Awakening of the Half-Blood

Chapter 85

Heydrich Oxen Pria Ehrenberg’s Pov

As soon as I got home, I immediately went to the laboratory that Ehrenberg Mansion has in its basement.

At dahil masyado nang matagal mula nang huli itong magamit ay agad ko na itong sinimulang linisin nang sa gayon ay makapagsimula na ako sa pag-aaral ng mga blood samples na nakuha namin ni Xan.

Hindi kasi imposible na sa mga susunod na oras o araw ay ma-realize na ng mga Shiann o ni Ara ang tungkol sa pagiging espesyal ng dugo ng mga Shiann at magamit niya iyon laban sa amin.

And I will not let that happen.

“Heyd…”

Natigil ako sa paglilinis at napatingin sa pinto ng silid na kinalalagyan ko ngayon. Nakita ko doon si Zeri na kapapasok lang at iginagala ang tingin sa paligid ng silid.

“I never knew that there was a laboratory here,” he said. “Sa tagal ko nang naninirahan dito ay hindi naman nabanggit sa akin ng mga lolo o magulang namin ang tungkol dito.”

“Maybe they didn’t know anything about it,” I said. “It has been shut down for a very long time so maybe the last Ehrenberg was the one who shut it down.”

“Well, not that we have something to do here,” aniya. “Anyway, I am here to tell you something.”

Kumunot ang noo ko. “What is it?”

“Greeny wants to see you,” aniya. “And she is actually at the main entrance waiting for your approval to let her in.”

“What is it that she wants?” tanong ko at muling ipinagpatuloy ang ginagaawa ko. “I don’t have anything to say to her.”

“Are you still avoiding getting close to her?”

“No,” I said. “I just don’t really have anything to say to her. And it is uncomfortable for me to let someone from the Shiann inside my property.”

“Eh?” Kumunot ang noo niya. “But you let her in last time.”

“Yeah,” sabi ko. “But I never said that she can get in again. That was just one time.”

“I don’t understand,” aniya na ikinalingon ko sa kanya. “One day, you are kind to her and then another day, you become mean to her. It is like you actually want to be close to her but something is stopping you from letting that happen.”

“She is Shiann, Zeri,” sabi ko. “That is the only thing that you should know why I don’t want to be close with her.”

“But she is not like those monsters.”

“I know.” Bumuntong hininga ako. “But like what I said, she is still a Shiann. Her blood is something that she can’t escape from, so even though she is not like those people from her family, she is still part of the Shiann clan.”

“Can you still stop thinking about the clan and just focus on what you really want?”

Umiling ako. “You know I can’t, right? I have a responsibility that I need to face so I need to act on what is right rather than what I want.”

“But–”

“I don’t really like it, Zeri.” Hindi ko na napigilang ngumiti ng mapait sa kanyang harap. “I always do what I really wanted in the past but that only put me in this kind of situation so I had to do my responsibility once and for all instead of running away.”

Hindi na siya nagsalita pa at napayuko na lamang kaya napabuntong hininga ako.

“Sabihin mo sa kanya na kung anuman ang gusto niyang sabihin sa akin ay maaari niyang sabihin sa iyo,” sabi ko. “Because I can’t really let her in again here. Now I have something important to keep here.”

Nag-angat ang kanyang mukha at nawala na ang lungkot sa kanyang mga mata. “Really?”

I nodded.

“Okay.” Agad siyang tumakbo palabas kaya naman muli na akong bumalik sa aking ginagawa.

Makalipas lang ng ilang oras ay tuluyan ko nang natapos ang paglilinis. At eksakto naman na bumaba dito si Wayne at nagdala ng pagkain.

“Are you going to stay here for a while?” tanong niya tsaka iniabot sa akin ang isang tasa na may lamang tsaa. “I can arrange your things so you don’t have to get up there/”

“That would be great,” I said. “With that, hindi ko na kakailanganin pang itigil ang mga ginagawa ko para lang kumuha ng pagkain or maligo.”

Kumpleto naman kasi ang silid na ito.

Mayroon akong maliit na kama na maaaring mahigaan. Mayroon ding mesa kung saan maaari kong ilagay ang mga pagkain na pwede kong i-stock. At mayroon ding banyo at paliguan.

It will help me save some time to just stay here while I am still analysing the blood that I acquire.

“Then, I will prepare everything,” he said. “Do you need anything specific? You can give me the list of everything you need so I can get it as soon as possible.”

“For my experiment, I already got everything I need,” sabi ko. “Just prepare a lot of food and at least three blankets and lots of pillows.”

Higit na malamig sa silid na ito kahit wala namang aircon kaya siguradong lalamigin ako sa pagtulog ko kaya kailangan ko ng maraming kumot. At hindi masyadong malambot ang kama dito kaya kailangan ko ng maraming unan nang sa gayon ay makatulog ako ng maayos.

“Noted.” Tumayo siya. “I will start getting all of those things for you.” Tumayo na sya at agad na lumabas ng silid kaya muli akong naiwan dito.

Inubos ko muna ang pagkain na ibinigay sa akin ni Wayne at nang mabusog ako ay muli na akong kumilos para simulan ang gagawin kong eksperimento.

Hinablot ko ang aking bag at isa-isang nilabas ang mga vial na pinaglalagyan ng mga dugong nakuha ko. Inilagay ko iyon sa isang tray at itinabi sa isang gilid.

Matapos noon ay inilabas ko naman ang isang box kung saan nakalagay ang mga vial na naglalaman ng dugong nakuha ni Xan sa mga Shiann.

And I stared at them.

Thinking of what I might discover with just a sample of their blood.