Theodore wakes up in the king's master bedroom, looking around he sees Fiora, Rinehart, Ghost and Seraphine. He closed his eyes. Theodore sighs.
"How much was I out?" "23 hours give or take." The voice of Rinehart fills the blank noise in the room. Theodore opens his eyes, his arm is healthy, he checks his abdomen, it looks untouched. "So? Did you guys find out about why I am healed?"
Seraphine breaks in the conversation. "The doctors saw your body fully heal when they took the blade and bullet out. Is it because you're a half god given servant?" Theodore gets up, opens his eyes and nods. Everyone else except Seraphine was shocked. "You're shocked now, wait till you find out Seraphine is my daughter." He laughs.
Everyone looks at Theodore, more intrigued than ever, Rinehart and Ghost nearly vomit. "When did you find out?" Said Ghost, knowing Theodore was flirting and seeing Seraphine naked in his bed. "Yesterday, I didn't know till then." They breathe consistently. "So how are you, his daughter? Because Theodore is 16, nearly 17."
Seraphine sits on the bed beside Theodore, everyone was ready to kill. Theodore made a sign to make them stand down. "I was created by the Libertan kingdom, by the best geniuses on Teris to make me a Bloodhearth in less than a year. After I was born, I was given different chemicals and foods uncommon to you that made me grow faster in these 5 years."
Seraphine remembers in what conditions she lived, she remembers how in her first year of life, she was forced to punch a wooden dummy, she remembers the blood that came out of her fists, she remembers the pain. She remembers how bad the food was, it was just a paste, no taste, no smell, no color, just a blank paste. She looks fixated in one place. She hardly swallowed when they teached her how to kill.
"I lived the Bloodhearth training, and I've eaten nasty foods. They promised me freedom of choice after I kill Theodore, In the forest I found out that I can't kill any Bloodhearth…" She started crying, she shakes thinking she will die by the hands of Theodore's friends of her creators. Theodore hugs her with his only arm.
"If I would've wanted you dead, you would've been, Seraphine." Theodore breaks the hug and tries to get up. "I have one more question Theo." Said Fiora. "Why can't you regenerate your hand." Theodore gives a little smirk. "You see in multiplayer video games some characters get nerfed." He gets out of bed.
"If I would've had both hands, It wouldn't be fair to anyone else would it? Let's say Gods are aware of how strong I am." Theodore walks towards a window. "Does anyone know about this misfortune, that I was 'on the brink of death' ?"
"No, do you expect such a thing?" Said Rinehart. Theodore turns to them with a smirk.
"Rinehart calls all remaining lords to arms, and Ghost announces my death. They will surely attack us if I am dead, my uncle is retired and his daughter has no training." Theodore looks at Fiora. "Fiora, you sure you want to be by my side?"
Fiora gives him a note, it was old, but kept clean. "You promised a marriage."
Theodore remembers when he and Fiora played in her garden, they were happy, laughing, he remembers the note he wrote, it was supposed to be an envelope sent to her father to ask for Fiora's hand in marriage. "I was 10"Said Theodore. "And I was 12 does it matter?" Fiora smiled, Theodore shook his head.
"It did when you fought not so long ago." "That was because we are in a war, I was taught that you are the bad guy of that story, now to what I've seen and heard, I changed my perspective. How would have I been so much of a fool?" A tear appears on her cheek. Theodore wipes it off. "I don't care about that."
"Why I couldn't trust you I~" Theodore interrupts her. "Enough with this subject. You didn't know." Theodore remembers when he asked her to help him end the war a year ago. He remembers how much he begged her and her father, but no prevail, they didn't believe him. Her father blamed him for the war.
The past days Theodore lived through made him realize that her father told the truth.
"I'll make sure to never lie to you ever Fiora." Everyone looking at them is like watching a teen drama show where the main couple fix their relationship. Ghost even wipes a tear of his face. "Alright everyone get to work. We need to fake a death here!"