Chapter 4: The Duke of Conmoditas

The next morning, I saw Suki wandering around the gardens with Sebastian. She smiled brightly, looking at the beautiful flowers present there; her face radiated a magnificent aura as she observed the flowers, My heart had almost skipped a beat. As I approached her, she noticed me but ran as fast as a bolt, It felt like a dagger thrust right through my heart, she must really hate me now because of last night, I lost all hope and turned to Sebastian for advice. After explaining everything to him, I asked him what to do. He looked at me smirkingly and said be patient, The old man must have really lost it as I could not understand what he meant by that.

Suki

I was admiring flowers in the duke's garden, these flowers were the only thing that reminded me of home and also of my family. As I wandered around, I spotted Max coming to me, after what I did to him last night I couldn't face him, he must really hate me now. I ran to avoid him as memories of last night came flooding into my mind. I hid under the shade of a tree very far from him in the forest, my heart started beating really fast thinking about Max. With his pure black hair, skin white as snow, and red eyes, he was my first real friend and I could not lose him that easily, he was important to me. Keeping this in mind I got up to find him, but before I knew it, I was lost in the dense forest which seemed to have no escape, I sensed a familiar presence behind me, it was him, I couldn't move even a muscle, this was the man that killed my whole family, even grandpa could not defeat him.

Max

I searched the gardens but could not find her, I was worried that she may have gone to the forest on the outskirts of Conmoditas, the duke's mansion was dangerously close to it. After scanning every nook and cranny, I had no option but to use my magic, it would require most of my mana but would allow me to precisely pinpoint Suki's location. So, by gathering mana to my eyes I saw the flow of mana around the whole kingdom of Conmoditas, I put more mana into my eyes to concentrate on where Suki was. I found her immobilized in the forest, it was like she was held by chains of mana, I sensed another strong presence behind her. The man was getting closer to her. Suki was in danger.

As I entered the forest I used the remaining of my mana and teleported Suki back to the mansion. In front of me, I saw a man clad in black leather clothing with a longsword in one hand and a dagger in the other. His face, covered by a hood and he was emitting an immense amount of bloodlust; walking toward me I felt a bit scared, to be honest, but the showdown was about to begin.