COI C71
Haw is out from the sphere, his expression is lifeless at the moment of experience, and his body remained still to calm himself down or he will tumble down out of shock. No one is here in the simulation room except for the Agatheans, Thean and Second, and they look at him quite odd. All three of them alone with only both of them are having lunch. It is hard for Haw to see what they are doing during his pause. For the matter of time, they see him now being mentally hurt. Thean ask
“Ruin! Pardon my elf, why do you look horrified”
Second responds “This is not the time, bring him to the infirmary. I don’t like the look on his face”
The Enders man twitched both his hands and begins to move forward, stiff from his expression and slowly onward, he momentarily drags his feet and nothing worse for sense of direction. The door opened and it was the principal and few others check to see them. They were shocked where the UIs pop up so suddenly, the warning sign that it identifies Haw near close to breaking point. Coral initiates first
“No! Remember he is unarmed . . . Haw, you don’t look so good”
Principal shows her “Don’t you see? He is near close to be possessed by a demon”
“I understand but those two are helping him”
Second pulls him with his magic, even added constraint to relief their concerns. He said,
“It’s alright. He probably did something stupid within the sphere. I doubt that the recordings of yours might see the problem. Anyone, we apologized but there is nothing going to happen as the sphere is still dangerous if you remove the safety. Will you excuse him?”
Second pulled Haw next to him and teleported away, they look troubled while Thean guessed them as he whispers.
“Possessed? Not for long as they know how to control their mana”
Andui stood their shocked and Reya already tried to help her. It wasn’t pretty to see Haw looks lifeless and standing in front of them. She moved on a lot of things in her life, but not the example who made her strong. Then she thought to herself
“Is it right to meet your heroes, after all my expectation of his performance but his past won’t let me go” She then said to Reya
“I don’t think I could see him like that”
Reya slowly moving her lips trying to answer her, for the moment, from what they said to him would be the best option.
“We should have to let him go. He is not perfect but he is scarred worse than I . . . sounds relate from our home world”
Coral hears them from the back and see them being pathetic. She uses her magic to create a sonic boom. Boom* erupted to their ears even the principal to her side was surprised. They look at her determine what she wanted to say
“That man reminds of me one of those PTSD veterans in America. He made it this far in life, and even he lived like an asshole with those sluts . . .”
The principal widened her eyes “Coral!”
Coral doesn’t care “If you guys can’t handle a crippled man that everyone around him helping them like he did to us, then the principal was right after all. We have to let him go if you still doubt him”
Sanquin appears before them as she heard about Haw, that those swearing words translated to her runes made her feel nostalgic of that imperfect literature. The principal noticed her
“Ms. Briannca, is everything alright?”
Sanquin’s body absorb the presence of their mana, again making her big, she responds
“Yes, but Haw tries something personal he did within the Sphere. Like this girl right here, you won’t be seeing it. He has secrets lying in his sleeps than I have seen before”
Sanquin didn’t show her teasing face but her professional look. Yet she smiles devilishly.
All of the sphere’s required controls are under the school now, it manifests itself towards the any sources from what they were expecting, and then it transfers to the computer. Nothing happened to the computer and only pressing in data on it, and worthwhile someone outside of the sphere yelled out of accomplishment.
“AAH! I renowned my imaginary gods, we’re been paid!”
They got distracted by sheer joy when someone is shouting across the distance. Sanquin casts her magic on the door then closed it, later, she continues.
Meanwhile at the infirmary, Haw returned to his senses after someone shouting out. First clapping at Thean as he grins to show to Second he brought Haw back up, and for Second has nothing to respond but show a little sympathy who is near him. Many things had happened where Haw starts to speak.
“Ugh! What did that machine say about me?”
Second is about to say something but stops at the beginning, he gets confused then shakes his head. He responds
“I should ask you, what’s happened to you inside the sphere?”
“Someone offered me to check on me, and somehow I have dead marks inside my head”
First knows that slang term. “Dead marks? Either it be abused or made into one. I guess you have something that you yourself can’t bring it up”
Thean chuckled a bit “We know that slang First, it meant livestock”
“That’s way worse of a term than I have. Besides, why would you do that? . . . Wait a minute, forget it”
“Wow, for a smart guy, you already forgot dead marks for a short moment”
Second starts to worry “Then you have piece of your memory coming back. I don’t want something like you to be killed that quickly”
Haw replies as he gets tired “Ugh my head . . . it won’t be a problem . . . Sanquin will . . .”
Haw fell unconscious again, and they bring him back to bed. Second checks again on the robot that scans him. He shuts it down as someone opened the door. Andui and the others come and visit him, including Sanquin moves in closer to Haw, and one of them said
“Is Haw alright?”
