Chapter 15: Mon

[Cyan]: “Mon!”

Cyan woke up jumping out his bed

‘Was that a dream too?’

Was his only thought, Cyan has experience a lot of weird dreams lately, so he was putting in question his sanity, with a small ‘sigh’ and a ‘whatever’ Cyan stood from his bed.

Again all of his wounds and broken bones were gone like last time, but this time, the feeling was different from before, his body was feeling a little stiff, it was not the perfect recover from a few hours ago.

Looking around he could see that he was back to his room in the wooden house, the first time he used this room, it was just a box with nothing inside, only a rock that formed a horrible bed to sleep in, but now his ‘bed’ was a proper one.

It was made of hides pile one over the other, even if he technically was still sleeping over the floor the difference between rocks and hides is the difference between light a day, a weary smile escape Cyan lips, just as he was wondering what happened to his Master, a growling sound escape his stomach. ‘Kid how many times I had to remember it you, eat something already’.

It was way past the time to eat and Cyan had no feed his stomach since this morning, so it was reclaiming his right to eat at proper times, just before he got a heavy injury so he let Cyan sleep but now it was dinner time, 8 hours has passed since he was knock out unconscious.

After having missed the lunch, he did not plan to miss dinner too, after having recover somewhat as well as Cyan, he kindly reminded him that he have not eaten anything at all since this morning.

[Cyan]: “I guess I should be eating something now”

Cyan room was in the second floor, after exiting his room, and looking over the hallway, it was as empty as his room, there was no decorations what so ever or anything that you could find in a normal house, no pictures or paintings, Cyan never had took the time to look around him, but when he did, he notice what was so wrong about this house.

[Cyan]: “It is totally empty of anything a proper house should, sigh”, the only things in this house where, the floor, the walls, and the celling, well you can also count 3 doors and stairs to move between floors and maybe the windows, maybe Cyan could something about this in the future but for now it was just a mere thought,

Leaving behind the empty hallway, Cyan descended to the first floor where the kitchen was.

[Cyan]: “It smells delicious”

Another growling sound has come out of his stomach like he was agreeing with him ‘It is, so better hurry’.

Apart for the rest of the house, the kitchen did had chairs and a table and a furnace that worked very well and did not produce any smoke, even if there was 2 floors the house was not that big, so having a kitchen, a living room, as well as a dinner room, was asking too much.

Arlom was preparing the food in the furnace, while giving his giving his back to Cyan, but he clearly understood that Cyan was behind him.

Cyan didn’t know if Arlom has manage to defeat his inner demons, and because he was giving his back at him he could not look Arlom to the eyes and see it for himself, if that shadow was still there, clouding his vision.

After a few good minutes of Cyan just standing there, it was Arlom turn to break the ice between them.

[Arlom]: “That stomach of yours is truly amazing, even after receiving a punch from me, it can still keep such accurate track of time, even if I was holding myself back a little, I must say it, I am very impress of yours skills… son”

Arlom was afraid of facing Cyan right now but, he can’t delay this forever, he needs to face Cyan one way or another.

Arlom turning around, Cyan could now see him into the eyes, they were…

[Cyan]: “sigh, Father, your eyes are so clear now, that shadow from before is gone, you had finally come back to your senses”

Letting out a sigh of relief Cyan could see that, Arlom eyes were back to his old self, at least, back to an Arlom that was not blind about the true, the danger he felt before, now was gone, he could breathe a sigh of relief over and over again.

Arlom, could only shook his head, it was too soon to be called his father, and that time may never arrive either.

[Arlom]: “Son, I don’t deserve to be called Father of anyone, just call whatever you want but that”.

This was a free pass Arlom was giving Cyan to unload all of his anger for being called stupid over and over again, even if Cyan understood Arlom intentions, he could not insult his…

[Cyan]: “I can’t do that Master; I will keep calling you Master then, until you earn your title of interplanetary Stupid Father”

[Arlom]: “I understand, but can’t we just leave the father part and left everything else out?”

Cyan shook his head.

[Cyan]: “it can’t be Master, you need to be my Father in two worlds, and it is the only way for me to recognize you as my Father”

[Arlom]: “I...I understand”

How could Arlom no understand something as simple as that? This was the way of Cyan was saying

‘Maybe we can’t be Father and Son right now, but we can still be Master and disciple, and after we leave this planet and we go to earth, then I will call you my Father again’ but he still don’t know where the ‘Stupid’ part fits in all that, nevertheless Cyan will not back down.

