Sir Gilton gritted his teeth in rage when he looked at Darren who held their princess's hand and stood so close that his grip on his sword tightened
"Darren Ryker you better remove your hand and step away from our princess"
only then did Darren realize how compromising his position was as he straightened his back but didn't let go of her hand, he then felt a pulling when he saw Estelle moving her throat and wanting to say something, he bent a little in her direction with a serious face to concentrate on her words but heard nothing
Jane shook her head in disappointment she can't tolerate her brother's dumb actions anymore she shouted at him "she is asking for water you dumbass"
Darren then realized and saw Silvia handing him a cup of water with a frost expression
he ignored her and took the cup slowly feeding Estelle, Estelle took a few big gulps and sighed, Estelle then saw Silvia and her Knights looking at her in nervous she gave them a smile and said "looks like you all didn't give up on me"
Silvia "my lady!!!!"
Sir Gilton and the few knights "Princess!!"
Estelle smiled "Fine fine anyway I didn't think I would see your annoying face hear your majesty" as she glanced at Hilbert
Hilbert chuckled "it was a blessing that you woke up Princess," said with a sincere smile
that surprised Estelle, Jane who was observing Estelle from the moment she came voiced her opinion "Princess Estelle even though I am the one who treated you, it's quite impossible for you to be perfectly normal without any discomfort given you just woke up from a life and death situation"
Estelle pursed her lips and got herself prepared to say the long list of explanations that she, Evelyn, and the dragons discussed but Darren beat her to it as he started speaking
"You see sister I infused her with this magic circle we got from a spy of the Zyon Kingdom during our return at first I was suspicious of her and wanted to check if she is related to this magic circle in any way, so I infused this magic circle on her"
Everyone in the room looked at Darren with a shocked gaze including Estelle, her thoughts ran wild 'what does this fellow take me for'
Darren had yet to realize as he spread the bamboo sheet before Estelle and rubbed her forehead with his thumb saying "then a golden light glowed from her forehead you see right here, at first I thought it was resonating with her, but it soon made her gasp breathlessly and her forehead shone with that light"
Hilbert who was listening to Darren with great amusement questioned "so you held her hand because of her gasping okay but we don't see the golden light on her forehead though"
Darren squinted his eyes in annoyance at Hilbert while rubbing her forehead as he was massaging "I don't know when it disappeared, I was caught off guard when she opened her eyes and didn't notice"
Jane responded to him with an amusing smile "huh so that's what happened how cute"
Darren turned towards his sister in confusion, Estelle who was observing his antics strangely felt warm with his massage on her forehead as she thanked him for giving an explanation that was not true but who cares as long as it sells, anyway the explanation Rex and Elmo gave was annoyingly long, so she decided to change her decision and follow Darren's explanation.
Sir Gilton couldn't control himself anymore as he pointed his sword at Darren "with all due respect let go of our Princess" with a cold voice
Darren raised an eyebrow at him before patting Estelle's head in the provocation, his actions enraged the knights and Silvia as the room became chilly with their cold stares
Estelle looked at Darren in surprise 'dude are you kidding me?' she then coughed but no one paid any attention, so she coughed again loudly to gain everyone's attention and that worked.
Estelle removed his hand from her head and let go of his other hand, she said with a smile "Mr. handsome I think you need to back off I don't appreciate anyone getting injured in my presence"
Darren suddenly felt a loss of warmth unsure of his thoughts saying to not let go of her hand, his eyes drooped as he looked at Estelle with puppy eyes who abandoned his owner,
Estelle became flustered at his look 'gosh that was lethal' Seeing her flustered gaze Hilbert came near Darren and pulled him back while gesturing at her people
In the SYSTEM SPACE
Evelyn was quietly Observing the two dragons who unleashed their dragon form and were huffing loudly looking at Darren from the screen Evelyn projecting
"Look at how that bastard is taking advantage of that brat bluntly without any reserve...huh my hands are itching" Elmo scoffed
"Did you see that brat enjoying... no wonder they say raising a disciple is like spilling water" Rex seethed as he said this
Evelyn and Elmo paused a little there is something wrong with his statement that they were thinking to pinpoint, but they got raged by the next words they listened
In Estelle's room,
Silvia was crying desperately while holding Estelle's hand, Sir Gilton had a look of relief, and Jane who was quiet the whole while went to fetch the medicine bowl on the table, sensed some abnormality coming from the nearest knight, then she heard him mumbling something
before she could pinpoint him, the knight moved swiftly in the direction of Estelle with his dagger shocking everyone,
Thanks to her training in the system space, she caught the knight's wrist, stopping the dagger from a hair's width near her eye, her expression turned frost when he heard him mumbling loudly
"You should have died!! no, you have to die!! die!! die!!"
Darren moved swiftly he knocked the knight on his nape and swiftly threw him on the floor, as he didn't let him fall on her, remembering the knight's possessed behavior, he voiced out his thoughts loudly
"The spy we caught also reacted in the same way before dying, he mumbled loudly that he doesn't want to die but the magic circle I mentioned appeared on his head and he turned into ashes with nothing left"
Estelle glanced at the magic circle her expression turned serious "hmm no wonder Grand Chamberlin was in a hurry"
Hilbert snorted in disgust "your father is on the way to collect your body along with ours, he declared a war based on your death"
Estelle scoffed "ohh looks like they are in a hurry, is there anything I should know" she turned to Sir Gilton with a questioning gaze when she saw his terrified gaze
"Princess, Silvia caught a spy from the troupe the day after you went into coma"