Sylus rushed to the class holding the book under his arms, the back of his hand where the symbol is was itching but he ignored it, the more he thinks about the vision he saw the more it didn't make sense,
He placed the book under his desk and sat down, the itching at the back of his hand grew more intense, the temperature in the classroom seems to rise although it was morning, his vision was getting a little foggy, he took out his water bottle and finished it in one go, all while the book under his desk seems to call his name.
The teacher for the first period walked in and started teaching,
Sylus tried his best to pay attention but his hand was itching so badly, his mind was disoriented, vision foggy and breathing heavy, his insides felt like they were rearranging themselves or maybe because they were.
Slowly time passed in that state, the clock on the wall was louder than any other day, he avoided looking at it, the numbers where arranged in a circle, it wasn,t spiral but similar and that made him sick to is stomach
He reached for his bag for Asta but the bag was empty except for his school books, he searched all parts but still no Asta , then he panicked.
Asta isn't the type to just disappear, he made it clear, he hate this world because it has nothing to do with Albatrou and has never gone wondering around, if he isn't here where is he and how will he get to Albatrou without him.
He looked around the classroom, everything seems to laugh at him, Asta is gone, the cursed book was calling his name and he isn't feeling any better.
" sir ..... May I use the restroom " he asked .
" sure don't take long " the teacher answered without looking back.
Sylus shot up from his set planning to go outside and clear his head but as soon as he got up, a loud ringing sound followed by a sudden shock of pain cause him to collapse.
...
Sylus opened his eyes slowly t first, he found himself in a hospital room, his bag was on a table with his phone beside it,
he sat up straight, took the glass of water placed at the other side of him and drank it, after coming down a little he grabbed his bag and searched, Asta wasn't in there just like before, he laid back down thinking,
if Asta was taken he would have let him know, maybe he was still angry, maybe he was somewhere cooling down maybe he was on his way back, but the more he thought the worst he felt,
" your finally awake " the nurse came to him out of nowhere, " your blood pressure was dangerously low kid whatever you were doing you should have stopped , don't over work yourself or else you will be taking to the hospital next time" she sat down next to him, " now tell me has you heartbeat also been abnormal,"
" what is this place " he asked not bothering to answer he isn't fully human, of course his heartbeat wont be normal,
" it's the school's health center, Kindle rest as I go outside " she opened the door and stepped out knowing the kid wont answer anything " don't worry, your classmates brought you here, you can rest for the rest of the day, I will let your teacher know " .
Sylus was left alone in the room , he took out the book Aspen gave him from his bag and stared at it, he removed the card he added he immediately took out his phone to call him,
Asta was gone, there is no way to go to Albatrou now, and if the book was what took him away then Aspen has something to do with it.
The call instantly went through " I knew you would call but I didn't expect this soon" Aspen's voice came from the other end of the line, full of life.
" Where is Asta, " Sylus shouted into the phone.
" relax oh-king, your beloved friend is in good hands " Aspen teased.
" where is he, put Asta on the line now "
" please, I said he is in good hands not he is with me, "
" where is he then "
" Asta is with you, close to you, very close to you but your just not seeing it " Aspen voice sound relaxed.
" what are you talking about ".
" why don't you come to me, let's settle this misunderstanding before it gets any worse "
" come to you?? have you lost your mind, I'm in school " Sylus was losing his cool at this point.
" mind how you talk to me little boy, you are in a situation you don't understand I'm here to help and you insult me, I'm not the bad guy here" there was a long pause
" look out the window "
Sylus got out of bed and walked to the window, there was a black SUV parked right outside the back of the school.
" get yourself here and let's .. discuss this " the call ended.
Sylus look at his watch it's almost ten o'clock, the grabbed his bag and went out the school jumped over the wall like he always does, he opened the door of the car, it was empty, the driver was there but Aspen wasn't.
He took his phone and called him again,he answered " where are you , how are we going to discuss it if your not here ".
" I'm in my house of course, where else will I be and I didn't say we are talking in the school or the car all I said was get yourself here "
Sylus went quiet " by 'here' you mean your house " he questioned.
" yeah the driver will bring you here" he ended the call,
Sylus got inside the car and the driver speed off , he kept telling himself he is doing this for Asta but his mind keep coming back to his words ' he is with you, close to you' what does he mean but that .
A while later he noticed they were driving out of town into the forest, normal people would panic but he kept his cool, he's going to find Asta and they're leaving to Albatrou and report it to lady Asha, let her handle her crazy strange friend.
The car stopped in front of a long metal gate the walls were tall every tall you won't be able to see the inside from outside, the gate opened and the car went in.
Sylus couldn't believe his eyes, the packed in front of a mansion that looked like it came from heaven, golden everything and a big garden, lions were roaming about in the grasses and flowers as if they were kept as pets , the fountain in the middle of the road was very large, it was of a woman with a pot and water poured from the pot to her feet, the scent of flowers was everywhere almost suffocating ,
He opened the gate and got out, the sun light was warm not hot just warm, the wind was wild, but he didn't give in
he was led inside by two guards, Aspen descended from the stairs, he was lightly dressed, the bandages on him were fresh, clearly changed, his smile was very creepy but his eyes looked calm, he walked slowly with a cane, which made Sylus frown Aspen looked young, whatever it is that would make him use a cane for walking must be strong,
" welcome Sylus and Asta and of course..... Apathy " he smiled even weirder.
" what are you talking about, where is Asta and who is Apathy "
" your appearance has changed king Sylus of greed and only people like us can see it " Aspen sat down beside the coffee table and taped the seat next to him while looking at Sylus.
" what are you talking about " Sylus asked without sitting.
" did you check your face before coming here" ...." take this and tell me what you see" Aspen gave him a pocket mirror.
Sylus look at his reflections and froze, he couldn't believe what he was seeing, his usual brown eyes are now a clean pair of hydrochromic eyes, one bloody red the other golden yellow, his hair had golden stripes in it ,
" came down, you're only like this because the contract for both has split " Aspen called.....
" Have you ever heard of the 8th sin..... The sin of Apathy.... " the place fell quite
" people say it's too weak to be a sin, other say it's to powerful to be called a sin,.... Today you will find out ....with this book" he took out 'THE SINBOUND CHRONICLES' with smile that made the hair on Sylus neck stand up...