“He is honestly got a head ache. If you guys knew, then there is nothing else I could say”
First can’t describe his conditions well, it was a known caused but don’t know are the symptoms.
Sanquin explains to them, “It is personal for Haw, seems like the pebblechips activated sooner than rather later”
Thean stops her “Don’t change the subject, you should just heal Haw now and explained it himself. Even if he had to repeat it”
Sanquin casts her spell, in air, a leaf floats around Haw and starts to grow. Through her demonic magic, she gathers the mana she had into Alga’s light. Compressing it further to gain its effect, as she gains it then shines down on him. Its absolute heals made him recover instantly.
She shows them about the light “People never asked how the light keeps them alive but knowing why something else dies. Do you know about it?”
Reya answered “It’s because of the mana we possessed, and we received small healing traits from it that help us to survive in most dangerous situations. It depends how much the body absorb it”
“Correct, but there is more to it”
First extends the topic “When it comes to death, Alga’s light is nothing still as a light emits nutrition to the world. It becomes powerful when someone could master it or even control it through other means. She heals Haw with that same method”
Sanquin nods then smack Haw on the face. Haw wakes up and the girls were surprised why she did that. Andui responds
“Why would you!?”
Haw returns to his usual self then he quickly turns on the robot. The stats showed
“All conditions stabilized, please . . .”
Haw looks around as they look relief. Haw didn’t hesitate and said to Sanquin.
“You could see now I’ve finished the favor they ask for me”
“Yes, but I don’t know anything about that except for the sphere. However, I also agreed that finding recruits now would be difficult when that sphere is active”
Haw and the others laid rest within the infirmary, talking back and forth what happened. Thean and the other girls already know about his condition, all of it is true but Haw didn’t explain further. Reya for once feeling a bit nauseating and a feeling don’t want to leave this city. The world was he mentioned complicated things, and for his condition to be this hard to believe. Now she gets why those adventurers who went to east coast before want to save them so urgently. Haw can’t remember being like that.
Andui is just relief to see him ok now. Coral and Iggy entered the infirmary as they join the conversation. The Agatheans said their thoughts and also with Sanquin, and the topic they mention now is what to do next to these people. First said
“I keep hearing about those magic items made from Haw, I’ve been seeing come and go making it in a long time, I guess our bosses used that soul stone”
Second recommends to Haw “How about after meeting the students one last time? These magic items are not that crucial, and having some Enders ingredients will help them have their basics”
Sanquin hears them as she herself escort out from the infirmary. They seem troubled about something else. She noticed
“You ladies have some questions for me”
Coral nods “Yeah, I just want to say to you personally . . . About Haw”
“Yes?”
“Is there other way to fully cured him?”
Sanquin stays silent for a bit, she makes a face as she thinks. Seriously in the eyes and nothing much to comprehend as they look at her up their heads, Sanquin looks down and replied
“If there was, then everything had happened without him will cease, but there is nothing I know to heal mortality”
She continues “Accept the fates of a mortal man, they are lucky that they live meaningfully than a cursed death”
Andui responds “He comes this far and what we are trying to say that could he be able to live among us?”
Sanquin disappointingly replied
“Yes . . .”
Iggy reacted “What bitch said yes with that tone . . .”
“. . . Let me finished . . . Enrage by my honest words . . . I’m trying to say it is possible, and I am here remembering what that rehab done made him now seem to be ruin of his image”
Coral asks “Why is that?”
“Let’s go and see inside the sphere. I will update Enders Bridge for you. If your students are bold enough to go there. I will make Enders attack them with only Mana demons”
“Mana demons?”
“It’s our way of saying ‘silence’, I heard people like you start depending mana too much. It will be easy for them to fight children”
Iggy mentioned “You mean like how they did with the other sphere?”
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“That would be impossible, have you watch Haw fighting with that elf? I know it is suicidal but the weapons they have are proven lethal. They won’t last that long”
While they are going to the simulation room, the principal passed by and said to them.
“When the situation is over, we will finalize what to do with them. Don’t worry about Quail, she is already qualified like you explained awhile back”
Then she moved on with the documents at hand. Sanquin takes glimpse on the cover and read what it said, as they moved on, she tell them about it.
“The education department, what are they planning?”
Andui answered “Oh that, you read the principal’s folders. Well, it is just reformation and adding more courses for this world”
“I hope that is temporary. Where this city is going, they will soon be ready first at their own problems”
Andui responds “What do you mean?”
