3172 Wrong Tower (Part 2)
"How am I supposed to believe someone I've never met?" Derek's paranoia ran rampant, making him doubt everything. "How can he expect me to believe such blatant lies? Someone entered my body last night just like Larry entered my mind now.
"I'm not amnesiac. I know who I am. I'm Derek McCoy."
"Wrong." Ragnar?k said. "You Lith. You master."
Derek wanted to question the blade's loyalty, but that name sounded awfully familiar.
"Lith." As he spoke it out loud, the Void could almost see his house back in Lutia, the smiling faces of his parents and siblings.
Then, more pressing thoughts drove those images away.
"What did he mean, no resurrection and who's Kami?"
***
The search for Lith and Solus never stopped, but aside from Lith's encounter with the family of traveling farmers, there was no trace of him.
Kamila always kept her communication amulet at hand, hoping for good news. Elysia and Valeron cried more and more often, not used to miss their father for so long.
"Is there any chance I can use Elysia to track Lith?" She asked Leegaain who was on baby duty that day.
"I'm sorry, child. I can't help you. My vow is only about protecting Elysia's physical well-being. Not her feelings" He replied.
"So you know where my husband is. You know what happened to him. You know how to rescue him and yet you just sit on your scaly ass?" She clenched her fists, suppressing the temptation to punch the Guardian in the face.
"And what do you want me to do? Fix all the bad things on Mogar? Rescue all the people who are dying and suffering right now? Do you realize how privileged you are just for talking to me?" Leegaain replied.
"If you don't like my presence, I can always go back to the Empire. I'll protect your daughter from a distance and leave you alone. Forever."
"Please, don't. I'm sorry. I'm under a lot of stress right now." Kamila wanted to cry, but it would do her no good. "Gods, I wish Solus was here. She's the smart one. She'd know what to do."
"She wouldn't." Leegaain shook his head. "Without their bond, Solus would be panicking just like you and she would be terrified at the idea of not finding him before the lack of a host compromises her memories."
"That's not true." Kamila replied. "She can bond with anyone and Grandma can undo it with Creation Magic the moment we find Lith."
"Yeah, right, because I'm sure that Solus would be thrilled at the idea of having another person in her head and potentially exposing all of Lith's secrets. Would you share your body with her?
"Let her feel what you feel, share with Solus your most intimate thoughts and moments? Experience hers?"
"When you put it that way, no." Kamila swallowed a lump of saliva. "I doubt even Tista would."
"My point- Answer that!" Leegaain pointed at her communication amulet one second before Zoreth's rune lit up.
"Please, tell me you've found him." Kamila said.
"I wish." The Shadow Dragon sighed. "I've lost Lith's traces the moment he took flight. He must really be amnesiac because his movements make no sense. He's going in random directions.
"Mama?" Elysia asked from Leegaain's arms. freёwebnovel.com
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