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LETOILE FIDDLED with her fingers behind her back as she stared at David getting treated by Mimosa, lying unconscious in his bed.
It was a miracle that Letoile had composed herself enough, saving herself in the madness she had almost succumbed to, to contact headquarters for help. Luckily, William was on standby twenty four-seven, sending Mimosa quickly through his root tunnels. She had applied some magic healing items on David to slow the bleeding until they could move him to his quarters where she could properly heal him.
Letoile never left his side as the Vermillion healed him. She had to make sure that he was okay.
“This is all my fault.” She ran a palm over her face, in frustration. In guilt. In fury—for herself. “I didn't know why I panicked. It's almost like I lost control over my magic. And I… I don't think I could forgive myself for this, Mimosa.” She whispered, her voice cracking.
Mimosa looked at her with sympathy. “Letoile-san, it's not your fault—”
“It is! I nearly killed him!”
“You didn't intend to kill him,” she said softly. “If you didn't redirect those arrows, wouldn't the little girl die?”
“But I could've put those arrows anywhere else. On the trees, on the ground… on myself.” She rubbed her temples, feeling the searing pain cracking her head open. “It's the first time I've felt like this. I never lose control over my power… over myself.”
Mimosa looked at a now sleeping David before walking closer towards Letoile, taking her hand. “I think you're beginning to learn to open your vulnerable side. At least to him.”
She scoffed. “That doesn't sound like me at all.”
“Yeah…” Mimosa flashed him a smile, followed by a sheepish smirk. “But for him, I think you are.”
When Mimosa declared that David was fine and his wounds had been healed, she finally left. She explained that the light arrows that pierced David were embedded with just fractions of mana, making the spell weaker. Plus, no vital points were shot, so that made the arrows easier to remove and the wounds to heal.
