"Yes." Lith had noticed that if they were close enough, Death Vision's effects disappeared. That was the reason he sat close to her. He lacked the willpower to dump her and hold Death Vision back at the same time.
"Also, you have no bad dreams when I sleep beside you."
"Correct again." Phloria closed in, her face was now centimeters from his own.
"Doesn't that mean that I'm special to you? As in really special?"
"You are, but that's not the point. You…" He tried to make her listen to reason, but she put her index finger on his mouth, stopping him.
"Just answer one question. Do you like me? Even with this contraption on my head?"
"That's two questions, but yes to both."
"That's all that matters to me." She gave him a deep kiss, making all his fears and worries fade away like a dense fog in front of the rising sun. Her warmth and her gentle touch over his skin were all Lith could think about.
"One more thing." He said as soon as she gave him a second to breathe.
"I can't take you out on a date during the weekend. I plan to go back to the mining town and visit Protector's grave. I can't keep being chained to the failures of my past. I need to face them and have my closure. That's the only way I can move on."
"Great idea. When do we leave?" Lith's surprised expression made her giggle.
"Did you really think I would let you go there alone? Then you are crazier than you think." She kissed him again, this time just a peck, before accompanying him to the door.
"Sorry, but you can't stay. Let me know when you decide about the trip. We could ask the others to come with us. They need some closure too, especially Yurial."
After another goodnight kiss, Phloria closed the door behind her. Now that she was alone, she couldn't stop to giggling and smiling like a little girl.
'I still can't believe Lith told me I'm special to him, nor that I'm the only one that makes Death Vision stop.'
Lith returned to his room. When he opened the door, his mind was still arguing with his body about lost chances. He spent half the night using Accumulation, to further refine his mana core and improve his abilities.
The other half he slept to help his body recover. Even alone, he managed to sleep peacefully.
***
The rest of the week passed quickly. Aside from home calls during the morning, Lith only had the Magic Crystal and Forgemaster classes to attend.Find authorized novels in ReadNovelFull，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.ReadNovelFull.com for visiting.
He had already completed the Necromancy and Dimensional magic courses. It left him with a lot of free time that he used to practice Forgemastering under Wanemyre's supervision, rest, and use Accumulation.
He was now also able to keep Death Vision in check with minimum effort unless something unexpected broke his concentration. The only side effect was that he always had a serious expression on his face, since he couldn't allow himself to relax.
The others would mock him to no end for this, saying that he had his glare back. Lith was so annoyed by their childish behavior that he ended up explaining to them about Death Vision and his plans for the weekend.
Yurial followed his lead, sharing with the others his worries about the future and the relapse in his addiction, against which he was currently struggling. The mood in the room turned gloomy for the first time since they had returned to the academy, but Yurial and Lith both felt better for not having to hide their burden anymore.
"Mind if I join you? My fiancée is coming to my house for a visit and I have no desire to waste my time with her." Yurial kept playing with a tranquilizer vial, taking the stopper on and off, fighting the temptation of taking a sip.
"Helping a friend is a much better excuse than remaining at the academy to cram. Also, it may help me with my problems too. If I manage to beat Balkor's shadow out of my head, tolerating Libea will be child's play in comparison."
Lith had never meant for the trip to be romantic, but before answering he looked at Phloria. Albeit their relationship was mostly platonic, he couldn't ignore her feelings since they had planned the trip together.
"Sure, you can come with us." Phloria nodded. "I have prepared two dimensional tents anyway. You can share Lith's."
"Tents?" Lith furrowed his brown.
"What for? I'm not planning on spending the night there. It would be creepy and depressing."
'Yeah, especially now that you know you would have to spend it alone' Solus mocked him. She was happy seeing the old cranky Lith back in action.
"Me neither." Phloria shrugged. "The forest is a magical place though. With everything that has happened this year, we never managed to have the trip to the forest we had planned after the mock exam.
I thought we may as well spend the whole weekend there. At our level, magical beasts are not a threat."
"It sounds like a plan." Quylla nodded. "We all need some rest and relaxation."
"Yeah, it will also be the first time we are all together outside the academy without something or someone trying to kill us." Friya said.