At this moment, the stabbing pain in Shade's chest had completely vanished, but the side effects of drinking every drop of essential oil from the Perfume Bottle had appeared.
"There's no need to purify the earth this time. The evil god's power directly drained away that black mud. Does this count as an alternative way of purifying the land? But the stone statue's heart disappeared. I didn't find it."
Seeing Shade's unusual expression and abnormally red face, Miss Benanis, for reasons she herself did not understand, moved ahead of Luvia to support him. But Shade, clutching his forehead, refused her:
"Please... don't. Don't touch me. I feel very wrong."
He refused the kindness of both ladies, then staggered back with them to the campsite where they had lit the fire just now.
Shade was certainly in no state to leave immediately, so Miss Benanis began casting spells around the camp to prevent the Church members, who were gradually waking up as well, from discovering them.
Shade sat on a large rock beside the campfire, clutching his violently pounding heart. His whole body felt feverish, to the extent that he desperately wanted to strip naked and roll around in the snowy ground.
"The Guardian left first, but I know the truth about the Guardians now."
"We only saw that something was very wrong with his spirit form."
Luvia looked at Shade anxiously. Shade merely gave a nasal grunt. His state of being overwhelmed by desire was unexpectedly quite mild, but something was clearly wrong with his body. He was burning up, weak all over, his head throbbing, and he could barely keep his eyes open.
"There are no so-called Guardians. There has only ever been one Guardian. Haven't you noticed? No one has ever seen two different Guardians appeared at the