Chapter 64: The Way Forward
Elin opened her eyes. The dungeon around her was slowly getting lighter, meaning that the night was ending soon. Her body ached from the position it had held through the night and she looked around for a minute, confused as to why. She'd never fallen asleep while sitting up before and couldn't think as to why.
Yet, she saw Kim nearby, sleeping while leaning against the wall and Elin couldn't help but smile at the sight. Then she became aware of the weight in her hand and she looked down and saw Bart's head cradled in her bloodied hand and what she had been doing when she had fallen asleep came back to her. The blood on her hand had dried, making her want to wash her hand as soon as possible, but more importantly, she could feel that the back of Bart's skull had grown back. The regeneration spell was complete.
Elin breathed a sigh of relief as she was able to verify that. However, she wanted to make sure that she hadn't missed anything, so she softly said, "Assess."
The information appeared before Elin and she smiled as she saw that there wasn't anything else wrong with Bart. He was likely sleeping at the moment and would be pretty much fine when he woke up. Elin didn't mind waiting for a little longer before moving, despite her body not being happy with being in the same position for so long. After all, if she set Bart's head down, he might wake up before his body was ready for him to and Elin enjoyed the sight of him sleeping so peacefully.
She wondered if it was possible for her to have a child with Kim. Her system might eventually have a spell that she could learn that would allow that. Not that she had any idea how to unlock a spell like that if it could be done. After all, not only would a spell like that allow her to produce an heir so her family's line could continue, but it would also allow her to always have a part of Kim around her, no matter what happened when this competition thing was over.
However, she pushed those thoughts aside, since she couldn't think what use they would have at the moment. Especially since she knew they'd be leaving the dungeon soon as those she'd heard talking around her after that announcement made it clear that they were worried about what outside the dungeon might be like. That the dangers may only be getting worse.
Which meant that Elin would need to be as strong as she could possibly be. Which, as she thought about it, meant that she should check her status to see if there was anything new she since they'd defeated the boss.
"Status," Elin said softly, more worried about waking Bart up than anything else.
HP 24/30
MP 12/56
Level 9