Negotiate

After keira washed her face, she felt refreshed but unfortunately, the dizziness was still there 'This is really annoying.. What is the reason to be able to conjure things if I have to suffer like this' she thought as she breathed furiously, walking out of the bathroom.

Turned her gaze out through the window and saw that the weather was clement and cloudless which was nice for taking a walk so she went down from the tree house maybe when she got some freshness from nature she would feel better.

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Keira strolled along the clear stream that flowed slowly gave a soothing sound, take a deep breath and admired the surrounding nature of the forest. The time passed until the sky darkened, making her wonder where Arel was and why he still hadn't returned yet when it was unusual for him to leave her alone until this late.

As Keira was unease, she went to take a look in case Arel might be gathering some herbs in the forest area. Though the sky was dark, there was still light from the glowing stone that allowed her to see some paths along the way.

When she got far from the glowing stone, the light was gradually dimming forcing her to be cautious if she want to walk further.

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After she wandered for a while, but had yet to find any trace of Arel ' perhaps he's already back at the tree house by now' she thought and turned around to the path back to the treehouse.

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While Keira was walking, she accidentally stumbled upon a huge pile and scream out of shock, she slowly bent down to check what it was. She leaned forward, noticing the long golden hair that as soon as she saw it, she almost collapsed It was her husband lying unconscious on the ground.

"Arel!" she shook his body to wake him up but there was no response no matter how many times she called him.

When she saw that he was unmoved, she held Arel's body hooking his arm on her shoulder to make him stand up. But his body remained unresponsive causing Keira to tremble in fear of what'd happened to Arel. She dragged him out of that spot with all the strength she had. Though It's not easy at all with the contrasting body sizes she couldn't let him lay on the ground like that.

"Arel.. Arel wake up..." Her voice was trembling as she brought him to the treehouse Since her body was not strong, it has almost torn her apart but Keira didn't care at all, right now her beloved was unconscious and no one knew why he was suddenly in this state.

She put him on the bench with difficulty, touching his face to check the temperature but it was normal, he didn't have a fever. Next, she checked his pulse and found that it was weak, so she searched if he had any wounds on his body but there wasn't any sign of the attack or wound, leaving her confused as to what exactly happened.

Even though his heart was still beating but his unresponsive was worrying her. She didn't know how to wake him up and didn't know why he was lying in the middle of the forest like that. All she could do now was just to keep his body warm to not let his condition worsen. she then went to boil water and tried her best not to freak out.

After the water boiled, she leaned Arel's head on her lap, holding his face slightly up, and carefully gave him warm water. Then grabbed a fur blanket to cover his body, keeping him warm, and leaned down beside him, hoping that he would wake up soon.

Though her thoughts were in turmoil, she forced herself together despite how confused and frightened she was. "Arel.. please wake up, don't tease me like this.." she held his face with her trembling hands as her tear slowly flew down her cheeks. No matter how many times she called his name, there was only silence from Arel.

Until she felt exhausted from all the emotions, with both the conjure side effects and the strength that she used to bring Arel up to treehouse making her eyelids heavy, she slowly closed her eyes, entering her deep sleep.

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When Keira opened her eyes, she found herself in a familiar lifeless place.

'The heck I'm here again..' she sighed in disbelief at how poor her luck was. Outside the dream Arel was unconscious and now she's here in this psychopath lifeless land that wanted to take her life.

"I don't have time for this!" she shouted at the surrounding as she couldn't see the owner of this place.

"Oh .." he paused " are you having a bad day hmm" the anonymous voice spoke in a provocative tone.

Keira lower her face and sneered "bastard.." she mumbled, looking at her feet that were now starting to burn.

No matter how painful it was, she didn't move. as she knew this psycho didn't care at all whether she ran or not, it was all useless anyway.

"just kill me now so I can go back. I have things to do" She lay on the ground, letting the hot soil burn her body.

But the psychopath didn't let her go easily, he lower the temperature to stop her body from burning.

"Fuck !" she got up to sit "What do you want hah!"

"You are really in a bad mood.." he said with a fake sympathy tone "Why don't you tell me what happened and I can help"

Though He offered her help but Keira was pissed at what he just said 'How could he want to help when he was the one who make her suffer here'

"I'm not in the mood to argue with you. The only thing I want is to send me back" She tried her best to suppress her anger.

"You really don't need my help? Hmm.." his hone was still a fake sympathy "Why don't you tell me what happened?"

Keira frowned 'Why is this bastard so curious? Does he know something?' She thought as she scanned the area "Show yourself then I'll tell you. Don't think I'm scared of you just because I've been dead in this dream"

"haa.." The voice laughed. "Then let's make a deal. You tell me and I'll show myself"

Keira narrowed her eyes uncertainly "How can I believe you? since you are the psychopath who tortures me like this"

"It's not that I want to torture you.." The voice murmured softly " forget it" he cut it short making Keira confused as what was wrong with this psycho.

Suddenly a flying pearl appeared in front of Keira making her widen her eyes.

The pearl was about the same size as ordinary pearls, has a beautiful golden color and glowing light as if there was some magical inside it.

"What is this?" She watched cautiously at the pearl.

" Take it .." the voice said casually "It's a medicine that can heal the soul"

"Healing the soul? What do you mean?" She couldn't understand why the voice had to give this to her.

But there was no reply as the pearl flew and landed on Keira's palm.

She looked at it and was about to ask what exactly was this but the darkness gradually covered her and sent her out of the dream.

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