Chapter 174: Recuperation

[Kingdom of Avalon, Port side, Medical tent]

Some time has passed since the talk  between the two royalties and the captain of the Elite force had happened. All in all about 5 hours has passed since then and during that time Shun finally woke up from his slumber as he hurtfully sat back up and saw numerous people being tended by the medical officers of the kingdom

When he woke up the medical officers naturally attended to his needs, causing his injuries to completely heal due to his own health potions, while also informing Duke Alan and his wife Cecile regarding his condition

In a matter of time the duke then came in with his wife as they hurriedly came to his side and inquire on what happened to them

"Shun! Thanked god you've woken up, i really thought you would stay in a comatose state, how are you? what happened? How did my daughter Sephiria acquire those injuries?" asks Duke Alan

"Sephiria's injured? That cant be!!! i protected her! how did she got injured?" asks Shun in shock

"That's what I'm asking you, after all you were with her" said Duke Alan

"I... I don't know!!! All i remember was that i protected her from an attack that i simply couldn't defend without effort, after that i simply blanked out" answered Shun

"So you dont know?" asks Duke Alan

"I don't know what happened after that moment, but please if she's critically injured give her this health potion, it will help her a lot" said Shun as she pop out a health potion out of thin air

Seeing his sincerity,  Duke Alan didn't push the matter any longer as he let go of Shun and took the potion in accordance to his will. Upon taking the potion Duke Alan then quickly ran out towards the tent of his daughter leaving his wife Cecile to attend to Shun's presence

"I'm really sorry for letting your Sephiria get caught up in this" apologized Shun

"No worries! You've already done too much to help my daughter Shun, its just that this situation had caught everyone off guard so you don't need to blame yourself" said Cecile

"I'm really grateful towards your consideration, but who brought me here lady Cecile? I'm pretty sure i blanked out in the middle of the street" asks Shun

"Well isn't that obvious? someone brought you here" answered Cecile

At that moment Merlin then came inside the tent as she greeted Lady Cecile while informing her that he wanted to talk to Shun for a moment, and respecting the person's wishes Lady Cecile naturally responded in kindness and understanding as she stepped out of the room, thus leaving both Merlin and Shun to their own devices

"Hey! How's your injury?" asks Merlin

"Gone! Better than never" said Shun

"I see... well you did fought hard, unfortunately you lost against that robed guy, in the end i have to save you and Sephiria" said Merlin

"So your the one who brought us here" said Shun

"Yep! That's me! The one and only!" said Merlin with confidence

"I see... Thank you! Please tell me everything that happened the moment my consciousness slip away"

With that Merlin proceeded to tell him everything he knows and upon learning of what happened afterwards his defeat, Shun mainly remained calm while also irritated at the same time, after all due to the cult successfully stealing the national treasure of the kingdom which is the Aquasphere, he then had no choice but to somehow put more effort on the mission that the system had given him

Basically it turned from easy mode to hard mode type of situation which clearly irritated him to a boiling point, nevertheless he didn't let anger take over him as he calmly assess his situation

"I see Sephiria ended up like that due to me being defeated prematurely... well what can i do? if i defend myself using wind wall or a super armor, it would still be useless since the attack was some kind of a special case wherein it can bypass obstacle and the only way to survive is to either use a invulnerability item or dodge the attack at a dead angle... but is did that Sephiria would then be critically injured..."

Hearing his assessment, Merlin then replied

"Even though i don't know the meaning of some of the terms your using, all i can say is that you had no choice but to take the attack for yourself with your whole body, after all based on my observation despite bypassing through obstacles, the attack would only stop if it manages to hit its target, thus resulting to you being taken out first"

"I see... i think that's enough info i learned for the current time, after all looks like the Duke wanted to say something to me too"

Upon hearing that Merlin then unconditionally turned his head behind him only to see Duke Alan sternly looking towards Shun's direction and upon understanding the situation, he simply let out a sigh as he got up from his seat and left

"I see... well till next time" said Merlin as he left

With that Duke Alan together with his wife Cecile, then entered Shun's area as they talk about the situation around him, of course Duke Alan didn't blame Shun for failing to protect his daughter Sephiria after all the person himself did successfully took a hit for his daughter thus its not his fault

The only downside was Sephiria herself as she refused to run away and instead fight the enemy all alone herself. In the end despite Shun's sacrifice, Sephiria herself was completely beaten up and injured as she got taken out with a fatal wound, thus the talk between them was all about assessment

At the end of the conversation between the two of them, Duke Alan naturally thanked Shun's effort from protecting his only child while also apologizing for his daughter rash behavior and the same could be said towards Sephiria's mother as everything was full of apology and praise

In the midst of that Sephiria herself who was just at the other side of the room then woke up from her state as she found herself completely taken care off by the medics of the kingdom, and in that instant the room then immediately got alarmed