Immortalis : Kallisté

How do I Introduce myself? a question that is very hard to answer not because I'm not proud of myself rather because I don't know how or rather when to start, but lets begin it this way.

I'm a man despise and loved by the Gods, Cursed and Blessed by them and known by many names The Great Nicholas, Sir Nicholas of the Holy War or most commonly known as Nicholas Immortalis. a direct Descendant of the Famous Hero Achiles yes you heard it right Achiles - man it feels weird to tell my story, I inherited his blood together with the blood of my mom whose by the way not so famous but she's great I think being a Goddess and all she is the Goddess of the Divine law Themis who originally fortells my great great great great grandfathers fate on being a grave threat to his (if ever) dads if he will be born with their blood - im talking about the big guys Zeus and Poseidon, so instead they made my great great great great grandma marry a mortal but either way my great great great great grandpa is still a bigshot hero thanks for that bath at the styx - Themis my mom, never met her but my Dad used to tell me my mom loves me and my mom is sorry for everything specially for her gift - you must all be wondering, why would someone say sorry for a gift well this gift is like no other and that's my blessing and my cursed, lets start with the best part and that is my blessing I'm bound to outlive time itself, you have to believe the guy who lived 10 millennia's already - really I'm walking for 10,000 years already and trust me having a personal fountain of youth is no fun but some of you may think - hey! he is immortal then, my blessing is somehow Immortal in some point but Immortality is not my blessing, my blessing is something like this - no mortal weapon illness or accident can cause harm against me, fire a gun on my head I may act that I'm burt but believe me it's just cold acting though wounds dealt by an Immortalis - Gods,Goddesses,Demigods with Enchanted weapon or anything that concerns them can mortally harm me or in layman's term it will kill me, so I'm technically mortal and immortal - and yeah Gods and Goddesses does exist, yes unicorns too and FYI your talking to a demigod with the fountain of youth, so now lets talk for the catch of my blessing - my curse so this is where the despise of the Gods are applied Together with my blessing I'm cursed and bound to protect an important artifact that in the right hands it can cause and extreme harm and calamity and in the wrong hands it can cause a way more extreme calamity, nice right - winks, and that's the summary and mechanics of my curse and blessing - enough introduction to know more lets unravel my story.

summer of 2018 in an island of Palawan located in the Philippines I go by the name Nicholas Corvine known as an Environmentalist - a person who studies the environment, well it's hard to make an alibi and I have to live by the standards of the modern day, I've been living here for quite sometime - you know when you're bound to live forever there is no point on tracking time so literally I don't know how long I've been here already but I guess pretty long now since I learned some of the locals language and I befriend a few people already.

5 AM - waking up with the cold sea breeze, Smelling the salty sea sometimes these silly little things for a moment helps me and lets me forget everything that is happening, I stretch my bones up and went outside to see the sun rise before it happens, a common voice calls me from a distance.

"Kuya Nick!!! I brought your supplies Kuya" it's Micheal, Michael Sanchez is an orphan that I met and adopted here in the island, I asked around about his family, what they know was his father, he lefted mike to look for his mom but he never came back so they assumed that he is either dead or he abandoned his child so that's why it made me decide to adopt him - well living alone is no fun anyways and I don't know but I seem to feel some type blood relation on him or he just reminded me of my best friend way back the Golden Age of Olympus - and he calls me Kuya that's big brother for Pilipinos, so somehow I treat him as my friend and my younger brother.

"oh?! mike why you're up so early and where have you been?" I rubbed his head

"kuya nick, it happened that I needed to buy something at the town so I went out, I didn't told you cause you're sleeping peacefully and i don't want to wake you up, sorry kuya" while he grins at me

"that's alright mike no harm done - Come on lets cook some breakfast, Okay! I'm starving" I grabbed him by the back as we went inside, im lucky that I have this young man - I don't know how but he seems to brighten up the day with his smile, his overflowing with energy and he gives me the same kind of energy everyday - I may not be getting old, I may looked like im on my 30s but man that 10,000 years of age I can definitely feel it.

"Kuya nick do you mind if I ask something" a sudden question of michael

"Sure mike anything" I smiled at him

"It's Been 6 years since you adopted me, but I haven't seen any of your family visited you?" he questioned me with his face full of wonders

I simply told him "You are my family?" and smiles at him

"Kuya I know but im just wondering - why I haven't senn any one?" he replied

I then replied "Maybe their busy?? specially my mom shes been busy for..ahmm quite a long time, but I know she loves me" then I smiled - I almost told him the truth.

"ahh, okay I wish she visits you soon, like my mom and dad" he reply sadly

I rubbed his hair "I wish she will, and don't you worry I know your dad and mom will and i know they love you very much, so cheer up you little apple" I fling his nose to lessen to tease him and to make him laugh.

I'm always amazed by how this kid is bearing everything he is 16 now I adopted him when he was 11 and raise him up until now, and I'm being eaten by my guilt Everytime I have to lie to him but this kid is my brother now and he is my only family now.

"kuya nick?" mike asked "will we celebrate my 17th birthday tomorrow by the beach like every year?" he cheerfully asked

"oh yeah you're turning 17 tomorrow, and yes if you liked to?" I replied

"Of course kuya I would love too" he hugged me because of excitement.

I looked at mike and wonder how long will this last and how I wish this would never end, I wish we can stay like this forever mike i truly wish, but I don't know if I can protect you from everything specially them.

right after me and mike ate I decided to snooze for a bit.

I know that I'm sleeping but a voice from my dream calling me "Nicholas!! Nicholas!!" a voice that I know I've heard before, a voice that seems full of love and warmth a familiar voice yet I Don't know whom it belonged too until she spoke the words "Nicholas My Child"