"Where's Celeste?" Emilia asked the moment Leon stepped out of the destroyed restaurant without the phoenix girl beside him.
Leon stayed silent for a second before lowering his gaze toward the small flame resting carefully in his hand.
"Mathilde's strike was too strong," he sighed. "Celeste didn't survive it."
Emilia's eyes widened immediately.
Unlike Leon, Celeste didn't possess absurd combat power capable of tanking attacks from a level 100 NPC, and unlike Emilia, her constitution wasn't heavily boosted through a title.
A direct hit from someone like Mathilde was simply too overwhelming.
Then Emilia finally noticed the small flame flickering weakly in Leon's palm.
"Oh..." she muttered softly before her expression twisted in anger. "That bitch killed Celeste!"
"Luckily she's a phoenix," Leon answered while staring at the flame carefully. "So she should revive just fine."
He paused briefly, "We just need to be careful."
