"Ah... fuck this."
"If I earned one gold coin every time you idiots came close to dying..."
"I wouldn’t be rich, but I’d definitely have enough to retire."
"Does that mean you made it? Is she going to be fine?" Qasim asked worriedly.
"Well, her condition is stable now thanks to your blood, but we still need an expert to examine her."
Qasim lowered his head and clenched his fist.
"I am sorry if I—"
"Yeah, yeah, stop with that attitude, kid."
Valen placed a hand on Qasim’s shoulder before continuing.
"You did great, and I’m thankful for you."
"If it wasn’t for you, she would have died."
Qasim slowly raised his head with a small smile.
"Okay, now excuse me."
"I need to rest for a bit."
"Just give me five minutes, then we’ll go after the monsters, finish this damn mission, and return home."
Valen quickly dashed out the door, with Doran following behind.
That left only Qasim, Yasmin, and the sleeping Levia inside the room.
"Amm... thank you for helping earlier."
"I didn’t see you two fight, but I know that monster wasn’t an easy opponent."
"Mmm."
Yasmin simply nodded.
...
...
The awkward silence lingered for a while before Qasim spoke again.
"That thing you did..."
"The life energy."
"What exactly is it?"
Yasmin remained silent.
"I guess she doesn’t like me..."
"Or maybe she just doesn’t like talking in general," Qasim thought.
"It’s the energy we build as Irada users," Yasmin finally answered.
"O-Oh, I see..."
"And how does it work?"
"Do you literally consume your own life energy every time?"
"Isn’t that dangerous?"
"No."
"I don’t convert my life into energy."
"I use the extra energy I build up while meditating."
"Oh, meditating..."
"Can you show me how?"
...
Meanwhile, outside the house, Valen stared at his hand until he heard Doran’s voice behind him.
"What’s wrong?"
"Hmm?"
"What do you mean?"
"I just wanted some fresh air."
"Ah yes..."
"Very convincing coming from the person who likes staying in his room for fifteen hours straight."
"What can I say?"
"I like my bed."
"Tell me, Valen."
"What did you see back there that made you react like that?"
Valen remained silent for a moment before finally admitting it while still looking at his hand.
"Well..."
"I didn’t see anything."
"And that’s exactly the problem."
"My intuition is strong, Doran."
"I’ve always trusted it."
"It’s how I’ve managed to overcome every problem we’ve faced so far."
"But this time..."
"The same intuition screamed at me not to examine that blood with my special vision."
"The only other time it reacted like that..."
"...was when I tried to look into TARBI-AWAL."
"So..."
"Do you think he could be..."
"No."
"He’s obviously much weaker."
"In fact, I don’t even think he’s taken the first step yet."
"That only means..."
"He’s a special case."
"I’ll keep that in mind."
Doran turned to head back inside.
Just before opening the door, he stopped.
"I know you have your own plans."
"You don’t even share them with us."
"And we’re probably all pieces in those plans."
"But..."
"I want you to know..."
"I trust you."
Valen simply nodded and watched Doran walk back into the house.
...
"Agh... is this even correct?"
"My method is correct."
"You’re simply not trying hard enough."
When Doran entered the room, he froze.
Qasim was lying exhausted on the floor.
Meanwhile, Yasmin was sitting on top of him, pinning him down while calmly instructing him to feel the energy around them.
"What the..."
...
Exactly five minutes later, Valen returned inside and explained the plan.
According to Yasmin and Doran, there were around ten more monsters than expected.
The monsters appeared to have been organized by an outside force, most likely the scientist they had killed.
Now that he was dead, no one knew how the monsters would react.
Most likely...
They would descend into complete chaos.
According to Qasim, the source of the infection was most likely the strange combination of the flowers and the pink lake.
Every one of their theories was confirmed when the captured woman revealed everything she knew.
After asking the mayor to take care of Levia and keep an eye on the captured spy, the team headed back into the forest.
It was time to end it all.
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