The Astral soul system-Chapter 217: Healing

Theia burst out laughing. She’d tried warning him and he hadn’t listened, might as well enjoy it.

Meanwhile Zyro wasn’t moving. He felt a bit embarrassed, realizing he’d been walking with a giant spike inside him and hadn’t noticed. Well that definitely explained all the weird looks.

"Did you seriously not notice?"

Ava asked with a raised brow. Ironically she seemed to be taking it better than Tim.

"Are you sure you’re fine?"

Zyro nodded.

"A bit... dizzy maybe? But I’m okay. I’ll just go to the infirmary after this"

He said, walking closer so he was standing with Ava in front of the desk.

"You called,sir?"

Tim stared for a few more seconds before shaking his head

"Nope. Ava, take him to the infirmary, now"

"I don’t need to I’m fi-"

"Whatever "

Ava sighed, turning to leave.

"Come on weirdo "

She said as she had already reached the door.

Zyro didn’t seem to have much choice so he just followed. He could heal from this in about a minute if he was undisturbed, though it would take a lot of his pitifully low energy reserves. Plus, pain didn’t bother him much, physical pain at least.

The two walked for a few seconds in silence before Ava spoke up.

"So what’s up with you? I don’t remember you smiling so much"

"Hmm? Just... felt like a new person today"

Theia blew a raspberry in his face, giving him a thumbs down.

"Corny!"

He ignored her

"I guess even killers have good days"

"What?"

"Huh?"

They both stared at each other for a few seconds before Ava just looked away

"Where’s your bird?"

"I could ask you the same thing"

"Resting"

"Mine too"

"...."

"..."

Another awkward silence began, lasting for a few seconds before...

"Why do you keep posting bad things about me?"

"Hmm? What are you talking about"

"Your website"

"What about it?"

This was getting out of hand. Zen had looked into it and it turned out Ava didn’t even try to hide it. Or she tried but just hard enough for them to have to actively look for her name.

And it wasn’t just her own website, about a dozen others that were obviously being manipulated by her were in on it.

"You keep making me look bad"

"Oh,that.’?"

She scoffed, looking to the side

"I don’t know what you’re complaining about. It’s the truth, isn’t it?"

"..."

"Or are you trying to say it’s not?"

"..."

She leaned in closer

"We’re you actually off doing something else than what was in your report?"

"..."

"If you tell me I’ll have no choice but to update my website "

Zyro was a bit surprised, although he didn’t show it on his face. This girl was... interesting.

He’d already guessed she suspected him of being a player but why was she being so upfront about it. With her resources, she could very easily be more discreet whenever she poked at him or just start investing without his knowledge. Not to mention she could just give her suspicions over to the academy and even if they were founded on nothing but a hunch, her position and high rating meant they’d have to at least consider her words, and everyone haf seen the player’s mark on his right hand. All she’d have to do is get someone high ranking to force him to take it off and that was that.

So why endanger herself like this?

Even more impressive was her lack of fear. Even when face to face with him in his player outfit, she had acted like he was barely an inconvenience, and now she was out here poking at him to his face, completely aware he’d have to kill her if she actually uncovered something.

Not only was she making this more difficult than it had to be for herself, she was actively putting herself in danger. Even if she was confident he couldn’t harm her,it was still unusual.

Why? Arrogance? Could it even be called that at this point?

"You’re weird"

Ava rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah. I haven’t heard that one before"

She said sarcastically.

The tension immediately died. She didn’t push anything after that.

Instead, she looked at the spike in his abdomen.

"Also, what’s with the spike? Does your ability help you avoid fatal damage or..."

Zyro honestly wasn’t sure. He’d have to ask Zephyr.

"I don’t know"

"At least two vital organs should have been pierced and you can still walk?"

Zyro was a bit surprised by how accurate she was. He looked at the system screen

[Host has been impaled]

[Internal bleeding]

[Two vital organs impaled]

[Body is making self repairs]

[HP and Astra will continue to drop every five minutes until obstruction is removed]

[HP: 40/150]

[Astra: 12/166]

His numbers were all in the red.

He was honestly considering absorbing the rhino’s beast crystal but he couldn’t right now, not with Ava here.

Plus, it’d be weird if he went to the infirmary and all his injuries were healed,so Theia was focusing on keeping it from getting worse but not making it better,not that she could even do that with the spike still there.

His energy was rapidly going down, and his HP wasn’t far behind, he didn’t rush his steps though. He didn’t feel fear the same way other people did,so it was all sunshine and rainbows inside and out.

The two finally reached the infirmary and Ava looked at him

"Well, we’re here. I don’t have to keep caring"

She said, turning to leave.

