Chapter 17. Physical Test (1)

"How's her condition?"

Khiko asked Clyde as he reached his destination. He was referring to Xaqion. Xaqion had been affected by the barrier of an unknown angel. Added to that, she also engaged in an uncontrolled field of her own. She had witnessed the death of someone she didn't like to lose. As far as he can gather, the child was named Meloidas.

Clyde folded his wings and sat across the aisle.

"Not good," he said in a flat tone. "She will be worse than the old her." He shook his head in disbelief. He saw how Xaqion fell to the ground when she saw how the Duke slayed the demon. The Duke released his fire and burned the demon hellishly.

Khiko placed his coffee above the table and turned to the next page he was reading. "That would be good," he muttered. He clearly remembered what the Old Xaqion said to him before she accepted her reincarnation.

'I may be turned into bad, but I still have my heart to alway