Chapter 297:
Arthur's Point of View
Temple
Another chuckle. "Indeed. Although, I am still confused as to how you arrived there."
"Wish I could tell you, but I'd rather you'd leave."
"For soone who is terrified, your mouth is certainly not doing you any favors."
"I'd like to say it's a defense chanism to get out of uncomfortable situations." I explained. "Although, given the situation, I have a feeling I'll be fine even without taking your deal."
Indecipherable whispers started to increase around the room as there was no imdiate response. It made even more nervous. I was regaining my nerve, but the unknown was what ground . A creature that moved statues in a library that was able to ignore my strength even back then is unnerving.
Everything was worse when I wasn't even sure who it was affiliated with. However, the voice was right. Being in a weakened state slowed my mind. It was in a haze, much like the room I stood in. My thoughts were sporadic as I tried to make sense of the situation over and over again.
Finally, it replied. "There will co a ti when we et." He chuckled. "Look forward to it."
The mist gathered in front of and singled out. With my back against the wall, part of my arm started to transform as I swung at the mist. Little good it did besides amuse the one behind this. However, that amusent soon turned to screaming insanity. A woman's screams rang in my ears as a large bulky appearance ford in front of . It shot out in every direction violently.
A singular blink was all it took for everything to be back to normal. "We are High Elves, Arth-" Arceana's voice cut in but stopped when everyone realized I had moved.
With my sword drawn, my appearance likely a ss, and no longer in the spot I was before, many were obviously confused. "Arthur?" Lucia's voice called out. "Are you okay?" She was the main reason I didn't try to flee.
Slowly putting away my sword didn't help. A dry mouth left longing for water as I felt my body covered in sweat, which was no easy feat. My excessive panting probably made things worse. Arceana stood as many looked on in concern.
"I'll be fine." My eyes flickered to Typhon and focused on him, but only for a mont.
"Sir-" Greigh began, but I held up my hand.
"I'm sorry. I lied." My admittance seed to surprise everyone. "I'm not fine. I need a mont to try and process what just happened." Putting my back on the wall, everyone watched as I slid down to a sitting position. "It has not been a good week for ."
Bringing my hands up to my face, I rubbed my forehead from how lost I was. My eyes closed in fear. This was never sothing I should've been dealing with. There was no one with this kind of expertise. The Star Creature sending here was just so form of sick torture. Part of wondered if I wasn't really still in the void, and I was just hallucinating or imaging all of this as so form of coping chanism.
Lucia's Point of View
Temple
Ignoring everyone else, my feet were moving before I even realized I was standing before Arthur. Lowering myself to my knees made Arthur shift. He knew I was there. However, he didn't do anything. Even when I put my hands on him with my magic activated. Taking a deep breath, we teleported to a more private location. Naly, Arthur's ho.
A chuckle escaped his lips as he rested his head on the kitchen wall. "I see you learned how to teleport."
I smiled. "Soone strongly recomnded I do so." Moving beside him, he watched for a mont as I sat beside him.
"Sitting on the floor? How beneath you."
Rolling my eyes, I replied. "Considering how the floor is literally beneath , yes." He scoffed in an amused manner. "Arthur, what happened back there?" Placing my hand on his, he looked at it. "You can talk to ."
His body deflated as he closed his eyes and sighed. "I don't an this as an insult, but you wouldn't understand." A finger scratched his eyebrow as he still kept his eyes closed. "It happened to , and I don't even understand it."
"'It.'" Arthur peaked out of one of his eyes at . "What do an 'it?'"
With a groan, his head hung, and he shrugged. "That's just it! I don't know!"
Arthur had continually helped ti and ti again. This ti, I wanted to return the favor. Scooting closer to him caught his attention. He didn't make any moves to stop or shy away. Once my side was connected to his, I could feel the small trembling his body was giving off. Not knowing what else to do, my head rested on his shoulder as I placed my hand in his. No words were exchanged as he held my hand in return, and the side of his head rested on the top of mine. We sat there in silence as I tried my best to comfort the distraught man.
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