Author finally arrived where he heard the screams from and he saw the assassin holding his sword with blood all over it.
Author turned his head to check on the Duchess, and to his horror, she was lying in her own pool of blood.
She had been stabbed at the stomach.
Author was filled with rage and the crystal on the chain grew more brighter, reacting to the magic in him.
Author in no time had appeared beside the assassin and picked him up in the air. Author did not even realize that he was flying.
He shot the assassin down at such a great force and landed on his chest at such a great force.
At this moment the disguise in wich the assassin had worn, lossened up and his face could be seen smiling as he was dying slowly.
" Who sent you? Tell me now or I shall reap your throat." Author shouted.
" Hahaha. The one who sent us is greater than you will ever know." Said the assassin.
Just then soldiers arrived with Mara and other servants following behind.
Mara came in and burst out in tears as she saw her mother on the ground with blood everywhere.
The doctor at the Castle was still to arrive with her medical kit so the soldiers immidiately picked up the Duchess and laid her on the bed, while the other servants started trying to save her life while waiting for the arrival of her personal doctor.
The doctor finally arrived not long after and she started her job immediately.
After a while, Mara had gained a little composure and she turned to see how Author was doing.
When she looked, she saw that Author just sat there looking at his bloody hands not doing anything, he just sat there.
At that moment in Author's mind, he had just one thought.
' I have failed her, I have failed them after all the sacrifice they made for me. I wish I was here sooner.' Author was filled with guilt and he couldn't give himself a little credit.
Mara took her eyes off Author and she decided to look at the person behind the attack, and she saw that he was lying in a crater wich showed that he had fallen from a great height and he was still breathing but very slowly.
She decided to move closer and she finally stopped beside him.
The assassin opened his eyes and looked at Mara and that was when Mara recognized his face.
" Mara my love I have come for you and I have taken out the barrier in our way." The assassin said.
" You? How could you do such a thing?" Mara was about to go and take the life of the killer but she was held back by the soldiers.
" Please my lady calm down he is of no use if he is dead, we need him alive for questioning." These words seemed to have made Xin to calm down as she turned and Left the room.
Author had finally gotten a hold of himself and he decided to go look for Xin.
He searched for her nearly every where but she was no where to be seen.
Author finally gave up but before that he decided to ask a servant and she told him that when ever Mara wanted to be alone, she always headed at the top of the castle.
Author decided to go to the top in order to meet Mara and when he arrived he saw her sitting on a bench, looking at the view of the city.
Author decided to approach her slowly and when he got close, he saw tears rolling down from Xin's eyes and she just kept starring ahead.
Author took a sit down beside her and also kept looking at the view of the city from above. He saw how big the world could be.
" You know when I lost my dad, I was just eight years old. He used to take me out for trips and vacations. We use to have such a good time together but death was so cruel to take him away from me.
Do you think that is what will happen to my mum?" Mara asked.
Author at this point became confused on how to answer. He was not aquainted with this type of situation, so he was afraid that saying the wrong answer might ruin everything.
But he decided to say the best thing that he could.
" Mara I have known you for not even up to a day now. But I will say that it feels like I have known you all my life.
You have the heart of an angel and this world is too cruel to contain someone like you.
You don't owe the world anything but instead the world owes you everything and I think the world should pay it's debt and return to you your mama." Author replied.
Immidiately Author spoke those words, he felt arms wrapping around him and a loud scream.
Those words have touched Mara so much that she cried harder and gave Author a tight hug.
Author did not know how to react but he just sent his hand on her back and gave her light pads.
" Thank you very much Author I never knew you were so good with words." Mara said as she tightened her grip on Author's body.
This started to become a disturbing issue to Author because he could feel the softness of Mara huge boobs wich made his demon below to start manifesting.
It was morning and the doctor could be seen with deep dark eyes as she had been working the whole night to save the life of the Duchess.
She had managed to stop the blood and the Duchess became stable but still unconscious.
On the other hand two people were on the roof of the castle. Mara had fallen asleep in the arms of Author and Author had also fallen asleep but it was very uncomfortable for him so he just managed.