“I assure you I would love to show you the history of many summoned beings throughout the years. There are chances of an uprising . . . But I preferred to take refuge instead”
All four of the girls were confused what she said then she continues “Trust me, once I’ll show you the introduction of the sphere now. It will help you survive something worse”
Within the simulation room, no one is here, there is a note left behind coming from Quail and the others.
“Next week will be the final update, please send us the coordinates, instructions, or anything that provide us how to use the sphere efficiently. We will be conducting stricter rules if something illicit made from the students”
Coral smiles at the notes “I guess they read the article”
Iggy joins in “Yeah, I hear projects being hack and even damaging the data when someone is capable to destroy it”
Sanquin stays quite as she is about to open the portal. Already changed into a simple portal with a size that fits the door, she sees the place she would like to go to. She responds to them from they said earlier
“It would be easier that they should ordered the AIs, they’ll understand . . . I think”
Andui gets suspicious “You think? I thought you are the one who maintain the portal”
“I maintain its existence, not the realism of the design. I also remind you not make replicas of yourself here and these people were made because they are to be good copies”
As she is about to enter the sphere, phasing inside “And those copies are the perfect examples as lawful immortals. Make copies of your own means handing over to control the sphere’s existence. Sigh* There is so much to tell you for just the basics alone . . .”
She enters the portal and the others followed her. Reya stops Andui as those two already went in.
“Andui, be careful. She will show us why Haw is becoming like he is now”
“We talked before, and I never seen him react that before. I don’t get it how complicated to talk about him”
They entered the portal and they directly send to the time of the Enders draft. They see many unknown figures wrapped around with silhouettes. It is hard to define them but their voices can be recognized, they see one exception and it was Lord Lori’es
“I complicated made man, how is this possible?”
“Such experimentation like this before you throne your position as Archscientist”
“His mind is half dead, and already being noted to be great from his past experience”
“Haw Edan, a man from Mountaiwall. Tragedy will be his humor and the sadist gods play his songs”
The guildmasters and mistresses are drafting in and out for going to Isekai City, many of them can’t draft much and only trade left and right for the guild members’ sake. Lord Lori’es continues about Haw.
“A man survived all that and no trace of past demonic influence, he must be someone’s favorite”
“According to the Archscientist, he already removed the link as they think it’s the lost cause like the other batches. My guild in apothecary and other physicians never believe this”
They continue on and on about the manmade member from Dexter’s Guild, and the moment of time, the Archscientist finally speaks.
“I’m glad you took interest of a survivor. Neither I nor the ‘faithfuls’ know about the capabilities of humanesque’s attributes and capabilities, and as of now, he is stable and saved the adventurers. Finally, we have no other candidates who are willing to go to the city”
Lord Lori’es nods “She is right, we have no other choice. Most of you disagreed and even abandoned them that you know the traps held their paths. I have never thought my reign is that weak”
She responds “We are monarchs now, my lord. We lost our political system to trust ourselves to their lords and ladies. Even I have been handed over because of my family”
They return back to Haw. The guildmasters summarized what they like to talk about, meanwhile the girls ask Sanquin.
“They are just like them what they said before, but why the change of heart?”
Sanquid replied “They didn’t, however, the truth of your own people had taken the chances to grow. That indirect contact within our people will be the faintest hope that day would come. Believe me or not, that the only given I know is coming from the other guilds”
Reya can’t argue but said “I don’t . . . when will they say about his condition”
“Right about . . . now”
“Lady Coheld, I managed to keep him sane long enough and even my examples go through to the boy. There is still hope, and none of them will be ignored”
“As your rival guild, a man like you had something to my failed results”
“The man, or was a child, was from Mountaiwall, caught barely alive and conflict happened for his incident. Then questionably fix, and finally helped to the end. Or was that brain chip of his enclosed all triggered of dysfunctional breakdowns”
“After this meeting, will you meet him yourself”
“Again . . .”
The moment of truth, they were shock from what the man had said. Quietly tone down to said again as if he is disappointed. Sanquin skips it to where he ready to switch between guilds. Haw is in person with the two silhouettes.
“Archscientist, why are you here?”
