Chapter 288: Chapter 288: Yelen's Kiss

"Arrange a room for her. She will sleep for the next three days. Before that, I will return and send her back."

Eren stepped out of the portal, his head a little dizzy. He almost stumbled, only to be supported by Yelen, who was walking next to him.

"Are you alright?" Yelen asked, concern evident on her face. "You look a little pale."

"I'm fine. Just a little dizzy after going through the portal." Eren handed Sera to Felona while walking towards the throne, the world around him spinning.

After the initial struggle, Eren reached the throne and sat down, feeling his heart racing uncomfortably.

"What is happening to me? Every time I go through the portals, it feels even worse," Eren wondered out loud, before bringing out some water from his inventory to drink.

He put the empty bottle aside, which fell on the ground.

'I thought it was just the long distance Escape Talisman, but it's the same with Yelen as well. Is something wrong with me?' he thought, while closing his eyes.

He slid his body to the side and rested his head over the armrest, trying to calm his beating heartbeat and the sick feeling inside his heart.

He didn't even take two portals one after another yet he was a mess. For a moment, he even felt like laughing.

On one hand, he was on the same level as the Great Elders. On the other hand, he could not even use portals without feeling sick.

He did not understand the reason behind it. Was it a side effect that he inherited with one of the Bloodlines? Or was it something that Ren Necroline had in the first place which was only getting worse with time?

While Eren was lying with his eyes closed, he felt a pair of soft hands around his cheeks.

"I hope you feel better soon," a soft voice came, belonging to Yelen.

"Are you saying that as a Guardian? Don't worry. I won't die," Eren smiled, even though his face was a little pale.

"I'm saying that as a friend," Felona answered, surprising Eren.

"Do you really think of me as a friend?" Eren asked after a brief period of silence.

"Do you not like the thought of being my friend?" Felona countered, momentarily appearing a bit disappointed. "Then again, you are a human. It would make sense for you to hate a Spirit."

Eren went silent. It was true that humans and the Spirits were entirely different existences. Spirits were not ghosts but they were seen as ghosts by many humans who knew about them.

It was even worse as the Spirits needed live force to be summoned which made them be perceived as worse.

Some of the Spirits were even used for bad things, just like how Xiu Ying accidentally annihilated an entire city through a Spirit.

Disappointed, Yelen took her hand off his cheeks. However, since she could actually move her hands away, Eren held her hands.

[Spirit Form creation has begun]

[Once completed, you can enter a Spirit Warrior form unique to yourself whenever desired, at the cost of a small share of your life span]

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One after another, notifications kept appearing in Eren's head as a myriad of screens appeared before him. A loading bar also appeared at the bottom of the screen where the number kept changing with each passing second.

However, he was not in a situation to care about them, immersed in something much better.

Initially, his head was still hurting but he didn't understand why, the moment he started kissing Yelen, his headache had started improving and so did his condition.

He was not sure if it was because of Yelen or because of the so-called Spirit Form being granted.

There were a lot of things for him to ponder about but for now, he was not immediately curious about those things.