Ari was stupefied. The elfen warrior turned to where Stella Marie and Nickolai had walked to but they were now gone. Why does Ari feel like they had set it up so that Red was the only one to hear the bells?
"What do you mean you hear the bells?" he asked Red. "I thought all of us didn't hear them ring."
"There is nothing we can do if Red hears the bells, elfen boy." Sir Arthur said. "It is just how this magical item works. It chooses those that it deems fit to use them."
Ari turned to Red, and he opened his palm as if to urge Red to give the bells to him.
"Red, you shouldn't do this. What else do you have left to sacrifice?" Ari pleaded.
Red gave him the same sad smile, "But I hear it, Ari. Which means I should be the one to pay the price of the information that we need."
The elfen warrior wasn't the least bit happy with how this had turned out.
It just doesn't feel right for her to be the one to do so.
