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—!

to the room the moment Emma

word the whole time he was there; he just sat there quietly and looked

he covered his

Drip—!

toward the table, where

frail voice followed after

"I-if only it'd work…"

***

estate for now. I

"Yes…"

absentmindedly. She was somewhat

She thought it was over then... and

ambitious and vicious one, but in the end, due to

"Duchess."

not for Prince

The truth was that she would almost certainly have

"Duchess!"

"Uh? Ah?"

When she looked around her, she found a

"Duchess, is everything alright?"

Looking around, she was surprised to

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

was just glad that she wasn't

"Duchess?"

alright. You can go now,

she dismissed him and turned toward

Clank—!

"Has everything been sorted?"

just walked into the room and shut the door when she was startled to hear a voice whispering

"Wh—!"

"Shhh."

face before she could utter a

react

unable to react at the hand… it instantly became clear to

almost certainly

she managed

"Wha..t do y—"

I tell you to be

a white glow materialized in his hand and traveled directly into her. It all happened so fast that she could only watch

"Yo..u"

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

'Not like this… fucking…'

vision soon turned black. The last thing she caught sight of before darkness overtook her vision was

…They seemed familiar.

***

Thump—!

to the ground before my very

her body, I stretched my body

"What perfect timing…"

done sleeping,

I looked 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

chair, I made myself comfortable while crossing my legs together and leaning my

"Umh."

the Duchess moan, I

kind of

to be duped by another person's scheme to eventually realizing there was never any such scheme in the first

would, for sure, show

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

voice,

"Welcome back, Duchess."

"!"£$%^&*() *&^%$ £$%^& (*&^%"

it's best if I bleep

that I'd never heard of before, but at the very least, I was able to get the response that I was

"*&^%$ (*&^%$£—"

"Are you done?"

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