3 Ch. 3 - Is He Even Human?!

Seeing as Xiao Huoyan kneeled down beside the bed and greeted him with his fists clasped respectfully, he was instantly shocked. He didn't think such a small child would show such manners!

'Small children are usually spoiled and cheeky, but Xiao Huoyan is obviously not.', he thought to himself.

And not only did he posses' great manners, he was also very smart, as to know how to show respect to his master.

"Huoyan'er… Where did you learn such manners?"

He asked curiously. Xiao Huoyan was only five years old, and he had lived almost half of his life alone in the woods, so who taught him to show so much respect to his master?

Xiao Huoyan hadn't shown such respect at the beginning when they'd met, but just as I, Jin Long, became his master, he suddenly showed me such respect. It didn't make sense that he knew such things.

"I-I can't remember…"

"What do you mean? Someone must've taught you all of this."

He asked in a state of confusion.

"Please don't be mad! I'll really can't remember!"

Seeing as Xiao Huoyan was yelling with panic written across his face, Jin Long started speaking with a calm voice.

"If you really can't remember, then would you mind if I tried to read your memories?"

"Is it really that important?"

Xiao Huoyan said, looking a little confused.

"No, it's not. But I'd really like to know some other things too…"

"What do you want to ask? I can just answer."

"Well that's true, but what if you say that yo can't remember and start to panic again?"

"Oh… maybe you're right. Then feel free to read my memories!"

As Xiao Huoyan said that he smiled brightly and sat down beside Jin Long.

Seeing that Xiao Huoyan was willing, Jin Long closed his eyes and tried to focus on Xiao Huoyan's mind in order to read his memories. But soon after, he noticed that there was something strange blocking him from seeing Xiao Huoyan's memories.

"AAAH!!"

Hearing Xiao Huoyan screaming out with a voice filled with pain, Jin Long looked down at Xiao Huoyan again and what he saw struck him with both shock and confusion. He saw Xiao Huoyan, who sat on the side of the bed, starting to hug his head, with his face deeply buried in his knees with streams of tears flowing down his face. He expressed a face full of pain, and yet this little boy didn't make a sound.

There was no wailing, nor sniffling. He was so quiet to the point where you couldn't even hear his breathing! He just sat there without moving an inch for almost half an hour! It was as if he had gone mute.

As Jin Long slowly began to come back to his senses, he extended his hand trying to comfort Xiao Huoyan by lightly patting his little head, but as soon as his hands came close, Xiao Huoyan lifted his head. When Jin Long came into contact with Xiao Huoyan's skin, Jin Long's face instantly turned ashen.

Xiao Huoyan's skin was extremely cold! This caused Jin Long to instinctively draw his hands back. Unbelievable! Jin Long's spirit essence was an evolved verision of wind, called 'Icy Hurricane', and yet this kind of chilliness that Xiao Huoyan's skin emitted, was something that he couldn't even match up to! It felt familiar to his own spirit essence, except this being way much stronger!

Knowing that he could do nothing to help, he started to panic!

" Xiao Huoyan'er! What's happening to you?!"

He screamed in panic! Never in his life before had he ever felt this helpless!

Just as he was going to give up, Xiao Huoyan suddenly started to fly up in the air. Then suddenly after that, a strong and extremely cold wind started to swirl around him like a hurricane. Suddenly his eyes opened, but they seemed nothing like those cute and innocent brown eyes, that he had before!

They were pitch-black, except for something that looked like snowflakes, currently moving uncontrollably inside those pitch-black eyes of his! These eyes were more akin to the ones of a demon!

He felt so helpless, watching as Xiao Huoyan turned into something he had never seen before! Did him, trying to intrude into Xiao Huoyan's memories, cause this little boy to become like this?

While Jin Long was lost in his thoughts, Xiao Huoyan extended one of his fingers and pointed at Jin Long. Then he started speaking with a voice lacking as much as a hint of emotions.

He spoke in a language that Jin Long had never heard before. It sounded like some kind of chant. After he'd finished speaking, a bone chilling wind started to fly towards Jin Long at a rapid speed!

Jin Long felt that he had no way of stopping it and thus he just sat there, awaiting his death. Never would he had imagined that just as the bone chilling wind was about to reach him, it suddenly disappeared, leaving nothing but a mess and an unforgettable memory. He looked at Xiao Huoyan, who was now laying on the floor unconscious.

"How could this be the same little boy that almost just killed me?"

Jin Long sighed in confusion and misbelief as he went up from the bed, picked Xiao Huoyan up from the floor and carefully placed him onto the bed. Then he laid down beside him and fell asleep.

After a few hours, he woke up. He looked beside him and saw that the spot where he put Xiao Huoyan yesterday, was empty. He started to panic and quickly raised up from the bed.

He was feeling much better compared to yesterday. Thinking back at how he almost died yesterday, he began to wonder… 'Xiao Huoyan said that his father left before he was born and that his mother died two years ago, so how come he knew how to treat such severe injuries? Where did he get the medicines from? Who in this world was able to make such miraculous medicine? How come I, Jin Long, are almost fully recovered after only one night?!'

Jin Long's head was full of questions, but he didn't really have the time to think too much about it, since Xiao Huoyan seemed to have ran away.

Jin Long began to search the whole house but even after searching every single room, he still found nothing. Just as he was going to give up, he looked out the window and saw Xiao Huoyan sitting cross-legged on the ground. He seemed to be holding something. He began to carefully observe what Xiao Huoyan was doing, and then he saw something really strange.

The thing that Xiao Huoyan was currently holding was a Magical Beast! And it was even a seven ranked one! This one was called Demon Wolf, and they were known for how merciless and bloodthirsty they were! Even though Demon Wolves were quite small, if I, Jin Long, were to meet a five ranked one, I would still have to use everything I've got to escape. Not to mention being able to fight it, I would probably die instantly! And yet this little five-year-old boy just held it in his arms as if it were completely harmless!

After taking a closer look, Jin Long discovered that this Demon Wolf was severely injured. The Demon Wolfs stomach was cut open and the Bloody Demon Wolf seemed to be at the brink of life and death.

Then to Jin Long's surprise, Xiao Huoyan actually bit his own wrist! But what Xiao Huoyan did after that left Jin Long completely dumbfounded. After he bit his own wrist, he feed the Bloody demon Wolf his blood! And what was even more strange was that quickly after drinking a little bit of Xiao Huoyan's blood, it slowly started to heal!

Two minutes later, Xiao Huoyan Had already stopped feeding the Bloody Demon Wolf, and it had completely healed, leaving nothing but a scar!!

"To be able to do something like that is something that have never been heard of before! Is he even human?!"