"how did it go"
a man dressed in black hood asked while sitting down on a wooden chair with a long table in his front
"we have successfully brought her from the mansion"
said the servant kneeling on the floor in front of his master
"hmm, make sure no one disturb us"
said the man in hood while lightning his cigarette
"yes sir"!!
the servant stood up and left the room while slowly glancing backwards
"I wonder why that basted wanted for me to kill a girl who finally woke from her endless sleep"
he stood up and started inhaling his cigarette while looking at a file which includes information about lapiz
"there is basically nothing important about her"
he rubbed the cigarette on the table and left it there
"that is if we exclude her special type of MANA"
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Khalid and Sebastian were standing near the bed where lapiz was laying while discussing something, while lio was standing guard with the other three guards
"I wonder what's going on inside"
asked Gautier with a curious face
"I know right this whole time me and Ivan has only been bystanders"
said Jesper with a sad face, Jesper had a thick brown hair with bright yellow eyes he was also tall as Gautier while Ivan was a black haired man with with black eyes who was a bit shorter than Jesper but still taller than lio with a beauty mark near his eyes
"don't complain jesper our duty is to protect the lady at all cost, however we already failed it"
Ivan stood straight with a determined face
"do not make the same mistake twice haven't the lord already taught you that"
jesper pouted at Ivan's words but still stood straight without joking around anymore
'I wonder how the lady is'
thought lio while clenching his hands
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"my lord, is everything you said the truth"
Sebastian who had a questioning face asked Khalid who was looking down
"it is"
he replied with a dry expression
'who is she'
'what was she in her other life'
'how was she able to kill them all with such a frail and uncontrollable body'?
'Sebastian probably doesn't know who she was in her past life'
'should I just ask her'?
'but I shouldn't appear now'
'my job is to make sure lapiz is safe'
Khalid was deep in thought, however just as time went lapiz opened her eyes
"W-who"?
lapiz asked while looking at Khalid with a dry expression
"my lady are you alright"
Sebastian asked lapiz who was confused, khalid flinched and saw lapiz looking at him with her bright blue eyes
"l-lapiz"??
he shuttered
'who is he, and why does he sound familiar'??
she thought to herself while trying to sit down
"am I cursed to be on this bed forever or something"
she said with a long sign her face was all tired, and she was trembling
"Sebastian make the fire hotter and ask lio to bring some water for lapiz her throat is dry"
khalid sat down on the bed next to lapiz and looked straight to her
"uhh am I supposed to know you"
she asked while titling her head
khalid laughed a bit and clear his throat
"well I guess you may not know me since you never met or talked with me"
he said while shrugging
"who are you and who were those people no should I say who was that guy who tried to kill me"
she asked him while grumbling
'indeed guess the letter Sebastian sent about her personality is true'
"my name is Khalid de vertos Alodia, and I am-"
"wait what"?
she stopped him in the middle with an overly confused face
"just how long is your name"??
she asked him with a pitiful face
"shall I say that It's because I am an important figure in the empire which is why my name is also big"
he looked back at Sebastian who was bringing the glass of water
"here drink this my lady"
he handed over the water to lapiz while khalid glanced and Sebastian
"leave us here alone for an hour Sebastian"
he ordered the old man to leave but was rejected by lapiz
"you expect I let Sebastian leave me here alone with a man whom i don't even know"
she grabbed Sebastian's hands which khalid didn't like, the old butler noticed the dislike in Khalid face and rested lapiz's hand on the bed
"my lady there is no need to worry about being with my lord he is the savior and also the one who leaded the lazuli out of many crises if there is a person we could trust it is the lord"
lapiz still didn't take a liking to lapiz however she had no choice but to let Sebastian leave
"so what were you saying mister long name"
she asked him in an insulting voice
"yes i shall continue"
he said with a sigh
"anyway as i was saying my name is Khalid de vertos Alodia in short just khalid"
khalid again started continuing his long explanation
"i am the duke of Alodia and the person who is your fia-"
he suddenly stopped there and inhaled and exhaled
"what's wrong asked the confused lapiz"
asked the confused lapiz
"ah no It's nothing i shall continue"
he cleared his throat and started
'i think it's better for her not to know that i am her fiancé well at least not now'
"as i was saying i am the duke of alodia who was in charge of taking care of the lazuli"
he looks at lapiz to know if wanted to ask any question
"why are you taking care of lazuli when it's not even your place nor territory"
"well you can say that it was an order from the emperor him self"
he stood up and looked at her
"my lady i know you are curious as to who i am, but you will know it all as time pass by but before that i must ask you a question"
"who were you in that life"?