Emotion Taster

Arc 3.5 All Round Healing: Chapter 2 - The Unchanging Destiny

My condition right now isn't really good. I am still prohibited from doing strenuous exercise with newly healed bones. Some parts of the body are also still wrapped in bandages, cuts on the left arm, and stab wounds on the stomach and shoulders have not completely healed. But, if you choose the option between good and bad ....

"I'm good, my wound is better than when I was in the hospital," I said to answer Pero who was still in the form of a crow perched on the fence of my house wall.

Pero is not a pleasant-natured creature. At least I'm sure that he's not a cat that comes to be petted or another animal that comes in just because he's hungry. He's a raven demon, one individual taller than the other raven. The reason he came to pick me up at the exit just as I was about to leave for school must have been quite important. Although I think it's in his own interest.

I started walking towards the school, ignoring the perched crow and went on like nothing was bothering me. If his business is just talk, I hope he can also appreciate my business about school life that cannot be delayed.

*Flap, flap, flap ....

Peter once again flapped his wings. He flew up my path and this time began to perch on top of a backpack hanging by the hand. His position now follows my backpack, behind a bit to the left. Its beak and black wings are enough with its head and left ear, but I myself don't mind that.

"So, what's the matter now?" my question while facing forward considers that Pero can hear. "Don't tell me I have to break my left hand again" followed by a snide sentence.

No, Kaivan. I'm not too cruel to put you in further suffering.

"But you've been cruel enough to give me bone-crushing suffering."

I've already apologized for that. I also truly appreciate your efforts from the deepest of hearts. If you want something from and within my means, I will gladly grant it.

"If there's a way to end this quickly, let me know. Instead of lingering in this condition, I prefer to live quietly again," I complained back.

Hmn ... quiet life, yes.

I heard the sound of waves in my head that even his tone could tell it was more like sarcasm. I who detected it didn't even hear it directly from the ear can feel it.

"Pero, what does your tone mean?"

I just confirmed it a little. The relationship we have is mutualism. You don't want to go back to your former life, your former and present strength works in a different way. You are more able to live in peace because lately your strength is more controlled. You're not as tormented by so many more things as you used to be .. do you realize it?

"..."

I was a little quiet hearing that speech. Think for a moment and see a flashback of my life lately.

When I look, it is true that I feel less suffering. Excessive pain and feeling when getting a wave of one's emotions is less common. I can quite hold them all, not easy to experience falling down or nausea vomiting like before.

If seen the clearest, I have now been through life in the hospital for over a week. A terrible place with a lot of negative emotions both from the sick and the anxiety of many people in one place. I must have had a mental breakdown while staying there for a long time. But, in fact, it's not.

At first I thought that this was an evolutionary form of endurance trained to feel Amalia's emotional waves. He's got shakes on a different level so he can torture me a lot harder. However, that possibility is starting to catch me in my mind today. Something different happens constantly from day to day. It's not from every time I feel a wave of Amalia's emotions.

"Is this the form of magic you gave me?"

For a while only that passed inside the head. The fact that he didn't argue with me when the conversation about magic after the Imarine case became the only clue. He led me to something that was then categorized as 'open my heart'. My condition with a 'perforated heart' and what he did about 'opening the heart' is still unclear.

It's hard to say that it has nothing to do with it. It's true that I've kept you a little open with feelings until your sympathies are more dominant. But what you have achieved now is your own effort. The more you accept your power, the easier it will be to obey your orders.

"Receive my power ...?"

Everything you did with Lia all this time has formed a positive energy. The more you know the world, the more you get to know the people you were previously away from. Subconsciously your mind is beginning to agree with your power now. Even if you still feel pain, but the chart still moves in the positive direction. Your desire to live normally will come true on its own.

"..."

Hmn .. so, yes.

I should probably look at this better. Rather than being burdened with the involvement and debt I had taken from the bottle of magic, I had better act on my own consciousness and will. It's tough, but if I see that it has a positive effect on me, a little motivation has been formed.

Huft .. hah ....

The journey becomes a slightly tiring monologue of mind. I took a breath while squirming a little. The broad movements of my body raised my hands and moved the joints even making Pero slightly shift and flap his wings keeping the balance from falling.

Ah, one more, Kaivan.

"Hn?"

Peter spoke again, several tens of meters before he got to school, he started talking again.

Before we parted, I asked you for one thing.

Ah, I forgot that today he still hasn't given me a task. It occurred to me that he actually came to see my situation and communicate purely. But, of course not so.

"Say it quickly" I said.

Maybe it's a little strange because I asked for one thing. But, I wanted to tell you before. The male patient you said you wanted Geza killed, he's dead.

"..."

I was a little silent from hearing the news of death once again. The person I saved was actually dying and was about to die. If concluded, what Geza did at that time was to hasten his death by several days. But, I rejected her because the possibility of her being alive and giving hope to life, hearing her die made me again feel a bit of sadness.

"The guy ... died of his illness, right?"

Yes, I can make sure there is no magic interference there.

"Then it's fine, just go ahead with your request just now."

Continuing to drag on to this feeling was also useless. What I can do is no more. Medical personnel today can only do it up there. I know this news as information.

I told you before that I'd see you with Lia later. But, in the end you recover much faster than expected. So I can't say that anymore now.

"It's okay, I don't care."

Thank you for your generosity. I want to be able to repay all your services by giving service from Lia in the future. But, it seems that my time and ability do not allow. Lia who was now was slightly depressed by that fight.

"Press up? Whatdoes thatmean? Wasn't there a victim of that?"

The victim is there, the victim is you, Kaivan. Listening to your grievances was actually enough to mentally suppress me. Although I am still strong, but it seems like Lia is a little afraid of her responsibilities.

Ah .. true. I forgot that he's human and still has a human heart. Amalia with magic power still has fragile thoughts like a normal girl.

"Just tell me, as long as I'm alive, I don't put any grudges on," I said optimistically to provide a solution.

This and that are not as simple as you say, Kaivan. I don't understand how human feelings work, my words can't really get to his heart. So, I beg of you to be able to cheer up Lia a little later at school. I think only a fellow human can solve this problem.

"I still don't understand. Why is Amalia feeling depressed? I felt his warrior soul rise up like Geza when fighting me. There was no doubt, and of course with that courage, he knew the risks of fighting. Depressed, sad, or the burden of responsibility is too late to be felt now."

If it is, you should also know and will know better after meeting Lia later. His strength could change his attitude and actions for a moment. But, it did not change the original feeling in his heart in the long run.

"..."

Yeah, I should have known. The incident and little hint that he experienced it is seen with the result of the fight that Geza fled that night. If she really had a pure fighting soul, it should have been that girl could have killed Geza without a doubt.

Anyway, I'm begging you one more time. Lia was at school as usual, and your friend Imarine was there too. That's just my message.

*flap, flap, flap ....

Pero said as he left me and flew away towards the sky.