The morning sun had set, and the sun's rays started falling on the ground. Lawrence was standing outside in front of the mansion's entrance. And he was waiting for Daniel and everyone who was gone out for monster subjugation.
He looked a little worried and looked out again and again.
'They all should have come by now, why is he taking so long, it's going to be more than ten hours since he's gone, will he be right?'
Master Roy told us they would help us, but he rested in the room and sent Reinhardt's heir with Daniel and even sent his wife with them.
Was he really such a person who, instead of helping himself, sent someone else to help and take rest himself? But in yesterday's scene, he did not say anything to his wife.
Far to say, whatever that boy said to Master Roy, he did not even answer it, and one thing is strange if you did not have to help yourself, what could be the reason for your coming here?
Couldn't he have said just staying in the Holt's Territory? Even if he had said so, we had no other way but to obey what he said. So why did he come here?
I didn't understand this.
While Lawrence was waiting for Daniel and everyone else to arrive, a soldier approached Lawrence, bowing his head and telling him the assignment he had been given.
"Lord, we have blocked the river water around the river so that no one will be able to take water from there and will take water from Maji Falls only. Now no one will be able to go there on the banks of the river without permission."
The Kreman monster, which used to drink the water from the river, had spread poison inside the river, which could worsen the disease by drinking water from the river.
Hugh told Daniel this, and Daniel asked Lawrence to put a cordon around the river so that no one could take the water from there and the disease could not spread.
As soon as the soldier arrived, Lawrence nodded at his point and started telling him what to do next.
"Okay, keep in mind that no one can take water from there and all of you also do not drink water from there, do not let much of that water fall on your body, we do not know very well about this disease, so be careful. It's for our good."
"Lord, it will happen as you say, no soldier will drink or use even a drop of water from the river."
"Yes it is exactly like that…..and yes one more thing what is Master Roy doing now, has he woken up and came out of the room?"
Roy had locked himself in the room since that incident and had not come out. Roy was a son of the Marquiss and was also the future lord.
If Lawrence does not take good care of Roy, then Lawrence may have to face some problems in the coming times.
So he was asking the soldier about Roy.
"No Lord, I don't think he is awake, his room is still locked and he hasn't even left the room."
No one knew that Roy had secretly left the room at night, so he still believed that Roy was resting in his room.
Upon hearing the soldier, Lawrence shook his head and signalled for him to return.
"Okay, now go do the work you have been given, it is not right to delay in such a case."
"Lord as you dictate."
At the behest of Lawrence, the soldier started going back in the same direction from which he had come, and Lawrence again started watching Daniel's path.
There was a look of concern on Lawrence's face.
'I really don't understand Master Roy what is going on in his mind. What does he want to do while locking himself in the room when he can be whatever he wants, so what is he thinking after all?'
While Lawrence was waiting for everyone, a boy was seen coming toward the mansion in front of him who was holding someone in his hand.
He was coming towards the mansion from the same direction from where the sun's rays were coming. His clothes were torn from place to place, and traces of blood were also visible in them.
As soon as Lawrence looked at the boy, he was taken aback by surprise.
"Master Roy"
Lawrence quickly started running closer to Roy. Roy was walking comfortably towards the mansion with Amelia in his hand.
Amelia was seen unconscious and looking at Roy's clothes; his condition also did not look right.
Seeing all this, Lawrence ran as close to Roy as possible and inquired about his condition in concern.
"Master Roy, how did you come out of your room and who did your condition like this and why is Madam Amelia unconscious. We should take both of you to the doctor as soon as possible."
Roy did not change his expression even after Lawrence was concerned, and he was progressing as he was moving forward.
"You don't need to worry so much about this girl, this girl is fine and will come to her senses within three to four hours, she is just unconscious."
Roy was marching towards the mansion, answering Lawrence's questions, but Lawrence was still concerned.
"Madam Amelia is fine but we should take you to the healer as soon as possible, you have blood on your body, we need to get you treated as soon as possible."
There was no injury in Roy's body, but there was blood everywhere in his clothes, so if someone other than Roy had seen his condition, he would also have assumed that Roy had suffered intense injuries.
Which was not correct.
Lawrence was worrying about Roy urging him to go to the healer.
"You don't need to worry about me, I'm not as weak as you, who go to healer because of these minor injuries. The wounds are the pride of an aristocrat."
I am not hurt; my injuries have been cured as soon as I swallow the juice of Night Queen Flower. It is just blood on the clothes, so there is nothing to worry about.
And anyway, it is not like going to the healer, and any solution will come out; I have healing attributes; how can I forget that?
Roy, ignoring Lawrence's words, was just heading towards the mansion with Amelia in hand. But Lawrence still stuck to his point.
