I put my hand on his head, it's insanely hot. I wince my hand away as he groans. I try to give him a miracle gel but he won't accept it. "We'll look for Anise and Viola. They must be having such a fun time." Jade quickly walks away with Forte.
I put my hands on his back and rub softly, it soothes him a little, but it rubs away the burnt fur. He twitches and opens his eyes, they're red. He must have gotten struck by the fonic arte on his face. "Just a little bit longer, Liger… Just a little bit longer then we'll be able to get Hymn to heal you…"
The boy looks at liger, he puts his hand on Liger's head, and the boy seems to enjoy Liger's presence. Liger tries to look at him but can't. I hold him up with the help of the boy. Liger gets up and limp walks over towards Hymn's house. We bring him up over towards the gate to bring him over but see Guy. "Guy did he get away!?" I ask him, he laughs and leans to the side.
"He lost too much blood and died after I hit him with my sword, he was so close to getting away so I had nothing else to do." He shrugs and helps carry Liger. We bring him in to see Florian, Peony, and Hymn together. Peony has a large sword with him in case he has to battle.
Hymn sees Liger and runs up to him with the others.
"I'll prepare to heal him, i-it'll take a while." She seems like she hasn't healed at all. Peony walks up to us and looks at Guy, expecting some news. "Many people died, there was at least 17 criminals attacking Grand Chokmah, many of them deceased. Jade said some of them attacked the military base. Forte said he ease dropped on them and they were going to Baticul next. They also have taken 7 people hostage in their coach, mostly children. It was most likely a suicide mission." Peony thinks and looks at the little boy. "Like this one?" "Y-yes, your majesty, they tried to kidnap him as well."
Hymn starts the healing process. "By name of thy deceased and by name of thy living, they call out to thy ones fallen and lay. Middle line!" Him strikes the ground and a Fonic glyph appear under everyone, Guys wounds heal and so mine, Liger lays and the fur grows back and is no longer burnt.
He struggles to get up and stands on his feet, shaking and struggling less than earlier. "I didn't expect you to use your Mystic arte injured." Florian says as everyone looks unsure on how Liger and Hymn are doing.
Noticing the attention, Hymn blushes and gets shy all the sudden. "N-no need to worry about me. I'm fine." She stands up okay and wobbles a little before walking over to Liger. She looks and shakes her head. "I used my strongest healing arte, but it didn't heal his eyes, he's most likely to go blind. My mystic arte is supposed to heal everything, even scars, but it seems to be weaker on monsters…" Hymn rubs her arm weakly, not sure what to do.
I turn to Florian. "I-is there something you can do Florian?"
I couldn't help but get teary eyes. I sniffle and rub my nose.
Florian shakes his head sadly and looks me in the eyes.
"I wasn't taught many daathic fonic artes. Most of them would weaken me or even kill me. Anise might be able to help…" Florian says. The little boy is clenching Liger's leg, scared of what to do next.
"Let's find them, Viola is a 7th fonist like I am, she might have inherited my mystic arte. Anise is new at Daathic fonic artes. If she isn't able to use any yet I'm sure another middle line is able to heal Liger." She whispers to Peony and Guy. "For Arietta and the little boy, they love that Liger." They nod and give her a smile.
We walk towards Jade and Forte waiting for us. Jade sees Peony and walks up towards him. "They have taken Anise and Viola hostage. I considered following them but I got a sword to the throat. So we decided we should wait since Forte cried and cried about the two little girls." Jade teases, Forte shoots up with a bloodied leg. He limps over towards Jade and starts arguing like they usually would do.
"I got shot in the leg with a goddamn energy blast, can't you ever be serious?!"
"Oh I'm always serious, it's just more fun teasing people then keeping a straight face."
"Can you guys shut up!? Liger's hurt!" I yell, I didn't notice I was still crying.
They both look at me unexpectedly before looking at the badly injured Liger shaking and trying to stand on his feet.
The small boy by him, trying with all him might to keep Liger up. Liger still isn't able to see well, when he opens his eyes, even just a little, you could ever see was his eyes were that they were red and very irritated. Everyone could tell he was in extreme pain as was getting blinder each second.
Jade goes up to me and seems apologetic. "My apologies, I shouldn't let the ignorance of Forte get in the way of you ever again. Now let's find those two, shall we."
Forte just looked embarrassed before avoiding eye contact. He's ashamed…
"Jade you ruin everything don't you?" Forte walks over towards the boy and helps carry Liger.