Chapter 110: A Day Worth Remembering 2

Chapter 110: Chapter 110: A Day Worth Remembering 2

The afternoon slipped by faster. They rode a giant swing that flung them almost straight up.

They tried a shooting game where targets darted through simulated rifts, and Liora scored nearly perfectly, which lasted until Seraphina quietly beat her.

"How?" Liora demanded, staring at the scoreboard.

"You said the targets were moving."

"They were!"

"So I shot them."

Felix laughed. Liora narrowed her eyes.

"Rematch."

"You had twelve rounds."

"I wasn’t ready."

Felix nearly choked.

At another attraction they stepped into a simulated rift dungeon where the park summoned monsters out of hard-light mana.

The goal was to defeat as many as possible in ten minutes. Liora turned competitive instantly. Seraphina stepped forward without a word.

And Felix made the mistake of saying, "Don’t take it too seriously."

Both of them looked at him. He regretted it at once.

Ten minutes later the board read Liora — 127, Seraphina — 129.

"You two know this is a children’s attraction, right?"

"Two more points," Liora said, pointing at the score.

"Which means I win," Seraphina said evenly.

"Not for long."

Felix smiled. "You know what? I’m going to get food."

Neither of them answered. They were already lining up the rematch.

He found a quiet food court overlooking the central green and came back carrying three trays. Liora had somehow collected enough food for four people.

"Are you planning to eat all that?" Seraphina asked.

"Yes."

"Where does it even go?" Felix said.

Liora patted her stomach. "Somewhere."

They sat together and, for a while, nobody said anything. They just ate. Liora tried a sweet pastry filled with warm mana cream, and her eyes went wide. "Felix. You have to try this."

She held it out. He leaned over and took a bite. "That’s good."

"I know."

Seraphina picked up a pastry of her own and took a careful bite, and her expression softened. "This is surprisingly good."

"You like it?" Liora slid the plate toward her.

"Take another."

Seraphina hesitated, then smiled. "Thank you."

Felix watched them. For a moment the rivalry had simply gone away. They looked almost like friends, not like prisoners, or people carrying years of blood and trauma. They looked like three people sharing food at an amusement park.

Maybe this is exactly what they needed.

After lunch they came to the park’s most famous attraction. Felix stopped walking.

The Skyfall.

The Skyfall was a tower nearly three hundred meters tall, topped with a ring-shaped platform. Riders were launched upward on compressed mana and then dropped.

They simply fell. The mana barriers kept everyone safe, but the sensation, according to the brochure, was nearly identical to real freefall.

"Please," Liora said.

"No."

"I’d like to try it," Seraphina said quietly.

Felix looked at her. "You too?"

"Yes."

He sighed. "Fine."

At the top, Felix regretted every decision that had led to this. The city looked tiny, and the park looked like a model laid out on a table.

Liora stood on one side of him, Seraphina on the other. Wind tugged at their hair, and sunlight glittered off the city far below.

"I never thought I’d see something like this again," Liora said softly.

He glanced at her. She wasn’t smiling anymore.

"When I was locked up, I felt like the outside world had already disappeared."

Seraphina looked down at the city. "I went seven years without seeing the sky properly."

Liora turned toward her. Neither of them teased. Neither of them competed. For once they simply understood each other.

Felix smiled. "Then look." Both of them turned.

"You’re outside. The world’s still here."

Liora smiled. Seraphina’s face softened. Then a warning bell rang.

FIVE.

Liora grabbed his arm.

FOUR.

Seraphina grabbed the other.

THREE.

"Wait," Felix said.

TWO.

"Why are you both holding on to me?"

Neither answered.

ONE.

The platform dropped, and all three of them screamed.

The fall lasted only seconds, but it felt far longer. Wind roared in their ears. Liora’s grip crushed his arm, and Seraphina’s fingers dug into the other.

Then the mana barriers kicked in and the platform settled, smooth and perfect, a little above the ground.

Silence.

Liora opened one eye. "We’re alive."

"I think so," Felix said.

Seraphina let out a long breath and then laughed. Liora laughed too, and the two sounds tangled together.

Something in Felix’s chest felt strangely warm. He just enjoyed it.

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As evening came on, the park changed. Mana lights switched on across every attraction, the sky darkened, and the rides turned into glowing structures against the night.

Music drifted through the streets. Families gathered, friends took pictures, and children ran past with glowing toys.

Liora ducked into a souvenir shop and came out wearing a glowing headband with two small black horns.

"You look ridiculous." Felix said.

Liora gave him an accusatory glare.

Seraphina emerged wearing a silver hair clip shaped like a tiny lightning bolt. "That’s actually pretty," Liora admitted.

"Thank you." Seraphina eyed the horns. "Yours are ridiculous."

Liora gasped.

Felix laughed, and they walked on until they reached the central plaza, where a huge mana-powered fireworks system was about to begin.

The show didn’t burst into ordinary sparks. It shaped the sky itself: dragons, phoenixes, heroes, rifts, entire landscapes unfolding in light. The glow reflected in the eyes of everyone gathered below.

Liora stood on his right, and Seraphina on his left. Nobody spoke.

"It’s beautiful," Felix said.

"Yeah," Liora murmured.

"It is," Seraphina said.

For several minutes they simply watched. There was no prison, just tonight, the lights, and being alive.

Liora slowly rested her head against Felix’s shoulder. He didn’t think anything of it. She was probably just tired.

Seraphina watched, and her eyes narrowed a fraction. Then she stepped closer and leaned her head against his other shoulder.

Felix looked left, then right, and smiled. "You two tired?"

"Very," Liora said.

"Yes," said Seraphina.

"Then we’ll head back after the fireworks."

Neither of them moved.

Overhead, an enormous emerald phoenix spread its wings across the night. Felix watched it in silence. He had spent so much of his life fighting, healing, saving, failing, and trying again.

Today he hadn’t needed to save anyone. He hadn’t needed to fight anything.

He had spent a day with two people who had forgotten what ordinary happiness felt like.

Liora closed her eyes. Seraphina did the same. Neither said what they were thinking. Liora thought she could get used to this. Seraphina thought she wanted many more days like it.

And Felix just smiled. For one evening he wasn’t the Mad Healer.

He was just Felix, standing beneath the fireworks with two girls beside him.

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