Chapter 15
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Alfred approaches Hayden very intrigued as he notices the worried expression on his face, "Hey Alchemist! What did the instructor tell you that you have that face?"
"Nothing important, just that he himself was going to kill me if I did something he didn't like."
The ex-soldier comments in surprise with the radical and extremist attitude of the teacher, "Damn ... but what an absurd way of thinking that man has. Just because you have the same power as the guy he mentioned does not mean that you are going to become a criminal or whatever he wants him to have been. It's almost like saying that because I look like someone I end up behaving the same as him" He shakes his head, "Well, I wouldn't give it too much importance boy, I may have also done it to show that he can end all of us in any time if he disliked something or even maybe it was just to mock you by inflicting fear on you, which I'm sure he succeeded if that was his plan. Anyway, here it is more than proven that these guys are psychopaths and you can never know what their true intentions are. What I recommend is that you distract yourself in something else and try to forget the bad moment." Then he leaves after giving him a little pat on the back to encourage him.
I go over to him to try to calm him down as well, "It's true Hayden. All these guys are insane, don't mind what he said."
The young man answers me very seriously and sure of what he says, "That wasn't a joke, no show of power, or anything like it. I could see it clearly in his eyes after speaking into my ear, which I remember as if he was still in front of me. That penetrating gaze with the clear intention of killing me there is no one who can deny it. I was serious about Iran, if anything I do at the least and he does not like it, he will not hesitate for a second to pierce my heart like that old friend of his."
I answer him frankly, "To be honest with you, I didn't have it in front of you like you could also notice, as I'm sure Alfred noticed it too. But we prefer to try to calm you down rather than make you worry more."
"I know about Iran. I know that you and Alfred only had good intentions. But in something you are right. I don't have to worry too much; I just have to be myself and show him that I am not even similar to that person with whom he compares me."
I say very happy for his mature and intelligent way of reacting by patting him on the shoulder, "Well thinking Hayden, that's the best way to go. We are going to eat something, then to rest and thus you forget the absurd threats of that ignorant."
At that moment I remember that Elizabeth was hurt and that at the very least I have to warn her about how sadistic she is the healer, "Come on, I'm going there now. I have to go see something quickly and come back."
"Okay Iran, go and do what you need right now." He answers in an unexpressive tone because of what happened that is still spinning in his head.
I run to where Elizabeth is and I speak to her very concerned as she regains air from her career and I sigh in relief that she still has not gone to the infirmary, "How lucky you're still here."
She responds with her usual mistrust well reflected in the tone of her voice as well as in her somewhat captivating green eyes, "Luck? Why? What do you want from me?"
"Nothing, nothing, I don't want anything from you. I just came to warn you of the person who is going to take care of that arm."
"And what has this lady who appears to be as kind as she is beautiful that she is?"
I comment seriously, "I assure you that her beauty and her character are not at all in accord ..."
Elizabeth, seeing how I cut my words, immediately asks me something stunned, "Iran? Is something the matter? What were you going to tell me that you didn't finish? Iran, why do you have that stupid face?"
I am forced to stop my words when I feel like something that I cannot see, tightens my throat to the point of not letting me breathe, I hear a soft and calm voice brimming with cynicism which is unmistakable in my ears.
It is her, with that face of false innocence and kindness a few meters behind me that speaks to me with cynicism, "Iran boy, you shouldn't be badmouthing people behind her back, that's a very ugly thing. And even more so after I helped you so much with your injuries recently. That's nothing more than being very ungrateful boy. Isn't that so?" She asks me as she slowly walks up in front of me and looks at me with terrified eyes at the same time that I feel the force exerted on my throat increases.
I almost find myself passing out and I have no choice but to say with great difficulty due to lack of air, "It's true, please excuse me. I will never speak ill of you again."
"Good." She answers with a smile.
She frees me from her power and I fall to my knees doing my best to recover all the air I lack.
She takes Elizabeth's hand as she asks him to accompany her, "Come on girl, I'm going to treat that arm for you"
Elizabeth responds confused as she watches me, "Okay, let's go then"
Right after the portal appears that makes them disappear immediately in front of an, " I that was not able to warn her friend." When I catch my breath, I say at the same time that I punch a nearby wall, "Damn that madman! And to think that she has such dangerous power that she subdued me so easily. I fear for Eli's well-being. But she shows that she is strong, she will get over it, I'm sure."
I go straight to the dining room trying to meet up with the concerned Hayden, a place which is full of fresh and exquisite food that is there intact as a magic art that surely must be so.
As I search through the crowd, I notice something in those present that I cannot explain the reason why I had not realized before.
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