HP X LOTM : Please Call Me Mr. Error.

Walburga's clothes pulled her out of the coffin towards Loki who quickly helped her stand on her own while she looked at him with intrigue.

Loki didn't have the time to engage in a chat however since almost as soon as he separated Walburga from the coffin an illusory mess of emotions jumped out of it to follow her.

Given the darkness, it would've been impossible for anyone to be able to tell it apart, even Walburga almost missed it, but Loki did not.

His spirit vision and night vision gave him a clear view of the creature.

Loki wasted no time to flick his wand and lock onto the creature's soul.

Colourless spells blasted from Loki's wand as everything flew straight at the spirit that was hell-bent on getting to Walburga.

The spirit froze in mid-air before it performed an immaculate dodge as it slipped past Loki's spells and dove closer to Walburga.

Walburga defended herself instantly by flicking her hand to cause thin hair strands to appear out of her back and rush to capture the spirit creature.

There were so many thin hair-like strands in the air that they felt like a layer of darkness had been induced into the very space that was gathered around Walburga.

The hair all floated for a moment before engaging in a dive of speed where they moved directly towards the emotional mess to capture it and freeze it in its place.

The mass of emotions dodged every batch of hair Walburga sent at it.

Performing nearly impossible manoeuvres as it changed its shape and size from one moment to the next to bypass all the hair in the air, sneaking in through the razor-thin gaps between them as it moved towards its one and only target.

Walburga wasn't inexperienced in such matters, however.

With a simple flick of her working hand the hair that the mass of emotions had evaded so cleverly till now all suddenly revealed the weave they were a part of.

Walburga pulled her hand back and caused a single knot to form near her fingers which she dragged back in the air, causing all the hair strands to converge to a single spot inside the spirit, to trap it in the net she had laid.

Walburga watched like a hawk as all the hair around the area came down to bind the spirit and capture it.

But under her absolutely stunned and surprised gaze, Walburga watched as the serene hair strands all passed through the demonic entity without touching it for even a single moment before she felt them all entangle around the neck of the person controlling them! Herself!

Loki clicked his tongue lightly since the mystical item had thrown off his parasitism and allowed the demon to use the Mentor of Deceit characteristic to pull such a move off by deceiving Walburga's powers.

Walburga could suddenly no longer control the serene hair strands she had summoned. They were out of her control and they were being used to kill her.

In spite of Walburga being confused and shocked, Loki hadn't given up just yet.

Although he couldn't reveal his sequence abilities to Walburga, which meant that he had to do a little bit of jumping around to fight the demonic entity that was a mass of emotion now, it didn't mean that it was hard for him to do what he was about to do.

Loki flicked his wand lightly and spoke the name of the spell he was casting to put on a show.

"Steal!"

Walburga who had never heard of such a spell was rather shocked when she saw the serene hair strands that were choking her disappear and reappear around Loki's wand.

Loki wasn't done just yet though.

As soon as the serene hair strands appeared on his wand, Loki flicked his wand again and spoke the name of a new spell.

"Vita Parasitus."

Loki had stolen the control of the hair from the demonic entity which was using the Mystical Item and immediately controlled Walburga's ability instead of the demon.

The serene hairs that had knotted around the tip of Loki's wand glowed ominously for a moment before they were shot right at the demon.

The demon dropped low to avoid the spell and allow it to fly above him, but Loki's spell worked in ways it couldn't expect or respond to.

Since Loki had hidden his intentions using the Sefirah Castle, the demon had missed the trap Loki had laid for it.

The flying knot of hair that left behind a trail of ominous purple in the air was just an illusion.

The real spell was silent and colourless.

The spirit that had just 'avoided' Loki's spell was struck right in the face as it moved into the path of Loki's invisible spell.

Walburga admired Loki's skill with magic but in the next second it turned into a profound sense of pride.

'He's a proud name in the Black Family line.'

The demon that was struck by the spell coalesced into a tangible form.

It looked mostly like the worm it had been before, but now it appeared to have been robed of its artistic beauty since much of its life essence had been stolen away, leaving only a few drops behind.

The worm's vertebrae started to show before it was suddenly turned into a pin cushion prepared by stabbing all the serene hair strands into its body.

In spite of the horrifying pain the procedure promised, the demonic worm hung soundlessly as if enjoying a peaceful serene dream in its mind since the hair strands had that effect on it after coming in direct contact.

Loki twisted his wand by holding it at a point in space as if turning a dial and the spirit figure slowly started to move out of its control.

Each one of its joints was snapped as the worm was compressed and packed into itself before it spit out something under itself.

Loki flicked his wand lightly and caused all the hairs to vanish. Leaving behind a simple pile of flesh and a single attractive object that remained behind in the form of an illusory ring.

But at this point, Loki wasn't very interested in the corpse or the Beyonder item that had dropped. He had a pretty good guess as to what it did and so he turned towards Walburga who was looking at him with a smile.

"...you've grown up so much."

"And you're just the same as the last time I saw you, Grandma."

Loki looked at Walburga with a soft smile as she gave him a fond look.

But before Loki could do anything else he suddenly felt a shiver run down his spine as Walburga's eyes started getting scarier and scarier!

"But-"

"You brat!! Do you know how much it hurts to have your elbow forcefully snapped!?"

"I'm an old lady!!!"

"And I'm not your doll!!!"

"Come here you fool!!! I'll snap your elbow too!!!!!"

"I need to beat you for it!!!"

Walburga tried to drag Loki into a dream as she rushed towards him to prevent him from dodging her, but Loki quickly snapped himself awake, completely disregarding Walburga's attempt at trying to discipline him.

"It was for your own good Grandma!!!!!" Loki shouted as he was finally cornered into the wall of the dark room.

Demonic Walburga reached Loki and finally after taking a deep breath calmed down after she pinched Loki's cheeks with her only working hand and then finally let him go.

"Foolish brat!"

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