Innate Talent
"But why? Am not yet tired." Hio said with a smile. "I think I can still go for more hours!" He added confidently.
"You are not feeling the tiredness for you are in your sensing state young master, and all your awareness on your spiritual form. But it's been four days since you started sensing the essences around you" Butler Elie informed him.
"What?!" Hio was shocked with what the butler said.
"There will be a huge backlash to your physical body if you continue sensing the essences more than what is expected." The butler warned him.
"Now focus again and return your sensing state to your physical self and slowly open your eyes." Instructed the Butler.
Hio then followed the instruction and started to focus, returning to his physical body.
Slowly he opened his eyes and took a long breath. After he exhaled, the spiritual manifestation of his core power began to fade.
He then smiled and was about to say a word, when suddenly, blood flowed out from his mouth, ears, eyes and nose. He tried wiping those off his face but the thick red liquid just continued drifting out of his seven orifices. He raised his head to look at the butler but Hio suddenly become nauseous. He took a step but he lost his balance and fell.
Before he felt the hard ground, Butler Elie already caught him from the fall.
"It's more severe than I thought. Hopefully he'll wake up in a week." Butler Elie whispered as he carried the young man. One arm under his legs and the other under the man's back.
Right when he stepped outside the hall, two men are anxiously waiting for them.
"Is he alright?" Leo asked worriedly.
"Please tell me he won't have an amnesia!" Kio said with teary eyes overreacting on what happened.
"Calm down Princes. He's just overwhelmed by fatigue and too much flow of essence in his mind. He may wake up in a week or less." Butler Elie eased the two guys.
The two guys escorted the butler as he flew carrying a young man to the Third floor of the mansion where their rooms are located.
When they got inside the room, three wingless house helpers immediately followed and knocked at the door.
"The albolaryo's are here Butler Elie." Announced one of the albularyo's
"Come in." Butler Elie said.
They immediately came in and bowed forty-five degrees before coming closer to the third prince. The three were spread around the third prince's bed. They put their hands above the prince's body and started to examine it.
"Fatigue." Said one of the albularyo's
"Due to excessive use of power." Added the other one.
"Internally injured." Said the third.
"But strange…." The thee exclaimed in unison.
"Very."
"Very."
"Strange."
"Is it bad?!" Kio said in exaggeration.
"No, my Prince, it's not bad at all." Answered the albularyo while still examining Hio's body.
"If our guess is correct, then it is the total opposite of bad!" The other albularyo exclaimed.
Leo, Kio and the butler looked at each other in confusion on what they heard.
"What do you mean Alice?" The butler inquired.
"This is just a theory but we think that the Third prince is developing a talent." Abel replied to the Butler's question.
"He should have received a severe internal injury but all we can see are just slight concussions." Added Himanawe.
"For now, we'll observe the prince's situation until morning. If he doesn't wake up then we'll start the healing." Said Alice as the three of them retracted their arms.
They took a step back then bowed again.
"An unexpected situation where he's developing a talent." Leo said as he breathed a heavy air of relief.
"What do you think his first talent would be?" Kio asked.
"It might be a wild guess but I think it's a type of regeneration." Leo said and faced the Butler.
"Rest assured princes that your brother will be taken with utmost care. I myself will be accompanying him." Butler Elie stepped in their conversation.
"Thank you, butler, but I am thinking of us joining him tonight." Leo said with a sincere smile.
"Then I'll assign some servants to rearrange Prince Hio's room to fit your comfort." Butler Elie then suggested.
"I think There's not a need for that." Kio winked with a smile.
Leo then waved his hand and a part of his core power manifested on it. Sensing the essences around the room, Leo picked the couch and felt its essence.
"Modify!"
Then the stagnated essence of the couch swirled as they felt Leo's command. Slowly, it turned into a bed and moved closer to the bed where Hio currently lies. With Leo's control, Hio's bed carefully moved and adjusted so that the new bed won't look inapt with the room's interior.
"There! Now its done!" Leo said with a smile.
"Butler please assign the three albularyo's in the next room so we can immediately respond in any case." He added.
"Rest assured my Prince." The butler bowed and left the room.
After butler Elie left the room, Kio lied down and Leo observed his other brother.
"It's a surprise that he managed to do it in five hours." Leo said also looking at Hio.
"Yeah, he really is a monster." Kio responded. "Welp. I think I won the bet hahahaha! My account is waiting!!" He added teasing his brother.
"Psh! Whatever…" Leo rolled his eyes and transferred the money to his brother's account.
The two siblings talked with other stuffs and guarded their younger brother throughout the night.
Morning came and just as the sun rose, Hio also stretched his body like person who just got a good night's rest.
He looked at his side and noticed his two brothers sleeping soundly.
"What a bunch of Jerks. Already in their mid-twenties and still sleeping in my room." Hio just slightly shook his head.
Hio was about to step out of his bed when Leo suddenly sprang out of his sleep and jumped in from of Hio.
"Woah! Calm down Jolly tiger! What do you need? Let kuya grab it for you." Leo said worriedly while supporting his brother's back.
"Kuya, I'm not a kid anymore, The fck?! Am just gonna pee." Hio said in confusion with his older Brother's actions. "You're treating me like I've been crippled.''
"Nope, but you just received a heavy mental and internal damage yesterday. *yawns!*" Kio Said while still half asleep.
"What? Aahhahahaha You're kidding right? I don't feel anything bad in my body." Hio said defending himself.
"Ohh!! I just trained with butler Elie yesterday! And guess what!... I can now manifest my core power!" Hio excitedly told his brothers what happened yesterday. "After that I started sensing the essence! From the hall, to the garden to every room of the mansion, oh and the servants! I heard them talking...."
Hio keeps recalling and telling what he did to his brothers from the beginning to every detail of what happened. His brothers are also listening to him attentively. Then suddenly, Hio paused.
"Oh fck…." He muttered when he realized what happened later that time. "After I returned back to my physical body, I spewed blood and got nauseous and fell…"
After the realization, Hio touched his boy and searched for injuries with shocked and agitated expression in his face.
When he realized that all parts of his body are intact and not even injured, he then turned to his brothers and touched their faces to scan them.
*pinch*
"Aw Aww!! That's my face!" Kio protested when Hio pinched his face.
"Am-Am I dead?!" Hio said aguishly.
"Sadly…. Yes, this is not our real faces but we picked this from your memory, so that you'll feel less emotional when we send you to the afterlife!" Kio said in a deeper tone.
"Cut the crap Krong!" Leo stopped Kio's annoyance to his brother.
While the three are talking, they heard a knock from Hio's door.
"Young masters, it is I, Elie with the albularyo's to check on Prince Hio's situation." Butler Elie said from the other side of the door.
"Come in." Leo responded.
Butler Elie, together with the three albularyo's came in and bowed before going closer to Hio. They asked for permission first before they scanned Hio's body again.
After a few series of scanning, the three stepped back and bowed before stating their analysis.
"The prince's body is in good condition."
"No injuries."
"Internal or external."
The three albularyo's said consecutively.
"Gladly He's okay!"
Leo and Kio breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the three albularyo's analysis.
"So what happened yesterday is just a joke?" Hio asked in confusion.
"No, my prince. You just developed a talent." Butler Elie answered. "A healing talent. Self-regeneration specifically" He added.
"A very rare talent prince." The three albularyo's jumped in and added.
"But!"
"Every value…."
"has a price to pay!"
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Abularyo- or faith healers are commonly found in the more rural areas of the Philippines who heals people using herbs and traditional practices such as hilot or massage. The practitioner claims to have supernatural powers that modern medicine does not provide