I Can Copy Curses

"What do you say, boys? Do we have some fun?" The man smiled lightly, looking at Orion and Mark.

"Who are you?" Orion asked solemnly. He couldn't gauge his speed nor his strength. The man was a complete mystery to them.

"Oh, I forgot you don't know me yet." The man laughed awkwardly before appearing in front of them and introducing himself. "You can call me Elijah Martin. I'm your senior at the Dollas Academy, or you could say I'll be the one teaching you guys there."

Orion and Mark exchanged glances, wondering what this man wanted from them.

"What do you want?" Orion asked.

"Hey, hey, hey, is that how you speak to your teachers?" Elijah scrutinized Orion with a raised eyebrow.

Orion sighed, unsure of how to deal with the man before him.

"Mr. Elijah, what do you want from us?" Mark asked respectfully.

"See?" Elijah said, pointing at Mark. "That's how you address someone senior to you."

Orion nodded lightly. "It was my fault. Please forgive me," he said sarcastically.

"Don't sweat it. Mistakes are part of who we are. What we can do is not repeat them." Elijah's expression turned solemn as he advised Orion like a teacher guiding a child.

Orion almost stumbled in disbelief. 'Where did this clown come from?'

"I came here to play with you two, but it seems I wasn't well-received." Elijah sighed, his expression turning sad.

He added calmly, "Let me tell you something. I'm from the domain where Archons live, but I'm not an Archon. It's complicated, but you'll understand when you get there. What I wanted to say is, the Dollas Academy that you two will be joining was established centuries ago. It's the main academy for all the kids in the domain of the Archons."

Orion and Mark were stunned. They hadn't expected this at all. From the moment it was announced that an academy would be opened to train the geniuses of the three domains for the coming war with the three races, neither Orion, Mark, nor anyone in the three domains thought that Dollas Academy had already existed for centuries in the Archons' domain.

Now that they knew, they were shocked. The revelation hit them out of nowhere.

"Shocked? Stunned? Astonished?" Elijah chuckled at their expressions.

"But I'm not here just to tell you that. There's something more important. When you join the academy, there will be five alliances you'll be asked to join within a week, and I want you two to join the Mortal Blood Alliance," Elijah said lightly.

"And why should we join that alliance?" Orion asked.

Elijah chuckled before reappearing behind them, wrapping his arms around their necks. "If you don't want to know the reason you two were transmigrated to this world, feel free not to come. It's not like I'm forcing you."

Orion and Mark's eyes narrowed at his words, realizing the man in front of them was also from Earth.

Elijah smiled, seeing their shocked expressions, and continued, "There are others like you all over the world. Every ten years, transmigrators like you and me arrive in this world, but almost all remain clueless about their purpose, just like you two and many others out there."

He added, "You died on Earth, yet you get to live a second life in the three domains. Surely you wouldn't think you're here for nothing, right?"

Orion had always suspected that a second chance wasn't given for nothing, but there was no way to know their real purpose in this world.

Elijah continued, "Join the Mortal Blood Alliance. There are hundreds of people like you in it. I'll tell you our goal in this world once you join us. Also, a piece of advice—don't let anyone, and I mean anyone, know that you're a transmigrator from Earth. Otherwise, your names will be right behind Orion Darkwood on the most wanted list."

He added in a warning tone, "Though the three domains are clueless about us transmigrators, the Archons' domain is well-informed and hates transmigrators to the core. So, if you don't want to be as infamous as Orion Darkwood and prefer to live in the shadows, never reveal your identity." Discover more stories at empire

Orion and Mark nodded solemnly. From the beginning until now, Orion had never told anyone, aside from other transmigrators, about his origin.

"This is all for now," Elijah said, stepping in front of them. "My task was just to let you know what you needed to know. The decision rests in your hands."

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go recruit some other transmigrators," Elijah said before vanishing.

Orion and Mark stood there in shock. Elijah had revealed too much—about too many things—and they were completely overwhelmed.

The matter of Dollas Academy, the arrival of transmigrators every ten years, their mysterious purpose, the Archons' knowledge and hatred for transmigrators… All this information came as a shock to them.

They never imagined that transmigrators were summoned every ten years and that there was a grand purpose they were meant to fulfill.

'There are also gods, the mysteries surrounding them, that man in the Null Void, Evans who disappeared during the banquet, the three races, Grimshore, and the Archons,' Orion thought, feeling like he had only scratched the surface of the mysteries surrounding the three domains and the Montreux Universe.

He sighed, feeling suddenly tired. He could stop now, return to his family, and live a simple life in the three domains. A part of him wanted that. But another part wanted to uncover all the mysteries, to satisfy his curiosity about this world, to become stronger, to understand why he was entangled in all this. Why had he been transmigrated?

He wanted answers—answers he could only obtain by growing stronger.

---

Also, I was hoping you could leave some comments or reviews to let me know your thoughts!

Some gifts would be appreciated as well, but up to you....