"Haaah... Haaah..."
Philip kept breathing heavily for several minutes. No ome was able to come by and see him, not even maids and butlers since he is in a secluded part of the mansion where no one seldomly come her. It is also because of the sharp air from Ken's sword energy that kept them away
At this point, Philip decided to let go of his resistance for a quick second. He felt calmness, even though his mind and soul were being hurt
But that only gave him the will exert an invisible force from his body
"Hnnnggghhh!!!"
He forcefully gritted his teeth and pushed his bloodstream. He clenched and flexed his entire body to the point that he started trembling. His face started to turn red and veins popped on his forehead and from the corner of his right eye going down his cheek, as well as from the corner of right lip, the lateral commissure, that goes down his jaw. He felt like his eyes were bulging, air was fuming from his ears, and matter will come out from his nose
He's overloading his entire body
His body began to heat up. The floor below him started to slightly crack, but he managed control it
"PUAH!"
He then let go once again and the heat, stress, and tension generated by his body was released
「 Hm? 」
"Ahhh..."
Philip let out a relieved sigh as he rolled to the right and laid down on his back. He relaxed himself and tried to catch his breath as his eyes were closed
「 Several condition requirements has been met! What happened? 」
"..."
「 Running diagnostics... 」
"I suddenly felt dizzy and you were not responding"
「 Diagnosis finished... Huh? I never heard you calling for me? 」
"Hm..."
「 Apparently you were just sick a few seconds ago 」
"Sick? No one should be able to contract any sickness or diseases now, right?"
「 That's correct. Because of mana, human body should be able to regulate the immune system faster and they should have better immunity. This is also because of the Spirit Fibers and Mana Spots in the human body that can counter cancer, dementia, stroke, and other incurbale diseases, known or unknown 」
"That's what I thought... But me? I've never been been sick for at least 8 to 10 years, even before the Mystical Age! What's the sickness?"
「 You won't believe it... It's just common cold 」
"Huh? Not bad as I thought... But how? Shouldn't me having Pure Mana and True Mana flowing through my body able to regulare my immune system?"
「 Your Mana System is outstanding, don't get me wrong, but... Hm... I'm thinking that it's because of your heart... Your body is finally recognizing that you are missing a crucial part of the human body and the collected body failure was slightly released as common cold to make you aware of your state 」
"..."
Philip was silent and thought deeply about his condition. He knew that having no physical heart would bite him in the back one day, but he was glad that his body always seem to have a mind of its own and warned him by giving him common cold
"The Pureblood wasn't enough to replace my heart?"
「 Even if Pureblood replaced your heart, it will never have the function of a heart. Sure, it does produce and generate pure blood that can support your body... But the Pureblood doesn't replicate the concept of a heart. Maybe, if only the Pureblood had an ability involving a heart. Well, it has an ability involving the heart, but it won't help you in this case 」
"..."
The Pureblood did not react but it took note of Emily's comment
"I guess that makes sense... Damn, are there any solutions?"
「 Hmmm... I'm curious... Why do you want a solution when you wanted to die in the first place? 」
"I won't just die from having no heart, I'll just keep resurrecting anyways, right? I've accepted that... It's revolting... It's sickening... Worse comes worst, I'll just suffer will thousands of sickness and diseases harboring my body... I would like to avoid that"
「 Yeah, that makes sense... I'm just curious... But what if there was a sickness that can kill you permanently? 」
"Heh..."
Philip scoffed
"...I doubt that"
「 Well, the only solution there is, is for you to find a physical or magical replacement, or hybrid! 」
"An arc reactor or something like that?"
「 Yeah, something like that 」
"We'll see one day... How long do you think before my body become critical again?"
「 Depends on how much you overexert yourself. It could be tomorrow or 10 years later... But your body is very resilient and it knows when to reveal the problems in your body or warn you 」
"Alright, I'll keep that in mind"
Philip then pushed himself off the floor and stood up. He supported his by putting the tip of his right fingers on the wall since he still felt groggy. He held half of half of his face with his left hand
He was about to take a step when suddenly the world flashed without him seeing it
"Hhhnnngggh!! Nnnnnggghhh!"
He gritted his teeth once more and his left pupil trembled around his eyes as red veins crawled from his sclera. The ⟨⟨ Eye of Sai ⟩⟩ began flickering once more
It was then that his vision was replaced by a hazy and cloudy vision. He's seeing a different several sceneries and scenarios rapidly as his vision drastically warped again
~~~
Philip saw several visions:
One of them was blurry but he could tell that it was a cyborg. He couldn't determine it's gender, but he knows it's more powerful than him
Second was a village in flames while a singular girl standing sinisterly in the center. She slowly looked at behind her towards Philip. Her eyes were revealed to be burning chaotically and it's brighter than the flames around her
Third was a room that looked like a throne room of a castle and a familiar person was cut in half, starting from his left shoulder, down his right waste, by another person with long hair. The sword looked powerful and full brilliance
Fourth was a vibrant cherry blossom tree under a majestic starry night sky that started to wilt and wither away. It then suddenly rained red lines until his vision started to turn red
Fifth was a nuclear explosion in the middle of the sea, followed by an orbital strike
"..."
