53 Gaining courage to confess (2/2)

[where doomed] Henry could not help but to take a deep breath.

Celestial beasts are approaching from every corner. Hundreds…..thousands….some walked by foot some were riding in aeral beasts. Even if Madel brought them there to feed the beasts, weren't they too little to feed that many?

”This are my friend from the academy, Henry, Cheska, Francis, and Helen.” Madel introduced them to the beasts.

”And guys, these are my friends, my family, lulu, kiki, Jiji, Riri, Mimi, Lola, Joji, Kiku...” She introduced the beasts to her human friends.

”There are too many of you guys sorry, we are in a hurry, you will get introduced some other time.”

The fear, astonishment and anxiousness that collided in their chest was simply too overwhelming to bear. Their knees and muscle was trembling. If they did not have high mental resilience they must have had collapsed earlier on.

[Madel did not brought us here to look for herbs. She wanted us to die from shock] Henry thought to himself, preventing his rude behavior from scolding this friend of his.

”Nice to meet you” The beasts said in chorus and the bowed down.

The remaining threads of sanity was about to break for Cheska and Henry. They both new that celestial beasts could speak human language, but experiencing it first-hand left them into frenzy. They did not even notice when the oppressing energy was lifted allowing them to stand up straight.

As Madel gave each beast instructions, Henry and Cheska was still stupefied. As for Helen, the man that she loved for 25 years was lying unconscious, she did not care if the world collapsed at the very moment. She would stay by his side and die with him. The power of her spirit overwhelmed the body that was longing for another man.

The beasts immediately dispersed. One beast led Henry into the bathing area, while another led Cheska somewhere to change her clothes. The other beasts took a fine rectangular rock and expertly polished it to make a table. Other winged beasts brought fruits and flowers while other beasts arranged it into the table. Other beasts created chairs and so on.

Francis was carried into a bed filled with flowers.

Helen refused to leave his side until he wakes up. If it was not that moment she might have lost consciousness upon seeing a 25 foot Jihamada beast. A feline like creature with white fur, body which resembled a lion with white wings on its side. It was the king inside the dark forest.

”He does not have any internal injuries. His zhenqi, his energy, and his systems are normal. He will wake up soon.” The Jihamada said.

”Thank you Jiha. We were so worried. I fell asleep earlier and did not noticed that were attacked by bandits. Thank you for waking me up earlier.” Madel said.

The beasts served Helen some snacks, which she accepted with politeness. After hearing that Francis will wake up soon she was relieved. It turns out that she was more scared of losing him than her own life.

Noticing that Madel was gone, Helen bit her lips and looked at Francis with loving expression. The emotions that had been buried inside her for so many years were trying to escape. Should she tell him?

Looking at the sleeping man, she mounted her courage to confess her love. Something that she failed to do for 25 years in her past life. She remembered her last wish when she died. It was to let her live a little more to tell Francis how she felt. She died, but was now given the second chance.