Chapter 79: Waking Up
Rhain's eyelids twitched once before they opened.
The wooden ceiling of his private quarters came into focus.
His body felt heavy, as though his bones had been filled with lead, but the sharp, dangerous emptiness that had consumed his body after unleashing the Heavenly Flame was gone.
The Abyssal Sovereign Physique had done its work while he was unconscious.
He attempted to shift his right arm, only to find it pinned down by a soft weight.
He turned his head to the right.
Seris was sitting on a wooden stool right beside his bed.
The upper half of her delicate body was leaning over the mattress, her face resting peacefully against his forearm, her silver-blue hair spilling across the sheets like a river of moonlight.
She had fallen asleep beside him.
