It was hard for someone as stubborn as Zale to come to the Serafim, which promptly admitted his wrong. He realized his error for how wrong it was for him to refuse to be treated by the Serafim. Joel and Zephyr were on his ears in these few days, scolding him about how that was not the right way to show his loyalty to the luna.
Yet, Zale was too stubborn to admit it until now.
"I thought you will wait for your luna." Once the words left Abby’s lips, she really wanted to take it back, knowing how wrong it was to say something like that to the boy. As a Serafim, she shouldn’t be holding a grudge, especially to someone, who was almost half of her age.
However, Abby couldn’t help, but being offended to become a second thought. If they were not going to have a battle and if he could hold it a little bit longer, she was sure Zale wouldn’t come to look for her.
"She is far away right now and I want to be able to help. I can’t help, if I am sick," Zale said, his voice was hoarse and his breathing was labored.
You could say it was a miracle for him to be able to stand and talk with Serafim, instead of being bedridden, knowing how late his treatment was.
"You still can’t fight even after I treated you. You need to rest," Abby said, she suppressed her feeling and tried to fulfill her role as the Serafim and live up for her title.
"I can handle myself," Zale said in whispery voice, but you still could tell how aggressive he was with his reply.
"Zale," Aliana called his name in warning tone.
"I will help, as much as I can." He softened his voice a little bit.
Abby bit her tongue, her face was slightly red because she was fighting her own feeling. She didn’t want to help this young boy because of how he treated her.
Deep down, even without the way Zale put her as the second choice, Abby had been bothered by the power that Iris held. There was no way there was two Serafims, right? But, what she felt from her was... divine power, there was no doubt for that fact.
"Close your eyes," Abby said. She put her hand on the side of his head and tried to concentrate her power, which was difficult when she was being reluctant.
Abby only managed to do it on her third attempts, as a sheer of white light appeared from her palms and seeped through Zale’s body. Absorbed into his skin and the divine power ran in his veins.
It took a while for Abby to heal him, though not completely and once she was done, she staggered back and Aliana held her.
"Are you okay?" Aliana saw the look on the Serafim’s face, but she shook her head and steadied herself quickly.
"I am fine." Abby nodded and fixed her eyes on Zale. She was frowning. "You will be fine, but you can’t force yourself."
After saying that, Abby walked away with Aliana. There were a lot of things they needed to do now they could hear the commotion from the warriors and the knights, as they were trying to hold back the attack.
"What was that?" Zale scrunched his nose. He did feel better a little bit, but there was something else.
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They were currently on their way to Arleen city. The four of them were inside a big carriage, leading countless carriages behind him, fleeing from the Black Market from a secret exit in the Rosantine Guild, because lady Cyan ran rampant in there with his dark magic users, destroyed the whole Black Market in order to look for Cane after alpha Gallot’s failed attempt to get him.
If you were not the member of the Rosantine Guild, you wouldn’t know there was another exit from the Black Market. Thanked to Lou’s antics, he actually created that by digging deeper into the ground and created a tunnel.
This was definitely the lowest place on this continent.
One might think that was a crazy idea, but if you knew Lou long enough, you would know that was his most normal traits, looking for an escape.
For now, they were not sure what happened in the Black Market. It was hard to tell.
"Do you think this place is safe? I mean, how can you be sure the roof will not fall down?" Della asked, worried. She covered her stomach protectively. They were under the ground after all and above them, there was a large area that you could call as a town. She didn’t feel safe, everything could happen.
"You don’t need to be worried, lady," one of Lou’s men, who came with them to guide them through this tunnel, answered Della from his coach seat. "Our master is a genius."
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