InnocentFox

"Stop following me!" Asher yelled, his patience running thin. He had let it slide for too long because she had done a lot for him.  But now she was everywhere, suffocating him. 

"I’m only trying to protect you," she responded. 

Asher sighed, running a hand through his hair. "I need some space, alright? I can take care of myself." 

She didn’t budge, and just kept staring at him with that same obsessive look, like she had no intention of leaving. 

"Is it because you’re strong now? Are you going to leave me because I'm no use to you anymore?” Her voice had turned cold, sharp enough to cut through the silence. 

“Of course not, you know that’s not the reason…”

“Then why do you want me to stop following you?”

“I’m just going to the restroom, for God’s sake!” He massaged his temple, clearly at his wit’s end.

“Oh, you should have said that earlier.” She giggled, the earlier tension melting away.

“I did,” he sighed in defeat.

My Supernatural Girlfriends Spoils Me Rotten

He wasn't in a rush to follow that suggestion. To play it safe, he decided to land two kilometers away from it.

(Why did you land here? You need to be closer,) It insisted.

Asher shook his head. "I'll return if I don't find anything,"

He cast a spell to create a small stone table, but before he could place the dragon core on it, Pantheon started protesting.

(Bring me with you. I can detect the core, and it will be much faster.)

He paused, pretending to consider, but in his mind, the seed of doubt had already taken root. Only a fool would fall for this trick.

"'Why are you so insistent on coming with me? Is there something more here than just the core?'

Pantheon hesitated, and that only confirmed Asher's suspicion.

"Is it the body?" he asked, breaking the silence.

The Key Out Part 2