Chapter 53 - Control (1/2)

”Urgh.” Opening his eyes up albeit with some difficulty, Grim felt a stinging pain emanating from his head as he found himself staring up at the ceiling of his bedroom inside the Black Bulls base.

*Sigh* Did I pass out again?*

Recalling the scene of himself in the cave repeating the words ”Take it back” over and over again, Grim put together the pieces of how he got here.

'So that was me recalling something from a past life...'

”You're awake!” A quiet voice suddenly exclaimed.

”Hmm?”

Turning his head to the side, Grim was surprised to see the makeup wearing Gordon sitting next to his bed making what he could only ȧssume to be a doll of himself.

”Gordon?”

Grabbing him by his hands, Gordon brought his head down to them and in a teary voice he said. ”I'm so happy you're okay. The healers said you were okay physically but for some reason you just didn't wake up.”

'I didn't wake up? Could that have been during the time that I was inside my mindscape?'

Suddenly realizing that the base seemed too quiet, Grim realized that he couldn't sense the mana signatures from any of the other black bulls.

”Where are the others?”

”The others?” Raising his head, Gordon blinked a few times until Grim's words finally settled in. ”Ah, a couple of days ago the wizard king ordered the magic knights to retrieve a magic stone from a place called the Seabed Temple.”

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Listening to Gordon's explanation of what had happened over the last few days, Grim learnt that the Eye of the Midnight Sun guys were actually looking for something called a magic stone and that this Seabed Temple place apparently had one.

After learning all of this, Gordon eventually left in order to pick up some supplies to speed up Grim's recovery. While he was fine physically, Gordon wanted to be extra careful and bring him some healing concoctions from his family home.

Sighing to himself, Grim eventually started thinking back on the events of the cave battle.

'Tch, so in the end I couldn't even watch a captain level battle besides Yami's! And what was up with that Fana the hateful chick? If I'm looking at her from a physical standpoint, then she's definitely not older than me by much! So why the hell is she so goddamn powerful!? Even stronger than that Licht guy who could go toe to toe with Yami!'