Chapter 217: The signs are all there, really, as long as we’re not too blind to see
"Who...you really are?" Zia looked at me in confusion, but Izzi seemed to catch on quickly.
"No way," he gasped. "Are you really--"
"Should we go inside?" I looked at them, and then the nicely bright sky. "It’s a good day for a picnic, but I think Izzi needs some warmth,"
Zia didn’t reply, and Izzi just shrugged while shuddering, so I took the succubus’s hand and pulled her back to the Tower with Izzi waddling behind us.
[What Master mean? Master is Master?] Jade chirped with the same confusion as Zia, while Ignis, just like Izzi, understood things to some extent.
"It has something to do with your soul, isn’t it?" Ignis commented nonchalantly, and I could hear Zia gasp. The purple eyes pierced my torso, and I remembered she could also sense the shape of other’s souls, just like Natha.
"You’re...you’re healed?" she gripped my hand. "You’re not broken anymore?"
I smiled at her and kept on walking. "Yes, this has something to do with it."
It was certainly good that I finished the purification before lunchtime, because now I had the time to tell Zia and my companions about me, Valen. Because...well, I didn’t think it was something that could be explained while we were eating something heavy.
Perhaps out of worry, Zia did not let my hand go as we climbed the tower to the guest lounge where we usually were when Natha visited. She must have felt a slight nervousness from my expression, because her hold on my hand got tighter, and she didn’t let me go even after we took a seat.
We sat face to face, crouching on the couch just like when we talked about me moving to the Lord Castle. After all, it was Zia I wanted to talk to. Angwi was there too, bringing us warm drinks, and I didn’t tell her to go.