ushernet Chapter 302: Dawn
Chapter 302: Dawn
He refrained from immediately calling June after taking his monthly leave, worried that he was unsure if he still felt as strongly about her as he did before coming to the frontlines.
Letting out a breath, he didn't stay indecisive for long and connected their private Longread. Soon, an illusory figure appeared in his mind, the light twisting into a form he was so familiar with. She had just come out of a fresh bath, a soft white nightgown draped over her full figure.
Just looking at her, his heart shook, and he put all his doubts to rest.
"Hey," he was the first to break the silence.
June said nothing for a long moment, examining him. "You look different," she said.
"You look beautiful," he replied.
Her ears turned red from the compliment. "It's been four days since you called," she said. "So it's forty-eight days for you... Took some time to remember, huh..."
"It's actually far longer than that," he said, doing a rough mental calculation. "It's close to five months for me. At some point, I was dying to return to you..."
"What happened?"
"A long story... Do you remember the Inheritance ground I told you about? I entered that, and it turns out it had higher time dilation than any place around. So what felt like a day here was close to five months for me..."
June gasped. "Are you alright?" she asked. "Time dilation usually impacts one's spirit, body, and mind if you spend a long time there, especially at such a high rate."
"I am..." he paused, "actually in better shape than I thought I would be. Oh, you probably can't sense through the call, but I hit Silver..."
"You did? Really?" Her eyes widened. "I guess it's a pretty normal thing for you... Congratulations! Hopefully, there was no complication during your advancement?"
"The advancement was seamless," he said. "But it wasn't without complications... For one thing, my chest glows like a bulb whenever I draw in essence, and I seem to have put one foot into transcendence..."
"You did what?!"
"It's a long story to explain over a call," he said, letting out a breath. "I really wish I could talk about it all with you, sitting on the couch."
"Give me a gist at least..." she urged. "You can't just stop after saying you've almost transcended... Wait, did you say your chest glows like a bulb?"
"Crazy business," he sighed. "I'll try to explain in short, to the best of my abilities... Do not interrupt in the middle... You know how much I like to go off on tangents..."
"S-sir Gale~" she called.
He found she was looking at him.
"Sir, I'm~"
"Lass, when the captain is talking," one of the hoodlums clutched her thin arm, "you should put your full attention on him."
"Now, now, Ben, is this how you talk to a lady?" the prodigious captain said, a smile tucked on his lips. "Let me show you how to treat..."
The Warden sighed. "Alright, kids, playtime is over," he said, assaulting the captain with a coercive aura, freezing him in his place. "Go on with whatever business you came here to do..."
"And who might you be?" said another guy.
He let go of the aura pressure over the captain so that he could take away his minions and leave.
Instead, the guy fell to his knees, causing him to worry if he had pulled more of his aura than needed.
"Sir, I apologise, I did not know—" the captain rasped, bowing. "I did not intend to offend..."
"I'll take offence if you guys do not leave my sight immediately..." he said, flaring a little of his aura, this time on everyone but the timid-looking girl with silver hair.
They all bowed and sprinted out as if given a command by their superior officer.
He was prepared to return to the call but turned his gaze to the girl. A frown appeared on his brows... She seemed familiar in an obtrusive way.
"Thank you, Sir Gale," she said, stammering a short bow before coming closer to him.
"It's nothing," he said. "But why are you calling me Sir Gale? I'm no..."
"Because that's your name," the silver-haired girl said. "I'm Dawn, you don't recognize me?"
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END OF VOLUME II : ALL REMEMBRANCE LOST