Chapter 17: Selfish

Chapter 17: Selfish

"Ughhh"

I woke up and found myself laying on a soft bed, and the first thing I saw was the white ceiling above me.

"What is this place?"

I looked around and saw a big window beside the bed, it was letting the sunshine pass through and illuminate the room.

I sat up and realized the bandages that were wrapped around my body.

"Oh right" I touched my wounds and remembered what happened, the battle.

"Wait, does that mean Mina is okay!?"

"Yes, she is."

A voice interrupted me and made me turn my head to the opposite direction, and then I saw a beautiful woman appear.

"Miss Sylvia, how long have I been sleeping?"

She chuckled at my question and walked towards me, "you slept for two whole days."

"Really?" last time was three days, does it mean my body is getting used to the exhaustion of the hatred skill...?

"Yeah, the healers and I did our best to heal your injuries and prevent them from leaving any scars" she explained.

Miss Sylvia was a genius healer that was described in the novel to be able to heal almost all injuries, she helped the main character many times after his deadly battles using her powers.

She had long silver hair and looked extremely young even though she was in her mid 40s, I remember the author writing that nobody should joke about her age if they wanna stay alive. noVe-lB-In

"Are you fine, kid?" Miss Sylvia asked, interrupting my thoughts.

"Huh? Umm, yeah"

"Don't worry, i'll leave the room for a few minutes so you can relax" and with those words, she left the room, closing the door behind her.

I laid back on the bed and stared at the ceiling, thinking deeply.

"Did I really do the right thing?"

Of course I did.

"Why did Daemon not come?"

Maybe he just didn't trust the message.

"I should have been patient."

And waited till the main character did his job? Quit making me laugh.

"It's my fault."

I know it's not.

"My plan was flawed and the villain could have killed her"

He wouldn't have, the plot would have saved her.

"..."

I punched myself to let go of these intoxicating thoughts, after all what needed to happen happened.

"Kaine, are you ok?" Miss Sylvia opened the door and came in.

"Ah, yes, thank you."

After the healing and bandaging, I decided to go back to the dorm and sleep, I needed rest, and I was happy knowing Mina was safe.

Mina on the other hand was still in critical condition and apparently was transported to the "Freesia Hospital" to heal her scars, it's the biggest one in the country so I believe she will be fine.

***

One week had passed since the moment I woke up and Mina still wasn't back.

Apparently the green haired elf got out of her ties after a bit of struggle and picked up my injured body to bring it to the infirmary.

She collapsed right after and was transferred to the biggest hospital in the country so that they can treat her.

I had also asked the teachers to not inform anybody of what I did as to not give the scandal more recognition.

Honestly I really wanted to take credit, after all I almost died for the sake of this plan, but the main character in the novel had asked the teachers to keep it a secret aswell, so I just followed in his footsteps to reduce the possible damages.

Yet the teachers were looking at me in a weird manner since the past week, and I could definitely understand why they were cautious.

Mr.Volt took me aside during one of the practical classes and explained the discovery of the villain's corpse to me.

Apparently, as soon as they entered the secret room, the first thing that was uttered was:

"This smells like death."

Then they saw the destroyed corpse of the beast men and were all shocked of the brutality in which he was beaten, he also added that around the corpse was a deadly aura that was overwhelming.

"It felt like the entire hatred of the world was in this aura..." were his words as he explained the situation to me.

***

Today was Friday, which meant the long-awaited week-end was tomorrow.

I finished both my theory and practical classes and then headed back to my dorm, I had almost no friends because I kept rejecting people from teaming, so I didn't have anybody to talk to.

I sighed as I arrived infront of my dorm room and opened it without giving it much thought.

But to my greatest surprise, I suddenly heard footsteps approaching me and then two soft mountains press agaisn't my face.

"KAINE!" I heard an extremely familiar voice, "I missed you so much!!!"

It was Mina, she was finally back.

"W-what the hell are you doing?!" I struggled to free myself.

"Oh" she backed off a little, "I am just very happy you're okay."

"Well, thank you, but I don't appreciate being suffocated"

"I'm sorry."

The elf was smiling, her smile was warm and her eyes were glistening with tears.

"I really missed you" she hugged me again, "when I woke up and learned what happened, I was terrified, then I was told that you were the one who rescued me, and the fact that you fought such a dangerous man to save me is... well..."

Damm, I wonder where her tsundere attitude went all of a sudden.

"There is no need to explain, we're friends" I smiled back at her.

"Huh? Y-yeah we are I guess..." she was looking down for some reason, but I didn't bother looking much into it.

As she stopped hugging me and seperated her body from mine, she held both my hands in hers and gave me a beaming smile, "I prepared a feast for today, just for you~"

But the sight before me didn't make my heart flutter in the slightest, the only feeling I had at this moment was... realization.

It wasn't because the main character didn't show up or because I thought you were gonna suffer for five days that I intervened to save you.

After all, as shown in the novel, you get away scot-free then follow the protagonist around.

It was because I didn't want to be alone again.

If you fell in love with Daemon and left me to rot in here alone, then I don't know what I would have done.

Which means... it wasn't for you that I did all of this, but for my own selfish needs.

And as Mina guided me to the table, revealing many delicious looking dishes on it, I looked into her eyes and saw sparkling joy in them.

This was the moment I vowed to myself that I would take this selfishness to my grave.

[Anger meter: 39/100]