Chapter 111 - 112: Suicide?
Then finally, we decided that he was still unwell and needed to rest. Iven was stressing himself out. He narrated what happened after letting Jael stay at his house.
At first, there were concerning problems, such as him peeing blood and his skin suddenly ripping apart. Then it turned into him crawling in the garden and eating soil like a refugee. He still complains about the chanting, and he rarely remains sane. He would vomit everything we fed him. His bowels were full of worms, and he’d chew on anything he could get his hands on.
Hearing that recollection, Cail looked at Iven with pity. Then he also realized that if Jael were in his place and was acting like that in his presence, Jael would probably be sleeping the entire time, because he’d knock him out the moment he acted up.
"That’s tough. What are the results of the hospital check-up?" Iven pulled his hair out in frustration.
They said that there was nothing wrong and everything was normal... But what the heck? It was obvious that a lot of things were wrong. How could they say that with a straight face?
In the end, they agreed to admit Jael to the hospital for observation.
If this were any other friend, then Iven would probably feel a bit of irritation. But Jael is not just his friend; he is also his cousin. Although he and his parents were panicking, they couldn’t just give up on him like that.
"Can we send a priest to him?" Iven was now sure that something supernatural was going on with Jael.
"But will it really work?"
"To be honest, I think he won’t last long if this continues."
That was his greatest fear—waking up and seeing Jael dead on the bed.