“What?”
“Oh my God!”
The guests who were seated began to leave their seats in a hurry. The surroundings quickly became chaotic.
“Wait, everyone, wait…!”
A large number of people panicked at once, so it was out of control.
Looking down at the messy first floor, Lilian murmured.
“A sudden fire…Dame Kyrie.”
“Yes, it’s not serious.”
Setting the building on fire was one of the best ways to distract the guards.
Dame Kyrie ordered the wizard standing next to her.
“Sir Miel, please contact Sir Philly as soon as possible.”
“Yes, I understand!”
“Your Highness.”
Lilian, who was anxiously looking at the first floor, grabbed young Damian’s hand, not wanting to let go.
“Please follow me.”
Dame Kyrie led the group to the hallway outside the mezzanine.
“Please hide here in this room. Sir Miel will close the barrier soon. After that, Sir Miel and I will drag out the time.”
“I see.”
“You should never come out, never.”
Lilian noticed what cases are included in Dame Kyrie’s ‘never’.
Instead of answering, Lilian nodded her head and took young Damian into the room.
The room was furnished as a guest room. Lilian was saddened when she suddenly noticed that she was gripping young Damian’s hand too tightly with her cold, sweaty hand.
“I’m sorry, Your Highness. It must have hurt…”
As Lilian let go, Damian stared up at her.
Young Damian didn’t seem surprised. However, Damian was a child who had a habit of hiding his emotional reactions.
Lilian thought that she shouldn’t show any signs of surprise, even for Damian’s sake. After catching her breath and clearing her mind, Lilian smiled lightly and knelt down in front of Damian.
“It’s okay, Your Highness. It won’t be a big deal. Dame Kyrie and Sir Miel…”
Lilian’s words could not continue. It’s because she could hear people screaming and the sound of weapons colliding.
It was the moment when it became clear that the fire wasn’t an accident but an attack.
She was shocked, but couldn’t express it in front of Damian, who looked at her calmly.
Sir Miel already contacted others, so Damian will arrive here in 20 minutes at the latest. There are also knights of the Marquis of Lannister. So…
‘It’ll be fine.’
Lilian was determined not to be anxious. At that time, Damian, who was staring at her, carefully went into Lilian’s arms.
“…!”
It wasn’t the first time Damian hugged Lily.
But this time was a little different.
“It’s fine.”
Damian clumsily patted Lilian on the shoulder with his small hand, as if to soothe her.
Lilian was speechless for a moment.
But soon, she made up her mind.
“Your Highness.”
“?”
Lilian pulled Damian away from her with a gentle but firm hand. Meanwhile, the ominous and tumultuous noises outside showed no signs of stopping.
Lilian looked around her.
It happened to be a bedroom, so there’s a closet on one side.
Lilian took Damian and opened the closet door. Fortunately, out of season winter clothes were hanging.
Hiding him between the bulky clothes seemed to calm her fears since it looked cozy.
“Your Highness.”
When Lily looked back at Damian, Damian immediately shook his head and refused.
“No.”
“Your Highness.”
Lily knelt down and tried to look young Damian in the eyes. But he stubbornly shook his head.
“I will not hide alone. Let me be by your side…”
“I’m sorry I can’t be of any help, Your Highness. So…”
“No.”
Damian stubbornly closed his eyes and shook his head. Lilian became impatient.
Although unlikely, Lilian and Damian could be found, revealing that young Damian was a fragment of Damian’s soul.
Damian might be strong, but how long can he last without his resilience?
Lilian thought that even if she was captured, she should protect young Damian. It wasn’t all because of rational reasons. Even if it’s not because of Damian’s injury, Lilian must protect the young.
He must have tried to protect her.
“Back off!”
Dame Kyrie’s voice came from outside the door. In a hurry, Lilian gave up persuading.
“Don’t…!”
“Shh!”
Lilian tried to lift young Damian and put him in the closet. But this wasn’t Zagreb, and Lilian’s poor strength couldn’t possibly lift the stubborn child.
“Your Highness!”
