Chapter 6
The Farewell And The Gifts
"Chronas! What happened?!" I asked worriedly as I closed our small distance. I held her head using my arms so she could look at my face easily.
"M-Monster..." she smiled at me weakly and vomited a lot of blood.
"C-Chronas!" I uttered as my heart kept pounding rapidly. I am deadly worried about her, but this damn woman does not want to speak about what just happened to her and why she is like this in a snap!
"Chronas, speak to me! What happened to you?! Why are you like this? Who did this?!" I nagged her again while also asking the system in my head what is the reason why Chronas is like this.
'System, check Chronas well being, please! Make haste!'
[Alert! Executing. Analyzing the body of Lady Chronas. Please wait. Kai!]
'Make it faster, system!'
"Chronas, damn you! Speak to me! Tell me what's happening!" I didn't stop myself from shouting because Chronas just kept smiling at me and stared at me with longing in her eyes.
"M-Monster..." She called me by my alias again using her weak voice. She also tries to touch my face with her right hand who already has blood on it that comes from the blood that she vomited earlier.
And even so, I want to pester her more and avoid my face so she doesn't touch me so I could ask what's happening and why she became like this. My body won't move even if I tell it.
My face let the hands of Chronas touch him, and when it happened, for the first time in this life- I cried. And the defining silence of the ruins in this safe zone died down as my loud cries enveloped all over the corner.
"M-Monster… s-stop crying, I'm ok-" Chronas didn't even finish filling me up with her lies as she vomited another blood.
My cries grew as I saw her half face and upper body covered in her own blood.
"C-Chronas, hang in there, ok?! I will save you just like the last time! Just wait!" The unyielding calmness in me that my monster body has didn't handle my overwhelming emotion towards to my first friend.
Chronas just stared at me blankly while a satisfied face plastered. I disregard it as I keep my focus on the system.
'System, are you already done analyzing Chronas?!'
[Alert! Yes. Analyzing completed. And after thoroughly checking, the system confirmed that Lady Chronas is being poisoned by a forbidden-poison magic. Kai!]
As I heard that information in my head, my body became numb and instantly froze.
I look at Chronas weak face slowly as tears from my eyes start running down again in my cheeks.
"Y-You are being poisoned?!" The bitterness and agony in my tone didn't hide as I threw that question from her.
She nodded at me slowly and grew her smile to her lips. Like- she also knew it already for a long time but she chose to hide it to me.
I cried louder than ever as I received the answer to my open-ended question. And when I realized why all of her actions in the past few days that we were together seemed weird: From short sparring matches to those unknown calls for breaks…
"Why did you not tell me?!" My voice cracked as I delivered my pain through blaming, "W-Why did you not open up this to me?! Why did you not ask for my help! Do you think I can not help you because you still find me weak?!" I glare at her even though I vividly see her face because of my tears. Nevertheless, I still saw her nagging her head before opening up her mouth.
"N-No, I just don't want you to be worried just like this..."
"Bullshit!" I cursed out loud in her face without any hesitation as I see her reason not valid. Because, "How can I not be worried about you, when you're the first person ever who treats me as a real friend?! Huh?! How could I not be worried when you are also the first being I call my family?! Damn you Chronas! Don't even try to make some excuses because it will not work out!" I continued yelling at her so she could realize how stupid she is when she decided to not let me know this as soon as possible.
Chronas didn't reply to me though, instead, she continued staring at my face happily.
I didn't pay attention to it. Instead, "System, can you please check if we can do something about Chronas, state? Please make it fast!" I really blurted out my command to the system. Disregarding the fact that Chronas is looking at me intently.
'I don't give a crap if she thinks I am crazy. As of now, my priority is to save her damn ass out of this!'
[Alert! Please wait. Checking is still performing. Kai!]
"S-So you have that s-skill... huh..." Chronas uttered out of nowhere. I look down at her, "C-Chronas, don't speak. Maximize your energy until I can find a way to save you!"
She followed my command for the first time and stayed silent while still watching me.
[Alert! Checking complete. The system cannot find any ability or item of the host that can save the Lady Chronas. Kai!]
"What?!" My rage grew instantly, "That can't be a system! Try again to check it! There is no way I don't have any solution for this!"
[Alert! Performing the host command. Re-checking all the data from the host. Please wait a moment. Kai!]
[Alert! Re-checking completed. The system can not still find any item or ability that can cure the forbidden-poison that is casted on Lady Chronas. Kai!]
Fuck!
"H-How about the whisteria plant that I have in my body?! Can't we use that to Chronas, system?!"
[Alert! Analyzing the probability of success. Please wait. Kai!]
"M-Monster, don't-" My mind went back to reality as Chronas vomited again a pack of blood.
"Fuck System, please make haste! We have no time!" I growl in frustration. Overpowered by my own mixed feelings.
[Alert! Analyzing the probability completed. The success of whisteria plant to fight against the forbidden-poison spell to Lady Chronas is not possible due to the poison already reaching the magi-core of Lady Chronas. Kai!]
When that information filled me up, my mind went blank and I noticed myself staring in the air because of how helpless I am right now.
I just went back to reality, when I feel Chronas hand touch my face and redirect my face for me to look down at her.
"M-Monster, it is ok, hmm? It is ok... please don't blame yourself for me..." with that warmth and comforting words from Chronas, my eyes that stopped my crying earlier, continued to run because of frustration, anger, and extreme pain.
"A-Also… t-the reason why I didn't tell you this is because… I already k-know the moment that this poison-spell casted on me that there is no cure for this... so I just dedicate my remaining time to spend it on you, s-so you can make it and s-see the beauty of this world, Monster..." With her continuation, my cry became heavy as was the way I breathe.
I held her hand tight on my cheeks, "C-Chronas, p-please don't leave me... I still n-need you... please, tell me there is another way to save you, I will do it, please... j-just don't leave me," I cried out to her.
And there, I saw the unstoppable monster I ever know cry for the first time as she looked at me awfully.
"S-Shh... it is ok, Monster. I will not leave you, t-totally... I will just g-go to another place, but I will still keep my watch on you. D-Don't make this hard for both of us… please…" Her voice started to crack too.
I move my head in disapproval, "N-No... stay here with me... I want to see the outside world together with y-you... please don't leave me alone..."
"S-Shh... stop crying already, young one. S-Soon... when you leave this dungeon, you will meet a lot of friends that you can call your greatest ally and family. J-Just like how you… meet me. And together… I know, you will change this world and make me proud."
"B-But-"
"Y-You also said back then that you are still nameless, right?" She changed the topic when I was just gonna butt in.
I didn't reply to her and just looked at her with confusion. She smiled at me weakly. Before...
"Let me give you a name, Monster."
To Be Continued...
Part 1/2
The Author while writing this chapter: ~T^T~