Dev checks Elfara’s room, now she trusts Mehmet. The girl was lying on her princess bed. From a close distance she observed her sister. Looks plain. Suddenly she remembered what had happened a moment ago.
“How could it be?” After leaving from there, she went to check on Jess. There was nothing to worry about, the woman was lying on her side with her eyes closed.
So, what just happened?
In the room, Dev sees her own reflection in the mirror. Stroking her sore head, the bloodstains she found stuck to her palms. Again, the big question drains the mind. The image of the chainsaw overhead is still fresh in her mind.
“Am I crazy?” Dev mumbles angrily. The medicine that has always been a mainstay is swallowed roughly. After that, she smeared red medicine on the head.
Dev’s body shook with pain. Knocked down on the floor, her vision began to blur. A commotion seemed to create an illusion. Yes, those watery eyes looked straight into the mirror. From the reflection of the mirror, the shadows of the three-headed creature appeared before all objects went dark.
After opening her eyes, Dev realized that she had lost consciousness for some time. The room went pitch black. Dev guesses that it is nighttime after she sees dim lights on in every room. Crossing Elfara’s room, something strange happened again.
Dev slowly pushed the door open. On the chair, Elfara sat down. Dev sees the cutter in Elfara’s hand. A little worried, she approached her sister. She asked, “What are you doing?” Elfara refused to speak. Dev stops asking. What she had just seen had answered everything. The cutter’s eyes were dripping with blood. Instantly she knew, something bad was happening. It quickly moved into her hand.
“Don’t do anything stupid again!” whispered Dev. She threw the sharp object to the floor, then swiftly took a tissue on the table under the television.
Just as she was about to clean Elfara’s injured wrist, she was shocked by the words Elfara had written using her own blood. In the ornate mirror, the girl stared at the work made using her index finger.
“Broken,” Dev spelled.
“I see. Be patient, El. You’re still lucky.” Dev said holding her breath for a moment.
“I don’t need sympathy from a stranger like you.” Elfara said very coldly.
“Never mind. Right now, you just need to rest!” Elfara heard her sister’s advice, but she had absolutely no intention of carrying it out. From the drawer, she took out a shaver, then purposely applied it to her face until blood splattered against her smooth skin.
“What are you doing?” Devada shouts at her sister.
“Go and don’t meddle in my business!” Elfara shouted back.
“You’re crazy!” cursed Dev.
“No! Crazy people are always happy,” said Elfara. Her loud voice managed to provoke Dev’s emotions.
“You always think, you are the one who suffers the most. You only see yourself. You never see anyone else. You never see me. You never know what I went through since I was little. In fact, until I grew up, I had to experience something like this. Look at me! Have you ever thought, Dev Sasaka–the younger brother you were always jealous of had to be operated on as a girl because he was trying to protect his family?” Dev can’t stand what’s buried in her heart anymore. Tears rolled down the corners of her eyes and Elfara, the girl just stared.
“Really? What do you know about what I went through? What do you know about my feelings? If, you really are Dev then you don’t know anything about me. You’ve seen, haven’t you, how Mommy refuses my presence? You know what that means?” Elfara’s bloodstained hand wiped away the tears that had melted. This made her cheeks stained with blood.
“Whatever the circumstances, none of this would have happened if you weren’t in this world,” Elfara continued. A sentence that made Dev’s eyes close because she was holding back the intense pain.
“If myself can bring back your snatched happiness, I’m ready to do anything for you.” Dev exhaled. Her vision was referring to the cutter she had originally knocked down. She took it back. For a moment, she stared intently at the object before aiming it at the vein in her hand.
“Deva!” Just as the cutter’s eyes touched Dev’s skin, someone tapped her on the shoulder. Suddenly, Dev turns and finds Mehmet behind her.
“Are you okay?” Dev stammers at Mehmet’s question.
“What is it?” Mehmet realizes that something is wrong.
“I ….”
“Uncle, Elfara….”
“Why?”
“Elfara hurt herself with this,” said Dev while showing the cutter that was still in her hand. Mehmet didn’t answer. The man approached Elfara.
“Elfara is fine. No injuries as you say.” Hearing Mehmet’s statement Dev turns towards where Mehmet was standing. That’s when, Dev spontaneously dropped the object that was holding in her hand.
“Elfara is sleeping okay?” mumbled Dev.
“Dev, did something happen?”
“How can Elfara be fine when her blood is left in this cutter.” Dev walks frantically to the dressing table.
“Even this writing still exists.” Dev’s words and actions certainly make Mehmet even more clueless.
“Uncle, we have something to talk about.”
“Come on!”
“What do you want to say?” asked Mehmet as they came out of Elfara’s room.
In detail, Dev tells all the chronology she experienced when following Jess and Elfara. Including the figure of a three-headed creature riding a dragon. The dragon was exactly the same as the dragon she had seen while fighting the sect group in the forest.
“Looks like two astral beings are following you, Dev.” Mehmet drew a conclusion. Again, Dev remembers what Yerin Kang was about to say. Until now, the demon who terrorized her is still a mystery.
“They won’t follow you without cause.” Mehmet continued.
“I once asked one of the sect members, but before she told the truth he was killed for no reason.”
“There are several possibilities regarding the demon harassing you and your family. They came at someone’s request or you and anyone with whom you are related by blood made a pact through rituals, or you were harassing, whether it was intentional or not.”
Moments after Dev thought, she said, “Is it possible … You know for sure, my mother is part of the devil worship group. If they have a connection, why did she harm Yerin Kang? In fact, it made her eyes go blind. Then, why? The fire dragon is protecting me? Come to think of it, the dragon is more likely to have a relationship with those women.”
“Dragon?” Dev nodded.
“Maybe you’re right. They all have dragon tattoos. As far as I know, dragons are king Asmodeus’ mounts. Dev! It could be that the creature you saw earlier was king Asmodeus.”
“What?”
“The figure of Asmodeus is described as having three heads, namely the head of a bull, a head that resembles a human, and the head of a ram,” said Mehmet.
“If that’s the case, why is he pretending to be my protector? Shouldn’t I have been killed because I was born alive? During the battle in the forest, why didn’t he protect his followers from the little demon who had been terrorizing me all this time?”
“Maybe it’s destiny or a pact only made by Asmodeus for his followers and it doesn’t apply to you. Be patient, you will surely find the answer.”
***
The night grew darker, Dev lay restlessly on her bed. Thinking about all the question marks that never met an answer.
“Asmodeus!” she whispered spontaneously.
“Asmodeus!”
“Asmodeus!” Dev calls for demon lord representative of lust repeatedly.
Suddenly, she rolled over. As her eyes patrolled, the floor in the room turned to moist soil. Likewise, with the walls and all the knick-knacks. The place turned into a very cold cave.
“Where is this?”
As she looked for a way out, she was struck by the scattered human bones. Not only that, some ritual equipment looks freshly prepared. Dev stares at the ground in front of her. The circle and triangle symbols were engraved there as well on the earthen wall. Dev picks up a piece of paper with a red symbol on it.
“What’s this?” She folded the paper.
Before long, a voice ran through the ears. The voice belonged to a woman. The sound waves brought Dev to a place that could make Dev’s eyes widen in an instant.