บท 209: Request

Soon after Zara gave them the oracle, their mood swiftly changed. They gazed at each other with tension and curiosity before Nikolai closed his eyes with a muffled sigh.

"Haa..."

Selene's eyes narrowed, and a fierce heterochromatic light came from them. Both sisters were seemingly angry at Madame Zara's words. However, because Nikolai didn't seem upset or against her words, they couldn't do anything but bite their lips and accept that fact. 

"Nikolai, are you okay?" Selene approached the quiet Nikolai, who was sitting on a wooden bench and closing his eyes. 

"Yeah... I just never expected things to come to this."

A slightly heavy aura wrapped around his body and words while the pink-skinned djinn finished mixing potions in the back room.

Selene and Nikolai sat alone in the room and felt a little awkward.