Chapter 135- Call
Miyu looked at Kai silently without giving any reaction. But, Kai understood that her silence was her answer to the question.
Kai's eyes flashed with a mysterious glint before he nodded his head. "I see. Are you from the same place that Spider Queen talked about?" He asked.
Miyu's adorable face turned away and continued absorbing the Origin silently. Meanwhile, Kai's mind was working relentlessly, trying to piece things together.
He went back as far as the first time he met Miyu. She was lying in an alleyway, injured and dying. At the time, he thought she was simply a normal cat even though her eyes had a weird sparkle to them that he had never seen in another cat before.
"How did you end up there? Why were injured? Why did you lose your Origin powers?" Kai asked a series of questions one after the other in quick succession.
However, the cat didn't give an answer. Sighing, Kai gave up on getting an answer. Even if she was an Origin user, Miyu doesn't seem to be able to talk.
A few more minutes passed before something different happened. Out of nowhere, Miyu's paw started burning and the absorption stopped completely. At the same time, Miyu's eyes closed as she fell down, unconscious.
Quickly, Kai pulled her out of the lava and checked her body. Apart from a first-degree burn to her paw, she seemed to simply lose consciousness. So, Kai healed her paw and then scooped her up.
Looking at her, Kai could only wonder what kind of creature he ended up making his pet. It seems even something as simple as taking in a cat pet turned out to be an abnormal event for him.
Carrying the cat out of the hole, he made his way back to the cabin.
"Kai? Where have you been?" He found Eva and Kaya waiting inside.
"Huh? What happened to Miyu?! Is she ok?!" Eva jumped in fright when she saw Miyu lying in Kai's hand.
"It's a long story," Kai said before he put Miyu down on the couch. "She should be fine. But, use your senses on her." He said as he ran his hand through his hair.
The two girls did what he asked and their expressions quickly changed.
"Are my senses playing some kind of trick on me?" Kaya murmured.
"No. She indeed has Origin inside of her now."
"..." (x2)
The two girls were speechless. So, Kai used that silence to explain what happened. When he finished, the two girls were even more speechless.
"So… She's an Origin user… Just like that Spider Queen?" Eva asked.
"Not exactly but they share the same traits."
Meanwhile, something in Kaya's mind clicked. 'So that's why she seemed so odd. She's sentient!! Goddamit!' Cursing under her breath, her mind went back to how the cat acted around her.
She certainly saw Kaya as a rival in love. Perhaps, Miyu wasn't really a cat, was she?
Kaya didn't have the full answer. But, she now knew enough not to trust this weird cat at all.
"Is it safe to keep her? I mean, she's the same as that monster." Kaya asked.
"She didn't show any hostile intentions. But, it's still not something I'm sure of."
"Kai… You're not thinking of getting rid of her, are you?" Eva asked with a worried look.
Eva likes Miyu and Miyu seems to like her too. She didn't want to get rid of her even though she was different from what they expected.
"I doubt with her current state, she could do us any harm even if she wanted to. I mean, her aura is barely that of a child."
"She will only keep on getting stronger as long as she absorbs that Lava Origin. But… For the time being, we will see what happens." Kai thought for a moment before he decided on what to do next.
"I see…" Kaya nodded with a reluctant expression while Eva looked relieved.
*RING* *RING*
As the three were talking, Kaya's phone suddenly rang from the other side of the room. Approaching it, she looked at the caller.
"Old man? Why is he calling me at this hour?" She murmured before answering. "Hey, is everything okay?"
Kai and Eva took interest in the call but they didn't pry as it was a private matter. However, as seconds passed, Kaya's expression started to change drastically. Her calm demeanor turned serious and her aura flared wildly.
A few seconds later, she spoke. "Who did it?" Her tone was deathly cold, like a thousand frost daggers.
The answer she got didn't seem to satisfy her as she got even angrier. "Then, what the fuck were you doing, huh? You know how many people can do it, right?!"
Kaya was a very calm and collected person so when she ended up yelling like this, Kai and Eva knew that the situation was serious.
Eventually, Kaya ended the call angrily before she took a deep breath to try and calm herself.
"What happened?" Kai asked.
"The old man… He got poisoned today."
"Mikayla Raullot got poisoned? That man?" Eva blinked in confusion.
Mikayla Raullot's power is something everyone can testify for. So, the fact that something could poison him is very shocking. Even the strongest poison Eva knew of would barely make him cough once or twice before his body completely nullified it.
"Who did it?" Kai's tone turned serious.
"I don't know. His stupid butler probably didn't do his job properly and ended up letting someone slip whatever poison this is into his food."
"His condition?"
"Currently stable. But, he's completely unconscious and he seems to be losing strength slowly for one reason or another." Kaya said.
"I see."
"I need to go to see what happened. This will take a day or two." Rubbing her temple, Kaya could only apologize.
"..." Kai's eyes flashed with a mysterious hint. Then, he stood up and said.
"I'm coming with you."
"No, no, Kai, please. I can deal with this matter. This isn't the first time someone tried to poison the old man."
"But did any of those attempts reach this stage?"
"..." Kaya found herself speechless.
"If Mikayla Raullot dies. It will be troublesome. We need Divinity to cover the mess we will make in the Guild. Besides, I doubt you will be able to find a cure quickly."
'Mikayla can't die yet. He's the only link I have with Divinity.'
Kaya's relationship with Mikayla was akin to a blessing to Kai. He could easily use Mikayla whenever he needed to. So, his death would only make Kai lose a huge connection in the underworld that he doesn't need to risk anything to get.
"I understand. Sigh, I knew something bad would happen when his birthday was this close."
"Birthday?"
"Hm? Ah, yes. The old man's 120th birthday is in a week or so. The family is going to have a huge party for him. Many faces will appear. Most of them hate the old man and the rest want to get on his good side."
"In other words?"
"In other words, whoever did this… They are going to attend the party, most likely." Kaya explained.
She knew that whatever would happen. This birthday party won't end up with Mikayla getting the happy birthday song and blowing on the candles. It's a huge conflict between important faces in the underworld.