Leuko : Blind to the Sunshine

Chapter 13: The Sin of Ignorance

Chapter 13: The Sin of Ignorance

Nurse Joy slowly closed the door behind her before covering her face with her hand while pushing a deep sigh.

She wanted nothing more than to heal Luciel from all the injuries he endured, including the mental one.

But she knew that her prayer wouldn't be heard, so she would do what she could to at least make Luciel earn the joy he deserved.

However, she must first attempt her duty, or else others might also get hurt. She took a deep breath before reaching into her pocket and took out her phone.

It rang one time before the respondent answered her call.

'Weird, she doesn't take this much time to respond usually.' Such a thought passed through her mind, but she discarded it in favour of listening to the call.

"Yes Kanjo Joy? Anything I can help you with." A feminine voice responded to the call with a hint of tiredness in her voice.

"Yes Miss Geeta, I'm here to make an updated report on Luciel's situation."

"I see, is he doing well?"

"...he would need more treatment, but most importantly he will need some mental support...a lot of it."

"...this...I would do my best to assure this need...anything else he would need?"

"Yes, he is also a...wait? Need? Don't you want to know more about him first?"

"The council has reached a consensus that we will agree to every demand of the King of Danu as long as it is within the limit of the reasonable."

"Oh...then for now the only thing he wants is to appreciate his life and everything it can offer him."

The phone stayed silent for a moment. "I see, thanks for your information, is there anything else that is worth mentioning?"

"Yes, we need to raise his rank of esper from rank 8 to rank 10, he is without any doubt an Archon."

"...I doubted as such, can you assure me he can at least control them enough to not harm the other student? We were able to justify the harm done to the candidates during the exam by blaming Volo, but we won't be able to continue to do so if he causes more problems."

"I believe there should be no problem about that. When he is in a calm state, his halo has a much weaker effect, probably strong enough to distribute those with a weak will, but I doubt any of those were able to succeed with the challenge Volo added."

"Very well, any information on the type he is?"

"...I hoped it was ghost type...but it not."

"You hoped? Is there something wrong with his current type? Don't tell me it's a flying esper!"

"No, no, it's not a flying esper, it's not that urgent."

"Oh, then sorry for my outburst, what is the problem then."

"He's dead."

Geeta immediately turned silent, but Joy still waited patiently for an answer.

"I'm sorry to make you repeat, but can you elaborate on that?" Geeta said with an hint of concern in her voice.

"Luciel's heart has never beaten by itself since his conception, Luciel is the one to manually beat it to keep his organism working."

"He...how...no...is it painful?"

Joy bit down her lip in regret before answering. "Yes, according to him, it's comparable to someone touching and compressing your organ directly without giving you any anesthesia. Apparently, he stops it from beating when he wants to fall asleep...but it brings him a different type of pain."