"Knowing that you wouldn’t risk your life for a long while made me so happy that I prepared all of your favorite foods. Eat to your heart content, there’s plenty of seconds." Kamila said.
"About that..." Lith’s guilt for ruining her mood twisted his face into a grimace so bad that for a moment Kamila believed to have used spoiled ingredients.
"Please, tell me that it’s because of the food." She said once she understood what was about to happen.
"No. It’s delicious. The problem is my potential Guardianhood." Lith explained to her everything he had learned about world tribulations.
He didn’t want to hide anything but Solus from her, and Kamila had the right to know that he might drop dead the moment he failed a tribulation.
"That’s wonderful news." Kamila replied, shocking Lith. "I can’t believe I’m dating the future seventh god of Mogar."
"Guardians are not gods and I’m not even sure I’ll..."
"Stop right there. I told you to not waste my efforts to prepare our date." Kamila slammed her hand on the table and cut him short. "No pessimism allowed in this house, not tonight. I forbid you to die, hence you shall not. Are we clear?" freewebnøvel.com
"Crystal." Lith chuckled at how amazing she was.
"Good. Now, inmate Verhen, say once again how much you like the food and how good this dress looks on me." She took a pair of handcuffs from under her chair and made it rattle on her palm.
"The food is beyond delicious and the only thing more beautiful than your dress is the woman wearing it, Constable Yehval." Lith understood the theme of the evening and brought Kamila on his lap before kissing her.
"Don’t get cocky, prisoner. I’ve still a lot of orders for you tonight." Kamila said while gently caressing his hair.
***
The following day, Lith met the others in front of Faluel’s lair while the sun rose from the horizon, painting the treetops yellow. Solus jumped back on his hand the moment she perceived him approaching.
"Thank the gods you’re here. Yesterday I spent a lot of energy and the mana geyser helped me to regain a bit of my strength, but I still need you for the real deal." Solus could feel her mana core recovering by the second, even without the use of Invigoration.
Lith’s bright blue core provided her with an amazing amount of nourishment which coupled with all the sleep she had and the world energy absorbed by the tower allowed her for a quick recovery.
Quylla suddenly clung to him in an awkward embrace akin to that of a slumbering bear holding to a tree in the attempt to resist the call of winter hibernation.
"I envy you, Solus. Lith doesn’t work for me and I still feel like crap." Her voice slurred and her eyes were half-closed.
"How can you be so tired? We only practiced in the afternoon and we had over eight hours of rest." Lith asked, receiving Quylla’s snoring as an answer.
"How can you not be dead tired?" Friya replied. "Academy lessons lasted two hours and we only had three tops a day. Yesterday we had two lessons and we practiced from after lunch to dinner.
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