"Oh, and one last thing"

Zyro froze, waiting for her to start accusing him again, but all that happened was

*Click*

Zyro blinked in confusion at the flash. Did she just... take a picture?

She looked down at her watch, examining the image.

"Good angle"

She muttered and finally left

"You do know she’s going to use that picture to defame you even more, right?"

Zyro hadn’t even thought of that. He was already imagining all the misleading information she could make with that one picture.

Plus, he forgot to ask how she got his contacts... though that was probably easy to guess. She was a rich girl after all, with an ability that was almost absolute in the current world.

Everything used advanced technology nowadays.

Zyro looked around at the lights, the security camera’s, even the electronic doors.

"Everything..."

He entered the infirmary, immediately spotting Elaine and a few others.

He waved at her, grabbing her attention. She seemed a bit surprised before smiling back and pointing at a bed in the corner.

Zyro walked over and sat down, looking around while kicking his feet,or at least he tried but soon felt his feet knock the floor

"Oh, right. I’m tall now"

He muttered,once again examining his body. He’d had more than enough time to get used to it but he still caught himself getting confused every now and then. The same was true with Zaine. He hadn’t been asleep but he’d still been out of touch with the body for a very long time.

Zyro sighed.

"Zen. What are you not telling us? What happened? Why did you stop needing us?"

"Anything bothering you?"

Elaine asked

"Oh, just talking to myself"

She smiled and looked down at his abdomen.

"Honey...."

He laughed awkwardly . Her accent made him feel even more guilty for some reason.

"You know i do enjoy your visits but I’d prefer if you stopped coming here two minutes away from death"

She didn’t look concerned though.

"Can you breathe alright?"

He nodded

"Well enough "

"Well enough?"

"It is a bit painful but I’ve had training for that"

"Training?"

Zyro nodded his head

Elaine just sighed and shook her head with a look of disapproval.

"What sort of training is this academy putting you kids through "

Zyro didn’t bother correcting her that he wasn’t talking about the academy. It was better she just believed that.

"Can you pull it out?"

"Yes but I’ve been told not to "

By now he was actively stopping his body from healing,or maintaining and what he hadn’t expected was for it to feel...

’Itchy , what the hell? It itches so bad. It feels like there are fire ants crawling inside me ’

The itching feeling was even worse than the pain of the horn in his abdomen and he had to focus so he wouldn’t tremble.

"Are you okay,dear?"

He nodded rapidly

"Good then. Now just do me a favor and lay down before slowly pulling it out"

"Are you sure?"

That had to be a medical violation of some sort,right?

"Confident,darlin. Just leave the hard part to me "

Zyro wasn’t really against it. He grabbed the base of the horn firmly, and as gently as he could pulled it out.

As soon as he did, blood started streaming out but Elaine suddenly placed her hand on the would and it immediately started glowing brightly.

’wait. What is thi-’

[Invasive ability detected]

[Resisti- Resistance failed]

Zyro’s eyes immediately became foggy and hazy as his eye lids became heavier and heavier. He wasn’t sure what was going on but he knew there was no stopping it.

His eyes eventually closed, despite him desperately fighting to keep awake

"This is harder than before"

"It still hurts so much doesn’t it?"

She sighed

"This is gonna be downright unpleasant, for the both of us"

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Die

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Please no

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Why are you doing this?

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Murderer!

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Stop, please. I have chil-

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Well done

$#@$-(@#$$@#

!!!!!!!!!!

Zyro immediately shot up, almost jumping out of the bed. He would have if Elaine didn’t hold him down.

"Relax, sugar. It’s just a bad dream. That’s all it is"

He was still breathing heavily.

He looked at her hand and saw it was still glowing. Noticing as well she turned it off.

"You took quite a bit out of me. You can leave now if you want"

Zyro looked down and saw the hole was gone. Not just that but his,the bed and clothes were all spotless like they hadn’t been drenched in blood a minute ago

He got out of the bed, his mind still to hazy to form coherent thought. He wasn’t even afraid, not really. Whatever he was feeling didn’t even have a human name. Right now it clouded his nature, the positive aspect of his existence. He didn’t even know what he was right now...or...who

Looking at Elaine, he saw she seemed a bit tired. She immediately found a chair and sat down, taking a deep breath.

His status popped up

[HP: 150/150]

[Astra: 166/166]

He was a bit surprised. She didn’t just heal him, he was currently in his best state.

"Thank you"

"It’s what I’m here for,sugar. You should probably get going"

He nodded and turned to leave. Though as he reached the door, he turned around.

[Read]

[????]

Nothing

He didn’t keep trying

"Anything the matter,dear?"

"Um...yeah. What are your favorite flowers?"

******

"Nice save"

Zyro didn’t reply

"Alright,note to self. Whenever we come to Elaine to heal us, switch to Zen "