In a room of the castle, Renan could be seen lying down, sweating buckets in his sleep, and turning his face left and right.
"Aghh," he grunted in his sleep as if caught in a nightmare. The next moment, he suddenly sat up in bed.
"Huh... haa..." Breathing heavily, he looked around the room and then at his left shoulder. "Was that just a bad dream?" Renan muttered, moving his left hand up and down.
For a moment, he sat in silence, looking lost in thought. Then he shook his head and thought inwardly, 'No, there's no way that was a dream. The pain was too real. I was in the awakening hall, where I was supposed to awaken my elements, and now I'm here. That means they must have brought me here after I lost consciousness.'
He fell back onto the bed and covered his eyes with his forearm. "That was painful," Renan said aloud.
"That was terrifying. I felt like I was going to die," he continued, his voice trembling. After that, he remained silent for a while.
"I didn't expect that, using my elements would almost cost me my life," he murmured, removing his forearm from his eyes and staring at the ceiling. His eyes, which once shone with curiosity and a desire to explore this new world where he had been reincarnated, now seemed dulled.
"This world is dangerous," he muttered. The spark in his eyes was gone, but something else was born in its place. "I need to be cautious about what I do from now on," Renan said with a determined voice.
Renan once again focused on his arm, which was now perfectly reattached. 'So, there are healers in this world—amazing. But did they reattach the arm, or did they grow it back? I wonder what they actually did,' he thought, stretching his arm to examine it.
While Renan was studying his hand, he suddenly heard footsteps approaching his room. 'Oh, is it Mother or Father?' he wondered inwardly, sitting up on the bed and waiting to see who it was. After a few moments, the door opened, revealing three figures entering the room.
'It's Mother, Father, and the Grand Duchess...my grandmother,' Renan realized. Lost in his thoughts, he didn't notice Namari disappearing from her place.
Namari, who had entered the room with worry written all over her face, felt a wave of relief and joy upon seeing Renan awake. In the blink of an eye, she vanished from where she stood and reappeared right beside him. Hugging him tightly, she said, "Oh, my baby, you're finally awake. You made your mother and father worry so much," her voice full of relief.
Renan, caught off guard by the sudden embrace, remained silent, not knowing how to respond, but he stayed still in her arms.
Gracen, who was equally relieved, walked up to them and joined the hug, wrapping his arms around both Namari and Renan. The family stayed like that for a while in silence, savoring the moment.
However, the warm reunion was interrupted by Nymeria's calm voice. "I'm sorry to break this wholesome moment of yours, but I am quite busy. I came here to meet my grandson, so if you two don't mind, could you let me speak to him before I return to my duties?" she said, her tone carrying both relief and amusement.
Gracen nodded and gently released them, stepping back. Namari, reluctant to let go, finally released Renan and carefully put him back on the bed.
"Thank you," Nymeria said as she stepped closer to Renan, standing tall in front of him.
"Hello, little one. I don't know if these two have told you about me, but let me introduce myself properly," she said, her voice softening. "I am Nymeria Lunarisveil, the Grand Duchess of the Lunarisveil family and your grandmother."