Chapter 569: Family Meeting
Stryg bowed his head and took long steadying breaths. He cursed silently to himself. He couldn’t stop himself from shaking. The cold sensation of chaos spread from his twin heart and seeped into his bones. Confronting his heritage and Loh was difficult enough without his elemental mana reacting violently. The last thing he needed right now was for the chaos to cloud his mind and repeat the incident at the Katag’s manor.
Why was this so hard?
Holo had warned him that his body had reached a critical point of sorts; his heart had grown strong enough to contain an ocean of chaos comparable to the titans of old. Apparently, that included the chaos being attuned to his damn mental state. Chromatic mana was nothing like this, it required a lack of emotion to produce the greatest of spellcasting. Emotions like anger could amplify chromatic spellcasting, but it could only go so far.
Stryg couldn’t even rely on anger for his chaos, it was too volatile, he’d lose what little control he had managed to grasp.
He clenched his fist tightly. He needed to get this under control.
Narrow scarlet fingers reached out and wrapped around his hand. He looked up to see Tauri staring at him. “Are you alright?” she whispered.
Trying not to let my own chaos accidentally kill someone, he wanted to say, but the worried look in her eye gave him pause. He did his best to try and smile. “I’m fine.”
Stryg caught Loh’s concerned gaze past Tauri’s silhouette. Loh looked away as soon as their eyes met.
A plethora of emotions surged within him. Some part of him was bitter, angry from all the lies. But another part of him wanted to rush over to Loh and hug her. He was relieved she had survived the attacks at Undergrowth and Hollow Shade. Ever since he had seen her in the council meeting he had wanted to speak to her.