I sat next to her feeble body, holding her hand gently, trying to gauge just how difficult it would be for me to take out the corrupted aether from her body without damaging her body. After all, this whole thing was a lot more complicated because of the nature of the aether.
It wasn't the same as mine. It was corrupted, possibly because it came from a demon. However, those were still hypotheses that I had. I had no way to tell if I was right about that.
"So, can you do it?" Zale asked me.
I was surprised by this question. I was practically sure that he was certain that I could do it. Otherwise, he would not have asked me to do it now out of all times. After all, Zale could see in the future, or at the very least, see parts of it.
"I'm not sure. Her situation is a lot worse than what you had told me."
"What do you mean?"
