Asher Eli's POV
My eyes fluttered as I slowly opened them, greeted by an impenetrable.....darkness.
Yes, still fucking blind.
I gingerly tried to move, eliciting a pair of distinct sounds.
"Ouch!"
"HMM!"
Someone else was in the room.
"Mariel?"
"....."
"Mariel??"
"...I-I am sorry, are you fine, Eli?" Mariel's voice, tinged with weakness, reached my ears.
"Mariel, what happened?" I raised my hand, intending to touch her face.
As my hand searched, Mariel intercepted it and guided it to her face.
She spoke with a gloomy tone, "I-I am sorry. If not for me, nothing could haaaavveeeee---Wwwahhtt ddoonngg?"
Enough of the self-blame nonsense. I seized the opportunity to pinch and pull her cheek.
"Where is the woman who is always stubborn and sharp?" I teased, still holding her cheek.
"H-Huh?" Mariel was taken aback for a moment.
