Reckless

"Who are you?!"

The gatekeeper soldier's voice sounded firmly breaking the silence of the night. Ernacht did not immediately take a closer look at what was happening, because maybe it was just a merchant without a license who wanted to flee the battlefield where it was still unclear where it was.

Ernacht narrowed his eyes. Two men in robes stood in front of the palace gate. Oh, that means not Sir Lucius, because the man went alone. However, Ernacht then saw again that the man who had appeared quickly removed the sword at his waist and threw it to the ground. He then grabbed the gate guard soldier by the collar and everyone near there quickly approached because they saw the danger sign.

"Stop!" said a knight. He is a senior gatekeeper and a son from a noble family. "How dare you cause a fuss at the Bertia Capital Gate!"

"...s..." the voice of the robed man attacking the guard soldiers sounded too low for Ernacht to hear.

"Show me your identity and license then you punk!" the knight drew his sword.

"...us..." the voice of the robed man made Ernacht uneasy. He decided to get out of the office and approach, when suddenly...

"What are you saying?!" the knight came forward to attack the robed man.

And suddenly, blue flames burst into the left hand of the man behind the robed man whose voice wasn't clear just now.

Ernacht and everyone else immediately stopped their steps or activities. Everyone is stunned. The man then took off the hood of his robe and the hood of the man's robe in front of him. Ernacht could feel his heart splashed with cool water.

"Sir Lucius!" he called. He doesn't care anymore. He ran towards the robed man with a weak voice, who turned out to be Lucius. "Sir Lucius, please follow me now—"

Ernacht stopped talking when he realized something. Lucius's left hand was stumped, and the man's clothes were covered in blood. "Sir Lucius, are you all right?!" Ernacht quickly came closer. He no longer cared about the blue flames in the left hand of the man behind Lucius.

"Young Master Nacht... Roxus, I have to meet Roxus," said Lucius in a low voice, as if he was saving his energy.

"But your condition! Geez, your body is so hot!" Ernacht was already standing right in front of Lucius trying to support him.

Lucius didn't look sick or anything. It's just that, his voice is low and dry, and his expression is very serious. "Let's go," he said.

"We'd better go see a doctor first—"

"My love, Roxus, she must be suffering right now. Take me to her," although slowly, everyone who heard Lucifer's words somehow couldn't argue with it anymore. The tone of the man's words was firm with an absolute aura.

"Very well, sir. Let's go now," said Ernacht then.

Lucifer turned to Juverin. "Will you wait here, Juverin?" asked Lucifer.

"Of course. I don't know anything about the human world right now, so I won't do anything without your guidance," said Juverin calmly. For a moment, he was amazed. After his hand was cut off by him, losing a lot of blood and even running out of energy, Lucifer didn't show the slightest bit of weakness.

Along the way he followed Lucifer, Lucifer did not budge, as if he was a healthy human who was not hurt at all, but he knew that Lucifer was trying to survive, seeing from his low voice and effective steps. His expression also continued to be conscious and full of concentration. It was clear that this man was no ordinary hero.

Moreover, once someone got in his way, he quickly took action that showed his uneasiness. He was in a hurry to meet his lover.

As soon as Lucifer left with the young man who had just appeared, Juverin muttered softly, "Ah, young dragon. Following the human is the right decision. I keep meeting interesting people."

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Princess Cecilia sat in front of Roxus' room. At her side, Prince Samael was accompanying her, looking worried. Since earlier, the Magus and Doctors have been coming out of the room with confused faces. Amaranth's voice sounded hasty, but who knows since when she has become the leader of the Magus and Doctors who work relentlessly to find a way to save Roxus today.

Cecilia hasn't even taken off her wedding dress yet. Eoin stood motionless at the edge of the corridor, not far from Cecilia. "Ernacht... where are you going...?" several times he muttered the same question.

Quick footsteps could be heard from the end of the corridor. Two men hastily walked closer. Up ahead, a man with a stumped left arm was looking straight ahead with a flat and serious expression. Behind him, Ernacht followed with a worried expression.

"Sir Lucius? Ernacht!" Eoin called the two.

Everyone was shocked. Cecilia widened her eyes at Lucifer's shocking appearance. "Oh..." her face turned pale. Blood stained his clothes, and she could see the stumped arm that was tied with a belt. "Sir Lucius, your left hand—"

Unconsciously, Cecilia grabbed hold of Samael's left arm who looked just as surprised as her. What kind of creature could injure a Swordmaster as strong as Lucifer? He got goosebumps.

"Father, Sir Lucius will save Ayunda," said Ernacht.

Lucifer didn't stop walking. He immediately entered the room with the door open to facilitate access in and out of the Doctors and Magus. He approached the bed and surprised everyone again with his appearance.

"Sir Lucius..." Amaranth gasped. Not only because of Lucifer's appearance, but because of the Mana Energy she felt inside Lucifer. Lucifer's expression melted looking at Roxus's helpless figure on the bed. He quickly knelt on the floor and examined Roxus's wrist.

Everyone who saw him was still frozen and no one dared to stop him. Lucifer's expression truly looked like that of a man holding back anger and tears at the same time. Lucifer's right hand reached towards Roxus' face and felt it intently.

"Madam, can you help me?" asked Lucifer without turning towards Amaranth.

"Tell me what I can do," replied Amaranth, who rather than panicked, seemed so relieved and sad when she saw Lucifer.

"Please help me wash my hands," said Lucifer quietly. His low voice made it sound like he was trying his best to contain his emotions. "Open Roxus's clothes on her chest and clean it too, thank you," said Lucifer then.

"Very well," Amaranth turned to one of the servants on standby to prepare water and soap.

Everyone in the room was still silent and standing on the sidelines as Lucifer took off his top. The fresh wounds on his body sometimes still bled because they opened again, but he didn't seem to care. His left hand, which had been stumped, somehow, wasn't bleeding, but it looked so terrifying that everyone could see the broken bone.

The servant brought a dozen clean towels and began to clean the blood on Lucifer's body, and Amaranth only focused on cleaning Lucifer's right hand. Thanks to the many people who cleaned it at the same time, Lucifer has now quickly changed to a clean shirt with untreated wounds wrapped in bandages. Lucifer continues to refuse to be treated first and leaves Roxus's room.

He then approached Roxus again. He raised his right hand and he kept it in the air, above Roxus's chest. "Azh," he said dryly. Three bright luminous crystals appeared above the back of Lucifer's hand. The three of them were on top of each other, in blue, yellow, and green light.

Amaranth can feel the tremendous energy from the three crystals, making her stunned. Not only Amaranth can feel it, but also the Magus around there and Samael. The brilliant light seemed to beat like a heart with alternating rhythms. One by one, the three of them descended, past Lucifer's right hand, and changed its light to pure white, then entered Roxus's chest.

Like never before, the three lights disappeared within Roxus. And Roxus's eyes slowly opened. Time seemed to stop spinning. Everyone couldn't move. A miracle had just happened before their eyes, after a day they tried to find out what happened to Roxus and failed.

Roxus slowly sat up. She looked all over the place with a flat expression. Amaranth quickly realizes the woman sitting is not his daughter. Roxus opened her mouth. She turned her head towards Ernacht and Eoin, who was walking quickly toward her. The woman smiled softly. "...fer..." she whispered.

"Ayunda?" feeling that his sister was looking at him, Ernacht quickly approached. "Ayunda, thank goodness!"

"Ugh!" Lucifer shook.

Blood spewed out from his mouth and stained Roxus's blanket.