Elemental Dissonance.

'..ah Ahhh...why's my head burning…'

'..what did this guy just made me drink..'

[Psychoactive drugs detected] 

[Temporal lobe interference detected] 

[Possible aftermath: Memory loss, Permanent Brain damage, Death] 

Just in some moments delay after Bilal fell to sleep, his head started burning crazily and jolted him awake in an instant, starting with a single spot the heat expanded and covered his whole head in intense sweating. 

It definitely was the work of that medicine, yet whatever their motives there may be, it definitely isn't anything good. 

The only hope that remained now was the system since it has proven effective in literally every situation he had encountered till now, in his eyes the value of System is almost immeasurable. To him, it is the epitome of technology. And surely the System didn't disappoint him as he saw a blue holographic screen flashing in his sight. 

[Deploy Mutated Antibodies? Y/N] 

'Why are you asking these types of questions right now..?'

'Hurry up..just start...Hurry up….'

[Deploying antibodies, targeting foreign substances.]

[Releasing Organic painkillers] 

'this better works, it's hurting way too much….'

'Ahh…wait…this prick…'

Unknown of any reason whatsoever, Bilal's head began releasing intense piercing pain akin to hundreds of needles being clogged deep into his brain from the inside out and a burning sensation could also be felt which was concentrated on both the side just inches away from the ear. 

The pain which should be decreasing by now with the Painkiller showed no signs of it and instead, the pain got increasingly stronger at a faster rate, not even anywhere close to subsiding. 

Inside Bilal's brain on a molecular level a war could be observed, hundreds of thousands of mutated antibodies in 4 colour combinations were present, they were clashing and continuously absorbing dim green globules of various sizes, the dim green globules were the psychotic drug molecules which constituted the medicine. 

The dim green globules had no consciousness of their own as they weren't counter-attacking and were only concentrated on penetrating the Brain surface and getting absorbed into it, even though they seem weak and fragile, there still was millions of those globules to eliminate and they were widespread throughout the Temporal lobe. Exterminating these quickly without damaging the Brain folds was an incredibly arduous task and was extremely time inefficient, the antibodies has to finish all of them before the drug effect starts to show itself. 

It may have been this or something else, but the system sensed its ineffectiveness and quickly replaced into a more dynamic and effective one. 

[Scanning brain...45%...69%...complete] 

[Cancelling Absorption strategy plan] 

[Formulating direct elimination plan] 

Not even a single day must've passed according to Bilal since the Mutated Antibodies had been acquired and the system had already created god-knows how many strategies for it. 

But it didn't look meaningless at all, since after the strategy change notification, the mutated antibodies gained a whole new momentum of their own as they have sped up their pace and viciously began colliding hard with the drug globules instead of focusing on absorbing, they now focused extensively on breaking them down. 

The new strategy seemed to work flawlessly in the current situation as the Mutated antibodies only had to hit them a few times to break it completely and jump on another one without wasting any time, the long delay between the transitions were completely obliterated as well. 

Despite their small numbers and numerous obstacles, they quickly wiped out the dim green drug globules over half the lobe already within minutes and swiftly arrived in the second half of the lobe which too was done within minutes. 

Everything was assumed to be in control now, piercing pain in his head just seemingly disappeared into oblivion as if it never existed and the headache got partially reduced immediately upon the completion of breaking process, only remnant absorption was left to be done.

Since such a strong psychoactive drug Remnant couldn't be left behind in the Temporal lobe which extensively dealt with memory retention, vision and sensory perception and comprehension. 

Yet before System antibodies could administer their absorption process, the dim broken remnants of the Drug started glowing in green and released colossal energy stream into his brain, the dim globules which supposedly appeared to be severely inactive. 

The sudden influx hit the Brain walls unexpectedly hard, making Bilal cough mouthful upon mouthful of blood, turning his entire face deathly pale and weak. 

The stream of green energy escaped from the brain stem and arrived at the neck region, almost strangulating Bilal to death. From there on it transitioned into his whole body and rampaged wildly, while slipping out in minor amounts from his mouth like some foggy gas. 

