[Awakening Protocol and Soul fusion protocol complete!]
[Commencing preparations for hosts #1st Trial]
[Evaluating host's capabilities...]
'Their It goes again.' Abel was getting pretty sick and tired of the ring. So far the ring has made him go through two very traumatic incidents and from the way, it was talking it wasn't done just yet.
"What the hell Is this thing on about?"
But, before he could deal with that problem he had to solve a different one first.
("Testing, testing, hello? Hello? Can anyone hear me?")
A sudden voice jolted Abel out of his thoughts. His first thought was that the doctor came back, but the voice didn't seem like it was coming from inside the room. More like it was coming from inside his head
A little creeped out, Abel started to panic. 'That voice didn't even sound close to the doctor.' The voice was much younger. Instead of a man, it sounded more like the voice of a teenager
("Wow. Okay, dick. No need to compare me to a middle-aged man.' The voice seemed annoyed and started lecturing Abel. 'I'll have you know, that I am an attractive young man in the prime of my life. Or at least I was.")
Abel, so taken aback by the pure lunacy of what was happening just stayed silent.
("Hey dude, I know you can hear me. Mind telling me where I am? The last thing I remember is a giant truck hurtling towards my face and then….and then…well, I don't remember.")
The voice went silent. Sifting through its memories.
After a couple of seconds, It seemed to uncover something. The voice let out a gasp as Its breathing got heavier and heavier.
("D-did I get isekai'd!?!")
Abel finally unable to take it asked out in confusion "What is happening right now?"
In a frenzy, The voice started asking Abel all kinds of strange questions that made no sense to him.
("What kind of genre are we in? Fantasy? Horror? Sci-fi? Please don't tell me we're in a romance.")
"Wha-"
("Don't get me wrong, I don't hate rom-com's. It's just that I've never even touched a girl before so I'd be pretty useless.")
"Who…..are you?"
The voice was stirred out of its rant by Abel's question.
("Hmmm, well If you are asking for my name it's Cain. But that's not important right now. I need you to answer my questions.")
"Um…what do you want to know?"
The voice took a second and asked Abel the most relevant question it could think of.
("Where exactly are we?")
"The hospital"
'No shit sherlock, I meant what world we are on?'
Abel was very confused and was starting to get a little upset. He may not have understood the insult, but it still pissed him off anyway.
"The name of this planet is Akyrous."
When Abel answered Cains's question he turned silent and seemed to be thinking to himself. Abel sincerely hoped that the silence would last forever, but alas it was never meant to be.
("Akyrous…. Akyrous…")
Cain kept repeating the name over and over in his head trying to find out why that name sounded so familiar. He was scouring his memories for quite a bit until he had a 'Eureka' moment and turned completely silent.
Then let out a burst of maniacal laughter.
("HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!")
The sudden laughter scared the shit out of Abel was enjoying the silence.
"What's wrong with you!?! You can't just go screaming in someone's ear like that!"
Cain was pulled back to reality by Abel's lecturing and realized his mistake.
("Sorry man, I'll be quieter. I just got really really excited.")
"What's there to be excited about?" Abel grumbled
("I know where I am now, and It's somewhere I've only been to in my imagination.")
Abel didn't know how or why, but he could've sworn that he heard a squeal.
("I can't believe it!!! I'm in my all-time favorite novel. "The trash of the clan conquers all"' Cain proclaimed ecstatically.")
"Okay, it's official now. I'm insane." Abel grew depressed and started to come to terms with the fact that forcefully awakening did in fact have side effects after all. "I can't believe my mind broke. There's no way I'm sane. I mean what kind of person has a voice in their head that thinks it's inside a book? I should start packing up my stuff and move to the psychiatric ward."
("What? You're not crazy and I'm telling the truth. In the novel "The trash of the clan conquers all", All the main characters meet on Akyrous. It's the beginning planet. This Is where the Mc starts his journey and where the story starts. We struck it rich!")
"yaaaay." Letting out a very apathetic cheer Abel collapsed on the bed in disbelief and despair.
If I knew that stupid ring would turn me into a maniac I would have ripped my finger off and chucked it into the goddam sun.
("I'm not messing with you.")
Abel started getting pissed off by Cain's confidence and started angrily asking him questions. seeing if he could poke holes in his story.
"Oh yeah? Then what's this "novel" about."
Hearing Abel's question Cain started to get excited again seemingly excited to talk about his favorite book.
("The story starts with the main character David Reverend The Youngest Son of Marcus Reverend.")
Hearing that name shocked Abel because he actually recognized it.
"Wait! Marcus Reverend. You mean The Leader of the Light Clan?"
Cain got a little annoyed that Abel cut him off.
("Yes. Now stop interrupting. David Is the youngest Son of the light clan, but despite coming from a huge background he has no talent for combat or mana whatsoever. So, since he's so weak he gets bullied relentlessly by his siblings ignored by his parents, and looked down upon by all of the other clans.")
Abel hearing about what David went through and his family circumstances started to empathize with him.
