Chapter 241 (2/2)
What I did find out was that there were teleportation gates here—several, in fact—that could only be utilized with control over aether That’s how Elder Rinia was able to get here so quickly and without having to physically make a cross-continental journey with Tessia,on ReadReadNovelFullonlinecom
“You learned aether arts while I was iven the ability to borrow it at ti that I can learn as well?” I asked, trying to hold onto the sensation I had when I utilized aether on my own to injure the scythe
“Yes, and no Your ability to experience a taste of aether arts through your dragon will, as well as the fact that you can see aether gives you a great advantage However, reater I had even discovered a location to train in aether arts with aether hty years to learn soht,” she explained
My gaze dropped as I thought about spending eighty years, perhapstime, and while my white core extendedfor my mother or my sister “I see”
“It’s too early to lose hope We’ll continue to gather forces slowly, and with you and Lady Sylvie here, we’ll have three people able to access the teleportation—” Elder Rinia stopped abruptly and I knehy I turned my head back, brows furrowed at the erratic sound of footsteps drawing closer
My sudden shi+ft in emotions caused Sylvie to stir awake as well
‘What’s going on?’ she sent, lifting her head off of , I replied, standing up
I sent out a pulse of windafter Virion, but it was just hih the s to the room ere in The old commander was disheveled, tired, and had a look of panic
“T-Tessia… ran away,” he huffed, catching his breath
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“What?” I blurted “How did this happen? Where did she go?”
Elder Rinia cursed under her breath and grabbed my ar wrong with her core, and if she leaves the protection this place provides, the Alacryans can track her”
My eyes widened in horror I turned to Virion “What direction did she go?”
As soon as Virion lifted his finger, I shot off in that direction while i Static Void once more
The color drained fro Realmheart to better search for mana fluctuations froe was limited while in Static Void because I couldn’tas there wasn’t ured Tessia couldn’t have gotten too far anyway
With the li down on my core, I endured until I eventually found traces of ht Tess had used ic to forcefully run away from Virion, as still injured and unable to utilizethe trail into a different tunnel than I had come from, I spotted Tess She was frozen in place, her eyes deter… and drops of tears suspended in the air behind her
I rushed past her a few feet to give her ti Static Void and Realreen faded while color rushed back into the world
Tessia resu to a stop, she stared at me, eyes and mouth both frozen wide
“How did you…” she started before she shook her head and her eyes narrowed “I have to go, Art I have to save ht about what to say to reason with Tess once I caught up I didn’t even knohat she was going to say, but I sure didn’t expect this “Tess… your parents betrayed us”
“Don’t say that—Don’t you dare say that!” she snapped, eyes glaring “You don’t know anything!”
“What I know is that your parents colluded with Agrona, let in a scythe into the Castle and got almost everyone killed,” I said calued, hurriedly wiping away a tear “They had no choice…”
“Tess… your father and randpa—for the hope that Agrona would leave Elenoir alone Now please, come back with us Let’s talk about our next steps and—”
“Stop I know that you’ve disagreed with s with the Council, but don’t make them out to be so selfish like that They had no choice!”
“You keep saying that, Tess, but they had plenty of choices,” I quipped “They could’ve ignored Agrona’s offer and trusted in Virion to win this war”
“Then I would be dead, Art!” she screamed “Is that what you wanted?”
My brows furrowed in confusion “Dead? Wh-What are you talking about?”
Tess marched forward until she was just inches away from me “I would be dead My parents had no choice but to accept the deal with Agrona because of the beast will that you gave hts veered back to the elderwood guardian I had defeated “No, that’s i with it Once you avetears “A beast corrupted by Agrona With that thing inside rona could detonate on a whim”
My knees buckled and I faltered back, barelyto keep my balance “N-No…”
“So don’t you dare say that my parents betrayed all of us,” Tessia seethed “They did it to save ive them a chance, I will”
‘Art! What happened, are you okay? I’ onto me
No, it’s okay Stay there while I try to convince Tess, I replied
“Tess… I had no idea that this happened because of the beast will I gave you,” I muttered “If I knew…”
She shook her head “I know it’s not your fault, but I have to do so, Art”
“I understand, Tess But once you step out from this shelter, the Alacryans will be able to trace you You’ll die”
Tess grippedhands “They’rethey could to save me”
A flurry of emotions stirred inside uilt It was easy to feel responsible for what had happened, especially when I knew that souardian But because of the excitecautious, I fed it to one of the people I cared most about in an attempt to keep her safe
Mad at myself and the sick irony of it all, I pulled Tess away “Is there nothing I can do to convince you to stay?”
“I’ at h “Then I’ with you”