Chapter 462: Promise bound
The climb up the Guild Tower only got harder from that point on. Stopping into the research department, they were already in tears as if they knew. Maeve had a rather grave expression on her face before handing over some tools as well as a few vials for him to gather samples with.
So that he would make sure to come out to give them to her.
It was a rather emotional ordeal, but it kept getting worse.
At the A Class gym, the Espers there looked ill that they were sending in a Guide, no matter who, into the new gate. It didn’t matter that Kellen had years of experience under his belt, he was still a Guide, and Their Guide. He belonged to the Saturn Guild, to the Captain specifically, and that was distressing to them.
They clearly wanted to coddle him, take care of him, make sure that he was okay.
A few of them were even giving Rhys an accusing look, like how could he let Kellen go into the gate? Rhys just took the accusations as they came, having a few conversations with some of the more aggressive Espers off to the side.
Kellen comforted the others, unsure if he was doing any of this right.
Then, Rhys had then stop in to visit Kellen’s parents.
Kellen’s hands were already sweating as soon as they stepped into the elevator and Rhys pressed his parents’ floor. He needed to do this. He knew he did. He didn’t consider yesterday as a proper goodbye. Hell, he didn’t even want to say goodbye. There wasn’t going to be a goodbye.
Rhys took his hand in the elevator, not glancing at Kellen, but just being there as support. Kellen knew he noticed how warm and sweaty his hand got, but the man didn’t release it. Especially as the elevator door opened and Kellen had to step out.
Kellen’s heart raced in his chest as Rhys took the lead, forcing them towards the door he’d entered willingly the day before.