"Ray!!!" Aella screamed at the top of her lungs as she saw the dean carry her beloved in his arms.
"What happened to him?" Sirius stood up and asked in a cold, demanding voice while the others also stood behind him in worry.
"Nothing happened. He exhausted himself during evolution," The dean answered as he walked forward and placed Ray on the sofa.
"If he fainted due to exhaustion, then why are his clothes in tatters? Not to mention the dried blood all over his face? What actually happened?" Sirius's voice increased in intensity as he demanded for an explanation.
Listening to him and the tone in which he spoke,
The dean's anger flared up as he slowly turned around and spoke, "I just told you what happened, and if you dare to use that tone again. Then I won't care if you were a kid, a student, or anyone else. I would make sure to teach you some manners and believe me, you wouldn't like a second of what I would teach," As the dean said that, his eyes turned red while the surroundings trembled from the pressure he involuntarily released.
Under the influence of his power, Sirius and the others shuddered as they faced the pressure equivalent to that of a Calamity Realm expert.
Seeing them shudder, the dean calmed himself down and took back the pressure he was releasing. After all, he wasn't a tyrant to press them, he just wanted to tell them that he was there and also cared for Ray.
"See, I am on your side. No need to make an enemy out of me. Above all that, Ray trusts me; I guess that's enough reason for you all to at least have some faith in me," The dean said.
After saying that, the dean turned to look at his companions standing in their place, looking at the show happening right in front of them.
"Inferno! Hand me a pill," The dean said.
"Okay, but you got to pay me back for it," Inferno reluctantly took a pill out of his spatial pocket and handed it to the dean.
"Yeah… Yeah, just hand it to me already," The dean spoke and snatched the pill from his friend's hand and fed it to Ray.
As the pill went down his throat, a resplendent light shone over his body as the light wounds he had suffered slowly healed while the energy lost during evolution was also fulfilled.
Within a few moments, Ray looked as if nothing had happened to him and if not for his clothes that were in tatters, others would have questioned the thought of him ever getting injured.
With that, the dean turned around and said, "Let's leave him like this for some while. He will wake up within an hour or so,"
Then turning to his companions, he looked at the silent sword and spoke, "Let's train, shall we?"
"Let's go. You are eating dust," Silent sword replied with a grin as he rubbed his hands in excitement.
"Yeah as if," The dean said, then turning to Sirius and the others; he looked at them and smiled,
"Why don't you kids come and watch us spar? You might get to learn some new things,"
The others nodded, "I won't be coming. I will stay by his side," Aella spoke as she disagreed with others and walked to Ray's side.
"Up to you," The dean said as he along with the others walked to the training room.
Meanwhile,
Within Ray's consciousness,
"Pat" A heavy slap landed on Ray's face as he stood within his consciousness.
"What the f*ck Aurora. What did I do to get slapped?" He asked, confused and angry as a myriad of emotions shone in his eyes.
"What did you do, you ask?" Aurora spoke,
"Pat" Another slap landed on his face, "You went on and risked your life. Do you know how worried I was? Not to mention that you f*cking fused the rarest elements ever into your brain, eyes, and heart! And what the hell was wrong with your brain when you fused the Time Elemental particles with your heart? You f*cking got a heart attack!" Aurora screamed in anger.
Looking at her, even Ray felt surprised by this side of her. With his mind blank and not knowing what to say, he just held his head down and apologized, "I am sorry. Won't happen again,
"Hmph…Enough with your sorries. If I ever see you do something dangerous again, then you will see.." She harrumphed and turned around.
Seeing this, Ray just scratched his head in confusion and turned to Mag'ladroth.
"Don't ask me anything," The Void Dragon turned around and started whistling around.
"Yeah, go on and feign ignorance," Ray sighed as he turned and looked at the tantalizing woman standing besides him.
"Hii... You must be Ray," The Phoenix waved her hand and said excitedly.
"Yes, I am Ray, and you?" He smiled and pushed his hand forward.
"You can call me FengFeng," She said as she walked forward and hugged him instead.
"Uhm, Okay," Ray said, a bit flushed as he could feel two mounds pressing onto his chest.
"Hey…What happened? You look a bit red," FengFeng smiled and spoke as she separated from him and took a couple of steps back.
"Oh… It's nothing, "Ray flushed even more, but this time in embarrassment as he held his head down and asked, "So you are the consciousness that was recently awakened,"
"Yep, it's me," FengFeng smiled enthusiastically and added, "By the way, do you know what I really am?"
"I don't think so. I just know that you control the Time element," Ray answered as he didn't know what element she had control over.
"Well, then let me enlighten you. I am one of the most graceful and mystical creatures to ever exist. For I am the one and only, the Temporal Phoenix," FengFeng said as she transformed into her mythical form.
The temperature rose as tongues of flames blazed in the surroundings. Fiery feathers were formed as the cry of a bird resounded throughout his consciousness.
"Skreeeee" Waves of wind were generated as a Phoenix floated in the sky.
Looking at her, Ray gulped as although her form looked smaller than Mag'ladroth's, her aura was completely different. After all, as a dragon, Mag'ladroth had a calm and reserved aura while she; being a Phoenix, had an opposite aura which was freer and open as it spread in the surroundings.
"Woah" Ray spoke in awe as the purplish flames blazing around her body made her seem like the most beautiful of the paintings.
The tongues of flame extended as her figure vanished within the flames, "So how do I look? Beautiful, am I not?" She took her human form as she walked out of the blazing flames that gradually calmed down.
Ray only nodded as he was still processing what he saw, "Absolute monsters that are living in my consciousness," He thought in his mind and asked, "I need to ask one thing,"
"Yeah, shoot what you want to ask," FengFeng said.
"What exactly is the power of Time," He asked.
"Hehe," She giggled and spoke, "Sorry but I can't explain that. The power of time is as mysterious as ever. Even for me, it's something that is instilled into my very self and something that comes to me naturally. Hence, I can not explain it. However, don't worry; as you use the element, you will naturally learn its powers and secrets," She explained and added,
"But there is one thing I will tell you. Be very careful of using this power and don't ever think of playing with it until you are very certain of it. Remember, playing with Time is something you can't be careless with," She warned.
Nodding, Ray decided to heed her advice. Even though he didn't get much of it as all he understood was that he needed to be careful while using his Temporal powers and not use them carelessly.
"Looks like your time here is up. See you later. Go into the real world, you have someone very important waiting for you," As FengFeng spoke, she smiled heartily and waved him bye.
On the other hand, Ray stood confused as he didn't understand what she was saying. That was until he started to disappear from his consciousness while a girl's worried voice sounded in his head.
"Looks like I can't stay here for too long," He said to himself as slowly he disappeared from his consciousness.
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