He still was not holding back from taking Roy to the medical facility. He was getting very worried seeing the blood on Roy's clothes.
"But Master Roy, we must take you to a big medical facility nonetheless, if there is any serious injury, it will be treated instantly, without any danger."
"I have told you this once, I will not say it again and again. I can take care of myself, I do not need anyone else to take care of myself, now keep your mouth shut, don't speak."
"Master Roy but it is our responsibility to take care of you-"
"I have said what I had to say, now you keep your mouth shut or not, I have nothing to do with it, stop screaming in my ear."
When Lawrence was not backing down from his words, again and again, Roy took his eyes off Lawrence and started looking forward, and Lawrence followed him.
But Roy was not even ready to listen to him.
As Roy stepped inside the mansion, his eyes fell on Leena, who was coming out of the room.
"Hey maid stop right where you are."
Roy shouted at Leena as soon as he entered the mansion. As soon as Leena heard Roy's voice, she panicked and felt that she had made a mistake.
As she turned her face towards Roy, seeing Roy, she, like Lawrence, started asking him about his condition in a bewildered way.
"Y-young master, h-how did you come here and this condition of yours, and why did you take madam here like this-"
"I am not obstructed to answer your questions. Keeping your mouth shut, follow me silently."
Roy stood outside the room Leena had just left, asking Leena to follow him.
Leena was a little scared by Roy's words. She began to nod while swallowing her spit, shaking her head in fear.
"Y-Yes young master, as you say."
Roy stepped inside the room. Lawrence started following Roy worriedly as he was about to enter the room. Roy stood in his place and asked Lawrence to stay outside.
"Master Roy, tell me something about how all this happened-"
"Don't come inside the room, stay outside. Whatever you need to know, they will tell you, the two morons coming behind. And if you are worried too much, then arrange clothes for me to wear."
"But Young Master, you should go to the Medical Facility –"
"We have finished talking. Do what you're told."
After saying this, Roy went inside the room with Amelia in his hand, and Leena also started coming after Roy in the room as Roy said.
And Lawrence could not say anything and silently stood outside. Lawrence paused for a few moments outside the room, then closed his fist as Roy had asked him to prepare clothes for Roy; he went on to arrange the clothes.
"I haven't understood him yet and I don't think I will be able to understand him in future also."
Lawrence said this in a low voice and went to prepare for what Roy said.
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Roy had entered the room. There was a bed in the front of the room and two tables with the bed. Two chairs were kept to sit in the direction of the bed, which looked luxurious.
As Roy entered the room, taking Amelia in his hand, he started going to bed. As Roy approached the bed, he turned the pillow to his side and put Amelia on the bed.
As he lay down Amelia, he looked at Leena standing behind him. Leena looked very scared seeing Roy. She had heard many discussions about Roy's behaviour.
And so she looked more scared seeing Roy's mood.
Roy ignores Leena's behaviour and starts giving orders to her.
"Listen, first of all, change this girl's clothes and clean all the dirt that is on her body and keep in mind that you do not have to go anywhere else without asking my permission."
Leena was just as scared seeing Roy as she was nodding yes to Roy's words. She was hesitant to even talk to Roy.
"Y-Yes, Young Master, it will be as you say, b-but did madam is alright—"
"This girl is just unconscious, in three to four hours she will also come to her senses. You don't need to know more than this, do as you are told."
After listening to Roy, Leena swallowed the spit again out of fear. She was still scared to see Roy, but she saw Roy's condition and dared to ask Roy for his treatment.
"Y-Young master, I-I think you should visit a medical facility once –"
"You are not allowed to speak excess, we are over. I am going to freshen up now. Do what you are told."
Before Leena could even finish speaking, Roy cut her sentiments in the middle and started preparing to leave the room.
Leena, looking at Roy, bowed her head down and agreed with Roy's point.
"Y-Yes, Young Master, I'm sorry for stepping over my boundary."
Roy started leaving the room. As Roy was about to leave, he stopped and looked behind him for a while.
His eyes were on Amelia.
He paused for a moment and, after stopping, clenched his fist and started going out.
'I'll change the plot of this whole game, that's my promise.'
Roy started leaving the room with this in his mind.
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There are some resources everywhere, which make the life of the people easier. There is definitely some resource to drink water, light a fire, or do other things.
There are also in this world which are known here by the Elemental Stones.
If a stone is lying near rivers, sea or any lake for a long time, magic energy starts accumulating in it, and it slowly starts absorbing whatever drops of water fall in it.
When that stone absorbs more than a quantity of water, it is called water stone.
If we keep the water stone immersed in water for a few days, then whatever water that water stone has soaked comes out of it, and that water is very clean and can also be drunk.
Similarly, in different ways, magma stone, wind stone and many other stones are made by nature.
