Chapter 160: SILENT REGRET
Logan walked away from Leonard without looking back. He didn’t flinch, didn’t pause, and didn’t even bother explaining anything else. He had already taken the step and he never had the intention to join his party from the beginning anyway.
Behind him, Leonard stood still like a statue, fists clenched tightly at his sides. Rage was boiling inside him. He felt humiliated. And by a kid who hadn’t even seen the cruelty of the real world.
But in truth, he was the one playing with fire.
Logan kept walking. "Your party may be stronger," Logan thought silently, "but it’s a pack of hungry wolves... chasing only one thing. Glory. And I want no part of that."
Just before turning the corner, Logan paused.
He glanced toward the healer’s room once more.
They weren’t that close. Melissa hadn’t spoken much to him beyond basic greetings. But even then, Logan could tell....these people, this team...they were good. Better than they let on. And seeing her like that... unconscious, broken... made his heart ache in a way he hadn’t expected.
He turned his head away and walked on.
Inside the healer’s chamber, the mood was heavy. Silent. No one spoke.
Melissa lay still on the table, her chest rising and falling slowly. A pale cloth was draped over her, and her wound was bandaged. The glow from the healer’s spell had faded minutes ago, but her words still echoed in everyone’s mind.
"She’s out of danger... but I don’t know when she’ll wake up. She had gone overboard and used too much of her energy without even thinking. That was already worse. And the wound with all of that...." She didn’t finish her sentence. But the meaning was clear.
Ronald sat silently by her feet. Jessi stood leaning against the wall, arms crossed, but her eyes never left Melissa. Luna sat on a stool near the head of the bed, holding Melissa’s hand in silence.