Eren was quite conflicted with the options this time. Once again, it became hard to balance between risk and rewards.
Even though he didn't know how he was going to complete this task without dying, he made a selection. As for his choice, it was the only one that came with the reward of a memory fragment.
His heart didn't allow him to give up on a memory fragment this time. At the end of the day, he needed to know about the past of Ren Necroline.
Even though he was the one who made a choice, it was also him who was the most concerned about this choice. He selected the second option which needed him to kill Feng Yu in front of Xiu Ying.
He also had a deadline for this. He had to complete it within thirty days.
He gazed at Feng Yu, her lips being only a few inches away from him. However, the task was to do it when she was awake in the presence of Xiu Ying.
Fortunately, he still had some time to think about a solution to this problem.
....
Two more hours passed and Feng Yu slowly opened her eyes, only to realize that she had fallen asleep without even realizing.
She also saw that Eren had also woken up. He was gazing at the sky, appearing to be lost in some thought. His complexion was still pale but it was still looking much better now.
Feng Yu didn't show much embarrassment, still carrying those cold expressions as she sat up. It was unclear if she was actually not embarrassed or just didn't reveal it.
In any case, Eren was supposed to be blind right now, so she didn't think much about it. It wasn't as if he could see what she was wearing in the first place.
"You seem to be doing much better," she told Eren who came out of his daze, noticing Feng Yu sitting next to him.
He also didn't want to watch her shiver while pretending to be strong, especially since she was being so considerate to him.
Even though she was almost freezing here, she forced him to leave right away. Instead, she told him to rest a little more until he felt better.
Although he had already noticed that she was more considerate than she let out, it was still slightly surprising.
"I see. He must have thought that I died," Eren gave the prepared justification. "Still, we should leave. It's too risky to stay here."
He told her to leave this mountain range with him before he lost his third sense. With that, he started waking forward, intentionally taking the wrong direction to make his vision problems more evidence.
"You are going in the wrong direction," Feng Yu walked closer to him. However, before she could hold him, Eren stumped on something, falling on the snow.
Fortunately, even though he was weak, he didn't call face first. With his hands falling on the snow, he protected his face.
He made a painful groan as if something sharp struck him.
"You!" Feng Yu rushed to him, trying to help him up, only to see a ring that was lying in front of Eren's hands.
Coincidentally, it happened to be right where Eren fell, helping her see it. Or rather, Eren fell there for that exact reason. As a blind person, he couldn't just point out the ring.
"This ring..."
Feng Yu helped Eren sit before picking up the ring. It wasn't the ring of the great demon sect, but it was still a storage ring.
Its build was something that could only be found in the Northern Continent, confirming that it was something that belonged to the Wind Mage that Eren was fighting.