Chapter 357 Crimson Moon

Now that the problem with the Nightshadow Elves had been resolved, it was time for Nial to bind his second ability to his mana core.

In fact, [Hodur's Heir] was a Curse and not exactly an ability, which Nial could activate whenever he needed it.

Its effects were different from an ability. This basically meant that Nial would find out for the first time how it was to bind an ability to his mana core.

'I should be a bit more careful than I was when binding [Hodur's Heir].' Nial thought, recalling the time he nearly killed Bella in her mother's apartment complex.

Nial smiled wryly while thinking about Bella. He wondered how she was doing and what exactly she was doing.

After the teleportation circles had been improved by the Elven, it wouldn't be a problem to meet up with Bella, and both Nial and Mathias had thought that their friend would definitely head to the Forest of Life to become stronger.

But it looked like they were wrong because Bella was nowhere to be seen. It was almost as if she had vanished into thin air.

Nial could only shake his head when thinking about Bella. Their separation had been a bit disappointing because Nial was pretty sure that the memories of Bella's Innate ability had slowly been transferred to her, some of it, at least.

He could tell that some problems would occur in the future, which was another reason for him to feel the need to become much stronger. It was necessary for him to be strong enough to defeat Bella without the need to kill her.

She was his friend and it was not as if he wanted to kill her, even if her Innate ability might attempt to manipulate her with memories that were directly related to Dark energy and the 'dangers' posed by every single wielder in possession of it.

That was also why Nial ended up in his house while searching for Miranda.

When he found Hana and Sabrina training underground, he approached them.

"Have you two seen Miranda?" Nial asked as sensed the two girls walking toward him.

Seeing Hana that way, Nial recalled something, which caused him to access his spatial ring for a moment.

"We last saw her two days ago. Why are you looking for her?" Sabrina said while looking at what Nial was doing.

He pulled a veil out of his spatial ring that was barely large enough to cover the lower part of her face and handed it over to Hana.

"I need her to pay attention to the surroundings when I bind my second ability to my mana core. I have to go outside the shelter, and a bit further into the wilderness to make sure that I won't accidentally kill someone in the binding process," Nial spoke as if his words made sense but Sabrina could only eye him weirdly.

Simultaneously, she looked at the veil that attracted her attention. There was something weird about the face-veil, and it intrigued her.

"First of all, what is this veil, and second of all, why the hell would you need to leave the shelter to bind your second ability? Just bind the ability here and it will be done…where is the problem?" Sabrina was confused and Nial could understand her in that regard.

Usually, it was not necessary to leave the shelter to bind an ability to one's mana core. However, Nial knew that the ability crystal he was about to bind reacted to both [Hodur's Heir] and the Odyssey seed.

Their reactions were pretty strong and that was not something Nial could simply ignore.

"I just need to leave the shelter. It shouldn't really matter to you, or am I wrong?" He asked, not showing any mercy. There was no need for him to explain his situation to his sister.

"If you want, you can come and see for yourself what it looks like when I bind an ability to my mana core…if that's not too boring for you," Nial smirked, aggravating Sabrina with that.

She was ready to throw fists, only to realize that Hana, who was standing next to her, had begun to move.

Her friend removed her veil, shocking Sabrina. Sabrina was just about to jump forward to block Nial from doing anything stupid as Hana's Charm was released in an explosive manner.

However, Nial didn't even move a single inch. He merely frowned when his head flicked in her direction as his lifeless eyes stared toward her in an unfocused manner.

Instinctively, Sabrina felt like Nial was giving her a scrutinizing look, telling her off.

"Don't underestimate your brother so much. I'm not affected by Hana's constitution," Nial explained and Sabrina nodded her head before her eyes widened in shock.

"So…my brother is the guy you were talking about?!" Sabrina exclaimed loudly, staring at the otherworldly beauty of Hana as she removed her cloak and veil for the first time in forever.

She took the veil Nial had given her and put it on without hesitation.

And as if a miracle happened, Hana's Charm was concealed, and restricted to her body.

"As long as you wear the veil, you should be fine. Even if you actively try to use your Charm to bewitch someone, it will still work. That could be quite helpful against monsters," Nial explained, ignoring his sister's comments as he calmly added,

"It may not be perfect and others may be drawn to you but it would definitely not be as problematic as before. Furthermore, you are beautiful the way you are, so it should be normal for people to stare at you, whether you have this constitution or not."

Nial was blunt with his appraisal. He knew that Hana was even more beautiful than his sister, and many people were of the belief that Sabrina was already a beauty.

He had no idea that Hana's eyes were a radiant purple or that her hair was black in color but what he was able to tell was that she had big and sincere eyes, that she had very feminine and appealing facial features, that her hair was silky, reaching down to her upper back and that she had a great figure.

