Chapter 48 - 048 : Aftermath

In one of the rooms at Roswaal mansion, this room is very spacious but the atmosphere is very depressing.

The room itself was guarded by three people who seemed like will killed everyone who tries to force their way to the room.

Cecilia stood at the left side of the door with Kise and Ludwig at the right side.

Inside of the room is Charles, Baal, and Sezan at the left and right side of the bed where Arthur treat by Felix.

There are multiple wounds on Arthur body when his outfit is removed.

This wound is from Ley's twin sword or from Regulus projectile.

But the worst wound is from Regulus where there is large wound on his back, left shoulder and the front side of his ċhėst.

Arthur freeze all of his wound so he didn't lose any more blood and his clothes have a feature to repair itself so no one will know it if not for Rem.

Rem uses a towel to clean the sweat on Arthur's face, she feels very worried about his condition. Rem has admiration for Arthur as much as for her older sister, this is not a feeling of female to male, but for someone who always she can believe no matter what.

Felix get up with a face full of sweat when Wilhelm give him a towel

"Thanks, old will. I treat all of his wound except in his ċhėst, it's not because I didn't want to but because I will run out of mana in the midst of healing so I must restore my mana first. The most worrying is his internal organ is mess up, I didn't know how he is getting injured but what I know this attack is directed to his internal organs"

"You can heal it right Felix?"

"You can rest ȧssured Julius, I will do my best. He protects Crusch-sama so I will do my best to heal him"

"He is so full of himself the last time we meet but how pathetic he is now, this is his payment I suppose"

A childlike voice is heard from the door and Beatrice form is heard from there. Arthur's spirit didn't stop her because they also knew she is one of Arthur spirit.

"I need to help you heal his internal injuries then, you can treat his ċhėst right?" Beatrice asking Felix who still didn't know who she is

"Beatrice-sama, you can heal Arthur-sama, right?"

ask Rem with an anxious voice

"You don't need to worry, Puckie also ask Beti to treat this brat so you didn't need to ask Beti again, I suppose"

"Thank you, Beatrice-sama. Master Felix, she is a spirit that resides in this mansion, please heal Arthur-sama with her"

"Hmm, it's really good if we can heal the external and internal wounds at the same time, let's do it now"

The treatment is consumed a lot of times but in the end, they successfully treat his injuries, and all of them leave the room with just one person who is still in the room and all of Arthur's spirit guard the room from the outside.

Roswaal mansion has a lot of empty room so all of the expeditionary forces can rest inside the room and for someone with an injury can get treatment here.

In one of the room Crusch, Felix and Wilhelm are discussing something.

"Crusch-sama, Ferri-chan think it was a good idea to withdraw from the alliance"

"Why do you think like that, Felix?"

Crusch decides to hear his opinion rather than accept or reject it right away.

"They come here because of Emilia-sama, and the appearance of the white whale is have a connection with the witch cult, for now, Arthur successfully fends off them, but what about the other time? I didn't want you involved anymore in this dangerous situation, Crusch-sama"

"I can't say I have a good reason like Felix, but I just have a feeling we need to continue this alliance"

Wilhelm just said what he wants and close his eyes

"You just want to make your goal come true right?! You didn't think about Crusch-sama safety right?!"

Felix shouts at Wilhelm who just closing his eyes and didn't make a response to Felix outburst.

"That's enough, Felix"

"But Crusch-sama!"

"Arthur save me several times, he warns us for not comeback to capital right away because he knows, we will encounter the witch cult members. His armor protects me from the man name Regulus before, and he also covers our back when we are withdrawing the battlefield" Crusch pauses a moment before continuing "so I can't leave the alliance because of fearing the future, I can't do it. My pride can't let it, at least we know, he didn't have bad intentions or just using us for his convenience"

Felix just can accept Crusch word, if she is already said it, he can't change anything.

"Let's have a rest for now"

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Arthur opens his eyes and looks at the beautiful girl with silver hair sleep using his bed as a place to lay her head and use her own hand as a pillow.

Other than feeling slightly dizzy, Arthur didn't feel any pain, and there is no wound in his body and just white scar here and there, no more open wounds and bleeding.

"How many times is this?"

Arthur asks this to no one and has a smile on his face.

Arthur take a seat and thinking about the fight

This is his first time suffer serious injury and this is the toughest battle he is ever experienced.

The whole thing seems different from what he knows.

Betelgeuse, Ley, Regulus, witch-cult...

All of them different from what he sees in the anime or from the novel.

And from here, he didn't know what happened to this world, what big events that will occur.

But one thing he knows is, he needs to get stronger.

New ability didn't mean will make him strong instantly, but new spirit also didn't always end with what he need like how previously he gets a lucky streak.

There is also a city project where he nearly uses up all of his system points, and he didn't know how the place looks like now.

The sun is a rise and there is sound here and there heard from the mansion, this is a rare situation because this mansion just has several people before.

There is a slight movement from the bed and Arthur see Emilia open her eyes and look at him with her beautiful purple-blue eyes.

"Good morning, Lil princess"

"It's good... it's good you're fine...Arthur"

Emilia wakes up from the bed and hug Arthur tightly and start to sobbing.

Arthur places his hand on top of her head and ċȧrėsses her gently.

"I'm sorry to make you worried, and thank you for waiting for me"

Honestly, at the start Arthur just curious about her because of the hype from the anime and novel that dubbed her as the cutest girl, so he decided to follow her.

Arthur can't say it was love but he also can't deny it was a starting line to there, but for now, he just wants to spend a lot of time with her.

And that reason alone is enough to make him fight whoever try to have bad intentions to her.