Chapter 2 Transformation

Elsword was bitten by Aisha the Blood Witch. Blood Witch's bite will turn anyone into Blood Witch, but it's only working on female, if the one bitten is a male the male will die in a short time.

Hence, Elsword's on the verge of life and death now.

-Eve's POV-

"Nii-san! Wake up!"

I laid him on the bed.
I tried to do what I can, but as an Artificial Witch I don't have any supernatural power, unlike Blood Witch who can cast spell.

"What can I do..."

*Thump*

Nii-san's heartbeat just now...
I thought it just beat really loud.
Don't die, nii-san...

I hold his hand tightly as I look at his face.
"Nii-san... Please, open your eyes..."

He's just sleeping like a dead person.
I don't like this...
I know that male that had been bitten by Blood Witch will die, but I can't just accept it like this!

*Thump*

"Nii-san!?"
His heartbeat...
There's something wrong.
I take off his shirt.
There's a symbol at his left chest, right at the place where his heart's beating.
What's this symbol? I never saw something like this before...
The symbol looked just like a star,however it's not a mere star, it's a devil star, a star that's drawn upside down, it's also red colored, just like blood.

"Urgghhh...!"
Nii-san gritted his teeth, he looked like he's in pain.

"Nii-san!? Wake up!"
I shook his body, but I immediately pull off my hand.

"Kyaaa!?"
His body's so hot, it's like a boiling kettle.
I can't touch him, I can see he's gripping the bed sheet tightly.

"Ugghhh... Aaarghhh!"
He's screaming in pain as he clutch his left chest.
The star-looking symbol's emanating red light.
I'm so afraid, I don't know what must I do, Nii-san's going to die if I just stay quiet like this.
But I can't do anything. I'm only equipped with weapons to destroy Blood Witch.

"Nii-san! Don't lose to the pain!"
I can only give him support like this.
Without able to do anything, I'm really ashamed of myself.

Finally nii-san calmed down.
His breathing's starting to get stable again.
"Nii-san..."
Looks like he faint.
Will he die if I left him alone...?

I don't want to believe in it, but I have no other choice.
It's true that Blood Witch are only females. There's no male Blood Witch ever recorded.
Normal humans don't know about this important information because we Artificial Witch always handle the situation so that the information won't leak out.

I kept holding nii-san's hand until I fell asleep due to exhaustion.

-Elsword's POV-

...
Ughh...
I slowly opened my eyes.
My eyes are really heavy, I'm really exhausted.
But for some reason my body's really full with energy.
I slowly got up from my bed and I opened the window.

"-! GYAAAAAAAAAAA!"
It burns! My eyes! My face!
I quickly close the window and I splash water to my face so that I can be relieved from the burning sensation.

"... What the hell... Was that..."
I'm trembling.
What happened to my body? Why I can't be exposed under the sun?
Ouch.

I thought something sharp's stinging my lips.
I checked my lips to see if it's bleeding.
But-

"Wh-What is this...?"
2 sharp fangs.
from my teeth, 2 sharp fangs are there.
Just like a vampire's

"Nii-san?! You're awake!"

"Eve-?!"

Eve hugged me the moment she saw me.
Ah, I remember now... Last night, I was bitten by Aisha.
Looks like that's why... I'm becoming like this...

"Nii-san! Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"I'm okay Eve, don't worry."

I tried to avoid showing her my teeth so I said that while facing somewhere else.
She found my action suspicious of course.

"Nii-san."

"W-What?"

She stares at me.
I'm not really good of being stared.
I might get nervous if I'm being stared like this.

"... Let's go to school, we might be late."

Eve didn't ask any further, but I'm really not sure if I must go under the sun like this.
What should I do? I might be exposed if I'm burned after I get out from the house.
Eve's not looking at me now, but I'm really worried that she might find out that I've became vampire.

I get inside the toilet, but I didn't do anything. I'm simply standing inside and staring at the wall.
What should I do?
What should I do?

Suddenly, in front of me, Aisha's head pop out from the wall.
"... Els."

"-WOAH!?"

"Nii-san!? What's up!?"

"N-Nothing! I just slipped!"

"Geez, you're really careless!"

And then I can't hear Eve's voice any longer.
Aisha began to giggles.

"What kind of excuse was that?"
"Shut up."

I'm embarrassed, not to mention this girl's only got her head visible.
I can't see her body, it's just like a scene you can see from a certain horror movie.

"... Why are you here?"
"... Let me see your teeth."

...
It seems like she knew it.
I just obediently agree to it and I showed her my fangs.

