Chapter 24: Awakening from a three day coma

Isaac after constantly crawling, regains the strength to get off of the floor and begins to walk, albeit slowly, back towards the bakery.

"I don't have the strength to fight the other shady man, but I really hope mom and Coralia are okay. If anything were to happen to either of them...". A trace of anger flashes in Isaac's eyes briefly as his will to keep moving forward is reignited, and continues to head back to the bakery. Luckily as now a tier 1 mage, his ability to recover his magic had greatly increased. "Maybe I should learn healing magic from the town nurse who helped give birth to Isabella, it would be nice to be able to supplement myself with energy and heal myself". Isaac thinks as he is on the way to the bakery.

Surprisingly, in this world, having more than one type of magic is actually not the impossible. As mages breakthrough and increase their tiers, at certain tears, they can begin to learn another magic. Isaac even read from within the library that it was possible to increase the chances of receiving a particular magic. Though Isaac wanted to receive healing magic, it is a somewhat rare magic so it was easier said than done to even receive healing magic. Even with that information, it didn't stop Isaac's want for healing magic. Though Isaac would find out later in his new life, things wouldn't go as planned as he wanted them to. Isaac finally arrives to see the bakery torn apart in some places, when he sees the state his home in this new world is in, not caring for his injuries, he rushes towards the bakery and immediately enters inside.

"MOM! CORALIA"! Isaac shouts as he is searching through the building for them. Isaac searches high and low through the rubble to find Coralia and Isabella, and when he enters the broken entryway to the bedroom, he sees an unconscious Coralia with Isabella holding her in her arms. Isabella's long hair drooping in front of her face. Isaac drops to his knees when he sees Coralia unconscious body in Isabella's arm like that. Realistically, there was no sign of an injury present on her besides for a few scratches that she got from running away from the other shady man. But even as intelligent Isaac was, the sight made him lose his calm and begin to have tears build up in his eyes. At the sound of sniffling, Isabella snaps out of her trance while holding Coralia and looks up to see Isaac there, looking broken. Even in the sadness of the moment, with the bakery she worked so hard to have built, crumbled around the injuries on Isaac's body, her, the pain she felt watching as Coralia do her absolute best to protect her, but when she saw Isaac there, just alive. Tears of happiness fell from her eyes before she grabbed Isaac and pulled him close into a hug.

"I'm s..s..sorry mom". Isaac chokes on his tears as he speaks. "I should have stayed here for the bo-". Before Isaac could even finish, Isabella puts her fingers on his lips and moves his chin so he can look up at her. "It's okay, she's not dead, but she needs healing, we have to go to Doctor Pearl at the town clinic". Isabella says with a serious look on her face. Isaac quickly clears the tears on his face and nods his head. As if knowing that Coralia was safe, was a sweet lullaby, Isaac falls unconscious himself. The sight of both Isaac and Coralia being unconscious could paint a horrid picture on mosts face. Isabella on the other hand smiles gratefully for having children like this with her, before she holds them both in her arms.

Three days later

Isaac slowly opens his eyes to take in the light of the room he is in. After realizing he is in a bed that isn't originally his own, Isaac gets up, but almost falls back into the bed when standing up. He stares down at the floor and then around the room.

"How long was I out for"? Isaac wonders to himself as he now stares at himself in a mirror nearby. His arm is wrapped in bandage, while bandaids are in multiple places around his body. As Isaac is staring at himself some more, the door to the room opens up, and along comes in Doctor Pearl, the same doctor that helped Isabella gave birth when Isaac first arrived in this world. When Doctor Pearl stops in the doorway, a head comes out from behind her. The same head gains a smile on her face before rushing directly at Isaac and enveloping him in a hug. That's right, its Coralia currently...crushing Isaac in the hug.

"It's nice to see you to Cor-". Before Isaac can finish his sentence, Coralia squeezes even harder causing him to scream in immense pain. After squeezing for a bit longer, Coralia lets him go, and Isaac stumbles and falls on the bed that he woke up from. Doctor Pearl who was originally staring at the scene with a smile cringes when Coralia almost crushes Isaac and gives the scene a questionable glance before walking up to the downed Isaac.

"Hello Isaac, you might not remember me, but I helped your mother give birth to you three years ago, I'm Doctor Pearl". She says with a smile on her face. Doctor Pearl, just like her namesake, has pearl colored eyes, brunette hair in a small ponytail, and glasses that gave her the impression of being a professional in her field, but also contrasted against her aesthetically pleasing white robe with a red cross on it. "So in total Isaac, you had lost a ton of blood, over exhausted your mana, and still pushed yourself from what I hear. Theoretically you shouldn't have been able to even move any part of your body to get up, yet here you are three days later, doing what shouldn't be possible. A yellow glow wraps around Doctor Pearl's hand before encompassing all of Isaac's body. Even my diagnostic spell at the middle tier of rank 1 is having troubles figuring out why you are recovering faster than most normal humans or mages. Isaac listens closely, until he realizes a point that he had overlooked when he had been listening.

"Doctor Pearl, have I really been unconscious for three days"!? Isaac asks in shock himself knowing that the answer was most likely the truth, seeing as he was currently in a medical room for most likely more than just a few hours.

"That's correct Isaac, now wait here while I bring the good news over to Isabella, you truly had her worried sick you know". Doctor Pearl pouts a bit before putting her arms on her hips and stares at Isaac. Isaac rubs his head bashifully before completely agreeing with Isabella, because he wanted to see his mother who he had not seen for a long amount of time now.

"I'll be back then Isaac, wait here for me, It'll only take me 30 minutes to an hour". Doctor Pearl says as she walks out from the room to find Isabella from who knows where she might be. Isaac who is now left in the room with Coralia, stares at her with a bit of sadness. Coralia mimics the same sadness before they both sit on the bed Isaac had been sleeping in, before they both turn to each other and say,

"I'm sorry"