"that's everything that happened." liyan said concluding the story of the previous night.
"hmm.. that yellow coloured liquid must be the thing that is making people go berserk." the old man contemplated stroking his beard.
"only if I could obtain that, I would be able to complete the antidote against that." liyan said
"at least this confirms our suspicion that the temple is the one behind all this. what we need to do more is to find out some proof and take action against them before whatever they are planning succeeds." bael added
"but the situation has become more troublesome since you went to save liyan. there is no way they would not have recognised those flames of yours. now they will be much more guarded against us." the old man said
"if not for liyan's bad condition at the time none of them would have escaped from me, especially the one who did that to her." bael said angrily while remembering the condition liyan was in at the time
"it's better that you did not start a rampage there, the temple could have used it against us if we took action without solid evidence" sighed the old man.
"I'm sorry i caused so much trouble instead of helping" liyan said in a sad low voice.
"no no dear it's not your fault. it's those bastards fault for laying their hands on you, I'll make them pay" bael said while clenching his fist.
'thump'
he fell to the ground as the chair he was sitting on burnt due to his fire energy leaking out.
"haha.. you are always like this when it comes to liyan" old man started laughing as liyan facepalmed herself due to embarrassment.
on the branch of the tree they were sitting under
"that was fire right. f*ck this world has superpowers. now this is what I was talking about" Rahen was excited seeing that magic and superpowers existed in this world.
"now you just relax and recover fast, I'll take care of the investigation." after discussing for some time the old man stood up from his chair and started walking out of the garden.
"there is nothing to worry about, then. and liyan you just stay here and take good long rest until you get better, and do not worry about anything we will take care of everything " bael said accompanying him.
"I will no longer, since grandpa Kies is now here"
"does that mean I'm not trustworthy enough for you!" bael turned back showing his sad face to his daughter.
"Bael, shut up and follow me. let the girl have some rest, will you?" The old man said bonking Bael's head with his staff.
"Yes, I'm sorry" Bael turned around and quietly followed him out of the garden.
"sigh* I caused even more problems than reducing them" liyan sighed as she saw them walking out.
OUTSIDE THE GARDEN
"Bael I checked her condition while we were talking, there is something you haven't told her, right?" the old man said
"of course you would notice. yes there is something I haven't told her yet. doctor kinoses said that the poison is very potent and it has damaged the mana veins of her legs, so even though she can start walking again in a few days it will not be the same. he said that he can improve her conditions but it will be almost impossible for him to cure her mana veins back to normal " bael was extremely sad while thinking how Liyan will react when she comes to know that.
"don't be so sad, I'm not going to allow her to suffer like this, I'll definitely find a cure for her." the old man said stroking Bael's back
"please, you are the only one I can put my hopes on. only if she was alive today" Bael said remembering his wife and Liyan's mother.
the old man looked at him but did not say anything and they both continued walking.
BACK INSIDE THE GARDEN
soon after Bael and the old man left tears started rolling down Liyan's eyes.
unlike what they both thought Liyan already knew about the situation about her legs. since she was also well versed in mana she knew about the changes in her mana veins as soon as she tried circulating Mana through them.
she very well knew what fate might hold for her in future, that thought cracked her up and after her father left she could no longer hold back her tears.
grr....grrr...
after crying out loud, Liyan noticed a sound and opened her eyes to look in front of her.
"this is...? what.. no way! "
she was shocked to see what was there. right in front of her, the words
*hello! why are you crying*
were written and the one who wrote that was not a person but a small bird that she had picked recently.
*a few minutes earlier*
Rahen was surprised by this sudden outburst of Liyan.
she was just talking nicely with her father but as soon as they left she suddenly started crying. he could not understand this change.
"what should I do?.... can I even do something?" he started thinking what or if he should do something to help her.
after pondering over it for some time he finally decided to do something
"well she has always been nice to me, even helped me heal when I was in that critical state. and it never hurts to try, everyone is not necessarily bad."
having decided he picked up a stick and started writing on the ground. after being done he started making some noises to get her attention towards them.
after trying for some time he finally got her attention which led to the current situation.