believe me? I'd just throw the world into chaos! More power? But I already got the power of the gods, or "spirits" as Ryo called them.
"Athena, goddess of wisdom." I called on the one goddess who probably hated me the most. So much for wisdom! Still, her quiet voice spoke to me. I listened and made up my mind then.
"I want absolute pow-" I started.
"Ryoen!" came a voice behind me. I cut off mid sentence, and whipped around to face a guy in his mid teens with spiky black hair. A girl stood not far behind him. Athena's voice left me, replaced with a more familiar one. Artemis.
"Don't listen to him, child!" she spoke urgently. "I have very little time. He is drowning out my voice, be it consciously or not! Do not trust him!" with that her voice disappeared. Athena's voice returned, but now I knew not to listen to her. In fact, I wasn't even sure it was her. Instead, I focused on the new comers.
~Sephira
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