Spectral Regalia

Ch 53: Gift and Books

The beggar was sitting huddled up with some torn rags around himself for warmth in the cold night. The village was still somewhat busy, but only for those who enjoyed brothels or adult pleasures.

Although, for the life of a beggar, there was never a time where you were to not relax. Every second was a struggle for survival.

10:00pm and things were still booming as drunkards sang of their adventures of killing beasts or drinking their sorrows away. Some were gambling in the open and even guards joined in.

The beggar quietly looked around, wondering what sort of joy that would be if he were to ever experience it. But he was brought back to his senses by a voice.

"Over here..." it spoke. As he turned to look in the alley, only pitch darkness revealed itself with no hint of light. It wasn't usually that dark, but it was as if something were making it so.

"Who's there?.." He spoke, not really afraid. His life had been filled with hardship and sorrow. He was always close to deaths door and lived on. If it's his time to go than it's his time to go.

Instead of speaking again, a yellow metallic object formed in the middle of the dark alley before dropping, than one by one several of those objects fell to the ground until a small pile was made.

The voice then spoke again. "Your reward for this hardship.." Those words, almost as if by the will of the gods, made the beggar stand up as he looked at the yellow metallic objects that were none other than pure gold coins.

He weakly stood up and made his way towards it, thinking that those words were from a divine being that has come to help him. He wasn't too far from the truth.

As he got closer, tears formed in his eyes, looking down at the coins "T..Thank you.....for your generosity, oh mighty being.." He spoke, on the verge of tears, as hope lined his soul. But that wasn't all that was planned.

The voice that was none other than Avrin spoke as the mist vanished, revealing his cloaked form.

The beggar made a shocked face as he looked at Avrin. "Gold can not bring you happiness...But one day this might just do the trick." With a soft smile Avrin raised his right hand his index finger straight like a dagger.

Nebula mist coated his finger as if preparing it for something dangerous. And in a swift movement Avrin penetrated the mans brittle chest where his heart was located. Avrin had decided for a couple of hours if this was the best choice.

On one hand, he risked the man dying and would live with that burden for the rest of his life. But on the other, he gave this man an opportunity for fulfilling long time wishes. The beggar coughed up a little blood as his body twitched. His whole body was weak before and he was barely hanging on.

"W..Why..?" He mumbled, as he gazed at Avrin. At that moment, Avrin emitted dark matter around his heart as if to coat it and infuse energy with it. And just like what he did to Asura's arm, he did to this man's heart.

While constantly absorbing mana from the surroundings, the mans heart began to change and shift while being reformed. This change caused the blood the pumped through him to be affected as well. That in turn brought the energy around his body even quicker than before.

Seeing that the new seed of life had been planted, Avrin slipped his finger out with a bit of blood around it as the nebula mist no longer coated it.

The beggar fell onto the ground as he spasmed a bit while the dark matter immediately worked on healing as well as fixing his body.

Avrin could feel that the mana around the area was slowly being depleted by not him but the beggar. Avrin took this as a sign that it worked. And after staying for a few minutes, he felt a bit of dark matter emit from the unconscious beggar.