Infinity: Rising of the Soul Weavers

'Set what up?' Raven thought to herself, not daring to speak.

She watched quietly as the first demon maid set the chair near the mirrored wall. The second maid placed the box on the ground near it and opened it slowly.

From inside of it, she grabbed what seemed to be a small booster seat.

Raven subconsciously opened her mouth wide. She looked both silly and funny, but for better or worse, no one noticed.

'What the hell is going on?' She asked herself, confused more than ever before.

The maid didn't stop, instead, she seemed to be grabbing something large from inside the wooden box.

To Raven's surprise, it was a small side table! 

This box isn't ordinary, it's enhanced with the power of space! It is very similar to the storage function of Kayla's bracelets.

But then again… what's that side table for?

The maid didn't make Raven wait long. She quickly grabbed some items and placed them on the side table.

Scissors, hair brush, hair dryer, hair iron…

Raven's surprise only got bigger when the maid suddenly held up a cutely coloured barber cape...

"Mom-"

"Sit on the wooden chair," the mayor cut her off and instructed.

Raven widened her eyes. "What?"

"You heard me," her mother replied with a smile.

"Am I going to get a hairdo?" Raven was stunned. 'Me? Getting a hairdo...?'

"Yep, now get on that chair before I have to carry you like when you were young; you never listened to my food calls when I asked you to eat your meals!" The mayor warned. "Oh… I still remember how you used to wave your limbs like a monkey whenever I carried you to the seat by force. To be fair, it was extremely cute, but also-"

"Mom!" Raven shouted, her face flushed in embarrassment.

They two maids didn't know how to react. The picture of their Supreme Ruler as a child who is trying to get rid of her mother's clutches is ironically pretty hard to get rid of.

"Ahahahahah!" Kayla suddenly burst out laughing. Gaia didn't mind joining her.

"What are you shouting for?" The mayor raised her eyebrows at her daughter. "Do I need to remind you of that time I had to rope you down into your chair so that you would stop resisting and eat some vegetables? Oh, the good old days…"

The two maids finally lost it!

Raven didn't even have the strength to stop them. Why would her mother do this? Why would- ah!

As she was deep in thoughts, she suddenly realized that her mother was holding her like a little doll, from under her arms, raising her up into the air.

"Ah…" Raven didn't even know how to react or say. She simply left her mouth hanging.

Before being given a chance, she was put on top of the booster chair that was placed on top of the wooden chair.

"You're so light!" The mayor scolded. "Do you even eat anything when I'm not around?"

"Ah-" Raven wanted to talk, but she couldn't. She was still taken back by everything that has happened so far.

"Hm, I'll have to scold Maria, not you!" The mayor was not happy! But she quickly decided to let it slide for the time being, she didn't want to ruin the moment, after all.

"Mrs. O'Bannon, we'll wait outside!" Kayla suggested between giggles as she tried harder to look rational in front of Raven's mother.

"No, I need yours and Gaia's opinions on what hairdos suit Rave the most!" The mayor quickly said. And even the demon maids were asked to stay.

"Honey, are you ok?" The mayor asked, concerned. "Why are you not blinking? Close your mouth, a fly might think it's an airport and land inside!"

Gaia lost it again as she started laughing hysterically. The two demon maids were hardly holding themselves, stifling every now and then.

"Mrs. O'Bannon, I think Racen may be in a state of shock!" Kayla replied. "But it's not dangerous, please proceed."

"Oh, I see," she replied while looking at her daughter. "We'll proceed then!"

Holding a beautiful wooden comb, the mayor combed Raven's crimson-purple hair. 

But to her surprise, even the smallest of her combs was useless. It appears that her daughter's hair is simply flawless!

Raven's hair was so long, reaching down under her lower thigh and above the back of her knees, when standing up. However, it was as flawless as a clear waterfall. It didn't have the slightest curl. Not even a single hair was out of place! 

The mayor found it hard to believe but she was seeing the facts in her own eyes.

*Sigh*

"It's a shame that we have to cut such beautiful hair short…" she complained with a sigh. "But it's impossible to let her fight with her long hair! It's too dangerous!"

A sound of a deep breath was suddenly heard. Raven gave off a long sigh. "It is okay, I can regrow my hair later…"

"Uhm, I guess that's true," the mayor replied. She didn't comment on how Raven had just phased out a moment ago.

Between Kayla and Raven, the two whispered something through their Mind Link and then remained quiet.

Slowly, the mayor took a long pair of scissors and started cutting Raven's hair. A smile was painting her face.

"Do you remember when you were young?" The mayor suddenly asked. "We used to spend some time together like this, every now and then."

"Uhm," Raven nodded as a hint of reminiscence clouded her eyes.

Although she was a boy before, her hair was so soft and shiny, making many girls jealous. Furthermore, it used to grow long pretty quickly, so her mother used to cut it very often.

Raven used to like it when her hair would grow long, not because of how it looks, but rather because she would get to spend some time with her busy mother.

At that time, although Draven's life wasn't the most luxurious, he was pretty satisfied with it.

Draven's childhood was the time when he never truly knew how dark the world really was....