No matter how many times she tried, it didn’t work, so Lilian unconsciously yelled, upset.
Just then, bang! The door opened behind her with a creak.
“!”
Lilian turned away, startled, hiding young Damian behind her back.
In front of the door…
“…wife!”
It was Damian.
“Your Highness…!”
Blood was splattered all the way to his face and since he had come all this way brandishing his sword, the unresolved murderous aura was surrounding him viciously. It felt like she was about to be cut just to get close to him.
But it was Damian.
Lilian’s Damian.
“Ha…”
She was so relieved that Lilian’s knee buckled.
Damian approached Lilian without stopping.
“Your Highness.”
“You’re safe. Thank you for being safe.”
“Your Highness, I…”
“You endured well. Rest assured now. Those who try to harm you will be killed by the bite of your faithful dog here.”
The words overflowed with bitter fury. Even though it sounded terrifying and cruel enough, Lilian was relieved by those words.
“Your Highness…”
Damian left a kiss on Lilian’s temple as she muttered so as if broken. Blood splattered from the corner of his mouth and also got on Lily.
“Your Highness…!”
Before there was time to erase the bloodstains, new people began to surround the drawing room one after another.
Dame Kyrie, who was injured and stood by the entrance, gnashed her teeth and stood up again. The very next moment, they fought.
Lilian hugged the young Damian and sat down. In the melee, Damian moved in a very artistic way.
“Kuuk…!”
“Ugh!”
The effortless movements pierced the attacker’s vital points. It was to the point that it seemed as if the assailants were throwing themselves into Damian’s sword if they were just a little distracted.
People are dying and she shouldn’t be thinking like this, but Damian’s movements looked very elegant in Lilian’s half-panicked eyes. It was like art that had reached a certain higher level.
How long had she been engrossed like that? Suddenly, young Damian shouted.
“No…!”
“…!”
Lilian belatedly found a silver blade rushing towards her.
But she had no way of avoiding it.
Lilian reflexively hugged young Damian and curled over him. However, no matter how long she waited, the intense pain she expected didn’t come.
When she looked up, there was Damian who gave up a shoulder in place of Lily.
“Your…!”
“If you’re trying to piss me off, that’s fine too.”
It wasn’t a compliment.
“Kak…!”
Damian’s blade slashed through both calves of the one who aimed at Lilian. The assailant became a body that could never walk again. But he couldn’t die.
“Your Highness! Her Highness!”
“Are you here?”
At just the right time, the voices of Ivan and his subordinates were heard. However, Dame Kyrie didn’t let go of her sword until the end.
“Your Highness, your shoulder…”
Damian tried to smile at Lilian, who was speechless. However, this time, even he couldn’t hide his painful expression.
‘Shit…’
He suffered too many injuries with his resilience damaged.
The sword of these attackers also had Venom core on it. Damian felt his mana drain away at a terrifying rate.
He wasn’t dead, but he had a more difficult problem.
From the stabbed shoulder blade, a familiar burning sensation ran through his nerves. It’s like being skinned alive, salted, and rolled over a hot iron plate.
But that was nothing. A more serious problem was brewing.
Realizing that it was an injury that’s difficult to withstand in a fragile human form, the mana began to rampage. Damian’s shoulder blades and muscles sprung out and tried to transform into a monster-like hideous form.
‘No…!’
Lilian’s blue eyes were watching him as if they’re going to pierce him.
Damian gritted his teeth and endured it.
Not now. He must not change in front of his wife. He would rather die, but he couldn’t.
He couldn’t even scream because he was clenching his teeth. As he forcibly endured the twisting of his bones and the attempt to change its shape, an immense pain that he had never felt before squeezed his whole body.
Unable to bear it, Damian’s knees buckled and bent.
“Your Highness!”
“…don’t touch me!”
Surprised, Lilian tried to come closer but Damian shouted faster.
Lilian’s hand involuntarily stopped in midair. Lilian saw Damian’s glowing eyes staring at her, something she had never seen before.
“Never…never, ever, touch me.”
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