A few weeks later while Haruto and Ilya were having a make believe tea party at the behest of Ilya in his room, Margaret entered the room with an unreadable look on her face.
"I was wondering if you two could help me with something," Margaret commented.
Thank god, a break from this stupid tea party, Haruto thought in relief, as much as he loves Ilya he can't stand her little tea parties.
"Sure what do you need?" Ilya replied, looking happy to help.
This caused Haruto to internally sigh since she was always willing to help others, no matter what the situation. This often than not resulted in Haruto scaring away children that would try and take advantage of her generosity.
"I'm glad to hear that, a nearby church has hosted a fundraising event for orphanages and we were one of the lucky ones to receive some of that money, I was wondering if you two don't mind coming down with me to the church to collect the money," Margaret said her hands shaking nervously.
For some reason, the story felt a little off to him, but it was probably just his imagination. Plus with Ilya having already agreed it's not like he could get out of doing it. During the walk to the church, Ilya was constantly talking and asking questions, but for some odd reason, Margaret was mostly silent and would only give one-word answers whenever she was asked a question.
They eventually reached the church after a twenty-minute walk. When they went inside they were met by a Catholic priest. The priest was a tall and slender old man. He was wearing a white and purple garb as well as white gloves.
"Welcome, how can I help you today Margaret?" the priest asked with a smile on his face.
"Hello Father Kyle, I'm here to collect the money from the recent charity event for the orphanage," Margaret replied, making Father Kyle look at Haruto and Ilya with an unreadable look in his eyes.
"Of course the money is in the back I'll just get it for you, but first how about some refreshments you just had a long walk," Father Kyle said kindly.
"We'd love some," Margaret said with an unknown tone in her voice.
"Very well, I'll be right back with some refreshments then," Father Kyle said before walking into the back of the church.
Haruto and Ilya used this opportunity to look around the church as they had never been in one before today. After a few minutes, Father Kyle came back out with a tray full of food and drinks and put it on a nearby table.
"Help yourself to as much food and drink as you want children, Margaret and I will be in the back room sorting out the money if you need us," Father Kyle said with a pointed look towards Margaret. Seeing his look Margaret quickly left with Father Kyle into the back room.
Haruto and Ilya helped themselves to the food and drinks and walked around the church chatting away. After walking around the church for several minutes Ilya suddenly dropped to the floor unconscious making Haruto panic.
"HELP," Haruto shouted panicking as he wasn't sure what to do. "ILYA'S FALLEN UNCONSCIOUS."
He went to shout again when he started to feel a bit drowsy and soon fell unconscious next to Ilya.
What happened? Haruto asked himself as he started waking up. As he was feeling more awake he could hear voices talking not too far away from him.
"What are we going to do?" an older man's voice asked full of panic.
"I don't know, and why are you asking me? This is your fault," a woman's voice replied scornfully.
When Haruto opened his eyes he saw Father Kyle and Margaret arguing about something. Ignoring them he tried to move but realized he was tied to a chair. Knowing he wouldn't be able to escape without his powers he looked around the church for Ilya but saw no sign of her until his eyes landed on the altar where he saw she was lying on her back. He was about to call out to her to see if she was fine when he realized she was lying perfectly still. Taking a closer look he saw her eyes were completely devoid of life.
Seeing this caused Haruto to let out an ear-piercing scream of pain and anger, attracting the attention of Father Kyle and Margaret.
"WHAT DID YOU DO?" Haruto screamed at Father Kyle and Margaret. They both shared nervous looks before Father Kyle stepped forward.
"There was an accident while I was performing an exorcism on your friend, to remove the curse Satan had given her," Father Kyle replied nervously.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN CURSE?" Haruto shouted angrily.
"Margaret saw you two performing magic a few weeks ago, realizing you must have been given magic by Satan himself, she contacted me to perform an exorcism on you, so I could save your souls by removing your magic. Ilya went first since she would be the easiest to restrain. I was forcing her to drink saltwater but she refused to have any more. Thinking I was removing her magic I forced the rest of the water down her throat which sadly killed her," Father Kyle said looking at Ilya's body without any regret on his face.
"YOU KILLED HER BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT SHE HAD A GIFT FROM SATAN," Haruto shouted furiously before taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down. "How retarded are you?"
This caused Father Kyle to scowl in anger. "Don't take that tone with me boy, Ilya might have died accidentally but at least her soul is in a better place now."
"She would still be alive if it wasn't because of you, so don't try justifying your actions to me," Haruto said shooting him a venomous look.
"As if I care for your words boy, it'll be your turn soon enough and you'll be grateful afterwards that I removed the curse Satan gave you," Father Kyle said, causing Haruto to plan his next move.
"You were going to perform an exorcism on Ilya and me because you believed we have magic that was given to us by the devil, is that right?" Haruto asked coldly, making sure he understood the reason they killed his sister. This earned him questioning looks from Father Kyle and Margaret for his sudden change in tone with them.
"I saw you two using your magic in the grove a few weeks ago, and seeing such foul sorcery I knew I needed to save your souls as soon as possible. I'm sorry Ilya is dead but at least her soul is now free of the taint given to her by Satan," Margaret said, trying to persuade Haruto to see reason.
"There is no such thing as the devil you stupid woman. Ilya and I were born with these gifts, we made no deal with the devil for them, and seeing as you killed the only person who ever accepted and cared for me, I'm going to make you suffer," Haruto said darkly before using his powers to snap the ropes binding him, gaining surprised looks from Margaret and Father Kyle.
Haruto then held out both of his hands, and fireballs the size of a small football appeared in both of them. Father Kyle and Margaret froze in surprise and fear seeing this, and so we're unable to react in time when Haruto threw the fireballs at them.
The fireballs quickly covered their bodies in a fire causing both of them to scream in pain. Father Kyle dropped to the ground and rolled trying to put out the fire, but was having no success. Margaret ran to the bathroom to get water to put out the fire, but the water was having no effect on her.
Haruto calmly walked up to the altar ignoring the screams and gently picked up Ilya's body before walking out of the church with her in his arms. Outside of the church Haruto tenderly placed Ilya's body on the ground hundreds of feet away from the church, to make sure it wouldn't get caught up in what he was about to do. With a dark look on his face, he approached the entrance of the church and started launching more fireballs inside the building causing the church to catch on fire.
Margaret seeing the building catching fire ran towards the entrance to escape but Haruto saw her coming. The last thing she saw was the apathetic eyes of Haruto as the churches doors closed by themselves, leaving her trapped inside the burning building.
Content they wouldn't escape, Haruto returned to Ilya's body and started crying for the loss of his sister. Holding Ilya's head against his chest he watched as the church burnt down with eyes that were full of satisfaction from getting his revenge. He soon started feeling tired from the emotional trauma he just went through, and from using so much of his power in one go that he soon fell asleep. With his last thought being how Father Kyle and Margaret deserved their fate.