Cyan nodded his head, his Master truly was easy to deal with, and if you say things in a straight forward faction he will response you the same way.

[Arlom]: “Cyan”

[Cyan]: “Yes Master?”

[Arlom]: “You asked me before what was your Mother name, it was Cyan”.

[Cyan]: “It was?”

Arlom nodded his head.

[Arlom]: “She gave you her name after you were born and she became a no named person after that”.

[Cyan]: “No named? Master could not she just given me another name?”

A no named person? That was strange, should not her still carry her own name too?

Arlom shook his head.

[Arlom]: “That was the stronger name in her possession, and without thinking it twice she gave it to you to protect you”

[Cyan]: “Protect me from what? Master did she do something foolish?”

[Arlom]: “She was… a big fool after all, and I loved her more than anything else in this world, no, I still do, she was the most beautiful fool I ever got to know, and I was very stupid to leave her side even for a second, it can only be said that you mother and father were a fool and stupid, sigh”

Cyan was stunned, so his master was a fool and his father stupid, what hope did he have to do any better? Nevertheless the smile his Master was putting out was a refreshed and stupid smile, like a teen boy would make after falling in love with someone for the first time. That was the type of stupidity his father had.

Cyan could only sigh to this Master of his.

[Arlom]: “She was someone that would think of others before herself, she was protecting you from her own family, they were such despicable bunch that she had run away from, when she was just fifteen”

[Cyan]: “She had run away from her house at the same age as me? How despicable her family must has being for that Master?”

Arlom shook his head, and remained in silence, there was no point in using his word to talk about them, if he could helped.

[Cyan]: “So it was like that, I guess Mon did a good job by hiding me in other planet then”

Cyan was having a more clear picture of this world now, in a world of names, history’s and laws, he was sure that being a no name was not something good to be, but he was also beginning to understand why his father was calling his mother a fool that he fall in love with, she was the type of fool that would in front of other to protected them form harm’s way.

[Arlom]: “At that time, I didn’t know you were even in her belly, because I was away for months helping out some friends with an invasion of monsters to their village, sigh, at the very end they were the same ‘friends’ that  betrayed me and throw in here”

Cyan took notice of a key word from Arlom talk, ‘monster? As true monsters and not humans turn into monsters?’, nevertheless it was not the time to ask him about the other ‘races of this planet, he could take a wild guess that, ‘humans’ were not the only race in here, and he would not be wrong.

[Cyan]: “It is not your own fault Master, I am sure you did everything in your power to protect Mon too”.

[Arlom]: “I don’t need for you to cheer me up anymore Cyan, I know what I did, and what I didn’t, power huh, yes you can say I tried with all my power and failed miserable, Cyan true strength doesn’t come from your muscles or how fast you can move, but how you use your brain, you got that? And also, Cyan how did notice the true? Didn’t you have a family in your world? Didn’t you have a father and a mother already? If you go by logic and so many unknowns it should be impossible to deduce that you are my son”

[Cyan]: “I have them and I want to go back to them as soon as possible, but in fact I wasn’t that sure Master, I was not moving guided by logic, something else had told that if I don’t move to save you right that instant, it would be too late, this was the chance with the highest chances of success, and the more I waited the less your changes of defeating that monster would be, also there were Mon eyes and name, so I could see some things inside your eyes”.

[Arlom]: “Hum, maybe you were moving by intuition then?”

Cyan shook his head side to side

[Cyan]: “I don’t think that was the case Master, my intuition allows me to sense danger, but not seen it, and my eyes allows to see the hidden true, it was more like, I was guided by something beyond that, I don’t know how to explain it”.

[Arlom]: “Then don’t, there is no point in trying to explain something you don’t understand… yet”

Cyan nodded his head, there were something other things he wanted to know.

Making a pause Cyan organized his thoughts.

[Cyan]: “Master this name Mon gave me, is more than just a name it isn’t? Like Serah’s name that allowed me to understand the language, Mon name and eyes, it allows me to understand the true reflected in the eyes of other people”

Arlom nodded ‘sigh it was foolish thing to try to hide thigs from you after all’

[Arlom]: “The power of names changes from person to person, but your Mother power was something like that too, and her eyes were a particular trait of her, after combing with her name, it was truly a powerful… tool”

Arlom continued to explaining Cyan how the names words in this world. To Cyan surprise, names were not just a label you would use to call someone else.

