Olivia stared at Eritrea in disbelief. She could not believe that she had brought this onto herself. But if she had refused the request, she would have ended up dead.
"The monster is in my sea of consciousness. Others cannot sense it," she tried to reason.
"The scent of the frost fox is very distinct. Any elite and high-level monsters can easily detect it." Eritrea turned her attention back to the baby monster. "But don’t worry, I have already covered its trace before you ca," she added nonchalantly.
"Thank you," Olivia said, her voice conveying how sincere she was.
"Do you know if I leveled up or not?" She asked hesitantly.
Eritrea tilted her head towards her. "Of course, you have leveled up, but your powers will gradually deplete unless you consu more cores. Think of the king frost fox mother. If she wasn’t sharing her essence with her baby, who is very gluttonous, sucking almost all of her essence, you guys would have never been able to kill her."
"So does this make the mother, doing the duty of its mother?" Olivia asked in disbelief.
"Yes," ca the cold answer that made her wish for the ground to open up and swallow her.
She knew it. This was too good to be true. When had anything good ever happened to her?
"Don’t feel too sad. With the disaster ca a blessing."
Olivia quickly looked up to her. What did she an with those words? What blessing could actually co from this?
"The monster had indeed increased your lifespan. You must have noticed that your flaw is mortality. Whenever you use advanced powers, your lifespan reduces," Eritrea said solemnly.
Olivia wanted to laugh, but she couldn’t force the sound out of her throat. She could only feel bile rising up her throat. ’So that is my flaw, to die quickly?’ She tried to force a smile on her face, but she failed miserably.
"As long as you nurture the monster properly, it can montarily increase your lifespan. And it has also helped to suppress your chaotic powers."
Olivia exhaled deeply. She needed to figure out how to deal with the monster. Her eyes flickered to the pup, which was turning around in a bubble-like barrier, its eyes closed, its white fur sparkling from the reflection of the sun.
It did look cute. But Olivia could not bring herself to admit it. She could not bring herself to care for it. If she accepted the monster now, it would be like she had forgotten about the things that had happened to Luke.
She would also be a fool if she grew a soft spot for it, considering how its mother had deceived her.
"You should get going now... I’ll take care of things over here," Eritrea said, turning her back to her.
Olivia’s gaze flickered to her core, which was now burning with fire and ice.
Before she could say anything, her body gradually disappeared from the sea of consciousness.
.....
Olivia’s eyes opened to the distinctive voices in the background. The first thing that ca into her view was the white ceiling.
The sll of cologne and dicine invaded her nostrils. She turned to her side and saw Alexa and Abigail having a heated argunt. But it was obvious that Abigail was failing miserably to keep her head up.
"What do you an... you have the right to give her the dicine?" Abigail stuttered.
"Move aside," ca the authoritative voice of Alexa.
"The blue pill is to be given only once to students. You have given one to her before... So why do you want to give another one again?" Abigail blocked Alexa’s path, avoiding her piercing gaze.
"I don’t need to explain to you, Abigail. Move aside," Alexa said, her voice laced with irritation and annoyance. Her gaze was the pure definition of ’if only looks could kill.’
Abigail panicked as she watched her make her way towards Olivia. She bit her lower lip in frustration. She didn’t know how to stop the powerful Alexa from having her way.
"She’s still unconscious. At least wait for her to wake up before shoving a pill down her throat," Abigail said ekly, although her eyes were telling another tale. She wanted to skin Alexa alive with her gaze.
Alexa didn’t bother to spare her a glance. "It’s fine as long as it will slide down her throat." She imdiately opened the black box in her hand, then took out the blue pill that was on a golden cloth inside the box.
Seeing that she wouldn’t be able to stop her further, Abigail hastily ran to her side, plastering a fake smile on her face. "Let help you feed her the pill." She stretched out her hand towards her.
"No, I’ll do it myself." Alexa brought the pill closer to Olivia’s lips. Just as she was about to put the pill in her mouth—
Olivia opened her eyes. She had been pretending to still be unconscious when she heard their argunts, thinking this would deter Alexa, making her hand over the pill to Abigail.
"Alexa," she muttered. She blinked her eyes several tis, trying to get tears out of her eyes. But it was like the heavens had shut the gate to her tears.
"You’re awake? Take..."
"Olivia!" Abigail cried dramatically, throwing herself between them. "I thought you were gone for good!" She cried, shedding crocodile tears.
Alexa cleared her throat—a clear warning to Abigail to step aside.
Abigail quickly made faces at Olivia, letting her know this was a danger. But Olivia played along, blinking at her that she understood.
"I thought you were dead," Abigail hugged her tightly before finally letting go, taking a few steps back away from them.
"Take this pill. It will help you heal," the monotone voice of Alexa echoed through the room.
Olivia stretched out her hand to take it, but she imdiately retreated her hand, groaning in pain—even though she was in no pain.
Reviews
All reviews (0)