The Author's POV

Chapter 717

"What did you do!?"

Kevin was met with a hysterical voice the moment he returned from his office.

"This is no laughing matter!"

'My head hurts.'

The moment he heard Emma's voice, Kevin felt his head throb. This was the last thing he'd wanted to experience after having just killed Hemlock, otherwise known as Malik Alshayatin.

"Hello? Are you listening to me?"

"Ugh."

He secretly groaned, trying his best to keep his head sane.

"Did you really defeat him, or did you photoshop the picture? No, in the first place, how did you even manage to defeat him? You're nowhere near his level of strength. It doesn't make sense. Are you hiding something from me?"

She was like a machine gun. He was unable to keep up with the rate at which the words were coming out of her mouth as she continued to speak.

At some point, Kevin started to question whether Emma was a human.

"Can you please slow down for a second?"

For his own sanity, he had to stop her. And thankfully, she stopped.

"Are you finally going to answer my questions?"

"No."

A flat out refusal.

Before she could continue speaking, he added.

"…Not now. I'll tell you later. Can you leave me alone for now? I need some time for myself."

"…"

Emma didn't say anything but just stared at him. Her eyes pierced through him. Soon sensing something, her expression changed a little.

She opened her mouth and carefully asked.

"…Are you okay?"

Looking up at her, Kevin closed his eyes before shaking his head.

"You think I would after fighting against Malik Alshayatin?"

"Right…"

Emma shook her head and took out several potions from her storage space.

"These are the highest grade potions I could find in the market. Make good use of them. They are rather expensive."

Staring at the potions, Kevin was stunned.

He recognized them immediately. How could he not? Calling them rather expensive, was an understatement.

The potions before him cost just about as much as an ranked artifact, and were nothing to scoff at.

"When did yo—"

"Knowing you, I'd figure you'd end up injured at some point, so I came prepared."

Emma was already by the door when she spoke. Throwing him a glance, she opened the door and slipped past it before closing it.

In the process, she managed to utter a couple of words.

"Get well soon."

Clank—!

returned to the room the moment Emma left

sat

he covered his face with his

Drip—!

clear liquid soon made its way toward the table, where it stained one

voice

"I-if only it'd work…"

***

send you back to the estate for

"Yes…"

nodded her head absentmindedly. She was somewhat

was persecuted by everyone, and she saw her life flash before her very eyes. She thought it was over then... and yet, for some strange reason, everything turned around, and it turned out she was the victim of

to what was described as a 'stroke of luck', his plan had

"Duchess."

for Prince

would've happened? The truth was that she would almost certainly have been murdered on the spot, and the Sloth house would

"Duchess!"

"Uh? Ah?"

her name. When she looked

"Duchess, is everything alright?"

surprised to see that she

her back. From the moment that everyone turned their focus on Prince Devot, her memory turned hazy. She was in too much shock to pay

glad that she

"Duchess?"

You can go now, I need some time

servant, she dismissed him and turned toward her

Clank—!

"Has everything been sorted?"

the room and shut the door when she was startled to hear a voice whispering from behind her. It startled the living daylights out of

"Wh—!"

"Shhh."

before she could utter a single word. Her eyes

react at

instantly became clear to her that she

was almost

mouth, she managed

"Wha..t do y—"

you to be

the man immediately silenced her. His voice powerfully reverberated inside her ear, and shortly thereafter, a white glow materialized in his hand and traveled directly into her. It all happened so fast that she could only watch as

"Yo..u"

at that moment. She wanted to struggle, but for some reason, she found herself unable to

'Not like this… fucking…'

started to surface within her mind, and her vision soon turned black. The last thing she

…They seemed familiar.

***

Thump—!

Duchess's body limply fell to the ground

body, I stretched my body

"What perfect timing…"

time I was done sleeping, she was already

around her room, I quickly located a chair and made myself comfortable there. It wasn't going to be

fact that she's still here, it seems like everything

while crossing my legs together and leaning my cheek

"Umh."

the Duchess

kind of

believing she was about to be duped by another person's scheme to eventually realizing

show a nice reaction,

"Uh? W..what's going on?"

voice, I

"Welcome back, Duchess."

"!"£$%^&*() *&^%$ £$%^& (*&^%"

best if I bleep that out

I'd never heard of before, but at

"*&^%$ (*&^%$£—"

"Are you done?"

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