In the large hall a group of people sat and the atmosphere was gloomy; they seemed depressed. Elora looked at Barret and asked. "Uncle Barret do you think Brother is alright?" her eyes were red and swollen as she hadn't slept for a long time. Her face as well was filled with fatigue and dark circles could be seen under her eyes. "It's already been a month."

Barret eyed Elora who had lost a few pounds in this period and sighed, but then forced himself to produce a smile and said. "I'm pretty sure that he is alright. After all, this shop is Kadyn's artefact if something has happened to him the shop would have become ownerless and a huge change would occur at that time. However nothing like that happened."

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He sighed. He had already told her the same statement many times. However, it never soothed her heart and always remained agitated. How could she calm herself when her brother's status was unknown. How could she eat carefreely when she had no idea if her brother had anything at all.

"Don't worry sister Elora. I'm sure Kadyn would be alright. He is so powerful after all." Zelie also tried to cheer her up. She knew that Elora hadn't slept for many days and the dark circles under her eyes were telling the entire story. If it was an ordinary person he/she would have already collapsed a long time ago.

"No matter what happens," Elora gritted her teeth in hatred, "I would never forgive those vampires. I would slaughter them one by one."

"Everything happened because of me," Cecilia, who had already recovered almost completely, said from the side. "They were after me — if I had surrendered myself, nothing would have happened to Kadyn. I am the one to blame."

Elora heard Cecilia and her face softened because she was also a vampire and just now she declared that she would slaughter all the vampires. That must have hurt her heart.

"Cecilia don't blame yourself," Nefia held her friend's hand, comforting. "If it wasn't for you they have already succeeded in their sinister plan. However, if you had submitted yourself to those vampires, wouldn't Kadyn's effort have been in vain?"

Slyff was sitting beside her but didn't interrupt. His mood also seemed off. Kadyn went to save Nefia because he loved her — at least, that's what he thought — but now he had vanished and they were trapped inside the shop. Furthermore, no one knew how long they have to live trapped inside. No one wanted to be trapped. That feeling of suffocation was horrible.

"Alright, everyone," Rayna arrived from the kitchen and clapped her hands towards everyone," trying to improve everyone's mood. "It's time for breakfast. I'm sure Sir Kadyn would come sooner or later, unscathed and completely fine. But if he sees you in this condition he would definitely not gonna like it."

Just as Rayna's comforting voice faded another voice echoed in the entire hall. "Indeed, I'm not happy at all. I'm really disappointed."

Everyone froze on the spot as soon as the voice sounded in the hall. Then everyone's eyes widened in shock and ecstasy, and a smile blossomed on Elora's beautiful face and she asked hurriedly. "Bro-brother, is that you?"

"It's only been a month and you have already forgotten me, huh?" Kadyn chuckled. As they heard his voice the heavy atmosphere changed and a smile appeared on everyone's face. Kadyn was fine, he was alright. Everyone felt grateful in their hearts. Even Dion wasn't an exception.

"Brother, why can we only hear your voice but not see you?" she asked when she found that Kadyn himself was missing and only his voice could be heard. She felt uncomfortable and a terrible feeling appeared inside her heart.

"Ah, actually I just awoke from the coma. Those vampires were too vicious, they wanted to know the whereabouts of Cecilia so they tortured me, breaking both of my arms and a few ribs…"

"I'm going to slaughter those bastards!" as soon as they heard everyone's face burned with fury. Even weak Rayna and two small children Kove and Melvona clenched their fists tightly. How dare those demons hurt our big brother Kadyn? They thought, and the furious expression looked cute on their faces.

"Ah, don't worry about it," Kadyn said. "I will take care of them in the future. Right now, I'm still too injured and can't even move from the bed and to enter the shop I need to take it out of my body, but right now, I can't do that. But don't worry; though I can't enter the shop that doesn't mean that you can't exit either. So give me a healing potion a top grade healing potion."

"Brother, let me come out and I will be able to heal you," Elora said hurriedly, eager to see him. He was injured and could not even stand after a whole month… his condition must be pretty bad.

"I'm already about to become a Rank 1 mage. I don't think your healing spells would work on me that much and I won't let you use that self-harming spell no matter what. Furthermore…. I don't want to… alert the villagers who saved my life," Kadyn's voice sounded weird. But no one noticed it.

"Hehe," at this moment, Rayna chuckled and said proudly while patting Elora's back. "You underestimate your little sister too much. She has already become a Rank 1 mage." Though she felt happy for Elora she also felt a little envious in her heart. After all a corner of her heart also wanted to waft in glory, support her companions and fight alongside them. Alas, she wasn't destined to become a mage, never.

"Whaaaa…. really?" Kadyn genuinely felt surprised. It's just been over a month since she reached 10-star Elementary Rank and now she had already broken through to the Rank 1 magus. That was… fast.

"Alright, then you can heal me," Kadyn was really happy about his sister's achievement, but then he asked. "What about the Mage Rune?"

"Oh, that I haven't started building yet. Uncle Barret said that he would let me build the same Mage Rune that he built…"

"No, you definitely didn't build that rune. Just wait for me to recover. At that time I will take you into the library where you can choose a rune that fits you the most."

"There are Magic Runes inside the library?" Elora asked with a surprised voice. She had gone into the library quite a few times already but never seen the section about Magic Rune. Maybe I missed that section. The library is so big after all. She thought and didn't think much about it.

Other people inside the hall were also left stunned by Kadyn's statement. Especially Cecillia, Hot Rod and Barret. They were Spell Casters and knew how precious Magic Rune could be. However, from Kadyn's words they realise that he didn't have just a single Magic Rune, but quite a few in number. This was truly shocking for them.

The Magic Rune was the foundation of the magic, a real path to strong starts after building a magic rune. That's why many people would never be able to become a genuine Rank 1 mage, as they could not build the rune.

"Alright, then I will wait for my brother to recover," then she curled her lips. "Now, I can cast Life Fairy spell without harming myself. It is a piece of cake to heal you."

At this moment a door appeared in front of everyone. "Enter this door and you will be able to exit the shop. Everyone doesn't need to come out, Elora and Uncle Barret enter the door."

Barret felt a little surprised when Kadyn called him uncle. Moreover there was respect in his tone like never before. Barret didn't know that his and Hot Rod's impression had improved quite a bit in Kadyn's eyes when they fought and protected him with all their might.

They showed no ill will and did everything to make Kadyn safe, earning his respect. As for Khrom, he was already like a brother in Kadyn's eyes. So there was no need to say anything any further.

Soon the duo appeared beside the bed on which Kadyn was lying. "Brother!"

"Shhhh… tone it down," Kadyn gestured to her in a low voice.

Only then did Elora shut her mouth, but her tears started to fall when she saw his condition. His face was pale and his entire body was covered in strips. He laid on the bed helplessly, unable to move. She once more felt a burning desire to slaughter those vicious vampires.

At this moment Barret closed his eyes and spread his consciousness. A few seconds later he opened his eyes and looked at Kadyn in confusion. "They are just low-level Elementary Mages. Then why…"

"I will tell you in a moment, but before that, Elora heal me please. Uncle Barret don't let the fluctuation caused by the spell go out of this room. Or it would expose you two."