''This brat! If he wasn''t already on the verge of death, I would''ve pped him to death for this!'' Trisa clenched her fists, and kept transferring the medicinal essence.
Every passing second felt like an eternity for us. It was only after she finished transferring the essencepletely, she released his lips and gasped for breath.
"Pce Master, are you done?" The door opened, and the other Elders stepped inside. Only one Elder was missing, as she had taken Estelia to her room.
"Ah?" The Elders gasped, looking at the sights before them. The Temple Master had a red face. Her clothes were sticking closely to her body, drenched in sweat, even though the surroundings were freezing cold.
She was gasping for breath, as she looked at the Elders with her teary eyes, while on top of Eren.
"You..." Trisa was frozen in ce, getting caught by the other Elders in such apromising position with his soon to be son-inw.
She quickly recovered her expressions and got off Eren, and arranged her clothes
"Cough, I finished transferring the medicine. Check his condition now," she instructed the medicinal elder, pretending as if nothing had happened. Just the thought itself was too embarrassing.
The Elder nodded and went past the Temple Master. She sat next to Eren, and checked his physical condition without using her essence.
"Hisplexion has be better. And..." Her eyes shifted down, noticing something below his waist. "He seems quite lively. The medicine has certainly worked."
The Pce Master saw that gaze. She took off her robe, and ced it over Eren''s lower body. But even the robe wasn''t quite even, due to his present state. She used her abilities to keep the robe floating a few inches above his body.
''Is the Temple Master jealous? So cute... Marking her Territory.'' the Medicinal Elder smiled, and brought her gaze back to Eren''s face.
"If he is better, then why isn''t he waking up?" Trisa asked.
The Elder ced a hand over her forehead, and checked for a fever. "His physical state is better. But he is still unconscious. He should wake up soon."
"Unless..." she mumbled, but didn''tplete her sentence when she saw the relieved look on the Pce Master''s face.
She stood up and stated, "He should still be kept under observation. If the Pce Master is fine, should I take him with me?"
"Ah? That''s right. Keep him under observation and tell me as soon as he gets better. I wille to check on his condition regrly. If there''s anything wrong, then you must tell me urgently."
The Pce Master was still a little embarrassed, having been seen in such a state, even though she wasn''t at fault. Her mind was overwhelmed, and she agreed for Eren to be kept under observation with the Medicinal Elder until he woke up.
The Elder stepped forward and carried Eren in her arms, not even daring to take off the Pce Master''s robe from his lower body. She was worried that she might be misunderstood by the Pce Master.
"No matter what happens, he must stay safe. Just remember that..." The Pce Master told the Medicinal Elder once more. "Oh, and don''t use spatial travel with him. That was what worsened his condition. Try to find out what could be the cause."
"I will protect him more than my life," The Elder nodded, and walked away.
Even if she could use the spatial travel and reach her destination in an instant, she followed the Pce Master''s advice and flew back.
The Pce Master also walked back to her throne after Eren disappeared from her sight. She sat on the throne, and tried to recover her mental state, with a hint of red still left on her face.
"Did anything significant happen in the month I wasn''t here?" she asked the other Elders of the Ice Maiden Pce that gathered before her. "What''s the state of the Temple of Light? Did they select their next Temple Master!"
"About that..." The Elder was a little hesitant, when she brought out a small envelope. "We did receive a letter from the Central Continent. It has something to do with the state of the Central Continent."
"Hmm? Who is it from?" The Pce Master frowned, as she took the envelope that had not a single word on it. There was no mention of the sender.
She opened the envelope and brought out a letter. As soon as the letter came out, the Pce Master was taken aback as a very powerful aura filled the entire hall.
"The Temple of Light." The aura made the Pce Master realize something. It was the aura that belonged to the people of the Temple of Light.
"An envoy from the Temple of Light came a few days ago. He delivered the letter, and told us that it was only for the Pce Master."
"Their people are fighting to be the next Temple Master, and rule over love of the strongest forces of the Central Continent. Even after all that, will they have the time to go around?"
The Pce Master opened the letter and started reading it, before bursting intoughter.
"Pce Master, what''s written in the letter?" The Elders asked. "Are they asking for our help?"
"It''s an invitation. They want us to attend the Coronation Ceremony of the next Temple Master."
"The next Temple Master? Isn''t the fight for that position still going, and only getting worse? Did they already select the next Pce Master?"
"Our informationwork isn''t good enough. So either they have already selected the next Pce Master, or they are confident that it will be done before the date of coronation."
"Even if that''s the case, why would they send an invitation to us? We aren''t part of the central continent, right?"
"I suppose they sent this invitation to every decent force, even beyond the Central Continent," the Pce Master said as she folded the letter back in the envelope. "It''s probably because they want the entire upper realm to know that the Temple of Light has not fallen, and is still a mighty force.*
"It makes a little sense. After all, their reputation has been dragged through the mud after theirst temple master died out of nowhere. Are we going?" An Elder asked the Pce Master, who was lost in thought.
"I still wonder how their previous Temple Master died…"