"Grugh…"
It was so sudden, so sudden that almost no one even realized that Gary's stomach had already been stabbed until a few seconds had passed. Out of everyone in the field, only Miss Pepondosovich, Riley, and Silvie actually saw what happened.
Esme did not force anything — no. She just casually stretched out her hand, she just did it so fast that she pierced Gary's stomach like it was air. It wasn't even bleeding, as after the world had registered what Esme had done, it overcompensated with the friction and completely burned Gary's gaping wound closed.
"What the…" Gary whispered out as the blood escaped his mouth instead as he looked up at Esme.
"I apologize, Mister Gary," Esme, however, just had a slightly disappointed and weary look on her face,
"I thought you would be stronger since you are supposed to be the son of Princess Aerith."
