59 The First Task (1/2)

Mina spaced out after hearing Devin's confusing conclusion. Before she could ask anything, Devin snapped his fingers and Mina felt something tighten around her neck.

Mina couldn't help but touch her throat when her hands grazed on a small thing attach to the choker. The sound of a small metallic thing hitting another metal caught her attention.

”Is this --a collar?”

Kino who has been sitting in one corner couldn't hold back his guffaw when he saw Mina's exasperated expression. The monkey couldn't help but share his opinion while studying Mina.

”You will look fully domesticated when you get back to your cat body.”

”All I need is a bow and I'd be the perfect birthday present right out of a pet shop!”

Mina's complaint didn't affect Devin who looked pleased with his handiwork.

”You'd need that collar to get in and out of this place at will. Otherwise, you'd continue to leech off energy from Jadon to access this place.”

”Who's leeching off energy from that guy?”

Devin calmly studied Mina who was pacing around the pod while being all worked up. Ignoring her, he explained.

”The collar should be helpful in many ways. I will leave that to you to figure out.”

”What happens now?” Mina inquired while fiddling with the bell.

”You need to find the place where you got trapped, it can help up figure out what happened in my absence. For that, you'll need Jadon's help.”

Mina listened to Devin's instructions until an idea curbed her enthusiasm.

”O....Wait!” Eyeing Devin with suspicion, she couldn't help the direction where her thoughts veered towards.

”If you have control over life, death, and time, why don't you give me power. A wand? Fairy dust? Or something to put things back in order.”

Kino slapped covered his ears and closed his eyes when she heard what Mina had to say. Devin's lip curled upwards in amusement while looking her in the eye as if she was some interesting specimen. All Mina could do was stare back at the two of them.

'Didn't they even think that it's possible to put everything back in order when they intervene?'

”Have you ever heard about free will?”

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Mina believed in democracy and she was no stranger to free will. She gave Devin a look that screams who-doesn't-know-about-that-and-now-what?”

”Rule No. 51 A in the Meerkat Network rule book states that no agent is to interfere with the free will of any living creatures. We can't compel anyone to follow our mandates.”

'Rules? Being part of the network means being subject to these rules too!'

”The collar should warn you if you are in danger of violating any of the network's rules.”