Chapter 31- The Progenitor's Language
"Cure… me?" Selina murmured in disbelief as she blinked a few times, staring at her oldest daughter.
"Yes! He even proved it to Father. He fixed his injured shoulder with a simple touch." Eva said as she gave Kai a glance. In her eyes, anyone could see the admiration she had for him.
She knew Kai the most and yet she still gets shocked every time he shows a new side of him that he never showed her before.
Selina flashed her husband a glance to which he nodded quietly. At that moment, she sighed and looked at her daughter fondly as she rubbed her head.
"You did all of this for me?" She asked with a warm smile. "Although I'm not sure whether a cure will ever exist or not. The fact that you are all still trying to save me. Even if I die, I'm truly glad I was able to get the best family in the world." Her words sounded happy and serene emerging from the deepest parts of her heart.
"Mother…" Eva's eyes teared up slightly. The same happened to her little sister as she hugged her mother tightly.
"Mommy, don't die!! *Sob* *Sob*"
As for Markus, he simply had a complicated expression as he tried to keep his emotions at bay especially when a stranger was watching them. If his family was showing weakness, he had to be the pillar that keep it high and mighty as it always should be.
After their emotional moment, Kai stepped forward and said coldly.
"Madame Selina, I think we should start this. I'm sensing your body deteriorating quickly." He said as he eyed her chest, precisely the place where her seal for her main talent was. With a mere glance, he could see that it was not stable at all.
In fact, given his calculations, Kai estimated that Selina's body will self-destruct in a few hours at most if not less.
'The sickness is getting stronger each second.'
"Is she going to be ok, Kai?" Eva turned around and asked with clear worry in her eyes.
"Oi, Kid. Don't tell me…" Markus felt as if Kai was trying to tell them some bad news. However, the boy cut him off.
"There is no sickness that I can't cure. As long as the target is alive, that's all I need." His tone was cold and yet extremely confident.
Markus couldn't even sense an ounce of hesitation in his tone.
'I can't determine whether he is arrogant or completely confident in himself.' The man squinted his eyes as he pondered.
After working for years and years in the underworld, Markus met basically all kinds of people. However, he had never seen someone this supremely confident before.
"Now, all of you, get out," Kai said as he approached the bed and pushed his sleeves up, revealing his strong forearms.
"Ayo, kid… How dare yo-"
"Father! Let's listen to him." Eva said before dragging her sister and father out of the room. As she closed the door.
Finally, Kai turned around to Selina who weirdly had an all-knowing smug on her face. She eyed Kai before she said.
"For a boy with those looks. Why do you hide them under those bangs?" She asked as she peered through his hair and looked straight into his eyes.
Even with sickness, Selina didn't lose her sharp eyes. She was still the same strong woman she was before, albeit she can't move her body now.
"Does that question concern why I'm here?" Kai asked back as he stared at her directly.
"No… But, I want to know more about my future son-in-law~."
"..."
"Fufufufufu! I'm sure you already noticed it. My daughter seems to be head over heels for you." Selina chuckled jovially.
"Yes," Kai replied calmly. It was already a known fact that Eva harbored feelings for him and he knew it. He wasn't dense nor dumb even though he doesn't understand those feelings at all.
"So, tell me. How did you meet my daughter~ that little girl never fell in love except with that Black Phantom. He was the only thing she talked about day and night back in the day. But, I consider that to be more of a fan's love toward their idol. I knew she will be able to move on from that soon." Selina explained.
Kai kept a stoic face but he still found Selina's words interesting. He could remember how Eva kept following him back in the day but he never really gave her much attention. Still, he didn't hate her presence unlike how he felt toward most people. She wasn't obnoxiously annoying and so he allowed her to do whatever she wanted.
"Madame Selina. We don't have time for small chats. Your life is nearing its end." Kai said.
"Oh my, you're right! I forgot!" Selina said as she held her mouth with her hand in shock.
'How could someone forget that they will die soon?' Kai almost wanted to ask but refrained from doing so and instead moved on to their main topic.
"Can you please get undressed and lay down? I need to take a look at the runes."
"Oh my~ Are you perhaps after me instead of my daughter?~ Well, if I wasn't married… I might've considered your offer~" Selina joked before she started getting rid of her shirt, revealing her frail body.
Even with the sickness destroying every fiber of her being, her body still carried a mysterious charm that Kai couldn't quite discern.
However, the boy's concern wasn't that. Instead, he looked at the weird, black words that covered her chest and upper abdomen.
"Can I touch it?" He asked.
"Go ahead."
Nodding his head, Kai approached Selina and put his hand on the runes before he squinted his eyes.
'As I thought. I have seen this language before.' Kai's memory went back to when he was barely 7 years old. At the time, due to circumstances, he had to read tons of books buried in topics and purposes and memorize them completely. He was able to memorize thousands of books which made him master all the languages of the world as a result.
However, there was one particular language that caught his attention. The Progenitor's Language or as they call it 'The first language' was a mysterious language that used incomprehensible, chaotic shapes and forms.
It didn't follow any particular pattern like other languages which made it exceptionally hard to learn. It took Kai a few days to fully learn it while other languages were mastered in a few hours.
However, when Kai mastered it, he realized something. Whenever he wrote down one of the characters of this language, he will lose a small portion of his Origin power with it. As if the mere writing of it required Origin to be possible.
When he researched more about it, he understood the reason for that. That language was used eons in the past when the world was still in chaos. Not much was known but the only fact that remained was that this Language could summon and use Talents if the user was able to write the characters in a particular way.
This was a revelation that could easily turn the world upside down. However, Kai didn't tell anyone about that. He knew that if he did that, his life will never remain the same.
A language that could summon talents was a weapon that could destroy the world.
Yet, here he was now, staring at that same language written on the body of a woman and consuming her Origin power constantly which deteriorated her condition.
'Who wrote this on her body? Did someone learn this language? Why would they target her?' Kai's mind was filled with questions with no clear answers. He lacked the information to answer that.
"Hm, is everything alright? You don't have to force yourself, Kai. This old woman had already accepted her fate. I know that I will di-"
"As I said, I can heal you, it's not that hard. However, I was simply examining the curse."
"Curse?" Selina's eyes perked up at the last word.
"Yes, from what I can see, you were cursed, Madame Selina. A very strong curse at that." Kai said.
The woman's face frowned slightly as if she remembered something.
"Do you perhaps have a clue as to who did this to you?"
"Hm? Ah, no. I don't know. I'm just shocked that it's a curse. Curses are very rare and hard to learn."
"This one was done by a very strong individual. I suggest that you try to remember if you have ever interacted with anyone eye-catching." Kai said mysteriously.
Watching closely for any change in her expression, Kai couldn't get much. He knew she was good at hiding her emotions if she wanted to and he didn't want to read her mind simply because it would only turn her into his enemy.
Kai wanted to keep their relationship as neutral as possible.
"Well, this isn't important now." Saying that Kai put his hand on Selina's chest again, garnering a small groan from her.
"I will get rid of the curse now."