Katherine purposely stopped a few yards from her house to look back at her current appearance.
"I look really ugly right now," Katherine mumbled as she looked at her torn and bloodied clothes.
"I have to change my clothes as soon as I get home and throw these clothes away. Ahh, that's a shame, I haven't bought these clothes for a long time," complained Katherine, who felt affection for her new clothes. She had been trying not to get these clothes dirty, but it couldn't be helped, her opponent didn't seem to want to attack her pretty face.
Thinking about what reason she should tell Javier about her clothes suddenly disappearing, Katherine stepped toward her house.
Katherine's brow furrowed as from a distance she saw the wide open door of her house. Didn't she close the door before leaving?
What exactly happened?
"Ah! Is Javier up and waiting for me, huh?"
Her house is guarded by Luca, it is impossible for a thief to enter her house. So the only reason why the door was wide open like that was because it was Javier who opened it and waited for her right at the door.
"Wow, that's bad. What should I do?" Katherine thought suddenly at a loss as to what to do, if Javier was still in the room she could at least enter secretly, but if Javier was waiting for her in the living room like that, she couldn't go in secretly anymore. A worry was evident on her face when she thought of how Javier would see her current appearance covered in blood and tattered clothes. Well, she would think about the reason later when she met her husband.
"Eh?"
Katherine stopped from where she was when her nose smelled something fresh, something very familiar to her. Katherine's face immediately turned worried, she hurriedly ran towards the door.
No… this couldn't be…
Katherine kept hoping that what she was thinking didn't really happen. However, sometimes expectations do not match reality.
"Javier?" Katherine said quietly as she stared at her husband's body lying on the floor in pools of blood. She could feel her chest tighten and her eyes start to tear up.
The thing she feared the most had happened!
Katherine stepped slowly towards the body that was lying down. She did like Javier lying down because he looked so hot when he was sleeping, but this wasn't the kind of sleep Katherine wanted to see.
"Lady Katherine, your appearance," Luca warned when he saw Katherine's current appearance.
As if she couldn't hear Luca, Katherine continued to walk towards Javier.
"Baby…" Katherine called softly when she finally arrived and knelt beside Javier. Katherine took Javier's hand and held it tightly against her cheek. A regret flashed through Katherine's mind when she saw Javier lying like that. She didn't know what had happened, but if she hadn't gone, then this wouldn't have happened.
Tears slowly leaked out of the woman's eyes.
"Baby… you… are… home."
Katherine's eyes widened when she could hear Javier's voice. She initially thought Javier was gone when she saw Luca's confused face. She thought Luca was confused about telling her about Javier leaving, and he couldn't possibly be saddened by Javier's death anyway.
Katherine hastily wiped her tears with her other hand when she saw Javier who opened his eyes again.
"Yes, I'm home. Baby, hang on! Luca can heal you. You might not believe it but Luca is a witch," Katherine said happily. She knew that Luca had healing magic and as long as the person wasn't dead, Luca's magic could heal them.
Katherine then looked at Luca who was sitting beside her with a happy face. However, the expression on her face immediately changed when she saw Luca just standing there and not chanting his spell.
"Luca? What are you doing? Quickly heal Javier," Katherine said exasperatedly.
Was the man mad at her because she used an order on him?
This kid really!. He can sulk too apparently.
"That.. I can't heal it," said Luca slowly.
"Haha…don't be kidding Luca. Quickly heal Javier. You know that the longer you delay, the more Javier will be in pain, right?"
"Are you angry about what happened earlier? I'm really sorry and promise not to do it again. So please save Javier immediately," Katherine said pleadingly.
"I really can't heal it, Lady Katherine," said Luca and then used his magic once more to try to heal Javier, but once again Javier's body couldn't regenerate as well as it should.
"Lady Katherine better prepare to…"
Luca didn't continue when he felt an immense energy beside him. He had been with Katherine for a long time, but this was the first time he had felt such great killing energy emanating from Katherine.
"Luca Ridcully! Don't you dare say something like that! I…"
"Baby… don't scold Luca, he's trying."
Katherine didn't continue when she felt Javier's hand she was holding moving. Katherine hastily let go of the hand and turned her face away when she realized that she had now unwittingly displayed her monster-like form.
"No… don't look at me right now," Katherine said in fear. Not wanting to show Javier her true form. She felt so stupid for not being able to contain her emotions earlier. After all why did Luca have to provoke her like that?
"You… don't… need… hide it… uhhh… I knew it from the start."
Katherine and Luca were surprised to hear that. Javier knew it from the start?
"Liar! How could you have known from the start but you still married me?! My face looks like a monster!" Katherine argued, still hiding her face with her hair. She just didn't like her real face because it was far from beautiful, how could Javier marry her if he knew she was a vampire?
"Well… I guess my love for you is greater than my fear of your appearance. Here… let me look at it one more time… your red eyes."
Katherine hesitated a little when she heard that, but in the end she looked back at Javier when he felt his hand on her cheek.
"Your eyes are so beautiful… I wish I could have seen them earlier… I love…"
Katherine widened her eyes as Javier's hand that was originally holding her cheek, slowly fell down as his eyes slowly closed.
"Baby?" called Katherine in an incredulous voice.
"Baby… I know you heard me! Do not be like this!" said Katherine when there was no answer from Javier. She tried to shake Javier's arm but there was no response from the man.
"Javier! Get up! Please don't be like this! You must be disappointed that I wasn't honest with you from the start, right? I will tell you everything, so open your eyes!" shouted Katherine, starting to get hysterical.
This can't happen. She just married Javier. She hadn't even had breakfast with Javier as a husband and wife. There's still a lot she wants to do with Javier as husband and wife.
Her husband can't just leave her like this!
She won't let Javier go!
"Lady Katherine… Javier has…" Luca didn't continue when the energy he had felt earlier returned from Katherine's body.
"Luca! Perform resurrection magic!" said Katherine sharply.