There had been many things that have been going on in my head. It was hard to walk or even breathe. I managed to skin the Bicorn but the flesh was still corrupted. The corruption didn't affect the head though. The eyeball can still be used as part of a potion and the horns for magic tools. Memories of such knowledge came as dissecting my first mythical creature gave me memories of me killing these tyes of mythical monsters. Whatever I was at my teens...I was pretty skilled at it.
If I remembered well, the last time I did something similar to this was at a unicorn. It was smuggled by some yakuza near the bay. Because of the neglect and malnourishment of the beast, it caused the unicorn to be corrupted and run amok. Me and Lilith were in charge of executing the thing. Even if corrupted by malice, the unicorn was still beautiful.
From what I got from Lilith, the unicorn's horn can be used as a panacea and the eyes can be used to enhance vision to see leylines and mana. It may have been true with a unicorn but what of a bicorn? The bicorn is the fully corrupted opposite. For sure these could give the reverse effect of them. I barely knew monsters and beast around the western regions of the world as I was more focused in eastern based ones. To be precise, The ones around or migrate to my area. However I kept whatever I was able to obtain, just in case. All that was left was to burn the body. I gathered the remains with my telekinesis then set the contents on fire. It glowed a dark purple and all I could do was wash myself up at the nearest stream.
The cold water ran around my hand as the blood washed away. After a clean wash I took some soap and lathered. But as i rubbed my hands blood started to flow. Immediately I slammed my hands at the stream and washed the soap immediately. But as the water sunk in my hands, I took them out and saw no blood. Not a single gash was around my hand. But soon I hear the grass behind me rustle. I took out my knife and throw it. Out of the bushes drops a head of a dog. In front of it was a stick. A dead dog and it is in front of a stick. Two phrases happening at once...I wonder what would that mean now?
I took my bounty and head back to camp. My company was rather startled to see that I was covered in blood. I discarded their looks and just gave the loot to Sakuya. "I screwed up a little on my hunt. This one was kind of strong so I only came with this." I said as I handed her the bag. My guildmaster was startled to see such an object at her hands. "You managed to fend off against a Bicorn? Are you insane?!" She reacted.
"Is that bad?" I asked, rather startled.
Sakuya then takes a look at me and looks around my face. She then lifts my shirt and checks every inch of my body and drops my pants to even my underwear. I reacted by covered my privates and crouched at the floor. "What the hell are you doing?!" I shouted. She then takes a grip of my wrist and gives a firm look at me. "The bicorn has the ability to spread a miasmic mist that can corrupt a person in half a day so hold still!" She shouted.
I put up with it as Sakuya checked every region of my body. My guildmaster looked everywhere, even at my crotch. What made it worse was she kept on poking and grasping my nether regions to see if there were any mumps. I was embarrassed the whole time. She managed to get all the regions except one. It was my left arm. My armwarmer was still there and I could tell that they were still looking at it.
There I hid my appendage away from them. My eyes were blank. I was shaking in fear. "Rin, We have to check that too." Sakuya told me. She then tugs half of it from my arm and static comes into my brain. A short image came into my head. They were much like something like what you get from an old television set. It was a woman. She was old enough to be my mother. She was crying with a smile at the end of a ledge. Her lips kept on moving but not a single word can be heard. But it was strange. I could feel as if I was shouting on the top of my lungs to stop. But just by one step she fell off the edge.
I didn't know why but tears started to flow out of my eyes. My breathing was becoming wild as a mixture of memories emerged. I was brought back at that school again. Images of people getting slaughtered were coming. It was so confusing. It mixed from people being murdered by beast to a bunch of junkees shooting everything around the school. Soon memories of the riot appeared in my head with the kids getting killed. They started to overlap even more until they were almost recognizable. But the vision ends as I could see a blood burst out of my wrist. It was shooting out like a stream. All I could do was scream. The panic attacks stiffened even more and I was shaking like a leaf. "What the hell is happening?!" Tyrell freaked out. "Hold him still. I think he's having a seizure!" Mr. Williams commanded.
"This is worse than before!" Rebecca reacted.
"Just hold him down!" Mr. Williams said.
Everybody else joined in. My body kept on convulsing uncontrollably. My limbs were barely able to keep me still. "Dammit I can barely hold onto this guy!" Magna shouted. "He's stronger than he looks! We need something to hold him down!" Gram shouted.
"I'll tap into his mind! Just help me so I can calm him down!" Sakuya commanded.
Sakuya then throws seeds at the ground. Large roots and vines emerged from the soil and held me down. The more I struggle, the more they tightened. From head to toe I was being held down. Sakuya then put her hand on my head. I could feel something enter my mind. Something was being forced into my head. But soon a sudden flow of memories surged in to see a happy memory. It was a girl in Japan. Her face was blurred but it felt warm. We leaned at each other's shoulders and held hands. "If only we can stay like this more." She said. A lower half of her jaw could be revealed. I do not recall her name but one thing I remembered about this girl was her smile. She puts fake ones to not trouble people but I can tell this one was real.
I just wanted to stay there at that moment of time. But the setting changed. It was dark. Only to see this girl leaning at my arms, dying. All I could do was hold her hand as the life was facing from her. I couldn't hear her words but could sense the amount of emotions that were at the time. There was no anger, there was sorrow. Depression and despair came in. My lips barely moved at that time but I didn't remember what I said. But the girl dies smiling after her final words.
There were corpses everywhere. All as lost. Torn to shreds and unrecognizable. All I did was save the girl only a few minutes of life to say her last words. The vision ended as I reacted at the current time. All I could do was scream. The scream I let out wasn't human. It could be heard from all directions. It was so loud that everybody let go to cover their ears. The vines used to bind me were giving in as I was starting to lose control.
But as I started to tear away from the roots something unexpected happened. Right at the moment Sakuya dives in and embraces me. She stated to cry as my head met her shoulder. "I'm sorry!" She says, "I'm sorry! I didn't know! I'm sorry for not noticing!" Just by those words I can recall memory. Sakuya's embrace reminded me of that time. It was with that girl. She ran towards me only to embrace me saying those words. 'I'm sorry for not noticing!' She said in Japanese. What was I crying about? But I could do was mumble words as the memory started to synchronize with my lips. "I just want to be selfish without involving others...." I mumbled in Japanese. My demonic form retracted to being human again but I lost consciousness after that.
I had a dream again. It was at a light summer day. It wasn't too hot and the breeze was just fine at the park. It was that same girl again. I could remember at that day she wore braided twin-tails and a white frilly dress. We were at a bench together and there I was, with my head on her lap. "We're going to miss the sale if we stay like this." I told her. "It's okay, you've been working too hard. Let's rest a little." She replied.
"If I wanted to rest I would have done it at home."
"Yet you would rather spend it with me. You don't have to push yourself all the time."
That stopped me from saying anything. This girl always had a good way with comebacks. But then again it was my fault to begin with. I was out all night purifying some artifact for some client. I barely had any energy left but why was I here to begin with? But I realized something. "People we know might think the wrong way if they see us like this." I told her. "At long as you get some rest that that would be fine." She replied.
"Yet you'll be involved."
"If I were honest here I don't mind staying with you here."
I didn't know what it was. It made my head heavy and my chest warm. All I could do was look away and pretend not to hear. I could remember thinking that girl can say the weirdest things. But I didn't mind. The girl continued to caress my hair. Her hands felt soft as they were rubbing at my head. She was wearing the lotion I got on her birthday; I can recognize the smell. The way she moved her hand made woozy and sleep. Who was this girl? I didn't know as the memory started to fade.