It was not necessary for him to go further into detail with his visualization to tell that she had flawless skin and that he couldn't detect anything amiss with her body to tell that she was beautiful.

This was Nial's simple conclusion, which caused Sabrina to look at his brother in astonishment, while Hana blushed.

"Nial?! Don't you become a gigolo now!!" Sabrina tried to tease him, only for Nial to wave off his hand.

He turned his attention to Hana, ignoring the annoying little girl, who was also his sister.

"Do you feel comfortable? It's a Tier-3 runic armament, and shouldn't tear even if someone at the Prometheus rank were to try tugging at it to take it off," Nial asked to make sure that he hadn't made a mistake.

However, when he heard Hana's quite sobbing followed by a soft thud indicating that she had slumped to the ground, Nial felt weird.

'Did I do something wrong?!' He wondered, visualizing Hana and the tears that streamed down her cheeks.

She was bawling like a little child. This astonished even Sabrina, who knew Hana very well after living with her for the last three years.

Never in these three years had Sabrina seen Hana look sad, let alone cry her eyes out.

However, Sabrina could understand her friend very well. Hana thought that she would never be able to live with or close to other humans with her unique constitution.

Even women were affected by her Charm. This made things quite difficult for Hana to interact with others and it was the whole reason for Hana to fear revealing the slightest bit of her skin, whether it was in front of Sabrina, or her master, Kirlia.

Hana didn't have it easy after awakening her Origin even though it had been worse before she had been picked up by the Heaven's Gates organization, and Sabrina had always felt sorry for her.

Thus, she was quite happy that her brother was able to fix her condition to a certain extent. It was not as if Nial did actually 'fix' her constitution but he gave Sabrina a little bit more power to control it more precisely.

Hana understood this very well and she was at a loss of words, feeling unsure of how to thank Nial. In a way, he saved her life, or so Hana believed, at least.

Dissolving into a fit of hysterical cries, Hana was not able to stop tears from spilling out of her eyes. Nial was trying to ease her and make her stop crying and so was Sabrina but their words made things worse.

She cried loud enough for Kirlia to appear all of a sudden. Kristine was by her sister's side and Nial only slapped his forehead in frustration.

'I'm fucked, aren't I?' He thought, glad that he didn't accidentally blurt that out loud.

Kirlia unleashed her mana instinctively and she was ready to teach a lesson to the perpetrator for the sake of her cute little disciple, who looked adorable despite crying.

Yes, she looked adorable…and Kirlia realized only now that something was off.

"Since when can you control your Charm?" Kristine, who was the calmer sister, asked quietly. Kirlia first intended to ignore her sister's words but she halted in her tracks when she comprehended their context.

"Huh? What are you talking about…Kristine?" She first blurted out before realization struck her.

With a loud gasp, Kirlia shot forward. She reached out for her little disciple and touched her bare hands without a second of hesitation.

"I can still feel it…but it's much weaker…Can you actually control it?! Is that why you're crying???" Kirlia asked in excitement but Hana just shook her head.

"Nial…preshent…" She continued to cry bitterly, not able to speak any further.

Kirlia didn't understand a word and she was just about to shake her disciple to make her answer properly when Sabrina intervened.

"Hana just wanted to say that she cannot control her constitution better but that it was Nial's present who allows her to do so. Looks like he brought something back for her from his earlier adventure in which he had left Jundra for a few months," She explained while looking at Hana's veil that covered only half of her face.

Sabrina tried to hide her jealousy but that was hardly possible. Only Nial's promise that he would create a set of weapons for her prevented Sabrina from throwing a tantrum and made her smile a bit instead.

Meanwhile, Kirlia looked at Nial, who was just smiling faintly.

'Just like he said before, he brought something back…seems like I didn't give him enough credit yet…he is a good boy,' Kirlia thought, shaking her head as she recalled how she had treated Nial before.

"Thank you…I mean it!" Kirlia extended her gratitude to him by holding Nial's hand for a few moments.

"If you ever need help, just ask me. I will give my best to help you out!" She added, which caused Nial's smile to turn brighter.

"In that case, do you want to watch over me while I bind my second ability?" He asked, which caused both Kirlia and Kristine to look at him in confusion.

"Better don't ask him. He didn't even explain to me why he would have to leave the shelter to bind the ability…" Sabrina complained with a deep sigh.

When Kristine heard this, her ears perked up, while an expression filled with curiosity appeared on her face.

"You need to leave the shelter to bind the ability? What is it called?" She suddenly asked, just for Nial to take out the ability crystal he intended to bind to his mana core.

"It's called…Crimson Moon!"

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