Chapter 241 (1/2)
Chapter 241
Chapter 241: Hope and Trust
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There was a long silence that followed after I askedand convoluted story of how she et into the castle and save Tessia andso I didn’t expect “Arthur, I knew of your identity the first tiet in contact with your parents”
My eyes widened “What? How?”
Rinia held up a finger “These old eyes see ine However, norance of your past life and kept it a secret, there are also parts of this story that I can’t quite reveal yet”
I didn’t respond, letting her continue talking
“I had known for a while now that an attack would occur at the Castle following the betrayal of Virion’s son”
“Virion’s… You’re telling ht now that it was Alduin as responsible for letting the scythe in? That’s not possible, you can’t seriously be saying that he was trying to get his own father killed, right?”
“My knowledge doesn’t extend to his intentions, but yes, he was the one that connected the scythe, as well as the rest of his forces, directly to the castle teleportation gate,” she answered
My hand ca reements the two of them had, Alduin had always looked up to Virion After a uaranteed the safety of Merial and Tessia? Was that why he betrayed everyone? But then…” I droppedfamily wouldn’t hear “Why did they take my mother and sister?”
“That’s what Alduin believed, yes,” she said “As for your family, it’s easy to sures”
Rubbing ht about what she said until it clicked “Wait, you said ‘that’s what Alduin believed’ What do you mean by that?”
Rinia s into the area where I can’t give you an answer All I can tell you is that if ant to keep any chance of taking back our country, we have to keep Tessia safe and far away frorona and the Alacryans”
My head whipped toward the elven diviner “Wait, so we do have a chance at taking back Dicathen?”
She nodded “It’s slim, but it does exist”
The two of us fell in silence until I spoke again “If you knew about the attack on the Castle, did you also know that Buhnd was going to die?”
The fire in front of us popped, spraying a sround
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“Yes,” she finally said “But had I tried and diverted the entire attack, there was a er chance that Tessia would’ve been captured”
I opened ht words
“I knohat you’re thinking, but I couldn’t risk the chance of Dicathen losing everything on the slim chance that I could save everyone”
“But, if you knew everything beforehand, you could’ve made counterued
“Tis like that alters the course of the future… a future that I wouldn’t be able to see,” she said, her voice barely a whisper
Gritting ers into the ce selfish… if it wasn’t for Elder Rinia, Tessia and rona by now, but still…
“Hoere you able to save Tessia and h?” I asked
“I was able to intercept them while they were on their way back to Elenoir,” she said nonchalantly
I nodded at her answer but ine a scenario where Rinia succeeded in doing this How did she e to pry Tessia and my family away from Alduin and Merial? Was it just Alduin and Merial there? Rinia specifically said that while Alduin believed that they were safe, they really weren’t Most likely, after Alduin, Merial, Tessia and h the portal, they would’ve beenthat was going to happen? Were her diviner abilities able to influence ti, I directed a surge of killing intent over Elder Rinia, and just as I saw her react with an expression of surprise, I ignited Realmheart and immediately used Static Void
The world aroundin place But my eyes weren’t focused on the particles of aether around arded me in shock as she watched aze to look around her before her eyes fell back on hed
“So you can utilize aether,” Iaround her, as if protecting her
“You’re not an asura, I know that for sure,” I started “Are you… one of the ancient es?”
Despite the apparent strain that Elder Rinia endured, trying to keep her aether arts active, she let out a chuckle before answering “No, I can tell you with absolute confidence that I ae”
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“Then hat are you? Even I can’t control aether without relying on the dragon’s will an asura had given me”
“While I’m not entirely sure, I believe that my diviner abilities stem partly from aether As for how I learned, I’m sorry but I can’t tell you that”
“I don’t think that’s a good enough answer any intently at the elf shrouded in so muchBut Tessia and your fa hastly “Please, have a little patience and I can assure you that you’ll find out for yourself”
She wasn’t threateningElder Rinia to release the aether arts she had used to keep her froed breath “Thank you… for believing in me”
“You saved Tessia and lance over to where“The least I can do is trust you—at least until you give , albeit a bit more calmly this time I asked every question I had Some she answered, and some she didn’t, but I didn’t press her for details