Chapter 13: Suddenly a drama show
Erica blocked Eric's sword by her arm then sighed in relief. Charles immediately raised his head in shock only to see Erica smiling at him widely even after her whole right hand was severed because of him.
"For goodness sake! I told you to wait right!!" Erica pulled a face as she pushed away Eric's sword by her other hand.
Eric gave his sword to the guard next to him in a hurry and held Erica's wounded hand in guilt.
"I'm so sorry Erica, you should have told me if you wanted something. Look what have you made me do to you! Let's see a doctor right away." Erica pushed his hands away and frowned at him. "Hey I told you to wait but you were in such a hurry to kill off this boy right?"
Eric sighed and grabbed Charles from his shoulder then glanced back at Erica in confusion. "Why are protecting him, you and our son could have died because he didn't do his job properly?" Eric added. "And he is no longer a child for you to treat like this."
"There was a reason why h-" Erica couldn't protest as she was taken away by the guards to see a doctor.
Eric let go of Charles's shoulder after Erica left then turned away to leave. "I have some urgent business to do and my wife refuses to see you die so consider yourself lucky," Eric informed Charles with a cold gaze but he immediately changed his expression into a pitiful smile after he sighed and faced Charles after all the guards left. He placed his hand on Charles's shoulder and patted him.
"This is your last chance Charles, take squad one with you and go find my son, understood?" Charles raised his head to see the man who once saved his life and nodded slowly.
"I really didn't want to hurt you but You know I suddenly get triggered and I can't think straight when it comes to my family... Jarred is in a critical condition, Ronan is missing and Erica is hurt.."
Charles moved Eric's hand from his shoulder in an understanding manner. "I understand and I will definitely bring him back with the runaways." Eric nodded in satisfaction then left the room.
Charles held the lower back of his skull as the immense amount of pain rushed in his whole head, he closed his eyes tightly and opened them again several times to stable his blurry vision but it didn't work and he started losing his balance and finally fell limp to the ground.
"Dammit! Just how much impact did that scoundrel have...is he a...some sorta...Gorilla Chimera? Ohh the world is spinning...I can't hear anything just ringing. I think I will die..." Charle rested on the ground motionless and stared at the ceiling with unfocused eyes.
"Captain? Captain! Captain?! Can you hear me?"The leader of squad one came in the room to check on his captain and found him in such a sorry state, he actually thought that the stern cold captain was going crazy because that was the only way to explain his drunk behavior.
"Who are you? Oh...Henry." Charles blinked his bloodshot eyes several times and waved his hand around in front of Henry's face.
"Hey..shut up."
"Whah?" The squad leader Henry wanted to say "What" but was just too confused to pronounce the words properly.
"I said shut up...Do you know how much I am in pain!? You..you.." Charles pointed at Henry with his bloody finger and squinted as he started hallucinating.
"Oh! I will take you to a doctor right away, just hang in their captain." He held his captain in his arms and tried to pick him up from the cold ground well it was warm now but he was fairly heavy.
"You..you look..like a.. gout. An ugly one." Charles slightly smiled as he slowly began losing his consciousness for the second time.
"Whah?" Henry was dumbstruck but decided not to say anything on his captain's comment a second ago.
"It's time to get dramatic. Because why not? Nobody isn't even watching." Henry thought internally when Charles closed his eyes in slow motion.
[Henry shook the cold body several times when he realized that his friend's eyes didn't open no matter how much he called and cried on top of him. His hands were stained with his respectful captain no his old friend's warm blood, his face's expression was dark and gloomy, his hands trembled in immense rage as he lifted the unconscious figure from the ground in his arms then brought him closer to his shoulder and walked silently out of the depressing room with teary yet fiery eyes. He thought internally. "I will avenge you without fail!"]
Henry laughed at himself for being so dramatic and considered. "I should be a writer, I will be such an expert in romance fantasy books."
The doctor next to Henry gave him dirty judgmental looks as he scanned him from top to bottom.
"What are you laughing out loud at? Eh?"
"Nothing sir.. just..yeah. Anyways how is he doing?" Henry waved his hand around as pulled himself a chair and sat on it the other way around.
"Why are you sitting? Do you want to have a brain check-up?!" The doctor shook his head and clicked his tongue in irksomeness.
"He is not in a good condition due to the late treatment but he will get better after a good rest. He will experience things like severe headaches, loss of balance, blurry vision, and ringing ears furthermore if the headache is too intense he will start hallucinating." The doctor explained a little in a rude tone.
"Okay." Henry smiled and nodded slyly.
"What are you doing? Are you hurt? Why are you still sitting here." The old doctor complained as if he hated Henry the most in his life.
"Umm, sir?" Henry raised a brow and leaned his arms on the chair's back.
"What?!"
"This is the Calla mansion, not your place if I have to remain you. So if you are done..."
"Ohh...right.."
There was a moment of awkward silence in the room until a guard came in the room and broke the silence by calling Henry and the doctor out.
"Squad leader Henry and Dr.Audrey you were summoned by the viscount."
"I am on my way."
"Coming right away."
Henry raised his brows and pressed his lips together when he saw Dr.Audrey glaring at him then looking away as he headed out first.
...
When they got to the viscount's office...
Eric asked Dr.Audrey about Charles's condition and Audrey explained politely in detail to the viscount unlike how he told Henry about the same thing. Eric shifted his gaze to Henry when he was done with the doctor and excused him out of his office.
Henry was informed by Eric about the search for Ronan and the unknown men who got away and was told to prepare for it until Charles becomes a little better.
"Understood my lord, I will inform and prepare the squad." Henry bowed and excused himself.
Eric sat down on his chair and rubbed his forehead as he recalled what his wife told him a while ago.
"The attackers...I know who they are."
"But they were wearing masks and the ones we captured aren't speaking as for the dead one's their faces aren't recognizable. They must have been terrorists. So don't think too much. "
"William! It was William Grace and his men...I saw him with my own eyes!"
"But that's not possible..you are probably mistaken."
"No, Charles was also there and he hesitated to kill him which is given since they were very close..."
"William was exiled from the family because of his actions...so he wanted revenge? Is that what you're thinking? As a result, he almost killed Jarred and kidnapped Ronan?!"
"Yes, that's what I thought, it is the most reasonable statement."
Eric and Erica exchanged looks as they taught to a final statement then looked back at their first son's haggard body slowly healing under the hands of a high-class healer.
The healer opened her glowing golden eyes and glanced at the couple. "The healing process will be very slow and painful but I will try my best and do whatever's in my power."
Erica held the healer's tiny hands and asked in a worried tone. "How long will it take? Will he stay in the bed his whole life?"
"My lady doesn't have to worry too much it's bad for your health. I will take care of him well so it won't take a very long time, probably several months or so, I will be checking on him regularly so please rest assured."
Erica and Eric sighed in relief then Eric came forward. "Thank you for your help miss Alice here is your pay."
"Don't mention it, my lord." Alice extended her hands as the viscount took out a box of spirit coins to give her.
Alice received her pay then smiled and left the room with a bow of respect.
"Is it what I think it is? If it is then things are gonna get ugly if I don't do something about it." She glanced at the box filled with spirit coins and bit her thin lips as she made her way out of the mansion.
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Littleguy "Whauh?" Lol Henry being a mood~
When I was writing the dramatic part...I literally had to stop typing and laugh it was so dramatic and cringy, I got goosebumps around five times or more...I mean man that was just..ugh I don't even know why I did that...
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