Its been one week already after awakening ceremony nothing much has happened in settlement except for one or two things second being constant searching for magic ord, no-one was able to find magic ord, thief must be really good at his/her work.
Everyone thought that magic ord was stolen but no-one knows the real truth is magic ord wasn't stolen but got destroyed in miniscule level that it didn't even sent ripple in reality.
At first surging darkness engulf magic ord from core just as it was about to explode like delicate light blue silk suddenly start to emerge from empty space start to make cocoon around the magic ord as slowly this cocoon start to sink its size this silk like threads are actually cutting of darkness and not letting it escape from its cocoon like barrier then it become peanut size cocoon then later on it just complete disappeared.
Magic ord Case is completely without any sight of damage or anything. That's why everyone thought someone steal magic ord not that it might have been destroyed.
If magic ord was in open space right Infront of everyone eyes they might have known what just happened and they could even guess the culprit behind this ice blue silk thread.
After all Claude was the last person who got awaken and had this thread like ice element before it disappeared during his ceremony becoming 6th rank awakener.
During this one other awakened children has started their magic and aura training, while Claude is lying in his bed in deep sleep.
Claude has been sleeping like this for one week after he returns from his work he fall asleep in coma like state, all day he was feeling really heavy and cold inside after awakening he thought it was due to just being his ice element power he just awaken but as time went by his body was feeling more heavy and tight.
Like someone binding his body and more importantly his soul with thin steel wire, this wire are penetrating his heart and soul. It hurts so much but you can't even scream or cry feeling of getting your flesh cut is unbearable and then suddenly drowning in water that came out of nowhere and then water suddenly start freezing you can feel every part of your body freezing along with it.
That's what Claude felt deep inside himself while being in coma and outside everyone trying to figure out what happened to him, is it new disease as no-one has ever seen symptoms like this.
Patient symptoms were high fever, continuous sweating from all pores and skin becoming soft as new born child because of that any slight sharp things can cut you up and healing any wounds on his body close to impossible, all three healer of settlement tried their best to heal but they all failed.
Village chief daughter is 3rd rank awakened despite that she couldn't heal him or pin point what's wrong with him cause this was first time they saw or heard about something like this in all this years.
But healer didn't much stay with him to look at his whether his condition is was improving or worsening, after failing to heal him for first few days.
They just told grandma Mary to look after him and gave her herbs that might help him, after that it was grandma marry who was taking care of him besides her no-one came to see Claude or try to know about his condition.
Blizzard has Intensified over the past few days situation is really grave but most people don't know about it even though they also felt change in their surroundings.
Magic formation is loosing it's power as magic crystal is running out of power rapidly barrier can't blizzard for more than month.
One of the thing happened in week was Elder Zag, Elder Frank, Daniel, two healer and few strong warriors and mages has left the settlement with one time teleportation scroll.
No-one knew they had teleportation scroll and where they're going only thing they can guess was from letter elder Zag left with few words in it.
(We are trying to find safe place for everyone and we will bring back help.)
People are divided into two groups first one truly believes that elder Zag we come back with help and other groups who believes they run away.
Majority of people still believe they will come back as their family are still here in settlement and only people without family were those two healers.
Because of that thinga heat up quickly and no-one tried to check on Claude.
Even though Claude has high fever his room is really cold almost freezing, ice had already formed in his room. Grandma Marry when she got time she removed this ice without anyone knowing cause if someone else saw this things might become difficult for Claude cause no child has ever shown this kind of symptoms after awakening.
The children who awakened along Claude has started their training, while Claude is still in coma.
Claude hut is made in front of cave entrance, hiding it from public view.
No-one knows about cave other than people who were present at that day and grandma marry, even elders don't know about cave.
Claude told grandma Mary about cave month ago cause he only trust her here and village chief doesn't know that grandma Mary knows about cave too.
She saw that lotus flower too but she never talked about it and also told Claude to not to tell anyone.
She took care of him everyday clean his room, wash his body everyday at first she used to sleep at his room but later on his room temperature started drop at frightening rate one night she was sleeping and suddenly saw her ice was spreading out in entire room slowly from Claude body but just before the ice came into contact with her it retract back to his body.
The sight was so bizzare, uncanny and frightening but she didn't tell anyone about it
The ice that formed around Claude body and his room grandma Mary would break them using pickaxe or any sharp objects and then move them inside cave from his secret backdoor.
If anyone saw his hut they will think its just normal one and has complete wall in back not any secret door.
After week Claude finally open his eyes for first time, Claude look around his room and saw Its completely neat and clean.
"What I saw felt saw real."
"How long I passed out for?"
Claude move his hands and look at his palm and sit on his bed.
"It doesn't hurt as much as I thought it would, my body is completely fine just little bit pain in back and joints."
"Only problem is my body stinks with this nasty odour."
"I have to take bath first."
Under everyone weird gaze Claude go to slowly and bit limp because of his stiff leg walked to the public bathroom made for everyone. Only village chief and elders have their own personal bathroom and washroom other people use public bathroom and toilet.
"Man, I hate everyone looking at me but this odor is making everyone turned their heads towards me with that look."
While cleaning himself he saw there's this black like substance stick to his skin this substance was the root of this nasty odour, even touching them feel different and disgusting.
After taking bath Claude was going back to his place that's when he saw group of children playing in distance but just as he appeared.
Grownup hide all the kids just as the saw him, "That was weird."
"Well, sure isolate me from other and don't like to interact with me but they never done this before."
"Well, I guess there's always first time for everything."
Claude has bit difficulties while walking due his stiff leg, he did try few movements exercise that might help but there's something wrong with leg muscles before this, if his leg muscles gets stiff after movement exercise and little bit time.
It returns to normal but same isn't the case anymore as just as was about walk again.
He saw herbalist of settlement, she wore bit old brown robe, she had few wrinkles on her face sign of aging and white and brown hair. White skin and green eyes.
When she saw she gave awkward smile and said, "Hey, Claude how you feeling."
"I'm good just little bit of joint pain and muscles are bit stiff." Claude walked towards her while talking to her both of them work together before by collecting herbs outside but it only for two times after that they never given him any other tasks of collecting herbs.
Herbalist got nervous seeing him get near to her, she raised her hand in stop sign, "You shouldn't be roaming around here like this with your disease."
"Stop right there don't come any closer than this Claude."