As soon as she passed out from the stabbing, Kael carried her back in the bar where everyone was having a casual time chatting away. However that time was interrupted when they all saw Kael carrying Brigitte's stabbed and bleeding body. As soon as they laid their eyes upon Brigitte's body which was being carried by Kael they all rushed to him while still shouting questions at him. "What the hell? What happened in just a span of few minutes?" Irene asked or more like screamed at him. "Did someone attack her? What on earth were you doing while she was getting stabbed?" Lucien asked shouting in worry again.
"He was the one stabbing her" to everyone's surprise it was Eugene who responded to Lucien's question. "What? That's ridiculous, why would he do tha-" Irene started asking but her sentence got caught up in her throat as her eyes widen in realisation. "No way? Is she already?" She looked towards Kael asking him a question which he responded with just a nod. Everyone's eyes were on Kael as he carried Brigitte's body to the couch. "Is she going to be alright?" It was Iris hugging Irene while asking that question. "Yes of course she would be. We have Eugene here who can cure any fatal wound or disease" Irene said reassuring Iris while patting her head. "So is Nora really going to get one of her powers now?" Lucien asked while looking at her passed out body. "Not if you don't let me treat her. She'd just die then and move on to another universe. Now move away and let me check the wound" Eugene said making Lucien move away. Dylan was quite like always and was just watching it all unfold without saying a single word although he did look worried about her.
"You sounded like you already knew this was going to happen" Irene asked Eugene suspiciously. "Yeah I did, Kael talked to me about it yesterday after bringing her back last night" Eugene said while examining the wound. "And you didn't think of stopping him from literally stabbing her? Or never thought of telling us beforehand?" Lucien asked Eugene sounding a little betrayed. "Well if I did tell you guys then would you have let it all happen? Or would you have been able to act all normal with her in the morning?" everyone got silent at that because they knew he was right. They wouldn't have agreed that easily. "Still this was just too harsh, she wasn't even prepared for it" Lucien said taking Nora's side again whereas Irene seemed to have recovered from the shock and got straight to the point with Kael. "So did you explain everything to her thoroughly? Are you sure she understood everything?" Irene asked Kael on a serious note. Kael nodded to her in response. "I did explain everything but if she herself is stupid or does something stupid then there's nothing I can do about that" Somehow that didn't reassure Irene and just pissed her off more. "You know sometimes you are too cold. She let her guard down around you and you stabbed her. I don't think she can ever trust you again. I know it was necessary but we could've planned something and given her time to mentally prepare for it" Irene said trying to reason with Kael in response to which he just looked her with his same expression. "We don't have time for that, there are people who want to kill the 'princess Brigitte' and we can't always be around to protect her. I know she is capable of fighting herself but having her powers would be faster and better for her and for us. I just made a practical choice" Kael said with his same monotonous tone. It was clear he didn't feel guilty at all which seemed so wrong to Irene but she couldn't be mad at him either because she knew what he said was right.
"Her wound is all healed but her consciousness is still in the void so I can not say how long it will take for her to wake up again." Eugene said after competely examining her and healing her with his powers. He got up and was walking towards the bar counter again. "You know the wound didn't have to be that fatal. You could've gone easy on her" Eugene said to Kael in a low tone so no one else could hear. Kael looked at him but didn't say anything.
It had already been 7 hours since Nora was Unconscious. Everyone seemed worried. Dylan and Iris were surrounding Brigitte's body and Iris was hugging her. "Did he have to stab her like that?" Dylan asked slowly and everyone seemed to pay attention to him since the kid rarely talked. "she will be fine. When she wakes up she will be more powerful and capable of protecting herself" Lucien said reassuring Dylan whereas everyone else was just as worried.
