Vampire Summoner's Rebirth: Summoning The Vampire Queen At The Start Chapter 425 The Lonely Soul And His Only Friend

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"Kyle! Hey! KYLE!"

Several days later, Ellergest ca to visit Kyle. It has been almost two weeks since he last saw him. After the awakening ceremony, Kyle's family was completely ostracized from the rest of the village and they were being discriminated. They were not even allowed to go buy food or anything, and very so often, people would stop by their house and throw stones at their ho.

Children gathered behind the "Accursed Child's house" only to throw rotten fruit, vegetables, and blood to their house. They were living hell itself.

However, after finally managing to sneak outside of his ho, as his parents no longer allowed Ellergest to co visit Kyle, Ellergest received no response from the house no matter how much he tried to call for his friend.

"Kyle! Are you there?"

The young Ellergest sighed, his golden eyes seed saddened, losing their light. What had happened to his friend was sothing too harsh. Both his Spirit and his Talent were thought to be related to his "Curse" and so even called him the Child of Death now.

"Look, I don't care if you got that spirit, or even that Talent! You're my friend… I would never leave you behind! You hear ? Never!" Ellergest cried, knocking the door.

The small face of Kyle peeked through he window of his house, as he saw Ellergest knocking the door. His mother was currently sleeping while his father had ran off sowhere else, as usual.

"I just… want to talk… Look, I brought you so food and water too…"

Kyle gritted his teeth as he cleansed his tears and walked towards the door.

"Leave …"

"Kyle?! Are you okay? Have you had sothing to eat?!"

"…Why are you here?"

"Because you're my friend! Open the door! Co on!"

"You shouldn't get involved with soone like …"

"B-But…"

"I only bring you trouble… I am cursed… I shouldn't get involved with you. I am going to ruin your life, like I've done… with my parents…"

"Kyle… I don't care if you ruin my life, you're my friend… You're like my little brother. You're literally… my family."

"…"

"I don't want to abandon you…"

No response.

However, the door slowly opened, as the little Kyle was crying. His clothes were tattered and he seed to be all nasty, he hadn't taken a bath since the ceremony, it looked like his entire family had gone downhill since that day.

"Kyle!"

Ellergest hugged Kyle tightly, as he cleansed his tears with his clothes.

"Why do you keep coming when you know I'm trouble…" Cried Kyle.

"I-I already told you why! I don't want to lave my friend behind…" Ellergest said, head patting Kyle's white hair. "You're very important to , you know?"

"…You're important to too." Kyle cried, hugging Ellergest back. "I'm sorry for treating you badly, sniff…"

"It's fine… That's what big brothers are for. Co on, how about you take a bath?" Sighed Ellergest.

"We have no water…" Sighed Kyle.

"There's a river nearby, let's go there." Ellergest brought Kyle to the forest, where he was able to clean himself and also have a healthy al. They even caught fish in the river and ended having them grilled for dinner.

Through the day, Kyle told Ellergest about his family. His father beca an alcoholic and was wasting all the money they had into drinking himself to death. anwhile, his mother was sleeping all the ti, and he often saw her consuming herbs and mushrooms she picked around the forest, well known for being drugs, so she could forget everything and sleep.

Ellergest grew more and more concerned, Kyle couldn't stay with his family any longer. However, Ellergest couldn't really invite him to his ho either, his parents wouldn't allow it… It was a very bad situation.

At the end, Ellergest helped Kyle making a small camp in the outskirts of the forest, inside a large and old tree which was mostly hollow. Kyle didn't wanted to go back to his house anyways, as his father would beat him whenever he was back. This was one of the reasons his eyes were purple and his face all swelled up.

"What's going to happen to , Ellergest?" Cried Kyle, as the night arrived.

"I… I will think of sothing. You've gotta be strong, you hear ?" Ellergest said. "For now, how about you make a camp here? I'll bring you stuff over ti; you may visit your house whenever your father's not there and pick your stuff too…"

"Okay…" Kyle sighed. "It's cold…"

"I… I know…" Ellergest ended staying the whole night snuggling with Kyle to give him both company and warm, at morning, he quickly ran back ho while Kyle decided to go back ho.

As the weeks, months, and even years went by, the rumors of the child never truly disappeared. Kyle had gained a status similar to that of a ghost, haunting the village. Although his parents barely saw him and never spoke about him any longer, people would sotis report to have seen a boy with white hair and red eyes with a black cloak walking near the forest.

Like this, three years passed, people grew so restless that they began to extort Kyle's parents every day, the young boy had just reached eight years of age and had learned many survival techniques from Ellergest.

However, his magic scared him. He had discovered that whenever he used his magic, plants would dry out and little animals would suddenly die and lose their life. And often tis, strange wandering souls would approach him. He was scared of his powers, and how they were related to death itself.

"Kyle, I'm back!" Ellergest quickly ca back to Kyle's house, a small camp the two had built around this old and hollow tree, bringing so new clothes and a few other useful things.

"Ellergest…" Kyle quickly ran towards his friend, giving him a small bottle with a blue liquid. "You've done so much for , yet I can never repay you… Here! I-I made this in secret…"

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