Luka was wondering how he was fine even after taking three injections of impurities.
"So I was right," Tero muttered.
"What?" Luka was confused, and everything was passing above his head.
"Come inside with me," Tero said in a calm voice as he walked into the house, and Luka followed him.
They entered the first room where the girl was sleeping on the bed. Tero picked up a knife and a glass from the table and stood in front of Luka.
"....?" Luka was even more confused.
"Can you show me your hand?" Tero asked in a solemn voice.
Luka showed his hand to Tero. Tero moved the knife towards Luka's hand and said, "This might hurt,"
Tero made a small cut on Luka's palm.
"What are you…?"
"Please endure it." The empty glass was eventually filled with Luka's blood. After that, Tero gave Luka a piece of cloth to patch up his cut.
"What are you going to do with it?" Luka asked, thinking he would get some answers this time.
"This," Tero walked to the bed and raised his girlfriend's head, then slowly moved the glass to her lips.
"Hey! What are you doing? Why are you---"
"Please watch," Luka noticed Tero's hands were shaking, "I hope it works."
Tero made her drink Luka's blood, and after about five sips, he stopped and stood up.
"What was that about?" Luka asked, totally confused. "Why did you do that?"
Tero ignored Luka's question and took two injections from his pocket as he said, "I took it from Denis' coat."
"What are you… going to do with?" Luka's face turned pale after seeing that injection.
Seeing Luka's reaction, Tero said in a calm voice, "So you know what this is, and you were also acting strangely after seeing it earlier."
"These are the reasons for-- what happened in my middle school."
"It's filled with impurities," Tero looked at the injection closely. "If any human takes it, they would surely die, and even the exorcists' life would be in danger--if not extracted quickly."
"Then what are you going to do with this?" Luka asked in an emotionless voice.
"When I found Rina--," Tero looked at his girlfriend, "--her name is Rina."
He then looked at Luka and continued," When I found her, she was severely infected even though I extracted all the impurities from her body-- but she went into a coma. Her brain couldn't withstand against infection and caused severe mental damage."
"...."
He patted Luka's shoulder and spoke, "I wanted your help with that."
"Huh?"
Tero showed Luka the injection and said, "Denis injected you with these, but you are still totally fine, so if someone drinks your blood, then maybe they can be cured too?"
"We don't know that yet," Luka replied. He himself had no idea, so he couldn't be sure about that.
"I have to take the risk." He said in a broken voice.
"She will die."
"If she is not cured, she will die soon eventually, so I don't have any other choice." He stopped and gulped down. "I will take the risk."
"I will kill her if she becomes a monster," Luka stated.
"If that happens," He stopped and took a deep breath, "I will kill her myself."
"..." Luka couldn't bear to see Tero like this.
Tero was trembling ever since he walked into the house. He knew he had to do something to save his girlfriend, but the choices were limited. He was ready to take the risk and face the consequences.
"Then," Tero looked at Luka and said with a gentle smile on his face, "I will inject myself with these and turn into impurity." Tero bowed down to Luka, "If that happens, please kill me."
"What are you---"
"I don't want to live in the world without her"
"..." Luka wanted to oppose Tero's idea, but… he couldn't.
"I can't live without her-- please let me do it!" Tero was ready to die for his girlfriend. He had already lost everything, and Rina was the only sole reason for him to live. If something happened to Rina, Tero had no will to live in a world like that.
"I... I won't take any responsibility" Deep down, Luka wanted to help and support Tero. But if something terrible happened to them because of his decisions, he wouldn't be able to forgive himself.
"Thanks." Tero shot a short smile.
Tero then moved to Rika and raised her hand, then slowly moved the injection toward it. His hands were trembling, and his eyes were teary. Tero was fully aware that if this went wrong, he would have to kill Rina with his own hands, and he would lose her forever.
Tero took a deep breath and injected Rina with impurities. Soon, Rina's body turned black and started trembling as her black hair turned white-- or rather, colorless.
There was a heavy tension in the atmosphere.
Tero dropped to his knees and held Rina's hand as he burst into tears. "Please… work. Please, please, work."
Tero kept saying it again and again as if he was chanting some prayer.
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