"Wait, what?!"

Despite her weakness, Inna was still able to exclaim in shock. Her head straightened as she peered at Raghnall in panic.

Even though she was in a different world, she knew that the meaning of the word 'poison' was still as bad here as it was in her world.

So, to think that that 'poison' was inside her, she couldn't help but feel fear.

"Then why… aren't you... running?! We need… to cure it... immediately!"

Inna started to become restless as she widened her eyes at him.

Seeing the fear in her eyes, Raghnall continued speaking, wanting to rea.s.sure her.

"But if my guess is correct, most of it has already been erased from your system through the multiple healing spells i've casted on you. So, only about a few traces of it remains in your body."

"Even though! I'm not… taking any… chances! We… need to… hurry!"

Inna gritted her teeth as she tried to tear herself away from Raghnall's hold. She wanted to walk for herself since it'll probably be faster than him.

But Raghnall grasped her tightly in response.

"No! Just, calm down okay? You shouldn't be moving much. The poison, regardless of the amount, would still spread faster if you keep moving. Why do you think i'm walking this slow? If it wasn't for the fact that the poison might spread when I inevitably move you around while running, you would've arrived beside Frode in nearly a second."

Hearing this, Inna immediately stopped her struggling and silently relaxed back in his arms. But, she still couldn't fully shake off the panic she felt.

"Are you… sure?"

Hearing the distress in her voice, Raghnall tried to quicken his pace.

Oh, how he wished that he could teleport her…

But he knew he couldn't because the magic particles that will enter her body to enable teleportation might react badly with whatever poison is in her.

Although there's a possibility that it wouldn't react, he didn't want to take any chances as well.

"Yes, I'm sure. That's probably why it acted up violently after your dance. You were moving your body in different angles so much that it might have spread quickly and soon reacted with the curses that were in your body as well, making the curses active and ending up affecting your body."

Inna leaned her head back to his shoulder as she sighed in relief. She relaxed after hearing his words, making her weak body limp.

So, it all makes sense now.

But now that she was reminded of her dancing, she chuckled softly as she closed her eyes. Then, with an amused smiled she spoke with her hoa.r.s.e voice.

"You know… technically… I danced… in public.… So, even if… i lost… the bet,… I still… fulfilled… the conditions."

Raghnall smiled as he chuckled in disbelief.

"Are you seriously talking about this right now? Yeah, yeah. The bets are off so, why don't you keep those pretty eyes closed and sleep until we meet with Frode."

Inna nodded, the action felt by Raghnall's shoulder which made him smile involuntarily.

Thank the world she closed her eyes.

If she didn't, she would've caught sight of Raghnall's red ears and surely she'll make fun of him for it.

Listening to the fast yet even pacing of Raghnall's footsteps, along with the sounds of the movements of plants through the wind, Inna slowly drifted off to sleep.

Moments later, Raghnall saw Favian leaning against the same pillar and he carefully picked up his pace.

Favian furrowed his brows at the sight of Raghnall walking briskly towards him. Then, his eyebrows made more wrinkles as he saw Inna in his arms and the disgusting happiness radiating off of Raghnall as well.

"What do you want know? I swear, if you're just going to rub your flirting in my face, then you better--"

"I need your help."

Raghnall quickly said as he stared at Favian seriously. Favian was a bit baffled from the sudden s.h.i.+ft in Raghnall's mood. He looked so happy a few seconds ago but now, he seemed deadly serious.

And another weird thing was that…

To think that he, of all people, would ask for his help…

Fearing that the situation might be grave, Favian couldn't help but feel panic as he spoke.

"What? What's wrong?!"

Raghnall gestured to Inna before speaking in a hurry.

"Something happened during the test. She collapsed after she danced and a few moments after that. On the second time, I went to her and found out that she had two curses branded on her. One was a high rank immobility curse and the other was an intermediate rank sleeping curse. The curses were attached to a poison in her, and from what I saw, it seems that the poison, once sufficiently spread apart, activated the curses immediately. So, I nullified the two curses and used about five high rank healing spells on her. But--"

"Wait wait wait. Slow down. So, she was poisoned then it triggered the curses? But why did she collapse twice then? She got poisoned twice? And wow, five high rank healing spells? Are you even human?"

"She collapsed twice because she resisted the curses! It seems that she has partial immunity but that's beside the case! I need you to get rid of the remnants of the poison immediately! And if you can, try to identify what poison was used."

"Why didn't the five healing spells work in getting rid of the poison then?"

Raghnall glared at him.

Why does he have so many questions?!

"Due to the five healing spells, I was able to avoid the worst at that time since it seems that I was able to erase most of the poison that spread around her body. But seeing that she's still weak and pale, now I'm not all too sure whether the amount of poison left in her would still be lethal or not. It seems that the components left in that poison is resistant to my healing spells so I need your help."

"My help? Do you mean Frode's?"

"Yes! Whatever! Just go do it!"