Lady Coheld triggered the code “Resume code ******”
Haw changes his himself and remembered then he said again
“Lady Coheld, what brings you here”
The man in silhouette responds “To see you with your superstitious side”
“But my actions to the adventurers still not change”
“That’s why I’m so proud of your last actions”
Sanquin explains to them “What you have seen now is Haw’s actual conscience. This is the most difficult part to explain of Haw’s condition right now, his action doing better was a reflection by that man’s deed. Sadly, he can be easily switched off by that woman in front of you. Forever he may serve, but the cause of exile in Enders Bridge if he continues to be free. As for me, let him be. I always acted the way I did to that manwh . . . I mean friend of yours”
Everyone except Andui couldn’t accept it. Reya reminds Andui
“When the time he saved us was genuine, and also the part how we sense his motives rather weakly when we first met. Andui, there is no chance for him to return back because what we see now. He is the man who he chose to be, but look at this time he will never going back”
“Deep breath* In the very beginning it was all that, being a puppet at the start. Sanquin, can Haw talk about it?”
“Honestly, Quill got Haw’s memory and we decided not interfere that is now at lost. Rather, it is better to move on”
Andui remained determine but accepts what it is, and more so to the people she cared for. The students will someday become like him, the example of committed person. They only hope now is to talk with him again as normal. Iggy can’t help it and said,
“Then we have done him a favor now. I hope the principal would give him his goodbyes to the student”
Coral thinks otherwise “It is better we should wave our goodbyes. I don’t like to admit that Haw is lesser than I could imagine of him. But what the hell in this world we live in”
Sanquin and Reya continue on watching this moment of Haw about to leave. Reya reaches out to them
“Hey guys, you might be going to hear this”
Sanquin replays it again for them to hear one last time. Haw turns to face at the man and said,
“May the gods save their people from East Coast”
“We are monotheist, Haw, let’s pray they will not become like you . . .”
Haw reverts back to his own memory and left. Lady Coheld speaks out to the man.
“I should’ve let his conscious be free, but that information will hurt the other grievances”
“He had his note left and he probably thinks it was the Lord himself”
“He was educated through our efforts, yet ‘was’”
They are wondering about it, but they don’t have the attention of this complex build up. They have to stop it
“We should stop right here. I have seen enough”
“Me too, it is reality like this made me scared”
“I don’t think we can handle more by that moment, Sanquin. Can you explain the rest?”
Sanquin has nothing to say but one thing
“It is fine, I want to convinced you all to leave this world. The possibility and the examples you have seen. The evil attempts that you no longer understand. Haw manages to break free under those who knows to control him”
They teleported to Enders Bridge where the time lapses to where Sanquin ready to leave the city, A Raker Mawn member said to her
“Do you think someone cared for him?”
“Sympathy is already spread within his old guild, but we did harsh things than the others”
“When did they care? Let him go. He can manage on his own” They see the scene where she is about to leave. From a random moment she wanted to place, she doesn’t matter a bit on this event.
“I am warning you, the longer you stay in our world, the chances of you becoming like him is certain. Either our way or your way to your doom, I want to say help the city to decide or everything you have will fall”
Andui didn’t know what to say, and Coral said to her as she pulled Andui back.
“We already decided, and we already know those people return to the city”
“Let’s hope those students of yours will learn to survive or anything goes will lead them to their safety”
They return back to the infirmary one last time to see Haw. He was gone and left a note.
“I’m at the roof with Alche and the other teachers”
Reya casts her spell on the door knob and opened where they are now. Quail is there with Haw talking. Quail said
“. . . That’s rough, even I watch you fight. Your feet blown off”
“You can be careless when you abuse the limits”
“By using drugs? I’ll pass, but I want to survive after what you did”
“There is still healing magic”
“To some extent . . . I learn . . . Oh there they are”
Iggy comes by and slam her hand on Haw’s shoulder.
“I guess others want to join in”
Alche looks at them in relief “That for sure, everything went wild on that fight”
Thean and the other Agatheans are there as well. All acted according their pebblechips in hand. Thean kept speculating the coins he is carrying.
“Coins that will weigh of an average dwarf, there is still another week left to finish it” First stops him “There’s no need to, I’ve heard that next week that they will end the lockdown”
Second couldn’t hold himself from his joy “GREAT! Then we can finally leave”
Iggy asks them “Why not stay?”
First flinched from hearing her said that “No! The city starts to look bleaks after one of my people joined as volunteers”
Haw and the others listen to First as he said something to be wary about.
“I hear more and more people are siding to their own terms. Much I don’t anything about the city lord’s decision”
Alche disclaimed it, but First don’t care as he continued “We don’t think that we would stay for long when unrest occurred. Haw, I know you will remain here in the city because of your quest of your guild. I assumed is somewhere in Stranding Island”
Haw answers “There is nothing else to say, laughs calmly*”
Iggy shucks how his change of tone.
“What a charming laugh you got there, Haw”
Reya joins in “You never heard him laughs, Iggy? Andui, you too know his side of him as much of Coral seeing him after school. Andui got surprised
“Coral did what?”
