Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3010

Chapter 3010 Overlapping Moments (Part 2)

3010 Overlapping Moments (Part 2)

Ryla used her eyes to snuff any spell that might have harmed one of the children while the handmaidens with their Awakened bodies could safely restrain the young Skoll when she threw a tantrum.

When Lith and the others arrived, it took one glance at their faces to notice that something bad had happened.

"Welcome back, sweetie." Elina got up to meet them. "Is everything okay? Are you done with the investigation?"

Lith was frowning more than usual but Solus worried Elina the most. Her face was greenish pale and her smile twitched like she could fall apart at any moment.

"It's a long story, Mom." Solus replied, not wanting to upset Elina and scare the children. "Sadly, we got our man but we failed. No new toy for me."

"Dya!" Before Elina could ask another question, Elysia recognized her father and took flight to reach him.

With her stumpy Tiamat form and her short wings, the baby girl's movements were clumsy and awkward. Yet her genuine efforts made her adorable in the eyes of the members of the family.

"Baba?" Elysia stopped midway, sniffing Solus' odd scent and feeling her distress.

The baby girl changed the target and landed between Solus' arms with the grace of a sack of potatoes.

"Not baba, sweetie. I'm not bad." Solus embraced Elysia tight, finding comfort in her warmth and the softness of her small body. "Call me Solus, auntie, but not baba, please. I can't take it. Not today."

"Baba?" Elysia grabbed Solus' shirt and wrapped her wings around Solus in what was the best hug she could offer. Elysia wasn't used to seeing Solus upset and wanted to console her like Solus always did with her.

"I'm fine, baby. Don't worry." Solus' voice broke with every word she spoke and soon she was sniffling.

She had kept it together until that moment, but the sight of the Mansion, her family, and Elysia's embrace were more than Solus could take.

'I went this close to losing all of them. I went this close to losing everything again.' The sniffling turned into sobbing as the feeling of the knife piercing her heart from the back overlapped with the memory of Bytra's horn killing her.

The two events were centuries apart yet the surprise, shock, and helplessness she had experienced while her life slipped away were the same. The Sealed Space had isolated her from Lith, making Solus think that she would have once again died alone.

The old and recent trauma weighed on her mind, crushing Solus' spirit into fine powder.

Elysia giggled, smiled, and did everything that usually made grown-ups happy but nothing worked. Solus kept crying harder until the baby girl joined her.

Lith took a step back, gesturing for Bytra and Zoreth to do the same.

'If I get close, our bond will help her but also reinforce our codependence. Yet if I leave her alone, I'll feel like a jerk. There's no right move!' Lith was seething with pain and anger, wishing to find those who had stolen the Ears and give them an excruciating death.

"Are you sure you don't want me to leave?" Bytra whispered despite having already put a Hush spell in place. "My presence here can only make things harder for her."

"You're right. You'd better go. I'm sorry." Lith Warped them to the Gate and apologized again.

"Don't apologize, lil bro." Zoreth dismissed it. "Just let us know when Solus gets better and tell her that if there's something we can do, she just has to ask."

"Will do. Thank you."

Meanwhile, in the park, Elina was embracing Solus in an attempt to console her while Ryla and the handmaidens brought everyone inside to give the two women some privacy.

As soon as they were alone, Solus tried to speak, but her voice was a sobbing mess, and the few words she put together made no sense. She used a mind link to share with Elina the final moments of the mission and all the suffering that her near-death experience had inflicted upon her.