There are two kinds of tamers: S-class tamers and the C-class ones.
I belong to the S-class. My likes are those tamers who use the Celestial mark, θάνατος, and that there's only two of us left now, which didn't surprise me at all.
Why? Simply because tamers who were chosen to have that curse mark will walk through the shadows of death to live, and when I said walk, it's literally being thrown into the bottomless pit and was only given three nights to escape or else fear will devour us to death.
Voices from nowhere kept whispering, some are laughing and some are crying in pain, seeking for help. I could hear teeth gnashing and bones breaking from a beating a whip; cries of aborted children, agony of raped women, and evil laughs of satisfied ill-doers.
I nearly lost my mind when I was already on my third night. I even lost my will to survive. I was just hovering in the air with nothing to see but darkness; nothing to hear but silence, and nothing to feel but agony and hatred.
I've accepted my fate and ready to face my death and was about to close my eyes when someone held my hand and pulled me away from that place.
A blinding light stroke my eyes as I felt that being placing me down on a warm ground. Due to glare feeling, I wasn't able to see things clearly. I only saw what seems to be a figure of a man, but before I could even adjust my vision, he already disappeared.
That's when I found myself outside the gates of the Underworld that was located in the middle of desert.
I thought that was the end of my suffering not until the Knight of Abbys took me to Sheol to where I have to battle with behemoths which I luckily survived with the little bit of luck I have with me.
But still, I almost died back then, but Takumi helped me along the way: the second person who survived the test, which took us two years to pass. He's also the one who taught me how to summon the monsters I've slain to help me with my battles.
Anyhow, the C-class tamers are those who have the mark of ΖΩΗ: the life. They didn't undergo deadly tests however they are as fragile as a glass.
There are thousands of them and mostly dies while battling with a descendant since they use their blood to tame them. It's either they can feed their descendants off or they will be the ones to be fed off and die.
Either marks each one possesses, both classes doesn't have an easy way out since the weak are really bound to die.
I opened my eyes to meet the white ceiling of my room and drew a deep breath. I toss and turn before looking at the window.
The fireball still hasn't risen yet.
"GOOD MORNING!"
"HOLY SH--" I flinched and almost cursed when Carter barged into my room.
He even has a very huge smile plastered in his face as he invited himself to seat on my bed.
"What the heck is wrong with you?! Don't you know how to knock?!" I snorted.
"Since when did I learn to do that?" He laughed.
I grimaced when Kurama and Yosuke came running inside. They must have heard me squeal. These two insisted to stay with me all night and guarded me as I fell into a deep slumber.
They looked at Carter in shock before turning to me and bowed.
"Uhm... What are you doing here?!" Yosuke casually asked.
Carter grinned and playfully ruffled my hair.
"Just paying my sister a visit."
"And as you can see, she's still resting. Can't you just wait until the fireball rises?!" I could see Yosuke's nose flare.
I raised a hand for him to stop before he could do something else. This guy really is ill-tempered and straightforward for a Libra descendant.
"It's okay. I'll get up early anyways," I groaned and tossed my blanket away.
"What do you want for breakfast?" Yosuke scooted in front of me and winced when Kurama biffed his head off.
"It's milady for you!"
"Ugh! Yeah yeah!" Yosuke's lips twitched in pain, still eyes on me. "I'll make your favorite food, milady."
He didn't wait for me to answer and sprinted out my room leaving Kurama sighing.
"Hmm... So? What time will you go back to the Center?" Carter purred, batting his eyes.
Don't get distracted. He's a god of erotic love. It's normal for him to act like that even with me.
"Around noon. I'll head directly to the dungeon to where the last descendant has been sealed."
"Where to? In Sheol?"
"Abaddon," my lips thinned in grimness.
"But that place..." Carter paused. "Do you want me to accompany you?"
"Lelith won't let you enter that place. As a matter of fact, you won't last a minute in there."
"What? Why?!"
"As a god of love, it will be your worst nightmare to hear the cries of those people whom you've tied their red strings to the wrong individuals."
Carter's mood instantly swung from exhilaration to gloom.
"I-I did what?!" His voice cracked.
"N-nothing..." I stuttered.
He's might still not be aware of what he has done before.
"But--"
"Do you smell that?" I cut him off when I smelled something burning.
I looked at Kurama and our eyes grew in realization and raced outside the room.
YOSUKE CAN'T COOK!