Chapter 129 - To Say Sorry (2/2)
”Sir, what about you?” LeiLei asked enthusiastically, ”We just told you our stories. You must have one as well, don't you?”
”Eh?” Hecathe was suddenly a bit taken back and at first, he thought about avoiding this question, but when he saw the curious eyes on him, he couldn't help but feel guilty and his guilt made him sigh as he decided to answer.
”My father is not dead,” Hecathe spoke as he shook his head and this was not the story of Alphius but the story of Hecathe himself, ”And my mother is also alive.”
LeiLei and Marvin were a bit speechless as they heard this and looked to be even more curious.
”Then why are you always alone?” LeiLei tilted her head as she questioned.
”Cause they are too far away,” Hecathe simply shrugged his shoulders and answered as he kept walking with his eyes looking ahead at the road in front, ”My relationship with them is also not bad. They were caring and had spoiled me a lot.”
LeiLei pouted as she heard this and felt a little jealous of the man for having such a different story from the two of them.
”But it has actually been quite some years since I last visited my mom,” Hecathe sighed as he revealed, ”And I was always too busy to go meet up with my old man.”
”Wha~ You're such a bad child,” LeiLei spoke with a frown as she mentally judged the man from these two sentences alone.
”You see, a few years ago, I was out on a vacation with my parents and I found this odd shiny green stone. It was something that had never been found before and my mother decided to collect it for examination. Turns out that it was a powerful resource that shouldn't be carelessly handled by humans. My mother was a good person who wanted to keep it from the world. She decided to hide it and in the process, she slowly started becoming obssessed with it.”
This was the first time Marvin and LeiLei were hearing such a story so it was only natural that the two were surprised and curious to hear more.
It was also the first time that Hecathe was telling anybody this story so the man also felt a little awkward as he continued.
”Her obsession started to affect our family and also our relationship. When I grew up, we found out that it was impossible to hide something forever. Me and my father didn't share the same ideals as her. We believed that the more you try to hide something, there would be more chances of your secret being found out. So we stopped without her permission,” Hecathe sighed as he informed.
”Did she hate you for it?” LeiLei cautiously asked and Hecathe couldn't help but chuckle dryly as he heard her.
”It would have been better if that was it.”
LeiLei's eyebrows furrowed together in confusion as she heard this and Marvin looked as if he had an idea of what might have really happened.
”She went crazy,” Hecathe spoke with a thin smile that lacked any joy, ”Tried to murder both me and my father.”
”...”
”We were lucky enough to survive and later on, we had to put her in a special facility that was tightly protected and had the best psychiatrists in the country.”
”She became a mutant...?!” LeiLei tilted her head as she asked with shock and Hecathe didn't know if he wanted to laugh or cry as he heard this question.
In this world, saying that people went crazy was the same as saying that they had turned into a mutant so of course, the girl wouldn't understand the real situation that Hecathe was trying to explain.
Hecathe sighed as he shook his head and patiently explained, ”Let's just say that she didn't become a mutant but was ill instead. And her sickness is currently being treated.”
LeiLei frowned as she heard this and felt sympathy for the man, ”That must have felt awful.”
Hecathe nodded his head.
”But why didn't you go and visit her?” Marvin asked as he looked at Hecathe.
”Because it hurt me to see her like that,” Hecathe spoke with a small dry chuckle, ”Whenever I went to pay her a visit, she would throw something at me and tell me to get out.”
LeiLei squeezed Hecathe's hand reassuringly and spoke with a small smile, ”It's okay. I'm sure she'll get better one day.”