I slowly opened my eyes, my head throbbing and my body aching as if it was hit by a truck. I found myself lying on a comfortable bed in a well-lit, luxurious room. A warm hand was holding my cheek. I turned to my left and saw a beatiful, young-looking woman whose charming look was now ruined by the enormous sadness that could be seen in her eyes. Her expression was full of concern and and I could notice a fresh tear stains on her face.
"Kayn, are you awake? The luck hasn't abandoned us, we thought you would never wake up. I shouldn't have insisted on moving out of the mansion so quickly, without proper preparations. We could have predicted that Yatell family would do something like this. Forgive me, for not being able to protect you." The handsome man, with long, black hair and golden eyes said to me, his voice filled with regret.
Inside my head there were hundreds of thoughts. Why does it seem that they care so much about me and are they truly worried? Im supposed to be dead, is this an illusion that I'm going through now, even after dying? I'm sure I have never seen them before, so why would they cry over me if I'm just a stranger to them. Also, shouldn't I be dead? The feeling of swords piercing my body and heart is still vivid in my memory, however right am I not still feeling the pain... Lastly, they have mentioned Yatell family. I made sure that there is no one alive from their family.
When I was thinking about everything my thoughts were suddenly stopped by the entrance of someone who resembled a doctor. I suddenly stopped feeling the warm on my face, when woman next to me stopped holding my cheek and turned towards the man who just entered.
"Doctor, is everything alright with him? He is so pale and tired. Thanks to her grace, the Goddess Aonia that he woke up. Could you check his condition?" She quickly hurried the doctor to come to my bed.
"It's normal that he is so pale, he is only sixteen yet, he experienced such a bloodloss. About his current condition... As you can see we have healed most of his wounds and bandaged his back which was stabbed by one of the assasins. Luckily it missed his heart by inches, otherwise even the Saintess Alana wouldn't save him. The healing spells were casted by four stars healer, so we don't need to worry about his health, he is no longer in critical condition and his body will soon be alright. The real problem is the trauma that he might go trough. He was nearly assasinated and now he more than ever needs your support. Don't worry though, I will try to ease his mind." After answering questions of the lady he approached me andtouched my head with his hand that started emitting some golden light. I felt relaxed, just as all my worries were no longer important. His hand emanated such a warmness that I felt asleep.
Some time later I woke up again. The doctor was no longer here, I also couldn't see the man who was previously standing next to my bed. It looks like only this beatiful woman stayed with me. Now that I could finally take a proper look at her, she looked even more beatiful. The sun rays that were falling on her through the window were enchanting her look even further and made her look like an angel. I was mesmerised by this scene and I wished it would last forever, since it was the first time I felt so calm. I tried to sit on my bed, but she quickly stopped me.
"Kayn, my son! You shouldn't move your body yet, please rest a little, I am not leaving anywhere." She said and then pushed me back, so I would lie on the bed.
"What do you mean that I am your son and Yatel family is alive? What were you talking about earlier?" I was confused by her words and was confused me even more was her reaction to my question.
"My dear, I wont forgive them... They hurt you so much. Now it seems that you even lost your memories. What will we do now, that you don't remember anything... Wait here a bit, I will call your father." She looked at me with a distress and quickly left her room. She then came back with a man who she called my father.
"Son, do you really not remember anything? I swear, they will never be able to hurt you again. Im going to get rid of all the Yatells, those pieces of trash. They attacked just after we discovered and announced your talent to magic." He said to me and just like my "mother", I could feel that he was feeling pain, sadness and worry about me.
While they were saying all that, I was looking into their eyes and I couldn't see any sign of lying, which surprised me. It seems like they genuinely believe to be my parents. They would need to be professional killers to fool me, and looking at them my instict tells me that it is not the case. Then I started thinking, about my situation, betrayal, Yatell family, and lastly what should I do now that it seems I survived. Finally, I came to conclusion to act like their son for now and gather more information. With my new resolution, I clenched my fist and looked at it. What schocked me was that my hand looked like it belonged to a kid, it defnitely wasnt a hand of an assasin that spent his life training and murdering his targets. Earlier, when I talked with "mother", I actually heard my own voice, which seemed to be a little too high, unlike my previous deep and cold voice, but I blamed it to my wounds and loss of blood. Now I finally believed the words I said earlier from the doctor that I'm sixteen, which now leaves three matters - what do I look like now, where I am and who are those people.
"Could you bring me a mirror... mom?" I surprised her by calling her that, she was probably worried about my loss of memories, but this probably brought her a relief and I could see her smiling now.
I looked into the mirror and nearly dropped it when instead of my scarred face I saw a handsome, young boy. Just as the person who called himself my father, I had golden eyes. My hair though, was similar to hers. I could see my resemblance to her, it was the same blonde color as hers, that in sun looked like a pure gold. The more I looked at myself the more I admired my appearance. With my handsome face, golden eyes and hair nobody would be able to resist my charm. I also started believing that maybe the body I'm in is indeed their son's. But it raised a question in my mind - now I understood, that I really died back there, betrayed by those whom I trusted most, but how can I now be in somebody's body, sourrounded by people who look extremely wealthy and be their son. Also, I didn't forget the moment when doctor approached me and started curing me in some weird manner, it kind of resembled magic, but it is something that exists only in movies and books. However Suddenly, I felt unbearable pain in my head and lost my consciousness.