Due to these resources, the person does not have to face many difficulties, and Roy was also using one such resource while taking a bath in the bathroom.
He was running the shower in deep thought as he dipped his head into the shower water, and his eyes were on the bracelet tied to his wrist.
He was thinking about the hidden history of the bracelet.
'What secret could be hidden in this power?'
That voice was that of a woman, and in the end, she became a spirit and disappeared, so can it be inferred that the woman's soul is imprisoned in the cave there?
That woman had also used words like, " If I were born a hundred years ago", then can that woman's soul be imprisoned in the same cave for a hundred years?
But if she can be imprisoned, then why? Is it because of this power? And that woman herself said something like Witch of Neitherworld, but what is this Neitherworld?
As far as I can guess from Roy's memory, I know that Neitherworld is addressed here as hell, so does it mean she was a resident of hell? But I don't think it is correct.
And what can this power do?
Roy's head was in the shower water, and he kept his head under the water flow so that his tension could be reduced a little.
Roy closed his eyes.
'As far as I know if we put our magic power in this bracelet then-'
Roy closed his eyes and started putting his magic power in that bracelet. As soon as Roy put magic power in the bracelet, the purple gem of the bracelet started to shine.
As soon as it shone, Roy could see everything from every single mirror of the mansion to the gold on the shelves, from wherever the light was reflecting.
He could see everywhere in the mansion, wherever such a thing lay which has reflecting light; however high it was, everything was visible to Roy's eyes from reflecting things.
Not only seeing, if Roy focuses his attention on one thing that was reflecting the light, but he could also hear the sounds coming from there very clearly.
'How dangerous this power really is, I start getting scared just thinking that if it goes to someone other than me, what can he do….I would like to see what is the limit of this power.'
Using his magic power into the bracelet, Roy tried to see how far he could see and hear things.
When Roy put the magic power on the bracelet, he could see whatever was being reflected from the eyes of the insects walking in the territory away from the mansion.
A small smile started appearing on Roy's face, and he wanted to see this new power more and more.
He was a little surprised, but he was also happy that such a unique power could come into the hands of Roy.
'I would like to see how far I can see-'
When Roy thought of increasing that power, his head started hurting very fast. Due to the excessive use of magic power, there was a pain in his body.
Roy sat down, holding his head with one hand.
'Dammit, this power sucks a lot of magic power, i need to increase my power a lot if I want to put it to good use.'
Roy sat on the ground below for a few moments and kept his hair under the shower water.
After sitting on the ground for a while, Roy began to stand back and looked back at his bracelet as soon as he stood up.
The bracelet was kept completely locked in Roy's wrist as if no one could remove it, and if it had to be removed, Roy's wrist would have to be cut.
The bracelet was gorgeous, as if Roy was wearing an ornament. While Roy was looking at the bracelet itself, there was the sound of the bathroom door knocking.
"Young Master, Lord told me to bring your clothes to you, where to put them?"
When Roy was immersed in the thought of that bracelet, a servant's voice pulled him out, and Roy came out of his thoughts, shaking his head here and there.
"Keep it outside. And get out of there as soon as you keep it, immediately."
"Young master, as you wish."
Roy closed the shower as soon as the servant's voice came, took the towel over his body, and started wiping the body.
'I will keep on finding out the limit of this power and what else it can do and what is the secret of this power, I will definitely keep on knowing it one day or the other, but I think I should get out of here right now. It is not good to stay here even for a long time.'
Roy tied the towel to his body as he prepared to walk out of the bathroom.
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Fifteen minutes had passed.
Roy came out of the bathroom after taking a bath and was getting ready to go outside after putting on the clothes that had been kept there for him.
Roy was already very handsome, and seeing him, one could recognize by looking at his gait that Roy must be an Aristocrat.
Roy had a way of doing everything, and he used to do everything with utmost care.
Wearing a coat over a shirt, Roy also started hiding his bracelet in that coat so that no one would unnecessarily suspect anything after seeing the bracelet.
He started to go out.
'I should also go see Amelia once.'
When I was trying out this power, I saw Hugh and Daniel walking toward the mansion. They had to see all the goods and the soldiers too, so maybe they were a little late.
Amelia, I think, will probably regain consciousness in three to four hours because all of Amelia's wounds may have healed, but she will probably be tired.
Because last night she was suffering because of poison, fatigue is bound to happen.
But I should go there and see for myself once. Only after that will we think about what to do next.
Roy, putting on his clothes, left the room.
As soon as Roy stepped out, he found Hugh standing outside the room in front as if he was waiting for Roy.
On seeing Hugh, Roy also stopped at his place for a few moments and started looking at Hugh.
"If you are looking for that girl, then that girl is not here, she is lying on the bed in another room. The maid must have changed her clothes. If you want to go, you can go there."