When you are born into this world you are born nameless, someone else will give a name, be your mother or father, and be by sharing their own name, gifting a name with power in their possession or giving you a powerless name, basically creating a new name just for you.

Cyan name was a little bit especial, when his Mother was born, she already had that name with her, and those names are known as hero’s names, some people say that they are the reincarnated hero’s from the past, that come back to protect humans from grave dangers, and nobody can steal a hero’s name that you were born with, nevertheless you can still gifted it, or also be forced into gifting it.

But those names also hold an incredible powers, and there were also some who believed that those names were gifted by the gods to a few chosen humans of their liking, and who would be so stupid enough, to offend something as powerful as a god just to steal a single name, or even more, who has the enough capability to beat someone with a hero name in the first place and then force it to gifting their own names.

It was not better to just die with your own name, than dying as a no name?

And those who had a hero name, were rather famous for choosing death over having their own names stolen, they were fiercely obstinate over that regard, it was just a ludicrous thought, to steal a hero name.

But there was always exceptions to the rules in the universe, no, rules that are nearly absolute exists, they are known as laws, humans own laws, were just a cheat imitation something as unbreakable as a law, but nevertheless, laws also have exceptions that can be exploited.

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After you willing gifted that your name hero to somebody else, for example… your own son, then, that name can also be stolen from him like any other name, and the way to steal the name, was very simple, it was a ludicrous thought not to try it out, and there was not a case of a god that has protected someone with a gifted hero name, they doesn’t care who gets the names after the first person, those known as the second gen, were truly a great finding for those with power that wanted even more.

It was then, when the obstinacy of choosing death, over having their own name stolen of those carrying a hero’s name has come back to bite them, they just had to kill the person that is carrying a gifted hero name and like any other name, his name would be all theirs to use and exploit.

Entire clans have meet their doom, after being wipe up by the same members, after someone had obtained a hero name of their own.

No, a stolen or gifted hero’s name was more like a curse in disguised than a blessing for some.

And it was the reason why the family of Cyan Mon was after her, even after running away at the aged of fifteen they were always looking for her, and after they had found her, and knowing somehow about her child, they had come with intentions of ‘reconciliation’ and begging to be ‘forgiven’, to become a true family for the child, Cyan Mon was truly foolish for trusting them.

But Cyan could not bring himself to hate that foolish Mother of his, he was a fool like her, he would jump to save strangers in a park, and he would also give another change to a family that don’t deserve it, she had also gave her name to protect him, this was the same as criticizing the person that had saved your life, he was grateful, but at the same he was sad.

Nevertheless this was something of big importance to him right now; even if he didn’t want to keep talking about depressing topics of why his mother was not more with them, but…

[Cyan]: “Master, does that mean that my name can be stolen by someone else?”

Actually there was another way to lose your name, more than fighting for it, after all not everyone was a crazy person wanted to fight all the time.

[Arlom]: “Your name can be stole by outright killing you and taking your name, or by betting it, lose the bet and you lose the name”

[Cyan]: “Wait who can judge in a bet for a name?”

[Arlom]: “All names are recognized by the gods, they are the judges in case you bet your name, but the worst thing you can be in this planet is a no named person, never bet in your Mother name Cyan”

Cyan nodded his head; of course he will never bet the only thing his Mother has left him, dying was also out of the question.

[Cyan]: “Master, Mon, she, why she gave me her name knowing it would be bad for her being a no named”

[Arlom]: “I only can guess she thought it was for the best way of protecting you, the idea was to share both of ours names with our first children if we ever got one, but because I was not there, I guess she did what she did to protect you, there is also… we don’t how you ended in another planet, however there must a explication to this, also I already shared my name with you, when you were unconscious, even if is just half my name it should be of help to you, I am sorry if it is 30 or even 15 years too late for that Cyan”

Cyan shook his head

[Cyan]: “What are you saying Master? This is the time when I need it the most; thank you very must for your gift”

Cyan said that while doing a bowing to his Master, everything he could get, would help him to stay alive, how can’t be happy about it.

Arlom was a little embarrassed but...

Arlom could only let of a sigh of relief, he was a afraid that Cyan would reject his name, after all, he had seen part of his true colors, so, this is why he did this while Cyan was sleeping, so Cyan could not refuse it, even if Cyan himself don’t wanted his name, Arlom would do anything to protect him, even if Cyan himself don’t understand this, nevertheless his fears were unfunded at the end.

