Chapter 226 - 227 Awake
Ethan’s eyes fluttered open, his vision still hazy and unfocused. He could tell there were people around him, but their faces were indistinguishable, lost in the blur that clouded his sight.
Even with the darkness in his vision, the pain in his body was unmistakable. Every muscle ached, but his hands throbbed the most, feeling as if they were on fire.
Oddly, he felt no pain from his stomach, and that struck him as strange, though his mind was too muddled to make sense of it.
"Ethan, can you hear me?" a voice called out.
"Y...Yes," Ethan replied, his voice barely above a whisper, fragile and weak.
"Good," the voice responded with relief. "Do you know where you are?"
Ethan had no idea where he was so he spoke the first thing that came to mind "No... maybe a hospital," he muttered, the words coming out slowly.
"A hospital? What’s a hospital?" Dora asked, her tone a mixture of confusion and curiosity. She turned to look at the other girls in the room, but they all shrugged, just as perplexed as she was.
"I have somewhere to be," Dora said after a moment, deciding not to dwell on the strange word.
"You all stay here with him. I think it’s going to take some time for him to fully wake up, and if anything seems wrong, take care of him." She pointed to Martha, who was the only healing among all the girls present there.
"Don’t worry, I’ll do my best," Martha assured her as Dora left the room.