PAIN this is all there is on his mind right now, it was not worse than the blood drop but it is still very very bad but who is Krishna he is a proud possessive man who refuses to show a shameful sight to his family.
Sabine was a part of that family now.
So Krishna sat down grit his teeth and did not let a sound out of his mouth.
15 hours, this is the usual time that the Mind-Enhancing potion as coined by Rory is supposed to work on your mind and that is also the amount of time the pain would continue for.
In Krishna's case who already had his body constructed to hold a Progenitor bloodline and powers his mind was already advanced to a high level but that also meant to grow even more they needed more time so his pain continued for a total of 36 hours.
after 20 hours when Sabine saw that Krishna was still undergoing tremendous pain she wanted to stop him somehow but she did not know what to do.
'He is fine, this is the path he chose to protect us so let him.... If you cannot see him like this then what will happen when he fights and is near death you will just panic at that time too. Get yourself in order woman, he will need your help when the pain subsides.'
Sabine heard Rory's voice in her head. She had seen many of Krishna's memories so she was familiar with telepathy but this was the first time she heard a voice through it.
After 30 hours even Rory was starting to get worried while Cathleen had simply gone to train to not worry about him. She had grown attached to the boy and right now the only person she cared about was suffering and there was nothing she could do about it.
'Should I try to wake the boy up.... No Miss Rory said till the time he is in pain he is still doing ok... but this is torture to him at this point ..... it's even worse than last time.. argghhhhh goddammit how strong does he want to be !! and how far is he gonna go to do so.... *sigh* who am I kidding he will never hurt his family and I am sure he is smart enough to know that hurting himself will hurt us too but if it comes down to it he will do it because I know I will too.'
"hahahahahahaha Never thought I would have thoughts like this for someone else other than those that I did before but that is the past..... Let's live in the present"
Cathleen had her inner monologue and went back to practicing using her Quirk on mana.
Sabine sat next to Krishna while her eyes were on Krishna on him since he drank the potion.
'Sabine, take a break I am watching him too I will call you if something changes.' Rory said while looking worried.
"If god forbid some"
'Gods have cursed him twice now Sabine they won't help.'
Sabine sighs
"A little kid should not have so many enemies neither should he be so power obsessed."
'He didn't make enemies he was born with them, he did not choose the enemies they chose him'
"I hope he does not turn into her"
'who'
"Just someone I know, she also almost lost someone close to her and became a spiteful angry killer... but she also had a reason to become that."
'Alright enough moping come back to this world, whatever problems you had there you cannot solve from here and if you think you can solve them then you will solve them there too since you are there too.'
"yes I know, let's just wait for this little one to wake up."
after 36 hours Krishna who was sitting in the meditative pose cross-legged suddenly just fell on his back.
Sabine rushed to his side to check his vitals and they were all normal.
'Looks like everything went well, now lift him and keep him on the bed'
"I will call Cathleen"
'And leave him on the cold floor unconscious, Doctor Sabine how can you do this.'
"fine"
'oh please who are you fooling here, we both know you care for the kid....You and I both know that even if he puts on a bold exterior he is afraid ..... hell you must understand more than me since I have seen you trying to feel his emotions multiple times through the connection, you were testing him weren't you and this is after the contract.'
"I have lost much by trusting the wrong people and taking the crooked way ....I do not wish to repeat that. For once I do not wish to run behind a target all the time, I wish to sit down and relax not be bothered by revenge, and guilt ..... THIS DREADING GUILT!! I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THAT EXPERIMENT OR I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NEAR THEM!!!!! I SHOULD HAVE TRUSTED BETTER PEOPLE!!!!!!!! I SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET THAT HAPPEN!!.... "
"This is the first time you truly said what's on your mind..... Please open up with me also Sabine *cough*."
Krishna says as he coughs up black blood
"KRISHNA!! are you ok!"
