Eldrea Academia and The One That Stars Chose
Chapter 18: Place For Pigs Part 2

The darkness of the academy at night really made it difficult for us to find Tristan. We have looked for him in some of the rooms he might have been through, like the locker room, training room, running track and some other places. But we couldn't find him at all.

Now we were in the pool in the mixed-use building of the martial arts class. We're really frustrated because we don't have a single clue about Tristan's whereabouts.

With a still irregular breath Kevin asked me and Viona. “Do you guys have any idea about the existence of Tristan?” tanyakanya.

“Do you think I'm a typical person who would have an idea?” viona Sahut.

“We can't keep running around without directions like this.”

“You're right, is there something we missed?” ask them both.

I feel that we have missed something quite important. Something that should have led us to discover Tristan's whereabouts right now. But I can't guess what it is at all.

“Sial!” viona's Overest.

“Sabarlah Vio!” exclaim Kevin.

“How can I be patient with circumstances like this!” revealed. “Omong by the way I was a little curious...Why does the bird just keep on your shoulders and not fly when we run to and fro? Is that bird always that calm?” asked Viona while pointing at the transforming Master.

Wait ... That's it! That's the thing I forgot about Tristan. I'm stupid to forget such an obvious thing.

“That's it!” my shouts made Kevin and Viona put on astonished faces.

“What?” ask Viona.

“You know something?” continued Kevin.

“Animals ... Tristan has been treated like an animal ..” I told them.

Without replying to a single word they understood what I meant. During this time we only searched for ‘Babi’ where humans are. We should be looking for a place that ‘Babi’ deserves, not humans.

We simultaneously ran directly to the horse field near the multi-purpose building. It was really dark but we could still see a little bit there.

“Follow me!” exclaim Kevin.

“Good!” answer me and Viona simultaneously.

Kevin led us to the end of the field. Towards a small building near the forest. Horse stables. That should be enough to be considered the place where the animals are.

After getting closer to the cage. Viona then tried to open the door of the cage, but it was tightly locked, as if something from inside was blocking the door from opening.

“Soaring!” said Kevin.

He took a swing to break the door with all his might, with enough preparation he immediately threw his body into the door of the cage.

Unfortunately the door did not budge at all when it was broken by him. It's a really tough situation. I have no choice but to use it now.

“Let me.” I said as I stood in front of them. “I beg you, whatever you see right now. Please keep this a secret from others.”.

Hearing my words made Kevin and Viona throw one another glances. Without waiting for them to ask I directly pointed my hand at the door and started throwing wind magic at it.

“Blow!” A strong wind instantly made the door pushed firmly and shattered instantly. My attack also made the horses inside start to panic. It seemed that the door was blocked by several large barrels filled with water and haystacks, as if someone had intentionally done so.

Kevin and Viona were really surprised by what I was doing, but they chose to be quiet at the moment considering there are even more important things for us to do now.

We tried to look inside the stables. The cage had a small candlelight hanging on it and several bulkheads separating the horses from each other. The situation there is now getting dark because the candle lights are also affected by my attack.

But compared to the bits from the barrels and hay I smashed, there was something more that gave us goosebumps because of it. We could see traces of blood on the floor of the cage.

At a glance before the lights went off and were also affected by the door explosion, we could see blood on the floor of the cage. The bloodstains looked like something was being dragged towards the inside of the cage.

“What is this ..?” ask Kevin.

“See! Below us!” exciting Viona.

We saw what Viona meant. Seen below us are also traces of viscous liquid sourced from the back of the multi-purpose building. We couldn't have realized this before because the night was so dark.

But now we can see it quite clearly. We agreed that the liquid was the same blood as the one in the cage.

“Eergh ...”

There was a small groan from inside the cage that made us hold our breath slightly. Viona also sounded like she was gulping because she heard the sound. We really don't want to think about what that sound is.

“Hopefully this is not what I thought ..” Kevin said.

Me and Viona just nodded slowly at Kevin's words. We have the same thoughts, but we do not want to take our thoughts for granted. Slowly we started to go in there.

Amidst the panicking horses, I tried to light up the place with fire magic in my hand. Now again clearly visible traces of blood that was dragged. Sometimes we also try to calm the panicked horses.

“Quiet, Dude. We do not intend to be evil to you.” said Kevin.

“Good boy, sorry we scared you.” whispered Viona.

I who walked in front of them both followed the bloodstains to the end of the cage. The bloodstains on the other end looked different to the ones we had seen before. There was more blood filling between the hay and the water for the horses.

Our steps stopped when we saw the sight. We don't want to think about the possibilities that are happening there. I tried to direct my hand that was casting fire magic over there to illuminate the place.

There was a pair of legs wearing black pants and a black boot filled with mud and blood. We immediately ran towards the sighting of the pair of legs.

“Tristan!” Viona yells.

Kevin and I tried to lift Tristan's limp body. Trying to sit him down so that the blood coming out of his head doesn't come out any more.

Damnit damnit! Tristan's condition is really bad. Without needing to figure out who did it we already know the mastermind behind all this. Albert! But we don't have time to think about that right now, our priority right now is Tristan's safety.

“Bung! Can you hear us?!” ask Kevin.

But Tristan just fell silent without being able to answer. He tried to open his eyes but was powerless because he had lost so much blood. His cold body was completely limp.

