I Can Copy Curses

Orion and Mark exchanged glances, their thoughts racing. The contrast between this lavish space and their own simpler accommodations was stark.

The idea that Zeref might be receiving some form of special treatment began to settle in their minds. Was she a VIP? If not, why else would she have been given such a finely adorned room?

"You two have come," Zeref said, pointing at the two seats in front of her.

Orion and Mark went ahead and sat down relaxedly.

"What do you guys want? Tea? Coffee? Or some special treats?" Zeref asked, looking at them.

"Tea will suffice for me," Orion replied. Mark just remained silent.

Zeref had already prepared tea and coffee, so she served Orion and Mark tea as Orion had requested.

Orion sipped his tea and asked, "So, what do you want to talk about? I believe you didn\'t call us here just to drink your tea and coffee, right?"

Zeref also sipped her tea and said, "You two are very different from everyone I have met so far."

Orion frowned. "How different are we talking about?" he asked, not understanding what she was trying to get at.

"Hmm, let me think," Zeref pondered and then said after a moment, "You two are very unique. You\'re both very strong, very mysterious, always hiding your true strength. I can say many things like that about you two."

Orion\'s frown deepened as he heard her. "Now, it\'s time for me to ask: how do you know so much about us?" he asked solemnly.

"In fact, I couldn\'t find anything about Mark. From beginning to end, it was just blank," Zeref said, frowning. "But I searched for you, Ray Wiser, and I found interesting things about you—interesting enough to believe that you two are very special."

Orion\'s eyes widened as he realized something. "Wait! Are you stalking us?" he asked suddenly.

"Huh? No! Of course not!" Zeref quickly denied. "Because of the final assessment, I just wanted to know about every participant, their strengths, and weaknesses. It was then that I came across you two because only your information was very strange."

She added, "I couldn\'t find anything on Mark. I drew a complete blank when it came to him. But you, Ray Wiser—the information I found made me very interested in you."

Orion frowned. "What did you find about me?" he asked, his expression becoming incredibly serious.

Zeref looked at Orion and said slowly, "It\'s that you are not who you really are—"

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"Ugh!"

He held Zeref by her neck and asked, "How did you find out about me? I\'m very sure I haven\'t left any clues, so how did you do it?" He increased the pressure on her neck as he spoke.

"First... let me... down," Zeref said with difficulty as Orion clutched her neck.

Orion slammed her back onto the sofa and sat back down on the seat he had been sitting in earlier. His face became incredibly serious as he looked at Zeref, expecting answers.

A heavy tension suddenly filled the room.

Zeref took a few deep breaths and shook her neck. "You really were hiding your strength! With your power, you could have killed me in one shot if you\'d wanted," she said in shock and surprise.

"Answer the damn question," Orion said to her.

Zeref laughed lightly. "Before I tell you that, let me tell you something else. There\'s a security camera that recorded you two entering my room, but there isn\'t one inside, obviously, for my privacy. Therefore, if I die, the Federation Council will suspect you two first. This isn\'t a threat but a friendly warning." She smiled.

"Just tell me what I want to know," Orion insisted, his words full of anger.

Zeref sighed and looked at Mark. "Mark hasn\'t reacted since I revealed your little secret, which means he already knew about it. Interesting."

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She then took out an opened diary and placed it in front of them. "This is it. This thing here is probably something from the gods, I guess."

Orion and Mark looked at the diary and saw a very ancient page. Their faces showed shock—both of them. Orion was particularly stunned because it was the same blank page he had, the same blank page he had been asked to search for by the voice in his dreams and the old man in the trial.

"What is this?" Orion feigned ignorance and asked. "And what does it have to do with you finding out about me?"

Zeref smiled, pointed at the pen on the diary, and asked, "Write on that page asking for information about Ray Wiser."

Orion had a bad feeling but did as she said. He took the pen in his hand and wrote on the page.

"Tell me everything about Ray Wiser."

As soon as he wrote those words, the page immediately filled with text, though it only filled half of it.

Orion and Mark were shocked when they saw that.

"Read it," Zeref said.

Orion nodded and began reading it, and so did Mark. However, a few minutes later, their expressions became incredibly serious, especially Mark. The page mentioned everything about Ray Wiser in minute detail, from his early years to his teenage days to how he died.

"He died because he overused his talent?" Mark stood up in rage. "How could that be? It\'s not possible! He died because that lady killed him, not because he overused his talent. This is a lie! This page only tells lies!"

"Calm down, Mark," Orion said to him. "If this page could get everything else right about him, does it make sense to give false information about his death?"

Mark calmed down, but he still couldn\'t believe it. He had known Ray all his life and hardly saw him use his talent. Ray was the peaceful type who never wanted anything to do with fighting, and for these reasons, Mark found it hard to believe that Ray had died by overusing his talent.

"You see, the page mentions that Ray Wiser died around three months ago, yet you\'re standing in front of me," Zeref sneered at Orion.

She continued, "From this book, I researched every participant, and that\'s how I found out about you two."

Orion frowned and remained silent for a moment. He pondered the words of the old man from his trial, who had said that if the page got into the hands of an evil person, it would be very bad.

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