Cassias fell silent when he saw the two foxes, he was even pacing back and forth, looking nervous. Zerra didn’t get what was wrong with him.
She also beca nervous. "Is there sothing wrong with my parents?"
He took a deep breath, stared at her. His mouth opened, yet no words ca out. He looked rather speechless and unsettled about sothing. After he closed his mouth, he opened them again, but spoke nothing.
Zerra narrowed her eyes.
Seeing her getting impatient, Cassias swallowed, and he forced out, "Your parents beca foxes?"
She nodded happily. "Yes, of course. I am a fox, so are my parents!"
Cassias didn’t imdiately respond. He was in a montary turmoil. As soon as he regained his consciousness, he scanned the people nearby with his ntal power.
So of them had animal traits, like tails, fluffy ears... but none of them had turned into complete animal transformations like Zerra’s parents. They should be in the early stage of the transformation.
An unsettling premonition made its way to his mind. Could it be...?
"I saw that people around only have animal traits, but your parents..." he trailed off, waiting for her to continue her words.
Zerra’s face was a little tangled. "Oh, right. They are my real parents from the Celestial Realm. I am not sure how they got here and where the bodies’ original souls are."
She thought of her own state. From the start of their lives, could it be that they were her parents’ souls? Only her parents could confirm this.
Turning to Cassias, she asked him. "How about you? How did your soul get here from the Celestial Realm?"
She rembered the little grumpy yet caring boy. "Your form is a dragon...?"
In the Celestial Realm, dragons were the strongest celestial beasts. She wasn’t aware what exactly happened, but she heard that sothing big had happened in their clan. She couldn’t recall the details about it.
"Yes." He nodded in confirmation. Then, he found himself getting tossed into the air again. Thankfully, this ti he rembered to use his wings to fly.
Seeing her gleeful face, he had the illusion their roles were reserved now. She now treated him as a cute pet just like he once did to her.
Unfortunately, with this small dragon form, he had no way to resist...
"Are they really your parents?" He asked again as he landed on the ground, a little unsure. After he found out about Zerra’s state, he hadn’t even t her real parents once.
Even though they were not conscious now, he couldn’t help but still feeling nervous; he didn’t know how he should place his hands and feet. Unexpectedly, Zerra’s parents joined this world...
He swallowed when he saw Zerra nodding. "Their consciousness might have gotten hurt like mine. After all, I had forcefully brought them inside my inner space."
Zerra pressed her lips together when she saw the guilt on Cassias’ face. She grabbed his claws, pinching the soft texture of the scales. She said seriously. "It’s not your fault. Instead, I want to thank you. My parents would have been hurt severely if not because of you."
He pulled his claws from her warm and soft hands, a little bit shy at being treated like this by her. So, this was the advantage of having a cute form...
"But don’t do that again." She suddenly flicked his forehead a little roughly. "Or I will be angry at you and ignore you forever!"
She didn’t know what had co over her. Suddenly, she had the urge of throwing a tantrum, sending harsh glare at the little dragon; even so, her gaze would soften again when her eyes landed on him.
"Alright..." he curved the corners of his lips. "You can’t ignore ."
Zerra keenly noticed the atmosphere was a little ambiguous. She snorted and focused on her parents again, channeling more spiritual energy and wood power into them.
"I don’t need to try to enter their sea of consciousness, right?" She asked him. He had lived a bit longer, having more knowledge than her.
"No." He shook his head. When he rembered that Zerra’s parents were also there, he imdiately behaved himself. "Don’t do that."
"My parents also woke up so ti ago, but just briefly. Less than a minute." She explained.
"They just need ti to recover." Cassias assured her. "If you need anything, just tell . I have a lot of herbs."
She blinked. Not bothering to act polite? She began to list all the nourishing spiritual herbs that might aid her parents’ recovery. "Then, do you have Dragon Snow Lotus, Ginseng..."
After she was done, Cassias took all the items she ntioned from his space.
"Zizi, rember. You can do anything you want to do. If you want to leave this place, do it..." his voice was getting smaller and smaller, echoing in her mind.
Zerra noticed his breathing had beco weaker once he did so. Abruptly, she turned around.
"Kaz, what happened to you?" She panicked when she saw blood on the little dragon’s wings.
Cassias’ consciousness had faded away. The man said he could hold on for an hour now, so why...?
His current state reminded her when he took her parents out of his inner space. Was there so kind of restriction on his inner space and he had to sacrifice sothing to bring things out?
These herbs with rich spiritual power weren’t sothing that existed in this mortal realm, so he had to bear so kind of punishnt for taking them out, right?
She instantly regretted it. Her trembling hands reached for his little figure, who now had his eyes closed. The blood on his wings was still flowing.
A flow of wood power instantly showered the little dragon. He released a sigh of comfort, as if he had been released from the pain. She took out a few tissues, wiping the blood from his wings. Thankfully, now they had stopped bleeding.
"You scoundrel," she complained. "You scared so much."
Fortunately, when she checked his body state, there weren’t any severe injuries or further weakened consciousness.
She wiped him with the spring water. After she was done, she wrapped him in a towel like a burrito. Once again, she made sure he was alright before putting him inside her inner space again.
Now, her heart beca heavy when she saw the dicinal herbs. She hesitated for a bit, gritting her teeth before she decided to use them.
Because of her wood power, she could tell which properties were harmful and which ones weren’t. With her enhanced ntal power, she slowly separated them, focusing on potion making.
"A concoction to repair soone’s sea of consciousness," she murmured.
She had only heard of such a thing in the Celestial Realm, but she didn’t know how to make it. Would she be able to succeed with her instinct alone?
The wood ability had indeed given her unexpected power she didn’t have in the Celestial Realm. She gritted her teeth and decided to give it a try.
However, the more she separated the herb properties, the more puzzled she beca. Why did she feel it wasn’t so difficult anymore...?
She separated the properties canceling each other’s effect and picked the more potent one, enhancing the efficacy of the dicine. Her mind also flashed with so kind of prescription; if she added certain herbs, they would have this or that effect.
Three hours later, she wiped the sweat from her forehead, utterly exhausted.
In her hands, there was a bowl of dicine. The water was clear, translucent green. It wouldn’t be poisonous, right?
She still doubted her alchemy skills, so she took a spoonful of the potion and put it inside her mouth. The bitter taste still stuck to her tongue even after she ate twenty candies. However, she could feel her body becoming more refreshed.
The potion looked like lon juice, but the taste was as bitter as poison. She didn’t imdiately give the bowl to her parents. Let’s wait for the side effects first. If there was any, she wouldn’t give the potion to them.
Zerra got up and showered. Since Cassias had such a tone to his voice, she didn’t hesitate anymore to go to the Tribe Leader.
The old man welcod her with a smile this ti. "I know you would co."
She wanted to roll her eyes. Of course, it was because she had no choice. She needed the damn map badly or she wouldn’t be able to co back to the Capital.
"Can you tell why I need to bring one of your inner mbers along with ?" She asked with a confused face. After experiencing a tiring day; Cassias bleeding and potion making, her temper beca more cranky.
"Don’t give a reason like you want to preserve your tribe outside or sothing. I won’t buy it. Your tribe mber should be safer here with your own people rather than living a lonely, hard life outside." Zerra pursed her lips.
The Tribe Leader stared at her and sighed. He called his wife, who ca with a box in her hand. She handed the box to Zerra.
Zerra could sense there was a map inside without opening it.
"My wife will explain it."
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