A week had passed since I had received the call from the Emperor, and it seemed that he had succeeded in keeping this video of myself from spreading around, which was great news.
Because of that news, I was able to focus solely on rehabilitation, as I did not have anything else on my mind during that time.
For the past week, all I did was recover. For the first two days, I was bedridden as I just focused on meditating to increase the amount of aether available to me. Then, after those days, I was able to walk again, albeit barely.
Using all my powers was something that was extremely straining and that I could not do completely alone. Otherwise, right after using it, I would be in a very weakened state, and I would have no choice but to pray that no one would kill me.
That’s why, most of the time, I only used one or two powers from the other races. Using all of them at the same time was the most reckless thing I could do. However, I had done it because I was currently in the tribe’s village, and I wanted to push myself right to the very limits that I could handle by myself.
“So, Phoebe, did you think about my offer?” I asked as I saw Phoebe currently roaming around the village just like me, doing nothing in particular.
She pondered for a moment before answering, “I don’t know Caedrel…I’m not sure if I’m ready to face Zero again.”
The request that I just mentioned was the one I had made when she had just woken up about guiding me to where Zero was situated. Still, I could understand why she would refuse, and I wouldn’t pressure her for the time being as I had no real need to do such a thing at the moment.
“Well, I’m sure you know, but I’m leaving tomorrow for the Snowy Mountains. So, if you don’t want to come with me, just prepare a map of where I should be able to find him.”
Phoebe plainly nodded as she honestly felt bad for me because while I had saved her from certain death, she was hesitating whether to help or not because she was scared of such a thing.
“I’m sorry, if I seem ungrateful for what you did. I’ll make sure that we are even one day. I swear.”
With those words, I simply nodded as I went to explain the situation to my students.
It went quite well as I told them that I would be leaving for a while, and that they were to stay here and continue training under the tribe’s members.
No one complained apart from Jackson, who wanted to go back to his family. However, I obviously refused such demands since it would only create problems for myself. After all, they were all perfectly safe here, and there was no need to bring them back to the Royal Academy since the training they were getting here was much better than whatever they could find from one of the professors at the Royal Academy.
Nevertheless, after telling my students that, the day went by pretty quickly as I did not do much. I trained by myself a little and talked with Zale about Zero. Everything was going pretty well, as far as I could tell.
Then, the next day came quickly, and it was time for Phoebe to either leave with me or to stay within the village.
Before, I made a big scene about it. I directly went to see Phoebe as soon as I woke up since there was little to no point to staying here, not doing anything whatsoever.
I knocked on her door, making sure that she was awake before I walked in.
Then, I simply waited in front of it, waiting for her to open it, and sure enough, she did.
She was barely awake as she rubbed her eyes while yawning right in my face. She was also wearing a white nightgown that barely even covered her body. However, I wasn’t here for that stuff, so I didn’t even pay attention to it.
Still, she blushed instantly as she covered her chest with her arms.
“Ahhh…give me a few minutes please!” She said as she practically shouted and slammed the door in my face.
A few moments passed by, and she reopened it with decent clothes this time around.
“So…why are you here in the middle of the night, the sun isn’t even up yet.”
I smiled. “Well, I was wondering about your final decision. Will you come with me to find Zero in the Snowy Mountains or will you stay here?”
Her eyes widened. “Y-You want to leave right now?! I thought you were at least going to wait until morning.”
“I waited for long enough already. It’s about time I go and find him. It’s been more than three months since I left the Human Kingdom, and I have no idea what’s currently happening over there. Anyway, I have no time to lose, so either come with me right now, or don’t. I won’t mind your answer.”
Phoebe pondered about her answer before answering, “You know, I thought about this all night before going to sleep, and I decided that I’d accompany you. Even if I’m scared, I don’t want the same thing that happened to me happening to you. And it’s only fair since you saved my life that I help you in such a way.”
Phoebe kept blushing ever so slightly as she struggled to look at me in the eyes as she spoke, which was quite cute of her.
“Perfect, then let’s go. Time for us to leave!” I replied right away.
“Uh…shouldn’t we say goodbye to my father at least?”
I shook my head. “No, there’s no point. He already knows that I was going to be leaving today, and if you go tell him that you’re coming with me. He will only get worried for no real reason.”
End of the 2nd Volume of this Book – Perdere.
~ 77 000 words
Hope you liked it.
The 3rd Volume – Zero will start next chapter.