("It all comes to a head one day when David's Older brother Landon throws him into the inheritance grounds overnight as a sick joke. Landon knew that David wouldn't be able to survive in there for a whole night but he didn't care. David is frantic to get out of there and tries whatever he can. He tries everything and comes up empty-handed. So left with no other choice he ventures deeper into the inheritance ground.")
"Wait wait pause. What's this inheritance ground you keep talking about?"
Cain stopped and very patiently explained to Abel.
("Look I'm not going to go too deep into the lore with you. Basically, the inheritance ground is a special site set up by the clan's founder to help develop and train the clan's descendants. at least on the surface, Its real intention is to help the clan leader find a suitable successor. All of the other clans have their own inheritance grounds too.")
("Anyway back to the story. David wanders too deep into the inheritance grounds and runs into a pack of Coil Wolves. David being weak as shit obviously couldn't win so he ran away. While desperately running away he suddenly hears a voice call out to him. The voice gives him directions and David manages to get away. David only managed to escape because of the voice and he knew that so he asks the voice to help him find an exit. The voice agrees and starts leading David all around the cavern. After following the voice for a while David found himself in a grand hall. In the hall was a giant throne and sitting on that throne was a golden skeleton")
"Let me guess, was it the remains of the founder? How cliche."
("Don't interrupt! David walked closer to the throne and the voice revealed itself as the founder of the light clan. He told David that he was choosing him as his successor and passing down his skills, techniques, abilities, and most importantly the source of light. David Saw the grand opportunity in front of him and took full advantage. He used the founder's potions to remove his impurities and strengthen his physique. with the help of the founder's ghost, he learned most of his skills and techniques. David spent around a month in the inheritance grounds just training and improving his strength.")
After taking a second to catch his breath Cain continued.
("When he emerged from the inheritance grounds David became more confident and started training in secret. He kept his strength secret to avoid suspicion. but after a while, he started to hit a wall so he left the clan to attend, HYDE academy where he scores top of his class during the entrance exam, and meets some new friends who eventually help him save the world and a ton of other stuff, but we can deal with it when we get there.")
Cain satisfied with his explanation stopped and was waiting in anticipation of Abel's response. Abel believed none of it and shot him down hard.
"That's a cool fanfic, but you have no evidence that what your saying is actually true."
Cain was in shock. He just spent the better part of 10 minutes going on a long rant about his favorite novel and this idiot thought it was a fanfic. He was fully prepared to blow up at Abel but before he got the chance there was a knock on the door.
*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
"Come in."
Walking into the room was the doctor from earlier. He seemed annoyed to be back but also a little cautious for some reason. He looked at Abel warily almost as if he thought he'd get bitten if he got too close.
"H-hey, are you ok in here? One of the nurses said that they heard you talking to someone."
Abel not even bothering to sit up asked the doctor a question
"What did you say were the side effects of forcefully awakening again?"
The doctor got a little more comfortable after he saw Abel seemed to be fine. The doctor grabbed his clipboard again and looked at the bottom of the page.
"Let's see.... Trauma, headaches, paranoia, runny nose, liver damage, weakened immune system, and temporary schizophrenia."
Abel suddenly shot up from the cot and seemed scared.
"What was the last one?"
"Temporary Schizophrenia. It's a temporary version of the mental disorder. It's caused when there's a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception."
Scrolling down his list the doctor continued,
"Some symptoms include excitability, hostility, repetitive movements, self-harm, and hearing voices that aren't there."
Abel was left in shock. He was so shocked he accidentally muttered his thoughts out loud.
"Holy shit, that's what's happening right now."
Cain was offended
("No, it's not.")
The doctor looked at Abel in shock then grabbed his pen and began taking notes again.
"What are your symptoms?"
("Unless denial is a symptom he doesn't have any.")
"Well like you've said I've been more hostile and excitable than normal and I've started hearing this annoying voice in my head."
("Hey!")
The Doctor was finally interested in something Abel had to say and started taking notes again.
"What is the voice saying?"
Abel froze in his tracks. He was afraid that if he told the doctor what Cain was saying, he'd actually be sent to a mental hospital. He couldn't have that. Especially not right after he became a superhuman. So he decided to lie.
"It told me I'm ugly and I'll never amount to anything."
("What? When did I say that?")
The Doctor taken aback just looked at Abel confused.
"Okay... Has it told you anything else?"
"No, other than whining and insulting me it hasn't done anything else."
After hearing that the voice wasn't doing anything other than messing with Abel's self-esteem he lost interest again.
"Hmmm, alright It doesn't sound that serious, but I'll prescribe you some painkillers. Make sure you let me know if it says anything else. Anything more important"
"Uh, sure."
Getting up to leave again the doctor tried to put Abel's worries at ease.
"Based on precedence it should be temporary, it should last around a week or so. but we'll run extra tests just in case."
Sitting back down again Abel was overcome with a wave of relief.
Thank god it's only temporary.
"If the voice is still going strong after a week just pay us another visit we'll try to help as best we can."
After confirming nothing else was wrong The doctor left once again.
Leaving Abel and Cain by themselves.