Hi guys, new POV being introduced here, but don't worry it's the last one. So this story is narrated by: Yuuri, Ken, Jose, Wolfram and "new" Wolfram, a.k.a. W.
I really need you to pay attention from here on, because things will get a little mixed up and I'll be throwing a lot of signals each character will interpret in a different way, remember you know what is really going on inside Wolf, so don't let yourselves be mislead ;)
It's the first day of the year! Last night I lit a seven colors candle that my mom gave me because it's supposed to bring you good luck all year long, but the problem was that I was on an outdoors party and the freaking thing would almost get extinguished by the wind every five seconds! So, as I stared at the flame to make sure it stayed lit, I found myself wishing I could control fire like our dear Wolf... a new year wish that would most likely NEVER come true XD.
But I hope all of your new year wishes do come true!
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Chapter 19: Jose's POV
Not so long ago, when I said to Yuuri that I'd like to visit this world I never thought it would be under this circumstances. It's clear that I am not the most qualified person to do this job, but I am the only available one. I mean, I did my psychiatry rotation in med school and I loaded my e-reader with almost a hundred psychiatry and psychology books before coming here. Murata even made it work here using his marioku, which is really cool, but there's obviously no Internet here, there's no electricity for crying out loud!, so I'm limited to what I have here.
Today will be Wolfram-kun's first session. Also, today's is Yuuri's birthday, but he asked not to make a fuss about it today at breakfast. The ball that was going to be held was cancelled a week ago for obvious reasons and the kid just seems in no mood for celebration. When he made the announcement this morning Lord Günter started crying like a little girl! It was really... not fitting to his image.
Which reminds me I never got the opportunity to meet with him last night, apparently no one knew his whereabouts and he looked like he didn't sleep all night at breakfast.
Last night when I got tired of waiting for him I went for a walk, the castle is pretty much a labyrinth, but somehow I managed to get to the main courtyard and found Conrad there, I also saw the little couple heading to their bedroom.
We spent most of the night catching up and neither of us got much sleep, although he looked perfectly fine this morning. Wonder how he does that? When I first meet him he was such a bitter person, but then something changed. It was Yuuri of course. Those souls we were once in charge of. They have become everything that we wished for them and more... It's odd, when you end up feeling like a father to a soul, only a handful of people know this feeling.
Anyway, lunch is only a half an hour away and I need to get this organised before that. The main purpose of meeting with everyone close to Wolfram-kun yesterday was to learn as much about him as possible, and also about the incident that caused his memory loss. Sadly, about the latter, there was almost no usable information and I only asked Murata-kun about it, I didn't want to make Shibuya-kun relive the memory. Besides the condition he was found in, there's nothing about the attackers that we can use.
Thank goodness, Murata told me the healers found no sign of rape on his body, however, he was definitely tortured and well, killed. He was dead when they found him. The Maou's powers are even more amazing than I thought, since Yuuri was able to revive him. Although Murata did told me that as doing so he almost killed himself. I won't say it's not romantic, but it is very irresponsible.
Note to self: Suggest Yuuri also has a weekly session with me, that kid looked fine at breakfast, but the moment Wolfram was out of sight he looked like the world had fell over him. I think the real weight of this situation has finally got to him.
Okay so here's what I have: I have everyone's opinion on Wolfram and his daily routine written down. Murata is trying to find out about the attackers, that might give us a clue as to how he was tortured, often remembering that single moment in which people resorted to shutting down internally is enough to bring back most of their memories, although the consequences of remembering that moment... well, we'll just have to deal with that if it happens.
"Excuse me, Dr. Rodriguez, lunch is ready" one of the moe looking maids says, after knocking the door twice I think, I wasn't paying attention.
"I'll be right there"
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"So tell me Wolfram-kun, how have you been feeling?" I know, cheesy way to start a therapy session, sue me.
"Fine... I guess. I feel fine, and I'm not so sleepy anymore" he answers looking at his feet. This boy is nothing like the Wolfram von Bielefeld I meet on Earth, and definitely nothing like the person his family described to me.
"That's a good thing, it means your body is recovering it's strength" I say and pause to smile at him. He looks at me with a faint smile, something is bothering him.
Okay... Jung 101, let's try dream analysis.
"Tell me, have you had any weird dreams since you woke up on Shibuya-kun's arms" I think I hit a sore spot there. He winces a little and bites his lower lip.
"Yeah..." I remain silent on purpose, hopefully he's tell me about it himself, without having to ask.
"It's the same dream, every time I fall asleep. It wasn't clear at first, but every night it gets clearer and clearer..." his voice holds confusion and worry. He looks down again.
"It's okay, go on" I say, as reassuringly as I can and motion him to go on.
"All I'm sure about is the sound. The sound of someone humming a song, someone I feel that I know, but I can't distinguish who it is. Everything else is really blurry, there's the humming and something like the hissing of a snake"
I write down everything he says, it's possible his captor hummed this song while torturing him, and snakes might have been used for that purpose as well.
"I run, and run, but it's like I can't move, like I'm caged in a really tiny space, I feel a strong feeling that makes me want to break the walls, but I don't see any" Oh dear God, what was this kid put through.
"But you know, it oddly feels right, like it has to remain like that for my own good. Like the pain wasn't really mine"
There! That's the spot, that's what we need to reach.
"I see, can you remember anything else?"
"Not really, just the sounds and the feelings, no images or what I do in the dream. But they're getting more and more vivid... specially around Yuuri..." That last part was an almost inaudible whisper that I think I wasn't supposed to hear.
"Well then, let's talk about something a bit more pleasant" I change the subject, that's more than enough for today. I don't want to overwhelm him. "Are you doing anything for Shibuya-kun's birthday?"
"Oh... I don't know... I don't think so... I wonder if I had anything for him before this happened to me..." I see his mind trailing off and decide it's a good moment to end the session, at least the formal one.
"Why don't we go to your office and your old room and find out?"
