74 Yes or No (1/2)

Several weeks passed...

It was now the latter part of the winter, and the said season was nearing its end.

For the past weeks since the Magic Frostbite appeared, the said phenomenon didn't change for once, and it in fact, extended towards a part of the Monarch Forest.

This happening started to alarm the Regional Bishop himself, and was even paid attention by the Archbishop stationed in the Trigurniburg Kingdom and by the central government too.

They had never expected that such a Magic Frostbite that would cover the whole Horizon Mountain and the nearby regions would stretch towards to even the inner region of the Monarch Forest.

In history, only ten Magic Frostbite as big as this has ever occurred, and they mostly had a considerably large time interval between them.

...

The door of the shop opened and Allen walked inside the building. He removed his snow covered jacket and placed it on the counter.

Anna yawned and said, ”This cold really makes me want to sleep.”

Everyday, since the past few weeks, she would go to Allen's shop to do three things: Firstly, she would check if the pill she ordered was done; secondly, she would ask about James' condition; lastly, whenever she's bored, she would go observe Little Salad as if she's a hungry vegetarian.

She looked at Allen and asked, ”Is James all right?”

”Don't worry, his condition didn't get worse.”, he replied.

However, Anna was still dismayed as it also meant that Allen couldn't do anything about James' situation.

”Is there any way for him to get back to normal?”, she asked.

”There is an object which can probably help him, but it's too rare.”

”Oh.”

”Also, your Adept Mana Stabilizing Pill is going to finish forming earlier than I thought, maybe before winter ends.”, Allen added.

”Alright!”, she replied. She didn't need it anymore, but because it was already ordered, it would be rude not to claim it.

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”Sir Alchemist Morgan, did your apprentice come back yet?” Anna asked.

Allen: ”Who? I don't have any apprentice.”

”I mean Edwin, did he come back yet?” Anna asked her question again, this time straightly asking of Edwin.

”No, it will be his choice if he wants to return.” Allen replied back.

After informing the adept about her pill, Allen then went upstairs to his bedroom.

When he entered his bedroom, he approached the wall, and pulled out a part of it.

There was actually a secret drawer!

In it, there were six pieces of small, faintly glowing, golden crystals. If somebody knew what the crystals were, they would be surprised that they were the rare Soul Shards!

”To use or not to use?”, Allen asked himself.

***

Inside a room in a hotel in the Eastern Horizon City.

There were several men gathered around a table. As soon as another man walked in, they all sat down quietly.

The new person said to them, ”Let's start planning the sabotage.”

***

Somewhere else...

A blinding light hit the eyes of its owner as they were slowly opened.

He felt a warm feeling, a feeling that he last felt a long period of time ago. It was relaxing, giving him a feeling that he was lying down on the grass while the sun midly shone down on the lands.

His eyes adjusted afterwards, and he noticed that he was inside a room.

The room was mostly made out of fine rocks that couldn't even be seen in most luxurious inns and hotels.

There were branches of trees growing out of them that were sticking out of the wall, yet, it was as if they actually served as a decoration rather than being unpleasant on the eyes. There was also a single window where light entered the room.

”Where am I?”, the boy muttered, who was none other than Edwin.

After which, he recalled that he suddenly sensed the painful burning sensation in his chest that spreaded throughout his body before he fainted in the forest after the demonic bear was killed.

After remembering, he tried to sit up but wasn't able to. He couldn't move most of his body, even his arms nor feet, though he could still turn his head and eyes around.

He then noticed that he wasn't wearing the white robe anymore, he was only wearing his suppose to be undergarments which were a shirt and leather pants.

Panic washed over him as he searched for his robe in the room, which he saw that it was on a stand near the door. He tried to channel some internal energy onto his eyes to enhance his sight, but he found out that he was devoid of the said energy.

In addition to that, his body also lacked mana, so he tried to absorb some from the air, but he realized that he couldn't obtain any of the said energy too.

In the end, he just narrowed his eyes and saw that the codex was still in the robe, then he relaxed and heave a sigh of relief.

Tiredness started to invade him and he yawned unconsciously. He resisted in response, but he only got sleepier and sleepier.