Silence hung in the air after Idan’s confession.
Irene, Arslan and Milena couldn’t believe their ears. Sierra and Lucinda frowned, and Geminia shook her head with a slight smile, marveling at the couple’s extraordinary luck.
"What did you do that even a Rank 6 Valkyrie had to step in?" Sierra couldn’t help but ask.
Having lived in Junonia for so many years, observing its rules, she knew very well that a being of the Higher Realm would not act against a being of the Lower Realm without a good reason.
Sierra’s question made Idan relive the mories of the battle with the Valkyries. He didn’t think long to figure out why a rank six creature would have to make its move.
Idan looked at Sierra and Lucinda, the two Valkyries who were waiting for his answer, and hesitated for a mont.
Knowing how much they valued the sisterhood, and imagining how angry they might be at him, Idan suddenly coughed, and his entire body broke out in cold sweat.
"Ahem, ahem."
Noticing that his cough had attracted everyone’s attention, Idan smiled awkwardly and, taking into account that it was better not to hide the truth, decided to confess everything.
"I have so suggestions." His voice was slightly trembling.
His gaze fell on Lucinda and Sierra before saying the following:
"I want to apologize to you in advance and hope that you won’t get too angry."
Sierra and Lucinda, who were already frowning, beca even more tense.
"During the battles, I tore off the wings of one of the Ice Valkyries," Idan confessed, looking them straight in the eye. "I... I provoked her myself."
Sierra and Lucinda’s faces instantly changed, but Idan’s fears were not justified.
Idan himself didn’t even realize that Sierra and Lucinda were already considered one of their own for the most part.
"Tell us exactly what happened?" asked Sierra, and Lucinda did not stop her treatnt, trying to help him regain his strength. However, the restrictions of the Earth, which lowered its rank to Golden, made this process difficult.
Seeing that the two older Valkyries weren’t mad at him, Idan relaxed a bit and, at Sierra’s request, decided to share everything that had happened while he could still remain conscious.
"Now it’s clear why she intervened," Sierra sighed after listening to his story.
Imagining herself in that Valkyrie’s place, Sierra ca to the conclusion that if she hadn’t known Idan, she would have stood up for her younger sisters, for whom she was responsible against all the rules.
While the others were discussing his story, Idan began to lose consciousness, and his thoughts beca confused. He could barely hear what the others were saying. And under Lucinda’s healing glow, the pain eased a little, and his consciousness slowly sank into darkness.
Arabel, noticing that Idan had fainted, beca worried again.
"How is he?" she asked Lucinda.
"He will live," she replied.
"But... Under such conditions, it will take a very long ti to recover," she added, looking around and noticing how little fire elent energy was left around.
"It would be better to move him to Limbo, where my abilities won’t be so limited. Then we could take him to the Lava Lake again so he can swim there and fully recover," Lucinda finally suggested.
"Is it really that serious?" Arabel couldn’t stop worrying about Idan.
"If Idan had only fought and been injured by Diamond-ranked creatures, it would have been fine. But he ran into a Rank 6 creature again, and this ti he was more seriously injured than last ti," as Lucinda spoke, she pointed at Idan’s missing arm.
Arabel wasn’t the only one who was worried about Idan all this ti. Irene was crying quietly, standing aside and listening to their conversation, and Arslan, taking her by the hands, supported her. It also hurt him to look at his brother-in-law in such a state and also his older sister, who was so worried.
"I agree with her. It’s better to move him to Limbo," Sierra supported Lucinda’s suggestion in this matter.
The others also supported the idea, especially since the "Reset" in Limbo was just approaching.
"All right," Arabel agreed. But then she rembered that they had just used their teleportation ability, and recovery requires either waiting a whole day or spending a lot of System Points to roll back this ability.
"Is sothing wrong?" asked Sierra, noticing Arabel’s face clouding over.
"We’ve used our teleportation ability, and we need to wait a day or spend a lot of SP points to roll it back quickly," Arabel explained. Everyone in the room was more or less aware of the couple’s abilities, so she saw no point in hiding it.
"Idan is more important to than SP points, so let’s move him to Limbo as soon as possible," Arabel suggested.
"Wait, Sister," Milena interjected before Arabel could use her precious SP points. Milena was already aware of most of the possibilities of the couple thanks to her new older sisters.
"Take your ti, sister," Milena said, and when Arabel noticed her, she continued, "He will still need to wait for the Reset after teleporting before we can take him to the Lava Lake. Instead, I suggest using Essora’s ability."
Arabel’s eyes widened in surprise at Milena’s suggestion. Due to her intense anxiety, she had completely forgotten about Essora’s ti manipulation abilities.
"Little sister, you’re so smart!" Arabel praised her from the bottom of her heart.
"We can use Essora’s ability to slow down ti around Dan before the Reset occurs."
Everyone also agreed that this offer is the best one at the mont. Slowing down ti would allow Idan to experience less suffering before being carried to the Lava lake.
"Do you know anyone who has an affinity for the elent of fire?" asked Lucinda, who had been treating Idan all this ti, when they already had a plan of action.
Everyone looked at each other and realized that, apart from Idan, they hardly knew anyone with an affinity for the elent of fire in their surroundings.
Arabel, who had previously forgotten about Essora, rembered the one who had been by Essora’s side all this ti.
"I know one, but she’s not a friend, but rather a guest," she said.
Irene and Arslan exchanged glances that said, "How could we forget about her?"
"Oh, and who is that?" asked Sierra with interest.
Using her power in the Kingdom, Arabel summoned Essora and Elira to this place.
"Huh? What?" — Elira jumped back as the eyes of everyone turned to her, including those scary won.
Goosebumps ran down her spine.
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