The Adventures of Rose Hood

Chapter 54: The Sky god

I flew day and night, stopping only to rest due to my still healing injuries. It took me two days, but I reached the castle.

I landed near and shifted to my catkin form. I gasped as pain shot through my body.

Wrath stepped out with the other 4.

"Innocence. I thought you had another week. Why are you- Innocence?!"

She noticed my injuries. Pride ran over and began healing me. My injuries helped convince them that I wasn't there to fight.

"Wrath, I'm here to warn you. Celios is planning to interrupt the battle and absorb us when we are tired."

"Of course, he would try something like that. Why did you warn me?"

"To prevent that situation."

I coughed out blood.

"What's the plan?"

"For now, act as normal, but when we get to the fight, you and I talk for however long it takes for him to get annoyed and come out. Then we strike at him at once."

"So, enter the battle, but then act as though we forgot we were supposed to fight and just talk."

"Yes, but don't tell either side, otherwise they'll not act naturally."

"I see. Well, I believe you. Celios's divine aspect is in your injuries."

We agreed on the plan, and when I was mostly healed, I began the flight back to the capital of Selethon.

Because I was still exhausted, it took another two days to get back.

We had 7 days until the battle.

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I landed next to Selethon's capital and shifted. A guard gasped.

"Lady Rose, are you okay?"

I realized that I was not a beautiful sight at that point. My nose was still smashed, my arm was basically shattered, and I still had a giant hole in my chest. Not to mention that the armor that Thalia made was basically scrap metal at this point.

Royce saw me.

"ROSE, WHAT HAPPENED? ARE YOU OKAY?!"

"I'm fine."

"I hope you gave the other guy a thrashing, at least."

"Eh, he's hurt, but I definitely lost."

Then my exhaustion took hold and I fell forward.

"Rose!!!"

"I'm fine... just tired..."

I fell asleep in his arms.

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I was right to be worried, Rose, while not in critical condition, was still very injured, and the injuries were still healing slowly. I could see that even though a lot of healing magic was used to stop the bleeding, she still lost a lot of blood.

That hole was brutal.

"Get King Elren!!!"

A guard ran off and quickly returned with Elren by his side.

"What happened to my sister?"

"I don't know, she landed here, looking like this."

"Let me... her healing is already full. She's just exhausted."

"That looks like a lot more than exhaustion."

"I know, but she isn't losing more blood, she just needs time to regenerate at this point."