412 The Life of a Tamawo, A Race Bound by the Emotion called Love (2/2)

Mutagen Exallion 49780K 2022-07-24

\”About those effects...\” Mark said with confusion. \”Edzel looked fine though, aside from having a bit of depression.\”

\”My son is still young. The blood of a Tamawo has not fully awakened in him yet. That is why it's still not late for my son to correct things. If it is not corrected though, he will start to feel the effects once he comes of age, the day of his adulthood.\”

Pefile looked at Mark who wanted more information.

\”Unlike male children born from mothers that came from other spirit races, male children from human mothers are this way. They would only become a pure Tamawo once they reach adulthood. We don't exactly why but we suspect that it is because of the humans, unlike spirits, had a looser bond to the string of fate.\”

\”The bond to destiny is it?\”

Mark nodded.

It might also be the reason why spirit races had more rules they could not defy. They were closely bonded to the string of fate, the rules of the world. Unlike humans that had a looser bond to fate and were able to influence their destinies, the spirits races had no capability of defying these rules.

This made them somewhat pitiful. Most humans might not have special powers like Spirit Races, however, humans were only bound by rules made by themselves. The Spirit Races were tightly bound by fate itself.

\”Are you not envious of humans?\”

Mark asked in curiosity. Although Pefile said that, he did not show any envy towards humans.

\”I'm not as desperate as others.\” Pefile looked at Mark. \”If I have something to be envious of, it's you.\”

\”Me?\”

Mark was confused.

\”The last time I saw you, you're a human not bound by fate. It's already strange. After a while that I did not see you, you don't even feel like a human anymore. You are now closer to demons and spirits but not bound by the rules they had. Your very existence is just unfair to everyone.\”

In response to Pefile's complaint, Mark shrugged his shoulders. It was not like he wanted to be like this anyway.

\”By the way,\” Mark suddenly spoke while looking at Pefile's whole body. \”You look good in your outfit.\”

Currently, Pefile was wearing a black leather coat that highlighted his long white hair. It was paired with a red shirt inside, black slacks, and black boots. With his handsome looks, he looked like a protagonist from a fantasy action movie. He just lacked a cool looking sword, probably, something with a thin but unreasonably long blade.

Hearing that, Pefile's face darkened. As a Spirit, he was not used to wearing human clothes and had no idea what to wear. He just looked for something with consistent color and took it without any other thoughts. To think that he would be teased by a brat because of it.

\”I'm leaving.\” Pefile decided. \”Please, take care of my son and his female.\”

\”Say, why don't you stay with us? I don't know why you are hiding from your son, but isn't it better to look after him without hiding?\”

Mark asked as Pefile turned to leave.

\”I can't. I would like to but I still had something else to do.\”

Pefile replied as he started to walk away towards the nearby tree.

\”Is it about Edzel's mother?\”

Pefile froze on his step as he was about to touch the tree.

\”I want to ask...\” Not minding Pefile's reaction, Mark continued. \”What will happen if a Tamawo fell in love with another Tamawo's wife?\”

After he said that, Mark felt a strong reaction from Pefile. However, it seemed that he did not want to talk about the topic. Pefile immediately touched the tree and vanished as if he was sucked into it.

Seeing Pefile leave, Mark shrugged his shoulders.

\”What a troublesome race of creatures.\”

He muttered.

However, he could not deny that it was both romantic and sad depending on what angle one would look at.

If the Tamawo succeeded in making a woman fall in love with him. There were bound to a happy partnership without any possibility of the man finding another woman.

However, if the Tamawo did not succeed, they would suffer from their unyielding love.

A poison indeed.

\”Looks like Edzel will spend the night here.\”

Mark said as he stretched his arms and back.

\”I'll leave now, I guess. I'll check on that narcissist first before returning.\”

With those words, Mark also vanished.

Both Pefile and Mark left the place as if they were not there at all before.

***

\”Is this what I'm lacking?\”

Edzel muttered as he watched Pearl's peaceful face. Before this reunion, he only wanted to grow stronger. It was because he was weak that Pearl left him and did not want that to happen anymore.

Looking back at those times, he realized. He wanted to grow stronger without even valuing his life. He just wanted to push forward without minding whether he was tired or hurt.

Furthermore, he followed Mark's instructions like it was the law and without asking anything. He never declined or questioned him. No wonder now why Mark did not give him any task where he was alone.

Now, looking at the scars on Pearl's face, his will to grow stronger was ignited further. This time, it was different. He did not want to grow stronger to prevent something. He wanted to grow stronger to protect something.

\”I don't know. But it doesn't feel bad at all.\”

Having something to protect, he should not fall and disregard his life.

Growing stronger while protecting oneself. That way, he would be able to continue protecting what he wanted to protect.

With those thoughts, a heavy weight was lifted from Edzel's heart.