Coral smiles back at her “Why? Get jealous why I ask him to join in their second landmark”
All of the returned back to their usual self soon after.
Sanquin comes to the roof and sees Haw and the others were having their time together. She whispers through her demonic voice to him. Swiftly passing through all of them with his unique skill, Haw raised his hands and wave at Sanquin. Everyone turns and see how big she is now that she has to bend to her waist to get out from the door. Her manners remained etiquette as she raises her voice.
“Haw, I like a moment with you. The report you will be sending to our guild. I’ll be waiting for it after this”
She comes closer as he responds “Is it urgent? More so, I heard from our guild here in the city is making a move on”
“I have my urgency but you won’t be staying healthy for long from what I heard from Rusic”
“I have nothing to say that, alright. The reports will be ready soon”
“Gladly”
It was all happened in thoughts. Her telepathy is something to be different as Haw’s mind was easily went through his head. Sanquin sees why he has so many secrets lied within in his concealment. Thanks to Quill revealed the secrets of his abnormal rehabilitation. It didn’t trigger much what is already erased.
Once everyone starts to leave, eventually Haw is alone with the women in all of a sudden. Andui and her friends and then Sanquin herself at their side, the sun is setting and the moment of truth that they ask one last time. Reya said to him
“I was wondering. What will you do now after finishing here? Your pay and your time finding a recruit, what else can you live yourself to have in this city?” “I have my ways and I can still help . . . (he stares at Sanquin) . . . She knows what to expect”
They turn to her and she just smiled “I’m guessing you would want me to teach your school”
Reya gets the idea “I don’t think so, you look rather seductive and big”
“That would be easy for me change characters but I have my job done here. I am here for other reasons as Haw is already finish”
Andui felt relief as the time goes during their talking. After all what is happening. Nothing had change from Haw’s perspective, and Sanquin explains to them secretly before. They are just glad someone from hell help them understand better, only by asking.
Haw looks at them as if they know about him. His side of him has to accept it where Sanquin keeps her tone to his mind.
“They know your old self. Don’t worry, they are really worried about you . . . the real you. Let’s hope the witness curse is your testimony of their achievement, Dexter” Sooner than they have hope, they were invited to a dinner by Sanquin herself. Not knowing that Haw was busy, they let themselves have their fun on their own.
Sanquin is dining with them, joking around as she brings them where the Agatheans hid their time on the road. Those four never experienced such foreign place built by the locals. They were guided into a room as they talk about things. As for a moment they dine first.
“I want to mind, every one of you seems to have trouble with that man. Care to tell me why are you guys acted so special for him”
Iggy honestly respond “I don’t know, we owe him our lives and he seem to be a far more trouble when Andui committed to him”
Coral couldn’t hold in but complain at her own friends
“Then one of us can’t let it go and thought it is a chance to pay it back. I’m guessing we were expecting our norms can be related to him”
Reya can’t help Sanquin starts to look like a gossip girl from her grin. Yet it seems it returns back to normal.
“We have our time, and it was embarrassingly so”
Sanquin understands “Sounds like other worlders judging us collectively. Even my old world is less advance but kept themselves from foreigners”
Andui asks “Are you from another world too?”
“I’m afraid so, I’m from another world, but I chose to stay with my own volition. I am immortal demon after all”
“Yeah, about that, have you experienced being new and vulnerable like us”
“No, this world was link to my world. Like the foundation for an example, but it is more like a gateway, it held up north in Abls and now walled off after the Fall. You can go back and forth”
“Really, then why others didn’t use it to leave”
“Because they weren’t link before, you can imagine a road that connects specific to us. Then someone else discovered it but the road didn’t connect to his home and end up lost”
Coral asks Sanquin “Anyway, I want to ask you. Do you think you would help us like Haw said to us?”
Sanquin is drinking as she stares at her grinning eyes on her.
“You will be surprised and my guild is well prepared. I could help you, but first let your hero fall first. If you know what I mean”
“Why is that?”
“I have no clue laugh*”
Iggy gets frustrated “Please explain us at least”
“I will, but we have time here and we should talk more about your school. Haw may not continue from what I heard from Ironno, but I assure you. You four would be enough to help them survive, including their families.
The sphere is done, and Quill stood before the updates. The first takes were from Sanquin herself and the new details about Haw’s fabrication of himself. She recognized the procedures, and it wasn’t that long for her to trace it all back to the time where this theory recognized. Quill found it and read it was it once called
“Psychological Theory: Mana and Mind Transfusion . . . Back then, it was meant to study you. The Summoner of Isekai City”