As everyone seemed to be chatting here and there Irene noticed Kael sneak to the back of the lawn where he stabbed Nora, she immediately followed him but didn't say anything for a while. He was sitting at the same place as in the morning with a grim expression on his face. "So you do feel guilty huh?" Irene said finally making her presence known to him and taking a seat next to him. "I did what was necessary. what I feel shouldn't matter" He said in his same tone again with his same indifferent expression. 'He has mastered his cold tone and expressions so well after being like that for so many years' Irene thought to herself. She knew stressing out this topic wouldn't do good to neither of them so she tried to change it. "You know after I joined you for first time, there were multiple times I was doubtful about you and just wanted to ditch you because you always acted so... You" Irene said trying to change the subject. He looked at her not surprised like he already knew that. "Why didn't you?" that was the question he genuinely wanted to know the answer to. "And there were times I thought you would even sacrifice me or ditch me if it was a 'practical choice' but as we spent more time together searching for more members of our team and as our team grew I started to notice that you value your goals but not at expense of your companions." She said looking at the sky and without waiting for any reponse or reaction she continued "Remember there was a timeline where you couldn't protect Eugene on time and he was unconscious for days?" He still didn't say anything and waited for her to continue. "Everyone thought you didn't care since they didn't know much about you at that time but I knew you spent those days studying medicine and looking for ways to heal him and wake him up"
Now that made Kael's eyes widen just a little. He looked away "I was just taking accountability for my actions, he was unconscious because I was too late to protect him. It was an obvious and practical thing to do" He said and Irene just shook her head while smiling. "Sure" Irene said and they sat there in silence for a while looking at the sky.
"She's awake" Iris came rushing towards them only after a few minutes. Both of them looked at each other and got up immediately. They ran towards her body and before they could reach her Kael was hit by a kick on his face and landed on ground. Before he could get up again to process what happened he was yanked up by his collar and got punched in the face again and as he was about to get punched again he stopped her fist and stood up. "I can't believe you fucking stabbed me" Nora said screaming at him and continuously tried to kick and punch him but he dodged them all effortlessly. "You. Bastrad. How could you just do that" She was still screaming while constantly trying to kick and punch him. For a moment he looked towards other members but none of them said anything and just watched. "Don't expect anything from us. You deserve that" Lucien said while eating popcorn and Irene just seemed to enjoy the show whereas Iris Dylan and Eugene were just looking like they were watching a movie. Kael grit his teeth and finally went all in and caught both of her wrist trying to calm her down but she was still trying her best to get free from his hands.
"You can be as mad as you want but first let's take this outside" He grabbed her body like sack of potatoes and went to the lawn again. "What? You got me here so you can stab me again?" She shouted in anger without letting him say anything and immediately started attacking him again. "Listen you can hit me all you want later but let's talk about what happened first. You and I both know that is more important" He said while still avoiding her attacks and she seemed to come to a halt after hearing his words. She retreated her fist which was halfway in the air and sighed. "Fine let's talk" She said and took a seat at the wooden plank. He followed her and sat next to her.
"So what hhappened did you get any power of yours back?" He asked looking at her calmly. "I did but... It's not the one I was aiming for." She said in defeat and disappointment. "But I guess it's somehow still useful" She looking at her hands. "What exactly is it?" He asked waiting for her to give him an example of her power when suddenly his hand was raised without his permission and he slapped himself out of nowhere, his other hand was about to do the same but he started resisting it, his resistance didn't seem to have any affect whatsoever and ended up slapping himself. She started laughing at him while holding her stomach. "Serves you right" she said in between her laughs. "Are you done?" He said with an irritated expression on his face. "Finally an expression other than the plain one that you have all the time" She said getting up and standing in front of him. She lifted her index finger and two glowing white threads appeared that were connected to both of Kael's hands. She retrieved the threads but he didn't seem impressed a bit from her ability. "Don't be so fast to judge it. Wait and watch" She snapped her fingers and the white glowing threads appeared again. Now she focused her mind while closing her eyes and the threads started forming a shape. It took a few moments for Kael to realise what shape the threads were taking form of. It was a tank. A military tank that was used in wars. He looked at her as if asking if it actually works. "Yes it functions exactly like a real military tank and is just as dangerous" She said while smirking. He seemed a little impressed now. "So you can make things out of thin air with these threads of yours? Are they durable or just easy to cut?" He asked examining the military tank she just created. "They can't be cut by anything. They can't even get blown up or anything like that" She said proudly. "So how many things like this can you make? Also can you make any more dangerous weapons?" Kael asked still examining the military tank. "Yeah I can make anything as long as I have seen what I'm making and have knowledge of it" She said clearing his doubts. "This can prove to be extremely useful for us" He said sounding a little impressed with the ability. "But you said this wasn't the ability you were actually aiming for so what was the one you were-" He was in middle of finishing his sentence but as soon as he turned around he was stabbed in the stomach by a sword made of threads. He looked a little surprised but still had an expression like he saw it coming "now we're even" She said winking at him while he lost consciousness.