Tsukasa had sensed something before the attack, but because this sneak attack came too fast, there was no room to maneuver. Even though her spirit detected the attack in advance, she didn't have time to make a defensive or evasive move. By the time she realized what was happening, she had already been hit. Now, she was jolted awake by the intense pain in her body.
It hurts... She remembered that half her body seemed to have been blasted away. If she hadn't had the
So, did Miss Fairy drive off the attacker and save her?
Tsukasa looked down at Miss Fairy sleeping on her chest. She wasn't sure if it was her imagination, but the light on Miss Fairy's body seemed to have dimmed quite a bit. Could it be that the previous attacker was very difficult to deal with? But Miss Fairy should be among the strongest group of people in this world, right?
"Hmm...?" Eidor slowly woke up. Seeing Tsukasa awake, she gave a polite greeting, "Good morning. How does your body feel?"
Tsukasa looked at her already recovered body. Although she didn't know why the pain still lingered, her exterior had indeed completely returned to its original state. She remembered being blasted into a bloody mess by the attacker's magic earlier. She had no idea what kind of magic Miss Fairy had used to restore her like this.
"It hurts a bit," Tsukasa answered honestly. Although the pain was actually so bad she wanted to cry out, she gritted her teeth and endured it.
Eidor knew she must be very uncomfortable right now because that magic came with a price. She said gently, "Just endure it and it will pass. This is simply the price of the magic. While this magic of mine can essentially recover from any injury, the price is that one must endure a corresponding amount of pain. Moreover, because it is the price of the magic, theoretically there is no way to alleviate the pain."
Tsukasa nodded.
There should be a way.
But it would likely require a corresponding price as well.
So she decided not to ask.
It's just a bit of pain anyway... she could just endure it.
Eidor looked at Tsukasa, who was enduring the pain, and suddenly said with complex emotions, "Actually... I wasn't the one who saved you. Although I was the one who used the healing magic..."
"Actually, I hid something very important from you before. Right now... I have no combat capability."
Tsukasa looked at Miss Fairy.
After a long silence.
She replied calmly, "Mhm, I see."
"Aren't you angry?" Eidor asked nervously.
"I'm not angry." Tsukasa felt that Miss Fairy was overthinking it.
Not to mention anything else, just that miraculous healing magic that seemed to bring someone back from the dead was enough to command respect. She hadn't forgotten that when Miss Fairy first appeared, she used spatial teleportation. These two moves alone revealed a lot.
Furthermore, Miss Fairy said she currently had no combat power, which meant she definitely had some in the past. Thinking back to the Fairy Race Miss Fairy had explained to her before, it was certain that the Miss Fairy of the past was very strong.
Tsukasa felt that her relationship with Miss Fairy hadn't reached the point of being completely open and honest with each other. Even if Miss Fairy didn't tell her the truth, there was nothing wrong with it. Besides, although Miss Fairy had intentionally misled her before, in the end, it was her own wild guessing that led to such a conclusion. So even if she guessed wrong, she couldn't blame others.
Moreover, as for the result, she didn't suffer any losses because of it. Instead, her life was saved by Miss Fairy. Anyone who would still have complaints at a time like this would surely be a one-track-minded fool. Although she knew she wasn't a smart person, she would never allow herself to be an irredeemable idiot.
Miss Fairy seemed to have read her mind.
Seeing Miss Fairy's rejuvenated smile, Tsukasa felt truly complex emotions for a moment.
It had been a long time since she experienced this feeling of being valued. As for her previous slanders against Miss Fairy, she probably couldn't continue to deceive herself now. After all, there was no need for Miss Fairy to go to such lengths for someone like her. If even going this far was just to deceive her trust, then someone like her could only raise her hands in surrender.
"So, Miss Fairy, did you use teleportation magic to take me away from there?" Tsukasa pressed her palm against her lower abdomen, her expression turning incredibly stiff as she endured the pain. "Can you tell me who the attacker was?"
Escape?
Eidor heard Tsukasa's words.
She recalled the situation at that time.
It could indeed be called an escape.
But the target was wrong.
Because the one who truly made her flee in panic wasn't that monster that attacked Tsukasa, but another terrifying individual.
The attack had come too suddenly back then. Having lost almost all her power, Eidor didn't even notice the attacker's presence. By the time she reacted, Tsukasa had already been hit by the attacker's magic and was in a near-death state. Only then did she see the appearance of the attacker.
It was a monster.
Due to her lack of combat power, Eidor could only use Telepathy and her Fairy ability to communicate with nature to demand the monster withdraw. However, that monster was far too savage and was not constrained by her as a Fairy at all. Seeing that the monster still wanted to rush over and attack the near-death Tsukasa, she had no choice but to reluctantly prepare to use spatial teleportation magic to run away with Tsukasa. But with her current ability, she couldn't instantly activate long-distance spatial teleportation magic, so at that time, she thought they were finished.
Just then, a white spider suddenly jumped out from beneath Tsukasa. That fellow used quite dangerous magic and killed the monster that attacked Tsukasa in a single strike. In her shock, she took advantage of that opening to use teleportation magic and escape that dangerous place with Tsukasa.
Because if her senses were correct, that spider monster possessed a Divine Domain. Faced with such a terrifying fellow, if they had been even a breath later, they wouldn't have been able to escape. Although she didn't know when Tsukasa had been targeted by that terrifying individual.
Eidor frowned and said, "Sorry, I was too nervous at the time, so I didn't notice."
"...I see." Tsukasa felt that Miss Fairy was lying.
However, she knew Miss Fairy could read minds. Not wanting to cause any unpleasantness over this matter, she immediately cut off that thought. She looked at Miss Fairy somewhat nervously, and seeing Miss Fairy's slightly confused expression, she understood that Miss Fairy's Mind Reading had its limits.
Eidor indeed didn't read the little secret Tsukasa was hiding. Noticing Tsukasa's nervousness, she was very confused about what Tsukasa was nervous about. Then she quickly realized that Tsukasa was guarding against her Mind Reading and seemed to have already found some little tricks.
Once Mind Reading lost its original effect, Eidor gave up on continuing to use this ability. Besides, Tsukasa had already shown such resistance; if she continued to disrespect Tsukasa's wishes, it would undoubtedly make Tsukasa dislike her.
After Eidor stopped using Mind Reading, she pretended not to care and asked, "Tsukasa, do you know any small spider monsters?"
"I don't know any."
Although Eidor wanted to keep it a secret, Tsukasa remembered the information about the small spider monster because of her question, even speculating if it was this fellow that had ambushed her.
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