Fantasy Assassin in a modern world

Chapter 141: Fatigue

Loki was feeling incredibly lethargic as he tried to move his body but was unable to do so. He tried to open his eyes but it just made him feel dizzy and what he saw was just a blurry mess. Not only was his eyesight messy even his very thoughts were all over the place, and his memories were in total disarray. He could not remember a lot of things, nor could he focus on anything, he wasn’t even sure what he did yesterday, even remembering his name was a little off.

He was also feeling incredibly cold as if his entire body was being assailed by ice and snow, it was as if his very veins were a nightmarish tundra freezing him from the inside.

The last time he ever felt this way was when he was younger and just started training to become an assassin. It was when he had exhausted everything he had when his physical strength was drained, his mental power exhausted, and his mana empty.

As his hazy consciousness flickered in and out he could hear different voices coming and going. He wanted to move or even simply open his eyes just to make sure if he was captured by some enemy or not. Being unable to confirm his current situation was more torturous than anything for Loki.

He could not even discern how much time has passed since the first time he fainted, but for some reason, it felt like an eternity. As Loki waited for his senses to return to normal, every now and then he would feel a touch of warmth on his head and hands.

The voices that he heard every now and then were different but there were two or three voices that he heard the most.

As he was trying his best to recover, Loki was reminded of the time he was in a similar situation. The memory flowed into his head. At that time his parents were no longer there, and he was training so intensely so that he could protect and support his little sister.

.....

He remembered that one time during training he had overexerted himself and had used all of his mana. His little sister who was barely eight years old took care of him as he lay on his bed sick. During that time, he recalled his sister kept on crying at the beginning while wiping his sweat.
“Big brother, please don’t leave me, please I’m scared. I promise that I won’t run away from practice anymore. Just be well, please...”

At the time Loki wanted to comfort his sister but no matter how hard he tried he could not move nor talk. As a few days went by, his sobbing sister stopped sobbing and cared for him with a determined expression. The face she made at the end when Loki got better was a sight to remember.

While Loki was being entranced by his memories, he was finally able to open his eyes a tiny bit. The image he was seeing was still rather blurry but he could somehow see a silhouette before him. It was a person that he was very familiar with, this should be his little sister Shera. At the moment Shera seems to be diligently caring for him, he then got a glimpse of her reddened eyes.

Loki who still could not lift his arms to comfort his sister tried speaking to her. He opened his mouth and with much difficulty, he was able to speak.

“Hey, little sis, did you cry again? There’s no need to cry, I’m here.” Even though his voice was so weak that it was barely audible his little sister was still able to hear his voice.

“Big brother, you’re finally awake!” Those excited words were the last thing he heard before he fell unconscious again.


...

Loki felt like his body was finally responding to him, and the pain he felt before had lessened greatly. As he opened his eyes he saw a woman that looked unfamiliar but familiar at the same time. She was a rather valiant-looking woman and any man who saw her on the street would turn their head to look at her but for some reason, Loki was having difficulty remembering who she was. As he looked around he noticed that his little sister was with the woman.

The woman seating beside Loki’s bed was looking at him worriedly when she noticed his eyes were open and staring at her she spoke.

“Loki, are you awake?” Loki nodded his head at the person who spoke. She then sighed in relief and so did his sister, who seem to be holding back her tears.

“Are you feeling alright, your sister told me to help bring you to the hospital.” Loki shook his head in response.

“You don’t want to go to the hospital?” Loki nodded his head.

“But big brother, you were absolutely heating up since this morning. I’m worried that this might be some after-effects from your head injury.” Loki shook his head in response, he then tried talking.

“I’m alright, I just need a little rest.” Despite saying that the unknown woman and his sister were still looking worried.

“Alright then, but before you go back to sleep, how about eating a bit.” Loki nodded his head in response. Loki’s sister then quickly went out of the room to prepare to heat up some soup for Loki. Now alone with the unknown woman, Loki was trying his hardest to recall who she was, that was when the woman spoke.

“You know when your sister called me she was crying. It’s a good thing you woke up or your sister might have had some sort of heart attack. Your brother on the other hand, well he went out to buy some ibuprofen for your fever.”

“Brother?”

“Yes, your brother Liam, he went to the drugstore.”

“Huh?” Loki grew confused as he was unsure who the brother Liam was speaking about. Seeing his reaction the woman shook her head.

“Alright, it seems like you’re really not in good shape. Are you sure you don’t want to go to a hospital?” Loki whose palm was on his forehead shook his head.

“... Loki where you perhaps near a family restaurant in Melody street, yesterday?”

“Huh?... Melody street?...”

As the woman was going to continue her questioning, she was interrupted by Loki’s sister who arrived with the soup.

“Big brother, here’s your soup.” Loki’s sister proceeded to feed Loki with the soup with the assistance of the unknown woman. After he was done eating, Loki quickly doze off.