WishCap

The afternoon sun cast golden rays through the window of Barlon Sena's room, illuminating a peculiar object on his table: a fisherman's cap faded by time. It was not just any cap, but a great inheritance from his grandfather to him, the legendary monster hunter.

Barlon, with his disheveled black hair and amber eyes, examined the cap with a mix of curiosity and apprehension. His grandfather told him tales of when he was a legendary monster hunter known for his legendary feats, and said that this cap accompanied him on long journeys, he as a child believed in his stories, but as he grew over the years he realized that it was just a fantasy to make him happy while accompanying his grandfather on his fishing trips.

On his grandfather's deathbed, he received the cap that his grandfather wore with affection. His grandfather's last words still echoed in his ears: "Believe me, my grandson, when you live what I lived, you will understand why fishermen's tales are not always lies."

This was a phrase he heard from his grandfather while accompanying him, but he didn't think it was real, because who would believe that that old man had faced an army of mystical beings and even killed some dragons?

Still, he kept the cap and with a slight curiosity decided to look more closely at this cap that his grandfather wore with so much affection and zeal.

With his heart pounding, Barlon Sena picked up the cap and observed its art from all angles, the cap seemed to be painted with a jellyfish symbol and wave-shaped lines that followed the entire cap… He then turned the cap and looked inside it, and saw a bright clear light inside, a little hesitant, he stuck his hand inside the cap thinking it was some dirt. Suddenly, a wave of energy vibrated through the air and as he tried to pull his hand out, in a blinding flash, a creature materialized before his eyes - a small jellyfish, no larger than a thumbnail, pulsing with ancient power as it levitated through the air.

A voice whispered in his mind: "What a wonder, I thought your grandfather would never take me out of that place" Without words, Barlon Sena could only look, with his heart pounding in his chest, he was speechless, was that being talking about him? And how did it speak?

At that moment, Barlon Sena understood the meaning of his grandfather's words. The Cap really accompanied his grandfather on his legendary adventures…

"Listen, bearer," continued the jellyfish. "I am an ancient being and your grandfather took care of me in his last years of life, he hid me from other beings who wanted to use me, so I owe him a debt. Tell me, what is the desire of your heart? I can grant you a wish."

Barlon Sena, hearing that, was excited, as it seemed to be something really taken from a movie, he after a few minutes of reasoning decided to go ahead as the situation bordered on the absurd and decided to ask the jellyfish what this wish was that could fulfill it.

"Well, this is obvious, my species allows to fulfill all wishes, but by doing so, we get old and debilitated for a few years, only after we can regenerate and become young again, we can make other wishes without consequences."

Barlon Sena was surprised, as such power was really to be envied, he then questioned:

"Wouldn't that make you an extremely strong species? And why can't you yourselves make your own wishes?"

"Our species could, our wishes were diverse, but we were limited in our wishes, as simple wishes were easy to fulfill, but more complicated and deep wishes were almost impossible as it depended on luck to be fulfilled. My people and even I, were hunted, we were not a warrior class and most of us were killed to fulfill selfish wishes of other beings, it was when your Grandfather found me and protected me."

Barlon Sena now understood how his grandfather managed to catch spectacularly large fish, while claiming he was just lucky…

"Well, if that's the case, I would like to ask for a million dollars to be deposited into my bank account tomorrow!" — exclaimed Barlon Sena, with a wave of adrenaline coursing through his veins.

The jellyfish-like creature paused, its translucent body briefly glowing. "Money? That's an easy wish, young bearer. Now I will hibernate, next time be more precise in your wishes, as the power I grant has a way of distorting words if they are not carefully chosen, see you later."

With that, the creature began to age rapidly, its glow fading. It disintegrated into particles of light and disappeared back into the Cap.

Barlon hesitated. What kind of joke was that? Was he really going to become a millionaire? His mind raced as he contemplated the possibilities of this being some kind of mental delusion, he quickly decided to forget about it and went to sleep, so as not to go even crazier if he stayed awake.

While he slept, he had some strange dreams, that's when a scream woke him up, he jumped so high from the bed, he almost fell headfirst onto the floor. A voice came soon after:

"Barlon, you won't believe it, oh my god we're rich!"

Barlon, hearing that, thought he was still dreaming, but when he opened his eyes he saw his sister Karmin looking at him with eyes filled with a mix of shock and joy as she kept screaming that they were rich, since when did he bet on the lottery?

That's when it hit him, the memory of talking to that being that looked like a jellyfish and said it could grant any wish…

"You really are a lucky guy Barlon, someone sent the money to the wrong account, it must have been that, I never thought this would happen to anyone, but who would have thought we would have this luck? I was at the market and when I saw the balance in your account on the TekTok app, I almost fainted, I couldn't believe it thinking it was a mirage, but when I got home I saw it was real"

Barlon was almost speechless, he was as shocked as she was, since that wish really came true.

"You don't need to worry, the money that fell into your account won't be withdrawn since it was a bank error, they assured that the money was credited and cannot be returned since the error was committed by their other client. From what I saw you won 1 million dollars."

Hearing that word that many rich people use, he almost started crying, his life was never perfect and he lived struggling along with his siblings. His father didn't even take care of him, only his mother took care of him and his 3 siblings alone.

He started to smile as he whispered "It seems that the world is not so bad after all Hahahaha!"