Burnt to a Crisp

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Ember stood outside the corridors, just outside the recovery room where Alde was being treated. She looked through the small gap in the door to the broken family whose son was breathing heavily as the wound festered with an unknown infection.

Cedric has left the coliseum after seeing Alde in this manner. The prince always kept things for himself, but Ember knew what troubled him. He left without another word and Ember knew where he was going.

The retainer decided to leave the coliseum and make her way toward the residential district. If there was any hope to save Alde, the old man sprawled on their couch would know.

"He's not here," Morrin said while using a short knife to carve a small statue in her hand. "The old man didn't even come back after the Second Round ended."

"Where could he be?" Ember asked.