[Cyan]: “Master what kind of powers your name has?”

[Arlom]: “You will have to find out yourself, it is best if I don’t tell you”.

Cyan pondered for a bit, what was the meaning of hiding the effects of a name? Shouldn’t Arlom tell him out right so he can start understanding it?

[Cyan]: “Master, It has to do something with my understandings of it is right? If you tell me what your own understanding of it is, it will not help me at all right?”

[Arlom]: “Something like that, but mostly because my understandings of it are… very lacking”

[Cyan]: “I understand, and Master thank you for sharing your name with me”

Cyan was bowing to his Master now to show his thanks to him

[Arlom]: “You don’t have to thank for sharing with you my name, that’s is my job, as… a Fa…, as your Master, I also gave you other names but before you thank me for those, I never learned what they do, so it will be up to you if they are any help”

[Cyan]: “I understand, Master there is something I don’t understand, if Mon has another names with her, why she had become a no named? Couldn’t she just call herself with another name?”

Cyan took the opportunity to sit down on his usual char while doing that question

Arlom shook his head, this, disciple of him as not learned anything at all, turning around Arlom put the food over the table

[Arlom]: “Being a no named is when someone has lost his main name, this is different of being nameless, the first name you are given is your main name, while you still have your main name, you can use any of the other names you have, but if you were to lose it, any name you say your name was, would be understood literally as no-name, this is the same with names that you don’t had while still having a main name”

[Cyan]: “So it is like the first day we meet, I could understand your name was, even if I could not understand anything else, the same thing happen with Serah name”

Arlom nodded his head

[Arlom]: “If you still have your main name when you die, your remaining names will fuse with your main name and then it will be completely transferred between the persons that you have share your name with, that’s why people, form powerful clans under a banner name, even if you mother has… passed away at the end, she had completely given up all her names to you anyway since the beginning, after giving you her main name there was no point in her having others names”

Arlom shook his head with sad expression and a bitter smile.

[Arlom]: “What she did was truly foolish but… If I were to be there, I too would have done exactly the same thing she did, sigh... I am such a failure as a father”

The mood in the room got really depressed now, but luckily, what interrupted this depressing atmosphere with an impeccable timing was… ‘Hey did you forgot a about me? I am hungry, come on feed me, you had forgot about me, both of are stupid’s, like father like son’, a growling sound that has come from Cyan stomach.

Scratching is cheek with his right hand, Cyan face could not help but to become a little red, ‘what an embarrassing thing to happen when the mood was so serious’

[Arlom]: “Cough cough, we should eat something now”

After Cyan notice the food that was in front him, he too took notice of the pills at the side of the food, he soon realized he had forgot something else and stood up from his chair again like lighting.

[Cyan]: “Master the poison!”

Should not be the pain poison acting up? It has being several hours from the food of the morning, and he has not taken the suppressor for the poison.

Arlom was sitting in front of him and was calming eating.

[Arlom]: “Calm down, I already gave you the antidote when you were unconscious so you could sleep, and also the poison effects only last for about 8 hours, so it effects should had already passed anyway”.

Letting sigh of relief Cyan sited down again.

[Cyan]: “So it was like that, thank you Master, also thank you for taking me to my room, I was very tired to do it myself”

Arlom face grew stiff, ‘of course you were, who do think beat you to a pulp before or is that you are just pretending that nothing of that happen?’

Even if that was Arlom wanted to say he could only reply back with a…

[Arlom]: “Don’t mention it, I am your Master after all, I need to take care of my disciple, let’s eat for now”

This time again the same pills that this morning were at the side of the food, and eat them right away, after that, looking over the food Cyan still could not identify what kind of animal was he eating but, it tasted like chicken, so he called it chicken, and it was very tasty.

[Cyan]: “Oh right Master, it would not be weird if you gotten a daughter named after you, she would be called Arlom, it is not that a man name? Would not people make fun of her? ”

Cyan was curious about how the ‘System’ in this world worked, ‘what if I don’t like the name I have? Like a woman’s name, or man name for woman, Or also, what if everyone has the same name at the end, there are not enough names with power to go around right? Can’t I change my name later on?’

