A short while later, the young boy calmed down. Then, he breathed out a sigh of relief. With a contemplative look, he considered the bright side of things and realized that since the golden stone book had crumbled on its own, he didn't have to worry about explaining its origin to anyone, and he could put the entire matter aside.
With that conclusion, he decided to rest his exhausted body. He could feel that the sudden release of tension accumulated in his body through his ordeal had elicited a reaction in him, causing his body to become sour. At the same time, he became susceptible to an excruciatingly painful experience of torn ligaments.
Fortunately, his torn ligaments had always healed faster compared to his flesh or skin wounds. Therefore, as long as he could endure and brace through the night, they would be healed the following day.
As the young boy gritted his teeth from the sharp pain that assaulted his entire body and joints, a cluster of tiny white lights gathered. They seemed to have come from the dust of the broken golden stone book and coalesced in a spherical ball before suddenly shooting into his glabella before he could react to their presence. Or rather, he couldn't react in his weakened state even if he wanted to.
"What was that just...?"
Before the young boy could finish his sentence, he suddenly felt drowsy, as if he was hit by a blunt object in the back of his head. A moment later, he lost consciousness and fell limply onto his bed.
When the young boy woke up and opened his eyes to observe his surroundings, he found himself in a strange space with many lights shining on him from various angles. These shining lights looked like the night starry sky observed up close, as it was full of copious glittering stars shining brightly, causing him to wince from the intensity.
However, one look and the young boy could tell that the sight before him wasn't actually the night starry sky. After all, there was no way he could find himself in the actual night sky. With that realization, he immediately made a sound conjecture that he was most likely dreaming of this current scene. Specifically, he was in a dreamscape constructed by his mind.
While he was lost in thought regarding what the dreamscape could mean to him or what triggered it, he suddenly saw that the glittering stars dimmed, then converged and shone brilliantly. The following moment, the converged stars formed a gray ancient-looking book. The ancient book opened by itself, and one of the pages flew out and formed a golden page that hovered in the void of space.
The hovering golden page, which looked like an ancient scroll because of its rough appearance, had glittering stars at the edges. Its appearance could only be described as a starry-framed golden page, and it had some written words on it.
Not only that, but the remaining pages of the book seemed to be dimmed and grayed out, making them illegible. Therefore, despite there being words on them, it was hard to tell what was written on them.
Observing the starry-framed golden page that silently appeared before his eyes, the young boy noticed that the words written on it were in the common language, and that he could read them without any problem. Although he was an orphan, due to the inactivity brought about by his weak and languished body, he made a habit of reading books to pass the time. As a result, he was more literate compared to most of the kids in the orphanage.
Bringing his attention back to the situation in front of him, he focused and concentrated his eyes on the starry-framed golden page that had somehow appeared in front of him when he willed it and read the information that was written on it.
The young boy was unusually curious about its contents. Strangely, rather than being startled by the unusual change in the dreamscape— the world created in his mind— he was more curious to know what the starry-framed golden page's existence entailed.
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General Condition: Haemophilia, Accelerated Aging Disorder, and other forms of life-threatening malignancies.
Effects of the Above Conditions on your Body: An extremely languished constitution, resulting in a weak physique, fragile skin, dead skin and muscles, low cell regeneration rate, abnormal bone structure formation, and many other ailments that halt and deteriorate the growth of your body.
Doom Cursed State: You have been afflicted with a [Fate Overturning Curse] known as [Inevitable Doom] since birth. This curse is extremely potent and couldn't be rid of from your body by normal means without destroying your origin— your soul. Even your bearer was affected by the nature of this fatal fate-corroding curse and succumbed to death after your conception.
Effects of Doom Curse on your Body: To restrict your body's growth, which would cause your death at some point in your lifetime. Unfortunately, you will face your doom before completely maturing.
Possible Remedy to Doom Curse: To rid of the curse on your body, you would have to undergo your awakening and unlock your body's potential, but it all depends on your will to change your fate afterward. Prove your unwavering will in the face of endless crises, only then would you naturally escape the bounds of this curse without losing your life.
Overall Analysis of your Condition: You will die within a month if you do not find a solution to escape your cursed state. To be able to survive for this long shows that you have strong principles of fate to resist your current cursed state. Your current condition is extremely chaotic and dangerous. You could die anytime depending on the circumstance. It was a miracle for you to survive for this long without any serious life-threatening incidents.
Notice: You are highly recommended to awaken and receive enlightenment to your power as soon as possible to escape your ill-fated condition.
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The young boy read all the words written on the starry-framed golden page and couldn't help but widen his eyes with a frozen expression, unsure how to interpret the meaning behind those words.
As he was dazed and doubting the words written on the starry-framed golden page, a distant, familiar voice echoed in his ears. The voice sounded close yet far away. At the same time, the voice sounded frantic, as if the owner of the voice was worried about something.
The young boy snapped out of his daze when he heard this familiar voice. He concentrated on hearing the voice to discern where it was coming from, and before he could react, his consciousness became hazy as he was instantly overcome by an unstoppable dizziness.