บท 373: Restarting the mage's tower

"A....y..."

"A...r....y..."

"Arty..." 

I opened my eyes when I heard Mia's voice calling out my name. 

"Arty!" Mia's call forced me awake. 

"Mia...?" I muttered in a feeble voice, doing my best to push myself up. 

'Huh?' I only had the time to utter a small moan of shock when my body refused to work the way it should. 

I attempted to push myself up, prompting myself off the ground with my hands... Sadly, the muscles in my hands refused to cooperate, giving up the second I put any weight on them. 

"Arty!" Mia screamed out from the bottom of her lungs when she noticed I finally started to move. And then, as if not aware of my feeble state, she lunged forward, smashing herself right in my chest.

"Ugh..." I released a pained moan when the girl's head pressed against my ribs, squeezing all the air out of my lungs.