บท 14: My past with Wega

After entering Wega I had asked permission from my team leader to return to the room and bid the team goodbye.

I walked toward a building on the east where Eva used to stay, opened the door of the room, put down my backpack, freshened up, and was eager to change the clothes I was wearing. How can anyone wear such tight and uncomfortable clothes??

As it was falling dark I walked towards the main or central building as the hospital was attached to it. The air in the surrounding smelled of medicine and blood as I stood outside. Maybe some were hurt during their missions.

I sneaked to the third floor. The third floor was very well equipped and patients who were in critical condition were kept there. The first floor was for the emergency, the second for some serious cases. The building had only four floors and the upper was for hospital administration. As it was a hospital inside Wega there were no Vip rooms.

The employees of the hospital were not related to the Wega branch but were part of the Virtue Group health service.

The farthest room from the corridor on the third floor had an empty bed. Someone I knew was staying here months ago, now was nowhere to be found as its existence has ceased. The last time I saw the patient was before my travel to Horn Mountain. Little did I know that was the last meeting between us.

This was the only place I could feel her presence emotionally. Still didn't know if she was buried and had a grave or not. Without wasting my time I walked downstairs before anyone could see me.

I asked for some medicine for my fake cold in the emergency department and went back to my room. As I didn't sleep well for some days I had to have a rest so I prepared to sleep. It was not difficult for me to adjust to a new environment.

Laying on the bed I remember my past with Wega. It was weird about my encounter and how I became part of Wega.

About four years ago, flashback***

As I was leaving the monastery I didn't have a destination in mind so I was walking aimlessly for a week. I didn't take anything the monastery prepared me for my journey.

If they knew I would walk out empty, my fellow brothers and sisters would have kept me under surveillance. Knowing that; I had asked the elder to grant me permission to leave and got it.

No one knew when I will leave. After everyone slept during the night I had to sneak out quietly leaving a letter on the table.

Leaving the monastery I didn't go toward the human settlement or the road but went a different route used by the shepherds in the South direction.

As a week passed, I on foot was feeling hungry and thirsty. I walked toward a river to get some water. Drinking the water, fulfilling my thirst I crossed the river and walked through the dense forest opposite where I came.

In the dense forest, I found some wild fruit and erased my hunger. It was turning dark. I didn't want to disturb the creatures of the forest. so decided to rest on the branch of the tree. I have to make sure I will not fall from the tree so I chose a branch that was somehow comfortable for me.

As this forest was not so far from the high mountains and was winter, the weather was very cold. Some dangerous small creatures were hibernating. I could have lit a fire but why break the natural phenomena, let the night be dark and the weather remains cold?

My body could adjust to any temperature either high or low automatically. That was one of the abilities I got before my stay at the monastery. And if the forest burns down what can I do? I don't have any magic that could summon the water.

I had a light sleep so around midnight I first heard some footsteps rushing towards the river and after some minutes a lot of sound of crushing the dry leaf and the sound of growling, chattering of animals, and chirping of birds were heard and the forest was in chaos.

I was very far about three km from the river but I could hear the sound due to my excellent hearing and the silence of the forest. I didn't rush forward but stopped at a point where I could hear and see the situation more clearly.

The animals of the forest were quiet during the night but why were many of them gathering together now? Maybe something happened. It was not I want to poke my nose but I have to be responsible for myself.

During the aggressive behavior of these creatures if they somehow hurt me and put me in danger then--? Taking precautions is better than being sorry later.

As I was observing I could see two people or say a couple with bloody appearance, hurt, their clothes torn, and their hair messy. In total, they were hunted by animals.

I could smell something different on their body. As they were hurt their speed was decreased so the animals would reach them soon. They were doomed to be hunted down. I am not obligated to help them so I watched from the top of the tree.

During my stay at the monastery, my master taught me an ancient way to understand animal language. It was one of the things I learned there.

Don't think of the monastery as a common one as I have said before it was an ancient monastery hidden deep in the mountains. But outside of the world, it was an illusion as if it was a common one. They have hidden well.

From the animal sound, I found one of the reasons why they were angry. When the king of this forest the White Panther's queen was having difficulties during her delivery those people landed on their territory.

A few minutes after the birth the cubs stopped breathing. As humans had been on their territory and they had some weird smell on their bodies, the white panther was already angry but when the human moved towards the cub, both cubs stopped breathing. As a result, this situation is now.

As for the smell, I knew what was on their body. As they were in the jungle they themselves couldn't have used those toxins by themselves so someone manipulated the situation and wanted them dead too and through a natural process. What a cunning mind??

'The cubs had stopped breathing, I have to look at them immediately.' Rushing towards the White panther's territory I could see the unresponsive cubs and the queen laying down weakly. As I was about to reach the cubs, the queen opened her eyes and was on alert.

With her weak body, she was ready to fight with me even if she lose her life. That's the love and care of the mother towards their children.

I tricked the queen and trapped her securely and walked towards the cubs and checked them. As I was hoping, they stopped breathing due to the smell of toxins as they were sensitive to them and were affected.

Then I crushed some herbs that I had found along my way and kept them in the cub's mouth, walked towards the queen, and gave her some chunks of magical wild herbs to alleviate her weakness and regain her energy to move.