Chapter 242 (2/2)

“Because if you do, I’ll get rid of him,” I said matter-of-factly

“That’s not fair!” she huffed

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Ellie puffed her cheeks for a h as well

“Fine,” she relented “But in exchange, you have to teach me how you do that”

I raised a brow “Do what?”

“That thing where the rock bounces on top of the water! Are you using ic at all,” I said, skipping another rock

Ellie tried as well,ic”

“No, I’m not, just watch…”

Three days passed by in the blink of an eye During this time, Tess caood to see everyone—except for Bairon—sround town

When Virion and Bairon weren’t resting, they were hout their body to hasten their recovery It was a slow and arduous process for all of us to meditate in this place due to the absence of a little to no aes had a large benefit forcross-legged on the hard ground

“It’s aotten sick of this,” Sylvie said, sitting down across froress, but you’ve yet to even take a step forward How are you not discouraged at all?”

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I shrugged “I’ve had things too easy up until now Besides, if these daes were able to learn it to this extent, I’ of it”

“Your opti as she closed her eyes to concentrate

Still seated, I ignited Real onlyrhythether on the walls to produce the soft light around us

At the same time, my bond opened up her consciousness co she was doing This was the training system that I had devised

Both Elder Rinia and Sylvie had agreed that it was impossible for them to teach me how to use aether While Elder Rinia was limited in what she could tellaether was too natural for her

Just like how a bird didn’t need to be taught how to fly, Sylvie teachinga fish how to fly— that fish

So, for these past few days, I had endured hours of watching and listening to rew her control over the aether arts as well

But froh this process, it felt like the aether waslikethe poithin rained into utilize aether see I had worked for

What didn’t add up, however, was the fact that the ancient ed to trap aether into these artifacts in order to light them up The very nature of this was paradoxical to what n of progress to show for it Frustrated and iain walked back to our cathen herself

On my way back, I stopped by one of the adjacent hallhere Elder Rinia orking

“How’s the teleportation gate colowing purple hands drahat looked like runes on the innerTess and my family here “Maybe you should take a break”

“I’m nearly finished! I think I should be done… in a few hours,” she said in between heavy breaths

It was obvious that utilizing aether was taking a large toll on her body “We need you to take care of your health, Elder Rinia You look like you’ve aged another century since you got here”

“If I wasn’t so tired, I’d take the effort to walk over to you and slap you, but…to look atup”

It was still jarring to hear anyone, especially souished as Elder Rinia, refer to my bond as ‘Lady Sylvie’

“Should I call her over?” I asked

“No, no Just a last bit of tinkering with the runes to set the return point,” she replied, wavingthe better ofher draw runes in the eate

The rune was a coon that branched out into sharp angles creating a rigid vortex-like pattern I foundher hand movements as she carefully traced over the rune until the faint purple shape faded and spread out to the outer structure of the gate

“You should get going Tessia ca for you,” said Elder Rinia

“Oh” I scratchedthe old elf not to overdo it onethe h the abandoned toith rows of e with each other Tess was conjuring tiny orbs of water above the strea mana arrows from her bow

I was about to call out to them when I had a better idea

Just as Tess raised another sphere of water, I flickedarrow of pureTess exclaim in confusion made ed Ellie’s arrows,a stream of water at her face, until finally my sister screamed out in frustration

“We know it’s you, Brother! ”our relationshi+p as if it were a curse

“Hoere you not even able to land a single hit on it?” I laughed aloud, unable to hold it in

Ellie fired aas I easily caught it in my hand

“Ellie! Don’t fire arrows at your brother!”just behind Tess and my sister

“Arthur started it!” Ellie retorted, pointing her finger ather hter as my sister turned more red

The three of us eventually headed inside I continued to make fun of my sister as she, in turn, continued to throw fists and conjurations of pure mana at my face

“Oh yeah, Elder RiniaforI just wanted to check in on how everyone was doing,” she said, quickening her pace to beat us up the stairs

When we arrived upstairs, I could see a row of flarilled fish skewered on branches

“Wow!” I said, ed to catch quite a few fish today,”her flexed ar Commander Virion and General Bairon back frorabbed a skewer and took a bite, only to have a richly-seasoned flavor burst into

My h the door “Elder Rinia packed it in one of her di a skewer to Ellie before taking one for herself

“Mhs full of things necessary to live here She’s even brought various seeds so that we can start growing our own fruits and vegetables down here,”“All of you will have to help out so we can start acco a lot lances as both of us were no doubt wondering the sa: how far back had Elder Rinia prepared for all of this?

It was almost impossible to tell how much time had passed without a sun above us, but eventually everyone had gathered back together Bairon and Virion, while still incapacitated, were looking better everyday Sylvie joined us for food as hile talking and s with Tess and Ellie Elder Rinia had come back and, after a quick bite to eat, immediately fell asleep in her bed

Mythe desolate building seeot a blanket in order to save resources, but with the curtains set up in front of the doorways of each room and small decorative touches in each of thee shelter anymore

I found myself co here with the ones that I cared about thethe Twin Horns down here as well; I knew my er to start the new day

If only I knehat I would be waking up to