Chapter 17: I'm back baby

Chapter 17: I'm back baby

I'm standing there with a bunch of people there that can't seem to form words, since their jaws are on the ground.

This includes The King, Roka, Felmina, The Doctor, A Nurse, The Head Assistant, Shanon and some Geezer I don't know.

The doctor finally goes first.

"How can you be?--"

"How can I be what" 

I'm confused. Maybe he's mad I took out the drip by myself. I put my hand behind my head and smile

"I'm sorry I took the drip out."

I bow.

"Forget about that! How can you stand? Nevermind that! How can you even move. Did we get the concentration wrong?"

He looks at the nurse.

"What was the concentration?"

The nurse panics and checks her chart.

"Level 24 paralyzing solution Doctor"

"But then--"

He looks flabbergasted. 

I raise my hand. I want to say something.

"Uhm."

They both look at me.

"I'm Level 27."

"Still."

The doctor collects himself

"Look here Sir Hero. With MP Drain, you weren't supposed to move, Your Mana Core is drained, we were supposed to start you on a mana drip after you regained consciousness, for a Level 24, no even for a Level 27. 

YOU. 

ARE. 

SUPPOSED. 

TO. 

BE. 

BEDRIDDEN. 

for a week at least. You see your mana core drains all --"

The king stops him.

"Thank you doctor, that's enough"

"With all due respect my king, he needs mana to be fed slowly until the core is full, only then can his mana regenerate"

"My MP is full"

I interrupt. still smiling nervously with my hand up.

"Impossible."

He looks at me closely.

"Impossible, how did you? your status must be glitching or something. I can't accept this."

The Head assistant takes a que from the king and starts dragging him out.

"We're not done here!, we'll talk later. You hear me!!."

The door shuts. Everyone but the king is stunned silent. Then Roka and Felmina walk over to my sides, hugging me. Not saying anything.

The king looks right at me.

"There's a few things I should fill you in on regarding your marriage and-"

"I know King Raymond-sama, Felmina told me." 

"That makes things easier. So then Sir Kaijuu you don't look upset about this at all, I take it you accepted what we had done was absolutely necessary"

"I'm not upset, It's just The absolute Loy--"

The geezer interrupts me by clearing his throat. He looks to The Nurse and Shanon.

The king realizes something.

"Could you two ladies please give us the room."

The Nurse and Shanon bows as they leave.

The geezer looks at Roka and Felmina, then the king.

"They can both stay."

"But your majesty, It's a highly classified matter." 

"Duke Mayburry, They both have the seal installed and activated, they should also hear this. Please Explain."

"Yes my king. As you wish... A pleasure to meet you Sir Hero, my name is Francis Mayburry a loyal Duke to my king and also the royal vault head administrator."

He bows.

"Firstly I would like to deeply and sincerely apologize for my son's conduct that led to this."

He goes to get down on his knees, I stop him.

"Wait your son?"

He looks confused for a bit. Then he gets it.

"My apologies Sir Hero, you were unconscious until this morning so it's no surprise you don't realize. You see my son was the one in princess Roka's room the night of the incident."

My face turns serious. He notices and flinches, but continues.

"According to the interrogation report. He was planning on using the death effect from the seal to blackmail the king and force the marriage."

My pupils dilate in anger, he notices and stops.

"And how exactly was he going to accomplish that, surely you must have-"

The king Interrupts me. Then looks at the Duke. I am confused but maybe if I hear him out I'll understand. The Duke continues:

"There is something about the operation of the seal that is not mentioned in the documents, rather it is passed down verbally to me and my underlings, for security purposes, you see."

The duke takes out a black roll, hangs it on the door and pulls down the cloth. 

We all take turns feeding our mana into it. I really need this all to start making sense already.

Encryption complete. He continues.

"These ladies both have the seal and you are the owner correct?"

I don't remember. I blacked out and woke up here.

Am I blocking out the events.

"Uhm?"

The Duke wants to talk again I stop him. 

I need to think. I Try to remember.

Lets run through what I remember. So the guy was there I charged and pushed him. I saw that Roka's seal was shining. I confirmed it with him then he said. 

Think think...

Yes he said. 'She's mine now'. 

I lost my cool and said 'wrong answer' as threateningly as I could. 

I grabbed his neck and slammed him. he eventually gave up. At the time I didn't know what to do.

Roka woke up screaming. I didn't know what to do. Then nothing

Suddenly I get a really sharp headache. It feels like it lasted a few seconds.

It's coming back to me. I killed the guy. I saw his HP reach zero. I then poured my own mana into the seal. Then nothing. the next thing I remember Felmina was there screaming something I leapt toward her too and did the same.

This is really unnerving. 

I collect myself. I open my eyes.

Everyone looks a bit confused and worried. better reassure them.

"I'm fine, to answer your question, Yes I am the owner"

I look at both of them. The Duke continues:

"Later in private, you will talk to each of them separately. Confirming the Kill phrase. Make it a phrase that you would NEVER EVER say, even by accident. You will place your hand on the seal and speak it, then let go. If those words ever leave your lips again, the seal will activate resulting in instant death, no matter the distance. We mainly used the seal in covert ops to prevent interrogation in the case of capture. And do it as soon as possible. It can also be hijacked by anyone and then you could never learn the phrase. This would be very bad indeed."

I gulped. The king looks stern

"Your son."

"Ah yes, please rest assured Sir Hero, my son that stupid boy. He will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, his charges include treason, blackmail and assault among others. I only beg of you that if you can find it in your heart to spare my son the death penalty, I would be in your debt Sir Hero."

King Raymond claps his hands together. Dissolving the tension in the room.

"I'm sure you three have a lot to talk about. Well then. Excuse us"

They leave. 

I guess I must have remembered wrong or something. He's clearly alive. I'll think about it later. 

Right now I have Important business to finish.

I take a moment to process everything just said. Phrase I'll NEVER EVER say.

I got it!.

I take Roka's hand and lead her away a bit. Then check the door, lock it. 

The Encryption Cloth is still here. Good.

I touch her seal and say

"I hate you Roka" 

I then pull Felmina closer, I hug her touching her seal I say

"I hate you Felmina" 

It takes a bit for their minds to catch up. 

They both smile. Then tackle me to the ground.

""I Love you too""

Their voices overlap.