When the light vanished with the flame. The whole room was devastated with burns but Henry's compartment is the most devastated.
The front divider is completely burnt in black and the inside has scorching marks with Henry's figure on the back divider as he bears the heat with his body.
Jin is sweating as he tries to make Henry remain floating.
"Urrgghhh!!!" Henry is groaning from the pain that he can't speak. His back is completely burnt as it emits smoke and the rotten smell of flesh. Hurried steps came from others and Navea pops her head on Jin's door who is concentrating to hold him afloat. Navea closed her eyes and wave her hand. Pure cold black energy came out like a heavy mist washing over Henry.
*Hissss!!!*
"Aaaahhhhh!!!!!" He wails in agony as the cold mist wash over him.
"Quick to the ward!!" Navea said helping Jin carry Henry. The rest of the Apprentice seems to attempt chasing the culprit and some reports what happened.
The two arrive at the ward with Henry barely awake from the constant pain.
"Poor child... Lay him on the bed with his stomach down," the elder treant said.
"Uhmmm!!!" Henry moans uncontrollably as he feels the jolt of pain.
Elder treant then expel lots of green energy from her hand it covers Henry and it became a magic circle with uncountable crisscrossing lines. It's spinning while Henry glows. His consciousness finally left after he feels the first wash of relief.
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Jin and Navea remain at the ward still vigilant to what happened. Henry already recovered but scars can still be seen on his naked top.
Every time Navea looks at him she feels sadness. They almost died. She knew that if he didn't manage to slow down the speed of the fire breathe. It would consume the whole room in instant burning them all.
'I'm too weak... I can die if someone wanted.' Navea though she pulls out a book and started to write again. Jin follows from her action. Both don't have the intention to leave. This place was the current most safe place they can be.
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"Hohohoho, you kids sure are hard-working... It's already diner time and you two are still here, Call me Camilla." Camilla the elder treant said before Navea opens her mouth to greet.
*grumbles...*
"Hohoho, so you are already hungry. Let me serve you both..." Camilla left and later gave Jin and Navea a serving.
"Thank you Elder Camilla," Navea politely said with Jin bowing at her lower than expected.
"So why are both of you still here?" Elder Camilla asks.
"I'm afraid and also grateful of Henry so I wanted to spend some time here till I he awakens," Navea replied honestly.
"What's there to be afraid of?" Elder Camilla asks.
"Somebody attack our class during a lecture when Sir D left. A blast of light magic blinded us and also slowed the flow of our magic to create a barrier but Henry then activates sealing magic and it pulls the flame toward him slowing the spread but also making the heat focus on his compartment. That's why he looks like that," Jin grimly answered.
"Oooh!! I thought it was an accidental explosion of magic due to traces of black energy on his burns," Elder Camilla added.
"No, I did it to lessen the burns by showering him with mild cold mist," Navea said and Elder Camilla nodded before looking at her.
"Be careful... Don't do it to others. Your remedy only works for the same branch as yours. If it's an Earth Apprentice he would die from corruption," Elder Camilla advice and she left the room.
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"Uggrrhh!! Shit! This stings!!" Henry cursed when he wakes up from the sudden jolt of pain from his back. He tried to move but more pain came when he did.
"Shhh! Don't move or your wounds will worsen," A soft voice came from behind him. Navea wakes up in shock from his shout. She was still stressed by what happened.
"Where am I?" Henry ask after stopping to move.
"Ward, thank you for what you did..." Navea said and Jin also wakes up.
"Yeah, man... Thank you for that. We almost died from what happened. Now you look cooler with that scar," Jin added as he admires the red scar on Henry's back forming a devil-like smile with the face in red and more severe black burn forming the teeth.
"Haaaa... No need, I did it to defend myself. Helping you isn't my very objective. Well, I'm already happy that I survive and somehow did an intended save," Henry replied to them with Jin nodding at his every word.
"What now?" Navea ask?
"Did someone report what happen?" Henry ask.
"Yeah, but the management just ignores it saying that if we die it's our fault for being unprepared and weak. They don't care about cannon fodder. They seem to be encouraging it. Someone from our class did try to attack a fire apprentice but the Instructor from the Earth branch attacks our colleague saying it's a breach of security. Now he is detained." Jin said with anger in his hoarse voice.
"Shit... They will surely kill us next time." Henry grimly replied with Navea nodding at him.
"What now?" Henry ask.
"We will be here until you can get out. We don't know if someone confident enough attacks you while recovering." Navea said and Jin nodded.
"But we have a lesson tomorrow..." Henry replied with confusion.
"No, because of our colleague our class schedule become shorter. We will only receive two days per week," Jin said with a hatred more evidence of his red flickering flame eyes.
"Fuck....." All Henry can say.
Then a hurried step enters the ward and it quickly arrives at the three.
"Migavo's dead!!" The Gnome Navea is partnered with shouted.
"What did you say, Kellen?!" Navea asks in shock.
"Migavo is dead!!! They said he tried to escape and the hound killed him!" Kellen the homosexual Gnome said with his high pitch voice.
"Shittt... Now that's very bad," Henry said. The two still shocks by what happens but Henry already predicted it will happen to frame the time to tomorrow or the day after but happening that fast must is very shocking.