The green energy was akin to a strong medicine, it rapidly degenerated various spots and with somehow insanely accelerated regeneration and quickly replaced that old spot with freshly sturdy-looking cells although it did consume the green energy, but a colossal amount was still retained in the body. 

[Unknown Energy overload detected] 

[Energy dispersion activated] 

The thick energy stream rapidly dispersed into thin threads, yet it wasn't good at all since it just regrouped back to the original form once more, not having any alternatives left the system devised to emit the remove the energy from the mouth. 

[Energy dispersion failed] 

[Energy routing activated] 

The green energies merged into a thick column by the System's body control process and slowly went increasingly closer to the mouth, from where the system has planned on releasing out the dangerous classified energy. 

"...stop it.. I know you can control your second spirit…"

It was the Owl yet again, even though the pressure was way too great, Bilal hadn't lost his consciousness and heard those words clearly. 

"...don't let it come closer to your mouth, you wouldn't be able to remove it completely from there you would potentially harm yourself unknowingly.."

"Control your second spirit to split the energy into 2 parts, send 1 part to your Brain and let it stay there and concentrate the energy close to your c.h.e.s.t region, from there on i'll take care"

"your talent has been increased already…dododon't try to improve it further"

"don't argue..just do it...quick"

Having heard the Owl's instructions, Bilal suddenly got stuck into a dilemma whether should he let the System control it's process or control the process through the system by giving it some wierd instructions, time was running at a very slow rate to him. 

'Heck, let's just do it, I don't f.u.c.k.i.n.g care now even if I die…' 

'System split the Unknown energy into two, send 1st half to the Brain, send the other half to the C.h.e.s.t region' 

[Potential danger detected, Authorize the instructions Y/N?] 

'Yes' 

With a clear mind despite being aching all over the body, he authorized the Owl's instructions and changed the expulsion process which would be completed by System's Energy Routing. 

And shortly after the instructions, Bilal could feel a great pressure in his neck he knew it was the energy passing through the neck into the Brain according to his instructions and then a smaller pressure area was felt in his c.h.e.s.t. Before he could familiarize with that sensation, a strong whirlpool-like pressure began generating simultaneously in his c.h.e.s.t and in the Brain. 

Not having to wait even an instant more a strong 'boom' sound was heard in his mind and numerous small 'boom' was also heard by him from his whole body. With a 'gush' sound the energy unknowingly disappeared from his body to god-knows-where location and lessened the pressure inside the body. 

"...now you're an Apprentice knight as well as an Apprentice Magician.."

"...my feather would dampen your magic aura…" 

"..I've started fulfilling my promise to you now it's your turn to fulfill yours…."

"bring me a magic crystal or a follower within a week…"

"..and don't drink unknown potions from strangers..you've only survived because of your second spirit.."

The sentences resonated in Bilal's mind and went silent immediately, still in daze Bilal realized he had fallen off the bed and on his right hand there was a tattoo of a feather. 

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1 hour later

The last few weeks has been too stressful for Yothen he had been continuously preparing medicine along with apothecary for the tribe members, only today he has been able to rest properly due to the sudden appearance of a priest who turned out to be the Light Hero's legacy holder. He had been the lucky charm for Yothen today, it was only because of him that he got to display his skills in front of Shamans and Chieftains of the 15 high tribes whom he would've been unable to communicate with even one in years. 

Determining the rest is enough, Yothen stood up from his bed and went towards the room where the Legatee is resting while yawning deeply, taking in mind that he had to confirm the effectiveness of the drug as well he opened the heavy wooden door and entered inside the room. 

The scene was exactly the same as he expected, the legatee resting on the bed, just a small inconvenience was seen, as he found Blood on the bedsheets. 

"The tonic must be too strong It guesses" 

"Whatever be ready to meet your new father and mother legacy holder" 

Yothen just shrugged off the minor inconvenience and went back to rest.