Chapter 02- Successful birth , now I am semi- human
Venhorst Castle .
On a beautiful daisy flower, a woman was lying down, with both legs wide open, in her mouth a piece of wood, she was being firmly bitten, the bite was so strong, that perhaps the piece of wood would break at any moment. Heat oozed from her entire body in a torrential way. Two midwives were helping the woman. With them was also a man operating a life-giving matrix, of course this man was none other than Fernando Venhorst .
Catarina Venhorst , a high-level magician and most importantly Fernando's wife, was lying on the daisy flower, struggling to give birth for the third time, however this third time would be unprecedented, because her life as well as that of her child was at stake, if she was not already a high-level magician, she would probably already be dead with the sudden exhaustion of life force and her soul energy. Of course, even being a high-level magician, she still needed the matrix of life, to recover the vitality that was absorbed by the baby in her belly.
-Strength... push and breathe.
-Strength... push and breathe.
-Strength... push and breathe.
-Strength... push and breathe.
The midwives repeated the same words over and over. While Fernando operated on the life matrix and wiped the sweat running down Catarina's face. Catarina, out of breath but with a smile on her face, spoke repeatedly as she looked at Fernando.
-Our son.... Ours. Will be born.
-Our son.... Ours. Will be born.
-I can feel it. He's coming. Our son.
Fernando had a mix of complicated feelings. For him, it was his first time being a father. He didn't really know what to say. He could see his wife's suffering.
However, nothing could go as expected, after all, the future was unpredictable. Suddenly complications began to appear, the vitality in Catarina's body began to be absorbed at an even faster rate than before, the matrix could not keep up with the wear and tear. Fernando's face turned sour and he could feel the cores rapidly depleting. What Fernando feared most finally came to a decision. The life of his son or his wife, he was between a rock and a hard place.
As a man and a husband, he knew very well what to do. There would still be another chance to conceive other children while Catherine was still alive. But as a future father, he felt like a monster, ending the life of his unborn child. How could Fernando live with this in the future? This was a decision that no man should make in his life. The struggle in Fernando's heart had come to an end.
- even if I come to hate myself in the future I have to do this -
- son.. forgive your incompetent father . Who had to take your life. - Fernando's thoughts
When Ferdinand was about to cut the vital thread in his son's heart, an anguished voice full of terror, came into his ears. Terror, anguish , disappointment and finally hatred. Catherine screamed hysterically with tears in her eyes.
- Fernando..how ... how dare you.
Shrill screams sounded from Catarina's mouth, her voice becoming increasingly hoarse.
- You too... Fernando.... You want to take my son away..
- I won't let you do that
- The others were taken from me... I..I .. I didn't do anything. You have any idea how I felt. Do you know how I feel now?
Catarina's screams reverberated like thunder in the basement. The maids looked at each other and knelt together and began to pray, so that the goddess would intervene in some way. Fernando's heart was beating faster and faster, his eyes were bloodshot and his hands were shaking, Catarina continued screaming, like thunder.
- I 'll kill you if you lay a finger on him.
- I swear I will kill anyone who separates me from him
- Even..even if it's you I..I ..
Looking into Fernando's eyes Catarina said
- If he is not able to be born, let me accompany him in death, he is my son, I will educate him even if it is in another life, I will be taking care of him. He is my most precious treasure.
A solemn look appeared on Fernando's face, he stopped operating the matrix of life, he then approached Catarina, Fernando sat on the daisy, hugging his wife he looked into Catarina's eyes, showing affection and understanding, then he said.
- What kind of man do you think I am? As a father and husband, it is my duty to take care of my family. Come on, I will accompany you in death.
Catarina saw the convection in Fernando's eyes, she knew that she would not change his mind. So together they forced their cores in his dantia region to consume their own vitality. With that Catarina took her consciousness into her own sea of soul.
*****
In the sea of the soul.
In the soul sea, changes also occurred, while Ferdinand and Catherine fought outside, John was not idle either. As it turned out, the crystal egg that was in Catherine's soul had somehow merged with the egg that was in John's soul sea. When the two eggs merged, the ghostly baby in John's soul egg became more tangible, and its eyes opened for the first time. And when it did, strange words in an unknown language came out without it even opening its mouth.