Looking over the face Cyan was putting, he could guess what he was thinking after all, one of Cyan weak points was... his face and eyes, and they reflected everything that was inside of that brain of his.

His disciple was not using his head as usual.

[Arlom]: “A name is something recognized by a god, discarding a god name or mocking it, it is the same as insulting the gods behind that name, who would dare to? But, you can be named as anyway you feel liked it, and then make a god recognized as your own name, and also, are you the one to talk about being wrongly named? Cyan, would you change your mother name?”

Cyan face grew red, was not is mother a woman, then he have a woman name right?

[Cyan]: “That was a little harsh master making fun of me using Mon name you are so low”

While Cyan was eating the food he was pondering about it, ‘if it can be understood that Cyan is my name in whatever language I am talking, then was I, really translating their names into my native language?’

Cyan looked to his feet’s, trying to figure something out, ‘my understanding of it is the same, no matter the world, gravity feel it the same, just like… a law?’

A flash of inspiration passed over Cyan mind.

[Cyan]: “Master... laws are the same in the whole universe, then... are Names laws too?”

[Arlom]: “Now you are using that brain of yours, that’s right, like law of gravity there is the law of names, and that’s why only beings with enough understandings of laws can name themselves or others, without needing a god to recognized their names”

Cyan was shocked by the beings knows as gods, but now there were some persons with enough understanding of laws as the gods? Are no those gods also? This planet was just getting more mysterious as time goes on, beings that could understand laws, and name others as the pleased?

[Cyan]: “But Master in my home planet everyone can name themselves as they pleased, there is some legal hurdles to overcome but after that you would be legally named after the name of your own choosing”

Cyan could not still get rid of his own common sense but it was getting crushed as the time went on, it would not be soon, before Cyan things something as walking in the air as ‘normal’.

[Arlom]: “Then I can only assume that everyone in your home planet is a god above the law of names? But I don’t think it is like that, I don’t know how you ended in other planet but your name remained the same didn’t?

What was the history of Cyan got his name? Of course he asked about it, the reply he got is that, it was because the colors of his eyes, but what that right? He didn’t now, for now, it would only remain as mystery.

[Arlom]: “I can only assume that the god of earth planet has done something to alter the understanding of the humans of earth planet, I don’t know, maybe he wants to prevent another god to be born? Or is the contrary?”

Like always Arlom could only give up, trying to understand the mind of a god was a pointless task, when he can became one he will think about it again, but for now, it was best to taught Cyan about the laws and how to stay alive.

[Arlom]: “A name is law, but your interpretation and understandings of it, changes from person to person, in a boy my name it would remain the same, but in a girl it can be change to fit a girl name, and still a god would recognized that name, and you still would understand it as her name”.

[Cyan]: “But can’t I lie and say that my name is other than my name? Isn’t there a way to check somebody else name? How can people know that I am no named or nameless.”

‘Can it be? Can there be the legendary… status screen?’

Arlom shook his head.

[Arlom]: “How do you check for gravity?”

[Cyan]: “I don’t need to check for it…, if there is gravity I will be pull to the ground and if there is not gravity then I will know it too, then a name is the same?”

Arlom nodded again.

[Arlom]: “That’s right, there is no need to check, you can give any of your sub names as your name and will still be understood as your name, and it will be still interpreted as such, but if you lose your main name or give a name that doesn’t belong to you, no matter how the other person interpreted it, it only would be understood as no-name, or nameless in case that you didn’t have any name to begin with”

Now Cyan was only getting more confuse. All this interpretations and understandings were hurting his brain.

Arlom could see the confuse face of Cyan, letting a sigh he tried to come with an example.

[Arlom]: “If I say my name Arlom (name), you would interpreted as Arlom, and you would understand it as my name, but if say my name is Cyan (no-name) you would Interpreted as Cyan but you would understand it as no-name, because I don’t have that name, if I say my name is the hunter king (name) you will understanding it as my name too, because titles and professions also can become your own name”.

Cyan let of a sigh, ‘what a letdown I thought there would be status screens’

[Cyan]: “So that’s to say you can’t lie because it would be catch right away, if only gods can recognized a name how most the people do?”

Arlom nodded his head; at least Cyan was using his brain.

[Arlom]: “Most people in planet Athem only have powerless names, only royalty, heroes and wealthy families would have a power name, but there is exception, a title or profession recognized by a god can also become your power name, like farmer or weapon smith”

Arlom was trying to explain Cyan the very basic of how... the laws of names worked, while they were eating.

