Chapter 28: Hicka (1/2)

The sun rose and the new day began. Elora sauntered out of the Potion Hall. Her eyes filled with excitement and vigour. She couldn't sleep last night due to the shock she received—the healing spell Kadyn gave was a priceless treasure.

Though as she lifted her smiling gaze, her face froze.

”What happened to you?!” She squealed, ogling at her brother's haggard appearance. His face was pale and cheeks sunken deep and eyes appeared dim and his breathing was hurried. His body seemed nothing but an embodiment of a skeleton.

Kadyn glanced at his sister and remained silent. He had no intention to talk about his embarrassing and stupid and deadly endeavour from the previous night.

”Don't worry, it's nothing. I will be fine after some rest.”

Elora looked concerned but she'd not force him to tell anything, so she nodded in acknowledgement.

”I'll go get the breakfast,” she said and strolled out of the shop.

Kadyn gazed at her scurrying figure and took a deep breath and continued to sit there with his cramping body. He looked inside his fire pool and couldn't help but feel a pang at the sight in front of him.

The stars he tried to assimilate with each other, had cracks all over their surface. They looked dimmer than the other seven orbs—when he attempted to cast the spell, he failed.

He pondered it might be because of the crashes on them. Then he tried to cast an Arrow Rush with the aid of the remaining stars, alas, he still failed and couldn't complete the spell pattern.

”Damn, what is this about?!” He couldn't help but swear in frustration. His most powerful element became useless. Of course, he'd feel the urge to kill someone. But this entire thing happened due to his stupidity. It was his fault. Who could he blame for his losses?

”It must be sequela, as the [Crack Melding Potion] described. I have to concoct it to mend the cracks before I could use the fire element again. Damn!” he stomped on the floor in irritation.

”But its main ingredient is Five Star Spirit Grass. I don't have it. I doubt anyone would sell the medicine either.

”It's the most effective medicine for the elementary mage to soothe the backlash of the breakthrough. Alas, I need to concoct a potion.” He rubbed his temple and his brows furrowed.

Just as he was deep in contemplation, Elora strolled into the shop with a bag. ”Let's have breakfast.” She said and the duo sat on the ground.

All this while Kadyn remained absent-minded. Elora could tell he wasn't in a good mood. Therefore she tried to cheer him up—Kadyn felt bad seeing his sister trying so hard for his sake. Won't he be a bastard if he wasted her effort? He put a smile on his face.

After having breakfast, Elora headed to the Potion Hall as she had become obsessed with potion-making, and spent most of the time brewing them.

Kadyn slouched in his chair and waited for customers. Thinking, how could he solve his problem?

Not long after a group rushed into the shop. Their faces shone with excitement. They were eager to meditate or practice. Everyone wanted to enjoy the unbelievable blessings of this bizarre shop.

”Six hours.”

[Energy Points: 448+12→460]

”Two hours.”