Beast Slayer Online: Initialization
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Chapter 192: Lady Butterfly Watches Closely
Although he did not know the exact moment, the reopening of the Conjunction of the Spheres Rift could not be far away.
Even here in the village of Dark Water, Lannor could feel the faint vibration of the Roaring Bear Head Badge hanging against his chest.
That night, he rowed a small boat out to Black Tern Island, bringing with him the preservation vessel that held the Secondary Heart.
When he arrived, the Lady of the Lake stood quietly at the water’s edge. Waves washed over the tops of her pale green feet, retreating and returning in gentle caresses.
The Lady’s manner always gave Lannor the wrong impression for a heartbeat.
For an instant, she seemed nothing more than an ordinary nymph.
Then the illusion vanished.
He still remembered the power she had wielded when driving Dagong away, and the sort of company she kept.
Beings like her were born from concepts, or from powers so ancient their origins had long since slipped beyond memory. They refrained from meddling directly in the mortal world because of their nature, not because they lacked the ability.
That did not make them mortal.
“Good evening, my lady. Looks like you already knew I was coming.”
Lannor set down the oars, jumped from the boat into the shallows, and dragged the vessel onto the shore while greeting her with a smile.
The Lady of the Lake looked at the witcher with amusement dancing in her eyes.
“What else would happen? You lost a clever and dependable squire. If you’re about to carve open your own chest, someone ought to be watching.”
“Wow ... so all of you know about my situation? I was planning to explain everything once I got here.”
Lannor walked to her side, shaking lake water from his boots with a sheepish grin.
Handsome men could get away with awkwardness. People tended to call it charming.
At least the Lady of the Lake discreetly wet her lips.
“The thing inside your chest possesses a rather unusual nature. Every day, small Conjunctions of the Spheres occur somewhere in this world. When it arrived, every one of us noticed.”
She lifted a finger and pointed slightly to the side of his heart.
Lannor knew she meant the Gene Seed.
“But our nature also dictates that we do not interfere. Take Danamebi. Beyond her fields and her abundance, she can scarcely bring herself to care about anything else. If it had not connected itself to you and begun influencing you, I would have ignored it as well. Outsiders like Gaunter O’Dimm, demons who delight in amusing themselves with mortals, are relatively rare.”
Her gaze softened.
“You are my knight, Lannor. I will not open your chest for you, but ensuring your recovery afterward is my responsibility.”
Lannor pressed his lips together and nodded.
Having someone like the Lady of the Lake promise to safeguard his recovery eased a tension he had not fully realized he was carrying.
“So ... we do it here?”
He glanced around.
The night wind carried moisture from the lake. Waves slapped against the shore. Water weeds swayed in the shallows, tangled with the shells and remains of tiny crabs.
From a surgeon’s perspective, it was a dreadful operating room.
The Lady nodded without hesitation.
“I am the Lake, Lannor. While this lasts, neither the tiny living things nor the tiny dead things carried by wind and water will approach you.”
That left him with no reason to object.
And so, beside the lake beneath the night sky, much as he had once done aboard the Silver Heron near Gors Velen, Lannor prepared himself.
The youthful ease gradually faded from his features.
Then the last traces disappeared.
Only calm remained.
One by one, he undid the clasps of his plate armor. The heavy pieces struck the ground with the ringing clang of steel.
Surgical Procedure Brief — Secondary Heart
Operation Target: Secondary Heart Integration
Procedure Forecast:
Cardiovascular Severance Required: 2 Vessels
Preparation Advisory:
Subject readiness recommended, sir.
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