Ethan observed the small green gem on Nicole’s chest, which had grown slightly bigger since the last time he had seen it.
The young lady was under the effect of the potion and the Cauldron of the Twilight, so she was still in a daze and wasn’t reacting to his touch.
‘Her body has also gotten cold,’ Ethan thought as he once again raised the blanket to cover her upper body for the time being.
Although Lilith would remove it once he was gone to allow the process of extraction to become faster, he still wanted to live up to Nicole's trust and respect her privacy.
Sitting down on the bed, Ethan held his best friend’s hand and absorbed the coldness enveloping her entire body.
Based on what he could feel, the source of the cold was coming from her heart. He recalled the time when Nicole’s heart had frozen solid. Back then at World’s End, the young lady had forcibly unleashed all her powers to help defeat the invaders that came from another world.