Chapter 478 - 477. Someone By My Side (1)
Ocean/Reina ushered everyone away apart from her brother, Rune stood there as the others left while dragging their feet.
"Let’s go talk in your room," Reina said and Rune hummed before they turned and walked down the hallway not noticing the door of Ocean’s room opening a crack bit and the figure glancing at the two retreating figures before a low sigh was resounded and the door closed back again.
Sol hadn’t been able to sleep after Ocean left the room in the dead of the night. It wasn’t like he was guilty... maybe he felt a tad bit of guilty for being too harsh on the person who fought tooth and nail to save his life but, there was also the matter of his pride. He hadn’t ever relied on anyone for his life let alone someone who was too weak at the moment of the fight that they could have died.
Sol could only sigh as he recalled the events of the previous day, it was all absurd to the point that he felt as if it was just a strange dream altogether. He wondered if Ocean wouldn’t come around anymore. He hadn’t disliked their outing until the obvious mishap.
Sol shook his head, maybe being in the body of a child has started to shape his mind as a child too. He scolded himself internally for acting like that. But then again, there was another voice in his head which reminded him of the way Ocean had protected him despite being so weak in that moment. He had prioritized Sol’s safety over his own and went as far as to heal him when the curse acted up while his own life was barely hanging by the thread.
The voices rang in his head.
"Save us..."
"Venerable one... Please save us..."
"So brave and courageous... There’s no weakness to you..."
"The Holy One protects us so, we have no fear."
But then there was one distinct voice that spoke to him, the voice which was soft but held the words that were capable of making tremors in his heart.