140. The Decision [2]

"You?" Azalea got up from her chair. "How could you come close and even helped such a creature like that?!" I could tell that she was furious from the rising tone of her voice and the look in her eyes.

I took a single deep breath, calming myself to explain further to them. "Sometimes to get a lion's heart we have to enter its cage, bind it, not with chains, but with trust. Unfortunately, even up to this day that wandering spirit still doesn't want to say who gave it such a strange concept." I turned my stare back to Winnter after saying that. I kept reassuring her I wouldn't say the creature was Summer through the smile and the stare I showed her, while at the same time, I tried my best to persuade Azalea not to choose violence to solve this problem.

"Concept?" Azalea's question distracted my attention.