At lunchtime, quite a few people sat around the long table in the dining hall.
Miquella was very happy as he sat at the head of the table.
The usually quiet Haligtree rarely grew this lively.
Normally, only he and his sister ate together.
Ever since he had gotten to know Zhao Si, Miquella had clearly felt the number of people around him growing.
There was not only his eldest brother Godwyn, but also his second brother Morgott. Fortissax was at the table too.
Then there were Zhao Si's friends.
Helena, Sellen, Melina, his apprentice Irina, and Fortissax's apprentice Nepheli.
Apart from Maliketh, who had difficulty getting around, everyone was gathered together.
During the meal, Miquella thanked Melina again.
He thanked her for curing Zhao Si, then asked whether she could help treat Maliketh too.
Melina nodded. "I can try."
After hearing about Maliketh and his condition, Melina felt a pang in her heart for some reason.
It was as though she had known Maliketh for a long, long time, long enough for his condition to affect her mood.
Matters of life and death were very important to her.
She had felt the same way when she met Godwyn.
Seeing Godwyn so full of life had felt like a great weight lifting from her heart.
Even though it was her first time meeting Godwyn, she had felt a sense of familiarity.
It was as though their souls resonated with each other, a very strange feeling.
At first, she had thought it might be a blood connection. Both Melina and Godwyn could trace their origins to the Erdtree, after all. It was not strange for people connected to the Erdtree to sense each other as well.
Melina suspected that some golden blood flowed in her body too.
But feeling something when