23 Constitution (1/2)
The guard following me caught up just in time to see my sprint back to the hall, weaving through the crowd.
”You! Wait up!” he called out, but I ignored him.
I ran with Tony to the steps. The line of guards tried to stop him, but he pushed by with ease.
The hall was almost empty now, and I sprinted through to the hospital bay, before taking Tony to Davide.
”You said that he was thrashing around…”
”She said that she stopped his nerves,” I explained, pointing at the nurse.
”Sir, are you his father?” she asked.
”Yes, do you know what's wrong with him?”
”That's what I wanted to ask you.”
”I don't…”
”What constitution does he have?” she interrupted.
”Ma'am I…” Tony sounded hesitant.
”Don't worry. Every scholar has a special constitution.”
”It's the Golden Web constitution,” he replied reluctantly.
”His central nervous system is erratic. Does that constitution have anything to do with it?”
”I don't really understand it, but I was told that qi is woven into his nerves.”
The nursed sighed.
”In that case, I'll keep him sedated until his qi recovers enough. His motor function should return in time.”
She stood up and looked Tony dead in the eyes.
”You should have arranged a special appointment with the chairman.” Her tone was scathing.
”I was hoping that your school would be able to tell me more about it. I didn't know this would happen…”
”We treat scholars differently because they have potentially dangerous constitutions. If you already knew about his, you should have been more careful.”
”Yes…”
Tony seemed somewhat defeated.
”Chairman Liu will give the scholars a quick introduction speech when they wake up. For now, go wait in Little Yard.”
”Little Yard?”
”Sorry, force of habit. Just go back to the rest of the parents.” she turned to face the guard, ”This time, can you escort him properly?”
”Yes ma'am,” he sheepishly replied.
They left the room, and the nurse went back to the other hospital bay.
What the nurse said interested me. These special constitutions must be the reason for their unnaturally high qi.
Unless something else was different about me, I was just a fake. My Soul Becoming World constitution was a lie. Just a cover to stop people from asking questions.
I lay back down on my bed and did some light meditation to ease my worries.
Yao Daiyu woke up first. With barely a sound, she got up, made the bed she was lying in, then stood beside it.
I waited for her to say something, but nothing happened. I decided to break the silence.
”Hey, I'm Oscar.”
She looked at me, briefly nodded her head, then looked back at the door.
”I heard we're gonna be scholars… do you know any more about it than me?”
She looked back at me, and a slight frown crossed her face, before she looked back to the door.
”Probably the silent aloof type… I guess I won't bother her,” I thought to myself.
After a few minutes, Davide woke up. He groaned in pain like an old man when he sat up.
”Big bro… what happened?” his voiced was strained, and he looked at me with painful eyes.
”You went crazy when you touched the crystal. Something to do with your constitution thingy,” I explained to him.
”Oh okay.” He tried to turn around, but yelped out in pain ”Ow ow ow… It really hurts…”
Tears welled up in his eyes as he hugged his side.
”Nurse!” I called out, ”He's awake and he's really hurting!”
The nurse came in and looked him over.
”You're going to be okay sweetie. Here! I've got a sweet for you!”