Mysterious Tattoo

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Xavier's entire upper body was covered in a black-inked serpent tattoo or something.

"How the fuck did this tattoo..."

"You did not draw this on me while I was unconscious, did you?" Xavier asked Zeke.

"Did you think I'm that heartless?" Ezekiel asked and Xavier looked at himself in the mirror.

It was a mysterious serpent tattoo drawn and spread across his body, If one paid closer attention they'd notice that he had grown more muscular and taller, but the question was how could all these weird things happen in just 24 hours? It was like he was in someone else's body.

"What happened to you?" Zeke asked.

"I...I don't know," he replied, checking other parts of his body.

"Who took me to the nursing home?" He asked.

"I did," Zeke said.

"Who else was with you when you took me there?" Xavier asked.

"Well, Emily, Prince Carigan..."

"Carrigan, He must have done this!!" He said with clenched fists.

"You didn't let me finish..."

"There's no need, he's the only beast capable of doing such a thing," Xavier said, changing into something appropriate and walking out of the room while Zeke followed.

"You shouldn't assume Xavier," Zeke said, walking behind Xavier and trying to talk some sense into him but Xavier looked like a dog without chains right now.

"I know he did this, where the hell is he?" He asked and halted. Images of a portal and of him standing in front of it, struggling, appeared in his head and he collapsed right there.

"Xavier, Hey," Zeke said, shaking him but he was not moving, Thankfully, he was still alive but his body was weak.

Ezekiel held up Xavier and took him back to their room, he dropped Xavier on his bed like a bag filled with rice. He looked at the tattoo again in awe, This was not something that could be drawn in a day, seeing how it totally clothed his body so he was sure Carigan wasn't the culprit, and besides, he was stuck to Emily like glue the whole time.

Ezekiel held up Xavier and took him back to their room, he dropped Xavier on his bed like a bag filled with rice. He looked at the tattoo again in awe, This was not something that could be drawn in a day, seeing how it totally clothed his body so he was sure Carigan wasn't the culprit, and besides, he was stuck to Emily like glue the whole time.

But then again, how could the height and muscles be explained? Either he was passing through a growth spurt or something strange was going on and he could not quite place his fingers on it.

Ezekiel is an intelligent person, despite the jokes he makes and the tantrums he throws, He is smart enough to notice changes and also very observant, like the way he observed how smoke emanated from Xavier's body, like someone who had been roasted by flames when he found him. But he was just fine, his clothes were not torn or burnt. That was the weirdest thing he had observed.

The next day

Ezekiel's POV

The sound of the door closing woke me up, I looked around and Xavier was nowhere to be seen, I face-palmed myself and wondered if Xavier had a death wish.

I knew he was going to bother Prince Cardigan again and I was sure it wouldn't end well.

I quickly freshened up and went after him, I kept hoping and praying inwardly that I wasn't too late, but I got there just in time to see Xavier delivering a punch to Carigan's face.

"F*ck!" I said, face-palming myself again. The impact of the punch made Carigan stagger backward a little, but Carigan was someone who would never let anything slide, even if it would lead to his demise.

As expected, Carigan retaliated, punching Xavier in the face too, and slapping him using the back of his right hand.

Xavier angrily threw himself to Carigan and was about to punch his face when Emily came and stopped him, She dragged Xavier off Carigan and stood in between them.

"What are you doing Xavier?!" She asked stretching her arms out.

"You should tell your boyfriend there he's a bastard for taking advantage of me while I was unconscious!" Xavier said, fuming with anger, a crowd gathered around to see.

"What is your crazy friend talking about?" Carigan asked Emily, he was somehow calm about what just happened which confirmed my theory that he was not the culprit.

"You are a f*king coward, you act like you don't know anything about this!" He said and ripped off his shirt, revealing the tattoo spread across his body. Gasps and murmurs broke out in the hall, even Carigan looked shocked.

"What is that?" Emily said with creased brows as she traced her fingers on the serpent tattoo on his body, She could somehow feel the serpent's scale beneath her hands but weirdly enough the serpent drawing wasn't made with scales but ink, so how?

"What is that?" Emily asked with creased brows as she continued to caress his chest.

"Why don't you ask him?" He said pointing at Carrigan.

"Look foreigner, even though I hate you so darn much, what made you think I would waste my precious time to draw that on you?" Carigan asked.

"Besides, you should be thankful to whoever drew that, they just made a Durk look like a badass," Carrigan said with a smirk.

"You darn coward..."

"Xavier stop! Carrigan didn't do that." Emily said.

"What do you mean, was it you then?" He asked.

"No, but Carigan was with me the whole time when we thought you were dead," Emily said and carried her gaze to meet his.

Her hand was on his bare chest when he stepped back, breaking her contact with his body. Without a word he turned away, picked up his shirt, and left.

"Look, It's the weirdo who revived from death."

"Is it just me or has he grown taller?"

" And muscular."

."Damn, he's so hot!!" The crowd murmured as they watched his retreating.