A Fallen Knight-Lost art of Necromancy

Chapter 107: Song Family-2

"Melanie"

The old man whispered her name as if chanting an old spell.

Severus was astonished. He never expected the name Melanie to come out from the old man's throat. Severus gazed at the old man. His gaze was full of doubt ad uncertainty.

"Ah! Boy, don't eye me like that. Isn't Melanie the same as this Hui Island? Beautiful and serene. Simple and peaceful"

If this conversation would have been done in his previous life then Severus would have nodded his head in approval but now he was not sure about it. Melanie was indeed beautiful and simple but he was not sure about her being serene and peaceful. This topic was a hot potato for him thus he did the best he could do.

He didn't reply.

The old man waited for his reply but sensing that Severus was in no mood to reply the man started chuckling.

Haha.

"So you really did move on. I am impressed. You have good friends and they are changing you for good Severus"

"I feel same"

"Now I am relieved. Since you have moved on now it's time for me to tell you the secret that has fate entrusted me to tell you. Severus do you know for what Hui Island is famous for?"

Severus was unaware of Rivera subsidiaries. In reality, the king had never told him about anything that belonged outside to Rivera, so he was clueless.

He shook his head in denial.

The old man sighed like he predicted this outcome.

"My guess is that you know nothing about anything. Let's start with the basics then but let me remind you. In the future, you will face difficulties, doubts, and questions which only you can solve. You can't depend on anyone else but on yourself to find the answers and clear your doubts. I knew you were reincarnated and the fact that you are real Severus because someone from the royal family told me. I had good relations with your mother and was also master of your mother so you too can call me as master Jin. Things happened Severus when you were small and ultimately you landed on the hands of that demon King. We all were shocked when he didn't killed you. I still don't know for what reasons that Marquis left you alive but who cares unless you are alive. You were under his assistance and lived a simple life. Later in your youth, again things happened but this time you died. Strangely enough, you got reincarnated as we predicted. Though we were not sure whether this spell would work or not. I am happy that the spell worked."

An aged smile appeared on his face and he looked like an ordinary old man. He continued. " You would not believe but the last time I met you, it was not a coincidence. The man was the one who told me about you and your tiny sneak with that heavenly bird. I wanted to curse you for sneaking inside the chamber. You could have died then and there if not for that heavenly bird protecting you. You are indeed lucky punk. I saved you that time but I wanted to test you that's why I asked you to drink that poisonous soup. To tell you the truth I am the descendent of the protector who guards the book Ophelious. It is our duty to guard it against everyone and never let anyone have knowledge of it but the day you died something mysterious happened. The day you died the book Ophelious diapered too. No one knows where it disappeared and no one except Hades can find it but he can't interfere in this. We are still unaware of the reasons it disappeared. We can conclude that the book is alive now. Maybe it is present in this world or in any other dimension but we need to find it before he can"

The old man jin stopped abruptly. A tinge of fear radiating in his eyes. 

"No matter what, we need to find that book before him to protect the world from collapse. You can't even imagine the calamity that the world will face if he discovered the book again before us. Since I was its guardians so I tried everything to locate the location of the book. I tried whatever I could and at last, I finally found something. After joining my soul with the book, I conversed with it and asked for its location but the only word the book replied to me was..' Severus'."

Complete silence.

A bloody chill ran down Severus' spine when he heard the story.

"But what do you mean it called my name? This.are you kidding me master? I don't have any special powers. Every alternative day I am colliding with either a cursed book or a ghost. This life is making me insane. Please be clear with em Mater Jin"

Severus stated everything neatly. He was tired of all these hideous curses and ghosts.

The old man understood what Severus was going through. After thinking for a bit he sighed. " Severus I really don't want to burden you with anything bor I can. I am just giving you a heads up. It's just your destiny. You can call it fortune-telling. Before leaving I want to tell you that you have successfully digested one of the greatest and lethal medicines a human can, Icetera. 

This medicine is made with cruel ingredients but you don't need to feel sad about it because I didn't make it. I just bargained 1000-year-old medicine. You can call it a rare treasure and be proud f yourself to be able to digest it without dying from its poison. This will help you to slow down the after-effects of your curse and will help you to increase the magic in your blood so you can efficiently fight with the creatures of the dark. Coming to this point, Hui Island is the hub of medicines. Alchemy is the sole market of this land and you will be amazed to know that you can find rarest of the rarest medicines here, even for your pet"

As soon as the man finished Severus stared at him with a knowing look. He wasn't sure what the old man was up to. Whether he was a friend or an enemy, Severus failed to guess.

"What do you mean?"

The old man said," I mean what I say"

Severus fell in contemplation. He was thinking about noworry. Since the day he protected him in the chamber of secret his powers had been deteriorating. Although Noworry never blamed him but he was indeed guilty. Because of his stupidity, Noworry was injured. He remembers Noworry saying about a rare herb to help him with his injuries. Severus wasn't sure whether he could find the exact drugs which Noworry required. If not exact then Severus would have to go for duplicate herbs. He was aware that replacing the original ingredients with the duplicate ones will hinder its quality but something was better than anything. Severus didn't wanted to give up on this opportunity. 

However, no matter how much hurry he was he didn't show anything on his face. With a balanced expression on his face, he said," I am afraid the reputation of Hui Island will go down the drain if I ask for the medicines from them. My pet is no ordinary bird so as his injuries. It will be so shameful for the civilians if they got a wind that the great alchemist of Hui Islan can't even cure a bird. My apologies but I suspect your words master.'

"Suspicion is necessary Severus and I am happy that you are suspicious of me"

"..."

Severus didn't anticipate such a remark.

"I wouldn't be interested in you if you would have blindly trusted me. I am very okay with you not believing in me. Since you are here then why don't you judge the alchemist of Hui Islan"

"I don't dare master"

HAHAHAHA.

The old man cracked under Severus' joke.

"You boy. Fine, I guess I will tell you. The Hui Island is run by the Song family for centuries. The song family itself has several well-named alchemists. The patriarch of Song's family is a sturdy old man who is in his 40's. He is a remarkable alchemist and is considered a genius."

Song!

Song family.

Severus thought that he heard this name somewhere but somehow he was not able to join connections. The old man saw the struggle and finally took the initiative to reveal the secret.

"Song"

"Melanie Song"

"..."

Severus was speechless. It came as a shock to him. He knew Melanie's last anime was Song but he never thought she would be the princess of Song's family from Hui Island. Now everything started making sense to him. It was because of this reasoning he was showered with special privilege when he showed the royal seal of Rivera kingdom. 

Water was running deeper than he imagined it to be.