Time: [ 04:45 AM]
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Sitting crossed legged on the bed was Zyran whose eyes were closed, while his expression was both peaceful and tranquil. His midnight black hair that seemed to absorb all the light around it was gently moving around, as if being blown by an invisible wind. His exposed chest rose and fell rhythmically, creating a hypnotizing sight. And with each breath, steam would come out of his nostrils, as if he were a slumbering dragon.
Invisible from the human eye, was a dark blue aura that encased Zyran's whole being. The aura would pulsate from time to time as if mimicking a heart beat, Zyran's heart beat. As the seconds passed, the Aura could be seen slowly beginning to recede, slowly diminishing and fading away, only to come back seconds later, encasing Zyran once more. This process has been repeating itself for the past few hours and it doesn't seem to be ending and as frustrating as it appears, Zyran still remained calm and peaceful, as if unaffected by this small hindrance.
Beads of sweat could be seen gathering on his forehead before gently flowing down his face, pass his chiseled jawline, all the way to his chin before falling down to his refined chest and seemingly evaporating.
Just then, Zyran's eyebrows furrowed while his expression morphed into that of pain. The aura encasing him started pulsating erratically, slowly growing bigger and bigger. Just when things seemed to be heading for the worst, it all stopped. The aura stopped moving and growing.
As Zyran's expression relaxed, the blue aura, that had grown big enough to cover the bed, slowly began to recede back into him, going back inside his body. The aura slowly grew smaller and dimmer, until it all disappeared inside of Zyran. Seconds began to pass but the Aura did not come out again. That was when his eyes opened after being closed for hours. They shone in a blue hue for a few seconds, before the light dimmed down, revealing his mirror blue eyes that have a unique purple tint.
"It's done" he tiredly whispered to himself. He appeared both tired and lethargic, as if he had just ran a really long marathon. Whilst he also felt drained, like all his energy has been sapped out of him, leaving him with nothing. His entire body ached badly. But even then, he could feel it, the power inside of him that was begging to be released, like an active volcano ready to burst at any moment. For a moment, he was tempted to let it all out, only to later suppress that desire. 'I cannot and will not let this power go to my head, I refuse to make that mistake'. He thought to himself.
Groggily, he raised his arm and stared at it for seconds but no essence leaked out. That was when a smile of achievement finally appeared on his face.
[Well done, Zyran]
Zyran who was now over the moon for finally stopping the leaking essence, completely failed to register Telos's words, something Telos himself noticed but didn't mind.
Even though he currently felt tired and weak, Zyran still got off the bed and walked towards the full body mirror on the wall and stood Infront of it, checking for any trace of leaking essence.
[There is no need to worry, all the Psychi essence has been successfully sealed back inside of you. Which is truly astonishing, I didn't think you could achieve it within a few hours. You truly are a rare find]
"Honestly" Zyran spoke while looking at his reflection, his expression was that of confusion. "I somehow feel tired and weak but at the same time, I feel like I could climb the tallest mountain in Terra 5 times over without getting tired. Why are my feeling this way?". It is a confusing feeling. At one time you feel so tired to the point that you could pass out from exhaustion but then a moment later you start feeling like you could lift cars and split trees with just mere fists alone.
[Do not fret, it is but a normal phase. It will pass. As for the reason why your feeling so exhausted, it is because you were close to depleting your essence reserves. Remember, it is not a unlimited thing, it does run out. And that is something you should avoid. If your reserves go dry, you will not only pass out. But, you will also enter a 2 week hibernation period to regain your essence... What other term would you humans use... Ah yes, comatose. My warning to you] Telos's tone became serious and foreboding [ Under no circumstance are you to let your reserves go below five percent, it will be dangerous]
Zyran expression became dark. "Then I'd have to make sure things don't reach that point, and that's only if i don't find myself going up against an enemy vastly stronger than me". He looked away from the mirror and turned towards the clock on the wall.
'05:25'
"The Captain said we would be leaving early in the morning. I'm guessing that someone would be coming to get me any moment now".
