Unravelling Fate

15: Death in The Air

chapter fifteen;
death in the air

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KALLISTO and I didn't hesitate one bit, and we immediately brought the man in the back of one house. We couldn't afford to just bring him in the inn with his state. We might suddenly get attention.

"I'll turn him invisible. Let's go back inside the inn." I agreed with him, and he immediately proceeded in going back. The situation was urgent, so we didn't waste any second.

Nang makarating kami sa kwarto namin, kaagad hiniga ni Kallisto 'yong owl beast na naka-human form sa kama. Now that I looked at him, he looked like a teenager. He was just really tall.

Hindi ko rin mapigilan hindi mapangiti nang kaunti. Who would have thought that Kallisto would immediately bring the owl in here? It was a beast. I really liked how open-minded and ready he was to accept some things that weren't really considered a norm in their beliefs.

"I'll heal him," I said as I stepped closer near the bed, and without ado, I let my Celestia flow, and it became little butterflies that went to the boy.

Kung kanina kitang-kita mo sa mukha niya ang sakit at hirap, ngayon halos nawala 'yon at naging payapa ang hitsura niya. I felt relieved that the celestia was this powerful. Because the energy coming from the claw's scratch on his back wasn't to be joked with.

I felt eerie. Like if we weren't early, he'd die because he was going through a forceful transformation of the third phase. Which needed to be transformed naturally because some beasts weren't going to have that in their life.

When I finished healing the owl, it remained unconscious. I approached Kallisto and he looked like he was thinking that we were too late. His forehead was knotted, and he was in deep thought.

"What are we gonna do?" I asked him cautiously. "Should we go to the forest now? I think the owl beasts need help," nag-aalalang dagdag ko.

"I'll contact Mildred and Lincoln to proceed to the forest with us. We'll do this as quietly as we can. I don't want the monsters to get in here." Napatango kaagad ako sa kanya.

The owl beasts were good assassins. Their powers mainly were about stealth, vision, and invisibility. The way the boy appeared before me, he was using stealth and invisibility, and with his excellent vision, he saw Yule and Willow even when they were invisible. Kaya siguro nagpatulong siya sa amin, dahil sa foxes.

Hindi ko tuloy alam kung magpapasalamat ako na nagawa niyang humingi ng tulong sa amin, o matataranta dahil sa sitwasyon niya ngayon, siguradong hindi lang siya ang may ganitong kinahinatnan.

"Should we go now? The monster might go in here." I felt my hands getting colder, thinking about how this area could suddenly become a slaughter place due to the monsters.

"We need to be cautious, we don't want more casualties." My heart was beating loudly just thinking about it. It made me nervous how a lot of things were happening beyond what I knew in Fatebound.

Magtatanong sana ako kay Kallisto no'ng bigla kaming may narinig na ungol kaya naman sabay kaming napatingin sa pinagmumulan no'n at nakita 'yong lalaking owl na umupo nang marahan sa kama habang hawak ang gilid ng noo.

He became wary at us and his eyes shined, but he stopped and trembled a little.

"C-Celeste?" He pointed at me with shock, and I smiled at him. You couldn't really fool an owl's vision, huh? He probably saw how my mana was distinguished. Well, that's one of the abilities.

"A-Abyss?" Napaatras siya sa kama dahil kay Kallisto at sinamaan ko ng tingin si Kallisto dahil sobrang wala siyang kaemo-emosyon.

"We're here to help..." I started. "You saw the beasts earlier that's why you approached us, right?" Napalihis ang tingin ko sa isang parte ng kama kung nasaan si Yule at Willow, at kumaway 'yong dalawa ro'n sa owl.