Zaelyane nodded and said flatly, "Hmm... I am sorry, but this won't help them awaken."
Her words stilled in the air before they struck him like a battering ram.
'What...?' Disbelief peeled off his face like a flower withering towards its end.
He took a few shaky steps towards her and mumbled defensively, "What are you talking about? Why won't it work?"
His shaky steps stopped as he reached the table and quickly picked up the Cliffroot Sinew as if his life was dependent on it.
He turned towards her with disbelief and defiance clear in his eyes and asked, "That medicine should boost their focus to absolute, like how it happens during the awakening, so why won't it work?"
Zaelyane's eyes, which had been curious until now, went cold.
Without any regard to his emotional condition, she said, "If a few herbs were enough to awaken the aura, we would be mass-producing such miracle medicine, but the aura is not something one can force into existence."
