Chapter 327 Enough For Now (1/2)

Chapter 327: Enough For Now

ARTHUR LEYWIN

I forcedwithin my clenched fist, and withdrew my consciousness My eyes opened to reveal the srin spread across my face

Ellie was alive!

I claht just burst into laughter, interrupted by a loud sigh frois said with a shrug ‘I just feel sorry for the poor sod that tries to actually marry your little sister in the future’

I stifled another laugh, actually finding Regis’s sense of hu for once, which took even my companion by surprise

“Thank you,” I whispered to the relic as I held it up against ain as relief continued to wash over ripped my chest like an iron claw loosened and I was able to breathe fully and deeply again now that I knewto piece together the conversation I’d witnessed in my head, but as ih for now

They were still hidden in the underground sanctuary, thatas Ellie recounted what happened to her in Elenoir The relic didn’t allowher lips as best as I could

A mixture of emotions bubbled up as I realized that e all by herself I was angry at her, scared and worried for her—and yet, proud of the warrior she’d become

My brows furrowed as I considered Ellie’s description of her time at the Alacryan camp

How could she be so reckless as to pretend to be a race of people she knows nothing about and infiltrate their base of operations? I thought with a sigh

‘Are you being deliberate here or are you just blind to the hypocrisy?’ Regis asked

Shut it, I snapped, ignoring the al his eyes within h that Elijah’s name had appeared from Ellie’s lipsThe memory of that last battle with my reincarnated friend and the Scythe, Cadell, wason hatred towardthat he had been so close in proximity to my sister

But it wasn’t until Virion had started to speak that things got confusing Even though I hadn’t been able to make out every word he said, his account of the attack was clearly different frouess you can’t bla to deny that it isn’t just one asuran clan that wants you all dead,’ Regis chi in denial He seemed so sure for some reason

‘Then maybe he knows and just wants his soldiers’ attention on an eneht,’ my companion offered ‘A temporary, but maybe necessary, tactic’

Maybe, I replied, but I wasn’t convinced I rolled up into a sitting position and rested my elbows on , orI’m not sure I’d have believed it either, if I hadn’t watched Aldir do it

Ellie’s safety and health was a huge weight off of my shoulders, but it also felt bittersweet An entire country, one that I’d visited multiple times, had been destroyed completely

How many had died in the asuras’ attack? Howthe Alacryans’ initial assault?

And what about Tessia?

Standing, I began to pace back and forth across the tiny cell

Tess’s battle against Lord Aldir and Windsom, side by side with Nico, replayed in ht, how she’dher own body, and how Nico had defended her, putting himself between her and Windsom’s attacks

And that look they shared, at the end…

I sat back down and rolled the relic around absently between e these sorts of sentimental mo irl should be—’

It’s not that simple, I cut in, jaw clenched

The last moments before Sylvie sacrificed herself for , resurfaced:

“You said taking Tess isn’t going to bring Cecilia back, right? Well, what if it will?” Nico had asked me

Tess was the vessel for Cecilia They wanted to reincarnate Cecilia into Tessia’s body Nico had toldon a specific crack on the ceiling Taking a steady breath, I forced myself to calm down I needed to make a mental step back so I could think clearly

I knew that rona figuring out how to bring Nico into this world Nico had loved Cecilia and dedicated his entire life to her…and I had killed her right in front of hier and fear and guilt as I went on to beco rona do sorona for Nico’s current state was easy, but that was alsoto shi+ft the blame Most likely, the Vritra could only manipulate him because of our ties in our previous life

Now, Nico wanted Cecilia back…but there had to be rona was calculative andthat wasn’t a benefit to hioal He wouldn’t have promised to reincarnate Cecilia just to make Nico happy

Of course, he intends to use her Just like how Vera used me All Cecilia had wanted was peace, which is why she had…

I shook hts ofmyself to focus on the present

Elder Rinia had said that we had to keep Tess away fro depended on it This isn’t about Nico at all It’s about Cecilia

Maybe it always had been