D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad

Chapter 389: …But Boy are they Fun

The demonic pair had finished their reports. It was a little bit of a surprise when the paper suddenly tripled in size so that all the sabres could fit onto it easily, but other than that, it was mostly just drudge work.

They then boxed everything up and put it to the side. They were planning to leave an open space between what they were working on and the rest of the warehouse. It was clear they werenʼt going to get through the whole thing in time, but they thought it would be easier for any person that came after them.

Upon opening the second box, the pair were even more confused. At least with the sabres they had clear buttons on them. What was contained in this box was just a bunch of sticks. It didnʼt even have the extra cushioning gel to keep things stable, just a box full to the brim with sticks. Nicely carved sticks perhaps, but it was nothing too spectacular.

Kamiko picked up one randomly, it was a strange greenish yellow with small carved vines snaking around the handle with acorns carved in place of leaves for the vine. Most of the sticks in the box had obvious handles of some sort, but this one was completely smooth.

Kat grabbed one as well, it was bleach white with an almost bone like handle and odd porous like markings just past the handle around the base of the stick. It was just under thirty-five centimetres in length and looked to be rather well used but cared for.

”Any ideas what these are?” asked Kamiko turning the stick around in her hand.

”Honestly… not really? I mean, I want to say they are magic wands but they just seem like sticks to me, if well carved.” Said Kat. *Though really, having seen Chekovʼs work Iʼm not certain they actually do qualify as well carved anymore. I was able to say it though… I wonder if that implies they are well carved or I think they are carved ʼwell enoughʼ*

”These probably arenʼt real wands though…” said Kamiko drifting off as she considered the implications ”yeah I donʼt think they can be. Perhaps they do perform some magic tricks, but they just canʼt be proper wands. Firstly because demons have no use for proper wands anyway other than parts or selling to others.

”Secondly, they donʼt seem to have anywhere to store mana. Most wands are for people with mana issues, or people who canʼt channel mana fast enough through their bodies. So, what they do, is fill a crystal in their wand up with mana attuned to them and use that instead, or maybe if you can get REALLY lucky you can store it in the wood but thatʼs pretty hard to do for a small stick like this.”

Kat shrugged and pointed her wand at the dummy. ”Abra Kadabra”

Truthfully, Kat wasnʼt expecting anything to happen. She was expecting at most, that there would be a brief flash of light. What happened instead was that the wand kicked back in her hand like sheʼd pulled the trigger on a shotgun. A poisonous emerald green light shot from the end of the, now certainly, wand and collided with the dummyʼs chest, setting it rocking back somewhat, only for the chain attaching it to the ground to pull it back down. Kat started to let out a breath, when all of a sudden, the dummy caught fire.

”Well” said Kat.

”Well indeed” said Kamiko. ”It seems like they can at the very least do things. I wonder if itʼs one spell per wand? Do you think the words will work for mine as well?”

Kat shrugged. ”Iʼm not sure but point it at me anyway. If it just sets you on fire thatʼs nothing to me.”

Kamiko nodded and pointed her wand at Kat and said ”Abraadebra” not quite having heard Kat properly the first time.

That seemed to be enough though as the same emerald green light shot out straight towards Kat. She just stood there calmly until it impacted her chest. A second after the impact she found herself on fire. Looking down at the amulet it showed no gems lighting up at all.

*Now, I wonder if nothing lighting up because this fire is just a fancy effect, or if itʼs because Iʼm immune to fire.* Kat glanced over at the still flaming dummy. *Hmm, Iʼm not sure. The dummy seems fine, but they also are pretty hardy things, regenerating after you slash them with plasma sabres so… who knows.*

”Hey Kamiko, could you walk as close as youʼre comfortable and test these flames? They donʼt hurt me at all, but my resistance to heat is quite high” said Kat.

Kamiko grimaced at the idea but was willing to walk close to the flames anyway. Kat did have a point and it would be important to note for the documents. Steeling herself she walked slowly towards Kat with her hand outstretched. Of course, she did this with both hands, one with a WOODEN WAND.

Kat instantly backed up and held her hand out to stop Kamiko, who was really only a few steps away. ”Kamiko. Please but down the wooden, and likely very flammable wand before you accidentally set it on fire. I donʼt want to risk it spreading down to your outfit.”

Kamiko paled and stopped in place. ”Um… woops?” said Kamiko somewhat embarrassed. Placing the wand gently back in the box she had claimed it from, she started her approach again. Hands out, and walking slowly, if slightly faster this time, towards it with her face pulled as far away from Kat as she could, as if that would shield her from the fire.

Kat felt a little bad if she was honest. Kamiko should have been close enough to feel the temperature difference if she was that close, and was about to tell her as such when anything thought came to her. *This is something she needs to overcome… maybe. The fact that demonic fire looks so much like well… fire is a big deal, and I think she needs to be able to deal with that in some ways. This could be good for her.*

Kat waited, and eventually, Kamiko placed her hand on Katʼs shoulder. As soon as she did so the flame started to spread and Kamiko flinched slightly but it was doing no damage to her. It was also at that moment, Kat realised she still had the wand sheʼd picked up in her hand. *Well… shit. There goes the idea they were flammable… or well no Kamiko is fine… so itʼs not real fire? Maybe?*

”Kamiko… are you ok?” said Kat wanting to hug the demon in question but not willing to subject her to that until sheʼd gotten used to being on fire, even if it didnʼt hurt.

Kamiko though, seemed to be sharing similar thoughts and pulled herself into Katʼs body tightly wrapping herself around Kat the best she could. ”I… Iʼm fine… I think. I just… I donʼt like thinking about it. Can you give me a hug?”

Kat was already bringing her own arms up, which was made a little harder by Kamikoʼs own, but it eventually worked itself out. ”Hey, Kamiko?” said Kat in the best soothing voice she could while bringing out her aura. ”Itʼs fine, really. I know this is a little scary, but itʼs ok. You donʼt have to be scared.”

After staying together like that for a few minutes, Kamiko finally started to sperate herself from Kat saying. ”I think we should get back to work”

”Yeah I guess so. You think these wands do anything else?” asked Kat

”Hmm” mumbled Kamiko, stepping back to the box and grabbing the wand she put down. She was a little surprised the wands didnʼt seem to catch the fire at all, but shrugged it off quickly before pointing her wand at another dummy and saying. ”LET THERE BE LIGHT!”

Most as a joke, if Kamiko was honest, but a bright white light popped into existence on the end of the wand she was holding. ”Huh… I didnʼt expect that to work” mumbled Kamiko.

Kat repeated the phrase with less enthusiasm but similar results. The pair nodded to themselves and looked at the light. They continued looking at the light for another minute before they started to realise something was wrong, or at least not going to plan.

”Um… how do we turn this off?” asked Kat, half expecting the word ʼoffʼ to actually trigger the lightʼs dismissal.

”I… hmm, Iʼm not sure? Light? Let there be light? Darkness?” mumbled Kamiko trying for a trigger word. As soon as she finished saying ʼdarkʼ the light on the end of the wand snuffed out. Kat followed suit with the full ʼdarknessʼ.

”So… I guess these things have trigger words” said Kat ”Do you think we are required to find them all? Or would that be too much work? I mean… itʼs not like we have a list of them lying around somewhere”

Kamiko bit her lip as she spoke. ”Thatʼs actually a good point. I really doubt it would be considered a good use of our time but I canʼt exactly be sure… ok, how about we turn over one of the papers to use as a notetaking tool, and write that down to discuss with Boss at the end of the day.”

Kat accepted the plan and they got to work.