I don't want to talk to Hugh at this time because I don't know what questions he may ask. And I have to think beforehand about what to answer first.
If I have inadvertently told such information by mistake that no one else will know except me, then I will unnecessarily get caught in such an affair, making it difficult for me to get out.
Roy, after telling Hugh, left Hugh's front and started walking towards Hugh's back.
"I don't want to meet Amelia yet, but I want to ask you some questions."
As Hugh spoke, Roy stopped at his place where he was standing without looking back.
Roy started speaking without looking back.
"I said you don't have the right to ask me questions. It is my wish that I should answer you or not, and now I have no desire to answer your questions.
Sorry, but I can't give you any answer right now. I need to think for myself first that I will be able to answer your questions.
This is my compulsion.
Hugh didn't stop asking even after Roy told him.
"This question is not about you, how did you come to us and from where did you get that flower or what was that flower. This question is about Amelia which is very important for me to ask."
'About Amelia? What question is he going to ask about Amelia?'
On hearing Amelia's name from Hugh's mouth, Roy turned back and looked into Hugh's eyes.
Hugh was also looking into Roy's eyes without lowering his eyes.
"I want to ask why you went to such an extent to help Amelia where you started bleeding all over your body. Why did you save Amelia's life by risking your life?"
There was blood in all of Roy's clothes, and if any sensible person had seen him in that condition, it was not too difficult to guess that Roy might have put his life on the line to get the Night Queen Flower.
Hugh wanted to know why Roy went to this length to save Amelia's life.
Hearing Hugh's question, Roy's heart was relieved. He was a little scared about what Hugh would ask, but Roy got some relief from hearing Hugh's question.
"Is this a question to ask? That girl is part of the Holt family and she has the privilege of being my wife, so she doesn't have the right to die unless I want to."
Thankfully Hugh asked this question. I was scared for a moment that he should not ask this question where did I get the Night Queen Flower from?
As for Amelia, why did I save her? Because I had sent Amelia for monster submission, so it is my responsibility that no innocent person could be killed because of me.
I don't think I need a reason more than this.
"Now that your pretense is over, I am leaving, I have no intention of wasting my time talking to a fellow like you."
After answering Hugh's question, Roy turned back and headed toward Amelia's room.
When Roy turned back, one last time, Hugh asked a question which stopped Roy from walking again.
"...…have you…..fallen in love with Amelia…?"
Hugh's last question made Roy stop where he was about to go.
'…love…?'
It is not necessary to ask this question. I am nineteen years old, and if I would like anyone, she must be at least eighteen years old.
A fifteen-year-old girl is in high school, so a college student and a high schooler fall in love? I don't think this is correct, either.
And the thing about Amelia, she loves Andrew, and I have no intention of falling in love with someone's childhood love; they both love each other, and I have no role in it before or even now.
I agree that Amelia is more beautiful than all the girls I have seen. But love cannot be found by snatching someone else's love.
And anyway, I have no interest in falling into this love affair. The more you stay away from all this, the better.
And if I fall in love with Amelia even by mistake, I don't think I will get anything from her except pain.
It should always be remembered that Amelia was Andrew's and will remain Andrew's.
On being asked by Hugh, Roy started saying stopping at his place without looking backwards while looking forward.
"If someone follows his orders under an aristocrat, then after getting that work done, that aristocrat also gets praise for that work even if he has not done it."
Roy was speaking without turning his face back and looking at the front; Hugh was listening intently.
"When the Aristocrat is praised for that work, it is the responsibility of him that who follow his orders to protect their life."
Roy turned his gaze back to Hugh and went to Hugh, looking into Hugh's eyes and speaking.
"When a true Aristocrat knows how to protect the servant working under him, will he not have the responsibility to protect his family?"
Hugh was listening intently to everything Roy had to say. He did not interrupt even for a moment and was just listening.
After looking at Hugh, Roy started going back in the other direction.
"The girl is now a member of the Holts family and it is my responsibility to protect this girl. I have fulfilled my only responsibility, more than that neither that girl is anything for me nor because of any other relation I saved that girl."
Roy was walking slowly to the other side without looking back, and Hugh was looking at Roy. Roy's words seemed really big. As if Roy has matured a lot before his age.
"More than that, I do not want to tell you anything, nor do you have the right to ask me. I have already wasted a lot of my time on you, now I am leaving, don't even think about troubling me now."
Roy had gone away from Hugh's sight.
Hugh did not say anything to Roy, but there was only one thing in Hugh's mind: he was thinking while standing in one place.
He was scared just thinking about that thing.
"If you can do so much without any love, then I am getting goosebumps just thinking about that when you fall in love, what will you do for her."
Hugh stood in his place for a while with this in his mind.
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