'Knock'
'Knock'
'knock'
"Just on time". Zyran looked towards the door and saw a Yellow shaped figure with their arms forward, as if they were holding something. 'That must be Ailani'. He easily recognised Ailani's essence signature after seeing it last night during dinner.
Zyran calmly walked towards the door but just as he touched the handle he remembered that he was shirtless. "Meh". Zyran opened the door either way and was greeted by the view of Ailani who was only wearing a black oversized shirt that reached her knees. As usual, she had a sleepy expression on her face while on her hands was a pair of clothing.
When Zyran opened the door, Ailani, who planned on just handing him his clothes and relaying her orders before leaving, found herself taking longer than she expected. Zyran's body, it was perfect, a little too perfect. His toned abs and his chiseled muscles, all the way up to his sharp jawline. Ailani found herself staring longer than she wanted and when she realised this, a scowl appeared on her face. She stopped looking at Zyran's chest and looked him in the eyes... Another mistake. "Were his eyes always like this?"
"Like what?" Asked the confused Zyran.
When Ailani realised that she said her thoughts out loud, a small, almost unnoticeable blush appeared on her face. But she wasn't a little girl, she wasn't going to scream and runaway like some idiot last night. Instead, she used all her years of training experience and pretended as if nothing happened. First, she calmly handed Zyran's his clothes and then relayed her orders. "The Captain said you have 30 minutes to get ready. After that, meet us down stairs". She spoke with her usual tired tone and then calmly walked away, going down stairs.
Zyran stood at his door entrance with a blank expression, watching as Ailani went down stairs. Ailani seemed to have forgotten a very important fact, awakened have better eyesight compared to normal humans, so Zyran did see her blush and he would be lying if he said he wasn't impressed. "She's good".
[Indeed she is]
Zyran took a step inside and closed the door behind him. He then threw the clothes on the bed before walking into the room's bathroom.
[27 minutes later]
Zyran stepped out of his room wearing a white themed sweatsuit, consisting of sweatpants and a hoodie. " I wonder why this specific set of clothing" he thought to himself while walking down the stairs. When he reached the bottom the stairs. He found the girls waiting for him. As for what they were wearing, they all wore sweatsuits.
"Why the sweatsuits?" Zyran's asked when he reached the bottom of the stairs.
Thea, who is leaning on the hallway wall and is wearing red sweatpants and a red hoodie, was the first to answer. "We couldn't find any other male clothing for you in the mansion other than that sweatsuit. So we thought we'd wear them too so that you don't feel left out. We are a team now after all".
"Yeah, what she said" Ailani, who is wearing a yellow sweatsuit and is leaning on the hallway wall a little further ahead, spoke with her eyes closed. There was an emotion in her voice that Thea noticed but failed to identify.
"Hmm" Sofia, who is wearing a brown sweatsuit, nodded with her head down. It was obvious that she is refusing to raise her head.
"I see" Zyran noticed the weird atmosphere but pretended that he didn't. "So what now?". He asked Thea. He currently has his hands inside his kangaroo pocket.
Thea, who also noticed the strange atmosphere that Ailani and Sofia were giving off, had a small frown on her face. She has her suspicion about who was the cause of all of this, she gave Zyran a suspicious look.
"What?" Zyran asked with a raised eyebrow. 'Why is she looking at me like that?' he thought to himself.
"It's nothing" Thea decided to let it go, she is going to let the girls deal with their own problems. "We should go, were almost late". She then walked deeper in the mansion which confused Zyran.
"Isn't the exit over there?" he pointed at the mansions front door with a confused expression. An expression Sofia also currently had but couldn't be seen since she had her head down.
"Oh" Thea turned around and lightly tapped her forehead, she had a silly smile on her face as she said: I didn't tell you about which mode of transportation we would be using huh? Better late that never I guess" her expression then turned mysterious " Well, we will be using the [Bridge]".
""The [Bridge]?"".