{Are you still thinking about those things?}
Hearing Aetheri's voice in his mind, Ray replied quietly.
Yeah.
{Do you believe what he said?}
….. I don't think he had any reason to lie to me…..
Ray was thinking about the answers he had received from Ash, the ones about why his parents had died, why his village was attacked by demons, and who the demon was that had taken everything from him. It had all happened just a day after they returned from the Dwarven Continent.
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Standing near the edge of the glistening lake, both Ash and Ray gazed at the horizon where the evening sun was dipping low, its golden light spilling across the water and staining the sky in hues of orange and crimson. The tranquil scenery seemed almost wasted on the two of them.
I should be here with Elysia, but instead I am watching this beautiful sunset with… a damn boy…
Ash glanced sideways at Ray, irritation prickling under his skin.
