(43) Lucas's importance to Katlyn

[Name: Derselt 

Age: 44

Supportive aura: 58,765] 

Lucas blankly stared at the system's notification. 

Immediately after, an excruciating pain emanated from his right jaw. He almost felt like his jaw had been ripped off from its position. 

'Shit...! Some bones have cracked from that punch just now! Too much pain!' Lucas felt like screaming, but could only control himself in fear of feeling more pain by moving his mouth. 

Blood gathered within his mouth, Making Lucas feel like hurling every curse he knew at Derselt. 

'...This bitch...I don't care if he is Katlyn's uncle...I am gonna rip him to shreds!' For the first time in a long while, Lucas felt immense hatred for someone. 

[Willpower has increased by +0.2]

[Willpower has increased by +0.2]

Derselt was a rank C awakener, he was more than ten times stronger than Lucas. This result could be said to be not the worst, as Derselt held back unconsciously to not kill Lucas.

'Damn...'

Lucas had come only after checking that Katlyn's mother and father would not visit anytime soon. But never did he expect Derselt to appear out of nowhere. 

All of his meticulous planning was met with a wall just after experiencing a small success. Lucas couldn't help but feel irritated from the bottom of his heart. 

'No doubt, this has been caused by Katlyn's female lead aura. If not, it doesn't make sense for her uncle, who shouldn't even be in Survile to stand before me like this. Ah, such a cliche villain story....' Lucas wallowed in a dilemma. 

Presently, Lucas was no match for Derselt. He would have to watch every last of his actions with cautiousness.

'....I can't progress my relationship with Katlyn, If he sticks around. I will have to separate them somehow.' 

Just when Lucas tried standing up, someone supported him from the side. 

"....." Syuzia appeared beside Lucas, emerging from the shadow like a ghost. Her eyes were sharp like she could burrow a hole into anyone's head with just her gaze. 

Derselt turned towards Lucas's location, Feeling immense killing intent trickling through his skin. 

Beside him, Katlyn broke out of her daze, immediately feeling her heart jump. 

'...No way...' Feeling a strange sensation for the first time, Horror appeared in Lucas's eyes. He could feel one side of his jaw disconnected, hanging strangely with the support of a few skin tissues. 

Immediately, Lucas brought his hand and held the jaw in the correct position. 

'...It hurts...it hurts...' Lucas couldn't help but feel slight dizziness. Blood unceasingly leaked out, dyeing the ground red. 

[Willpower has increased by +0.4]

A little calmness returned to Lucas's eyes, letting him bear with the pain. 

'The damages are more than I expected...I first have to take care of myself before Katlyn. Well, I can use this incident to my own benefit too...' Lucas felt a little surprised by his own thoughts in such a situation. 

Katlyn had seen the whole scene of Lucas rejoining his jaw like a statue. She could even see Syuzia who was supporting him, with an expression that made people think she had just lost her whole life's meaning. 

The killing intent was so blatant in Syuzia's eyes, that Katlyn didn't dare approach them. 

"Uncle, why....." Katlyn stared at Derselt with resentment. Just when she had somehow managed to convince Lucas, this happened. 

From the current look of the situation, there was no way things would be normal after this. 

Feeling the resentment in Katlyn's eyes, Derselt became bewildered, "What do you mean 'why'? Isn't he one of the brats that did this to you?"

Katlyn shook her head with a pale face, "No...He was with those people, but he wasn't involved in the incident that day. Actually...." 

Derselt cut her off: "But wasn't he threatening you just now? I saw you were pitifully begging him from afar." 

Derselt tapped at his chest dependently, "You don't have to be scared of him, he can't harm you before me." 

"No!" Katlyn's eyes grew grim, just the thought of experiencing the nightmare like yesterday — made her fingers start shaking. 

"Please apologize quickly, he...he helped me before." While Katlyn tried to explain the situation to Derselt, Lucas began heading into the hospital with Syuzia's support. 

The place Lucas had crashed into created a small crater. Even the wall experienced minor cracks due to the impact force. 

'Ah, screw your apology...' Lucas couldn't care any less about an apology after getting attacked one-sidedly like this.

Looking at things from a bystander's perspective, Derselt's action was really too much. He refused to accept his fault even after Katlyn tried to explain with everything she had. 

The manager of the hospital ran to Lucas, as the front door of the hospital slid open automatically. 

Katlyn felt despair rising as she stared at Lucas's back. 

'Things were going so well...why did it have to turn out like this?' Katlyn clenched her fist, staring at her uncle's frowning face. 

[The relationship between Katlyn and Derselt deteriorated. Derselt's supportive aura -1000. Host's villain aura +500. Obtained 2000 villain points.]

Derselt refused to apologize to Lucas, knowing he was still with the bully's group. He hated people like this, who hurt other people. In the end, he couldn't understand Katlyn's situation properly. 

Derselt wasn't still fully aware of Katlyn's seizure, her dread towards it, and Lucas's importance to the current her. 

Katlyn ran into the hospital, following the manager who supported Lucas with a hardened expression. 

"Miss Katlyn, please stay away from Sir Lucas's room for the moment." The manager sharply spoke to Katlyn. 

The manager wanted to send away Derselt, but seeing him following Katlyn, he could only tell her to go away. 

The manager had keenly heard the conversation between Lucas and Katlyn, even going so far as to use the camera recorder near the entrance to take a closer look. He was happy that Lucas decided to help Katlyn in the end. 

But, Derselt ruined it all by attacking Lucas like a brute. 

Pity flashed in the manager's eyes, watching Katlyn reveal a desponded expression. 

"I will wait here...." Katlyn stood beside the door with the manager resolutely. 

'I will apologize to him...then...then, he might still...help...me...' Katlyn's eyes began filling up with tears. She had been trying to ignore it this far, but she couldn't turn away from reality anymore. 

She needed Lucas....so much that she could practically beg him. 

Just because Yagren hadn't come to specify Katlyn's mind, a huge gap appeared in her mentality. Normally, with the protagonist's aura, Yagren must have been able to help Katlyn somehow. 

Like turning Katlyn's hatred into a tool to resist her seizure. 

Katlyn's body slid down and she hugged herself again with an exhausted expression. 

The manager turned his head away, standing at the other side of the door too. He couldn't help but pray that Lucas wouldn't change his mind about helping Katlyn. 

Derselt, who saw Katlyn's broken expression, didn't know what to do. 

The manager secretly messaged some of the guards to send Derselt out of the hospital. There was a clear reason to do so too, violence was prohibited within the hospital after all.