"You are the woman I love, and no matter what happens, I will save you. I cannot even think of living without you."
"You finally said it," Evelyn squeezed out a small smile, her haggard appearance showing that she did not have much energy left in her body upon hearing his sudden confession, "I love you too. I am glad that I get to hear that."
"I will say that to you every day... I- I.." Noah stammered as his lips quivered, in his last desperate attempt, he opened a small dimensional pocket and looked around inside of it to see if there was anything he could do to save her. Then his eyes suddenly landed on something and he pulled it out. "Something... Please, god, something... This- this might work."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Under their watchful eyes, they watched as the mage brought out a small piece of a red stone.
"The Philosopher's Stone?" the old man's eyes sparkled with hope, recalling the information about the stone.
*Whoosh!*
Without explaining anything, the mage used the stone on Evelyn, hoping it would help her. Red tendrils came out of the stone and shot towards the dying woman.
Life energy from the stone moved through her and started to heal her at a rapid speed, but before they could get too happy, reality hit them in the face. The stone was only able to buy her some more time before it disappeared into thin air by disintegrating into a thin powder.
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"This is not enough." The mage muttered before looking at the people all around him who were unable to move their bodies, with killing intent. Nhalos trembled in his frozen state when he saw the gaze landing on him.
'Lord, save me!' He screamed in his heart, but no one came to save him.
"...Noah," taking a moment of silence, Evelyn added. "Noah, that's the name she and I came up with for you that day together; she told me to give it to you the day we met and keep an eye on you till then. Make sure you stayed safe...."
After she ended her little story, Evelyn looked back up into his eyes, "That was her... your mother, Sera Omara."
Tears streamed down her face as she pleaded, "Forgive me for keeping this away from you till now. I do not want you to hate— "
Before she could say anything further, Noah leaned down and kissed her on the lips. As he moved back, his moist eyes looked at her with love and a hint of agony, but there was not a shred of hate for her. "I love you and always will till I take my last breath."
"I will give you a last parting gift." Hearing his words, a relieved smile appeared on her face, her hands started to glow with green energy. She pulled Noah's head for another kiss as the green energy from her hands entered his mind.
"I will allow you to have another wife as long as she loves you and you love her." She tried to chuckle, but she saw that her body started to look illusionary, and her hands passed through Noah's head.
"I am really glad I came to know— "
*Shhh!*
Before she could complete her words, her body collapsed into several pieces of fragments, while the divine tree in the background withered completely into a dead tree that was half of its original size.
~Silence!~
Chilling silence enveloped the space as the time magic he used wore off...
Noah tried to embrace her but the light fragments of her body but they passed through his body. The old man watched him from the side with a sympathetic look in his eyes. He wanted to support the man but he knew it would be of no use.