The sixth vision was clearer than the rest. He saw Natsume's back facing away from him while she was wearing a gorgeous dress. He was about to reach for her when suddenly, her head was cut off and tumbled in the air
"HHHNNNGGGHHH!!! XXXXXXX HUFFFF!"
Philip's anger rose and he wanted to find who did it around him, but all he could see now is Natsume
He body plopped on the ground and splattered in the direction where her body fell. Her head continued to tumbled until it faced Philip with lifeless eyes and tears flowing out her eyes. Blood dripped from her mouth and a trail of blood was left from her neck
He still tried reach for her head while maintaining his anger in stasis but someone stomped on her head, crushing it into pieces
Philip snapped and his anger and power exploded
But suddenly, he couldn't feel any power or anger anymore as the seventh vision showed him standing in front of thousands and millions of people
The vision then pulled like a cyclone and pushed Philip back to reality
~~~
"Ugh, haaah... Haaah... Haaah..."
Philip lost a lot of breath once again
"Guh... God damnit! Gah... Haaahhh..."
He forced himseld to take a deep inhale from his nose to regulate his trembling body
「 Wait, happened to you? 」
"Haaah... Visions... Didn't you see it??"
「 No? I didn't see anything? All I saw is that you began to stumble again after you stood up and here we are 」
"Gaaah.... Hhhffff! Aaah... Look into my memories"
「 ... 」
"See anything?"
「 No, not at all 」
"That's strange..."
「 It is strange indeed... I'll look into it as to why I can't see it... If you actually saw something and neither me nor the system saw anything, it is something alarming. Pureblood, did you see something? 」
'No'
「 Even the Pureblood, who's supposed to be another soul in your body, didn't see it 」
"Alright, you look into it and I'll keep going..."
Philip's mood was extremely down as his eyebrows were furrowed and his eyes are closed. He couldn't erase in his mind the death of Natsume in fron of his eyes. It felt real and vivid that he couldn't shake the feeling that it was true
He wanted to check on Natsume, but he has to go somewhere a little bit more important. Plus, if Natsume really died, the mansion would've been in an uproar and Emily will alert him
「 The Only Blood That Can Cure And Heal 」
"..."
Philip's body glowed with a red then green color and his pain seemed to have subsided
「 There, you should have instantly recovered if there's something bugging you 」
"Thank you..."
The Pureblood healing ability didn't work at all. It only healed a few of his body aches and removed his common cold
'At least my sickness was removed...'
~~~
A few minutes later, Philip arrived in front of a door to another guest room. This door was the one that he came out of yesterday, Clara's room
He wanted to talk to Clara, but seems like there are three people inside, which was convenient for Philip since he wanted to talk to them three. He knocked on the door politely
"Come in!"
Clara shouted in broken English. She seemed to be learning the English language quite fast
Philip then opened the door and he saw Clara sitting on the bed with the blanket covering her lower half while she's reading a book. Corleona is standing next to the bed with her arms crossed. It looked like Corleona just stood up when a visitor came in
Meanwhile, Braudain walked towards Philip when he was leaning on the wall. He approached Philip and tried to walked past him to his side
"Excuse me. I'll be waiting outside if you want to talk to me"
Braudain also spoke in broken English. This made Philip impressed that the people in Saykrandae were smart as they were fast to learn
'Well, it's been six months anyway and that's enough to learn basic words of another language'
"Welcome!"
Clara greeted him
"What are you here for?"
Corleona asked but she didn't ask in broken English. She asked in Saykran, the language of Saykrandae. But of course, Philip can understand her with ⟨⟨ Saykrandae Language Translator ⟩⟩
"I'm here to check on you both if you're doing fine"
Philip spoke in Saykran to be considerate to both of them. He's able to speak the language because of his ⟨⟨ Disastrous Hero ⟩⟩ title
Both of them were gorgeous as always, befitting as princesses of another world. Clara looked elegant on the bed as the light from the window illuminates her long light blue hair and Corleona looked shining as the light from the window illuminates her her short blue hair
"We are fine! We don't need any help!"
Corleona spoke
"Sis!"
Clara called out Corleona
"Corleona... I know you're in distress... I would like to talk you and know what you feel as the owner or lord of his house. I will do everything I can to satisfy you"
"That's the thing... You can't!!! No matter what you do, nothing will ever make me happy anymore! All I have left is my sister, Braudain, and a goddess who has abandoned us! Nothing could be done!"
"Sis..."
Corleona threw a tantrum and Clara became worried about her. Philip then lifted his chin, looked down on her, and crossed his arms
"Corleona..."
"WHAT?!"
"You're in denial..."
"Huh?! I am not!"
Corleona became agitated and held the handle of her Sacred Rapier