"yes yes don't worry"
"and not a word about what I said do you understand, I will talk about my life when fell close enough to you"
Krishna smiles
'If it had been a few months ago she would have not given a fu*k but now my words mean something to her.'
'Of course you idiot, she was right beside you the whole 36 hours.'
'36 hours!!'
"ok, can you two stop talking to each other while leaning on me."
"How....no wait, you watched me the whole time?"
"yes I did, I am the doctor here even if not fully experienced with mana but still a better doctor than anybody else here so I need to keep an eye on the head of the family do I not."
Krishna's face lights up
"Finally someone says it!"
'you are too nice to the kid'
'He deserves it a little and I can't be grumpy all the time.'
Sabine too smiles and then makes him lie down on the bed at one end of the bunker.
After this, Cathleen comes in to check up on Krishna and chats with him about training and how his mother is doing.
Hanako has been either watching Krishna train, training herself, or going through brochures of various dungeon academies.
There were hundreds to thousand of them in each major country but the best one had opened up in well guess what USA but to get into that one, just compare it to Harvard or Hogwarts.
So now Hanako was getting forms and other paperwork and working in the city council for a fee she had a busy life and she was at master mage level which Krishna had told her to keep under wraps because if she told anyone most probably Vikram himself is gonna report it to the higher-ups in the government and that will start a chain reaction of her either being recruited in the military or fighting them because she is too strong to just stay unsupervised.
Krishna did not want to burn down his own country not after his uncle kept them safe from whoever was after their life. Who Hanako refuses to reveal to Krishna saying that it was not his revenge to take, it was her so when she was strong enough she would do what is necessary.
Now about these dungeon academies, these were coming out a dime a dozen. These academies were created just a month after the Quests from gods came so each big Academies practically belongs to a faction. The USA academy on the other hand was a commemorative effort from the God's of various pantheons and mythologies to basically give humans a boost since while every supernatural race needs humans in one way or another the Gods depend on them for the boost to their ego and the passing time of watching them messing with them from time to time and yeah the worship too. Of course not every god plays jokes on them, some are generous but in the end the humans are just silly humans going about their day.
Well after these 36 hours, Krishna went back to the inner world and without a fuss began training. Rory tried to ask him if something was wrong but he seemed a little serious.... too serious, he did not talk he did not try to go out to eat or spend time just talking with Cathleen, Rory or Sabine.
after a few days of this Cathleen dragged him out of the bunker and to Hanako's room and left him there. 5 mins later Hanako came and saw a grim-looking Krishna.
"What happened Krishna"
Krishna looks at her and a tear simply rolls down his left cheek.
"at first I was able to block the fear that was hounding me for years, each day there were assassins after you and me ... but I thought if I grew strong enough I could just end that case and we would live a happy fulfilling life..... then came grandma, an absolute force of nature but she has enemies so powerful that even fighting them seems impossible... then there is Cathleen and Sabine, I literally took them away from their world without their permission ..... was it right..wrong who knows I can't ... I don't know at first I was simply a child who thought if he trained long enough he could do it, he could keep all his family safe. Then came the progenitor bloodline..... should I have accepted it?? no that was not worth it in any case I saw their memories.... no matter how they tried they were always hunted by any other race due to one reason or another... but I also saw that no matter how long they trained 10 20 50 or even 100 years nothing really changed they were always hunted down before they became too strong either by betrayal or by their own hubris..... What do I do mother... I wished to be strong to not have any worries like this but now that I am strong even stronger opponents keep popping up. I know I am simply a 9-year-old boy but look at me. I said I wanted to be the head of the family and now that I am... cracking I am cracking under pressure and the pressure is not even urgent yet....And I have looked at Sabine how she looks up at the sky with sadness and melancholy in her eyes. Cathleen..... every little child seems to remind her of her little sister and she becomes sad.... I am wrong to bring them here,....at the end of all this training what if I am not strong enough what if I am not.....able to protect you all. This all is not a game nor a friendly competition what I am doing by not selecting a system is practically taking the side of humans who are the weakest."
