Elias made his way back to the room where Dray was lying and he found a new nun sitting by Dray's bedside. She had her hand over Dray's chest and there was ice forming slowly over his chest. She was the ice magic user that Elias called to help with keeping Dray cool.
The ice magic that she was using was an A-class spell and it is usually meant to freeze a person completely, but the dragon man was so strong that it was melting the A-class ice faster than she could make it and she could barely keep the ice active over Dray's chest. But thankfully, the ice was barely enough to make his heart cool down.
"And in the evening of the fifteenth day of the year of the crow, the lord came to the people and gave unto them fruitful harvest. He blessed them with peace of mind and granted unto them the power of Mana to fight back against adversity. And he said to them, a hero shall rise amongst you, someone who shall lead you out of the depths of your despair. So fear not, for I am with you."
The woman was saying something silently to Dray and Elias recognized it as a passage from the holy bible of the church. Was she trying to calm Dray down by reciting the bible? These holy people never cease to amaze Elias with their silly actions.
"How much longer does he have to live?"
Elias spoke to the woman and she turned towards him in surprise. She didn't even hear him come in! She quickly answered him that there wasn't long before her ice stopped having an effect. She estimates that Dray only has about three hours before the dragon Mana burns a hole in his heart. Dray should already be dead by now but thankfully, his affinity with fire and her ice was helping him.
Elias didn't really care about all that. He just wanted to know how long he has before he loses his chance to find Givalich. After hearing that he had three hours, he nodded and then left the room again to continue the preparations for the ritual.
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Floid walked out from his bath naked and he ran his hand through his hair with a sigh. Floid hasn't had time to rest at all for the last few hours and he was glad that he finally got a chance to relax and enjoy a bath. Rosavellt was standing at the side of the door and she immediately held up a robe for him when she saw him.
Rosavellt had wanted to join Floid in the bath but Floid never invited her to join him and she wouldn't dare to go into eh bath without the demon lord's permission! Especially now that he was not happy with them. Floid out on the robe and he told Rosavellt to leave him. Rosavellt was obviously saddened by the dismissal because she wanted to try and comfort her lord, but it doesn't look like floid was interested in her company and Rosavellt realized that she shouldn't overstep her bounds. So she bowed and turned to leave and Floid walked towards his chambers. Once Floid entered his room, his eyes immediately gravitated toward his unconscious sister that was lying on the bed!
Floid hasn't thought about Quinn since she was brought here because he has been too busy with other things! But now that he was calmer, he couldn't stop his mind from thinking about her. In a way, he couldn't believe that his sister was lying right in front of him. This entire situation was giving him a nostalgic feeling that he wasn't happy about.
Floid doesn't remember much about his sister or even the rest of his family. Even though Floid and Quinn lived in the same house, Floid knew that their relationship was anything but good. From a very young age, Floid was already very smart and it was already easy for him to read people and tell what they were thinking!
Floid knows that Quinn has always been resentful of him! Ever since Floid was born, Quinn never once smiled at him and she never gave him a good word that would make him think that they were siblings! Before Floid could even walk, Quinn was already trying to compete with him! Quinn would try her best to draw their parent's attention towards herself or she would try to receive better toys from their father. It was silly and, even though he was only a child, Floid thought that his sister's actions back then were terribly childish. But for some reason, this interaction was the closest emotion that Floid ever had to the feeling of having a family.
Floid was never close to his mother and he knows that his father was only interested in the fact that he had a son. Floid's father only wanted an heir to the empire and he wasn't interested in anything that Floid does unless it was related to the empire or school! Floid's father acted like a CEO even when they were at home!
It was annoying and even though Floid was a child, he still couldn't get rid of the feeling that he was being used by his father! His father was just trying his best to control Floid's life and if there is one thing that Floid hates, it is being controlled!
Floid's mother, on the other hand, was never in the picture and Floid doesn't even have any memories of her beyond the few years when she breastfed him as a child. If not for his excellent memory, Floid was sure that he might have even forgotten what the woman looks like. She was alive and well, but she was never there for them. As far as Floid was concerned, she was a failure as a mother.
