Black Pearl!

"Dumb Woman!"

Aylin looked up at his face with a puzzled expression as she mumbled in her faint and weak voice, "S-stop babbling! Have you forgotten(cough cough) with whom you are talking?"

She tried to answer as strictly as she could in that condition of her health. Her seal mark was still burning in excruciating agony and her head was spinning due to that annoying and striking whisper. But, Dan's sudden appearance calmed her down. At least, she wasn't alone anymore.

Someone was there to help her.

Wrapping one of his hands around her slender waist, Dan supported her to stand up as he stole a glance at their surroundings. Then, again looking at her pale face, he asked in a concerned tone, "Can you walk? I think that this place is going to collapse. We have to leave quickly."

"Ah! Yes, I can…"