Chapter 7 - A Rune

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The three of them were still in the same place and hadn't moved. Since the current position was noon, they feared the red-robed guy could notice their movements because earlier, Alexis had seen with his eyes that the person wearing the red robe was a murderer; he was a Villain.

How come, this morning, there was a man who was curious and wanted to approach the figure of the person in the red robe, but before he saw the meter from him, the man had been destroyed, and nothing was left, only a flick of his hand could make a man it crumbled right away.

Fortunately, in the restaurant left by the owner, they have some food stock that the three can consume as long as they can't go out anywhere.

Xavier's condition is still not fully recovered; Alexis takes care of him by continuing to compress him. Because Xavier's body temperature is so hot, if his body heat is tested with a thermometer, it could be that his temperature exceeds the normal limits of people who usually have a fever.

"What do you feel now?" Alexis asked him, who lay limp again.

But Xavier didn't answer Alexis's question. His body was very strange and did not work as usual.

What happens to me? Why can I suddenly feel something different with my own body? Xavier thought as he looked at his right hand.

Xavier was surprised when he saw a rash appear on his right hand. The rash is purple and has an odd shape.

"Alexis,"

Xavier showed Alexis the rash on his right hand's palm, which startled Alexis immediately.

"Ty, come here a moment!" Alexis shouted, "Hurry, this is important!"

Immediately Tyler, who was downstairs, rushed to the second floor to see what Alexis wanted to show.

"What is it?" Seriously ask

Alexis showed a rash on Xavier's right hand, which had a strange shape, like a symbol.

Tyler was surprised and immediately held Xavier's hand, trying to see more closely what symbol was actually in Xavier's right hand.

"This is like a symbol or rune," Tyler said, worried. "I ever knew it from my father when he told me about the Vikings believed to have lived in ancient times," Tyler explained.

"So what is this sign?" Asked Alexis confused

"I don't know for sure about this symbol because I also don't understand," Tyler explained while sitting with Xavier. "What is clear now is that Xavier is not okay; we have to get out of here!"

Tyler was confused and worried after seeing strange things happening today; Xavier's hand suddenly engraved a symbol like a letter 'M' but not the letter M, which has a special meaning for those who know the rune's meaning.

"Wait, was this hand the one that got you that purple flash?" Tyler said because he remembered something that happened that night.

Xavier's gaze suddenly went blank, trying to remember what had happened that night, and sure enough, the hand that was now showing rune-shaped rashes was the hand he used to support his body that was about to slip.

"I remember accidentally touching the black crystal with my right hand!" Xavier said while looking back at the palm of his right hand.

"So that made me bounce so far and unconscious."

"You weren't the only one who bounced off," Tyler said, immediately making Alexis and Xavier silent.

"Besides, Alexis and I were also blown away by the sting of that purple flash of light; Xavier also hit us!"

"Then what does this mean?" Alexis asked, confused.

The three of them suddenly fell silent, and there was a moment of silence between them. Their minds drifted to nowhere, trying to figure out what was happening with the three of them.

But now, what is more visible is the symptoms that occur in Xavier's body. A rune came out, and his body temperature was so hot that it hadn't subsided.

Tyler also noticed his sensitivity was more agile than before, as if he knew something would happen after that.

And Alexis himself suddenly became so responsive in treating someone because this was Alexis's first time caring for someone.

However, without studying, he could suddenly perform first aid on Xavier.

The three of them immediately looked at each other simultaneously after they realized what had happened to their bodies.

Xavier was still confused because he didn't feel anything happening except the rune rash on his right hand and his hot body temperature. He didn't feel anything else.

But Alexis and Tyler realized it because there was something different with their bodies.

"Don't worry," said Tyler worriedly

Suddenly, Tyler quickly took off his clothes and stood up to Alexis and Xavier.

"What are you doing, Ty..." Xavier's words stopped when he saw on Tyler's back a rash almost the same as the rash on Xavier's hand.

"Ty, you also have that rash on your back and there..."

"There are runes, right!" Tyler said with certainty, "I knew it!"

"But it has a different shape from Xavier's," Alexis said as he looked closer at Tyler's back.

"It's shaped like the letter "N" but different; the essence is similar to the letter N," said Alexis.

Tyler realized it first and liked the ability he might have now that he can guess things first before they happen.

Tyler immediately turned to Alexis and saw it was like looking for something in Alexis's body.

"Take off your clothes!" Tyler said

"Hey, Ty!" Xavier interrupted, who was worried that Tyler would do strange things.

"Calm down, Xavier," Alexis said, trying to win Xavier over.

At that moment, Alexis immediately took off his clothes and looked at his body; Tyler approached Alexis and pointed his hand at Alexis's right chest.

"It's so beautiful," said Tyler looking at the rune on Alexis's right chest.

Xavier immediately stood up when Tyler was about to touch Alexis's right chest.

Xavier immediately backed Alexis's body and hugged him.

"Don't you dare touch it, Ty!" Xavier said in a slightly high tone.

Alexis, who felt that Xavier was treated special, immediately blushed. His cheeks were flushed, and his heart was beating fast.

"Hey Xavier, relax, okay? I know that you like Alexis, and I have no intention of taking him from you!" Said Tyler with a gentle smile

Xavier and Alexis just kept quiet and didn't speak at all.

Xavier looked at the rune that was on Alexis's right chest.

"It's beautiful," he said, the same as Tyler said.

"Alexis, put your clothes on immediately," Xavier said; after Alexis put on his clothes, Xavier's desire to touch Alexis's chest suddenly disappeared.

"Hmmm, I thought that no one should see your rune, then you will subdue those who see it!" Tyler said

"Yeah, right, because I just experienced it," Xavier said, confirming what Tyler said.