Chapter 43 - Sun Appearance Gene Ingested (1/2)

Instants after feeling the orb go down his throat, Luke heard the voice in his head:

[Sun Appearance Gene ingested, you have gained the simple ability 'Vind'! Now you can use signs of this element].

”You... ate? I thought you believed all that was sorcery.” Nathalia said, finding the boy's decision strange.

The half-wolf ignored her because internally he was still conflicted about whether the decision he made was the right one or not.

Just as it happened the first time, the voice didn't explain how to use the ability, and he had no idea how to use them either. He couldn't even mentalize what those 'Normal Inventory' and 'Vind' skills were, so he gave in and questioned:

”Do you know someone who can teach me how to use the skills?”

Nathalia did not act like a teenager after being ignored, and promptly began to analyze who might be a good instructor for someone as serious as Luke.

”I believe Shiro could help you with that, or my mother.”

Without a second thought, Luke said, ”Your mother, then.”

”Erghh... Wasn't that answer too quick?” The Elf inflated her cheeks and said, looking away in a corner.

”N-not that! It's just that she's simply is the best!” The boy tried to straighten things out quickly.

”What do you mean, 'best'?” This time, she had her hands on her waist and was squinting her eyes.

”I believe she has more experience and...”

”Hahaha, I'm kidding! You take things too seriously... I don't mind if I stay with my mom, after all, she's always focusing on work and family, and well... my dad is long gone.”

The mood of the conversation got a little awkward after that, because it was the first time Luke had heard Nathalia mention her father, and he didn't know how to comfort someone in a situation like that.

When they got back to the busy streets leading to downtown Vasconcelos, he dared to ask. ”What was your father like? You seem to miss him.”

”Uh? No, you got me wrong. I don't miss my father specifically, just what he stood for. I'm not proud to say this, but he was not a good man.”

Since it seemed to be a touchy subject for the girl, Luke didn't push it.

”By the way, I found a piece of paper while the monster was dispersing, can you read it to me?” said Luke, after pulling the small sliver of paper from his pocket.

Nathalia nodded, took the item carefully from the boy's hand, and read the note aloud.

”Latmenfar Kriolo Segundo.”

After hearing these words, the Elf and the half-wolf looked at each other and came to the same conclusion. Without further ado, they started running towards the Necrotery, luckily they were not too far away, so they arrived very quickly.

At the corner of the empty alley, Luke already smelled blood so fresh he could almost see it. Precautious, he drew his curved saber and stayed alert.

When they reached the metal door of the morgue, the boy didn't even communicate with Nathalia and blew the door open with a kick, which startled her.

With a violent momentum, Luke seemed to blend in with the shadows of the compound and, because of the aid of his sense of smell, he went towards the monster there, however, he stopped his blade at the last second before decapitating the creature.

”You are alive. Good...” said Luke, looking at the big man in front of him.

Kriolo's two fists were stained with the blood of three lesser goblins, who were slumped around him. He punched them so hard that the monsters were unrecognizable, and their smell had soaked into his clothes.