Chapter 3:
Harpy x Harpie: Switcharoo
[Kehaan Morgen]
"Log number one oh three four five, operation switcharoo. We finally found a candidate for our experience, a 20-year-old man with no life purpose and who wanted to die", a man said while facing his expensive fake fireplace.
"I'm ready when you are Mr. Morgen", a 30 years old lady said standing beside him.
I've been waiting for these experiments to succeed and finally, after some time I found a candidate. He is perfect for one of these experiments, we just needed to find the other component of the experiment.
"Ivana, I want you to find the other component of this experiment. I don't need specifications! Just find one and shoot the magic or whatever you call that thing. I want to make this work so we can be seen as heroes killing those beasts."
"Understood, Mr. Morgen. I'll be on my way."
After all these years, of working non-stop, developing magic, extracting it from those wicked creatures, and using it to our advantage. Now was the time to begin our rise to be the number one mythical beast hunter of the country, if not, the world. Everyone will know my name and they will praise me, nothing can stop me.
"Sir! We have a guest at the front desk! They asked for the manager!"
Ugh, what the fuck? Again? Why those people can't just be civil for 1 minute?
"I'll be on my way, Ling."
"Understood, sir. I will inform the customer."
I am Kehaan Morgen, the founder of Indah Sejahtera's WacBuffo's chained restaurant. I was also one of a few hunters who still loved to hunt mythical creatures. My team and I have been developing this perfect plan for years. And I couldn't hold my excitement when this plan worked the way I wanted.
While these things are going on in the background. I had to be this jolly holy manager and boss of this restaurant of mine.
"Oh, dear customer. What can I help you on this fine day?"
"YOU WRENCH. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 1 HOUR AND KEEP ME WAITING! YOU ARE ALL ASSHOLES!"
I saw Ling try to calm down the screaming women. "Calm down, miss. We are working on it."
"WHERE IS YOUR MANAGER. YOUR FUCKING BOSS."
I don't like dealing with this, so much pain in the ass. I gave Ling a wink signal to make sure everyone stayed out of the screaming woman. While Ling did that I sneakily shot a tranquilizer at the screaming woman and she responded.
"What... the... fu..."
And she trembled down. To calm the crowd, I had to take center stage.
"Alright everyone, stay calm. I am here, I will deal with this. Don't come any closer. Ling called the police."
"Right away sir."
Well this noon was going on pretty smoothly, wasn't it? Hopefully, the other side of the noon going smoother than here. I'll be waiting for your report, Ivana. Don't let me down.
[Leiha Ivana]
15 minutes after meeting with Kehaan Morgen, Leiha was on her way around the country to find an active mythical creature.
"I should buy myself some new broom or flying carpet. This old junk of flying stick is stinking thin and frail."
It's hard to say this, but I felt like I was nowhere near a good magician, as people or Mister Morgen call me. I'm just a human mutant of a witch—just an experiment that succeeded in becoming... well, the better me.
It's been bugging me since they chose me to become Mister Morgen's assistant one day. Am I just... a tool?
"What do we have here?"
From the sky above the cloud, I looked below me two harpies flying towards a mountain feet. I felt a fragile heart from one of the harpies. I should make that the target of the swap.
I threw the spell on top of one of the harpies and left the scene.
"Now it's time to find a convincing place and person that could make me come closer to the other target."
I got back to town and flew above the city. The scenery here was beautiful, too bad these innocent people will be wiped out and replaced by harpies' souls. I didn't feel regret even though I, myself, am a human too. Well, used to anyway. Maybe because I felt I was more useful to someone I don't have remorse for these people. Is this really the feeling that have right now?
I honestly don't know, but regardless, I still have to finish the job that Mister Morgen assigned me.
"Hmm, I saw a very convincing old lady there. I should be able to use her to my advantage."
I descended to an alley where the old lady was about to walk by.
"Nol us Eognued", I spelled a mind control magic and the old lady was under my command.
"Nol Hatniruep Toki", I let her do what I have assigned her to do while I was preparing a small booth to convince my target human.
But a moment later, I realized that an old woman is probably not really the best option to do something mundane like youngsters do.
"I should've picked a younger lady. She is not good at this. Ah, it's fine I guess. I'll just have to take a more direct approach."
I usually won't do this but this was already six pm, and a lot of young people were already on their way home to avoid demi-humans.
"Atag Hobut Mal", I spelled possession magic and now fully controlling her body.
"This should do nicely."
Hours have passed and the target has been spotted.
"Hehehe"
The boy looked this way, good.
"Eh, hello? Who is there?"
That was it, come this way.
"I can hear your desire to be free in the wild coming out of you so clearly child. Tell me, what's your most desired wish?"
He was not responding and gave me the look, I thought this old lady's look was convincing. I guess not.
"Why the silent treatment?"
If that was the case I just need to get closer and grab his skin.
"Are you perhaps don't believe me? O dear, I offended."
I had to stretch this woman's eyes to distract the boy from seeing my hand grabbing his skin.
"Huh? A witch? Wait, hold on a second. I thought we, humans, have made you extinct. At least, that's what history lessons had told me in school. How come you are still here?"
Ahh, I see. The youngster still thought about the war, huh? I guess...
"Witch, hmm"
I had to tell him.
"I've never heard humans call me that. Witch was an extinct creature sure, but I'm different, boy. I'm what people call a magician."
"Oh, a magician, huh?"
"Uh-huh, that's right."
"A human that steals witch or warlock or wizard magic to use it as content on social media?"
"What?" I offended.
Our interaction should've been done by now but it carried into a fifteen minutes blabbering. Ugh, waste of time. Thankfully I got his skin.
"Hor Nong Awij oh Akutuem", I casted a spell and with that, both of them will switch souls. The time will come when the human on that harpy's body tries to escape that land and bring all of the species onto the city and Mister Morgen will kill them in one sweep.
He will be remembered as the legendary hero who saved the city from the harpies attack.
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