The Devil WithInn 131 Inna's Tragedy 3

Raghnall clutched Inna close to him as he comfortably sat on the ground to position her properly on his arms. Then, he tried to check her current state. Seeing her color rapidly drain away leaving a pale flush on her face and a faint purple hue on her lips, Raghnall immediately knew the cause.

It looks like she was poisoned.

And to make it worse, it wasn't the only thing affecting her! Juddging from her stiff limbs that were difficult to bend and her eyes tight shut, it seems lile the toxic poison also had a high rank immobility curse and intermediate rank sleeping curse attached towards it.

No wonder she struggled in moving earlier!

It's because the curse was preventing her from doing so!

To think that she could still act out her role and talk normally despite having those high tier curses….

Is she really human?!

Despite the gravity of the situation, Raghnall still couldn't help but be amazed at how she was still able to fight the curse for such a long time through her strong mentality alone. Only few people with really strong wills in Anemoly can ever hope to achieve such short immunity. And to think that Inna, the most eccentric girl he's ever seen, was one of those rare people.

Ending his amazement there, he forced himself to look at the present as he watched her tragic state. Raghnall chanted the best nullification spell he can give her and sighed in relief when he saw that the curses was slowly being erased. Inna's body became less stiff than it was before as he felt her relax on his arms.

But when the pale pallor of Inna still persisted, he knew there was something wrong.

It seems that the poison is still inside her system.

Raghnall broke into cold sweat as he tried again and again to heal her using the best healing spell he knew. But sadly, the poison never disappeared and Inna was still as pale as before.

Raghnall knew the consequence of not draining the poison out of the body immediately. And because of that, he felt devastated.

Although he's a Triple High Rank magic user, poison is still one of the weaknesses he has along with everyone else. Most poisons can be healed immediately but some rare poisons can resist healing magic and are known to persist in the victim's body, slowly sucking out their life.

Raghnall gritted his teeth as he carried her body off the floor.

"And where do you think you're taking her, young man?!"

A booming voice echoed around the area as Professor Gnarly stormed towards Raghnall.

"You are disrupting this exam! For you to come here despite knowing the consequences, you're as brave as always, huh, little Ragboy."

Raghnall narrowed his eyes as he pulled Inna tighter towards him like he was afraid that the old man would forcibly steal her. The minute action was still caught by Professor Gnarly's eyes as he glared in anger.

"Seeing that you're not apologizing nor moving away, are you really aware that you'll be held under lockdown on a detention cell for disruption of official examinations?"

Raghnall gritted his teeth as he turned around, his back facing Professor Gnarly.

"Hah! Let Mana curse me for my actions, I don't care. A student is hurt and as a person that has the ability to heal her, I see no faults in stepping out to ease her pain. Besides, you shouldn't focus too much on me, old man. You should be keeping a closer eye on your partic.i.p.ants instead, lest someone dies in the end. Well, seeing that this incident has escaped your notice, it seems that your eyesight is as faulty as your height."

Hearing the taboo topic about him being pointed out, Professor Gnarly's face turned red from anger as he screamed out.

"SUCH ATt.i.tUDE! THIS DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR IS TRULY UNBECOMING OF A STUDENT IN THIS ACADEMY! I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I WILL BE BRINGING UP YOUR RUDE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ELDER FANG!"

Not bothering to even care about Professor Gnarly's screaming fit, Raghnall walked away from the testing area and with a fairly fast pace, he silently made his way towards the gates where Favian was.

But he noticed that, before he reached the gates, Inna already stirred in his arms, about to awaken.

Then, Inna's closed eyes slowly fluttered open as she started at Raghnall in confusion and panic.

"What…. happened?…why are you… here?…why

… are you… carrying me?..what… about… the test?"

Raghnall held a worried expression as he heard the fatigue in her voice. Feeling the regret bubbling up in his heart again, he held in a breath as he explained.

"Well… you collapsed again after you left the stage. I didn't want you colliding with the ground again so I took it upon myself to catch you. And when I did, I noticed that you had an immobility curse and a sleeping curse casted on you so--"

"Wait, is that why… I was feeling… weird? Like… how my whole body…. felt so tired… that… even my… eyelids… were heavy?"

Raghnall nodded as he continued to explain.

"Actually, it was expected for you to immediately be unable to move and be asleep as well. But, your strong mentality made you able to resist the curses for quite awhile."

"Though, when you've reached your limit earlier, you still got affected by it fully in the end. That's one of the reason why you collapsed again."

Despite feeling weak, Inna still furrowed her brows as she pointed something out.

"Wait… what do you mean… by 'that's one of the reasons'?"

Raghna sighed as he repositioned her in his arms. Inna felt dizzy with the action so she ended up leaning her head against his shoulder. Raghnall was startled by the sudden action but he didn't show it. Instead, he kept himself calm despite his screaming in his mind. But then his excitement was cut short when he realized that it wasn't the right time to be happy.

He needed to explain to her about the poison. So, with a grave expression, he looked at her straight in the eye before speaking.