Novel Full Chapter 685: Bitter Truths 1
Chapter 685: Bitter Truths 1
Chapter 685: Bitter Truths 1
“YAWNNNN…” The sound of a large yawn could be heard throughout the room as a figure slowly sat up from the bed, her hands raised up to the golden beam of light that illuminated her face. Seeing the gentle rays that danced in the air, she swiped her hands over them, a small smile appearing on her face when she saw how they moved around her hands, like little butterflies.
And slowly yet surely, the memories returned to her, causing her hands to be brought to a stop, and she slowly turned her neck to the side, finding him, a figure she doesn’t know whether to be happy that he was there or not. His attention was placed on the book before him, perhaps not yet aware of her having woken up, but her eyes soon narrowed when she saw the cloth that had been wrapped over her, and the fact that she was on the bed instead of the ground where she had collapsed in the evening.
It couldn’t have been that she had rolled herself all the way from the floor and straight to the bed, and even wrapped a cloth from her bag around herself in her sleep, so that means it was definitely done by a person, a person who could have only been him. It created quite the conflicting emotions, rendering her unable to properly think herself out, and eventually, she could only resume sparing her hands at the golden rays of light, the only thing she could find the slightest joy in.
“Finally, I have comprehended it! The fifth sword breathing art!” Zeras mused to himself, his eyes shining as he slowly closed up the book in his hands, keeping it back in his storage ring a few seconds later. The fifth star manual was by far the hardest one to cultivate, but he had been able to finally learn it! After close to three months of endless reviewing, he could say well that his practice had been well worth it. Just as he had guessed, the fifth sword art was by far the strongest among all sword arts, possessing incredibly high destructive power that could sever an entire star at its peak form!
And he was wrong about it being a combination of the remaining previous four techniques, it wasn’t. It was an entire standalone technique, one that granted him absolute control of the remaining four arts while also giving him the ultimate edge of the technique. Moving his hands forward, he was about to summon his sword when he suddenly stopped at the last second, remembering his lack of mana. Quickly, he wiped off the will to test it out right now, promising himself it wouldn’t be too far before he could see it with his own eyes.
‘Now that I have practiced the sword breathing art style to the peak, the only arts remaining that I can practice are the Nine Star Fist arts. Perhaps I need more arts like these. Practicing them would not only boost destructive power but also help my combat ability…’ Zeras mused to himself, clearing his thoughts away and slowly stretching his hands towards the window, swinging the covering to the side and allowing the golden rays to come in. He could see the snow had stopped and from his position, the high peaks covered in white snow could be seen, the golden rays painting a phantasmal light on them and making them appear more beautiful than they looked.
“I bet tomorrow would look even better than this…” Zeras mused to himself, staring silently at the peaceful sight, when slowly his ears perked up as he felt the awakened presence of someone behind him, a person who could only be Felicie. ‘It’s pretty amazing how she always managed to evade my alarming sense…’ Zeras thought to himself. It reminded him of when she had snuck up on the bed beside him yet he had never been alarmed. Normally, not even the most silent assassin would be able to sneak beside Zeras even in his sleep. He would immediately throw his eyes open once something happened around him, the only exception being when he was with Fluffy.
Perhaps, it was because he trusted the little guy too much that he wouldn’t awaken easily when he waltzed away from him. But she was a strange exception. Almost like herself was just hidden by some veil that would make one unable to easily sense her unlike others…
Slowly turning to her, he could see as she quickly threw her gaze to the side, her eyes resuming their dance with the golden rays, yet they could be seen slightly shaking. Something he could only reason to as the effect of fear. ‘Guess she is still hung over that.’
“You suddenly went out cold, after our arrival in the evening, and you have been asleep ever since. I placed your bag just over there, in case you need something…” He spoke up as she slowly turned her eyes to him, blankly looking at him before taking off her gaze, only giving a nod.
“Also refrain from leaving the room. They are surrounding the area tightly, and their eyes are on this room. I can only guarantee your safety if you never leave the door…” He cautioned her, receiving no reply this time, but he wasn’t too bothered about it. At least, he already warned her. Immediately, he resumed his reading, going over the sword breathing manual from the beginning and just familiarizing himself with the technique.
“So, we’re stuck in here…” She suddenly called out to him as Zeras’s hand reaching to wipe the page of the book halted slightly.
“Now that their eyes are on you, and their guards cover the entire area, does that mean we are stuck here?” She repeated the question as Zeras’s eyes narrowed before he nodded.
“Technically, yes. We are.”
“Maybe this would never have happened if you had just been like the others and waited for a while for them to leave. Then we wouldn’t have to be locked in here like little mice in a cat’s den…” She said as Zeras slowly turned his attention to her, her gaze staring hard at him this time, and then he pointed to the window.
“Come see for yourself…” He said to her, as Felicie rose up after much debate, making sure to stay away as far as she could before turning to look at the window…
“They… They never left…”