Looking at the figure of Doctor Fate in front of me, I knew the thing was black for me. This guy only appears when the subject is extremely important, usually end-of-the-world events, and when he appears, the thing is not good for those who are on the other.
In this case me. And his stern expression didn't help at all. As much as his helmet hid his face, there were still spaces for his eyes, and that was enough to understand his expression.
After a few seconds of silence, he let out a sigh and rubbed his "forehead" with his hands. This is usually a sign that the thing wouldn't be good for me.
"Do you have any idea what you did? " He asked with a stern expression looking at me.
I even thought about lying, but this idea died as soon as it appeared. This guy has telepathy and will probably know if I lie.
The best thing is to tell the truths he wants to know.
"I would be lying if I said no, but by your expression, I must have done something wrong, right? " I asked with all the calm that I managed to put together.
The question I was asking was even stupid. I touched the soul of all beings present on earth, supernatural or not. The whole earth felt my presence and felt me moving their souls.
That's how Fate must have found me. He's a magician, tracking who was doing that, even more so while I was releasing the power of the soul jewel so massively, must not have been.
Underestimating this guy would be a mistake. If he wanted to, he could have already killed the moment he brought me here. We are in the astral plane, whoever has the strongest soul wins, and without the jewel of the soul, it would be Fate who would have the strongest soul here.
I'm also no longer feeling the jewel of the soul or my powers. He must have probably sealed them when he brought me to the astral plane. He's a magician after all.
The best I can do is to show not being a hostile entity and not starting a fight that I will not win.
"You are very calm for a child in your situation" He said, starting to circulate around me "This calmness of yours, makes me reach 3 possibilities. Either you are an entity that has a child, or you are already familiar with magic. Or is it just a very strange child "
He's right and wrong at the same time. I'm familiar with magic, but it's not from my own experience, it's just because I got used to them like any comic book fan.
"And what makes you think I'm not an entity? "I Asked.
"If you were, I would have already exorcised you and left the child you have alone. As you can see, this is not the case " He still replied with his severe tone.
Scary, I have to admit. This guy really doesn't play on duty.
I'm glad I reincarnated and didn't transmigrate. Transmigrating is basically occupying the body of someone from another world, which already counts as possession. Lucky me.
" As much as I like to float through the skies of Metropolis and enjoy the view from up here, I still want to understand what I did that caught your attention? "I asked still trying to stay calm.
Fate looked with wide eyes, as if I had asked an even more stupid question than the previous one.
"You have no idea what you did? "He asked in disbelief, but when he saw my confused expression, he sighed in disappointment "You opened a gap between our world and the spiritual plan"
" Loophole? "I asked confused. I thought what I had done was just a portal, but it seems that there are differences between portals and loopholes.
" There are two types of portals, passages and loopholes" He said, stopping circulating around me and standing in front of me. " Passages are the traditional portals. Their concept itself is to be doors that shorten the distance between two points. The greater the shortened distance, the greater the amount of magic used to create and maintain them. Only high-level magicians can open passages for others dimensions, but they usually use mystical items to keep them "
It was a very simple and detailed explanation. So a passage is a magic door that shortens distances.
Wait, what's the difference between this and what I was doing before. I opened an entrance and exit door to the spiritual plane, nothing else.
"Now a gap, they are cracks in space" He said now more seriously, drawing my attention "They are portals that connect a space of our world to the space of other planes. In a nutshell, they cut the distance as much as possible "
"But, they are unstable and difficult to maintain. If someone without training tries to open a gap without proper preparations, the chances of causing a catastrophe are huge " He said, finishing the explanation " But what you did goes beyond everything I've ever seen "
"But what did I do that was so bad? "I asked a little afraid. Now that I understand the concept of loophole, I think I have a notion of what I did.
I didn't want to create a passage that shortened the journey to the spiritual plane, I wanted an entrance that connected the spiritual plane to my world. What in this case would be a loophole. But from Fate's face, it looked like I had done more.
"Magic is like any exact science, the calculations we make before using any type of magic have to be correct, otherwise there will be. In the case of portals, you have to calculate the distance, how much magic we will use and also the size of the portal " He explained " What you did was create a gap without any kind of measure. Do you know what would have happened if I hadn't stopped you? "
"I'm waiting for you to explain" I answered jokingly.
