Chapter 181: The Ally (1/2)
The story between Kaleyx and the Banshee Queen was quite weird.
It was a story of prey and predator, just a very twisted version.
If Jake had to guess, he would say that the banshee queen was confusing her previous life's needs, the need for a child warmth.
So, she probably mistook her daily talking with the egg for a hobby. Ultimately, her priority was to absorb the egg's life force. No matter how long she stalled, she chose to consume the egg.
It was her basic instincts as a banshee!
”Due to her 'teachings', I learned many things. One thing I learned was the ability to scan the body,” divulged Kaleyx.
”You mean this?” asked Jake.
He took a second look at the papers and realized what was on them.
It was a multi-colored scan of his body!
He looked at it and frowned his face, ”This?”
”I made two body scans while you were asleep. One is for the physical body. The other is for the mental mind,” explained Kaleyx.
Taking one of the scans from his hand, she deciphered its content, ”This is the body scans, showing ur framework. See this?”
She trailed her hand around what looked like Jake's skeleton.
”Yes. What do they mean?” questioned Jake.
There were small tiny holes in his bones. They were like the holes on a flute, except very tiny, tiny enough to be indiscernible by the normal eye.
”I don't know, but my guess is that it is a sign of instability. That would explain why you are physically weak,” quipped Kaleyx.
She looked more curious than him at his scan.
Switching to the next one, she said in a serious tone, ”Now this…..this is the really amusing one. Your mental scan. Can you see it?”
When Jake focused his mind on it, he saw a small perfect drawing of his head.
Inside of it was a faint sketch of his brain, but painted on it were a red and blue aura. The blue one was only a bit more than the red which concentrated on certain places.
”The blue signifies the normal aura, but the red, however, means something is bad,” told Kaleyx.
She went on, ”I don't need to tell you that it is growing like a mortal's brain tumor. I believe that it is also affecting your physical body. But this is just my conjecture made based on what I learned from my mother.”
Normally, she wouldn't care about it, but it was a way to examine how much knowledge she had gotten from her mother was fruitful.
”You have a cure for this….mental deterioration, don't you?” sighed Jake.
He had always suspected something being wrong with his mind but never got a chance to visit a healer.
”Yes. Although I'm not an expert on herbs, by specifically searching for the effects instead, I can make something that can at least give you a chance of alleviating this problem,” added Kaleyx.
If anything, she was the successor to a whole library worth of knowledge from the Weeping Town.
She continued, ”Howev--”
”--What do you want?” Jake shot back.
He was more comfortable if she wanted anything.
”Simple. I want a truthful alliance and for you to be my escort of sorts, introducing me to this dimension,” stated Kaleyx.
Jake asked, ”I thought you knew a lot.”