Kore´s parents just heard a bang, like something fell on the floor, and their sight returned. They turned around and saw little Kore with a knife in his hand and splattered with blood. In front of him lay an assassin with a hole in his back right where his heart should be. Kore was lucky that the assassin wasn´t that big because he, a 6-year-old, was barely able to hit the assassin's heart.
Kore stood there while panting heavily. He saw his notifications, but he didn't even care to read them. He just thought of one thing. ´I just killed a human. ´ His heart was beating to the point that it could be heard in the now silent room.
His parents rushed to him and hugged him tight. "Are you okay?" The father asked in a shocked tone, "Are you hurt anywhere?" The mother said, in a worried tone, "We are sorry for not being able to protect you." His parents hugged him even tighter, but his heart soon started to slow down. He had seen what the system was trying to tell him.
[There is a corpse in front of you]
[Do you want to let it reincarnate?
[Yes/No]
He still didn't accept the skill reward. Yet he had been able to do something like this, and this was a shock to him because normally, once you get an element after one or two years, you learn to control it fundamentally. For example, you will be able to control the wind around you if you are an air element. Only after that do you learn skills like the wind shield or wind slash.
"Mom, Dad, please let me go." Kore said in a bleak voice. His parents let go, and Kore stepped in front of the corpse. He went to his knees and put his arms on the body. After that, he selected the [Yes] option and a light appeared around his hands and the corpse.
[The dead feel sorry about what they have done].
[The dead are very thankful for your decision.]
[The soul of the dead was purified].
[The dead will reincarnate in nine months].
[The user's body and soul were healed]
The process of reincarnating the person he killed right now used up his left MP, but as the message appeared that he was healed, it was regenerated fully. But not only that was healed. Suddenly, he felt a lot calmer and he could think straight again. It seemed like when his soul got healed, his trauma was also healed. At least the trauma he would have from killing that person.
After the light of the assassin and Kore vanished, just a small ball of light remained. It hovered above the corpse and quickly flew through the roof into the air.
Kore's parents were, of course, shocked to see what was happening right now. Normally, using an element needs at least a year. And here a kid that just turned 6 was using it. Of course, they hadn't seen what Kore had seen, as most of the magic was done by the system. He just went along with what felt right to do in this situation.
"It's fine now," Kore said to his parents as he turned and smiled. "He left the world peacefully."
After that incident, they told everything to the knights and they would send it to the king, as he also promised to let nobody know of Kore's original element. Of course, it could be possible that the assassin wasn't there because he knew of Kore. It could also be possible that it was a coincidence. After all, assassinations aren't so rare. But it was still really unlikely.
Kore explained to his parents that after he used his element, he got the chance to talk to the assassin and that he was very sorry and thankful. He also couldn't figure out why the assassin did what he had done because he hadn't had much time. Of course, that was a lie, but he didn't want his parents to worry about him being traumatized and he also didn´t want to tell them about his system. He also told them that he didn't know how he was able to use his element. He said that the way of doing it just kind of appeared in front of him. That was also a lie, even though you could say that it did appear in front of him in the form of a message from the system.
The same day, Kore and his guardians were called to the king to tell him about what happened. So Kore and his parents told their story separately, so Kore told the king the shield around him just shattered because of the light attack of the assassin. Of course, his parents didn't know that as they were blinded, but it could be possible.
"Hahaha. So you're able to talk to the dead? " The king laughed as often as he would on the outside as Kore told his story to the end. "You really are a talented young boy. Maybe I should adopt you. Hahaha. "
Kore was disgusted by the thing the king said, as he still hated him more than anything, but was glad he just said it as a joke.
It was late at night when they returned home, and their house was still a mess. The king offered some support, but that would need some time to arrive, so they had to live in this messy house for a while.
"We are sorry, Kore!" Kore's parents both apologized while bowing down to him, "It's your birthday and things turned out like this." The plan his parents actually had was to celebrate until late at night because the sixth birthday is normally something special in this world. "It's fine." Kore replied. "It just so happens that my birthday is there again next year, so missing it this time doesn't matter." Because of what happened today, Kore actually forgot that it was his birthday.
It was time for bed when Kore was fully awake and looked at his system.
[Yes]
[New Elemental Skill!]
[Reborn {Level 1}]
[Let a corpse (soul has to be intact) become an egg]
[After you take care of it, it will hear your call and hatch.]
[Just be careful not to drop it, as eggs are really easy to break].