“It is possible.”

  “But why??” asked Ivaan, “why do you need to do magic in hell when you are already ruling the hell of Krimisha and you control everything in this hell.”

  “You are really surprising,” said the lord with a smile, “everyone asked me what they have to do, but no one asked me why I am doing all of this, you’re the first one.”

  “But you know…I’ll be glad to answer it.”

  He gazed at him.

  “It is true that I rule this place, but it is not true that I can do whatever I want.”

  “But you are the lord, you’re the punisher yourself.”

  “But still I’m bound by the rules of hell, and Lord Yama monitors himself that the rules are obeyed or not.”

  “Please tell me you are not thinking of removing Yama himself from the rule.”

  “I did think about that,” said the lord, “but unfortunately, it didn’t work.”

  “How could it be, he is lord Yama,” he said, “so we are going to help you to establish your rule in hell”.

  “I’m no longer interested in hell.”

  “What??!!!” he said, “you just said that you wanted to rule the hell”

  “Yes, I did want that, but without the support of other lords of hell…I’ll never be able to rule the hells because they believe that we should follow the rules of hell.”

  “So, what exactly do you want me to do?”

  “You have incredible power within you, Ivaan,” said the lord, “I want you to lead the other souls of this hell who do magic for me, and I want you to use your magic and make a way out of this realm for me”.

  “You want to rule the earth!!!!!” He said, “So there will be huge destruction”.

  “Yes, it is possible,” said the lord, “but why do you care? Don’t talk like you haven’t caused any destruction for your selfish needs. Here also, you have to do the same; you are not doing this for me, you are doing this for yourself, so that you can get rid of the punishment of hell. Still, it’s your choice.”

  “I’ve already told you enough; now it’s your turn to agree to this deal or not.”

  “Yes, I agree,” he said after a pause.

  “Good,” said the lord, “Use your skill and talent in magic to make this plan work, and I promise you that I will provide you with equal benefit as me after the plan succeeds.”

  He snapped his finger, and the chains tying down him disappeared.

  “Go to the other souls, I’ve already told them about you,” said the lord, “make them work and create a way out of this realm.”

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  Ivaan nodded and went to the other souls. He found all the souls of Krimisha gathered in front of him.

  “We all know why we are here,” He said in a loud voice, “we are all sinners and we were sent to this hell for punishment, but by the grace of lord krimisha, we will not get punished because he forgave us for our sins, which even Lord Yama wasn’t able to do.”

  “We owe Lord of Krimisha, which is why we have gathered here,” he said, “we are going to serve him and we will do as he says,” and the whole crowd of souls cheered. Lord of Krimisha looked at Ivaan with a smirk.

  Lord of Krimisha came to him, “Prepare them well, and you will have your reward as promised.”

  “I will, sire,” he said, and then the lord of Krimisha went away.

  All the souls scattered, but one man was staring at him.

  “What is it?” asked Ivaan, “If you want to ask something, then you are free to do so”.

  “All of these souls are nothing but fools to believe in him and you,” he said

  “Why are you saying like that?” said Ivaan, “the lord has offered us freedom, and also we will not get punished, what else do you want?”.

  “Do you think not getting punishment and getting freedom will relieve you?” said the man, “If that is the case, then you’re wrong to think so,” and the soul walked away from him.

  What’s his problem? I didn’t say anything offensive, nor did the lord say anything; he should be thankful to the lord of Krimisha for saving him from punishment and for providing him freedom.

  After some time, Lord of Krimisha returned and handed Ivaan a big bag,

  He glanced at the bag while holding it, “What is this?”

  “These are the necessary ingredients and books required for doing any type of magic,” said the lord of Krimisha

  “Thank you, sire,” he said, “these will be really helpful”.

  “Make them work properly,” said the lord, “I don’t need any delays or mistakes in my planning”.

  “I will make sure that none of that happens,” he said, “I don’t understand one thing, sire.”

  “Speak,” said the lord

  “How did these things get inside hell?”

  “That’s none of your damn business, just do the things which are told to you and only ask those things which are necessary for the plan, nothing else,” said the lord of Krimisha

  “Understood, sire, this mistake will not happen again,” he said while lowering his head

  “Better” said the lord, “or else…you know the punishment”.

  “I know, sire.”

  “Now you can go.”

  Ivaan dropped the bag in front of the men, “Take whatever you need for doing the magic from this bag, and if there is something that is not in this bag, then tell me, and I will make it available for you, but we have to complete the work on time”.

  Ivaan found the same man standing away from everyone, “What’s his problem?” he asked from the man standing beside him.

  “I don’t know, does it even matter? He behaves in the same way to everyone,”

  Ivaan walked towards him, “You can do the work here, or else you will receive the punishments for your sins,” he said when he reached closer, “If you have already decided, then be free to tell us and see it fulfilled.”

  “Do you think I will fear you or lord of Krimisha like the other men here?”

  “Maybe you’re not afraid now, but you will be if you don’t start working,”

  “These threats cannot make me move,”

  “I am not able to understand you, what do you want?” asked Ivaan

  “You don’t need to know.”

  “Lord of Krimisha is providing us freedom and also not punishing us for our sins,” he said, “what else a man can want?”.

  “You’re saying this because you don’t understand anything else except the freedom he is giving to you,” said the man, “there is satisfaction, peace, and honour which can quench the thirst of the soul, but these words are beyond your comprehension”.

  “hahahaha” Ivaan laughed, “Satisfaction!!!... Peace!!… Honor!!, such big words coming out of your mouth while standing in hell is so ironic. Maybe you forget why you are standing here, let me remind you, you are standing here because you are a sinner and not just a normal sinner but a sinner who has harmed others by magic, so the words coming out of your mouth are nothing but shallow voices.”

  “Yes, I did harm others by using magic, but we are not the same,” said the man

  “How is it so?” he asked, “I’m very curious to know”.

  “In my family, all of the people were healers; they used to help people in all of their difficulties, and I was one of them,”

  “Ohh, then you started harming people while also betraying your own family, that’s too bad.”

  The man smirked.