Fate looked at me letting out another sigh "The gap would have grown without you being able to stop, you would have swallowed the city and released all kinds of entities trapped in the spiritual plane. It's lucky that I got here on time, if not you would have caused a global catastrophe"
Okay, better not to touch magic for a while, just to avoid accidentally ending the earth.
"And there are still all the entities you attracted" He said with another sigh.
" Entities? "I asked scared. Whether they were ghosts, demons or spirits, I know I'm not ready to deal with any of them yet.
"You touched the soul of all beings on earth, including the supernatural ones. Magicians, demons and spirits felt you touching and draining their energy. What you did is an invasion of privacy of the highest level in the supernatural world, the kind that would cause wars if it were done " He explained, only making me more scared " Obviously, there will be people coming after for this act "
...
What the fuck did I do?!
Man, I was so immersed in the powers of the jewel of the soul, that I couldn't even realize the shit I did!
I touched and drained the soul of supernatural beings, users of magic, who can track me with some basic spell that not even Fate did now. I basically shouted 'come get me! ' for all the magical beings of the earth.
And if what Fate said is true, then they will come with blood in their eyes, because what I did was a high-level invasion of privacy!
What if they discover my house? And they hurt my parents? And they destroy the whole city just to find it? Superman is strong, but he is still weak against magic.
Fuck!
"But you don't need to worry, I'll solve your problems," Fate said in a calmer voice.
So, he drew in the air a Buddhist swastika with two dots, one in the upper right corner and one in the lower left corner, and made this symbol fly towards me. He entered my body and a comfortable feeling took over me.
"I launched a protection spell on you, it will make your location difficult through tracking spells and protect you from any evil that comes close to you" He said still serious, but calmer "But he is also a seal, made to limit your capabilities"
"Wait, what!? "I screamed surprised, closing my eyes and trying to feel the jewel of the soul.
But I couldn't. Even if Fate had sealed my powers within the astral plane, I could still feel them inside me, including the soul jewel. But now, I don't feel the jewel of the soul anymore.
He had simply disappeared!
" Your skills are really impressive, but also very dangerous. If you knew at least the basics of magic, I would let you stay with them, but you don't know, so I had to take measures " He said still severely " This seal does not annul your powers, it just limits its effect a lot. To prevent you from doing something like that again "
"As soon as you receive a decent training in magic and become a high-level magician, you can remove the seal yourself, but until then, it remains" Fate said turning around and starting to leave.
"Wait! " I screamed desperately, drawing his attention " You said I need proper training in magic to break the seal. But who's going to train me? You? "
I won't lie when I say that I was really scared when I saw that Fate managed to seal the powers of the soul jewel. Like, shouldn't the jewels of infinity have infinite power? How Fate managed to seal something infinite.
But still, he had sealed one of the powers I most wanted to have and most wanted to use. If I had the jewel and could train enough, then I wouldn't even have to worry about Darkseid attacking the earth.
But Fate had to ruin it. I still had my other powers, but they didn't give me a fixed guarantee of survival against really strong beings.
" Me? No. Learn in practice. Field experiences are the best way to learn. I said that the spell made it difficult to track you, but not that it prevented it " He said turning to me.
The insinuation was obvious. He was saying that even with the active spell, there were still entities that could reach me one way or another, and that in these cases, I would have to deal with them myself.
In other words, "either you kill the things that will come after you, or you let yourself be killed by them"
"You're really not going to leave a child alone in this situation, right? "I asked scared, even though I already knew the answer.
"You are not a normal child, and this already makes you fit enough to overcome the things that will come after you" he said turning around again "If you want advice, then listen well: train, focus and fully understand the extent of your abilities, and in a short time, few things in this world can beat you "
With this last sentence, he disappeared with a yellow glow covering his body and almost at the same time, I was back in my room, still in Lotus position.
I don't know how long I was out of my body, but it was long enough for me to feel weird having a body.
But now that doesn't matter. I don't know if there is already some entity coming after me or not, but it's better to assume the worst.
Man, it was better not to have even worn the jewel of the soul today.