Chapter 589 Awakening attempts
[Eon's POV: ]
It was too sudden when Celes suddenly spoke up at the same time when I received that emergency signal on my command ring.
We were in the middle of the 'stuff' at that time in that cute big dinosaur's cave, but there could only be two meanings to this emergency signal, both of which were very bad...
'And this one was even related to Anna's bestest ever friend Mr. Rice. There was no way in hell I was going to continue that kiss after that.'
It was an emergency, Rein knew it too, so, we quickly got out of that cave and returned to Zoe and the others.
Zoe knew about this too since Doro was there so she was worried, looking at me with shocked eyes as soon as I arrived here, and, truthfully, I also didn't know what actually happened there since we had practically rushed here.
"Big brother!"
She was tense, she was overwhelmed with anxiety and fear, and since Celes wasn't even speaking anything, it made her even more anxious.
The flamingoes here were all looking at her worriedly, they knew something had happened but, didn't know exactly what.
They were all worried too, and the most worried among them was the little flamingo Demitree as well as Queen Fio.
They couldn't see her like that, they couldn't see their queen and big sister like that. But, I had a few words to calm her down.
"Zoe... It's alright. She is fine. Nothing happened to her, thanks to Mr. Rice, she is fine."
"But what happened exactly?! Tell me that first!!"
She loved Anna as much as me, maybe even more, maybe in a way I did not. She couldn't stand it if she was so much as scratched by some sharp papers she liked playing with. If I told her she had fainted, I knew she would just jump down this island and fly to her.
'Which was obviously dangerous so, I had to calm her down first.'
I hugged her gently, patted her head, and waited until she was calmer.
It would have been a problem if she were to get too worked up and unknowingly release her power.
The young creatures here wouldn't be able to handle that kind of force. They might also get hurt badly. And she knew this fact as well.
"Haaaa... alright. I'm fine now."
She knew from my not-too-anxious heart that there was nothing to worry about yet, but still, she wasn't going to be perfectly relieved until she confirmed everything herself. And for that, she needed to know what actually happened.
And I also needed to know the details of what actually happened there so, I looked at Celes on my palm, and everyone followed my gaze.
"Alright Celes. Start from the start."
[{ Yes, so... }]
Celes was there, a part of hers was always there with my little angel, so she knew what happened in detail. Which was a good thing.
'It would be a bad problem if this wasn't the case.'
[{ We all were playing like usual a while back, little Anna was hosting a tea party in the garden with Taika and Povpoi children, and the big Croc was there too.
Everything was going as usual, but then Taika brought up master and everyone else, saying she missed you all.
And when Anna heard that...
Something strange happened. }]
She stopped for a moment, and I could feel her hesitation just from that much.
She was hesitant to say this part however, Zoe was glaring at her, worried and anxious, so Celes knew she couldn't just stop at that point.
[{ Anna suddenly stopped preparing her tea and looked down as if she was almost about to cry.
Then, she got up, smiled at everyone, and told them she was going in to get some more cookies... and when she had only taken a few steps away from them, a strange red light exploded from her. }]
She stopped again and looked up at all of us. Rein was stunned from the start, but even she was getting restless now. And Zoe's condition was practically getting worse as she looked at the innocent butterfly that couldn't even have managed to do anything.
[{ Mr. Rice sensed whatever that light was and suddenly shot a strange white light at her, completely covering her in a stranger's white bubble.
He did a few more things that none of us present there understood, but Taika at least grasped that something was wrong so she went in and called for everyone present.
Mom was worried since she found Anna sleeping on the ground, but since they all checked and confirmed that she was fine, they were a little relieved.
Still, they don't know what happened. I think you should call them quickly to explain the situation. They are all still worried. }]
She was worried too, but she wasn't at least as anxious as Zoe.
At least, this much gave me enough idea to confirm all of my suspicions.
"I checked the data Mr. Rice sent and, though her subconscious awakening attempt was subdued this time, there could have been complications if he hadn't reacted quickly.
She 'almost awakened' this time, even though her body isn't strong enough to handle that intensity of awakening. But she is alright now. The vitals are stable, and the energies inside her are also back to their original state."
Awakening attempt. The subconscious process in which the body tries to go through the awakening process and create the Mana nucleolus naturally.
Most of these attempts succeed, resulting in the concentrated mass of energy, mostly Mana. However, there are rare cases when people do almost go through the awakening process but fail to materialize the Mana nucleus.
In these cases, they mostly just die because of the Mana overflow, or the counter flow abnormality, but, in even rare cases, like the one in Anna's, where they possess high affinity with a stronger power than the Mana, they gather as much Mana from the surrounding as possible and practically become a ticking time bomb that would explode and destroy more things than one can imagine.
'The main reason I wanted to push her awakening further was to have her body time to grow physically to be able to handle this special awakening. But I also knew she would experience this kind of momentary awakening attempt.'
Still, I wasn't expecting the first one to be this soon. It hadn't even properly been a week since the academy started so if she was starting to have them so soon...
"Big brother?"
"I think we should tell grandpa."
"You mean...!"
Yes, I was thinking what she was just thinking.
She had played around until now without any interference from us like a 'normal child' but, if she was going to have more of these awakening attempts in the future, she needed to be ready.
"She passed out just from the initiation of the process Zoe. Next time might be different.
Her body is too weak to handle that sudden surge of power right now."
I was serious, this whole thing was serious. I couldn't possibly just sit back and watch my dear darling go through those dangerous processes.
Mr. Rice was there and I trusted him more than enough but still, the awakening process was something she would have to go through herself. She had to do it herself. And she needed at least a certain level of physical and mental strength to reach that level.
She needed it, there was no simple way she could pass that excruciating process by herself.
"Let's call them."
I took out my maginet and placed it on the ground.
'I had expected it would be at least after a month or so after our departure but, she started them after a mere week, which just showed how much she misses us.'
I had not called home since we came here purposefully but, I still didn't think it would be this bad.
"Rein?"
"I'm alright. Just continue."
She was worried too, but, she was more worried about me.
She knew I loved that little girl more than anything else in this world, she was the most special element of this world for me.
She knew just as well as Zoe that however normal and calm I was acting right now, I was more worried than the visibly anxious Zoe.
But at the same time, I was thinking of what we had to do. And also what would be the right course of action after this moment.
'There could be multiple of these awakening attempt triggers on a periodic basis. She might not even be aware of what happens with her in most of these cases like this time, which was not so good either.'
She had to be conscious at the very least during her awakening. And I also had to be ready since after she awakens her latent powers, she might just become a totally different person than we all know right now, both physically and mentally.
There were still chances of some complications but, if the worst happened and Mr. Rice couldn't protect her like he did today, he would send the second emergency signal and move her to our safest place.
Still, I hoped that never happens.
"Alright..."
This was a bad incident, I know, but, Anna was more important than anything, than any scenario progress, than any narration.
"Big brother..."
I activated the crystal ball on the ground and asked the others to join me. It was going to be a long chat, so it was better to sit down rather than stand in this blazing afternoon heat of the island...
