808 PURITY AND FORGIVENESS
Purification of black magic, basically only touched the surface of it. It almost like you wiped something dirty to clean it.
Since there were hundred, if not thousand of variation of black magic, same like magic in general, the dept of the darkness and the fatality of the black magic was also different.
Curse and offensive black magic could be purified. That was what happened to baby Vemion and Iris’s babies when she gave birth to them, of course, Abby didn’t talk about her babies, since it would open another can of worms, but she gave Iris an example of baby Vemion.
The purification also had different level and it was clear to see Iris had a powerful purification when Abby couldn’t cure Vemion’s curse, but Iris could do it. Another example was when Iris purified her baby from the black magic when Abby supposed to have her cleaned from it.
It happened because Abby’s purification was too weak, thus Iris’s power took over and got rid of the curse, cleansed it more thoroughly.
"Because of the first Serafim’s life essence in you, you have a strong purification power, but absorption is different story entirely," Abby said in the end of her elaboration about the purification.
Iris understood that, after all, she had a long talk about it with Haco, but when Abby confirmed it, it solidified Iris and Haco’s assumption. Even without sufficient knowledge, their logic was enough to bring them so close to the truth.
"The Serafim should be the embodiment of something pure, you need to have a pure heart and mind without any traces of darkness.
" Abby gritted her teeth when she said that.
"It’s hard to keep up with that, but with enough training you will be able to reach that state.
.." her voice sounded very weak when she said her last sentence.
Absorption could be used when the black magic was too strong, the purification didn’t work. In this case, it was what happened with Ethan. Even Iris’s purification didn’t work on him and she couldn’t even sense the black magic in it.
That was why Iris couldn’t sense the black magic, not because there was none, but because it was too dark it only gave her this anxiety. The vicious feeling that she felt. The black rain...
"What happened with the absorption? What will happen if the Serafim absorbed the black magic?" Iris’s eyes hardened when she asked that.
"It will taint the Serafim," Abby said in a matter of fact tone.
"What happened then?"
"If the Serafim is the embodiment of light and purity, then Decratic was the opposite.
He is the embodiment of something dark, vicious and the root of black magic.
If the Serafim was tainted, it will ruin the balance between the light and the darkness.
" Abby paused for a while before she continued again. "If you can’t handle the darkness and let it affected you, you will only make Decratic stronger, because the scale will tip on Decratic’s favor. "
It was not only about absorbing the black magic, but how you handle the darkness within you, since the black magic would clash with the divine power the Serafim had.
Iris understood that.
That was why Decratic killed Lu in such way that would leave Na hated the people that she supposed to protect. Decratic used the people to kill the person she loved the most. What kind of strength that Na had to possess to forgive those people, even though she knew Decratic was behind it all.
How could you forgive the people that hurt your loved one?
It was easy to say that they were innocent and to put the blame on Decratic, but how could you face them when all you could see was their action of hurting the only person that you wanted the most?
Even more, Na had to show her compassion and forgive them all completely to be able to keep the purity in her heart.
Iris didn’t think she could let go, accept and forgive someone completely when she knew they had hurt the people she loved, if someone killed Cane...
Iris’s heart filled with rage even with the thought of it.
How could Na forgive the people that killed Lu and even protected them from Decratic when she knew that exact people were the one, who had burned her man brutally?
With this, Iris could see why the people in the Howling Wolf pack was having a hard time to forgive her because she was the reminder of her father.
The exact person, who had killed their loved one the most vicious way possible.
The ten years of slavery and torture couldn’t be washed away so easily. ..
Sometime, there was scar too deep and too rotten that even time and forgiveness couldn’t heal it.
"The black magic that you absorbed will give a negative impact in you. It will bring back the feeling where you were at your lowest and if you couldn’t handle that, you would be consumed by it and your misery and anger would be a strength for Decratic. Your agony will feed Decratic’s power."
That was why, it was a very dangerous method for Serafim. You couldn’t recklessly absorb black magic that was so dark even the purification couldn’t reach it.
"This information is very confidential, Iris. I risked everything to let you know about this." Abby saw the complicated look in Iris’s eyes.
The lowest point in her life? What was that? Was that when Mason whipped her? The Howling Wolf pack’s rejection? The first meeting between her and Cane? Was that... Kellan?
However, before Iris could think of it, Aliana’s voice could be heard from inside the tent, she was screaming hysterically, which made Jace and Zephyr immediately went inside, thinking something bad might happen to Ethan.
Iris and Abby immediately rushed into the tent as well and watched how the burn scar had reached his respiratory tract.
Ethan’s body was convulsing because he couldn’t breathe and Aliana was crying so hard.