"Zen is making you and me stupid. We need to put it away before figuring out how to destroy it," Xion said in one breath.
The crushing weight on him eased as Darius' grip loosened.
Xion's hand flew to his face, cupping his stinging mouth. The moment his palm brushed his lips, he hissed.
This brute had bitten him so viciously that he could taste blood from the torn skin.
"... Zen... Zen..." The Archduke muttered, gaze unfocused. Where had it gone? He'd almost forgotten.
But how could he let something so important slip by? That wasn't like him at all.
While Darius stood up to look for the stone, the system sneakily scanned the bedroom.
[Host, I can sense its presence in the last drawer.]
If Xion recalled it correctly, Darius had definitely put it in the first drawer. So, how did it end up in the last one?
'Can it move by itself?'
[No, it can't, but it can definitely mutate things surrounding it, and change their nature.]
Alter and mutate...
