Arrived at their home the medical experts including the priests is checking Ethan condition.
"The curse seem to becoming more aggressive because of the stimulation caused by the Hero's attack" One of the medic said.
"Tch, there's nothing we low level priest could do to help Ethan other than prolonged his life which only can cause more suffering for him" One of the priest said.
Ethan still conscious during everything as he have one of the highest mental fortitude among the villagers so that's why he can still live pretty normal even when the curse is causing him pain.
"N-No, please just do it priest, I still want to live and fight even for just another day plus I still have to keep my promise to the Hero…" He said as he struggled to sit while staring at the door which is the place where Razor standing at.
The priests just do what Ethan want and restore his vitality.
"I hope that you could live a long life, Ethan" They said before leaving the room.
…
"Ah, the Hero was here too?" One of them said.
"Don't mind me, I'm just curious about what happened" He said.
"We don't really know full detail of it but from what we've seen for the past few months, the chieftain son sickness that have been caused by a curse seem to be getting worse" One of them answered Razor curiosity.
"Yeah, his vitality is getting worse overtime, may goddess Orsius bless him" One of the priest said.
"Is that so? Thank you for answering my question" He said.
"Ah, its not a big problem, O' Sir Hero" They said as they left Razor who just standing near the walls.
Suddenly he heard something from the room.
'Let's eavesdropped them for a moment' He said as he leaned against the wall.
…
"Hey guys" Ethan said with a smile to his family who are worried sick about his condition.
"Hah, can you just take care of yourself and not get us worried?" The chieftain said.
"Come on dad, you know me!" He said.
The little girl pouting. "Hmph! I've told you to not push yourself too hard! Stupid brother!" She said with a tears on her eyes then hug Ethan, she was his sister.
Patting her head. "There, there, look at me, I'm still alive aren't I? So don't act like I'm already six feet under" He said with a slight chuckle.
All of them laughing happily together.
*Kroak*
Razor entered the room. "Did I interrupted the family time?" He said.
"Ah, don't worry about it Hero" Ethan said.
"What is this curse everyone talking about, can anybody tell me about it?" He asked the family.
Ethan's family goes silent as they glanced at Ethan and he just nodded in agreement.
"If Sir Hero, want to then, its a long story about when Ethan still a litte boy" Chieftain wife, Laura said.
— Flashback Start
When Ethan still a young boy he was already love fighting.
Not only was he a genius in magic, he is not weak in close combat.
He was the village prodigy who have many time won a tournament and gather a few artifact.
He have many achievements related to battle, he have defeated a rampaging magical beast, self-taught magic, learned many magical spells at a very young age.
One day, the village was attacked again not by creatures like usual but by a Master Dark Magician who specialised in curses.
Because of Ethan's obsession with fighting he challenged the Master Dark Magician to a fight but even though he do this for his own satisfaction in his heart he want to protect his village too, so its a win-win situation.
Ethan at that time only mastered three elemental magic of Ice, Wind and Nature, if he only have that skill set he was completely outmatched by his opponent but thanks to his unique skills he managed to keep up with the Master Dark Magician.
But it was still not enough, Ethan was defeated after a long battle with a single strike from his opponent.
The Master Dark Magician was furious as he struggled to defeat something that's weaker than him so to ease his anger he curse Ethan with a high level curse.
[Curse Spell [Short Lifespan: Rank 9] has been cast to the target]
"Enjoy your remaining life, you annoying pest" The Dark Magician said as he left the village.
After they found out about the curse, the chieftain have tried to hire all priests and medical experts he know to cure him but nothing seem to work.
As all of his family fall into despair Ethan just tried to keep positive.
He convinced his family to not worry too much about him as he continued to live the same as before just with less care and he start to enjoy living to the fullest.
— Flashback End
[So he get this curse because the so called Master Dark Magician is so petty to a child? Wow]
'Yeah, by the way system, do we have anything to help this kid?' He asked.
[Searching for healing methods available…]
[Found it, why don't you give Ethan the milk you've gathered beforehand?]
'Milk? Milk… milk… milk…' He thought as he seem to forget about what does the system mean.
[Host… did ypu seriously forgot that milk in minecraft can erase all status effect?]
'Ah, that's true…' He thought.
[You really need to take everything seriously from now on, you can't just rely on me as your system]
'What the point of having a system if it can't help me? Just tell me if you're that useless' He thought as he pull out a bottle of milk.
[Tch, I prefer to have a host that is constantly wary of my origin instead of this deadweight…]
Razor didn't really paid attention to system as he make his way near Ethan.
"Drink this" He said as he give Ethan the bottle of milk.
Ethan was confused. "Uh sir Hero? What do you mean? Why are you giving me a milk?" He asked.
Razor sighed. "Don't worry, this milk can erase your curse" He said.
All of their faces filled with disbelief as what milk can erase a rank 9 curse? But what happened after shocked them.
"Alright then, just a glass of milk won't hurt" He said as he drank the milk.
Razor then remembered something. "Hey Ethan, you're not lactose intolerant are you?" He asked.
Ethan finished the milk. "What's lactose intolerant?" He asked back.
[Curse: Short Lifespan: Rank 9]
[Curse Spell [Short Lifespan: Rank 9] has been neutralised]
[Curse: None]
A bright light emanates from Ethan's body as he is cured from the curse.
"I-It works?" He was surprised.
His family start to hug him as they're happy for his recovery.
Razor decided not to be an asshole and interrupt a family moment and just sit at the nearby chair then wait until they stop.
After a long time his family member finally stop.
"Are you guys done?" He asked.
"Ah, sir Hero, did you come here before just so I can give you the rewards?" He said.
"Pretty much" He said.
He get off the bed as his family helped him due to his physical condition is still pretty bad because of the curse effect.
"Let's go to my room then" He said.
They led Razor to a room with huge door or should we called it gate just because of its size?
"This is my room let's enter" Ethan said as the guards opened the gate.
'Damn' He thought.
Ethan saw that the 'Hero' expression look like it have many question decide to answer. "Hero, are you curious why did my room need to be this big? Well, its because my room is the storage room too" He said casually.
"Hah?" He confused.
"Before I was born this room was specifically a storage room but now this room is also my room" He explained.
He nodded as he now understand.
[Host, please, don't let your intrusive thought get the best of yourself]
*Gulped*
'I'll try' He thought.
…
After they entered the interior was very big and his room was filled with many bookshelves and training dummies with some closed room made for a special kind of training.
Ethan entered alone with Razor as his family is not allowed to enter because Ethan want to talk personally with the 'Hero'.
"Hero, let's go and take your artifact" He said as they walked towards a room with a plain blue door with no window.
It was unsettling to just be near it.
He was sweating as a grin started to form on his face. "This is the room I put my artifact at which is guarded by something in the dark, if my memories don't fuck me up then there's around 10 artifact that I've collected" He said casually as he about to open the door.
The longer Razor stand before the door, the anxiety he feel is getting stronger as he relize that he's still weak against something that's lurking on the other side.
[The creatures that reside in there is not something that host can handle, its recommended to retreat]
For the first time in his new life Razor felt something that he almost forget.
It was Fear.