28 The Four Male Leads Together

I woke up with the feeling of my throat dry. I opened my eyes realizing that I was lying on my stomach and in an unfamiliar bed. My body felt heavy as if there were tons of weights on my back.

"Are you awake?" An unfamiliar voice of a man asked me.

"W-Water…" I mumbled.

I wanted to get up, but I felt a bout of pain on my back when I tried to move.

"Don't move. Let me get it for you." The unfamiliar voice said.

I heard him get a glass and poured water into it. Then he walked towards me and that was when I saw where the unfamiliar voice came from. This person was the one that I just met, the great wizard Kyle Michael Fleuret.

That was when I remember the events that happened. I was walking with Maris and Artisia in the academy grounds and seek shelter near a tower when the former got tired. I did not know that the area and the building was the Magic Tower itself, and it was of limits to normal students like us.

When I volunteered to get a carriage for Maris and Artisia, I encountered a beast that I only read in books, a chimera. It chased me into the woods and on the edge of a cliff. I thought I was beast chow until a hooded young man came to my rescue, which was the last possible male lead Kyle. He was able to subdue the beast with ice magic and I thought it was all over when the serpent tail of the chimera got out of the ice and spit acid to Kyle. My body just moved on its own to block the attack on Kyle.

'Oh Alyssa, why did you just push yourself in danger.' I scolded myself. 'Didn't you promise yourself not to be that kind to others.'

Kyle was holding the glass of water with a straw near me. I was a little shy with him attending to me, but my thirst came first. I took a sip from the straw and felt my thirst being relived with the cool water.

"Thank you." I said slowly, my voice was still hoarse. "Where am I?" I asked curiously.

"You are currently in my room inside the magic tower." Kyle replied

"I…I am sorry for troubling you." I said with embarrassment.

I trespassed in the magic tower grounds and have myself be injured in the process. I have a feeling that I will get some scolding from Kyle. He was wearing a rather cold expression on his face.

"You did not have to block that attack you know." Kyle said with a cold tone. "I could have handled it. How will I explain now that a student was injured because of one of our test subjects got lose?"

Kyle was rather harsh and cold with his words. I felt crying after hearing him scold me. Tears were starting to form on the rim of my eyes.

"I…I am sorry." I said holding my tears at bay. "It was my fault for trespassing in your grounds. I will explain this to the academy's headmaster."

Kyle's expression turned a little soft after my apology.

Seeing his cold expression turn soft made my heart race. He really was one of the male leads, with his good looks.

*BANG*

The door to the room opened with a bang, and then I saw the crown prince came rushing in followed by Eric and then Derick.

"What happened to Ysa?!" Noctis roared in anger. "This is your fault Kyle. You didn't secure that test subject and let it escape."

Noctis held Kyle by the collar of his shirt. His red eyes that were ones shining rubies are now burning with rage. But Kyle was unfazed with the crown prince's rage and looked at Noctis eye to eye.

"Please don't blame him, everything was just an accident." I said with my hoarse voice.

"Ysa, how are you doing?" Eric asked with a worried tone.

I saw Eric and Derick looking at my back with a dreadful expression in their faces.

'How bad was it?' I asked myself, looking at how their expressions looked grave.

Eric kneeled by the bedside and started to pat my head gently. "How are you feeling? Do you feel pain in your back?"

"Actually, I don't feel any pain." I said truthfully. "I just feel that my body is quite heavy." I smiled to reassure him.

"I have used the medicine we have concocted for the effects of the acid from the chimera." Kyle said while shoving Noctis' hand away from him. "The medicine was one of the things we have produced in researching that type of chimera. It had helped neutralize the effect of the acid fast. But unfortunately, I was not able to administer it on time and a scar was left on Ms. Alyssa's back." He had a guilty expression on his face.

'Oh, so that's why they had dreadful faces looking at my back.' I thought.

"I am sorry that I was not by your side to protect you my lady." Derrick kneeled and asked for forgiveness. I saw he face full of shame before bowing his head. He was my personal knight that was not able to protect me this time.

"It's okay. At least I am alive, right. Please stand up Derrick.��� I tried to lighten up the mood, but it just got heavier. "A scar on my back is really not that bad because clothes can cover it."

Well I must refrain from using backless dresses in the future but overall, I am alive and well.

"At least I was able to heal your wound in your arm." Kyle said and I think I saw a faint smile on his lips.

Come to think of it, I remembered being scratched by the big claws of the chimera and I was bleeding so much. But there were no signs on my arm, and it was flawless without even a trace of a wound.

By the time that my head was clearer, that was when I realized that I was naked. My lower body was under the sheets fortunately, but my upper half was exposed. I understand that it was because my back was wounded, but still. The four male leads are in one room and I was lying in bed face down completely naked.

"W-Who undressed me?" I asked feeling my face burning with embarrassment. I still cannot move my body because of the heavy feeling.

"Your dress was stained with blood and mostly torn, so I got you out of it." Kyle said with a straight face and unfazed.

"Y-You took off my dress?" I asked in embarrassment.

"Well there were no female wizards in the tower as of now and I needed to treat your wounds." Kyle said. "Do not worry, I didn't look at your body and…"

But before Kyle finished his sentence, Eric punched him on the face. I was surprised with the sudden turn of events. Eric was just right by my side a while ago, but in one second, he was where Kyle was standing.

Kyle was taken by surprise. He wiped the blood on the edge of his lips and looked at Eric coldly. I was afraid that a fight will break if I do not stop it. Eric was about to throw another punch and Kyle was ready this time.

"Big brother!!!" I shouted.

The tense atmosphere faded away when they saw me with tears on my face. Eric knows that I would not call him big brother and will only call him that to catch his attention. I know how he detest it, if I call him 'big brother'.

"L-Let us just go back, okay?" I told him with teary eyes.

I would not want to see a fight between the male leads just because of me. I am afraid that my death flag will just raise if this goes on.

"I understand." Eric was clenching his fist hard and staring daggers at Kyle, but he heeded my request.

Eric started to cover me with the sheets and carried me carefully, not touching the wound on my back.

"You can't transfer her yet. I still need to tend to her acid wounds!" Kyle tried to stop Eric, but Derrick got in his way.

"I suggest that you don't go any further my lord." Derrick said while holding the hilt of his sword as a warning. "I am thankful to you for saving my lady, but what you did after was a disrespect. She is still an unwedded young lady and if word comes out, her reputation will be at stake." His voice was filled with anger.

"No one will speak of this indecency out of this room, understand." Noctis gave an order to everyone around. "Let us just say that a female wizard attended to her wounds. I can have someone take in that role."

'Of course, as a prince, Noctis has that kind of power.' I thought to myself.

"I understand." Kyle bowed his head in defeat. "But let me at least visit her and tend to her wounds. The first round of medicine had done the job to close the open wound, but it is still fresh and needs some doses of the medicine."

I can feel Eric's grip tightening and his face was full of anger, but I tried to calm him down by raising my palm and holding his cheek. His eyes were focused on me and sighed.

"I will let you visit her until her wounds are fully healed." Eric said, seething his anger. "But after that, I don't want to see you around her."

Eric turned around and carried me back to the dormitory. The whole way back was made in silence.

Edited by: nalyn