FVN Chapter 346: Chapter 346: Join us in bed?
Chapter 346: Chapter 346: Join us in bed?
"Why are you silent?" The Holy Priestess pressed on, her voice echoing in the silent room. "I asked where he was."
In response, there was only silence. Zia couldn't fool her anymore. Eren wasn't in the room after all.
The Holy Priestess sighed, her gaze settling on Zia with a mix of disappointment. She had welcomed them as the representatives of the Eastern Continent, only for them to scheme against her?
"In that case, there's no need for further discussion." With a decisive gesture, she signaled the Archbishop to capture Zia while strengthening her Holy Domain.
The Archbishop, catching her intent, stepped forward.
"Was the Holy Priestess missing me?" Abruptly, a voice sliced through the silence, freezing the Archbishop mid-step.
Both the Archbishop and the Priestess turned sharply to the left, their eyes landing on a young man. He stood casually, his back against the wall near the open bathroom door.
A towel was loosely wrapped around his bare body that was covered in sweat appearing completely pale.
Despite his nonchalant pose that made him look like he was playing it cool, only he knew that he was leaning on the wall for support, struggling to maintain his balance.
"Did the Priestess want to join us as well?" Eren asked with a playful tilt of his head. His vision was blurry, making the Holy Priestess appear like a blurry shadow that he could barely see.
Though he appeared stylish and composed, only he knew that the wall was his anchor, preventing him from collapsing on the floor.
The Holy Priestess observed Eren, her eyes were still filled with suspicions even though he was standing right before her.
Was it really her misunderstanding? She was not sure. Deep down, she was still convinced that Eren was suspicious.
"You appear to be quite pale and weak. Your heartbeat is also irregular. May I ask why that is?" she asked, gaining obvious clues from him despite him maintaining his composure.
Although she was suspicious about Eren, everything pointed in a different direction. It was clear that he had been in the room with Zia.
His exhaustion also confirmed what kind of activities he was performing. Meanwhile, Devoured was perfectly fine when he escaped from her. The weakness of Eren created a stark contrast, especially since it didn't look like he was faking it.
At this point, she started doubting her own conclusion. Was she wrong? Did Eren and Zia really have nothing to do with Devourer? She wasn't sure.
Although she still wanted to kill Eren, she wasn't in a hurry anymore. If he wasn't Devourer then she could afford to take her time while killing him. Her first priority for now was to find Devourer.
The Archbishop and the others also left the room, closing the door behind.
....
As the door clicked shut, Eren could finally let go of the facade.
Only he understood the sheer willpower it had taken to endure those few minutes. His body was in a turbulent storm and so was his blood.
His heart was beating so fast that he was sure he would have long been dead if his body was weaker.
A single connection portal was hellish enough, yet he had taken two in quick succession to make it back on time.
Though he succeeded, the toll it took on his body was far from trivial.
"She's finally gone," he mumbled, sitting weakly to the floor, blood trickling from his nose and the corner of his lips.
With a weary sigh, he closed his eyes while eating a healing pill, even though he knew that it wasn't very useful.
More than healing him, it worked to put him to sleep as he didn't want to pass out from the pain itself.