"Isn't that what you wanted"
Hanako kneels down and holds Krishna's head in her hand facing her.
"Child you took all these responsibilities onto your shoulders yourself. No one wanted you to do these things so early in life that was your own determination and that is what is common between us, this unrelenting need to protect our own to never see them get hurt to always protect them..... How do you think I felt when you started training when you should be carefree and happy..... I felt sad yet I felt happy that my child cares this much about me..... I thought you would be alone but you had system and Grandma then Cathleen and Sabine came along..... We all became a little family, the Godkill family. So why did you start doubting yourself hmmmm. Well I know you don't doubt your self but the fear was always there.... I was afraid too that you would just leave me because I am not strong enough to come with you on your journey but it seems my little boy will need his mama for a long time fufufu.
"Krishna you don't have to prove anything neither you have to worry too much the gods don't know about your Grandma.... why do you think she has not come out yet .....Believe me, you are gonna get beat up pretty hard when you go back but that's for later. Now you have people to apologize to right... you cannot worry about everything Krishna you said it your self you like strong independent women who are well obsessive about their goals and the people they love. Those kinds of women will never give you extra things to worry about and you have no right to poke your nose there all you can do is ask.... if they ask for help then help if they just tell you about it then listen to the tone..... there is much for you to learn about women..... let's add this to your training schedule ok"
"ok"
"Now Cathleen, Sabine I think you might 'talk' with him right ... please do it outside and remember he also has to 'talk' to Grandma too."
Sabine appeared next to Krishna
"thank you miss Hanako we will have a little 'Talk' with this cheeky one here and then send him to Miss Rory"
"Ummm can we just talk here"
"nooooooo we gotta go outside for our talk..."
".....ok"
they went back to the bunker and as soon as Krishna entered Cathleen appeared and punched his face.
"Who do you think you are to worry about us and then get depressed about it all by yourself!"
She keeps punching him around the bunker while throwing accusation
"Why not just tell us if you are so worried, of course, we miss our previous families ..... they were our families Krishna that does not mean we blame you for it!!!!"
"If you have such a problem just by keeping us here why don't you just send us bac-"
"CATHLEEN!!"
Krishna's eyes turn sharp and he screams so loud that the bunker shakes a little.... Cathleen and Sabine bother are stunned since He was like a dead body being thrashed around just a second ago.
"I know I was wrong but that does not mean I had problems with you both.... you both are my family ... I don't have much family here.... you both have become as precious to me as my mother and now that I have drunk that potion my mind seems to be in overdrive all the time ..... all emotions feel as if in turmoil or overflowing. this made my fears grow up too much..... I am sorry. I simply did not wish to see you both sad so please don't say anything like sending you back..... I can't lose you both now."
Krishna falls to his knees with his head down and hands on his knees
"Any punishment is fine but just don't say stuff like that please."
Sabine and Cathleen walks up to Krishna and pulls him into a hug
Cathleen smiles a little and says
"seems like Our family head became a little emotional huh"
Sabine chimes in as well
"Don't carry everything alone..... never works and always hurts people close to you..... we will get stronger, so strong that you can simply go ahead and do what you want ... we will be right behind you doing damage control right Cathleen fufufufu."
'Grandson you need to rely more on other.... I had hoped some of your worries come out after the mind increases the release of hormones that are already being released but I did not know that you had this much pent-up.'
'Well you go have a nice evening with these two beautiful ladies and once you are strong enough maybe I might go with you too fufu'
"ammmmmm"
"Oh please even if you always kept a respectable distance and never said anything we know what you think of us..... we practically live in your head, and a few unconscious thoughts leak from time to time"
Cathleen says laughing a little.
"I don't have any problems with dating you but you gotta woo me as for these grumpy pants this might be a little too much for her but she seemed to blush when she heard your thoughts hehe"
"Cathleen!!"
Sabine disappears into Krishna's inner world and Cathleen and Krishna laugh together.