- Omnipotent..hungry ...
incomplete... feed..life... food... devour... complete... symbiosis... host.... weak... weak... subdue... eat... eat..
John didn't understand the words that came from who knows where, inside the baby. Then without warning, a string made of soul energy connected John and the Baby, and the energy was drained from John's ghost body. What's worse is that the body that John could feel outside his soul was also being drained of its life force, he knew it would be his end, so he tried to rip out the soul string that connected them.
This was the moment when Catherine tried to enter the sea of her soul with her own consciousness. To her surprise, she did not enter her sea of soul but rather another sea of soul. A boundless sea surrounded her, there was no land in sight, no sense of direction, just water everywhere.
Catarina saw something even more unimaginable, two babies fighting each other, this would be a cute scene to see, however it was not the case because one of them seemed stronger than the other and was absorbing soul strength, life force not only from the other baby but from herself, it didn't take her long to understand what was happening.
Catherine knew that the weakest part was her son's soul so she had to help him. She took the soul string that connected both babies and tried to destroy it, but she was unable to do so. She then connected a second soul string that connected her and her baby to share the burden of wear and tear. When John saw the woman who came to rescue him, he was confused and then happy, but when he saw that even she was powerless , he was disappointed. But the moment the woman connected him with a soul string, John was stunned.
John could feel all the woman's feelings through the spiritual link generated by the soul. He could see everything the woman had been through in the last few months, the agony she had endured all this time. Deep down in his heart, he felt very loved. He understood where he saw all that vitality coming from. It came from the woman who once again wanted to sacrifice herself for an unborn bastard. He was truly moved. He swore to himself that if he survived, he would be a good son, and that they would not do much wrong in this life.
John felt that his soul as well as his body were no longer drained, but before he could give a sigh of relief, he saw that the woman's soul was becoming transparent. Another smile was on her face full of love.
John was pissed, he was an orphan in his past life, he didn't want the same thing to happen again in this possible life. All because of a ghost baby, who instead of asking for a bottle was feeding on soul energy and life force.
John after being drained all this time, he saw that it was time to cut himself apart, he used the little soul energy he had left and created three soul strings. Two strings he connected the baby inside the egg with its mother and the third to himself.
Suddenly , a blood-red energy came out of the baby inside the egg. The blood-red force quickly filled the woman's soul, which was about to disappear. The woman's soul became more and more tangible, and so did John's soul. He became excited and tried to steal more energy from the baby. He reveled in the abundant soul force that made him seem omnipotent.
As all good things don't last long, the baby's eyes opened and fixed on the mother and child pair.
-crap.- John thought.
Catarina was in a daze all this time, with the two babies fighting, she couldn't do anything but the feeling of omnipotence she felt from the crimson energy made her feel drunk as if she was at her peak. When the baby's eyes inside the egg opened, with a wave of her tiny hands, all the strings of the soul broke one by one. A look of arrogance and a sneer was directed at the mother and son pair. With another wave of her tiny hands, the mother and daughter pair were expelled from the sea of soul.
The mother and son pair disappeared into the crimson light . Stillness returned to the boundless sea of the soul. The baby inside the soul closed its eyes again, but before doing so, it threw a log so that only John could return, into the boundless sea of the soul.
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In the basement of the castle.
Suddenly, Catarina's body began to burn with a crimson energy, which quickly regenerated her body. Fernando stopped his core that was draining his vitality. The maids who were praying on the floor, upon feeling the crimson energy, fainted. Catarina regained her senses and with Fernando's help, she continued the birth.
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After some time, Catarina was lying exhausted on what was left of the daisy, with her baby in her hands, Fernando was amazed because the baby did not cry, he just looked everywhere.
To John, it seemed like everything around him was gigantic. Even the woman who held him in her hands was a giant. John couldn't even turn around as he wished. He saw a tail coming from himself, swinging regardless of his wishes, as if it had a will of its own. He felt embarrassed, so he tried to hold it with his hands. But to the adults, it looked very adorable, like a cute kitten playing with its tail. Fernando smiled and thanked the goddess for helping them.
John was now a baby, he let out an internal relief.
-Successful birth , I am now semi- human-.