[Kyle's POV:]
Damn...that was so battle I had.
I underestimated the Demon by a wide margin. Since I defeated all its underlings easily, I charged in without thinking it through and paid the price.
Forty-eight bones, several ligants, detached joints, and internal bleeding—I think that's a hefty price to pay for being ignorant and a little too confident.
I was currently lying in the pool of my blood while gazing at the night sky.
I didn't know how I survived this...but now...
"Please stay with ! I will take you to the healer!"
"Ah..." I suddenly noticed that soone had arrived by my side and was currently supporting my head on her lap.
It seems my senses have dulled down a lot.
Those tears clouding her erald eyes, signified concern for —a person she didn't even know.
That's a heroine for ya.
"...d-don't worry a-about ..." Talking was a burden in my current state as I tried assuring Charlotte.
"How can I not?! You...you are dying! And I can't do anything to save you...I just..." She was shouting at even though I was like this. How rude. But well it was just like Charlotte. If she can't discern what to do she just becos agitated.
The reason I told her to not worry was because I was feeling a tingly sensation in my belly—signifying that the Chains of Slavery were being nudged. Alatia was awake and knew about my condition.
"...C-Char...I w-won't die...j-just take care of y-your family....i-if it's in o-our destiny...t-then we will e-agh!" Suddenly, I felt a wrenching pain in my belly before my vision shifted.
Now, the concern remains: How am I going to explain my situation to my lady?
Sigh.
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Charlotte looked fanatically around the place to find where her savior disappeared to
He was on her lap just a mont and now he vanished.
"D-Did he just teleport?" Charlotte knew that the masked man could use teleportation so it wasn't much of a surprise, but she wanted to talk to him a little more and get him healed as well.
She wanted to thank him properly and have him rewarded by the Mayor. She wanted to give him the exclusive gift card of the eatery she runs. She had so many things to say and also wanted to apologize for the rude behavior she showed.
She could have never expected that the masked man was actually looking out for Charlotte and wasn't a suspicious person. He saved not only her but the hundreds of people living in Hazerg.
However, all she did was shout at him, even though he saved her life. She....was nothing but an insane being who could bite the very arms that shielded her from the embrace of death.
"*Sniff* ....why did you leave so suddenly...you could have at least let say thanks..." Crying like a small child after a very long ti, Charlotte sat on the cold floor while reprimanding herself for not being decisive.
At that ti, she was unaware how these strong feelings she now carries for her savior would beco the motive of her life, and to et him again would beco her only life goal.
A seed was sown. Now the ti would tell what kind of fruit it would bear.
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[Kyle's POV:]
How long has it been since I saw Alatia crying?
I don't rember.
However, it's not like sothing one hasn't seen for a long ti, ans one wants to dearly witness it.
I never wanted to hurt Alatia nor desired to make her concerned over again. I promised her that I wouldn't bet my life on such a gamble which I am unsure about.
However, I had to break that promise for the sake of my future.
Currently, she sat beside the bed where I was lying and slowly cleaned my body. She has already fed Phoenix Tear and all my broken bones and internal bleeding have been healed. But since we were currently in an unfamiliar place and the ti was nearing two in the morning, she couldn't call a healer to cure the rest of the wounds. Overdosing with potions was not an option as well.
That's why, she stripped off my clothes with only a towel covering my nether region and cleaned the blood off my body.
"Ala...I am-"
"Don't say sothing which you don't an." Her voice trembled as she softly washed the wounds I had incurred.
With a sigh, I held her hand and looked at her tenderly. Under my silent pursuit, she was left with no option other than to look back at .
"I know you won't forgive this easily, but seeing you like this gives far greater pain than what I was experiencing so monts ago."
There was no lie to it and I never intended to. Alatia matters to a lot more than anyone in this world does. She has saved my life many tis and has given a reason to live. She not only went against her family mbers for but also actively looked out for whenever I was in danger.
I don't know whether she used her special eyes to see whether I was telling the truth or not, but her shoulders seemingly relaxed.
"Then why....why do you have to risk your life like this? What gain will all these bring to you? Can't you even tell ? Am I not trustable, Kyle?"
Her eyes...why...just why are you looking at like that, Ala? I can't endure to see that sad and pained look in your eyes.
At that mont, I was very much motivated to tell her about my secret...about the fact that I am a Dark magic user and that I have the souls of two legendary warriors in my hold.
But...I can't. Not now.
"Alatia...listen to . I know-"
"No! If you can't tell -" My eyes widened as suddenly Alatia jumped to her feet and took my dagger from the table beside her. She pressed the blade against her wrist and threatened, "—if you can't tell what's going on, then I will kill myself! I can no longer endure to see you in pain, Kyle!"
"Alatia, no!" Instinctively I summoned Beta in my left hand and after straightening my back I teleported the dagger away from her hold.
"Huh?!" Alatia, with her eyes, stretched, looked at her hand before she turned her attention toward , who was holding the straw doll in one and the dagger in the other hand.
"K-Kyle...you can..."
I sighed. I knew this would happen one day...but still, this was a little too soon.
I sat on the edge of the bed, before gesturing her to co toward .
Alatia responded to my call, and with a still shocked expression, she walked in my direction and only halted when she reached inches away from .
I held her hands in mine and finally decided to reveal my secrets to her.
This surely was going to be a long night...
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A/N:- Developnt? What would be her reaction? Being a follower of God and all?.
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