"... Impossible... You really..."
She seemed to be surprised.

"What's happening to me, Aisha?"
"... Since I don't like to hide truth, I'll just tell you, you've became a Blood Witch."

"Blood... Witch?"
I don't get it, just what's she talking about?

"Blood Witch is a vampire, vampire that can cast spell. Hence, we're called Witch."
I'm getting even more confused.
Just what's this girl talking about?

"Remember last night's incident? When I bit your neck?"
I nodded.
That night, when I want to help Eve, I'm bitten by her.
Hence...

"You've became a Blood Witch because of me."
I've... Became a Blood Witch...

"I actually planned to kill you to let Eve experience the feeling of losing a family. Since males are always dead when Blood Witch bit them, but what happened to you... Was really unexpected."

So she planned to kill me?
It's not like I'm not angry, but I'm too surprised to get angry.

"So... What will happen to me from now on?"
Aisha walk inside the toilet.
I can finally see her whole body.
She's wearing her uniform, but... It's black colored, unlike our usual white uniform.

"You will be hunted by Artificial Witch. Hence, I must take responsibility for turning you into something like this..."

"Wait-Wait, just what's this Artificial Witch is about?"
I can't comprehend this.

"... Artificial Witch is a witch that was made by human to fight us, Blood Witch. Being hit by their laser means death. You need to be very careful. But since you're a male I think you have more reflexes and higher reaction time than me the female Blood Witch."

What... Why did it turn out like this?!
I'm going to fight those monsters that can fire out laser beam!?

"Of course you're going to be found out if you just wander around like this, so I will teach you a trick to cover for your identity."
Aisha unbutton her uniform and showed me her modest breasts.

"W-Wait!? What are yo-!?"

"Don't yell, Eve will suspect us!"

Her face's red. So she's embarrassed after all.
Her twintail's swaying around as she covered my mouth.
After I calmed down, she pointed a star-looking symbol at her left breast, but of course she didn't show me everything, just a little view of her chest. That's why I can remain calm a bit.

"You have this too, don't you?"

"I think so..."
I showed her my left chest after I unbutton my shirt.

She's blushing.
It seemed like she's not used to male's body.
After that she buttoned her uniform again.

"Okay, so this symbol's actually the source of our magic power."

"Magic power?"

"You can use your magic power to create something like transparent barrier that will protect you from sunlight. Try to close your eyes."

I closed my eyes as she instructed.

"Try to imagine that something is protecting your body, something thin like cloth."

I imagined myself being covered by cloth.

"Good, it's working, the symbols giving a bright light. Okay, that's enough."

I opened my eyes.
"And then what should I do?"

"Try this."

She grabbed my collar and force my face to face the sunlight directly from the small window.
"-! ... Hey, it's not burning!"

"Seemed like you're burned once by sunlight, how lame."
"I don't know what happened to me back then, I'm sorry, okay."
"Just kidding, and so that's how you do it. Magic came from imagination. But not all imagination works, for example imagining a rain of money is not possible."
How lame, why money?

"I see, I get the picture now, thanks for your help, but why are you helping me?"

"Don't get carried away, remember that I did want to kill you, but since you ended up becoming a Blood Witch I need to take responsibility."

She did mentioned that before, but I still think that she's trying to help me.
Don't tell me...

"Aisha, are you by any chance is very easy to get angry and lost your mind?"

"Who are you saying easy to lost your mind!?"
There she go, I bet she's just too angry at Eve for some reason and forgot that I'm his childhood friend, since I'm still alive I'll just forgive her. It's not like I'm having a trouble now, though.

"By the way, thank you Aisha. Without you I would've confused at how should I live from now on. I really thank you."
She's blushing.
Did she get embarrassed?

"S-Say thank you just once is enough! As long you're fine it's okay! See you again!"
And then she left.
See you again, huh?

"That means you're not going to just disappear, huh?"

*BANG BANG BANG*

"WOW!?"
That knocks just now were so loud! It scared the hell out of me!

"Nii-san! How long did you plan to stay in the toilet?!"
Huh?
I look at my watch.
HOLY CRAP!

"I-I'm going to finish this soon!"

Eve sighed and went to the living room again.
I talked to Aisha for too long that I ended up forgetting that I have a school to attend.
I took a bath quickly and wear my uniform in a flash.
It would be ugly if I were to be late, Eve will be angry at me.

"Sorry for taking too long!"

"It's fine."

Eve smiled. Good thing she's not angry.
She led the way and opened the front door.

"Let's go, Nii-san."

I nodded.

"Yeah, let's go."

Chapter 2 Transformation End