An hour later, Evin found himself alone once again, heading towards the 'Unspoken area'. The flight was silent and awkward, but that was to be expected.
Although he was very happy he finally found so reliable allies to explore the Island with, Arza was diagnosed with mana-core exhaustion and had to rest for at least a day (though he beca conscious soon after he was brought to the infirmary), so Phel didn't want to leave red-haired boy alone while he was in such a state.
And although Evin wanted to accompany them and explore the Island together afterwards, Arza explained that he was going to explore the Island alone, anyway, so there was no point in Evin waiting together with him.
As for Phel, the boy said he'd escort Arza till he got better, saying that he wasn't planning to aim for Helm or anything grand like that. Arza insisted otherwise, but under the two others' pressure he eventually relented.
Then, everyone got their skin and other wounds fixed through magic, exchanged so cards with each other (Evin received a Find Person Card, and also finally got another Castle Card, but had to lose his two Slaver Cards, as Arza and Phel possessed two others in total), and started to exchange information.
Phel imdiately asked Evin on whether or not Byron was still alive. Evin found it hard to explain, and just replied that he was probably okay. He then confessed that he might've hit Byron a bit harder than he intended, but he didn't do enough to kill him. After all, everyone knew that Byron was a competent World of Life user.
Phel still looked worried, but there was nothing he could do about it. He was the one who betrayed the group of nobles in the first place, so it would be awkward for him to go back there again.
Evin felt guilty for lying to Phel, as he clearly saw the Voice shooting Byron's heart and liver, and the huge amounts of blood that were spurting from his wounds. In his opinion, it would be impossible for Byron to survive that.
But Evin wasn't willing to reveal the truth, because he was hell-bent on insisting that it was the only left for him to survive the ordeal. Decatur was definitely going to kill him, and if he didn't hit Byron hard enough, he would've died in the Temple. Obviously, he didn't an to kill anyone.
In any case, Phel nodded stiffly, and Evin tried to direct the conversation towards a different direction. He asked Arza questions about his Conditional Absolute. Although Evin saw glimpses of what was happening beyond the rock, naturally he couldn't see the entire picture. Hearing from Phel how Arza saved him sent goosebumps through his skin. Naturally, he also beca excited to learn about the spell.
Arza explained that it wasn't an Absolute in the truest sense, just a spell which had powerful effects at the cost of drawbacks and conditions. If it really was an absolute, the defensive spells wouldn't have been able to block him, and Arza would've been able to dash towards his designated opponent regardless of what they did to stop him.
But Phel and Evin knew that the feat he achieved was amazing enough on its own. They both understood that Arza was one step closer to creating his own Absolute, and now he just had to make it more powerful. Arza ntioned that if he beca good enough at Gestures, he'd most likely be able to achieve his goals.
Then, they each talked about their general experience on the Island. Like Evin expected, Arza spent the yesterday morning exploring the Temple, and then went towards the Volcano imdiately after. Decatur's group, on the other hand, explored the mountain-peak and went straight towards the Temple afterwards.
Eventually, they promised each other to et once again two days later, and parted. The two went towards the Shelter, while Evin resud his exploration of the Island, starting with the unspoken area.
He actually wanted to go to the other places and wait for Phel, but the Voice insisted that Evin explore the place as soon as possible.
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