Chapter 215: The Corrupted Warlock
Making sure to be careful, Nikolai smoothly traveled in his mist with Mine so that she wouldn’t feel that they were currently moving. She was still unconscious, and he couldn’t help but curse himself for arriving too late to try and stop her.
This morning, he had heard Mine talking to him through their bond. He felt her sincerity with how many times she tried to apologize to him despite already saying how sorry she was in person.
Even though he wasn’t replying and purposely ignoring her, she still continued to talk to him. She was giving him updates on matters regarding Ezekiel, and he really appreciated the effort she put into them. Somehow, he felt at ease knowing that the Ebodian royal family wanted to try their best to find ways how to extract Vulcan’s soul and dispel it from Ezekiel’s body.
In addition, even after he left her, he had actually assigned a raven, with Darius’s permission, to roam around the castle of Cordon to look after Mine. In a sense, he was actually able to see his wife through its eyes whenever he felt like it. He didn’t know how long Mineah was planning to stay at Cordon, so he went ahead and snuck the raven in to spy on her. After all, not seeing her for far too long would make him go crazy.
"You’re so stubborn. Saving that woman not to see your sister cry... But how about me, Mine?" Nikolai whispered. "Don’t you know you almost killed me with how worried I am for you? I... I can’t lose you..."
Currently, Mineah was still unconscious in his sphere. All he wanted to do right now was to cuddle her in his arms and protect her at all costs. He had to persevere, and he knowingly ignored his own exhaustion as he traveled back to Valcrez as quickly as possible.
The moment they arrived, he went inside their bedchamber and gently lay his wife on the bed. He already called for her shadow maidens through Luis in advance, and sure enough, they were already waiting inside the bedchamber to check on her.
"What happened, Your Majesty?" Dani inquired as Zaila and Krisha began checking on Mineah’s situation.
Nikolai promptly summarized what happened. By the time he was done, Dani was in deep thought as she went over what she just heard.