Chapter 133 (1/2)
Chapter 133
Chapter 133: Beyond The Door <hr/>
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Froloomy air within the cavern, it was obvious that this battle had caught all of us by surprise We were usually all capable in battle, but these past few ns that a ht be close—had left us dull and sloppy
A few tea a rest while the injured and deceased were sent back to be properly cared for So their blades while conjurers sat still in meditation to be in top shape for whatever lay ahead of us
As our young leader continued surveying the battlegrounds like a zombie, I finally called out for her to join us
“What’s wrong?” I questioned “Are you okay, Tessia?”
Her face turned to us as she revealed a faint, and obviously forced, sood that on… but we still ended up letting almost ten soldiers die”
“Our ever-so-corace to us peasants!” Darvus cried out “We are not worthy!”
“Zip it,” Tessia quipped, her voice co out a lot softer than usual
“We did our best,” Caria consoled, gently patting her back
“She’s right, Tessia It’s impossible to save the her, it seemed to have the opposite effect, as her expression dropped
“I guess you’re right I can’t save the,” Darvus whispered beside me
“Hey! It was better than your sarcastic remark,” I retorted in a hushed voice
“At this rate, I’ll only bring him down,” Tessia continued, almost too quiet for us to hear
“By hi about? Arthur, was it?” Caria chier to hear about the boy Tessia depicted as some fantastical hero out of a children’s book
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“Ugh, not hi to snap out of that delusion of yours?”
Tessia calmly shook her head “It’s not like that”
“What do you mean?” Darvus continued “You describe him as if he’s sole humanly flaw”
“Oh please You’re just jealous because Arthur is everything you wish you could be, plus better-looking,” Caria accused She then turned back to Tessia, eyes twinkling “Is he really that handsoled “He was pretty popular in school, although I doubted he knew that”
“I’rumbled
Tessia shook her head “He isn’t without flaws, though Honestly, Arthur was kind of scary when I first met him”
“You said he saved you froht?” Caria confirmed
“Y-Yeah” Tessia’s face reddened at the eh I felt like it wasn’t really out of the goodness of his heart, but soical scheme Of course, I was only a child back then so I could be wrong, but Arthur had always had this scary side of him where he seemed cold—heartless, even”
“Ooh, a bad boy,” Caria cooed
“I’ed “If you ask uy I ht? And he went off on his own after you got kidnapped by that Alacryan e that invaded Xyrus Academy! He didn’t even make sure you were okay and went off to who knohere”
“He checked in with Grandpa to make sure I was okay, but he was in a hurry,” Tessia reasoned, her head lowering
“Oh right, to go ‘train’ somewhere in secret” Darvus rolled his eyes “If you ask me, he just ran away from the war because he was afraid he would die”
I took a peek at Tessia’s expression, afraid that she would be , Darvus Arthuror even handling emotions, and a bit naive in sohtly—“but he’s not one to run away in fear; his desire to protect his loved ones is too strong for that”
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“Yes, yes Arthur will be the hero that saves us fro fro though, right?” I asked I had grown more and ree