By the time Floid became old enough to start talking and walking, Quinn had become his unwilling rival. The rivalry between the two of them was actually very one-sided because Floid was never interested in being her rival. Floid just saw her as an annoying pest that was always comparing herself to him. But even with this high level of annoyance, time began to change his emotions. In a house as big as the one he used to live in, Floid was alone most of the time and he didn't talk with a lot of people because there was never anyone to talk to unless they go to a business gathering or if there is an event! They don't even talk at the dinner table because it was considered bad manners!
Quinn was the only one that spoke to him and even though she was only talking to him so that she could try and compete with him, Floid got used to her presence and he unconsciously started to even enjoy it in a way. He would never lose to her but the fact that she kept coming back was something that he was interested in! Why would she keep coming back even though she knows she is still going to lose? It made no sense at all! It was even more strange for her to come back because Floid knows that his sister was scared of him. She had this look in her eyes whenever she looked at him and Floid knew that she was only a moment away from running away whenever he glares at her. The only thing stopping her from running was her competitive nature!
Quinn could already see the truth that Floid was not a good person. Back then, Floid was the sort of child that would cut a chicken's neck and then watch the chicken twitch and bleed on the floor as it slowly dies in pain and he would smile all the time as he watches it. When Floid did this, he didn't know that Quinn was watching him while hiding behind a pillar in their house. It was something that Quinn could never forget. The look on Floid's face as he watched the animal suffer back then was the look of a true monster!
Quinn knew about all these things, but for some reason, she still kept coming back to challenge Floid. It was absolutely absurd to Floid and he could never understand where that desperation comes from because he has never felt that desire to prove himself to anyone. Why should he try to prove himself to the useless people around him? Floid already knew what he was good at and he just tolerated Quinn's constant presence for some reason.
This continued for a long time but it finally ended when Floid showed his true character to the world for the first time. The day that he stabbed a pen into his classmate's eye, Floid started to see real fear in Quinn's eyes. It was an intense fear that froze Quinn whenever she comes close to him. The fear that Quinn had been hiding for a long time was no longer hidden and Floid could now clearly see that Quinn was terrified of everything related to him. Quinn started to distance herself from Floid and once she was no longer trying to get close to him, Floid lost interest in everything concerning his family.
Floid didn't know that the only reason why he had stayed in his house for so long was because of Quinn! Quinn was the only person that paid him any attention and he just stayed because he was curious about her and what she would do next to challenge him! But the moment when she stopped doing that, Floid also lost interest in his family! Floid stopped trying in school, he had already learned everything he was being taught so what was the point? Floid stopped trying in his business classes because he didn't ever want to work under his father and be controlled like a puppet! Floid was not a follower and he would never agree to bow his head and work under his father. There was nothing anyone could do to control Floid and they knew it so they stopped trying to force him.
This went on for years until Floid turned eighteen and that was when Floid finally left the family and decided to live on his own. In all those years when Floid lived alone, he never once thought about his sister! Her image didn't even cross his mind once! To him, she was like a fun toy that lost its meaning after it broke. Her importance to him ended when she could no longer try to challenge him. Her competitive nature was the only thing that attracted him to her, but she could no longer compete with him if she was too afraid to even look him in the eye. There was no point in thinking about broken toys.
But now, that same sister was lying right in front of him, and she was dying. For some reason, Floid felt... conflicted about this.
Floid stopped as he had this thought. He hummed in curiosity as he realized what he was thinking about all of a sudden. Why don't I want her to die? Floid didn't consciously think this, but His subconscious just made him realize that he didn't want Quinn dead. But it wasn't like there was anything he could do about this situation. If there was one thing that Floid would never be, it was a pointless optimist. Like some idiots that believe you can change the world as long as you never give up. What nonsense!
Floid was a realist in every sense of the word and he knows that his sister was going to die. His sister brought this upon herself after all. The skill [Mana Drain] was a special skill that needed a prolonged touch in order for it to work. Before anyone can use that skill on someone else, then the two people must have a certain level of trust in each other. Either that or the person that is using the skill will trap the other person and forcefully take the mana. But his sister is a hero so trapping her without a fight would be impossible.
That means that Quinn trusted that priest that took her Mana from her and she never even suspected him once even when he was touching her so many times. Isn't that just foolishness? Were you so starved for affection that you didn't even question the motives of a priest that was touching you? You were so desperate for a connection that you allowed something so stupid to happen to you? You foolish little girl. There is no one to blame in this situation other than his sister and Floid knew that she brought this on herself for trusting so easily.
So why the hell don't I want her to die?
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