smelled like dried sag
s of low-tier glass vials. Alden had assigned her here to "coo
racked from how wide
e. She held a steaming ceramic mug in her hands. Her fa
n fake honey. "I brought you some calming cha
s. She didn't miss the faint blue glow of the system pane
r shoulders droop, adopting
whispered. She reached out w
. Elara had clearly boiled i
using a basic ice ward to protect her skin-something
ntionally jerk
he rim, splashing directly ont
Her skin instantly turned a
wasn't a fake cry this time;
f the scream. The blue screen above her head flic
nding to lose her balance from the pain. She threw her entire bod
rattled. The woo
od Potion wobbled. The liquid inside pulsed with a deep, sta
raised her hand, her lips moving to cast a
tapped into a microscopic fraction of her true po
Mana-outward in a silent pulse. It locked the surrounding
ll fizzled
hit the s
AS
ones. The sheer density of the magic hitting the
ipped through the corridor. Red
door flew open, and Professor
puddle of Dragon Blood. The muscles in his face twitched. His bre
ell, Seraphina threw herself onto the
r unburned hand and pulled. "I ruin everything! I can't even ho
ssor, she threw herself backward!
er her, her voice raw and desperate. She held up her
kin. He looked at her tear-streaked face. The fury i
fice. He thought her mind was fractur
le. He waved his wand. The glass sh
en said. His voice was e
r system panel chimed. Warning: Alden'
white sleeve to pull herself up. She made sure to smear the sti
his wand against her burned hand. A cool, blue healing lig
aphina whispered, looking at the fl
id softly. "Ju
t her head down. But just as their shoulders brushed, Seraph
bit so hard into her palms they d
g her newly healed hand. Breaking things
t Elara. "I think we need to move her to a lo
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