Chapter 81

Yuna trembled in fear, “Please don’t eat me!” To her surprise, the phoenix didn’t come closer. The phoenix erupted with laughter, “I’m sorry to disappoint, but I don’t eat humans. It should be the other way around.” Yuna thought to herself, “Huh?” The phoenix explained, “I guess you don’t know yet. You’ve just taken the elixir of the phoenix which is made with my heart as a recipe.” Yuna panicked when she heard that she had consumed one of its organs. She denied fervently, “I didn’t eat your heart. There’s no way I could’ve taken that elixir.”

The last thing Yuna remembered was sparring with Namjoo. She didn’t recall ever taking the elixir of the phoenix. She begged, “I didn’t eat your heart so please let me go. This is unfair! I don’t even know how I got here.” The phoenix’s wings spread out magnificently. Yuna curled up in fright at the sudden movement. Her shivering came to a halt when she felt the wings wrap around her body. The flames didn’t burn her like she expected.