“Sial! I will never forgive anyone who did this!” exciting Viona.

“Calm Vio! Now is not the time to be angry!” Kevin tried to calm Viona down.

“How can I calm down!”

“Try checking his pulse!” I asked Kevin without caring about Viona's anger.

“Good!”

Kevin tried to slowly press down Tristan's neck, but he immediately shook his head and began to press down on the veins in Tristan's arm. He shook his head again.

“Soaring!” viona exclaimed as she pushed Kevin aside.

Viona then brought her ears closer to Tristan's chest. Her tense face slowly began to relax after hearing Tristan's heartbeat.

“The print is still there, but .. but it's really weak.” he said.

We are very frustrated with this situation. We don't have any skills to do first aid to Tristan. Plus the panic we experienced made us unable to think properly.

“Quiet son!”

Suddenly the transforming Master started talking to us. He's not using telepathy at the moment, which makes Kevin and Viona start to be surprised by it.

“The pigs talk!” exciting Viona.

“Relax let me overcome this.” replied Master without caring for them both.

Master began to transform back into a human and began to clean the wounds on Tristan's body, he also began to wrap his wounds with a cloth in his dimensional pocket.

“Aarrgh!”

Kevin and Viona began to jump in shock, so Tristan's body almost fell because the weight was not able to hold itself. Fortunately, Master managed to capture Tristan's body.

“Shocked later alone stupid!” teacher told them. “Now hold this big pig body!”

Kevin who realized again began to hold Tristan's body. After his body was put back on hold, Master immediately continued his activities. This time he took out a pill and took it on Tristan.

“This cannot be too helpful for the current situation ..” he said.

“Then we have to how?!” ask her.

“Hey you!” teacher told Viona. “Run to Gareth and get the old man here. And don't let this be known to anyone other than Gareth, now!”

“Good!”

Without waiting for a long time, Viona immediately ran to the residence of the teachers who were near the academy complex. I who had noticed earlier began to bring my door closer to Tristan's heart.

His heart rate slowly began to slow down and suddenly just stopped instantly.

“Her heart rate! His heartbeat stopped!”

In haste Master immediately stuck out his hand on Tristan's left chest. He pressed Tristan's left chest with his fingers and began to cast electric magic on him.

“What are you doing!” I tried to stop Master.

“Shut! Hey, try and hold that stupid student of mine!” teacher's orders to Kevin.

Kevin thoughtlessly began to hold back the rebellious me. Now Tristan's body began to fall with Guru who still continues to flow electricity to his left chest repeatedly.

“Calm Deron! You need to calm down!”

Hearing Kevin's words made me a little calmer. I don't know what Master's doing, but it seems that letting him go is the only option we have.

Tristan's body was jolted several times following the electric shock given by Master. I can only hope that what Master has done can help Tristan.

After several times the teacher did the same thing over and over again. He began to bring his ears closer to Tristan's heart. His cold face began to show a smile.

“Should now be okay.” he said.

“Is he safe?” ask Kevin.

“Yes, his heartbeat has returned.”

“Sgratitude.”

Hearing Master's words made us droop, after all this tension. The news was a real relief for us.

“What did you do Teacher?” my many.

“I pumped his heart. Remember what I was teaching before? here's what I'm trying to teach you.”

“So this is what you wanted to teach me.”

It's true that when Master did that to me, my heart suddenly stopped but started beating again afterwards. Is it a technique that is not meant to kill an opponent instantly but a technique to save someone? I had been so bad to her.

“You should have said that from the beginning. Well, that doesn't mean it's your fault to also remember we stopped in the middle of earlier.”.

Teacher just took a deep breath hearing my words.

“But why do you want to teach me this? Have you guessed all this, Teacher?”

Teacher did not answer my question, he only showed a sad expression on his face as he looked at me. Without him saying I already know what Master wants to say at this time.

Given all his past experiences, it seems like Master is aware that this will happen to me as well. That's why Master tried to teach me this magic.

“Sorry .. but who are you? Looks like I need an explanation here.” Kevin said cutting silence.

But before we could answer her, Viona had returned together with Mr. Gareth and a woman I did not recognize. The shocked faces of the two of them looked at Tristan's condition.

They started telling us to take Tristan into the treatment room in the academy building. We can all just wait for news regarding Tristan's current condition.

Mr. Gareth is also accompanying us at the moment, he is trying to calm us who are very worried about Tristan.

“You don't have to worry. Your friends have been handled by experts.” he said calming us.

We can only sit around waiting for Tristan's recovery in silence. The current situation is really beating our hearts because we cannot take good care of our friends.

After a long time we waited anxiously. The woman who was with Mr. Gareth finally came out of the treatment room.

“Conditions are critical for now. But lucky because of help from, Mrs Margaret, she can we save.” said the woman.

“Thank you, Lina.” said Mr. Gareth.

It seems that this woman was the one whom Mr. Gareth had mentioned. He was one other person besides the Herald who knew about the mysterious group we were looking for.

In this way we can finally let go of the burdens that overshadow our hearts and minds. We were finally able to breathe with relief after knowing that Tristan would be fine.

Mr. Gareth also advised us to return to our respective dorms immediately after thanking us. With the advice of Mr. Gareth we finally decided to return to the dormitory with a feeling of relief.

Albert ... Just wait, I will definitely avenge all these deeds of yours on me.