Kenzo clenched his fist as he waited the reaction from both women. The hole in his chest was something to look at. He had lived with it for years now, along the jawbone in his cheek. He knew what sort of impression it caused in people that saw it for the first time. It was, after all, certainly unnatural. Heck, Kenzo wasn’t even sure how his own body worked. He could eat normally, and his bodily functions worked just like a normal person’s. Yet, he was able to pass his own hand through the spot all the way to the back of his body. Unconsciously, Kenzo had accepted the fact that it was now part of his physical traits. He had stopped trying to look for an answer years ago. Every single lead he found before had simply helped to falsely fuel his hopes. As such, he now lived without any expectations of reverting his body back to its original state. However, wasn’t that exactly the reason why he’d come to Fiore in the first place? Now, a new spark would be lit in front of him.
As the black-haired rune knight began treating his wound, her poker face prevailed through. Kenzo didn’t know whether to be amused by her ability to remain unfazed by anything that came her way or worried. Either way, the tension in his body was instantly met with a profound sense of intrigue. Far from the reaction that he expected, the woman gently wrapped Kenzo’s wound with care as she introduced herself as Judina. The blue haired man knew that beneath that expressionless face, she was a kind girl. Slowly, his tension vanished from his body. Truth be told, the man was starting to get a bit embarrassed by his previous reaction. He had always lived in the defensive. People would scream and try to distance themselves from Kenzo, hurling words like ”Demon”, or ”Devil”, whenever they saw the gaping hole. However, the lack of strong reaction from both girls sent his mind into confusion. It was as if he’d been greatly worked up by something that held no importance to both of them. Their visible calm in contrast to the tension he had displayed made him redden a little. Trying to remain composed, he wondered to himself. ”Is this perhaps normal in this country?” The answer to that, would come shortly after.
The purple eyed woman broke her silence as she asked him if he’d been cursed. Kenzo simply looked at her with an intrigued expression. ”Cursed?” Truth be told, he didn’t know the reason why his body was this way. The memory that held the secrets behind his condition had eluded him for years. As the conversation kept going, Kenzo slowly started confirming the fact that what had attacked his family that night had indeed been a demon.
As Judina finished taking care of the wound and even taking a piece of her own suit to tie it around his torso, she told Kenzo that she didn’t believe him to be a demon. The comment that followed suit, instantly made the man feel a surge of excitement within him. ”So, th-they really exist and can be killed then?” If what the woman said was true, this would change everything. Her following words seemed to agree with what the still unnamed woman had said. Both of them agreed that he seemed to be cursed.
This night was proving to be more valuable to him than what he’d ever expected. As he tried to calm himself once again, shrugging off his embarrassment from being startled before, he continued with as composed of a voice as he could craft. ”Truth be told, I don’t know myself what happened. The only thing I know is that my family and I were attacked many years prior. After passing out, I woke up with this hole in my body, and these bones in my cheek.” Kenzo paused for a moment as he once again passed his hand through the outer teeth in his cheekbone. He purposefully omitted the fact that he had also lost his ability to use magic that night. ”My mother was a mage from this country, yet I lived most of my life in the east in Bellum and later in Joya. For years I’ve debated with myself whether what I saw that night was indeed a demon or not. They are naught but fairy tales and occult subjects in those places. And still…” Taking yet another pause. Kenzo’s eyes filled with determination as his usual confident smile returned to his lips. ”You two seem to know about them.” Shifting a gaze between both women, Kenzo continued. ”Can a curse be lifted?”