Collecting the Ingredients (1)

At first, Liza narrowed her pretty eyes seeing Cal offering his hand to Darla, but seeing how he extended his hand toward her also, she quickly formed a smile and without any hesitation grabbed his hand.

"Is it necessary for us to hold your hand?" Darla asked Cal, seemingly reluctant to hold his hand.

"Well, I can use my Divine Soul Sutra even without holding your hands, but I fear you would die then."

"What?" Darla's eyes widened, but when she saw how softly were Liza holding Cal's hand she clenched her teeth and went to grab Cal's other hand.

'Is she trying to break my bones or what?' Cal didn't know whether to laugh or cry when saw how firmly was Darla holding his hand, but as he didn't feel any pain for obvious reasons he closed his eyes and activated his Divine Soul Sutra.

"Wh-What the..!"