*** Elias POV
I've been hibernating since that knife wound, leaving Alfred to deal with the people, while I took the chance to learn from Oden. So while my body was hidden, and it was out of sight, my mind was awake, in another world with Oden.
When I told Oden that I was going to hibernate, but not for a long time, he decided to agree, especially when I was wounded. Finding a cave far from the military institute, I shut down my body, surrounding myself with spells, and closed off from the people.
And amid my hibernation, the bond between Rebecca and me has gotten stronger. I can feel her emotions and all the pain she was going through, and I hated that I wasn't able to pull her into a hug. Each year that I'm asleep, it gets worse, and sadly these past four months, grief has been coursing through her veins and heart.
