Chapter 434 - Ava’s Answer
When Ava reached the top of the cliff, she saw Theo leaning to the tree, sitting calmly while waiting for her.
Theo looked at her with complicated feelings. On the one hand, he wanted to know the truth from her. On the other hand, he somehow didn't feel like learning it anymore as he might become even more disappointed.
The fact that the paper turned out to be something related to Ava meant she should be somewhere around him. After all, it would be useless because he would have died if the one, who protected him, wasn't near him.
At the same time, there might be another clue about this.
Ava knew Theo had so many questions, so she waved her hands, returning the star to the piece of paper. Her body gradually shrank and returned to normal.
With this palm-size body, she jumped closer to Theo with the paper on her mouth… "Kyu."
Before Theo said anything, she put the paper on Theo's hand and poured a bit of her Magic Power into the paper. "Kyu."
Suddenly, the seven stars glowed dimly as one of the stars shone brighter than the others.
"What are you trying to show me?" Theo asked with a hoarse voice.
Ava looked at him for a moment before spinning the paper ninety degrees to the left. This time, the light from the first star faded away and another star glowed.
In that instant, Theo noticed the paper's function.
It turned out the constellations had been drawn so precisely that they could cover all 360 degree angles to tell Theo where to go like that of a compass. And the shining star would always point in Ava's direction.
Theo couldn't help but recall what his brother told him word to word. "If you find yourself in trouble that you can do nothing about, you will take this with you to meet someone. Remember. Don't open this pocket watch unless you find yourself in a situation with no way out. You will know what to do and where to go as soon as you open this. Of course, don't use it to find your brother because you won't be able to find me."
"…" He soon realized that it was him who had misunderstood the entire thing or he might still be misunderstanding it. "So, I can activate it to find you as though using a compass. That's why he said I would know where to go… I just didn't know what to do because I was too occupied with the assassins.
"From his tone and words alone, it was proven that the situation needed to be calm, not in the middle of a chase like this. And… Remember… Don't open this pocket watch unless you find yourself in a situation with no way out…" Theo fell silent when he murmured the last sentence.
Ava closed her eyes and stopped infusing her power into the piece of paper. In that instant, the stars lost their light and the paper was torn into pieces by the residual power as if telling Theo that it had served its purpose.
"The paper is gone now." Theo stared at the pieces of paper and let out a long sigh, seeing the wind carry them.
"Kyu." Ava nodded her head and raised her foot, waving it to form a question mark in the air while pointing to herself. "Kyu."
"I can ask you anything?"
Ava confirmed it without hesitation before grabbing Theo's leg as if she didn't want to let it go.
She just wanted to tell Theo he could ask anything as long as he didn't throw her away.
Theo sighed. Even though he didn't want to rely on someone else anymore, Ava still helped him through this ordeal.
It felt like he owed her his life, since the assassins wanted to kill him, not her. As for the map in his pocket watch, it was an extra help that he shouldn't put his trust on.
That was why Theo's heart felt a bit heavy as he looked at the dark sky with a blank look. He just didn't know what to do in this situation.
"First of all, I need to say…" Theo looked Ava in the eyes with a serious expression. "Sorry and thank you, Ava."
Ava widened her eyes before a smile appeared on her face. "Kyu."
"Actually, after understanding the paper a little bit, I don't have many questions to ask anymore. There are only three things I want to confirm." Theo raised three fingers and pointed at his forefinger. "First, was that your real power?"
Ava shook her head a few times.
"It wasn't?" Theo frowned as he became confused. "Then how could you become stronger? I mean, what kind of paper can power you up? If this kind of sorcery is known to the world, it will turn the world upside down…"
"Kyu." Ava shook her head and thought for a moment. She pointed at the moon and her at the same time.
"You got the power from the moon?"
Ava nodded but had trouble explaining the entire thing. She looked left and right with a panicked expression, trying to find a way to explain it.
"Well, if it's something complex, you don't need to explain it to me for the time being. I just want to know whether it is something special that only you can use or for general purposes. The latter is more dangerous."
Ava pointed at herself without hesitation.
"I see." Theo paused for a moment and asked his second question. "Second question, are you related to the Griffith Family or something along the lines?"
Ava shook her head and pointed at herself, then Theo, as if telling him she was here for him, not for anybody else.
After getting the answer, Theo asked his last question. "This is the last one. Do you come with me because you have something you want from me?"
Ava shook her head once before nodding.
"Yes and No?"
Ava confirmed it soon as she waved her foot while looking away from him.
"Hmm?" Theo furrowed his eyebrows and tried to decipher it. "It's not something I need to be concerned about?"
Ava shook her head and raised her foot, waving it upside down as if telling Theo he was close and should try again.
"You don't mean any harm?"
"Kyu!" Ava nodded her head with a smile.
"…" Theo looked up again, tired of this kind of thing. He let out a long sigh and said, "I don't feel like bothering with this anymore… Let me recover my Magic Power first before doing something else."
Theo closed his eyes and started to recover his magic.
Meanwhile, Ava looked at him with a sad face while looking down, recalling what happened between them in the past.
