Chapter 357
Chapter 357
THUD—
I saw the light Leo had created. Faint vibrations, light, his expression, the words written at the tip of his quill. Words I wished I could have heard as a voice—my stomach burned, and my heart ached. Literally. The core wrapped around my heart reacted to this unknowable light, and pain crashed over me. It felt as though every ounce of magic power in my body was being drawn into the light.
'As if those words were an activation key....'
I stared at his hand, glowing as if something were piercing through it. The light pressed down on the back of his hand. A lost covenant belonging to no one, not anchored in the present, shone through his hand. I couldn't even tell what I was thinking.
"...!"
I caught Leo as he closed his eyes and pitched forward toward the floor.
"Hey!"
It was unmistakable. No magic whatsoever had been invoked, yet his words had functioned as a spell unto themselves. These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. Not a single fragment of it had been spoken aloud, and yet.... His words had bound themselves into a covenant. Since when—since today? I couldn't even be certain of that.