After getting injected with the Gene suppressor, Ery could feel his energy being drained out of his body. He felt so weak that he could not even stand properly. Even now, he could still feel his energy slowly leaving him. He tried to open a [Spatial Gate], but to no avail.
This allowed him to understand the condition he was currently in. Ery knew there was really nothing he could do at the mont, so after thinking about it for a brief mont, he decided to move a little to lean on an unburned tree.
All along, the white-haired girl stood next to him unmoving like a statue, watching him without a word out of her mouth. Not even a curse.
Silence filled the air as the two looked each other in the eye.
Seeing that the girl was not going to leave anyti soon, Ery spoke first.
"Silva, thank you for your help, but I'm fine now. Don't worry, you can leave."
The girl was stunned when she heard him, but she quickly harrumphed.
"Huh! If I leave you now and you end up dead, I'm worried many will hold responsible."
Looking at her expression, it was clear she was unhappy about it.
The girl's illogical reason still left him speechless. Unable to find the words to respond, Ery only wryly smiled in the end.
"All right then, suit yourself."
Well, at least she's back to her usual self, Ery thought.
Just a few minutes later Ery cast [Nature's Blessing] to heal his body back to normal, the sky began to darken. In the end, the girl walked away. She probably got bored of doing nothing but waiting.
Even so, Ery was not bothered by the matter. Once again, he began to check his body's condition. It was great he could use his Shaman Transformation again, but it appeared the synergic power between his dark core and the corruption was too strong.
Ery was still unable to control it well, but he believed that soon enough, he would be able to lengthen the duration of his Shaman Transformation.
Not long after, Ery sensed Silva was moving towards him. From the looks of it, the girl previously left to take so broken wood branches.
To his surprise, the girl began to create a fireplace.
After she was done making it, Silva then sat just a few ters next to him. She silently sat while looking at the fireplace she made, but she felt that Ery's gaze was on her for a while, she turned to et his eyes.
"Just a fire to make sure no animal would co. And… it will be dark soon, so nothing weird about it, okay!"
She hurriedly looked back at the fire burning in front of her.
Ery nodded, took a deep breath and continued channeling his spirit force to all the ridians of his body.
The air was once again filled with silence. Only the occasional crackles of the fire and the blowing wind accompanied them.
At this mont, Silva suddenly spoke.
"So… Do you agree with her? Do you also think that we should try fighting the Beholder?"
His ridian inspection was interrupted, but Ery did not mind it. After thinking about it for a second, he said, "If there's a good way to defeat it, I believe we should give it a try."
Upon hearing his response, Silva fell silent for a second.
"Actually, I know a way… but it's not going to be easy," she nervously said.
Ery only nodded in response. It was not that he did not want to hear it, but he still needed to concentrate on his recovery.
The girl continued, "It's just… too much of a risk, you know… I understand where you're coming from, but I still think waiting for help is the right choice."
"...All right, sounds fair enough," Ery shortly answered. He still needed to focus on healing himself, so he did not really wish to make long conversations.
However, Silva, being more talkative than usual, continued to speak again.
"I an… it's not like we're really… really in a hurry, so… I don't think there's a need for us to take such a risk..."
Ery took a deep breath and turned toward her.
"Well, there's the spirit soul we need to bring to the alliance," He reminded her.
"Ah… yes… there's that, of course... but what I an is… it's not like there's anyone waiting for us to return right away... right?"
Silva asked this question for affirmation, but it actually made Ery think about Klea. The girl thought he would return in a few days, but it had been a month already. With this thought, Ery turned his gaze toward Silva.
"Actually, I do have soone waiting for . And yes, if there is a way to get back earlier, I will definitely take it… I don't want to make her worry."
"Ah… I see…"
Her voice faded as she said those words.
Ery's answer made her fall silent. This ti, the girl did not say a word for an entire hour, until Ery fully healed himself.
Now that he had recovered, Ery quickly stood up.
"I am fully healed, thank you for waiting with ."
Silva still did not say a word. She did not even want to make eye contact with him.
"All right then," Ery shrugged.
With nothing else to do, he turned his palm and started casting [Spatial Gate]. His destination was the shore where the ship was.
Before the gate opened, however, the girl behind him suddenly jumped at him.
Ery was shocked for a second. The girl quickly wrapped her arms around him and held him tight.
"Silva, what's… what's going on?" Ery's hand froze in place.
The girl only hid her face in his back, while her arms hugged him even tighter. Although she did not say a word, Ery could feel that sothing was wrong, so he let her be.
The situation quickly turned awkward for him. It was only after a while that the girl finally spoke.
"Ery… you fool… can't you be less gullible…?"
Ery could barely hear her, but he could feel that both her hands and her voice were slightly trembling.
This sentence stunned him. He had so many questions to ask, but he found himself unable to say a word. In the end, he kept silent and waited for her to finish her words.
"It's… it's true, you know… what that annoying girl said.''
Her slightly loosened arms around him tightened again.
"I… I like it here… It's so peaceful... no obligations, no care for anything…"
There was a long pause, but after a long sigh, she finally gathered her courage.
"But the reason I like it so much… is because you are here…"
"Ery, I like to be around you.... I wish to be by your side for as long as I can…."
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