Damned world knights. Chapter 3: Chapter 3: keep the gates closed.

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Ellowen ran through the halls, his giggles echoing throughout them, his small, shoeless feet leaving footprints on the floor. He wore simple white clothes—just a shirt and pants. "Ellowen, watch where you're going!" One of the adults yelled as Ellowen bumped into him. "Sorry," Ellowen said, bowing toward the man, who wore a white lab coat and carried a few bottles filled with strange liquids of various colors. He then continued running down the hall and into a classroom where other kids were gathered. They all turned to look at him. "Ellowen, you're late. Where have you been?" The teacher asked as she eyed him coldly. She walked over, grabbed him by the hair, and dragged him to his seat, smiling as if what she was doing was completely normal. As if it wasn't a problem at all. "Sorry, Mrs. Owen. I got distracted," Ellowen said, smiling weakly at her. Mrs. Owen slapped him once on each cheek, the hits making his small cheeks swell red. "That's punishment for getting distracted and coming in late on this very important day," she said as her fingers unnaturally elongated. She ran her nails along his cheek, then poked his left cheek hard enough to make it bleed. Through it all, Ellowen kept smiling, as though it was completely normal—despite his knuckles turning white from gripping the desk and his body trembling. Mrs. Owen backed away and returned to her seat at the front of the classroom. "Mrs. Owen, are we going to learn about @**#*";#:$>; today?" One of the children asked. Mrs. Owen smiled at her, and the girl giggled softly in response. "That's right, child. Oh, you're so smart. But remember, we can't say those words, okay? After all, the coffin wouldn't like that very much." Everyone started clapping. The sound filled the room as they all turned their gaze toward the girl—then, without warning, they stopped clapping. And began walking toward her. Then, they started beating her—punching and kicking her nonstop, only stopping when the teacher spoke again. "All right, children, enough. Our special guest has arrived," she said calmly, as the girl wheezed on the floor, coughing up blood—yet still smiling—as she slowly stood up. "Now, what did I say we'd be learning today?" Mrs. Owen asked as a tall figure covered in black entered the room, carrying a coffin in one hand. The children's smiles widened as they shouted in unison: "We are going to learn how to die—" Time froze, as though something was holding the moment still. A wolf with blood-red fur appeared before Ellowen, its eyes piercing through his body with sheer intensity. Ellowen couldn't move, couldn't speak—all he could do was stare. "I don't think you're allowed to see this part just yet, my little moon," the wolf said, standing on its hind legs, towering over Ellowen. Then it bit off his head—abruptly ending the dream. Ellowen shot up in the present, gasping for air before immediately vomiting beside himself. "What kind of messed-up shit was that?" he muttered, his hands trembling. Images of the girl being beaten, her blood splattering across his hands, flashed through his mind. He stared at his hands in disgust, disbelief, and horror. "Looks like using my authority to let you peek into your memories so early wasn't a good idea," the watch said, its voice darker than usual, the usual blue glow now tainted with a small red dot. "What the hell was that?! Huh?! Was I a bully or something? Was I in a cult!?" Ellowen shouted at the watch, his lips twitching in anger, hands still shaking. "A cult? Bully?" the watch repeated, an eyeball emerging from it to stare directly at Ellowen. "Maybe. Though I guess those idiots truly believed what they were doing was necessary for the sake of life and—" it paused. "Can't say any more than that, buddy." The watch snickered, its tone mocking—but also wary, as if watching out for something. "Why can't you tell me more?" Ellowen asked, his blue eyes glowing faintly in the dim light. "The gate has been pushed open," the watch said, then shut