Chapter 164: Small Greeting (1/2)

Emilia felt warm inside once she heard Ed's words. She knew that her words were incoherent, but she truly cared about her friends and didn't want to lose them. She still had the thought of ending her life but knew that Ed wouldn't let her do it. She had no choice but to give up.

”What is that, some sort of proposal?” Emilia chuckled at Ed's last sentence and tried to tease him.

”Yeah, something like that.” However, Ed's answer caused her to blush a little. Ed noticed this but didn't point it out. Instead, he withdrew one of his specialty potions and gave it to her. Her wounds weren't severe, but it wasn't an easy thing to fight with them. But, thanks to Ed's potion, most of them quickly healed up.

”By the way, who is 'we'?” Emilia remembered that Ed mentioned a lot of people coming to save her. She wanted to know who put themselves in danger for her.

”Hayato, Ellie, Alicia, and my companions,” Ed answered her, only to be asked another question.

”Companions? Like Suika and that black wolf?” Emilia remembered those that were with Ed.

”Unfortunately, not them. Suika wanted to come to save you but needed to stay behind and heal some of the injured. The wolf is called Raikou by the way.” Ed explained to her, and they finally got back to the castle. As they went into the corridor, they noticed a great number of guards laying down unconscious.

”This is what you did earlier?” Emilia remembered a sudden outburst of power from Ed and linked it to the incident here.

”Yeah, it's something similar to a QI burst, but much more useful,” Ed explained it in words she could understand.

”So, where is your mother's body?” Ed got them back on track. Emilia only wanted one thing from this country, and that is her mother's body. Ed didn't know how her mother was killed, or who did it, but he was going to help her retrieve the body at least. He was also afraid that the body would be too injured, causing Emilia to grieve too much when seeing it. So, although it wasn't an appropriate time, he had to ask her.

”It was the Poison sect's master. He's from the lower continents, and he also joined the Blood sect. Due to Norris' help in infiltrating and brainwashing students, they agreed to help him take over the country.” Emilia explained to Ed, and he got a little wary. If the poison sect's master could kill Emilia's mother, that meant he was very powerful. Since he was confident enough to cross over continents in order to do it.

”What's the deal with Norris? Hayato told me you were going to take care of him.” Ed needed to ask this question, so as to put his mind at ease.