47 A Mad Sword (1/2)

The sword of Ares; the Divine katana, is resting in the box in a bad state. The sword did not accept Gus as its master, nor did Gus found a suitable owner for it, therefore the sword was left alone for many years.

The sword became rusty after a while in Gus's hands. It has lost all of its divine appearance and now looks like a cheap sword that cannot even cut through a piece of paper.

Gus bought the sword to motivate Faust and also to test if the sword accepts Faust as it's master.

And the moment Gus enters Faust's room with the box containing the sword inside, the sword inside the box vibrates a little as to show it's presence to its suitable owner.

”Faust remember you have been asking to see a katana? Well, I bought one today for you. Want to see how it looks? Even though it has become dull and a little rusty it's still pretty much useful.” Gus says in a way to gain Faust's curiosity.

”Uhmm... Sure.” Faust says in  voice.

Gus opens the box and draws the katana in scabbard. Faust's eyes first goes onto the carvings on the scabbard, they seem to be symbols in some unknown language to Faust. There are carvings on the handle as well.

”Well wanna hold it and see?” Gus brings the sword closer to Faust to hand it to him.

Faust almost casually grabs the sword and as Faust's hands come closer to the katana. The rust starts to fall off the swords inside the scabbard like a sediments sands, reinstating half of the beauty of the sword.

Faust almost grips his hand around the handle of the sword but suddenly looses his motivation and withdraws his hand back.

”It's ok, I will see it later, it's not that good-looking anyway.” Faust changes his mind after seeing that the sword is not doing good and looses his interest in holding it. He is still taken over by his feelings from the spirit world.

”Ehhhh.. Ok if you say so, I'll put the sword here for you so you can touch it when you like it.” Gus says with a hint of disappointment. He thought he could see the sword's response after a long time leaving it in the attic for so long, but Faust's dispirited personality left him with acknowledgement of not getting what he want.

”Oh it looks like Bella is back with the sheep. Let me go tie them up and feed Bella for her hard work.” Gus leaves the room to look after his pets.

It was barely 10 minutes and Faust got super bored. He first examined his arms and his chest again.

*”It doesn't hurt much, but the red color of tissues scare me”* Faust thought to himself.

And as he was getting bored, his eyes lays upon the sword that Gus has left.

Faust walks over and picks up the katana holding it at the middle of the scabbard thinking that it is heavier than his master and appreciates the style and carvings on the white scabbard with golden linings.

He then draws the sword out of the scabbard and his first thoughts were about how rusty the sword is. It almost looks like it's eaten by acid because of the rust.