"Indeed."
"You have…"
'Stop!' a woman's voice buzzing inside her head stopped her words all of a sudden. 'Don't ever tell him he has the same face as your brother!' warned the voice causing Niken to frown.
What does it mean? Why can she not tell the wizard that he had the same face as her brother?
Niken was curious about Zephyr and wondered if there was any chance that they were related somehow.
Zephyr was a mix-blood wizard, while Richard was a fire Elementalist, and both men had the same face aside from the hair and eye color. Even though everyone from the Nishian country had magical energy in their bodies, not everyone could use magic and activate a magic circle.
Even a Time Master might not be able to activate the magic circle. But Niken could create not just one but more than one magic circle.
Well, Niken already knew that her ancestor was a pureblood wizard. The genetics possessed by the wizard should fade in the offspring. Her mother, even her grandmother, and her great-grandmother had no magic at all and could only stop time as a Time Master.
Why does Niken suddenly have magical energy in her body now? Why did she become a wizard even though she didn't have red or green colored eyes?
Also… where did the second magic circle appear from? Having just one magic circle was a miracle. But she had three magic circles that she needed to hone before she could use all three simultaneously.
Niken was eager to find answers to her questions and thought Zephyr could help her. Maybe the mix-blood wizard knew more about her ancestor's origin because she believed that Zephyr had reached hundreds of years of age.
"What do I have?"
Niken's reverie broke when she heard the question from the wizard. She was about to answer the man when she heard another voice, and these words shocked her to the point she was speechless, and a shiver ran down through her spine.
'He will kill your brother.'
Why? Why did Zephyr want to kill her brother?
Why did she feel like she entered another mystery cave after she managed to escape the last mystery one? Every time Niken wanted to find a way out of her problem, another problem always came to bother her.
Is she a trouble-magnet that always attract unwanted event? Niken couldn't help but wonder this.
She wished she was an ordinary girl if she had to face various obstacles and troubles that could suffocate her breath. She wished she was not a Time Master, let alone a Great Time Master.
"Niken? Are you alright? "
"Yes, I'm fine," Niken replied hastily, not wanting to make the wizard suspicious.
At first, Niken thought the wizard was an ally and was on her side. But after hearing that this man was going to kill her brother, Niken could no longer view him as an ally.
Niken took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly.
What the wizard said was true. From the start, Zephyr had been giving her advice and seemed sincerely concerned about her. Because of this, Niken decided to relax her body again and act as usual.
"How will you help me?"
"I give immunity in your defense system. Currently, your lifespan has been reduced by half, which will have a bad impact on your body. You will easily get cold and fall sick. If I strengthen your immune system, you can go about your daily life without worrying about getting sick."
"Thank you. But… still, the time of my life won't come back."
"... Well, about that ... I have no way out for now."
"How long do I have left?"
"About ten to fifteen years. It depends on how you use your power energy. The more you take in any energy other than Time Master energy, the shorter your lifespan will be. You must balance your astral power and enlarge these four pools before you use up their energy."
"That means I can't use magic?"
"You can use it, but I suggest not using it too often."
"Okay. I understand. Now, what should I do? "
"Nothing." came the short answer from the wizard. "Let me finish my energy transfusion first. "
What??
Zephyr gave a light chuckle when he saw Niken's dumbfounded face.
"Sorry, I didn't tell you earlier. But, ever since we arrived at this place, I've sent my energy in this pool." Zephyr pointed to the smallest pool. "Surprisingly, this energy's vibe and your mo spirit have the same energy wave frequency as me."
"Really? How can it be?"
"Well, I'm wondering the answer too. But it's a good thing."
"How so?"
"I was worried that your body would refuse my energy transfusion. If our energy types conflict with each other, mine will not help you. It will attack and harm you instead. Now I'm not worried. You will be able to accept my energy transfusion, and after this, you will be fine."
Niken smiled with relief when she heard Zephyr's explanation.
It was strange that Niken felt comfortable and safe talking to this person. She had only met Zephyr twice, but somehow she felt she had met this person many times.
Moreover, when Niken closed her eyes, her sense of sensitivity was more sensitive, and her guts were telling her that this mix-blood wizard was a good person.
Hence, she could not understand why the voice inside her head warned her that Zephyr was going to kill her brother. It doesn't make sense.
Little did she know, Zephyr frowned behind his mask while watching the flowing energy inside the pool. The more he channeled his energy to protect Niken's weakened physical condition, the stronger the equation of frequency waves in Niken's mo spirit had with those in this small pool.
At first, Zephyr felt the similarity with his own frequency, but his power source still felt different compared to Niken's two energy waves.
Strangely, Zephyr sensed that the owner of Niken's mo spirit energy and the energy benefactor who was in this smallest pool was the same person.
How weird.