After two hours of grueling pain... Raye successfully absorbed the enhancement pills' essences! He was sweating all around, blood was splashed everywhere... "Haaaa... Haaaaaa... Haaaa..." He looks like a dried-up zombie at the moment! -Raye, can you understand me?! Raye looked at him and nodded his head. -Good, do you want anything? Forcing himself to speak... Zephyrus responded, hearing his words. And then he quickly flew out of the room! Pyro was left alone with Raye, he was sick worried about him. Pyro flew around Raye, he doesn't know what to do. Raye looked at him... "Don't worry... I'm good..." And then he said that. Of course, Pyro didn't believe him. He started channeling a bit of his mana to Raye. Raye immediately felt a bit better... He mumbled with a weak smile. Zephyrus came back to the room! There's a cupful of water floating beside him too! The cup flew in front of Raye. Raye quickly grabbed it and drank it! Raye whispered with a smile. And then he fell on his back, on his bed! He was lying in his own blood! But being too tired and exhausted to care for that... Raye just closed his eyes and lost consciousness! Pyro chirped, worried. -He's just sleeping, he's fine now, fortunately. But Zephyrus said that and calmed him down. They then just looked at Raye for a while, making sure he's all good now. -The Old Man will be worried if he sees this. Zephyrus mumbled, looking at the mess inside Raye's room. Pyro agreed with him. Then by controlling winds... Zephyrus collected a huge pool of blood and made it float in the air! While looking at it... And understanding his assignment... Pyro set the pool of blood on fire! It evaporated not long after and disappeared! He continued cleaning Raye's room with Pyro's help! And those from the sheet, he squeezed the blood out using his magic and Pyro burned the dirt! Raye regained his consciousness! He immediately sat up and looked around. He was surprised to see that his room was clean. 'I swear it was like a shit place before I passed out.' Raye was sure he wasn't hallucinating before because he can smell himself, he stinks. Just then, suddenly... -Pyro and I cleaned it. Zephyrus talked, landing on top of his head! "Huh? Where'd you come from?" -I was just flying around, making sure no blood stain was left. And Zephyrus answered. -I also told the Old Man you were sleeping so he wouldn't get worried. -Outside, helping the Old Man cook. -What you did earlier was utterly stupid. Then Zephyrus suddenly stated that. Raye groaned, embarrassed... But Zephyrus just continued! -Shouldn't it be obvious that taking one pill at a time is common sense?! -You're lucky you're contracted with Pyro, a fire spirit. And then he grumbled. "Huh? What do you mean?" Raye asked, clueless. -The enhancement pills' essence originated from fire, that's why you feel hot all over your body when you consume it. Zephyrus started explaining. -Because you're contracted with a fire spirit, you automatically have, even a little bit, fire resistance. -And because of that fire resistance, you were able to contain the enhancement pills' essence without suffering internal damage. -There's a possibility you'd be back in a deathbed if it wasn't for that. Raye was shocked to hear this. "Guess I should be thankful to Pyro." He muttered with a smile. -Yeah, you should be, the kid's stressed because of you! Zephyrus snapped at him. Zephyrus paused a little. And then, opening his mouth... Raye almost forgot about that. Looking at the ring artifact in his hand... And a system window appeared! Though, before he could even take a look at it... "Raye, are you awake?!" He heard Old Man Rey calling from outside. Raye immediately closed his status window. 'Meh, this can wait.' He responded to the Old Man. After their brief shouting exchanges... Raye stood up from his bed. And then he left the room! Zephyrus was left speechless inside the room, flying in the air. And with a shocked expression on his face... -I didn't expect that the effect would be that high. Anyway, he followed after Raye not long. "How are you feeling?" Old Man Rey asked that as soon as Raye came out. "You've slept for about ten hours, that's new for you." "Yeah, I'm feeling pretty good." And he's not joking, he feels really energetic right now! "Just kind of hungry, though." Pyro then, seeing Raye, flew over to him. Worry was apparent in his eyes. "Sorry for worrying you, Pyro. I'm fine now." Raye whispered to reassure him. But Pyro was still down. And so, to make him feel better... "Did you know? Zephyrus said that—" Raye told Pyro what Zephyrus told him, that Pyro is the reason he was able to absorb the enhancement pills without having internal damage. "Thank you for that." Raye finished off with that. And after hearing the story... Pyro proudly chirped, puffing out his chest. 'He's really just a kid.' Raye thought with a smile on his face. "Sit down, brat. Let's eat." The four of them ate dinner. Raye is back in his room. Zephyrus and Pyro were already asleep. He raised his right hand in the air while looking at the ceiling... And opening his mouth... He whispered that under hus breath! A window system appeared. Raye took a proper look at it! Wind Element: Level 21 (99%) Fire Element: Level 22 (3%) Spirit Magic: Level 20 (83%) Dagger: Level 19 (58%) Sword: Level 25 (26%) Cooking: Level 20 (5%) "Neat, my overall grade increased by a rank." Raye said with a smirk on his face after seeing his stats.