Chapitre 46: Cold War
Gazing at Beatrice Agnes, who, right now, was traveling with them, Laith Keys couldn't help but feel sweat appear on his forehead.
"Are alright? Do you need any help?" asked Beatrice as she suddenly turned to Laith with a seemingly worried expression on her face, causing Laith's two companions to also turn to him.
"It's nothing, I'm alright," said Laith as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"Good, you should take care of your health, maybe increase the power of your body sometime soon," said Beatrice before looking towards the road ahead of them, no longer paying attention to Laith.
'She's actually insane,' thought Laith as she stared at Beatrice, who was now leisurely walking.
But although Laith had managed to calm down, someone else hadn't.
A few moments ago.
Suddenly, hearing Beatrice speak, Saena Windheart suddenly stopped breathing as she mechanically walked forward, slightly trembling at a very specific time.
The moment Beatrice turned to Laith, a single thought appeared in Saena's heart.
Danger
Although she had already formed a team with Laith and Radyn, Saena had a secret that she had kept to herself.
She had awoken an Innate Talent when she had become a Mage Apprentice.
Even though it was very simple, Saena had a very useful innate talent, Danger Sense, which allowed her to sense danger in advance, this was the reason that Saena was able to sense Beatrice back inside of that castle.
If not for the fact that Saena had taken action, and alerted her group of Beatrice's existence, the three of them would probably have died in there.
After saying a few words, and encouraging Laith to take better care of himself, Beatrice no longer looked back, causing Saena's danger sense to no longer warn her of any danger.
Suddenly, Saena felt like time had stopped for a moment, but a moment later, things returned to normal as he hand slightly trembled.
'She wanted to kill me, but it looks like she decided otherwise,' thought Saena as she breathed a silent sigh of relief, making sure that she did not make any sound, fearing that she would alert this maniac.
...
Hearing Laith Keys breathe slightly loud, a thought couldn't help but form inside of Beatrice's mind.
'Is it worth it for me to kill them?' thought Beatrice as she suddenly turned back towards the group of three.
"Are you alright, do you need any help?" asked Beatrice as she suddenly prepared to launch a Dark Bolt towards Laith, when suddenly, she noticed something from the corner of her eyes, causing her to stop.
The moment Beatrice was just about to launch her attack, Saena's hand slightly trembled, causing Beatrice to decide against attacking.
'It may have been from fear, but this is too much of a coincidence,' thought Beatrice before finishing talking to Laith.
Merely a moment after that, Beatrice then turned back, but at the same time, she prepared to launch a Dark Bolt toward Saena Windheart, before immediately stopping and continuing on, with nothing visible on her face.
Once again, from the corner of her eyes, Beatrice caught glimpse of it, Saena's hand slightly shaking.
Of course, neither her teammates nor William had noticed this fact, perhaps Saena herself had not even noticed it.
...
Looking at fifty elemental stones in the bag in front of her, which were obtained so easily, Beatrice couldn't help but smile.
"If you need help in any mission you shouldn't hesitate, as long there's a good enough reward, you can invite me," said Beatrice as she looked at the three Mage Apprentices in front of her with a smile on her face, before walking away alongside William a few moments later.
Hearing that, the mask that Radyn Dragonbane's face almost cracked, as he had to restrain himself to the best of his ability to not jump towards Beatrice and begin fighting with her.
Even though not to the same extent, looking at the shameless thief who had stolen fifty of their elemental stones, the other two mages also couldn't help but be angry, but looking at Beatrice, who was getting further and further away from them, they also couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as this demon had seemingly let them go.
Especially Saena Windheart, which for some reason, Laith noticed looked way more tired than even him.
"How about we go get some rest then we meet out our usual place tomorrow," said Laith, causing the other two to nod, and after talking for a few more moments the three went their separate ways.
...
As she walked inside of her room, Beatrice immediately began walking towards the bathroom.
"Organise my luggage then go bring me some food," said Beatrice as she walked into the shower, closing the door behind her.
A while later.
Feeling the hot water rush over her, Beatrice couldn't help but relax, letting out a soft sigh.
"That was an Innate Talent," mumbled Beatrice as she went through all of the Rank 0 spells that Saena could have probably learned, not finding a single one that could allow a mage to predict danger.
As she thought about Innate Talent's, Beatrice couldn't help but think about that weird feeling she had back when she entered the Shadow Monastery, as well as several other times throughout her life, which she now believed was her Innate Talent.
Sadly, even after becoming stronger and stronger, Beatrice could not do anything about that feeling at all, as it had not yet manifested once again.
After several minutes passed, Beatrice got out of her shower, went under her bed, picked up a certain notebook, and walked up to her desk, which she rarely used, preferring to use her bed instead.
Suddenly, Beatrice opened the notebook and turned to a certain page, on which only the very top had something written on it, leaving the rest empty.
'Saena Windheart, C grade Darkness Affinity, 5.2 innate spiritual power'
Merely a few moments later, another line of text appeared on the page, just under the previous line.
'Suspected Innate Talent: Danger Prediction,'
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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