Let Bygones Be Bygones

It took Ethan an hour to fully recover from his injuries.

The purple cracks on his body had now disappeared, but he still felt as if he had exhausted all of his strength, making his body as heavy as lead.

If not for the fact that Sebastian and his Other Half were there to support his body, he might have already collapsed, unable to stand back up again.

“If I only look at the result of this battle, I would certainly say that you did well,” Queen Celestia said. “But if I am going to be perfectly honest, I can only say that you did a very stupid thing.

“If we weren't here to help you, you would have died with your body breaking apart because it took a load that it wasn’t able to handle.”

Ethan smiled bitterly because he knew that the Water Fairy Queen was telling the truth. If they weren’t there to help him, he would have truly died.

But what other choice did he have?