[Arlom]: “For example by becoming the apprentice of black smith, if you say that as your name it would understood as such, so most people try to get a profession early on, to get rid of their nameless state, nevertheless professions and titles cannot be gifted or stolen, but only bestowed”

After such long explication most of Cyan understanding of the social status of this planet and laws of name has become a little clearer, but he still have a lot of unanswered questions.

[Cyan]: “Master….Why my name remained the same and not change to fit a boy name?”

[Arlom]: “Because your mother wished to be so, maybe it was for me to find you, without that name I would having very hard time to even start searching for it”.

‘So Mon gave her name, not only to protected but for you to be able to find me too sigh’.

Even if Cyan didn’t wanted to ask, he has to do it, he has to know

[Cyan]: “Master… Mon family they… they had killed her right?”

Arlom that holding a fort was broken in two with a snap, the knife broke the plate in two, digging itself into the wooden table, the anger in Arlom eyes was apparent to everyone to see, but this was anger was not against Cyan but something that looked very afar.

Nevertheless Arlom calmed down his beating angry heart, if he could he would kill that entire clan, but he had to find Cyan first, now he only needs to escape this forest alive with Cyan, and play their dear relatives a visit.

[Arlom]: “They did and I will never forgive them, I will hunt them down until the last man, the first time they hold your Mother hostage, so I could not just wipe them out, the I was busy searching for you, after I exit this forest I will pay them a visit”

Arlom was putting the most evil smile ever, had the monster come back? No, Cyan could not felt any danger coming from Arlom.

Letting out a sigh, Arlom face was now back to his calm and compose expression.

[Arlom]: “Your Mother is not here to stop now, but… if you tell me not to go, I will let them go”

Cyan could not reply back to Arlom, this was asking Cyan, if he was willing to forgive them, no, not forgiven them, but just not go seeking a bloody vendetta on that family.

Cyan soul knew that his decision would doom the life of a bunch of people that he didn’t know, but it was the same as murderer, he didn’t wanted to be a murder, but looking how badly Arlom wanted to kill them all, how he could easily say don’t go Arlom, don’t dirty your hands with their blood, how could he block Arlom bloody path.

No, this was just an excuse Cyan was putting to himself, of course he also wanted them to be death, every one of those monster that had taken away his family. Don’t you want them too, to suffer twice, no, three times the pain that Arlom was carrying? Don’t you want them to be destroyed by their own sings? I am sure even their children should be already a lot cause, they should be also be target of justice, this is of course, justice taking his natural course of action, Arlom is an ally of justice in his path to slay the dragon, a hero, and them are just a monster that only deserve to be put to death, all of them, this is what justice is all about

‘s...stop’

Hum? What’s that? I can hear you boy.

[Cyan]: “STOP!!!”

Cyan was shaking now, what was that voice that was talking directly to his brain, he knew it, but he didn’t wanted to admit it, that he also wanted them… ‘ALIVE I WANT THEM ALIVE! SO SHUT IT’

Cyan has jumped of his chair screaming to the stop of his lungs to Arlom, to stop, his breathing was ragged and was having troubling to keep breathing, on the other side of the table, Arlom could get a clear picture of Cyan feeling.

Letting out a sigh Arlom could only admit defeat, was Cyan being just a fool? Yes, he was, but fools also have another name in this forest, just like his Mother, Cyan was being a human.

[Arlom]: “Sigh, I understand, I will not look after them, but if they come knocking on my door again, I will not be a carpet that they can step on, as such… It is better no to talk about them, because to them… we are as good as dead... it is better to never let them know we are alive, do you understand? Huh Cyan are you ok?”

Cyan face was pale, but he managed to spit a response to Arlom question

[Cyan]: “I a.., I am ok… I understand... Master”

‘What was that?’ calming his breathing, Cyan could sit down again.

He felt he was being taking over by something, so dark, so disgusting, that he felt dirty right now and wanted to take a shower, as also he wanted to throw up but his stomach had not allowed it.

Luckily he could hide this episode from Arlom, it was just an instant for Arlom, but to Cyan it had lasted a lot longer, he had entered that slow down world again, everything had frozen up, even Cyan himself could not move, and that dark, creepy voice started to talk to him, and worse than all, that voice sounded… just like himself, it seems the monster king had given him more than that a few gifts.