[Ellie's P.O.V.]
But Anton looked calm as if he had known about this. Impossible. I had been able to predict when the pain would come so I knew when to close the bedroom door and prepare the medicine and water next to my bed so that Anton would never find out.
The corner of the mysterious wizard's lips twitched but he was able to maintain his composure as he lifted two fingers and asked, "So far, you have experienced pain three times. Tonight will be the fourth time and the pain will be twice as much as the previous three times."
He claimed these to be questions but he was actually making statements. I was 100% sure that I had never met this wizard in my life, and yet he knew the details I had managed to figure out by myself and the details that I never knew.
