Chapter 492 Elves of the Wind (1/2)
”Sir Rhode! Sir Rhode!”
”Argh…” After a while, Rhode regained consciousness and Lapis's screams had given him a huge headache. He felt powerless and his brain had as though been drilled into.
Rhode opened his eyes slowly and he saw Lapis's ashen face instantly. The young lady's forehead was full of sweat as she heaved a sigh of relief. ”Sir, you collapsed so suddenly and I didn't know what to do. I would have gone to get Miss Marlene and the others to help if you didn't wake up.”
”How… How long have I been unconscious?”
”Only for a few minutes, Sir Rhode. Fortunately, you didn't collide into anything when you collapsed.”
”…” Rhode recalled the clutter of mess on the workshop ground and he believed that he must've been extremely lucky to not hit his head into anything… But why did I faint so suddenly? That's right. I came to the workshop to check on the twin daggers and… there was a burst of scarlet radiance when I touched their blades…
Rhode gazed at his right hand and there was nothing. But he was sure that what he saw wasn't imaginary. The scarlet radiance that he had witnessed was very similar to the one that he dreamed of when he met the little girl who looked exactly like him and Christie.
Are they related?
Rhode lifted his groggy head and sat up slowly. Shortly after, he felt a soft sensation at the back of his head as well as Lapis's soft shriek. Rhode ignored her and continued to stand up while holding his palm against his forehead. After a few moments, Rhode opened his eyes again and gazed at Lapis. ”Phew… I feel much better now, Lapis. What's wrong…?”
Rhode found that apart from Lapis's pale expression, there was also a flush of red across her face. The young lady lifted her head and gazed at him blankly as though she had lost her soul. Rhode twitched his brows and asked curiously. Lapis shrieked, stood on her feet and explained with stutters. ”Ah, n-nothing! Sir Rhode, I-I was just… in a daze.”
”Oh…” Rhode wasn't too mindful of her explanation and odd behavior. After all, Lapis had always behaved this way. Even though her personality had somewhat changed after joining Starlight, she looked even more like a girl who never leaves her home now. ”By the way, how are the two daggers?”
”They…” Lapis's expression turned strange instantly. She opened her mouth as though she wanted to speak, however, no words came out of her mouth and she pointed behind Rhode oddly. Rhode turned around and he was instantly astounded.
Two identical girls were asleep on the marble table. They had snowy long hair, slender waists, and adorable, angel-like faces. Rhode also spotted their unique pointy ears and the pattern that extended from their ears to their necks.
They were Elves.
”This… After Sir Rhode fainted, these two daggers… suddenly turned into two… elf ladies. I-I don't know what's going on…”
Rhode nodded in acknowledgment to Lapis's flustered explanation. Celestina had once mentioned that Rhode needed to rely on his own hard work to summon these two holy swords. It seemed that he had passed the test? But what exactly had he done? Escaping from the Duke Fiend? That indeed was a test of life and death for Rhode. If it weren't for Gracier and Madaras, he wouldn't have fled from the hands of the ferocious Duke Fiend. But these two holy swords appeared to be badly damaged too until this moment.