Auren's brows drew tight, confusion flickering in his weary eyes.
He wiped sweat from his cheek with the back of his hand.
"What do you mean?"
Bonbon's round body rotated slowly as its ears twitched. It stared into the horizon, its voice unusually sharp as if something bad is approaching.
"Do not forget, that man is an emperor for a reason.
The weight of those words sank into Auren.
He remembered vividly the moment he felt his body shiver under Romeov's killing intent.
The phantom slice of sword energy across his flesh still made his spine tremble. And the raw power between his movements.
He knows very well that if one of those attacks landed, he could have been a goner. He took a look at the two dents on his Divine Rapier and shook his head.
He's strong alright,
Auren admitted quietly. His voice cracked with honesty.
"If not for the Phoenix power, I'd be a corpse already."
He turned his tired gaze to Bonbon, trying to summon a smile.
