บท 180: If you have questions, it's normal to look for answers

When we reach the t-junction, I stopped in my track, feeling the tip of my fingers trembling and slowly, I crouched on the floor, trying to fill my chest with air.

Calm down. Calm down, Val. There was no use in asking all of these questions that I wouldn't be able to answer by myself.

[Master?]

"Your spell is broken, I'm just saying..."

I clasped my mouth so I wouldn't let out any sound, because I didn't want to worry the little bird. But I think Ignis understood a bit more, because it placed the tiny foot on my cheek.

"Don't think too much; if you have questions, then it's normal to look for the answers," the blue eyes were glowing brightly inside the dark passage, looking at me with fierceness and softness. "You just have to ask."

"Just--"

It was such an easy word to say, but how could I just ask Natha about that?

"It's not like you can act normally in front of him after this,"