Chapter 513: Return to the Icy Domain.
“My lady, you’re okay!”
The moment we entered through the gates of Nordor mansion, after I had to ignore the constant cheers the citizens were giving Mom and me after our return from Inferno Nest, a familiar elven woman rushed through the garden and jumped into my embrace. Unrestrained with her strength, she tightened her grip around me, as if she was afraid if she let go I would vanish into the thin air.
At least, that was what I suspected Tasianna was feeling.
“Sorry for getting into trouble without you,” I smiled awkwardly as I saw my fairy friend’s face covered in tears. Her cheeks and eyes were reddened and I could see her lips blistered, probably from biting them.
She raised her head, desperately holding back the waterworks. “You should be sorry! By the gods, when I heard everything that had happened… I-I, ah, I should’ve known. I should’ve; everywhere we go, trouble will come, and that applies even more to you, my lady.”
Oi, I don’t want to have that magnet either, I rolled my eyes, but I kept my comment to myself as I had to agree with my bad encounter luck.
“I just can’t believe it; attacking and attempting to imprison their own princess! Age not only degraded their souls, but also their minds from the sounds of it!” Tasianna spat out with derision, eyes filled with the same rage from how she used to look at humans.
Seeing her like this only reminded me of the trauma she suffered through with her previous mistress, cooling me down and making me want to apologize again for worrying her. I had ordered her to stay in Coral Beard to research a cure for Raffarson’s Debilitation, and that meant she had been multiple country-sizes away from Inferno Nest, not to mention Frozen Nest. She couldn’t help me in my time of need.
I didn’t blame her, of course, but Tasianna probably didn’t feel the same. That feeling of hopelessness shouldn’t be ignored. She watched her last mistress die in front of her, and she must have felt something similar to that once again, probably after she heard my rescue message from Vifi and the twins.