I Can Copy Curses

Orion looked at Merlin and saw his expression turn from despair to something gloomy and ugly.

"Tell me, how does it feel? I want to know that feeling."

Orion persisted with his earlier question. Thank you for reading on m v le_mpyr

Merlin didn't respond. He looked at Orion with a very ugly expression on his face. For the first time since he became strong—since he became one of the strongest beings in the entire world—he felt powerless in the hands of a kid.

Orion's face darkened when he saw Merlin didn't reply.

"Tell me, or I will blow her up," he shouted, threatening Merlin with his daughter's life.

Merlin clenched his fists so hard that blood began to seep from them.

"I feel pain seeing my daughter in so much pain. I feel sorrow seeing her in a situation like this. I feel nervous, anxious, and in despair thinking about what might happen to her. I feel anger at myself for letting this happen. I feel regret that I let my greed for knowing and obtaining your secrets let you live. I regret my decision not to kill you on the spot when I had the chance.

I regret that very much."

In the end, Merlin succumbed to Orion's threats and revealed how he felt about the entire situation.

"Now, do you understand how I would have felt when you directly announced a death sentence for my family?" Orion shouted at him, releasing every bit of frustration and anger he had felt since coming here.

"Tell me, do you understand?" he raged and shouted again.

Merlin didn't respond. He only looked at Orion helplessly.

"Can you let her go now?" he asked with a hopeful expression.

"Let her go?" Orion laughed like a madman.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"And why would I do that?" he then asked. "Tell me, why would I let her go?"

"You intended to kill my family," he said, his expression turning savage. "And I will do the same."

"NO!" Merlin's expression turned desperate when he heard Orion, and he couldn't help but beg him. "Please, I beg you, let her go! My eldest daughter suffered a very serious injury some time ago and she is unable to move. If anything happens to Luna too, she won't be able to handle the emotional trauma and might die.

So, please let her go—not for the sake of this old man but for her elder sister who is bedridden."

A tinge of hesitation appeared on Orion's face when he heard him. He recalled his big sister and his family, thinking of their well-being, but in that moment, as if a dam had broken, all the good things about his family disappeared, replaced by utter and absolute negative emotions.

It made him question what would have happened if he hadn't been prepared. What would have happened if he didn't see the magical use of Reality Fracture in Curse Transformation mode? What would have happened if he failed to save them?

For reasons unknown, he could see scenes of what would have happened if he had failed to send them away.

He saw death—the death of every single member of his family—from his father to his mother, to his big sister, to his little sister Ella—all of them died at the hands of Luna as she laughed deviously. She had an insidious expression on her face as she enjoyed everything.

"No!" Orion shouted and came back to his senses.

"I am going to kill her," he said, his voice dripping with solid determination and ruthlessness.

"NO! Please let her go!" Merlin shouted, his voice almost hysterical.

"No, she wanted to kill my family. I will kill her. It's a simple reason. I want to kill you too, but you are too strong. There will always be some other day. But today, she has to die," Orion uttered.

Each word was laced with unwavering ruthlessness.

Kane frowned when he saw the situation. He hadn't believed at first that Orion truly intended to kill her, but now the situation was obvious as he saw Orion's determination.

There were various reasons he didn't want Luna to die, but if he were asked what the most important reason was, he would say it was because her elder sister was the person he loved.

And he was the main reason she ended up bedridden—she ended up in her current situation where she couldn't even move out of her bed.

It all happened when he visited the Archons last time...

Therefore, the notion of Luna's death didn't sit well with him either.

It was fine as long as Orion was merely playing with Merlin, using her as bait, but he couldn't sit still if she were to die.

"Orion, you should let her go," Kane said in an authoritative tone.

A frown appeared on Orion's face when he saw Kane interfering in his business. He had appreciated Kane's earlier interference, but he hated it this time.

"What do you care if I kill her or not?" he asked.

Kane shook his head and reasoned with him. "Think about it. If you kill her, you will not only make enemies of the Archons, but even the Celestial Court might not leave you and your family unscathed."

He added with a serious expression, "And believe me when I say the Celestial Court isn't like the Archons or other domains. It is the highest peak of power in our world. If they decide to kill you and your family just because you killed Luna and became their enemy, forget about me—not even the Ten Seats themselves would be able to save you. So I advise you to think this through. You aren't alone.

Remember, you have a family to protect."

Kane's words once again made Orion hesitate, but only for a moment. He understood the severity of the situation—the calamity that would come to his family if he killed Luna now.

But he couldn't digest the fact that Merlin had sentenced his family to death. It would have been fine if Merlin had done that only to him, since it was he who had killed them, not his family. They were innocent, just like Luna in this situation.

So, to make the old man feel how he would have felt if his family died because of his decision—he wanted him to feel the dread he had felt when he saw those scenes of his family being killed by Luna, one after another.

He wanted to see the look of hopelessness on his face, the despair of losing his daughter. Only then would he be able to satiate the intense emotions raging inside him.