Chapter 208 - 208: Why? (1/2)

Chapter 208 - 208: Why?

"Evangeline"

"Evans… my child"

"Mother…

olden sparks quickly e froround behind him The water also split apart as soon as he stepped on it before he used [Air Step] to lift hieline without any pause in his et even for a second

"Graaah!" Van could not help but let out a screaeline, "fucking die!"

However, as he was only about a few inches away, his momentum completely stopped "W… what?" Van tried tothat he could eline's hair was still flowing at a very slow rate, he still had his [Tieline opened her mouth

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Van's eyes could only treeline in the face, as it was the only thing he could do at theoff his Skill and going out of superspeed

"There's no nee--"

"Gaaah!"

Before Evangeline could even say anything, Van once again screah to disrupt the birds that were peacefully hiding in the trees

And soon, the water beneath them also rippled, its odd stillness disrupted by the tears that trailed from Van's eyes as his breaths let out hums of pain

"E… Evans!?"

His screams of pain reached even the Enca with Sarah, could not help but stand up as she stood up towards the direction of Van's voice However, before she could rush towards hiht," Sarah breathed out

"What do you ht!? That was Evans' voice just now, he is in pain!"

"He is," Sarah shook her head, "But I can sense the flow of his blood, he's not hurt physically"

"Then even o to hirip did not even budge a single bit "Let go of h this, Andrea"

"But--"

"I think she is right, Miss Andrea"

Before Andrea could say anything, Harvey approached the two of theo alone, let's just wait until he comes back to us"

"His mother is a demon!" Andrea shouted, "She shouldn't even be allowed 1 kilometer within Evans! She… She…"

Andrea breathed heavily for a few seconds before starting to cal to her, "I'm okay now," she said as she let out one final deep breath, "Just… tell us if he's hurt"

"I've been ht sht Thank you"

Andrea wiped the sweat on her face as she once again looked towards Van's direction, before proceeding to sit back down It wasn't only hiitated, ale as they heard his screams that were filled with pain

Harvey had his arms crossed, his eyes were calround gave hi her lip, thetied up like an animal resurfaced in her mind

Victoria, even when she had already calmed the other people doith her Skills, still felt a bit restless as she heard Van's voice

Nisha, Gil, and Cynthia also stopped their conversation The history between Van and her ht be unclear to them, but they knew of Van's relationshi+p with his father

Latanya as just ordering the other Locals around was nohere to be seen

Back in the lake, Van's screaht into Evangeline's eyes

"There's no need for you to cry, child," Evangeline then slowly raised her hand,the scar on his left eye Evangeline then let out a slight breath before proceeding to touch Van's cheeks

"I do not ask for forgive--"

"Grkh!"

Before Evangeline could finish her words, Van was finally able tohe did was to bite her hand It wasn't enough to bleed, but still, Van tried to chew her hand off even though Evangeline's hand was as durable as iron