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Chapter 3 - The Horror of Peeking

[3rd POV]

When commotion caused by Oracle attracts attention of nearby guards & maids, at the same time, a man with height over 6ft and lean build & compact muscle and golden hair was sprinting towards the room of matriarch but on his way, the commotion reached his exceptionally sharp and sensitive ears and he rushed there.

After arriving there and looking at the scene, he immediately asked "What happened Sasha, why aren't you with your sister and why the such state of Oracle, he didn't try to woe you like he do to others did he?" The Golden haired man said already knowing the Lecherous Oracle.

When Oracle heard the voice, his whimpers and wailing immediately died down and he just prostrated himself in front of The Patriarch and said "Save me Patriarch, I am going blind and I am dying. Please save me...save me."

Sasha smiled and sarcastically said "He isn't that bold yet, but I have something alarming to tell you Patriarch."

The Patriarch nodded and ordered "Guards take him away to medical wing of mansion and report back to me what caused a Celestial level Oracle to be in such state." The guards nodded and The Patriarch and Sasha moved to nearby empty to talk about bizarre current situation.

The Patriarch entered the room and sat on sofa and gestured Sasha to sit as well. Sasha nodded slightly, after taking her seat she immediately spoke "Don't worry about sister brother in law, she is fine, she is feeling more pain that previous 2 birth but the doctor is with her and her condition is stable. Doctor said she may give birth in about 4-6 hours, but the pain of sister is what lead to current state of Oracle."

The Golden haired man nodded signalling her to continue, then she explained the current situation about how she had a bad premonition and called Oracle to find out about it which led to conclusion reached by Oracle and his pathetic state.

"Hmm.." The Patriarch nodded his head and started rubbing his finger over his chin while sitting in cross legged manner. After thinking for about a minute, he raised he head, his hazel coloured eyes meeting the brown coloured eyes of Sasha and he said with extreme calmness in his voice "The sliver lining here is Naomi is expected to have full recovery, Oracle may have been lecherous but his prediction due to synergy of talent and class was one of the best in Mythos and lower floor of Tower of Mythus and that is all the more reason I can't wrap my head around this vision of his and consistent blabbering. What's your take on this Sasha?"

Sasha said with contemplative voice "Brother in law, while I am relieved that sister is going to be fine but the way Oracle reacted and he said he didn't see anyone or anything, he just felt it. This concerns me more, if just feeling the presence of a being can cause such afflictions on Celestial level person, how powerful this being connected to unborn child and if he is friend or foe."

"My thinking is pretty much the same, is this an enemy trying to get into our family but we don't know when or how did we make someone so powerful our enemy. Father and even our Founder or those we know in The Syndicate in tower don't have such presence. I think I need to contact father & our founder in this matter. I just hope nothing happen to Naomi in this situation." The hazel eyed youth answered Sasha confusion.

Knock...knock...

While talking knock on the door interrupted their conversation followed by a subservient voice of a guard "Pardon me Patriarch but I have news related to Oracle condition"

"Enter" answered The Patriarch.

The guard opened the door and got on one knee and bowed his head and said with reverence tone "Patriarch, Madam"

"Tell us, what's the situation of Oracle" Patriarch ordered.

"Answering to Patriarch, The Oracle situation has made the doctors & healers perplexed. The Oracle is permanently blind and his power level has fallen down to C Rank while all his skills, talent and class abilities are rendered useless." Guard quickly answered in one breath knowing the bizarre condition.

"What" ×2 The Patriarch and Sasha exclaimed simultaneously and stood up from there seat.

Their eyes widened to the horror of the news they got, and they immediately ran towards the medical wing because they were having hard time interpreting what went through their ears and reached their brain. They hurriedly reached Medical wing of mansion and their senses picked up the room where Oracle was being treated and burst into the room.

As they entered, the room went silent instantly only whimpering and wails of Oracle was audible. The repetition of 'I am blind' 'please save me'.

Patriarch reached on the right side of Oracle while Sasha stood on left, the doctors and healers have already emptied the bedside space.

Patriarch said in stern tone "Malcom, tell me everything you felt, heard or seen anything. Don't leave a single thing out."

Oracle heard the stern tone and started pleading "Patriarch, I am blind, I can't see anything. Please help me, I am powerless now, you have to help me" while trying to get up but he was bound to bed due to excessive frantic rant and throwing limbs.

"Shut up Malcom, now listen, I will help you but first you have help me by telling me every little detail about your experience" Patriarch said with slightly less stern voice.

Oracle took slight deep breath followed by sniffling and said "After confirming the complete recovery of Matriarch in future I shifted my focus to unborn child as ordered by Madam Sasha but just as I shifted by attention, all I could feel was eternal darkness and I didn't see anything, all this was felt deep in my soul and then I heard a voice telling me I will die." sniffle sniffle...

The Patriarch nodded and said with appreciative tone "Good, Good Malcom but tell me exactly what that being your perceived said."

"I will try to remember Patriarch but it's very painful, even remembering that feeling gives me more pain." Oracle closed his eyes after saying that with his hands and lips still trembling he tried to remember the scene where his life become living hell.

Oracle started with trembling and fearful voice "The Being said 'wretched mortal, you dare trying to gaze into me, you sure want to die'. Oh, he is going to kill me, save me Patriarch, save me."

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