Chapter 30: Reasons
Kaizer let the bowl fall onto the table beside him gently, eventually glancing at Rina once more.
"The story is long and quite complex, but I'll demonstrate to lend credibility to what I say next. However, I don't dare to say it here, even if this ward is void of monitoring devices. Let's head home and I will tell you all you need to know." Kaizer said firmly, turning to his father.
Keith, but this time, had a grave expression unlike his usual nerdy self. He nodded with Kaizer and walked over to press a button near the head of Rina's bed, summoning a nearby nurse on standby and letting her know that the family wished to discharge their member.
Knowing that this was a VVIP, the nurse naturally did not cause a fuss and summoned the doctor in charge who handled the rest of the procedures. In less than ten minutes, the entire family was within the Escalade, heading home at the fastest speed while they all remained eerily silent within the car, all lost in thought.
For Kaizer, he was contemplating the pros and cons of his decision. He often referred to himself as genre-savvy, which was basically nerd speak for 'I've read/played/watched a lot of fantasy fiction so if I ever appear in a fantasy situation, I'll know what to do.'
As a genre-savvy individual, he was cognizant of famous tropes in the very fiction he loved to consume, so he was also aware of one of the biggest ones, which had the worst possible reputation.
Misunderstanding/forced secrecy.
Person A (along with others sometimes) encounters an extraordinary situation and their first thought is to hide it from those closest to them, even if it would benefit their loved ones. The reasons usually varied, from edgy and paranoid ones like fear of betrayal to stupid and illogical ones like protecting them from harm.
For Kaizer, who had criticized this trope countless times, encountering a similar situation in real life left him feeling extremely amused and helpless to the machinations of fate. However, from the time he bid farewell to Anir, escaped the campus, and then came to the hospital to avoid the questioning journalists as well as law enforcement, how to resolve this matter was the sole constant in his mind.