Chapter 954 Slow but Steady

Chapter 954 Slow but Steady

It had been one week since Alive woke up. There were no aftereffects of the Blood Incursion, and Alice's soul regenerated nicely. Since she received four Soultraits to hold her soul in place, Alice wasn't even in pain. Training was a little bit difficult because it was impossible for her to access her Soultrait Symbols while she was healing, and she couldn't leave the Origin Expanse either. Alice needed Michael's SoulStar Fragments to recuperate. Otherwise...she would have already left.

"I want to visit my parents. I want to tell them that I'm fine and talk to them about everything that has happened," Alice had announced one day. Michael had been about to tell her there was no way she could leave but kept his mouth shut until he found the right words to respond.

"It might take a while to fix your Soul. You might not be in pain right now, but that is because I've been constantly infusing SoulStar Fragments into your soul. I...won't hold you back from returning to your family if that's what you want, but I hope you can postpone your return," Michael said after giving his words some thought.

"I could leave the Origin Expanse, return to my family, and come back every 24 hours to get my daily dose of SoulStar Fragments," Alice Zenovia responded without hesitation.

Michael nodded slowly, and a myriad of thoughts flashed through his mind: "That works... Yeah, that would work."

'Calm down. She will not leave you forever. Obviously, Alice wants to see her family again. No matter how much I dislike this idea, I must accept it. She might hate me if I say no now.'

He smiled, but the sadness in his eyes was apparent. Alice winced and took a step closer to him. She raised her hand and was about to touch his cheeks when she froze. Her hand pulled back, and her old, icy expression replaced her surprised features.

Alice's lips twitched once, but she nodded, "I don't think I can leave this place forever without feeling like I'm doing something wrong. It doesn't feel right to leave you behind. I...don't want to do that."

Michael swallowed hard. Hearing this might not mean much to others, but it meant much to Michael. Alice didn't want to leave him! He smiled, genuinely this time, and jumped into action. Michael explained to Alice how to use the bridges at the Nest and went into the finest details regarding using the Compass Relic. Alice nodded slowly, her expression impossibly hard to read. Michael chose to go on and beyond to help Alice. After all, she didn't want to leave him. All she wanted was to see her parents. Then, she would come back.

That was perfectly fine. It might help Michael a lot. After all, Katharina Zenovia liked him.

Alice listened patiently but tilted her head at the end of his explanation.

"This is going to be complicated. I don't know where I will have to travel once I leave the bridge," Alice said after a moment of hesitation. She looked at him intently as if hinting at something, but Michael didn't notice anything.

"That won't be a problem. The Compass Relic wi–.."

"I don't think it will work," Alice intercepted.

She clears her throat, her heart beating wildly.

"How about you come with me?"