Chapter 242 - Deja vu

Alex didn’t wake Stella yet.

He decided to go to Remia’s side as it was his turn to be with her as she healed her serious wounds. They had a lot of talk and good moments with Remia sharing her new creation.

They also promised to reminisce about their first time meeting later on.

After that time, Alex went to Stella’s room. He told everyone that he was worried about her too but kept his main thoughts silent. He didn’t know whether he was right, after all.

And as he stepped into her room, Alex gently looked over Stella. She no longer had any wounds, looking fine and gorgeous as usual.

He woke her up gently, “You can’t sleep all day and night, Stella. We also have to head out tomorrow.”

Stella didn’t react to his words. She still remained motionless. After Alex’s urging, Stella turned around, looking at Alex without emotion. In her eyes, Alex just saw the desire to be lazy.

She didn’t want to move. She didn’t want to do anything. She just wanted to lie in one spot, sleeping.

“Has that loyal dog’s assault left some trauma?” Alex seriously asked, hoping to solve Stella’s crisis.

But his girl didn’t share anything. She just stared at him, for Alex had put her in such a position. Stella would’ve been in her initial position if he didn’t nudge her.

However, Alex realized something worse. In his current situation, he couldn’t see through Stella’s emotions. It was as if her laziness blocked everything they had built throughout the years.

‘Was that the reason I felt deja vu?’ Alex thought inwardly. He couldn’t think too rashly or come too quickly to his own conclusions. It would be wiser to speak about those matters with Stella’s sisters.

They were older and more experienced too.

Alex’s face still softly twisted as he felt pained. He always could see Stella’s affection after their relationship took a significant step. He always could talk honestly with her, yet he felt like she would elude all his honest talk.

That hurt him genuinely.

And while Alex couldn’t feel any emotions from the current Stella, in the deepest part of her heart, Stella felt even worse. Yet, she couldn’t control herself. She was in such a peculiar state that nothing seemed possible.

Alex ruffled Stella’s hair, kissed her forehead, then wished her a good night.

“I am your husband. I will always be here to listen to your heart,” Alex said while seriously looking into Stella’s eyes.

He then leaned down, putting his ear on her chest. He listened to her heart, then silently left Stella’s room.

After the doors closed, Stella didn’t move. However, her eye let out a drop of tear, which came from her heart.

Unfortunately, she also couldn’t feel the cold tear crumbling down her cheek.

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Alex spoke with his two beloveds about Stella’s case.

To his words, Schnee and Sara were left more confused than ever. They even planned to let Celia speak with her aunt to see whether the little princess could cure Stella’s heart.

For now, everyone believed that Stella had a trauma related to the sudden assault.

Sara whispered, “Remia was severely hurt by him. And she did that to protect Stella, so her mind might be highly influenced by that event.

I think we shouldn’t let Stella go with us tomorrow.”

Schnee looked into Sara’s eyes, shaking her head, “We need a healer. We would have had such an easier time with the hungry demons otherwise. We can exert various skills and dominate others.

But we can’t keep them for too long without Stella.

In the worst case, Alex can use [Heart Duo] to heal and regenerate our stamina. It will be worse, but we will be able to keep going and secure our targets in the capital.” Schnee was as blunt as usual.

Her methods were quite cruel, yet that was the reality.

Sara didn’t have any words to refute her little sister. After all, Stella’s presence was just too good for their family. But a reasonable part of hers told her heart that it would be a mistake to draw Stella to their mission.

Alex also couldn’t disagree with Schnee. He understood Sara, though. And her looking troubled down onto the ground wounded his heart. He patted her shoulder, then looked into Schnee’s eyes, “It’s fine.

Stella can just attach herself to my back. Even if she has a trauma, her body should remember the connection. I will use her skills in her place. If she sees that we are all doing fine, her trauma might go faster than it came.

From now on, we won’t focus on helping the citizens, though. We’ve saved many already, so the Deathwill Name should’ve spread throughout the continent. People already know about us, and that’s enough for now.

We will go to the capital, get our targets, learn about the kingdom’s situation, then react accordingly,” Alex explained.

And to his words, the ladies agreed. Later on, Sara shared the news with Remia. At first, the fairy felt a pain clenching her heart. She grew conscious of Stella, blaming herself despite having already done so much.

But that was Remia’s kind-hearted side taking over her. That was a side that everyone loved in Deathwill Castle.

Sara spent a long time reassuring Remia. And then, everyone was ready to continue their mission.

“Good luck!” Celia waved her little hands. She didn’t know about all that had happened, for it was better for her.

Everyone except Stella smiled at her. And as Celia saw it, her face turned sad as she couldn’t communicate with her aunt as usual. Just like her father, Celia had a feeling that her lazy aunt had reverted to her old self…

No, Celia actually had a feeling that Stella had become worse than she had been. It was as if she had utterly become a sloth.

But as she was too young, Celia couldn’t properly convey her feelings to her mother and father.

She also couldn’t understand herself too well…

“We will be back soon!” Alex smiled, reassuring his daughter that everything would be fine.

And thus, the Deathwill returned to the battlefield.