"Sir Rhode! Sir Rhode!"
"Argh…" After a while, Rhode regained consciousness and Lapis's screams had given him a huge headache. He felt powerless and his brain had as though been drilled into.
Rhode opened his eyes slowly and he saw Lapis's ashen face instantly. The young lady's forehead was full of sweat as she heaved a sigh of relief. "Sir, you collapsed so suddenly and I didn't know what to do. I would have gone to get Miss Marlene and the others to help if you didn't wake up."
"How… How long have I been unconscious?"
"Only for a few minutes, Sir Rhode. Fortunately, you didn't collide into anything when you collapsed."
"…" Rhode recalled the clutter of mess on the workshop ground and he believed that he must've been extremely lucky to not hit his head into anything… But why did I faint so suddenly? That's right. I came to the workshop to check on the twin daggers and… there was a burst of scarlet radiance when I touched their blades…
