Read Dawn of The Blessing's Night :: Stevenson Willwin

Stevenson Willwin

Today was peculiar. My aunt told me I was lying in the fields, I still don't know how I passed out. Even John or his friends aren't that strong to do that without myself even realizing it. Nah, it wasn't them. I am glad that I didn't lose my dad's jacket though.

Those guys, they don't understand how much my father's only belonging means to me. I shouldn't think about them too much though. Knowing them, I am pretty sure they wouldn't really change even if they knew why I adore this jacket so much. Still, why exactly was I dozing off in the field?

[Dozing? Haha, at least you don't lie to yourself, kid. That's good.]

The voice came out of nowhere, no, it wasn’t a mere voice, the sneer came out of nowhere. I felt every hair on my body shooting up as I heard the words, it wasn't a usual sound like when you talk to someone else, it was as if someone was speaking straight into my mind.

The cold and disdainful voice made me buckle down on my knees with a loud thud. I was scared, this fear wasn't anything like what I felt when anyone in the village snapped at me, it was something beyond, something far malicious, as if my very soul was being clawed at with a frigid grasp.

Although the words themselves were no different than any other villager talking down on me yet the weight they carried was awfully great.

"Wha-wh....Who-Who?" I cried only to realize my voice just came out no more than a murmur, every inch of my body begged me to leave, to get as far from my room as possible. It was just now that I realised something was different in my body, something was added to my body perhaps. I couldn't exactly describe it but I felt as if my thorax was being stirred. However, I couldn't think much about that as cold sweat spurted down my forehead.

[Whoaa-Kid calm down, you are going to make this already dismal place finally give out. You don't want to wake your aunt, do you?]

Fury whirled inside me as I heard this perso-thing mention my aunt, no matter how strong it may be but I won't let it do anything to her. Every cell in my body revolted as I snapped:

"Don't you dare involve her." Dare? I couldn't help but let out a chuckle in my mind at this irony, at my pitiful powerlessness.

The fear that this thing induced...I wouldn't doubt for once even if it were to tell me it was going to obliterate the whole village and yet here I was, an unblest, fooling myself into thinking I could protect my aunt, protect anyone in this wretched state of mine.

[Kid, you got to calm down, I don't want you passing out again, calm down all right? Take a deep breath and listen. I mean you no harm.]

The voice came out a lot "gentler" this time, the former smug tone was nowhere to be found. I was sure of it now, there wasn't anyone nearby talking to me, it was something inside me. But above all, the words brought over a huge sense of relief, it was only now that I realised I wasn't breathing-I forgot to breathe as that ominous aura took over me.

Adron Athav

Shit! Shit! This brat is going to die at this rate and I don’t want to be trapped in a dead corpse. At least he can hear me, that’s something but maybe not for long. I was so glad when I confirmed he could hear me, at least the possibility of being stuck helplessly inside a sentient cage until it dies, which in this kid's case doesn't seem to be too long, was ruled out but why the hell is he so scared?

I found out that I can feel his emotions and thoughts, don't know if it works the other way around too but I have to first make sure he stays alive to think about all that! All right, I'll wait until he regains his composure.

'Mighty Adron,' Remembering those days is just going to rip me apart. Never once since I drew my first breath did I think of being reduced to this, of being reduced to a parasite scavenging upon this kid, on a planet, I wouldn't have given a second thought on hearing the annhilation of.

"S...so? You there?" The boy's stutter shook me out of my daze. I guess he has calmed down a bit, maybe he will think rationally now.

[Yes, I am and I fear, from now on, I will always be.]

"What are you saying? A...Ay...I don't understand."

[Stevenson Willwin, I am Adron Athav. Nice to meet you. Now, I want you to stay quiet and listen.]

"Ohh-Ok?"